MLB 2013

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Major League Baseball logo Major League Baseball
season 2013
Period March 31 - September 29, 2013
Regular season
Season MVP AL Miguel Cabrera ( DET )
Season MVP NL Andrew McCutchen ( PIT )
Postseason
AL Champion Boston Red Sox
Second AL Detroit Tigers
NL champion St. Louis Cardinals
Second NL Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series
champion Boston Red Sox
MVP David Ortiz (BOS)
Playing times
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The 2013 MLB season , the 112th season of Major League Baseball , opened on March 31, 2013 with the opening game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers , which the Astros won 8-2. The season ends on September 29, 2013.

During the regular season , 30 teams compete in 162 games each for a place in the play-offs. The 2013 World Series will start at the end of October. The defending champions are the San Francisco Giants , who won the 2012 World Series .

After the Houston Astros moved from the National League to the American League , five teams are now playing in each division. As a result, each team now has 142 inner league and 20 interleague games (previously 15-18 depending on the team).

The 2013 MLB All-Star Game will take place on July 16, 2013 at Citi Field in Queens , New York City . The winning league has home rights in the World Series .

Participating teams

For the 2013 season, the Houston Astros moved from the National League Central to the American League West, where they will meet their direct competitors, the Texas Rangers. So both leagues now have 15 teams.

American League venues. Divisions: Red pog.svgWest, Blue pog.svgCentral, Green pog.svgEast.
American League
west Central East
Oakland A's logo.svg Oakland Athletics Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Detroit Tigers New York Yankees Logo.svg New York Yankees
Texas Rangers Logo.svg Texas Rangers Chicago White Sox.svg Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.svg LA Angels of Anaheim Kansas City Royals Logo.svg Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Rays Logo.svg Tampa Bay Rays
Seattle Mariners.svg Seattle Mariners Cleveland Indians Toronto Blue Jays
Houston Astros Logo.svg Houston Astros Minnesota Twins Logo.svg Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox
National League venues. Divisions: Red pog.svgWest, Blue pog.svgCentral, Green pog.svgEast.
National League
west Central East
Logo SanFranciscoGiants.svg San Francisco Giants Cincinnati Reds Logo.svg Cincinnati Reds Washington Nationals Logo 2011.svg Washington Nationals
Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.svg Los Angeles Dodgers St. Louis Cardinals Atlanta Braves Logo.svg Atlanta Braves
Arizona Diamondbacks.svg Arizona Diamondbacks Milwaukee Brewers Logo.svg Milwaukee Brewers Logo Philadelphia Phillies.svg Philadelphia Phillies
San Diego Padres logo.svg San Diego Padres Pittsburgh Pirates New-York-Mets-Logo.svg New York Mets
Colorado Rockies Logo.svg Colorado Rockies Chicago Cubs logo.svgChicago Cubs Miami Marlins Logo.svg Miami Marlins

* Sorted according to the previous year's positions in the respective divisions, Houston Astros have been inserted at the end. The teams that qualified for the postseason in the previous year are colored green .

Spring training

Spring Training 2013 logo

Starting on February 23, 2013, the MLB's pre-season, the so-called Spring Training , where the teams in the Grapefruit League and the Cactus League tested new players, but also brought in their desired core formations. The last game of Spring Training took place on March 30th.

Spring Training 2013 tables

The teams marked in blue in the tables of the Grapefruit and Cactus League are members of the National League, those marked in red play in the American League.

Grapefruit League
Item team W. L. % GB
01 Baltimore Orioles 19th 09 .679 -
02 Detroit Tigers 19th 14th .576 2.5
03 Atlanta Braves 20th 15th .571 2.5
04th St. Louis Cardinals 16 15th .516 4.5
05 Minnesota Twins 17th 16 .515 4.5
06th Boston Red Sox 17th 17th .500 5.0
07th New York Mets 15th 15th .500 5.0
08th Philadelphia Phillies 16 17th .485 5.5
Toronto Blue Jays 16 17th .485 5.5
10 Houston Astros 15th 16 .484 5.5
11 Tampa Bay Rays 15th 17th .469 6.0
12 Miami Marlins 13 16 .448 6.5
13 New York Yankees 14th 18th .438 7.0
Washington Nationals 14th 18th .438 7.0
15th Pittsburgh Pirates 13 18th .419 7.5
Cactus League
Item team W. L. % GB
01 Kansas City Royals 25th 07th .781 -
02 Seattle Mariners 22nd 11 .667 3.5
03 Oakland Athletics 17th 13 .567 7.0
04th Colorado Rockies 16 15th .516 8.5
San Francisco Giants 16 15th .516 8.5
06th Cleveland Indians 17th 16 .515 8.5
07th Texas Rangers 17th 17th .500 9.0
08th Chicago White Sox 14th 14th .500 9.0
09 Arizona Diamondbacks 16 17th .485 9.5
10 Chicago Cubs 16 19th .457 10.5
11 San Diego Padres 16 20th .444 11.0
12 Milwaukee Brewers 13 18th .419 11.5
13 Cincinnati Reds 13 20th .394 12.5
LA Dodgers 13 20th .394 12.5
15th LA Angels 10 20th .333 14.0

Regular season

Brief explanation of game operations and table structure

The AL and NL are each divided into three divisions for game operations. The allocation is based on regional criteria: East, Central and West Division. The game will run from March 31, 2013 to September 29, 2013.

The table positions are responsible for reaching the postseason : The three respective division winners and the two other best teams according to the winning percentage will play the championship in the American and National League in three rounds. The respective champions then meet in the World Series.

The ranking of the teams in the table results during the season from the current ratio of wins to games overall as the so-called winning percentage . The reason for this is the uneven distribution of the games over the calendar, so that some teams have played three or more games more than others. For example, the balance of team A with 15 wins and 15 defeats (.500 expressed as the corresponding percentage) is considered to be exactly equivalent to the balance of team B, which achieved 16 wins and 16 defeats at the same time. However, this is irrelevant for the final tables, since at the end of the season all teams had played the 162 season games that have been common since 1961. Therefore, it is sufficient to state wins and defeats (draws are uncommon these days).

With the indication GB ( Games Behind ) it is documented how big the gap between a chaser and the first in the table is. This expresses how many victories the pursuer would theoretically need with simultaneous defeat of the leader in order to achieve a tie. GB is expressed to 0.5 games: For example, if team A has 10 wins and 5 defeats, but team B 9 wins and 5 defeats, a win of its own (without defeat by A) would lead to a tie.

In order to at least indicate the development during the season, the table positions of the teams were recorded at the end of April and the end of May. Another milestone is the All-Star-Break , the break in game operations on the occasion of the All-Star Game ; Similar to the autumn championship in football , an intermediate result is determined in the middle of the season. The last interim information is rather arbitrarily related to the date August 31st, in order to be able to assess about four weeks before the end of the season to what extent the respective division was already pre-decided at this point in time or, if necessary, the leader at that point was still displaced.

Season course of the regular season

American League

April

As of April 30, the American League ranked as follows:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
1 Boston Red Sox 18th 8th - 3 Detroit Tigers 15th 10 - 2 Texas Rangers 17th 9 -
WC New York Yankees 16 10 2.0 Kansas City Royals 14th 10 0.5 Oakland Athletics 16 12 2.0
WC Baltimore Orioles 16 11 2.5 Minnesota Twins 11 12 3.0 Seattle Mariners 12 17th 6.5
Tampa Bay Rays 12 14th 6.0 Cleveland Indians 11 13 3.5 Los Angeles Angels 9 17th 8.0
Toronto Blue Jays 10 17th 8.5 Chicago White Sox 10 15th 5.0 Houston Astros 8th 19th 9.5

PS = postseason; Number = rank on the seeding list or WC = wild card (best two teams after the division winners)

W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats), GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

May

As of May 31, the American League ranked as follows:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
2 Boston Red Sox 33 23 - 3 Detroit Tigers 29 24 - 1 Texas Rangers 34 20th -
WC New York Yankees 31 23 1.0 Cleveland Indians 29 25th 0.5 WC Oakland Athletics 32 24 3.0
Baltimore Orioles 31 24 1.5 Chicago White Sox 24 28 4.5 Los Angeles Angels 25th 30th 9.5
Tampa Bay Rays 30th 24 2.0 Minnesota Twins 23 29 5.5 Seattle Mariners 24 31 10.5
Toronto Blue Jays 23 32 9.5 Kansas City Royals 22nd 30th 6.5 Houston Astros 18th 37 16.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April

June to All-Star Break (July 16, 2013)

At the All-Star-Break (July 16, 2013) the following placements resulted in the AL:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
1 Boston Red Sox 58 39 - 3 Detroit Tigers 52 42 - ▲ 2 Oakland Athletics 56 39 -
▲ toilet Tampa Bay Rays 55 41 2.5 Cleveland Indians 51 44 1.5 ▼ WC Texas Rangers 54 41 2.0
Baltimore Orioles 53 43 4.5 Kansas City Royals 43 49 8.0 Los Angeles Angels 44 49 11.0
New York Yankees 51 44 6.0 Minnesota Twins 39 53 12.0 Seattle Mariners 43 52 13.0
Toronto Blue Jays 45 49 11.5 Chicago White Sox 37 55 14.0 Houston Astros 33 61 22.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, explanations: see AL April

Second half of July and August

As of August 31, the following placements were made in the AL:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
1 Boston Red Sox 81 56 - 2 Detroit Tigers 80 56 - ▲ 3 Texas Rangers 79 56 -
WC Tampa Bay Rays 75 59 4.5 Cleveland Indians 71 64 8.5 ▼ WC Oakland Athletics 77 58 2.0
New York Yankees 72 63 8.0 Kansas City Royals 69 66 10.5 Los Angeles Angels 62 72 16.5
Baltimore Orioles 71 63 8.5 Minnesota Twins 58 76 21.0 Seattle Mariners 62 73 17.0
Toronto Blue Jays 62 74 18.5 Chicago White Sox 56 78 23.0 Houston Astros 44 91 35.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to July, explanations: see AL April

September

The tables in the American League show the following picture:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
1 Boston Red Sox 97 65 - 3 Detroit Tigers 93 69 - ▲ 2 Oakland Athletics 96 66 -
WC Tampa Bay Rays 91 71 6.0 WC Cleveland Indians 92 70 1.0 Texas Rangers 91 71 5.0
Baltimore Orioles 85 77 12.0 Kansas City Royals 86 76 7.0 Los Angeles Angels 78 84 18.0
New York Yankees 85 77 12 Minnesota Twins 66 96 27.0 Seattle Mariners 71 91 25.0
Toronto Blue Jays 74 88 23.0 Chicago White Sox 63 99 30.0 Houston Astros 51 111 45.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. August, ▼ worsening vs. August, explanations: see AL April

Oakland Athletics, AL West winner Detroit Tigers, AL Central winners Tampa Bay Rays, Entrant Wildcard Tiebreaker

National League

April

As of April 30, the National League ranked as follows:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
1 Atlanta Braves 17th 9 - 3 St. Louis Cardinals 15th 11 - 2 Colorado Rockies 16 11 -
Washington Nationals 13 14th 4.5 WC Milwaukee Brewers 14th 11 0.5 WC Arizona Diamondbacks 15th 12 1.0
Philadelphia Phillies 12 15th 5.5 WC Pittsburgh Pirates 15th 12 0.5 WC San Francisco Giants 15th 12 1.0
New York Mets 10 15th 6.5 Cincinnati Reds 15th 13 1.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 13 13 2.5
Miami Marlins 8th 19th 9.5 Chicago Cubs 10 16 5.0 San Diego Padres 10 16 5.5

Explanations: see AL

May

As of May 31, the National League ranked as follows:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
2 Atlanta Braves 32 22nd - 1 St. Louis Cardinals 35 18th - ▲ 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 30th 24 -
Washington Nationals 28 27 4.5 ▲ toilet Cincinnati Reds 34 21st 2.0 San Francisco Giants 29 25th 1.0
Philadelphia Phillies 26th 29 6.5 WC Pittsburgh Pirates 34 21st 2.0 Colorado Rockies 28 27 2.5
New York Mets 22nd 30th 9.0 Chicago Cubs 23 30th 12.0 San Diego Padres 25th 29 5.0
Miami Marlins 14th 41 18.5 Milwaukee Brewers 20th 33 15.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 30th 6.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April

June to All-Star Break (July 16, 2013)

At the All-Star-Break (July 16, 2013) the following placements resulted in the NL:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
2 Atlanta Braves 54 41 - 1 St. Louis Cardinals 57 36 - 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 50 45 -
Washington Nationals 48 47 6.0 ▲ toilet Pittsburgh Pirates 56 37 1.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 47 47 2.5
Philadelphia Phillies 48 48 6.5 ▼ WC Cincinnati Reds 53 42 5.0 Colorado Rockies 46 50 4.5
New York Mets 41 50 11.0 Chicago Cubs 42 51 15.0 San Francisco Giants 43 51 6.5
Miami Marlins 35 58 18.0 Milwaukee Brewers 38 56 19.5 San Diego Padres 42 54 8.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, otherwise see AL April

Second half of July and August

As of August 31, the NL had the following placements:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
1 Atlanta Braves 83 52 - ▲ 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 79 56 - ▲ 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 80 55 -
Washington Nationals 68 67 15.0 ▼ WC St. Louis Cardinals 78 57 1.0 Arizona Diamondbacks 69 65 10.5
New York Mets 62 72 20.5 WC Cincinnati Reds 76 60 3.5 Colorado Rockies 64 73 17.0
Philadelphia Phillies 62 74 21.5 Milwaukee Brewers 59 76 20.0 San Diego Padres 60 75 20.0
Miami Marlins 49 85 33.5 Chicago Cubs 57 78 22.0 San Francisco Giants 60 75 20.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to July, otherwise see AL April

September

The tables in the National League show the following picture:

East Division Central Division West Division
PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB PS franchise W. L. GB
2 Atlanta Braves 96 66 - ▲ 1 St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 - 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 92 70 -
Washington Nationals 86 76 10.0 ▼ WC Pittsburgh Pirates 94 68 3.0 Arizona Diamondbacks 81 81 11.0
New York Mets 74 88 22.0 WC Cincinnati Reds 90 72 7.0 San Diego Padres 76 86 16.0
Philadelphia Phillies 73 89 23.0 Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 23.0 San Francisco Giants 76 86 16.0
Miami Marlins 62 100 34.0 Chicago Cubs 66 96 31.0 Colorado Rockies 74 88 18.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to August, otherwise see AL April

Atlanta Braves, winner of NL East Los Angeles Dodgers, winner of NL West Cincinnati Reds, third from NL Central

Player statistics

Hitting

American League National League
Stat Player team Total Stat Player team Total
AVG Miguel Cabrera DET .348 AVG Michael Cuddyer COL .331
MR Chris Davis BAL 53 MR Pedro Álvarez
Paul Goldschmidt
PIT
ARI
36
RBI Chris Davis BAL 138 RBI Paul Goldschmidt ARI 125
R. Mike Trout LAA 109 R. Matt Carpenter STL 126
H Adrián Beltré TEX 199 H Matt Carpenter STL 199
SB Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 52 SB Eric Young, Jr. NYM / COL 46

Pitching

American League National League
Stat Player team Total Stat Player team Total
W. Max Scherzer DET 21st W. Adam Wainwright
Jordan Carpenter
WHAT
STL
19th
L. Lucas Harrell HOU 17th L. Edwin Jackson CHC 18th
ERA Aníbal Sánchez DET 2.57 ERA Clayton Kershaw LAD 1.83
K Yu Darvish TEX 277 K Clayton Kershaw LAD 232
IP James Shields KC 228.2 IP Adam Wainwright STL 241.2
SV Jim Johnson BAL 50 SV Craig Kimbrel ATL 50

Postseason

Main articles: NLWC 2013 , ALWC 2013 , NLDS 2013 , ALDS 2013 , NLCS 2013 , ALCS 2013 , World Series 2013

Mode and participants

Instead of the best four, as in previous years, this year the best five teams played the respective winners of the American League or National League, which then determine the World Series winner in the 2013 World Series.

From the beginning of October, the Division Series and then the respective Championship Series will be played. To do this, the two wild card winners first meet in a game. The three division winners and the winner of the wild card game meet in two division series matches in best-of-five mode ( ALDS or NLDS = American or National League Division Series). The winners of the Division Series matches then play the respective League Champion in a best-of-seven procedure ( ALCS or NLCS = American or National League Championship Series).

The wild card winners play against the best division winner, i.e. the team with the most wins from the regular season games. In contrast to previous years, he can also play against the winner of his own division.

Scheme

The following results were found in the postseason:


  Wild Card Games League Division Series League Championship Series World Series
                                     
2  Oakland Athletics 2
3  Detroit Tigers 3    
3  Detroit Tigers 2
American League
  1  Boston Red Sox 4th    
  1  Boston Red Sox 3
    WC2  Tampa Bay Rays 1
WC1  Cleveland Indians 0
WC2  Tampa Bay Rays 1   AL  Boston Red Sox 4th
  NL  St. Louis Cardinals 2
2  Atlanta Braves 1
3  Los Angeles Dodgers 3    
3  Los Angeles Dodgers 2
National League
  1  St. Louis Cardinals 4th
  1  St. Louis Cardinals 3
    WC1  Pittsburgh Pirates 2
WC1  Pittsburgh Pirates 1
WC2  Cincinnati Reds 0

Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven


honors and awards

Regular season

Award American League National League
MLB Most Valuable Player Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Miguel Cabrera Andrew McCutchen
Rookie of the Year Tampa Bay Rays Logo.svg Wil Myers Miami Marlins Logo.svg José Fernández
Cy Young Award Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Max Scherzer Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.svg Clayton Kershaw
Comeback Player of the Year New York Yankees Logo.svg Mariano Rivera Francisco Liriano
Hank Aaron Award Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Miguel Cabrera Arizona Diamondbacks.svg Paul Goldschmidt
TSN Player of the Year Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Miguel Cabrera

Player of the month

Overview

month American League National League
April Chris Davis Atlanta Braves Logo.svg Justin Upton
May Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Miguel Cabrera Logo Philadelphia Phillies.svg Domonic Brown
June Jason Kipnis Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.svg Yasiel Puig
July Texas Rangers Logo.svg Adrian Beltre Washington Nationals Logo 2011.svg Jayson Werth
August Detroit tigers textlogo.svg Miguel Cabrera Arizona Diamondbacks.svg Martin Prado
September Oakland A's logo.svg Josh Donaldson Logo SanFranciscoGiants.svg Hunter pence

Pitcher of the month

Overview

month American League National League
April Clay Buchholz New-York-Mets-Logo.svg Matt Harvey
May Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.svg Jason Vargas Arizona Diamondbacks.svg Patrick Corbin
June Oakland A's logo.svg Bartolo Colón Adam Wainwright
July Tampa Bay Rays Logo.svg Chris Archer Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.svg Clayton Kershaw
August New York Yankees Logo.svg Ivan Nova Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.svg Zack Greinke
September Ubaldo Jimenez Atlanta Braves Logo.svg Kris Medlen

Rookie of the month

Overview

month American League National League
April Texas Rangers Logo.svg Justin Grimm Atlanta Braves Logo.svg Evan Gattis
May Oakland A's logo.svg Nate Freiman Atlanta Braves Logo.svg Evan Gattis
June Jose Iglesias Los Angeles Dodgers Logo.svg Yasiel Puig
July Tampa Bay Rays Logo.svg Chris Archer Miami Marlins Logo.svg Jose Fernandez
August Texas Rangers Logo.svg Martin Perez Miami Marlins Logo.svg Jose Fernandez
September Tampa Bay Rays Logo.svg Wil Myers Gerrit Cole

Individual evidence

  1. Boxscore. MLB.com, accessed June 27, 2013 .
  2. 2013 MLB Schedule. MLB.com, accessed October 29, 2012 .
  3. Standings Spring Training. mlb.com, accessed February 25, 2013 .
  4. ^ MLB Player of the Month. baseball-almanac.com, accessed June 27, 2013 .
  5. ^ MLB Pitcher of the Month. baseball-almanac.com, accessed June 27, 2013 .
  6. MLB Rookie of the Month. baseball-almanac.com, accessed June 27, 2013 .