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1908 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907/1909) 68-85, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 486 runs, Allowed 562 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-87 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Columbia Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 455,062 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 107   (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 109   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ossee Schreckengost 33   71  207   16   46   7  1   0   16   6       .222  .248  .266   1           1   6           62
1B  Harry Davis         34  147  513   65  127  23  9   5   62  61       .248  .332  .357  20           4  21          117
2B  Danny Murphy        31  142  525   51  139  28  7   4   66  32       .265  .309  .368  16           2  23          113
3B  Jimmy Collins       38  115  433   34   94  14  3   0   30  20       .217  .258  .263   5           4  13           65
SS *Simon Nicholls      25  150  550   58  119  17  3   4   31  35       .216  .265  .280  14           1  31           72
OF *Topsy Hartsel       34  129  460   73  112  16  6   4   29  93       .243  .371  .330  15           0   8          122
OF  Rube Oldring        24  116  434   38   96  14  2   1   39  18       .221  .267  .270  13           9  19           69
OF #Jack Coombs         25   78  220   24   56   9  5   1   23   9       .255  .287  .355   6           1   9          102
   *Eddie Collins       21  102  330   39   90  18  7   1   40  16       .273  .312  .379   8           3  15          118
    Doc Powers          37   62  172    8   31   6  1   0    7   5       .180  .217  .227   1           3   6           40
    Jack Barry          21   40  135   13   30   4  3   0    8  10       .222  .291  .296   5           3   2           85
    Socks Seybold       37   48  130    5   28   2  0   0    3  12       .215  .287  .231   2           1   3           64
    Syd Smith           24   46  128    8   26   8  0   1   10   4       .203  .233  .289   0           1   4           65
    Frank Manush        24   23   77    6   12   2  1   0    0   2       .156  .188  .208   2           1   2           25
   *Herbie Moran        24   19   59    4    9   0  0   0    4   6       .153  .242  .153   1           1   2           25
    Scotty Barr         21   19   56    4    8   2  0   0    1   3       .143  .200  .179   0           1   1           20
   *Jack Lapp           23   13   35    4    5   0  1   0    1   5       .143  .268  .200   0           1   1           48
   *Amos Strunk         19   12   34    4    8   1  0   0    0   4       .235  .316  .265   0           0   2           84
   *Frank Baker         22    9   31    5    9   3  0   0    2   0       .290  .290  .387   0           0   2          113
    Jack Fox            23    9   30    2    6   0  0   0    0   0       .200  .200  .200   2           0   1           26
    Shag Shaughnessy    25    8   29    2    9   0  0   0    1   2       .310  .355  .310   3           0   2          110
   *Joe Jackson         18    5   23    0    3   0  0   0    3   0       .130  .130  .130   0           0   0          -18
    Bert Blue           30    6   18    2    3   0  0   0    1   0       .167  .167  .167   0           0   0            5
    Ben Egan            24    2    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   1       .167  .286  .333   0           0   0           95

   *Rube Vickers        30   53  106    4   17   3  0   0    4  10       .160  .233  .189   0           0   4           33
   *Eddie Plank         32   36   89    4   16   4  0   0    4   2       .180  .198  .225   1           0   1           33
    Jimmy Dygert        23   41   75    5    6   0  0   0    1   1       .080  .092  .080   0           0   5          -46
    Chief Bender        24   20   50    5   11   1  0   0    2  10       .220  .350  .240   1           0   1           87
    Biff Schlitzer      23   24   46    1    9   0  0   0    1   1       .196  .213  .196   0           0   1           29
   *Nick Carter         29   14   20    1    2   0  0   0    0   0       .100  .100  .100   0           0   0          -37
    Jack Flater         27    5   15    1    2   0  1   0    3   0       .133  .133  .267   0           0   1           26
   ?Al Kellogg          21    3    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .125  .125  .125   0           0   0          -21
   #Harry Krause        19    4    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   #Bert Maxwell        21    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Gus Salve           22    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Eddie Files         25    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Doc Martin          20    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  157 5065  486 1131 183 50  21  392 368       .223  .276  .292 116          37 186           87
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    6    7   3  6   1        2          8     8     6   8                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rube Vickers        30  53   2.21  18  19  1  34  17  21   6  317.0  264  114   78   0   71  156 1276  12  11  0     115
SP *Eddie Plank         32  34   2.17  14  16  1  28   5  21   4  244.7  202   77   59   1   46  135  974   7   9  0     118
SP  Jimmy Dygert        23  41   2.87  11  15  1  27   9  15   5  238.7  184   95   76   3   97  164  944   5  11  1      89
SP  Jack Coombs         25  26   2.00   7   5  0  18   6  10   4  153.0  130   63   34   1   64   80  624   5   3  0     128
SP  Biff Schlitzer      23  24   3.16   6   8  0  18   3  11   2  131.0  110   56   46   1   45   57  518   4   2  0      81
SP  Chief Bender        24  18   1.75   8   9  1  17   1  14   2  138.7  121   48   27   1   21   85  537   2   3  0     146

RP  Nick Carter         29  14   2.97   2   5  0   5   6   2   0   60.7   58   26   20   1   17   17  234   2   2  0      86

    Jack Flater         27   5   2.06   1   3  0   3   2   3   0   39.3   35   15    9   0   12    8  153   1   2  0     124
   *Harry Krause        19   4   2.57   1   1  0   2   1   2   0   21.0   20   11    6   0    4   10   88   2   3  0      99
   *Al Kellogg          21   3   5.82   0   2  0   3   0   2   0   17.0   20   19   11   1    9    8   78   4   1  0      44
   *Gus Salve           22   2   4.11   0   1  0   1   1   1   0   15.3   17    7    7   1    9    6   74   0   1  0      62
    Bert Maxwell        21   4  11.08   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   13.0   23   21   16   0    9    7   77   0   2  0      23
    Eddie Files         25   2   6.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    9.0    8    7    6   0    3    6   33   2   2  0      43
    Doc Martin          20   1  13.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    2    4    3   0    3    2   11   0   1  0      19
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 157   2.56  68  85  4 157  55 102  23 1400.0 1194  562  398  10  410  741 5621  46  53  1     100
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   6   2  7           6   1      3    4    7        2    7    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- OSchreckeng 65 352 91 10 3 .978 6 DPowers 60 303 74 13 3 .967 3 SSmith 31 158 39 5 6 .975 0 JLapp 13 55 16 4 0 .947 8 BBlue 6 32 8 0 0 1.000 3 BEgan 2 11 3 1 0 .933 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 911 231 33 12 .972 20 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .984 11.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HDavis 147 1410 86 22 44 .986 10.18 SSmith 6 57 4 2 0 .968 10.17 SBarr 2 11 2 1 1 .929 6.50 DMurphy 2 19 0 1 1 .950 9.50 DPowers 2 6 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 CBender 1 13 3 0 1 1.000 16.00 JCoombs 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 OSchreckeng 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1518 97 26 48 .984 10.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .951 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 56 144 162 11 13 .965 5.46 ECollins 47 111 127 14 5 .944 5.06 SNicholls 23 51 58 6 6 .948 4.74 JBarry 20 29 56 3 3 .966 4.25 SBarr 11 15 21 3 0 .923 3.27 FManush 2 1 0 2 1 .333 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 351 424 39 28 .952 4.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .932 3.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCollins 115 117 216 26 14 .928 2.90 FManush 20 27 29 4 2 .933 2.80 FBaker 9 12 22 0 0 1.000 3.78 SNicholls 7 8 6 1 1 .933 2.00 SBarr 4 2 4 1 0 .857 1.50 JBarry 3 5 2 1 0 .875 2.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 171 279 33 17 .932 2.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .927 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SNicholls 120 221 370 56 26 .913 4.92 ECollins 28 60 61 10 7 .924 4.32 JBarry 14 20 28 6 0 .889 3.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 301 459 72 33 .913 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .954 1.80 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- THartsel 129 211 6 9 2 .960 1.68 129 0 0 ROldring 116 246 9 16 3 .941 2.20 21 95 0 DMurphy 84 145 11 6 4 .963 1.86 2 12 70 JCoombs 47 92 6 1 3 .990 2.09 1 11 35 SSeybold 34 32 3 3 0 .921 1.03 0 0 34 HMoran 19 39 1 2 0 .952 2.11 0 10 9 AStrunk 11 27 1 3 1 .903 2.55 1 10 0 ECollins 10 13 0 1 0 .929 1.30 2 3 5 JFox 8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.50 0 1 7 SShaughness 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 8 0 JJackson 5 6 1 1 0 .875 1.40 0 5 0 SBarr 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 1 0 SSmith 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 836 38 43 13 .953 1.87 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .946 3.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RVickers 53 10 83 7 0 .930 2.64 EPlank 34 17 45 2 1 .969 2.28 JDygert 41 8 79 2 0 .978 3.28 JCoombs 26 13 42 3 1 .948 3.24 CBender 18 12 28 3 0 .930 2.60 BSchlitzer 24 2 30 1 0 .970 2.20 NCarter 14 7 22 1 1 .967 4.30 JFlater 5 6 19 3 2 .893 5.73 HKrause 4 3 1 2 0 .667 1.71 AKellogg 3 0 8 2 0 .800 4.24 GSalve 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.18 BMaxwell 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 EFiles 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 DMartin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 80 362 26 5 .944 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Collins .273 On-base % Hartsel .371 Slugging % Collins .379 OPS Hartsel .701 Games Nicholls 150 At Bats Nicholls 550 Plate Appearances (approx.) Nicholls 617 Runs Hartsel 73 Hits Murphy 139 Total Bases Murphy 193 Doubles Murphy 28 Triples Davis 9 Home Runs Davis 5 RBI Murphy 66 Bases on Balls Hartsel 93 Stolen Bases Davis 20 Singles Murphy 100 Adjusted OPS+ Hartsel 122 Runs Created Davis 60 Adjusted Batting Runs Hartsel 17 Batting Wins Hartsel 2.1 Extra-Base Hits Murphy 39 Times on Base Hartsel 205 Offensive Win% Hartsel .661 Hit By Pitch Oldring 9 Sac. Hits Nicholls 31 Power/Speed Number Davis 8.0 At Bats per Home Run Davis 102.6 Outs Nicholls 462

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Plank 2.17 Wins Vickers 18 Won-Loss % Coombs .583 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Plank 1.014 Hits Allowed/9IP Dygert 6.94 Bases on Balls/9IP Plank 1.69 Strikeouts/9IP Dygert 6.18 Games Vickers 53 Saves Bender, Dygert, Plank, and Vickers 1 Innings Vickers 317.0 Strikeouts Dygert 164 Games Started Vickers 34 Comp. Games Plank and Vickers 21 Shutouts Vickers 6 Home Runs Allow. Dygert 3 Bases On Balls Allow. Dygert 97 Hits Allowed Vickers 264 SO to Walk Plank 2.93 Losses Vickers 19 Earned Runs Allow. Vickers 78 Wild Pitches Vickers 12 Hit Batsmen Dygert and Vickers 11 Batters Faced Vickers 1276 Games Finished Vickers 17 Adjusted ERA+ Plank 118

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