# 1913 Chicago Cubs season

The 1913 Chicago Cubs season was the 42nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 38th in the National League and the 21st at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 88–65.

## Offseason

* December 15, 1912: Joe Tinker, Grover Lowdermilk and Harry Chapman were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Red Corriden, Bert Humphries, Pete Knisely, Mike Mitchell and Art Phelan.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | Jimmy Archer | 111 | 368 | 98 | .266 | 2 | 44 |
| 1B | Vic Saier | 149 | 519 | 150 | .289 | 14 | 92 |
| 2B | Johnny Evers | 136 | 446 | 127 | .285 | 3 | 49 |
| SS | Al Bridwell | 136 | 405 | 97 | .240 | 1 | 37 |
| 3B | Heinie Zimmerman | 127 | 447 | 140 | .313 | 9 | 95 |
| OF | Tommy Leach | 131 | 456 | 131 | .287 | 6 | 32 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 132 | 497 | 138 | .278 | 9 | 68 |
| OF | Mike Mitchell | 82 | 279 | 73 | .262 | 4 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Art Phelan | 91 | 261 | 65 | .249 | 2 | 35 |
| Ward Miller | 80 | 203 | 48 | .236 | 1 | 16 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 69 | 162 | 37 | .228 | 1 | 21 |
| Cy Williams | 49 | 156 | 35 | .224 | 4 | 32 |
| Otis Clymer | 30 | 105 | 24 | .229 | 0 | 7 |
| Red Corriden | 46 | 97 | 17 | .175 | 2 | 9 |
| Wilbur Good | 49 | 91 | 23 | .253 | 1 | 12 |
| Tom Needham | 20 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 11 |
| Tuffy Stewart | 9 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Fritz Mollwitz | 2 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 0 |
| Milo Allison | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Keating | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubbles Hargrave | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Knisely | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hechinger | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Larry Cheney | 54 | 305.0 | 21 | 14 | 2.57 | 136 |
| Bert Humphries | 28 | 181.0 | 16 | 4 | 2.69 | 81 |
| George Pierce | 25 | 164.0 | 13 | 5 | 2.30 | 73 |
| Charlie Smith | 20 | 137.2 | 7 | 9 | 2.55 | 47 |
| Orval Overall | 11 | 68.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.84 | 30 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 7 | 56.0 | 5 | 1 | 1.45 | 36 |
| Doc Watson | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Zip Zabel | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Lavender | 40 | 204.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.66 | 91 |
| Lew Richie | 16 | 65.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.82 | 15 |
| Eddie Stack | 11 | 51.0 | 4 | 2 | 4.24 | 28 |
| Fred Toney | 7 | 39.0 | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | 12 |
| Ed Reulbach | 10 | 38.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.42 | 10 |
| Earl Moore | 7 | 28.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.45 | 12 |
| Lefty Leifield | 6 | 21.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.48 | 4 |