1913 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1913 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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The 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 32nd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 27th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 78–71.

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	—

Notable transactions

• April 28, 1913: Rivington Bisland was purchased from the Pirates by the Atlanta Crackers.^[2]
• June 24, 1913: Everitt Booe was traded by the Pirates to the Springfield Senators for Fred Kommers. Booe was returned to the Pirates on June 30, with the Pirates sending Maurice Farrell (minors) to the Senators to complete the deal.^[3]
• July 1, 1913: Everitt Booe was selected off waivers from the Pirates by the St. Paul Saints.^[4]

Roster

1913 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams Howie Camnitz Joe Conzelman Wilbur Cooper Bernie Duffy Eddie Eayrs Jack Ferry Claude Hendrix Wild Bill Luhrsen Al Mamaux George McQuillan Marty O'Toole Hank Robinson John Scheneberg		Catchers Bob Coleman George Gibson Jake Kafora Billy Kelly Mike Simon Infielders Gil Britton Art Butler Bobby Byrne Cozy Dolan Ham Hyatt Alex McCarthy Dots Miller Jim Viox Honus Wagner		Outfielders Everitt Booe Max Carey Fred Clarke Solly Hofman Fred Kommers Ed Mensor Mike Mitchell Chief Wilson Roy Wood		Manager Fred Clarke

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

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
Kommers, FredFred Kommers	40	155	36	.232	0	22
Dolan, CozyCozy Dolan	35	133	27	.203	0	9
Booe, EverittEveritt Booe	29	80	16	.200	0	2
Clarke, FredFred Clarke	9	13	1	.077	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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	43	313.2	21	10	2.15	144

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
Camnitz, HowieHowie Camnitz	36	192.1	6	17	3.74	64

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Notes

1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Rivington Bisland page at Baseball-Reference
3. Fred Kommers page at Baseball-Reference
4. Everitt Booe page at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac