# 1913 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1913 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Phillies competing in the National League and finishing in second place.

## Off season

On January 15, 1913 it was announced that Pittsburgh Pirates secretary William H. Locke had purchased the Phillies. Locke became the new team president, his cousin, former New York City Police Commissioner William F. Baker assumed the role of Vice President, and his father-in-law Daniel C. Snyder became the club's secretary-treasurer.

## Regular season

The Phillies started out with high hopes. They led the National League on June 25 with a 38–17 record. As the Athletics were dominating the American League, the two teams appeared well on their way to meeting in the World Series. But the Phillies lost 13 of their next 16 games to fall into second place, and never recovered. 1913 would mark the closest that the A's and Phillies ever got to meeting in the World Series before the former team moved west. On August 14, 1913, owner William H. Locke died in Ventnor, New Jersey after a long illness. Two months later his widow would sell her shares to William F. Baker, who became the new team president.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 101 | 51 | .664 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 47‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 63 | .583 | 12½ | 43‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍30 |
| Chicago Cubs | 88 | 65 | .575 | 13½ | 51‍–‍25 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 71 | .523 | 21½ | 41‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍36 |
| Boston Braves | 69 | 82 | .457 | 31½ | 34‍–‍40 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 84 | .436 | 34½ | 29‍–‍47 | 36‍–‍37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | .418 | 37½ | 32‍–‍44 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 99 | .340 | 49 | 25‍–‍48 | 26‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1913 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 10–10–1 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 7–15–1 | 11–10 | 16–6–1 |
| Brooklyn | 10–10–1 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–13–1 | 8–14–1 | 13–7 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 13–9–1 | 7–14 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 16–6–1 |
| Cincinnati | 14–8 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 5–17–1 | 8–13–1 | 10–12 |
| New York | 14–8 | 14–8 | 14–7 | 17–5 | — | 14–8–3 | 14–8–1 | 14–7 |
| Philadelphia | 15–7–1 | 13–8–1 | 9–13 | 17–5–1 | 8–14–3 | — | 9–11–2 | 17–5 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–11 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 13–8–1 | 8–14–1 | 11–9–2 | — | 13–8–1 |
| St. Louis | 6–16–1 | 7–13 | 6–16–1 | 12–10 | 7–14 | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 29, 1913: Dan Howley and $10,000 were traded by the Phillies to the Montreal Royals for Ed Burns.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bill Killefer | 120 | 360 | 88 | .244 | 0 | 24 |
| 1B | Fred Luderus | 155 | 588 | 154 | .262 | 18 | 86 |
| 2B | Otto Knabe | 148 | 571 | 150 | .263 | 2 | 53 |
| SS | Mickey Doolin | 151 | 518 | 113 | .218 | 1 | 43 |
| 3B | Hans Lobert | 150 | 573 | 172 | .300 | 7 | 55 |
| OF | Sherry Magee | 138 | 470 | 144 | .306 | 11 | 70 |
| OF | Dode Paskert | 124 | 454 | 119 | .262 | 4 | 29 |
| OF | Gavvy Cravath | 147 | 525 | 179 | .341 | 19 | 128 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Beals Becker | 88 | 306 | 99 | .324 | 9 | 44 |
| Red Dooin | 55 | 129 | 33 | .256 | 0 | 13 |
| Cozy Dolan | 55 | 126 | 33 | .262 | 0 | 8 |
| Doc Miller | 69 | 87 | 30 | .345 | 0 | 11 |
| Bobby Byrne | 19 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 1 | 4 |
| Josh Devore | 23 | 39 | 11 | .282 | 0 | 5 |
| Dan Howley | 26 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Walsh | 26 | 30 | 10 | .333 | 0 | 5 |
| Ed Burns | 17 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Milt Reed | 13 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Duncan | 8 | 12 | 5 | .417 | 0 | 1 |
| John Dodge | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Moran | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Capron | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Tom Seaton | 52 | 322.1 | 27 | 12 | 2.60 | 168 |
| Pete Alexander | 47 | 306.1 | 22 | 8 | 2.79 | 159 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Ad Brennan | 40 | 207.0 | 14 | 12 | 2.39 | 94 |
| Erskine Mayer | 39 | 170.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.11 | 51 |
| Eppa Rixey | 35 | 155.2 | 9 | 5 | 3.12 | 75 |
| George Chalmers | 26 | 116.0 | 3 | 10 | 4.81 | 18 |
| Earl Moore | 12 | 52.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.02 | 24 |
| Howie Camnitz | 9 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.67 | 21 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Rube Marshall | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.57 | 18 |
| Doc Imlay | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 7 |
| Happy Finneran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 |
| Red Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 3 |
| Jim Haislip | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
| Ray Hartranft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Post-season

In a postseason exhibition game against the Chicago Leland Giants, Cyclone Joe Williams defeated Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Phillies.