1913 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1913 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89, 37+12 games behind the New York Giants.

1913 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkRedland Field
CityCincinnati, Ohio
OwnersGarry Herrmann
ManagersJoe Tinker
← 1912 Seasons 1914 →

Off-season

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On December 15, the Reds and Chicago Cubs were involved in an eight-player trade. Cincinnati sent Red Corriden, whom the team just acquired four days earlier from the Detroit Tigers for $7500, Bert Humphries, Pete Knisely, Mike Mitchell and Art Phelan to the Cubs for Joe Tinker, Grover Lowdermilk, and Harry Chapman.[1]

Tinker was named as manager of the team after the trade, as he would take over as player-manager, replacing Hank O'Day. Tinker played with the Cubs since 1901, and helped them win the World Series in 1907 and 1908. Tinker was coming off a great season in 1912, as he hit .282 and earned a career-high 77 RBI. He finished fourth in National League MVP voting.

On January 1, the club sold catcher Larry McLean to the St. Louis Cardinals. Two days later, Cincinnati acquired Mordecai Brown from the Louisville Colonels of the American Association for Grover Lowdermilk.

Regular season

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Tinker ended up missing several weeks of the regular season when he gave blood for his wife's blood transfusion. He hit a career-high .317, along with one home run and 57 RBI in 110 games. He also played great defense at shortstop, setting a career high in fielding percentage at .968.

Early in the season, Cincinnati traded away Harry Chapman and Tex McDonald to the Boston Braves for veteran catcher Johnny Kling. Kling played with Tinker on the Chicago Cubs from 1901 to 1911.

On May 23, the Reds traded struggling pitcher Art Fromme to the New York Giants, receiving pitcher Red Ames, outfielder Josh Devore, second baseman Heinie Groh and $20,000. Ames, an eleven-year veteran, had a 108–77 record and a 2.45 ERA with the Giants, and helped New York win the 1905 World Series.

Chief Johnson emerged as the ace of the pitching staff in his rookie season, going 14–16 with a 3.01 ERA in 44 games. Johnson led the team with 269 innings pitched, 13 complete games and 107 strikeouts. Ames led the Reds with a 2.88 ERA, posting a record of 11–12 and pitching 187.1 innings after his mid-season trade from the New York Giants. The Reds pitching staff struggled, as their team ERA of 3.46 was seventh in the National League.

Season summary

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The Reds got off to a very poor start in 1913, going 4–16 in their first twenty games, sitting in last place. The club remained in last place until the end of July, as on July 29, they passed the St. Louis Cardinals in the standings after a win over the Brooklyn Superbas to improve their record to 36-59. Cincinnati would finish the season in seventh place with a 64-89 record. Their .418 winning percentage was their lowest since 1901. The Reds finished 37.5 games behind the first-place New York Giants.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 101 51 .664 54‍–‍23 47‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies 88 63 .583 12½ 43‍–‍33 45‍–‍30
Chicago Cubs 88 65 .575 13½ 51‍–‍25 37‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 71 .523 21½ 41‍–‍35 37‍–‍36
Boston Braves 69 82 .457 31½ 34‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Brooklyn Dodgers 65 84 .436 34½ 29‍–‍47 36‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 .418 37½ 32‍–‍44 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals 51 99 .340 49 25‍–‍48 26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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1913 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Tommy Clarke 114 330 87 .264 1 38
1B Dick Hoblitzell 137 502 143 .285 3 62
2B Heinie Groh 117 397 112 .282 3 48
3B John Dodge 94 323 78 .241 4 45
SS Joe Tinker 110 382 121 .317 1 57
OF Armando Marsans 118 435 129 .297 0 38
OF Johnny Bates 131 407 113 .278 6 51
OF Bob Bescher 141 511 132 .258 1 37

Other batters

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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
Josh Devore 66 217 58 .267 3 14
Johnny Kling 80 209 57 .273 0 23
Dick Egan 60 195 55 .282 0 22
Marty Berghammer 74 188 41 .218 1 13
Rafael Almeida 50 130 34 .262 3 21
Jimmy Sheckard 47 116 22 .190 0 7
Beals Becker 30 108 32 .296 0 14
Eddie Grant 27 94 20 .213 0 9
Al Wickland 26 79 17 .215 0 8
Earl Blackburn 17 27 7 .259 0 3
Tex McDonald 11 10 3 .300 0 2
Bert Niehoff 2 8 0 .000 0 0
Karl Meister 4 7 2 .286 0 2
Hank Severeid 8 6 0 .000 0 0
Bill Hobbs 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Harry Chapman 2 2 1 .500 0 0
Mark Stewart 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chief Johnson 44 269.0 14 16 3.01 107
Red Ames 31 187.1 11 13 2.88 80
Rube Benton 23 144.1 11 7 3.49 68
Art Fromme 9 56.0 1 4 4.18 24
Jack Rowan 5 39.0 0 4 3.00 21
Cy Morgan 1 2.1 0 1 15.43 2
Bill Powell 1 0.1 0 1 54.00 0

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
George Suggs 36 199.0 8 15 4.03 73
Gene Packard 39 190.2 7 11 2.97 73
Mordecai Brown 39 173.1 11 12 2.91 41
Chick Smith 5 17.2 0 1 3.57 11
Ralph Works 5 15.0 0 1 7.80 4
Dick Robertson 2 10.0 0 1 7.20 1

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Harter 17 1 1 0 3.86 10
Ernie Herbert 6 0 0 0 2.08 5
Red Nelson 2 0 0 0 37.80 0
Andy Harrington 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Harry Betts 1 0 0 0 2.70 0
Joe McManus 1 0 0 0 18.00 0
Harry McIntire 1 0 1 0 27.00 0

Notes

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References

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