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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions August 29, 1913: Dan Howley and $10,000 were traded by the Phillies to the Montreal Royals for Ed Burns.Ed Burns page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1913 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
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 120 360 88 .244 0 24 1B 155 588 154 .262 18 86 2B 148 571 150 .263 2 53 SS 151 518 113 .218 1 43 3B 150 573 172 .300 7 55 OF 138 470 144 .306 11 70 OF 124 454 119 .262 4 29 OF 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 88 306 99 .324 9 44 55 129 33 .256 0 13 55 126 33 .262 0 8 69 87 30 .345 0 11 19 58 13 .224 1 4 23 39 11 .282 0 5 26 32 4 .125 0 2 26 30 10 .333 0 5 17 30 6 .200 0 3 13 24 6 .250 0 0 8 12 5 .417 0 1 3 3 1 .333 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 52 322.1 27 12 2.60 168 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 40 207.0 14 12 2.39 94 39 170.2 9 9 3.11 51 35 155.2 9 5 3.12 75 26 116.0 3 10 4.81 18 12 52.0 1 3 5.02 24 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 14 0 1 1 4.57 18 9 0 0 0 7.24 7 3 0 0 0 7.20 0 2 0 0 0 2.16 3 1 0 0 0 6.00 0 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.
Notes
References 1913 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference