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, games behind the New York Giants.

Off-season

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.
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

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

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.

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	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		94	323	78	.241	4	45
SS		110	382	121	.317	1	57
OF	Armando Marsans	118	435	129	.297	0	38
OF		131	407	113	.278	6	51
OF	Bob Bescher	141	511	132	.258	1	37

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
Josh Devore	66	217	58	.267	3	14
Johnny Kling	80	209	57	.273	0	23
	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
	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
	4	4	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	1	.500	0	0
	1	1	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
	44	269.0	14	16	3.01	107
	31	187.1	11	13	2.88	80
	23	144.1	11	7	3.49	68
	9	56.0	1	4	4.18	24
	5	39.0	0	4	3.00	21
Cy Morgan	1	2.1	0	1	15.43	2
	1	0.1	0	1	54.00	0

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
George Suggs	36	199.0	8	15	4.03	73
Gene Packard	39	190.2	7	11	2.97	73
	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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	17	1	1	0	3.86	10
	6	0	0	0	2.08	5
Red Nelson	2	0	0	0	37.80	0
	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	2.70	0
	1	0	0	0	18.00	0
Harry McIntire	1	0	1	0	27.00	0