1931 Philadelphia Athletics

1931 > Class Major League > 1931 American League
Overall: 107-45
Scored 858 runs, Allowed 626 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-55

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Connie Mack
Represented: Philadelphia, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1930 / 1932

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Max Bishop*	31	130	614	497	115	146	30	4	5	37	3	1	112	51	.294	.426	.400	.826	199	2	3
2	Joe Boley	34	67	244	224	26	51	9	3	0	20	1	1	15	13	.228	.282	.295	.577	66	2	3
3	Mickey Cochrane*	28	122	521	459	87	160	31	6	17	89	2	3	56	21	.349	.423	.553	.976	254	3	3
4	Doc Cramer*	25	65	242	223	37	58	8	2	2	20	2	1	11	15	.260	.301	.341	.642	76	2	6
5	Jimmy Dykes	34	101	414	355	48	97	28	2	3	46	1	2	49	47	.273	.371	.389	.759	138	6	4
6	George Earnshaw	31	43	122	114	12	30	7	1	2	13	0	0	5	23	.263	.294	.395	.689	45	0	3
7	Lou Finney*	20	9	32	24	7	9	0	1	0	3	0	0	6	1	.375	.516	.458	.974	11	1	1
8	Jimmie Foxx	23	139	593	515	93	150	32	10	30	120	4	3	73	84	.291	.380	.567	.947	292	1	4
9	Lefty Grove*	31	41	122	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	0	0	3	48	.200	.220	.226	.446	26	0	4
10	Mule Haas*	27	102	489	440	82	142	29	7	8	56	0	0	30	29	.323	.366	.475	.841	209	0	19
11	Johnnie Heving	35	42	121	113	8	27	3	2	1	12	0	0	6	8	.239	.277	.327	.605	37	0	2
12	Lew Krausse	19	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1	0
13	Roy Mahaffey	27	30	70	63	7	12	2	0	2	8	0	0	4	25	.190	.239	.317	.556	20	0	3
14	Hank McDonald	20	19	25	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.095	.240	.095	.335	2	0	0
15	Eric McNair	22	79	299	280	41	76	10	1	5	33	1	4	11	19	.271	.306	.368	.674	103	3	5
16	Bing Miller	36	137	585	534	75	150	43	5	8	77	5	3	36	16	.281	.338	.425	.763	227	10	5
17	Jimmy Moore	28	49	158	143	18	32	5	1	2	21	0	1	11	13	.224	.284	.315	.599	45	1	3
18	Joe Palmisano	28	19	50	44	5	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	3	.227	.320	.273	.593	12	0	0
19	Jim Peterson	22	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0
20	Eddie Rommel	33	29	60	54	6	14	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.259	.333	.315	.648	17	0	0
21	Bill Shores	27	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0
22	Al Simmons	29	128	563	513	105	200	37	13	22	128	3	3	47	45	.390	.444	.641	1.085	329	3	0
23	Phil Todt*	29	62	207	197	23	48	14	2	5	44	1	1	8	22	.244	.273	.411	.684	81	0	2
24	Rube Walberg*	34	45	114	105	6	13	1	1	0	6	0	0	5	16	.124	.164	.152	.316	16	0	4
25	Dib Williams	21	86	315	294	41	79	12	2	6	40	2	0	19	21	.269	.313	.384	.697	113	0	2
	25 Players	28.8	153	6019	5377	858	1544	311	64	118	798	25	23	528	543	.287	.355	.435	.789	2337	35	79

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Sol Carter	22	0	0		19.29	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	11	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	3.9	0.25
2	George Earnshaw	31	21	7	.750	3.67	43	30	11	23	3	6	281.2	255	130	115	16	75	152	3	0	5	1174	1.172	8.1	0.5	2.4	4.9	2.03
3	Lefty Grove*	31	31	4	.886	2.06	41	30	10	27	4	5	288.2	249	84	66	10	62	175	1	0	2	1160	1.077	7.8	0.3	1.9	5.5	2.82
4	Lew Krausse	19	1	0	1.000	4.09	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	6	6	5	2	6	1	0	0	1	46	1.091	4.9	1.6	4.9	0.8	0.17
5	Roy Mahaffey	27	15	4	.789	4.21	30	20	5	8	0	2	162.1	161	87	76	9	82	59	3	0	4	714	1.497	8.9	0.5	4.5	3.3	0.72
6	Hank McDonald	20	2	4	.333	3.71	19	10	3	1	1	0	70.1	62	43	29	3	41	23	1	1	1	305	1.464	7.9	0.4	5.2	2.9	0.56
7	Jim Peterson	22	0	1	.000	6.23	6	1	4	1	0	0	13.0	18	10	9	0	4	7	0	1	0	60	1.692	12.5	0.0	2.8	4.8	1.75
8	Eddie Rommel	33	7	5	.583	2.97	25	10	10	8	1	0	118.0	136	50	39	5	27	18	1	0	2	498	1.381	10.4	0.4	2.1	1.4	0.67
9	Bill Shores	27	0	3	.000	5.06	6	2	3	0	0	0	16.0	26	18	9	3	10	2	0	0	1	83	2.250	14.6	1.7	5.6	1.1	0.20
10	Rube Walberg*	34	20	12	.625	3.74	44	35	8	19	1	3	291.0	298	133	121	16	109	106	0	0	3	1248	1.399	9.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	0.97
	10 Players	30.0	107	45	.704	3.47	153	153	56	97	12	16	1365.1	1342	626	526	73	457	574	9	2	20	5778	1.318	8.8	0.5	3.0	3.8	1.26

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Mickey Cochrane	117	560	63	9	9	.986	5.32	6	52	38	42%
Johnnie Heving	40	139	11	1	0	.993	3.75	3	12	11	48%
Joe Palmisano	16	44	4	2	2	.960	3.00	1	2	2	50%

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jimmie Foxx	112		964	49	7	89	.993	9.04
Phil Todt	52		403	13	2	36	.995	8.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Max Bishop	130	314	414	12	84	.984	5.60
Eric McNair	16	35	43	3	15	.963	4.88
Dib Williams	10	15	23	0	4	1.000	3.80
Joe Boley	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Joe Palmisano	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Eddie Rommel	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jimmy Dykes	87	105	153	7	19	.974	2.97
Eric McNair	47	43	86	12	15	.915	2.74
Jimmie Foxx	26	24	55	8	4	.908	3.04

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dib Williams	72	152	214	27	59	.931	5.08
Joe Boley	62	102	149	12	31	.954	4.05
Jimmy Dykes	15	31	35	8	8	.892	4.40
Eric McNair	13	19	26	4	6	.918	3.46

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Al Simmons	125							0.00
Jimmy Moore	24							0.00
Doc Cramer	2							0.00
Eddie Rommel	2							0.00
Jimmie Foxx	1							0.00
Dib Williams	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mule Haas	102							0.00
Doc Cramer	47							0.00
Al Simmons	3							0.00
Jimmy Moore	2							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bing Miller	137							0.00
Jimmy Moore	10							0.00
Lou Finney	8							0.00
Doc Cramer	6							0.00
Eddie Rommel	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bing Miller	137	305	7	4	1	.987	2.28
Al Simmons	128	287	10	4	0	.987	2.32
Mule Haas	102	272	6	3	4	.989	2.73
Doc Cramer	55	133	5	3	1	.979	2.51
Jimmy Moore	36	70	3	2	2	.973	2.03
Lou Finney	8	19	1	0	1	1.000	2.50
Eddie Rommel	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Jimmie Foxx	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Dib Williams	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rube Walberg	44	13	52	0	1	1.000	1.48
George Earnshaw	43	15	52	5	4	.931	1.56
Lefty Grove	41	2	47	0	1	1.000	1.20
Roy Mahaffey	30	4	19	1	0	.958	0.77
Eddie Rommel	25	5	25	2	1	.938	1.20
Hank McDonald	19	5	9	1	0	.933	0.74
Jim Peterson	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.33
Bill Shores	6	1	4	1	0	.833	0.83
Lew Krausse	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.33
Sol Carter	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Max Bishop	31	L	R	5' 8.0"	165	Sep 5, 1899	Waynesboro, PA, US
Joe Boley	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 19, 1896	Mahanoy City, PA, US
Sol Carter	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	Dec 23, 1908	Picayune, MS, US
Mickey Cochrane	28	L	R	5' 10.0"	180	Apr 6, 1903	Bridgewater, MA, US
Doc Cramer	25	L	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 22, 1905	Beach Haven, NJ, US
Jimmy Dykes	34	R	R	5' 9.0"	185	Nov 10, 1896	Philadelphia, PA, US
George Earnshaw	31	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Feb 15, 1900	New York, NY, US
Lou Finney	20	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 13, 1910	Buffalo, AL, US
Jimmie Foxx	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Oct 22, 1907	Sudlersville, MD, US
Lefty Grove	31	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 6, 1900	Lonaconing, MD, US
Mule Haas	27	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Oct 15, 1903	Montclair, NJ, US
Johnnie Heving	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 29, 1896	Covington, KY, US
Waite Hoyt	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 9, 1899	Brooklyn, NY, US
Lew Krausse	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	167	Jun 8, 1912	Media, PA, US
Roy Mahaffey	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 9, 1904	Belton, SC, US
Hank McDonald	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Jan 16, 1911	Santa Monica, CA, US
Eric McNair	22	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Apr 12, 1909	Meridian, MS, US
Bing Miller	36	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 30, 1894	Vinton, IA, US
Jimmy Moore	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Apr 24, 1903	Paris, TN, US
Joe Palmisano	28	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Nov 19, 1902	West Point, GA, US
Jim Peterson	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Aug 18, 1908	Philadelphia, PA, US
Eddie Rommel	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	197	Sep 13, 1897	Baltimore, MD, US
Bill Shores	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	May 26, 1904	Abilene, TX, US
Al Simmons	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	May 22, 1902	Milwaukee, WI, US
Phil Todt	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 9, 1901	St. Louis, MO, US
Rube Walberg	34	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jul 27, 1896	Pine City, MN, US
Dib Williams	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jan 19, 1910	Greenbrier, AR, US

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