1872 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

30-14, Finished 4th in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick McBride (30-14)
Scored 539 runs, Allowed 349 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 30-14

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 101

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1871 / 1873 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	30-14, Final Rank:4, GB: 7.5
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	8	last on Saturday, Oct 5, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	18	last on Saturday, Sep 28
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	6	Wednesday, May 1 to Wednesday, May 29 and Saturday, Jul 27 to Monday, Aug 19
Longest Losing Streak	3	Monday, Sep 30 to Saturday, Oct 5
Most Runs Allowed	19	Wednesday, May 1
Most Runs Scored	34	Wednesday, May 1
Times Shutout by Opponent	2
Times Opponent Shutout	1

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	30	14	539	349	.682
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	22	4	371	171	.846
Road	8	10	168	178	.444
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	6	0	146	69	1.000
June	6	3	88	49	.667
July	3	2	44	31	.600
August	7	2	124	77	.778
September	7	5	124	102	.583
October	1	2	13	21	.333

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	14	4	263	137	.778
Second Half	16	10	276	212	.615
Extra-Innings
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
9-Inning Games	29	14	525	332	.674
Shortened	1	0	14	17	1.000
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	2	2	29	29	.500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	20	9	402	220	.690

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	5	4	133	100	.556
BOS	4	4	51	67	.500
BRA	4	0	58	20	1.000
CLE	3	0	53	23	1.000
ECK	5	0	68	22	1.000
MAN	2	0	44	15	1.000
NAT	1	0	13	2	1.000
NYU	3	6	73	80	.333
OLY	1	0	15	13	1.000
TRO	2	0	31	7	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	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Wednesday, May 1	ATH		BAL	W	34	19		1-0	5	1.0	McBride	Mathews		3:15	D	3,000	`+`
2	2	Saturday, May 4	ATH		BOS	W	10	7		2-0	3	1.0	McBride	Spalding		2:45	D	5,000	`++`
3	3	Monday, May 13	ATH		TRO	W	25	5		3-0	3	1.5	McBride	Martin		2:45	D	7,000	`+++`
4	4	Saturday, May 18	ATH		CLE	W	31	7		4-0	3	1.5	McBride	Wolters		2:55	D	3,500	`++++`
5	5	Monday, May 20	ATH	@	BAL	T *T	4	7	8	4-0	3	1.5	Mathews	McBride		1:50	D	4,000	`++++`
6	6	Tuesday, May 21	ATH	@	OLY	W	15	13		5-0	3	1.0	McBride	Brainard		2:15	D		`+++++`
7	7	Wednesday, May 29	ATH		MAN	W	27	11		6-0	3	1.0	McBride	Bentley		2:45	D	1,500	`++++++`
8	8	Saturday, Jun 1	ATH	@	NYU	L	2	3		6-1	3	1.5	Cummings	McBride		1:45	D	5,000	`-`
9	9	Monday, Jun 3	ATH		NAT	W	13	2		7-1	2	1.0	McBride	Stearns		1:55	D	1,500	`+`
10	10	Saturday, Jun 8	ATH		NYU	W	19	0		8-1	2	1.5	McBride	Cummings		2:00	D	5,000	`++`
11	11	Wednesday, Jun 12	ATH	@	BOS	L	4	13		8-2	2	3.0	Spalding	McBride		2:05	D	6,000	`-`
12	12	Saturday, Jun 15	ATH		BRA	W	11	1		9-2	2	3.0	McBride	Britt		1:35	D	600	`+`
13	13	Monday, Jun 17	ATH		BAL	W	14	3		10-2	2	3.0	McBride	Mathews		2:00	D	4,000	`++`
14	14	Saturday, Jun 22	ATH	@	CLE	W	9	8		11-2	2	4.0	McBride	Pratt		2:05	D		`+++`
15	15	Monday, Jun 24	ATH	@	TRO	W	6	2		12-2	2	3.5	McBride	Zettlein			D	3,000	`++++`
16	16	Friday, Jun 28	ATH	@	BAL	L	10	17		12-3	2	4.0	Mathews	McBride		2:20	D	1,000	`-`
17	17	Thursday, Jul 4	ATH		ECK	W	16	3		13-3	2	5.5	McBride	McDermott		2:00	D	1,500	`+`
18	18	Monday, Jul 8	ATH		CLE	W	13	8		14-3	2	5.0	McBride	Pratt		1:53	D	1,000	`++`
19	19	Saturday, Jul 13	ATH	@	NYU	L	0	8		14-4	2	5.5	Cummings	McBride			D	2,000	`-`
20	20	Saturday, Jul 20	ATH		NYU	L	6	11		14-5	2	5.5	Cummings	McBride		1:35	D	2,000	`--`
21	21	Saturday, Jul 27	ATH		BOS	W	9	1		15-5	2	4.5	McBride	Spalding		2:05	D	6,000	`+`
22	22	Saturday, Aug 3	ATH		MAN	W	17	4		16-5	2	5.5	McBride	Bentley		2:15	D	1,000	`++`
23	23	Monday, Aug 5	ATH	@	BAL	W	24	9		17-5	2	5.0	McBride	Mathews		2:35	D	2,000	`+++`
24	24	Saturday, Aug 10	ATH		BAL	W	15	6		18-5	2	5.0	McBride	Mathews		2:25	D	2,000	`++++`
25	25	Monday, Aug 12	ATH		ECK	W	12	9		19-5	2	4.5	McBride	Zettlein		2:10	D	1,000	`+++++`
26	26	Monday, Aug 19	ATH		NYU	W	14	12		20-5	2	6.0	McBride	Cummings		2:10	D	2,000	`++++++`
27	27	Thursday, Aug 22	ATH	@	BAL	L	3	8		20-6	2	6.5	Fisher	McBride		2:10	D		`-`
28	28	Saturday, Aug 24	ATH		BAL	L	8	12		20-7	2	7.0	Fisher	McBride		2:10	D	1,500	`--`
29	29	Wednesday, Aug 28	ATH	@	BRA	W	26	12		21-7	2	6.5	McBride	Britt		2:20	D	1,200	`+`
30	30	Saturday, Aug 31	ATH		ECK	W *H	5	5	9	22-7	2	6.5				1:35	D	1,200	`++`
31	31	Monday, Sep 2	ATH		NYU	W	5	4		23-7	2	6.0	McBride	Cummings		1:50	D	2,000	`+++`
32	32	Tuesday, Sep 3	ATH	@	NYU	L	11	18		23-8	2	6.5	Cummings	McBride		2:00	D	1,500	`-`
33	33	Thursday, Sep 5	ATH	@	BOS	L	4	16		23-9	3	7.5	Spalding	McBride		2:05	D	2,000	`--`
34	34	Saturday, Sep 7	ATH		BRA	W	8	3		24-9	3	6.5	McBride	Britt		2:00	D	600	`+`
35	35	Monday, Sep 9	ATH		BOS	T	5	5	9	24-9	3	6.5				2:15	D	4,000	`+`
36	36	Saturday, Sep 14	ATH		BOS	W	6	4		25-9	3	5.5	McBride	Spalding		2:15	D	3,000	`++`
37	37	Monday, Sep 16	ATH		ECK	W	20	1		26-9	2	5.0	McBride	Martin		1:45	D	800	`+++`
38	38	Tuesday, Sep 17	ATH	@	NYU	L	3	10		26-10	3	5.5	Cummings	McBride		1:45	D	2,000	`-`
39	39	Wednesday, Sep 18	ATH	@	BRA	W	13	4		27-10	2	5.0	McBride	Britt		1:35	D	500	`+`
40	40	Thursday, Sep 19	ATH	@	ECK	W	15	4		28-10	2	4.5	McBride	Martin		1:35	D	100	`++`
41	41	Wednesday, Sep 25	ATH		NYU	L	13	14		28-11	2	5.5	Cummings	McBride		1:40	D	800	`-`
42	42	Thursday, Sep 26	ATH	@	BAL	W	11	6		29-11	2	5.0	McBride	Mathews		2:10	D	2,000	`+`
43	43	Saturday, Sep 28	ATH		BAL	T	7	7		29-11	2	5.0				1:50	D	2,000	`+`
44	44	Monday, Sep 30	ATH		BAL	L	3	6		29-12	2	5.5	Fisher	McBride		1:40	D	1,500	`-`
45	45	Friday, Oct 4	ATH	@	BOS	L	8	10		29-13	2	7.0	Spalding	McBride		2:10	D	1,500	`--`
46	46	Saturday, Oct 5	ATH	@	BOS	L	0	10		29-14	3	8.0	Spalding	McBride		1:45	D	2,500	`---`
47	47	Monday, Oct 7	ATH		BOS	W	5	1		30-14	2	7.0	McBride	Spalding		1:50	D	1,500	`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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

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