The 1913 Portland Beavers season was the 11th season in the history of the Portland Beavers baseball team. Under the leadership of manager Walt McCredie, the team compiled a 109–86 record and won the Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant. The Beavers won five PCL pennants between 1906 and 1914.
Second baseman Bill Rodgers was the team captain and led the PCL with 239 hits. Pitchers Hi West and Bill James ranked first and second in the league with earned run averages of 1.71 and 1.98.
1913 PCL standings Team W L Pct. GB Portland Beavers 109 86 .559 -- Sacramento Sacts 103 94 .523 7.0 Venice Tigers 107 102 .512 9.0 San Francisco Seals 104 103 .502 11.0 Los Angeles Angels 100 108 .481 15.5 Oakland Oaks 90 120 .429 26.5
Statistics
Batting Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR SLG SB 1B, 3B Billy Speas 91 310 99 .319 0 .374 6 2B Bill Rodgers 199 784 239 .305 5 .397 42 LF Ty LoberLober split the season between the Portland and Los Angeles clubs. These statistics are his cumulative totals with both teams. 157 518 158 .305 1 20 RF Walt Doan 169 582 177 .304 4 .409 37 3B Bill Lindsay 139 487 146 .300 1 .359 6 P Irv Higginbotham 54 127 38 .299 0 .370 4 C, 1B Gus Fisher 139 390 114 .292 2 .372 23 CF, LF Chet Chadbourne 191 789 223 .283 2 .346 39 SS, 3B Art Kores 165 586 165 .282 5 .374 22 1B Fred Derrick 150 551 151 .274 0 .330 34 SS, 3B Mike McCormick 95 302 64 .212 1 .258 7 C Claude Berry 101 277 68 .245 2 .365 9 2B Harry Heilmann 122 417 127 11
Pitching Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO Bill James 44 328.0 24 16 .600 1.98 215 Irv Higginbotham 46 301.2 21 14 .607 2.77 175 Harry Krause 46 284.0 17 11 .600 2.28 140 Hi West 34 278.2 18 11 .621 1.71 120 Rip Hagerman 44 232.2 14 9 .609 2.40 164 Gene Krapp 33 229.1 12 13 .480 2.20 139
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