1871 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1872

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Fergy Malone	26	27	143	134	33	46	7	1	1	33	9	3	9	4	.343	.385	.433	.817	132	58	1	0
2	1B	Wes Fisler	26	28	150	147	43	41	8	2	0	16	6	3	3	2	.279	.293	.361	.654	85	53	1	0
3	2B	Al Reach*	31	26	138	133	43	47	7	6	0	34	2	0	5	6	.353	.377	.496	.873	146	66	0	0
4	SS	John Radcliff?	23	28	151	145	47	44	7	5	0	22	5	1	6	1	.303	.331	.421	.752	112	61	3	0
5	3B	Levi Meyerle	21	26	132	130	45	64	9	3	4	40	4	0	2	1	.492	.500	.700	1.200	237	91	0	0
6	OF	Count Sensenderfer?	23	25	127	127	38	41	5	2	0	23	5	3	0	1	.323	.323	.394	.717	103	50	0	0
7	OF	Ned Cuthbert	26	28	160	150	47	37	7	5	3	30	16	2	10	2	.247	.294	.420	.714	100	63	1	0
8	OF	George Heubel?	22	17	77	75	18	23	4	2	0	13	1	0	2	0	.307	.325	.413	.738	108	31	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	George Bechtel?	22	20	96	94	24	33	9	1	1	21	4	0	2	2	.351	.365	.500	.865	143	47	1	0
10	1B	Tom Pratt?	27	1	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	91	2	0	0
11	OF	Nate Berkenstock?	40	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
12	OF	Tom Berry?	28	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	43	1	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
13	P	Dick McBride?	24	25	139	132	36	31	3	0	0	17	4	0	7	1	.235	.273	.258	.531	52	34	1	0
		Team Totals	24.7	28	1327	1281	376	410	66	27	9	250	56	12	46	23	.320	.344	.435	.778	120	557	8	0
		Rank in 9 NA teams				4	2	2	2	4	2		4	6	5	3	1	1	1	1		2				1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Dick McBride	24	18	5	.783	4.58	25	25	0	25	0	0	222.0	285	223	113	3	40		15		0	3	1059	90	1.464	11.6	0.1	1.6	0.6	0.38
2	SP	George Bechtel?	22	1	2	.333	7.96	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.0	43	42	23	0	11		1		0	7	146	53	2.077	14.9	0.0	3.8	0.3	0.09
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
3	RP	Levi Meyerle	21	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2		0		0	1	6	63	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	23.8	19	7	.731	4.95	28	28	1	27	0	0	249.0	329	266	137	3	53		16		0	11	1211	84	1.534	11.9	0.1	1.9	0.6	0.30
		Rank in 9 NA teams		1	9		7				4	5	3	7	4	3	7	2	7		6
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
George Bechtel	22	21		44	25	12	7	1	.841	1.76								P-OF-3B
Nate Berkenstock	40	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00								OF
Tom Berry	28	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00								OF
Ned Cuthbert	26	28		95	80	4	11	0	.884	3.00	1							OF-C
Wes Fisler	26	28		258	246	3	9	9	.965	8.89								1B-2B
George Heubel	22	17		39	28	3	8	0	.795	1.82								OF-1B
Fergy Malone	26	27		180	122	32	26	2	.856	5.70	16							C
Dick McBride	24	25		60	20	33	7	2	.883	2.12								P
Levi Meyerle	21	27		128	43	40	45	1	.648	3.07								P-3B
Tom Pratt	27	1		14	11	0	3	0	.786	11.00								1B
John Radcliff	23	28		194	40	116	38	5	.804	5.57								SS
Al Reach	31	26		179	83	68	28	10	.844	5.81								2B
Count Sensenderfer	23	25		59	46	2	11	1	.814	1.92								OF
Team Totals	24.6	28		1254	747	313	194	31	.845	4.16	17
Rank in 9 NA teams							8	8	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
George Bechtel?	22	20	96	6	1	0	0	-1	6	0.3	2	8	0.6	.517	.502	0.6	-0.1	8			O/51
Nate Berkenstock?	40	1	4	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.1	0	-2	-0.1	.366	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-2			/O
Tom Berry?	28	1	4	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0			/O
Ned Cuthbert	26	28	160	-2	2	0	4	-2	2	0.1	4	6	0.6	.504	.501	0.4	0.1	2			*O/2
Wes Fisler	26	28	150	-4	-1	0	-2	0	-7	-0.4	3	-4	0.0	.485	.497	0.1	-0.1	-2			*3/4
George Heubel?	22	17	77	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	-0.1	2			O/3
Fergy Malone	26	27	143	8	-0	0	-1	2	8	0.4	3	11	0.8	.517	.503	0.9	0.0	12			*2
Dick McBride?	24	25	139	-10	1	0	0	2	-6	-0.4	3	-3	-0.4	.486	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3			*1
Levi Meyerle	21	26	132	28	1	0	-6	1	24	1.3	3	27	1.7	.551	.508	2.0	-0.3	33			*5/1
Tom Pratt?	27	1	6	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.445	.500	0.0	-0.1	0			/3
John Radcliff?	23	28	151	3	0	0	4	2	9	0.5	3	12	0.9	.518	.503	0.7	0.3	8			*6
Al Reach*	31	26	138	9	1	0	0	0	10	0.5	3	13	0.9	.521	.503	1.0	0.0	13			*4
Count Sensenderfer?	23	25	127	0	-1	0	-2	-1	-4	-0.2	3	-1	0.1	.490	.499	0.2	-0.2	1			*O
Team Total	24.7	253	1327	36	3	0	-4	3	38	2.0	30	68	5.3	.508	.501	5.7	-0.3	72
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
George Bechtel?	22	26.0	3	3	42	14.54	10.10	-0.16	0.00	100.0	10.26	-12	-0.6		-0.0	-0.3	-11	.309	.496
Dick McBride	24	222.0	25	25	223	9.04	10.10	-0.14	0.00	100.0	10.24	34	2.0		-0.1	3.9	40	.581	.513
Levi Meyerle	21	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	10.10	-0.13	0.00	100.0	10.22	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.509	.500
Team Total	23.8	249.0	29	28	266	9.61	10.10	-0.14	0.00	100.0	10.25	22	1.5	1.0	-0.1	3.6	29	.551	.503
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1872 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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