1913 Chicago Cubs season

1913 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1893)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Murphy
Manager(s)	Johnny Evers
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The 1913 Chicago Cubs season was the 42nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 38th in the National League and the 21st at West Side Park. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 88–65.

Offseason

• December 15, 1912: Joe Tinker, Grover Lowdermilk and Harry Chapman were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Red Corriden, Bert Humphries, Pete Knisely, Mike Mitchell and Art Phelan.^[1]

Regular season

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

1913 National League Records Sources:
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 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Larry Cheney Bert Humphries Jimmy Lavender Lefty Leifield Earl Moore Orval Overall George Pierce Ed Reulbach Lew Richie Charlie Smith Eddie Stack Fred Toney Hippo Vaughn Doc Watson Zip Zabel		Catchers Jimmy Archer Roger Bresnahan Bubbles Hargrave Tom Needham Infielders Al Bridwell Red Corriden Johnny Evers Chick Keating Fritz Mollwitz Art Phelan Vic Saier Heinie Zimmerman		Outfielders Milo Allison Otis Clymer Wilbur Good Tommy Leach Ward Miller Mike Mitchell Wildfire Schulte Tuffy Stewart Cy Williams Other batters Mike Hechinger Pete Knisely Ed McDonald		Manager Johnny Evers

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
2B	Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers	136	446	127	.285	3	49
OF	Mitchell, MikeMike Mitchell	82	279	73	.262	4	35

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
Corriden, RedRed Corriden	46	97	17	.175	2	9
Knisely, PetePete Knisely	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
Cheney, LarryLarry Cheney	54	305	21	14	2.57	136
Humphries, BertBert Humphries	28	181	16	4	2.69	81

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
Lavender, JimmyJimmy Lavender	40	204	10	14	3.66	91
Leifield, LeftyLefty Leifield	6	21.1	0	1	5.48	4

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

References

1. Harry Chapman page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1913 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference