1913 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	69–82 (.457)
League place	5th
Owners	James Gaffney
Managers	George Stallings
←  1912 1914 →

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. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	101	51	0.664	—	54–23	47–28
Philadelphia Phillies	88	63	0.583	12½	43–33	45–30
Chicago Cubs	88	65	0.575	13½	51–25	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	71	0.523	21½	41–35	37–36
Boston Braves	69	82	0.457	31½	34–40	35–42
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	84	0.436	34½	29–47	36–37
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0.418	37½	32–44	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	51	99	0.340	49	25–48	26–51

Record vs. opponents

1913 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1913 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Buster Brown Gene Cocreham George Davis Walt Dickson Lefty Gervais Otto Hess Bill James Win Noyes Hub Perdue Jack Quinn Dick Rudolph Paul Strand Lefty Tyler		Catchers Drummond Brown Rex DeVogt Hank Gowdy Bill Rariden Walt Tragesser Bert Whaling Infielders Art Bues Bill Calhoun Charlie Deal Art Devlin Oscar Dugey Rabbit Maranville Jeff McCleskey Tex McDonald Hap Myers Butch Schmidt Fred Smith Bill Sweeney		Outfielders Otis Clymer Wilson Collins Joe Connolly Tommy Griffith George Jackson Jay Kirke Bris Lord Les Mann Bill McKechnie Joe Schultz Cy Seymour John Titus Guy Zinn Other batters Bill McTigue Fred Mitchell		Manager George Stallings

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

Notes

References

• 1913 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference