1913 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1913 World Series champions American League champions Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 96 57 y 1st Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack thumb|right|1913 Fatima baseball card of Philadelphia Athletics The 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 96 wins and 57 losses. The team then defeated the New York Giants in the 1913 World Series, 4 games to 1. In 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked the 1913 incarnation of the Athletics' famous "$100,000 infield" as the best of all time in major league history (first baseman Stuffy McInnis, second baseman Eddie Collins, third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker, and shortstop Jack Barry).Bill James, "The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract" (2001), pp. 548–550 Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1913 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Chief Bender Charlie Boardman Pat Bohen Boardwalk Brown Joe Bush Jack Coombs Ensign Cottrell Byron Houck Dave Morey Herb Pennock Eddie Plank Bob Shawkey John Taff Weldon Wyckoff Catchers Joe Giebel Jack Lapp Wickey McAvoy Wally Schang Ira Thomas Infielders Frank Baker Jack Barry Eddie Collins Press Cruthers Harry Davis Harry Fritz Doc Lavan Stuffy McInnis Billy Orr Monte Pfeffer Outfielders George Brickley Tom Daley Danny Murphy Eddie Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk Jimmy Walsh Manager Connie Mack 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 Jack Lapp 82 238 54 .227 1 20 1B Stuffy McInnis 148 543 176 .324 4 90 2B Eddie Collins 148 534 184 .345 3 73 3B Frank Baker Home Run Baker 149 564 190 .337 12 117 SS Jack Barry Jack Barry (baseball) 134 455 125 .275 3 85 OF Rube Oldring 137 538 152 .283 5 71 OF Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 137 508 150 .295 1 30 OF Jimmy Walsh Jimmy Walsh (outfielder) 97 303 77 .254 0 27 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 Amos Strunk 94 292 89 .305 0 46 Wally Schang 79 207 55 .266 3 30 Tom Daley Tom Daley (baseball) 62 141 36 .255 0 11 Billy Orr Billy Orr (baseball) 30 67 13 .194 0 7 Danny Murphy Danny Murphy (second baseman) 40 59 19 .322 0 6 Ira Thomas 22 53 15 .283 0 6 Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 7 17 6 .353 0 4 Doc Lavan 5 14 1 .071 0 1 Harry Fritz Harry Fritz (baseball) 5 13 0 .000 0 0 Press Cruthers 3 12 3 .250 0 0 George Brickley 5 12 2 .167 0 0 Wickey McAvoy 4 9 1 .111 0 0 Monte Pfeffer 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Joe Giebel 1 3 1 .333 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 Eddie Plank 41 242.2 18 10 2.60 151 Boardwalk Brown 43 235.1 17 11 2.94 70 Bob Shawkey 18 111.1 6 5 2.34 52 Charlie Boardman 2 9.0 0 2 2.00 4 Pat Bohen 1 8.0 0 1 1.13 5 Jack Coombs 2 5.1 0 0 10.13 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 Chief Bender 48 236.2 21 10 2.21 135 Bullet Joe Bush 39 200.1 15 6 3.82 81 Byron Houck 41 176.0 14 6 4.14 71 Weldon Wyckoff 17 61.2 2 4 4.38 31 Herb Pennock 14 33.1 2 1 5.13 17 John Taff 7 17.2 0 1 6.62 9 Ensign Cottrell 2 10.0 1 0 5.40 3 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 Dave Morey 2 0 0 0 4.50 1 1913 World Series 1913 World Series thumb|400px|The World Series team AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Athletics – 6, Giants – 4, October 7Polo Grounds36,2912Giants – 3, Athletics – 0 (10 innings)October 8Shibe Park20,5633Athletics – 8, Giants – 2October 9Polo Grounds36,8964Giants – 5, Athletics – 6October 10Shibe Park20,5685Athletics – 3, Giants – 1October 11Polo Grounds36,682 Source:1913 World Series - Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-1) https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1913_WS.shtml 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en References 2 External links 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Oakland