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1913 Philadelphia Phillies
League National League
Ballpark National League Park
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners William H. Locke
William F. Baker
Managers Red Dooin
←  1912 Seasons 1914 →

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. [1]

Regular season

The 1913 Philadelphia Phillies

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. [2] Two months later his widow would sell her shares to William F. Baker, who became the new team president. [3]

Season standings

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


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


Notable transactions

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 Bill Killefer 120 360 88 .244 0 24
1B Fred Luderus 155 588 154 .262 18 86
2B Otto Knabe 148 571 150 .263 2 53
SS Mickey Doolin 151 518 113 .218 1 43
3B Hans Lobert 150 573 172 .300 7 55
OF Sherry Magee 138 470 144 .306 11 70
OF Dode Paskert 124 454 119 .262 4 29
OF Gavvy Cravath 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
Beals Becker 88 306 99 .324 9 44
Red Dooin 55 129 33 .256 0 13
Cozy Dolan 55 126 33 .262 0 8
Doc Miller 69 87 30 .345 0 11
Bobby Byrne 19 58 13 .224 1 4
Josh Devore 23 39 11 .282 0 5
Dan Howley 26 32 4 .125 0 2
Jimmy Walsh 26 30 10 .333 0 5
Ed Burns 17 30 6 .200 0 3
Milt Reed 13 24 6 .250 0 0
Vern Duncan 8 12 5 .417 0 1
John Dodge 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Pat Moran 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Ralph Capron 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
Tom Seaton 52 322.1 27 12 2.60 168
Pete Alexander 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
Ad Brennan 40 207.0 14 12 2.39 94
Erskine Mayer 39 170.2 9 9 3.11 51
Eppa Rixey 35 155.2 9 5 3.12 75
George Chalmers 26 116.0 3 10 4.81 18
Earl Moore 12 52.0 1 3 5.02 24
Howie Camnitz 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
Rube Marshall 14 0 1 1 4.57 18
Doc Imlay 9 0 0 0 7.24 7
Happy Finneran 3 0 0 0 7.20 0
Red Nelson 2 0 0 0 2.16 3
Jim Haislip 1 0 0 0 6.00 0
Ray Hartranft 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. [5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Locke Now in Full Control". The Boston Daily Globe. January 16, 1913.
  2. ^ "William H. Locke Dead". The Boston Daily Globe. August 15, 1913.
  3. ^ Tourtellotte, Shane (January 15, 2013). "The William Locke centennial". The Hardball Times. Fangraphs. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Ed Burns page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Palmer, Pete, ed. (2006), "Black Baseball/Negro League Season Synopses, 1910–1950", The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., p. 1646

References