1913 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1913 throughout the world.  

Champions

• World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over New York Giants (4-1)

Awards and honors

• Chalmers Award
  • Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P
  • Jake Daubert, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1B

MLB Statistical Leaders

Ty Cobb in 1913.

¹MLB Triple Crown Winner for Pitching

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Events

Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson

• April 9 - Ebbets Field opens.
• October 11 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants, 3-1, in Game 5 of the World Series to win the World Championship, four games to one. The Giants thus become the second club, following the Detroit Tigers of 1907-1909, to lose three consecutive World Series; and, to date, the last to do so.
• November 2 - George Stovall, former St. Louis Browns player-manager, became the first Major Leaguer to jump to the outlaw Federal League after signing a contract to manage the Kansas City Packers.

Births

• January 7 - Johnny Mize
• February 14 - Mel Allen
• February 20 - Tommy Henrich
• March 2 - Mort Cooper
• June 8 - Art Mahan
• July 13 - Lee Handley
• July 31 - Joe Mulligan
• August 8 - Cecil Travis
• August 17 - Rudy York
• August 31 - Ray Dandridge
• October 3 - Dom Dallessandro
• October 25 - Gene Corbett
• October 6 - Ken Chase
• October 19 - Al Brazle
• October 25 - Gene Corbett
• December 26 - Al Milnar

Deaths

• April 23 - Charlie Pabor, 66, Player-manager for several teams in the National Association from 1871 through 1875.
• June 5 - Chris von der Ahe, 61, owner of the St. Louis Browns from 1882 to 1898 who greatly developed the entertainment aspect of the sport with fan-friendly promotions and ballpark attractions; presided over first team to win four straight pennants (1885-1888)
• June 30 - George "Roger" Tidden, 56, sports editor in New York since 1895
• August 8 - John Gaffney, 58, the sport's first great umpire, officiating for twelve seasons in three leagues between 1884 and 1900; managed Washington team in 1886-87, and officiated in 1887-88-89 championship series, pioneering use of multiple umpires in games
• August 25 - Red Donahue, 40, pitcher who won 20 games three times with the Phillies and Browns, led NL in complete games in 1897; 164 wins included 1898 no-hitter
• September 3 - Charlie Householder, 59, First baseman/Catcher who played in two Major League seasons, 1882 and 1884.
• September 15 - Frank Hough, 56, sports editor in Philadelphia who helped organize Athletics franchise in 1901
• October 24 - Dan Shannon, 48, player and manager during his 3 year career from 1889-1891.
• December 24 - Louis Sockalexis, 42, right fielder for the 1897-99 Cleveland Spiders who was the first Native American to play in the major leagues