1913 New York Giants season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1913 National League champions New York Giants MLB Primary Logo (1913 to 1914, 1916).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 101 51 y 1st Harry Hempstead John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1913 New York Giants season was the franchise's 31st season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the third consecutive year. Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants dominated the NL and finished 12½ games in front of the second place Philadelphia Phillies. They were beaten by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. Ace pitcher Christy Mathewson went 25–11 and led the NL with a 2.06 ERA. Rube Marquard and Jeff Tesreau also won over 20 games, and the Giants easily allowed the fewest runs of any team in the league. Taken together with the 1911 and 1912 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties. The roster was basically unchanged from 1912. Regular season thumb|450px|The Giants' opening day line-up at the Polo Grounds Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Notable transactions September 15, 1913: Rule 5 draft Ben Dyer was drafted by the Giants from the Decatur Commodores.Ben Dyer page at Baseball-Reference Hank Ritter was drafted by the Giants from the Wilmington Chicks.Hank Ritter page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1913 New York Giants roster Roster Pitchers Red Ames Doc Crandall Al Demaree Art Fromme Bunny Hearn Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson Rube Schauer Ferdie Schupp Jeff Tesreau Hooks Wiltse Catchers Grover Hartley Larry McLean Chief Meyers Art Wilson Infielders Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Eddie Grant Heinie Groh Buck Herzog Fred Merkle Tillie Shafer Milt Stock Outfielders George Burns Claude Cooper Josh Devore Moose McCormick John Merritt Red Murray Fred Snodgrass Jim Thorpe Other batters Joe Evers Manager John McGraw Coaches Wilbert Robinson Player stats Batting thumb|Jim Thorpe at the Polo Grounds 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 Chief Meyers 120 378 118 .312 3 47 1B Fred Merkle 153 563 147 .261 3 69 2B Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 132 482 135 .280 5 73 SS Art Fletcher 136 538 160 .297 4 71 3B Buck Herzog 96 290 83 .286 3 31 OF Fred Snodgrass 141 457 133 .291 3 49 OF Red Murray 147 520 139 .267 2 59 OF George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 150 605 173 .286 2 54 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 Tillie Shafer 138 508 146 .287 5 52 Moose McCormick 57 80 22 .275 0 15 Art Wilson 54 79 15 .190 0 8 Larry McLean 30 75 24 .320 0 9 Jim Thorpe 19 35 5 .143 1 2 Claude Cooper Claude Cooper (baseball) 27 30 9 .300 0 4 Josh Devore 16 21 4 .190 0 1 Eddie Grant Eddie Grant (baseball) 27 20 4 .200 0 1 Grover Hartley 23 19 6 .316 0 0 Milt Stock 7 17 3 .176 0 1 Heinie Groh 4 2 0 .000 0 0 John Merritt John Merritt (baseball) 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Joe Evers 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 Christy Mathewson 40 306.0 25 11 2.06 93 Rube Marquard 42 288.0 23 10 2.50 151 Jeff Tesreau 41 282.0 22 13 2.17 167 Al Demaree 31 199.2 13 4 2.21 76 Bunny Hearn 2 13.0 1 1 2.77 8 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 Art Fromme 26 112.1 11 6 4.01 50 Red Ames 8 41.2 2 1 2.16 30 Rube Schauer 3 12.0 0 1 7.50 7 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 Doc Crandall 35 4 4 6 2.86 42 Hooks Wiltse 17 0 0 3 1.56 25 Ferdie Schupp 5 0 0 0 0.75 2 1913 World Series 1913 World Series Game 1 October 7, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia0003200106111New York0010300004110W: Chief Bender (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–1)HR: PHI – Frank Baker (1) Game 2 October 8, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia Team12345678910RHENew York0000000003372Philadelphia0000000000082W: Christy Mathewson (1–0)  L: Eddie Plank (0–1) Game 3 October 9, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia3200002108121New York000010100251W: Bullet Joe Bush (1–0)  L: Jeff Tesreau (0–1)HR: PHI – Wally Schang (1) Game 4 October 10, 1913, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia Team123456789RHENew York000000320582Philadelphia01032000x690W: Chief Bender (2–0)  L: Al Demaree (0–1)HR: NYG – Fred Merkle (1) Game 5 October 11, 1913, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia102000000361New York000010000122W: Eddie Plank (1–1)  L: Christy Mathewson (1–1) References 2 External links 1913 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season Category:National League champion seasons New York G Category:1910s in Washington Heights, Manhattan