1871 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

21-7, Finished 1st in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick McBride (21-7)
Scored 376 runs, Allowed 266 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 18-10

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 92

National Association Champs

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1872 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	21-7, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First	16	last on Monday, Oct 30, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	113	last on Oct 30, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	2.5	last on Monday, Jul 24, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	3.5	last on Saturday, Jun 3, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	14	last on Monday, Oct 30
Most Games under .500	1	last on Saturday, May 20
Longest Winning Streak	6	Wednesday, Jun 21 to Tuesday, Jul 4
Longest Losing Streak	2	Monday, Aug 7 to Wednesday, Aug 30 and Monday, Sep 4 to Saturday, Sep 9
Most Runs Allowed	33	Wednesday, Jun 28
Most Runs Scored	49	Wednesday, Jun 28
Times Shutout by Opponent	0
Times Opponent Shutout	0

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	21	7	376	266	.750
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	11	3	180	124	.786
Road	10	4	196	142	.714
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	0	1	8	11	.000
June	9	1	148	96	.900
July	6	1	119	55	.857
August	1	2	20	34	.333
September	2	2	41	49	.500
October	3	0	40	21	1.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	11	3	207	130	.786
Second Half	10	4	169	136	.714
Extra-Innings
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
9-Inning Games	19	7	351	248	.731
Shortened	2	0	25	18	1.000
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	3	0	24	23	1.000
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	13	2	260	148	.867

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BOS	1	3	49	59	.250
CHI	3	2	42	35	.600
CLE	3	0	53	27	1.000
KEK	2	0	46	10	1.000
NYU	3	2	48	45	.600
OLY	3	0	31	11	1.000
ROK	3	0	28	28	1.000
TRO	3	0	79	51	1.000

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, May 20	ATH	@	BOS	L	8	11		0-1	5	3.0	Spalding	McBride	Wright	2:35	2,500	`-`
2	2	Saturday, Jun 3	ATH		TRO	W	15	5		1-1	6	3.5	McBride	McMullin		2:20	4,000	`+`
3	3	Monday, Jun 5	ATH		ROK	W *H	10	11		2-1	6	2.5				2:20	2,000	`++`
4	4	Thursday, Jun 8	ATH		CHI	W	15	11		3-1	3	1.5	McBride	Zettlein		2:20	6,000	`+++`
5	5	Thursday, Jun 15	ATH		ROK	W *H	7	10		4-1	2	0.5				2:10	2,000	`++++`
6	6	Saturday, Jun 17	ATH	@	OLY	W	11	4		5-1	1	Tied	McBride	Brainard		2:15	800	`+++++`
7	7	Tuesday, Jun 20	ATH		NYU	L	6	8		5-2	3	1.5	Wolters	McBride		1:51	4,000	`-`
8	8	Wednesday, Jun 21	ATH		OLY	W	10	2		6-2	2	1.0	McBride	Brainard		2:15	2,500	`+`
9	9	Monday, Jun 26	ATH		BOS	W	20	8		7-2	2	0.5	McBride	Spalding		2:30	4,500	`++`
10	10	Wednesday, Jun 28	ATH	@	TRO	W	49	33		8-2	2	0.5	McBride	McMullin		3:55		`+++`
11	11	Thursday, Jun 29	ATH	@	NYU	W	5	4		9-2	1	up 0.5	McBride	Wolters		1:40	5,500	`++++`
12	12	Saturday, Jul 1	ATH		KEK	W	20	3		10-2	1	up 1.0	McBride	Mathews		2:05	1,500	`+++++`
13	13	Tuesday, Jul 4	ATH		CLE	W	22	9		11-2	1	up 2.0	McBride	Pratt		2:25	8,000	`++++++`
14	14	Friday, Jul 14	ATH	@	CHI	L	9	11		11-3	1	up 0.5	Zettlein	McBride		2:05	8,000	`-`
15	15	Monday, Jul 17	ATH	@	ROK	W	11	7		12-3	1	up 1.0	McBride	Fisher		2:00	500	`+`
16	16	Thursday, Jul 20	ATH	@	KEK	W	26	7		13-3	1	up 1.5	McBride	Mathews		2:00	350	`++`
17	17	Saturday, Jul 22	ATH	@	CLE	W	18	10		14-3	1	up 2.0	McBride	Pabor		2:05	1,000	`+++`
18	18	Monday, Jul 24	ATH	@	CLE	W	13	8		15-3	1	up 2.5	McBride	Pabor		1:55	2,000	`++++`
19	19	Friday, Aug 4	ATH	@	OLY	W	10	5	7	16-3	1	up 2.0	McBride	Brainard		1:50	2,000	`+++++`
20	20	Monday, Aug 7	ATH		BOS	L	7	23		16-4	1	up 1.0	Spalding	McBride		2:30	3,000	`-`
21	21	Wednesday, Aug 30	ATH		CHI	L	3	6		16-5	2	0.5	Zettlein	McBride		2:10	5,000	`--`
22	22	Saturday, Sep 2	ATH		NYU	W	9	8		17-5	1	Tied	Bechtel	Wolters		2:05	5,000	`+`
23	23	Monday, Sep 4	ATH	@	NYU	L	7	18		17-6	2	0.5	Wolters	Bechtel		2:15	3,500	`-`
24	24	Saturday, Sep 9	ATH	@	BOS	L	14	17		17-7	2	0.5	Spalding	Bechtel		2:55	4,500	`--`
25	25	Monday, Sep 18	ATH	@	CHI	W	11	6		18-7	1	up 0.5	McBride	Zettlein		2:25	5,000	`+`
26	26	Monday, Oct 9	ATH		TRO	W	15	13	8	19-7	1	up 0.5	McBride	McMullin		2:45	2,000	`++`
27	27	Wednesday, Oct 18	ATH		NYU	W	21	7		20-7	1	up 1.0	McBride	Fleet		3:00	2,500	`+++`
28	28	Monday, Oct 30	ATH	@	CHI	W	4	1		21-7	1	up 2.0	McBride	Zettlein		1:40	600	`++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1872 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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