In the summer of 1913, the consensus best baseball team in the East, the New York Lincoln Giants (NYL), and the consensus best baseball team in the West, the Chicago American Giants (CAG), faced off a total of 14 times over two months for the right to call themselves the best team in baseball.
The series got off to a rough start. The first scheduled game was called off because of a dispute over which team was going to use pitcher Frank Wickware who had apparently agreed to play for both teams. Another game was canceled five days later over a dispute over whether the Lincoln Giants could add outfielder Charles Earle from the Brooklyn Royal Giants to substitute for one of their outfielders, Judy Gans, who was ill.
After four games in New York, the series finished with ten games in Chicago spread out across three weeks. When all was said and done, the Lincoln Giants won 8 of the 14 games played (with one tie).
July 18, 1913 at Olympic Field, New York City NY Postseason Championship Series Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 11 2 New York Lincoln Giants 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 x - 8 15 2 WP: Joe Williams, LP: Charles Dougherty Retrosheet game file July 19, 1913 at Olympic Field, New York City NY Postseason Championship Series Chicago American Giants 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 - 11 13 2 New York Lincoln Giants 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 11 16 2 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file July 20, 1913 at Olympic Field, New York City NY Postseason Championship Series Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 12 0 New York Lincoln Giants 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 1 WP: Joe Williams, LP: Bill Lindsay Retrosheet game file July 20, 1913 at Olympic Field, New York City NY Postseason Championship Series Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 - 6 15 5 New York Lincoln Giants 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 WP: Charles Dougherty, LP: Joe Williams, SV: Bill Gatewood Retrosheet game file July 27, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 - 8 10 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 5 WP: Joe Williams, LP: Bill Lindsay Retrosheet game file July 28, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 4 WP: Lee Wade, LP: Bill Gatewood Retrosheet game file July 29, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 - 6 12 4 Chicago American Giants 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 7 11 3 WP: Bill Lindsay, LP: Lee Wade Retrosheet game file July 30, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 3 Chicago American Giants 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 x - 9 15 3 WP: Bill Gatewood, LP: Joe Williams Retrosheet game file July 31, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 2 5 2 WP: Bill Lindsay, LP: Lee Wade Retrosheet game file August 2, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 9 14 5 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 8 4 WP: Joe Williams, LP: Bill Gatewood Retrosheet game file August 9, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 0 1 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 - 11 14 4 Chicago American Giants 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 2 WP: Joe Williams, LP: Bill Gatewood Retrosheet game file August 12, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 2 Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 8 2 WP: Lee Wade, LP: Sam Crawford Retrosheet game file August 12, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x - 3 8 0 WP: Steel Arm Johnny Taylor, LP: Joe Williams Retrosheet game file August 13, 1913 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Postseason Championship Series New York Lincoln Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 4 11 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 0 WP: Judy Gans, LP: Bill Gatewood Retrosheet game file
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