# 1913 Boston Braves season

The 1913 Boston Braves season was the 43rd season of the franchise. The Braves finished fifth in the National League with a record of 69 wins and 82 losses.

## Offseason

* December 1912: Guy Zinn was purchased by the Braves from the New York Highlanders.

## 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 | Bill Rariden | 95 | 246 | 58 | .236 | 3 | 30 |
| 1B | Hap Myers | 140 | 524 | 143 | .273 | 2 | 50 |
| 2B | Bill Sweeney | 139 | 502 | 129 | .257 | 0 | 47 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 143 | 571 | 141 | .247 | 2 | 48 |
| 3B | Art Devlin | 73 | 210 | 48 | .229 | 0 | 12 |
| OF | John Titus | 87 | 269 | 80 | .297 | 5 | 38 |
| OF | Les Mann | 120 | 407 | 103 | .253 | 3 | 51 |
| OF | Joe Connolly | 126 | 427 | 120 | .281 | 5 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Smith | 92 | 285 | 65 | .228 | 0 | 27 |
| Bris Lord | 73 | 235 | 59 | .251 | 6 | 26 |
| Bert Whaling | 79 | 211 | 51 | .242 | 0 | 25 |
| Tex McDonald | 62 | 145 | 52 | .359 | 0 | 18 |
| Guy Zinn | 36 | 138 | 41 | .297 | 1 | 15 |
| Tommy Griffith | 37 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 1 | 12 |
| Butch Schmidt | 22 | 78 | 24 | .308 | 1 | 14 |
| Cy Seymour | 39 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 0 | 10 |
| Jay Kirke | 18 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 3 |
| Otis Clymer | 14 | 37 | 12 | .324 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Deal | 10 | 36 | 11 | .306 | 0 | 3 |
| Drummond Brown | 15 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Schultz | 9 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Calhoun | 6 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| George Jackson | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Dugey | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex DeVogt | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Gowdy | 3 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill McKechnie | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff McCleskey | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Mitchell | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson Collins | 16 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Bues | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McTigue | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Tragesser | 2 | 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 |
| Lefty Tyler | 39 | 290.1 | 16 | 17 | 2.79 | 143 |
| Dick Rudolph | 33 | 249.1 | 14 | 13 | 2.92 | 109 |
| Otto Hess | 29 | 218.1 | 7 | 17 | 3.83 | 80 |
| Hub Perdue | 38 | 212.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.26 | 91 |
| Walt Dickson | 19 | 128.0 | 6 | 7 | 3.23 | 47 |
| Jack Quinn | 8 | 56.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.40 | 33 |
| Gene Cocreham | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.56 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Bill James | 24 | 135.2 | 6 | 10 | 2.79 | 73 |
| Lefty Gervais | 5 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.74 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Win Noyes | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.79 | 5 |
| Paul Strand | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 6 |
| Buster Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 3 |
| George Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |