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1909 Philadelphia Athletics

1909 > Class Major League > 1909 American League
Overall: 95-58
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 411 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-51

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Connie Mack
Represented: Philadelphia, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1908 / 1910

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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Tommy Atkins* 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
2 Home Run Baker* 23 148 606 541 73 165 27 19 4 85 20 26 48 .305 .343 .447 .790 242 5 34
3 Scotty Barr 22 22 66 51 5 4 1 0 0 1 2 11 12 .078 .254 .098 .352 5 1 3
4 Jack Barry 22 124 491 409 56 88 11 2 1 23 17 44 48 .215 .307 .259 .566 106 10 28
5 Chief Bender 25 40 103 93 6 20 5 0 0 9 1 5 10 .215 .255 .269 .524 25 0 5
6 Eddie Collins* 22 153 660 571 104 198 30 10 3 56 63 62 36 .347 .416 .450 .866 257 6 21
7 Jack Coombs# 26 37 90 83 4 14 4 0 0 10 1 4 23 .169 .216 .217 .433 18 1 2
8 Jim Curry 23 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0
9 Harry Davis 35 149 603 530 73 142 22 11 4 75 20 51 72 .268 .338 .374 .711 198 5 17
10 Jimmy Dygert 24 32 47 44 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 15 .205 .205 .227 .432 10 0 3
11 Topsy Hartsel* 35 83 323 267 30 72 4 4 1 18 3 48 26 .270 .381 .326 .707 87 0 8
12 Heinie Heitmuller 26 64 239 210 36 60 9 8 0 15 7 18 35 .286 .351 .405 .755 85 3 8
13 Shoeless Joe Jackson* 21 5 18 17 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 .176 .222 .176 .399 3 0 0
14 Harry Krause# 20 32 80 77 4 12 2 0 0 7 0 1 21 .156 .167 .182 .348 14 0 2
15 John Kull* 27 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0
16 Jack Lapp* 24 21 62 56 8 19 3 1 0 10 1 3 8 .339 .373 .429 .801 24 0 3
17 Ed Larkin 23 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0
18 Paddy Livingston 29 64 207 175 15 41 6 4 0 15 4 15 18 .234 .323 .314 .638 55 8 9
19 Stuffy McInnis 18 19 50 46 4 11 0 0 1 4 0 2 5 .239 .286 .304 .590 14 1 1
20 Danny Murphy 32 149 616 541 61 152 28 14 5 69 19 35 38 .281 .332 .412 .744 223 6 34
21 Simon Nicholls* 26 21 76 71 10 15 2 1 0 3 0 3 12 .211 .243 .268 .511 19 0 2
22 Rube Oldring 25 90 367 326 39 75 13 8 1 28 17 20 39 .230 .287 .328 .615 107 6 15
23 Eddie Plank* 33 35 102 96 5 21 2 0 1 7 2 2 16 .219 .250 .271 .521 26 2 2
24 Doc Powers 38 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0
25 Morrie Rath* 22 7 31 26 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 .269 .387 .308 .695 8 3 0
26 Amos Strunk* 20 11 36 35 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 .114 .139 .114 .253 4 0 0
27 Ira Thomas 28 84 286 256 22 57 9 3 0 31 4 18 34 .223 .292 .281 .573 72 7 5
28 Rube Vickers* 31 18 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125 1 0 1
28 Players 27.0 153 5620 4906 605 1257 186 88 21 498 201 403 578 .256 .321 .343 .664 1682 64 247
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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Tommy Atkins* 21 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 3 0 5 4 0 0 0 28 1.833 9.0 0.0 7.5 6.0 0.80
2 Chief Bender 25 18 8 .692 1.66 34 29 5 24 5 1 250.0 196 68 46 1 45 161 5 1 5 968 0.964 7.1 0.0 1.6 5.8 3.58
3 Jack Coombs 26 12 11 .522 2.32 30 24 5 18 6 1 205.2 156 63 53 1 73 97 6 0 5 812 1.113 6.8 0.0 3.2 4.2 1.33
4 Jimmy Dygert 24 9 5 .643 2.42 32 13 13 6 1 0 137.1 117 60 37 1 50 79 11 1 5 545 1.216 7.7 0.1 3.3 5.2 1.58
5 Harry Krause* 20 18 8 .692 1.39 32 21 8 16 7 0 213.0 151 49 33 2 49 139 13 1 2 801 0.939 6.4 0.1 2.1 5.9 2.84
6 John Kull* 27 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 18 2.667 9.0 0.0 15.0 12.0 0.80
7 Eddie Plank* 33 19 10 .655 1.76 34 33 0 24 3 0 265.1 215 74 52 1 62 132 8 1 4 1028 1.044 7.3 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.13
8 Rube Vickers 31 2 2 .500 3.40 18 3 9 1 0 1 55.2 60 32 21 0 19 25 2 0 3 240 1.419 9.7 0.0 3.1 4.0 1.32
8 Players 26.3 95 58 .621 1.93 153 153 43 110 27 3 1378.0 1069 411 296 9 386 728 65 5 31 5385 1.056 7.0 0.1 2.5 4.8 1.89

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Ira Thomas 84 479 112 9 5 .985 7.04 5 77 74 49%
Paddy Livingston 64 306 106 13 6 .969 6.44 5 56 70 56%
Jack Lapp 19 95 26 8 2 .938 6.37 4 16 17 52%
Ed Larkin 2 9 1 3 0 .769 5.00 0 2 1 33%
Doc Powers 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 1 1 50%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Davis 149 1432 74 19 65 .988 10.11
Scotty Barr 7 33 1 4 0 .895 4.86
Simon Nicholls 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.00
Rube Oldring 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eddie Collins 152 373 406 27 55 .967 5.13
Jim Curry 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Home Run Baker 146 209 277 42 16 .920 3.33
Simon Nicholls 5 8 17 2 1 .926 5.00
Morrie Rath 2 2 3 1 0 .833 2.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Barry 124 196 351 43 40 .927 4.41
Stuffy McInnis 14 34 44 10 5 .886 5.57
Simon Nicholls 14 24 32 7 3 .889 4.00
Morrie Rath 4 18 15 6 2 .846 8.25
Eddie Collins 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Topsy Hartsel 72 0.00
Heinie Heitmuller 54 0.00
Rube Oldring 32 0.00
Shoeless Joe Jackson 3 0.00
Scotty Barr 1 0.00
Amos Strunk 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rube Oldring 56 0.00
Scotty Barr 14 0.00
Amos Strunk 8 0.00
Heinie Heitmuller 7 0.00
Shoeless Joe Jackson 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Danny Murphy 149 0.00
Topsy Hartsel 2 0.00
Rube Oldring 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Danny Murphy 149 191 17 5 5 .977 1.40
Rube Oldring 89 174 7 7 1 .963 2.03
Topsy Hartsel 74 140 0 5 0 .966 1.89
Heinie Heitmuller 61 111 4 9 2 .927 1.89
Scotty Barr 15 36 0 2 0 .947 2.40
Amos Strunk 9 10 2 0 0 1.000 1.33
Shoeless Joe Jackson 4 10 0 2 0 .833 2.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chief Bender 34 13 78 4 1 .958 2.68
Eddie Plank 34 11 82 1 3 .989 2.74
Jimmy Dygert 32 1 38 2 1 .951 1.22
Harry Krause 32 7 48 4 3 .932 1.72
Jack Coombs 30 12 60 2 2 .973 2.40
Rube Vickers 18 3 11 1 0 .933 0.78
Tommy Atkins 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
John Kull 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Tommy Atkins 21 L L 5' 10.0" 165 Dec 9, 1887 Ponca, NE, US
Home Run Baker 23 L R 5' 11.0" 173 Mar 13, 1886 Trappe, MD, US
Scotty Barr 22 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Oct 6, 1886 Bristol, TN, US
Jack Barry 22 R R 5' 9.0" 158 Apr 26, 1887 Meriden, CT, US
Chief Bender 25 R R 6' 2.0" 185 May 5, 1884 Crow Wing County, MN, US
Eddie Collins 22 L R 5' 9.0" 175 May 2, 1887 Millerton, NY, US
Jack Coombs 26 S R 6' 0.0" 185 Nov 18, 1882 Le Grand, IA, US
Jim Curry 23 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Mar 10, 1886 Camden, NJ, US
Harry Davis 35 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jul 19, 1873 Philadelphia, PA, US
Jimmy Dygert 24 R R 5' 10.0" 158 Jul 5, 1884 Utica, NY, US
Bob Ganley 34 L L 5' 7.0" 156 Apr 23, 1875 Lowell, MA, US
Topsy Hartsel 35 L L 5' 5.0" 155 Jun 26, 1874 Polk, OH, US
Heinie Heitmuller 26 R R 6' 2.0" 215 May 25, 1883 San Francisco, CA, US
Shoeless Joe Jackson 21 L R 6' 1.0" 200 Jul 16, 1887 Pickens County, SC, US
Harry Krause 20 S L 5' 10.0" 165 Jul 12, 1888 San Francisco, CA, US
John Kull 27 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Jun 24, 1882 Shenandoah, PA, US
Jack Lapp 24 L R 5' 8.0" 160 Sep 10, 1884 Frazer, PA, US
Ed Larkin 23 R R 5' 8.0" Jul 1, 1885 Wyalusing, PA, US
Paddy Livingston 29 R R 5' 8.0" 197 Jan 14, 1880 Cleveland, OH, US
Stuffy McInnis 18 R R 5' 9.0" 162 Sep 19, 1890 Gloucester, MA, US
Cy Morgan 30 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 10, 1878 Pomeroy, OH, US
Danny Murphy 32 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Aug 11, 1876 Philadelphia, PA, US
Simon Nicholls 26 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 18, 1882 Germantown, MD, US
Rube Oldring 25 R R 5' 10.0" 186 May 30, 1884 New York, NY, US
Eddie Plank 33 L L 5' 11.0" 175 Aug 31, 1875 Gettysburg, PA, US
Doc Powers 38 R R Sep 22, 1870 Pittsfield, MA, US
Morrie Rath 22 L R 5' 8.0" 160 Dec 25, 1886 Mobeetie, TX, US
Biff Schlitzer 24 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Dec 4, 1884 Rochester, NY, US
Amos Strunk 20 L L 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 22, 1889 Philadelphia, PA, US
Ira Thomas 28 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jan 22, 1881 Ballston Spa, NY, US
Rube Vickers 31 L R 6' 2.0" 225 May 17, 1878 St. Mary's, ON, CA

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