Dead Ball Baseball League (DBBL) - 1913
Actual 1913 Events
| March 4 | The Yankees are the first team to train outside the U.S. when they travel to Bermuda for spring practice. |
| March 8 | The Federal League is organized as a six-team outlaw circuit and elects John T. Powers president. It will play 120 games at a level equivalent to the lower minor leagues, but will enhance its status considerably in 1914 to challenge the major leagues. |
| April 9 | With league approval, the Dodgers play the first regular-season game at Ebbets Field a day ahead of the rest of the league. Cold weather keeps the Opening Day crowd down to about 12,000 as the Phils' Tom Seaton beats Nap Rucker 1-0. |
| April 10 | In their first official game as Yankees, New York loses to Walter Johnson and the Senators 2-1. After giving up an unearned run in the first, Johnson begins a string of shutout innings that will reach a record 56 before the St. Louis Browns score in the fourth on May 14. |
| May 14 | Washington's Walter Johnson gave up a run in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings. The Senators won 10-5. |
| May 30 | John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack as managers who have won 1,000 games. |
| June 13 | Eight years after tossing his second no-hit game Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants wins his three-hundredth career game and once again the Cubs are his team of choice. |
| August 19 | The Chicago Cubs tagged Grover Alexander for nine straight hits and six runs in a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. |
| September 14 | Cubs hurler Larry Cheney hurls a 14-hit shutout against the Giants, defeating them 7-0 while setting a Major League record for most hits allowed in a whitewashing. Milt Gaston of Washington will duplicate the feat on July 10, 1928. |
| September 29 | Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators finished the season with 36 victories after a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia A's. |
| October 11 | Eddie Plank tossed a two-hitter against the New York Giants to give the Philadelphia Athletics a 3-1 victory and the World Series in five games. |
| October 12 | John McGraw hosts a reunion for Hugh Jennings and the old Orioles. After a night of heavy drinking, he blames his longtime friend, business partner, and teammate Wilbert Robinson for too many coaching mistakes in the recently concluded World Series. They exchange insults and McGraw fires him. They won't speak to each other for 17 years. Six days later Robbie will begin a legendary 18-year career as Brooklyn manager.1916 - The Boston Red Sox won the World Series in five games with a 4-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ernie Shore pitched a three-hitter for Boston. |
| October 19 | The Giants and White Sox, fortified with other players, start their world tour in Cincinnati. After a 31-game tour to Seattle, they will head for the Philippines, Australia, China and Japan. |
| November 2 | St. Louis Browns player-manager George Stovall, fired the previous summer, is the first major-league player to jump to the Federal League, signing to manage Kansas City. |
| December 6 | Exhibition teams made up of White Sox and Giants players make a Tokyo stop as part of their world tour and play each other at Keio University Stadium. The Sox win, 9-4. The next day, a combined team defeats Keio University 16-3, then the White Sox beat the Giants, 12-3. |
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Recent Birthdays:
 | Neal Ball Born: 1881 Apr 22 Died: 1957 Oct 15 Age: 76 Debut: 1907 Sep 11 Last G: 1913 Jun 30 |
 | Sandy Burk Born: 1887 Apr 22 Died: 1934 Oct 11 Age: 47 Debut: 1910 Sep 12 Last G: 1915 Jul 31 |
 | Sam Crawford Born: 1880 Apr 18 Died: 1968 Jun 15 Age: 88 Debut: 1899 Sep 10 Last G: 1917 Sep 16 |
 | Jake Daubert Born: 1884 Apr 17 Died: 1924 Oct 09 Age: 40 Debut: 1910 Apr 14 Last G: 1924 Sep 20 |
 | Ted Easterly Born: 1885 Apr 20 Died: 1951 Jul 06 Age: 66 Debut: 1909 Apr 17 Last G: 1915 Oct 03 |
 | Dutch Leonard Born: 1892 Apr 16 Died: 1952 Jul 11 Age: 60 Debut: 1913 Apr 12 Last G: 1925 Jul 19 |
 | Duffy Lewis Born: 1888 Apr 18 Died: 1979 Jun 17 Age: 91 Debut: 1910 Apr 16 Last G: 1921 Jun 06 |
 | Jack Martin Born: 1887 Apr 19 Died: 1980 Jul 04 Age: 93 Debut: 1912 Apr 25 Last G: 1914 Oct 06 |
 | Roy Mitchell Born: 1885 Apr 19 Died: 1959 Sep 08 Age: 74 Debut: 1910 Sep 10 Last G: 1919 Jul 14 |
 | Tom Needham Born: 1879 Apr 17 Died: 1926 Dec 14 Age: 47 Debut: 1904 May 12 Last G: 1914 Jul 08 |
 | Billy Orr Born: 1891 Apr 22 Died: 1967 Mar 10 Age: 75 Debut: 1913 May 03 Last G: 1914 May 22 |
 | Charlie Smith Born: 1880 Apr 20 Died: 1929 Jan 03 Age: 48 Debut: 1902 Aug 06 Last G: 1914 Sep 19 |