1913 Boston Red Sox season

1913 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	79–71 (.527)
League place	4th
Owners	John I. Taylor Jimmy McAleer
Managers	Jake Stahl (39–41) Bill Carrigan (40–30)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

The 1913 Boston Red Sox season was the 13th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 79 wins and 71 losses, 15+1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1913 World Series. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	.627	—	50‍–‍26	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	90	64	.584	6½	42‍–‍35	48‍–‍29
Cleveland Naps	86	66	.566	9½	45‍–‍32	41‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox	79	71	.527	15½	41‍–‍34	38‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	78	74	.513	17½	40‍–‍37	38‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	66	87	.431	30	34‍–‍42	32‍–‍45
New York Yankees	57	94	.377	38	27‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns	57	96	.373	39	31‍–‍46	26‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1913 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–11	8–13	13–9	14–6–1	11–11	17–5	6–16
Chicago	11–10	—	9–13–1	13–9	11–10	11–11	12–10	11–11
Cleveland	13–8	13–9–1	—	14–7	14–8–1	9–13	16–6–1	7–15
Detroit	9–13	9–13	7–14	—	11–11	7–15	11–11	12–10
New York	6–14–1	10–11	8–14–1	11–11	—	5–17	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	13–9	15–7	17–5	—	15–6	14–8
St. Louis	5–17	10–12	6–16–1	11–11	11–11	6–15	—	8–14–1
Washington	16–6	11–11	15–7	10–12	16–6	8–14	14–8–1	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Steve Yerkes	2B
Tris Speaker	CF
Duffy Lewis	LF
Larry Gardner	3B
Hal Janvrin	1B
Heinie Wagner	SS
Hick Cady	C
Smoky Joe Wood	P

Source:

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 Carrigan	87	256	62	.242	0	28
1B	Clyde Engle	143	498	144	.289	2	50
2B	Steve Yerkes	137	483	129	.267	1	48
SS	Heinie Wagner	110	365	83	.227	2	34
3B	Larry Gardner	131	473	133	.281	0	63
OF	Duffy Lewis	149	551	164	.298	0	90
OF	Harry Hooper	148	586	169	.288	4	40
OF	Tris Speaker	141	520	189	.363	3	71

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
Hal Janvrin	87	276	57	.207	3	25
Wally Rehg	30	101	28	.277	0	9
Hick Cady	40	96	24	.250	0	6
Pinch Thomas	38	91	26	.286	1	15
Les Nunamaker	29	65	14	.215	0	9
Neal Ball	23	58	10	.172	0	4
Bill Mundy	16	47	12	.255	0	4
Olaf Henriksen	31	40	15	.375	0	2
Wally Snell	6	12	3	.250	0	0
Jake Stahl	2	2	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
Dutch Leonard	42	259.1	14	17	2.39	144
Hugh Bedient	43	259.0	16	14	2.78	122
Ray Collins	30	246.2	19	8	2.63	88
Joe Wood	23	145.2	11	5	2.29	123
Earl Moseley	24	120.2	8	5	3.13	62
Buck O'Brien	15	90.1	3	9	3.69	54
Fred Anderson	10	57.1	0	6	5.97	32

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
Rube Foster	19	68.1	3	3	3.16	36

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
Charley Hall	35	5	4	2	3.43	48
Paul Maloy	2	2	0	0	9.00	0
Harry Hooper	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Duffy Lewis	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
Esty Chaney	1	1	0	0	9.00	0

External links

• 1913 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1913 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com