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–February

• January 7 - Johnny Mize
• January 19 - Andy Pilney
• January 20 - Jimmy Outlaw
• January 21 - Fern Bell
• January 27 - Stew Hofferth
• January 27 - Floyd Speer
• February 6 - Ken Weafer
• February 7 - Mel Almada
• February 9 - Tony Robello
• February 11 - Jim Hayes
• February 13 - Hack Miller
• February 14 - Mel Allen
• February 20 - Tommy Henrich

March–April

• March 2 - Mort Cooper
• March 4 - Bill Hart
• March 16 - Ken O'Dea
• March 21 - Bucky Jacobs
• March 22 - Hank Steinbacher
• March 25 - Buster Maynard
• March 26 - Bill Zuber
• April 1 - Buster Bray
• April 10 - Lloyd Russell
• April 14 - Jack Radtke
• April 21 - Bert Hogg
• April 24 - Herb Harris
• April 25 - Woody Davis
• April 26 - Packy Rogers

May–June

• May 7 - Art Doll
• May 10 - Al Rubeling
• May 14 - Johnny Babich
• May 14 - Howie Gorman
• May 20 - Lou Scoffic
• May 22 - Bill Lohrman
• May 24 - Joe Abreu
• May 27 - Hal Spindel
• June 3 - Jim Sheehan
• June 4 - Amby Murray
• June 4 - Joe Holden
• June 8 - Art Mahan
• June 8 - Earl Reid
• June 10 - Cal Dorsett
• June 11 - Tom Baker
• June 13 - Hal Luby
• June 16 - Pete Coscarart
• June 16 - Skeeter Scalzi
• June 23 - Bill Cox
• June 26 - Russ Lyon

July–August

• July 1 - Frank Barrett
• July 1 - Wedo Martini
• July 12 - Tom Hafey
• July 13 - Lee Handley
• July 14 - Don Hendrickson
• July 14 - Gene Schott
• July 17 - Papa Williams
• July 31 - Bill Fleming
• July 31 - Joe Mulligan
• August 5 - Fabian Gaffke
• August 8 - Cecil Travis
• August 11 - Bob Scheffing
• August 13 - Wes Flowers
• August 16 - Tiny Bonham
• August 16 - Lew Carpenter
• August 17 - Rudy York
• August 18 - Tommy Heath
• August 25 - Sam Narron
• August 25 - Bernie Snyder
• August 26 - Hank Helf
• August 31 - Mays Copeland
• August 31 - Ray Dandridge

September–October

• September 1 - Joe Marty
• September 3 - Kerby Farrell
• September 4 - Clarence Fieber
• September 8 - Slick Castleman
• September 9 - Hugh Mulcahy
• September 13 - Booker McDaniels
• September 17 - Bob Uhl
• September 18 - Max Marshall
• September 19 - Nick Etten
• September 23 - Pete Sivess
• September 30 - Nate Andrews
• October 3 - Dom Dallessandro
• October 6 - Ken Chase
• October 11 - Silvio García
• October 14 - Hugh Casey
• October 30 - Dave Barnhill

November–December

• November 4 - Joe Kracher
• November 12 - Gene Lillard
• November 15 - Lyle Judy
• November 15 - Swede Larsen
• November 17 - Lee Stine
• November 18 - Charlie Fuchs
• November 23 - Les Scarsella
• November 24 - Walter Wilson
• November 26 - Garton Del Savio
• November 30 - Wally Holborow
• December 2 - Glenn Crawford
• December 6 - Bill Kerksieck
• December 12 - Bill Webb
• December 13 - Scat Metha
• December 14 - Eddie Smith
• December 21 - Heinie Heltzel
• December 24 - George Jeffcoat
• December 24 - Owen Scheetz
• December 26 - Al Milnar
• December 27 - Red Lynn

Deaths

January–March

• January 6 - Jack Boyle, 46, catcher/first baseman who hit .253 with 23 home runs and 570 RBI for five different teams in three leagues from 1886 to 1898.

• January 9 - George Crosby, 55, pitcher for the 1884 Chicago White Stockings of the National League.

• January 14 - Hal O'Hagan, 43, first baseman for the 1892 Chicago Orphans and for the New York Giants, Cleveland Bronchos and Washington Senators in the 1902 season.

• January 15 - Icicle Reeder, 55, outfielder who played in 1884 with the AA Cincinnati Red Stockings and the UA Washington Nationals.

• January 16 - Tom Dolan, 58, catcher who hit .242 for five teams in three leagues between 1879 and 1888.

• February 9 - Joe Stewart, 33, pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League.

• February 26 - Mike Drissel, 48, catcher in six games for the St. Louis Browns 1885 American Association champions.

• March 3 - Jack Fee, 45, pitcher for the 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League.

• March 28 - Clare Patterson, 25, left fielder for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds of the National League.

April–June

• April 16 - Jerry Harrington, 45, National League catcher who hit .227 in 189 games with the Cincinnati Reds (1890-'92) and Louisville Colonels (1893).

• April 18 - Roscoe Miller, 36, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1901-'02), New York Giants (1902-'03) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1904), who became the first 20-game winner in Tigers history.

• April 23 - Charlie Pabor, 66, player-manager for four teams of the National Association from 1871 through 1875.

• May 1 - Charlie Reynolds, 55, pitcher for the 1882 Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association.

• May 13 - John O'Brien, 46, Canadian second baseman who hit .256 in 501 games for six National League teams from 1891 to 1899.

• May 14 - Dennis Coughlin, 69, outfielder for the 1872 Washington Nationals of the National Association; best remembered as the only major leaguer who was wounded in combat during the Civil War.

• May 18 - The Only Nolan, 55, pitcher who posted a 23-52 record and a 2.98 ERA in 79 games with four teams between 1878 and 1875.

• May 18 - Charlie Robinson, 56, American Association catcher who played for the Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884) and Brooklyn Grays (1885).

• 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, and also presided over first team to win four straight pennants (1885–1888).

• June 13 - Eddie Quick, 31, pitcher for the 1903 New York Highlanders of the American League.

• June 30 - George Tidden, 56, sports editor in New York since 1895.

July–September

• July 13 - Dan Sweeney, 45, outfielder for the 1895 Louisville Colonels of the National League.

• July 17 - Pat Scanlon, Canadian outfielder who played in 1884 with the Boston Reds of the Union Association.

• July 19 - Jiggs Donahue, 34, a standout at first base in the early years of the American League, and a key member of the 1906 White Sox that won their cross-town rival Cubs in the only all-Chicago World Series ever played.

• July 28 - John Greenig, 65, pitcher for the 1888 Washington Nationals of the National League.

• 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 14 - Chummy Gray, 40, pitcher who posted a 3-3 record and a 3.44 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1899.

• August 25 - Red Donahue, 40, pitcher who won 20 games three times with the Phillies and Browns and led the National League in complete games (1897), while collecting 164 career wins and a no-hitter (1898).

• 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 the Athletics American League franchise in 1901

• September 24 - Fred Roat, 45, National League third baseman for the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1890) and Chicago Colts (1892).

October–December

• October 8 - Elmer Cleveland, 51, third baseman who hit .255 in 80 games with four clubs in three different leagues between 1884 and 1891.

• October 13 - Mike Heydon, 39, catcher who played from 1898 through 1907 for the Senators, Cardinals, WhiteSox and Orioles.

• October 24 - Dan Shannon, 48, player and manager during his three year career with the Colonels/Giants/Statesmen/Athletics from 1889 to 1891.

• November 15 - Monte McFarland, 41, pitcher who played for the National League Chicago Colts in 1895 and 1896.

• December 24 - Chief Sockalexis, 42, right fielder for the 1897-99 Cleveland Spiders, who was the first Native American to play in the major leagues.

• December 26 - Frank O'Connor, 46, pitcher for the 1893 Philadelphia Phillies.

• December 30 - Joe Neale, 47, American Association pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1886-'87) and Louisville Colonels (1890-'91).