1873 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

28-23, Finished 5th in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick McBride (28-23)
Scored 474 runs, Allowed 403 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 29-22

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1872 / 1874 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	28-23, Final Rank:5, GB: 11.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	13	last on Wednesday, Oct 22, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	9	last on Saturday, Aug 23
Most Games under .500	1	last on Wednesday, May 14
Longest Winning Streak	8	Saturday, May 17 to Monday, Jun 9
Longest Losing Streak	4	Monday, Aug 25 to Thursday, Sep 4
Most Runs Allowed	27	Monday, Jun 30
Most Runs Scored	30	Saturday, Jul 26
Times Shutout by Opponent	0
Times Opponent Shutout	3

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	28	23	474	399	.549
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	21	6	298	165	.778
Road	7	17	176	234	.292
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	1	2	24	27	.333
May	7	1	73	29	.875
June	4	4	79	78	.500
July	5	3	107	82	.625
August	2	2	33	19	.500
September	4	6	68	65	.400
October	5	5	90	99	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	16	10	253	197	.615
Second Half	12	13	221	202	.480
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	5	5	66	66	.500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	18	11	321	245	.621

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	4	3	71	57	.571
BOS	5	4	65	71	.556
BRA	5	4	82	71	.556
NYU	5	4	78	59	.556
PHI	1	8	62	106	.111
RES	2	0	25	6	1.000
WAS	6	0	91	29	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	Monday, Apr 21	ATH		PHI	L	3	11		0-1	8	1.5							`-`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 26	ATH		BAL	W	11	4		1-1	3	1.0							`+`
3	3	Wednesday, Apr 30	ATH	@	BAL	L	10	12		1-2	6	2.0							`-`
4	4	Wednesday, May 7	ATH		WAS	W	12	3		2-2	4	2.0							`+`
5	5	Wednesday, May 14	ATH	@	PHI	L	4	5		2-3	4	3.5							`-`
6	6	Saturday, May 17	ATH		NYU	W	12	0		3-3	4	3.0							`+`
7	7	Saturday, May 24	ATH	@	NYU	W	11	7		4-3	3	3.0							`++`
8	8	Monday, May 26	ATH	@	BRA	W	4	3		5-3	3	3.0							`+++`
9	9	Tuesday, May 27	ATH	@	RES	W	11	2		6-3	3	2.5							`++++`
10	10	Wednesday, May 28	ATH		BAL	W	9	4		7-3	2	2.0							`+++++`
11	11	Saturday, May 31	ATH		BRA	W	10	5		8-3	2	2.0							`++++++`
12	12	Saturday, Jun 7	ATH		RES	W	14	4		9-3	2	2.5							`+++++++`
13	13	Monday, Jun 9	ATH		NYU	W	22	3		10-3	2	2.5							`++++++++`
14	14	Wednesday, Jun 11	ATH	@	PHI	L	5	7		10-4	2	3.5							`-`
15	15	Saturday, Jun 14	ATH	@	BOS	W	3	0		11-4	2	4.0							`+`
16	16	Wednesday, Jun 18	ATH	@	BRA	L	4	13		11-5	3	4.0							`-`
17	17	Friday, Jun 20	ATH	@	NYU	W	9	7		12-5	2	4.0							`+`
18	18	Saturday, Jun 21	ATH	@	PHI	L	5	17		12-6	4	5.0							`-`
19	19	Monday, Jun 30	ATH	@	PHI	L	17	27		12-7	4	7.0							`--`
20	20	Tuesday, Jul 1	ATH	@	BAL	W	11	2		13-7	4	6.5							`+`
21	21	Friday, Jul 4	ATH		WAS	W	14	3		14-7	3	7.0							`++`
22	22	Monday, Jul 7	ATH		BRA	W	16	7		15-7	3	7.0							`+++`
23	23	Saturday, Jul 12	ATH		BOS	W	5	4		16-7	2	7.5							`++++`
24	24	Monday, Jul 14	ATH	@	BRA	L	7	14		16-8	2	8.0							`-`
25	25	Wednesday, Jul 16	ATH	@	BOS	L	13	21		16-9	2	8.5							`--`
26	26	Monday, Jul 21	ATH		BAL	L	11	12		16-10	4	9.0							`---`
27	27	Saturday, Jul 26	ATH		WAS	W	30	19		17-10	3	8.5							`+`
28	28	Saturday, Aug 16	ATH		WAS	W	14	0		18-10	3	5.5							`++`
29	29	Saturday, Aug 23	ATH		WAS	W	7	2		19-10	3	5.5							`+++`
30	30	Monday, Aug 25	ATH		BRA	L	6	10		19-11	3	6.0							`-`
31	31	Saturday, Aug 30	ATH	@	BOS	L	6	7		19-12	4	7.0							`--`
32	32	Monday, Sep 1	ATH	@	BRA	L	3	5		19-13	4	8.0							`---`
33	33	Thursday, Sep 4	ATH		NYU	L	5	7		19-14	4	8.5							`----`
34	34	Saturday, Sep 6	ATH		WAS	W	14	2		20-14	4	8.0							`+`
35	35	Monday, Sep 8	ATH	@	PHI	L	5	6		20-15	4	9.0							`-`
36	36	Wednesday, Sep 10	ATH		BOS	L	4	10		20-16	4	9.5							`--`
37	37	Thursday, Sep 18	ATH	@	NYU	L	2	4		20-17	4	10.0							`---`
38	38	Saturday, Sep 20	ATH		BRA	W	11	5		21-17	4	9.5							`+`
39	39	Monday, Sep 22	ATH	@	PHI	L	7	14		21-18	4	10.5							`-`
40	40	Wednesday, Sep 24	ATH		NYU	W	10	6		22-18	4	10.0							`+`
41	41	Monday, Sep 29	ATH		PHI	W	7	6		23-18	4	8.5							`++`
42	42	Thursday, Oct 2	ATH	@	NYU	L	4	10		23-19	4	8.5							`-`
43	43	Saturday, Oct 4	ATH	@	BOS	L	7	8		23-20	4	9.5							`--`
44	44	Monday, Oct 6	ATH	@	BOS	W	12	11		24-20	4	8.5							`+`
45	45	Saturday, Oct 11	ATH	@	PHI	L	9	13		24-21	5	10.5							`-`
46	46	Friday, Oct 17	ATH		BAL	L	6	17		24-22	5	12.0							`--`
47	47	Saturday, Oct 18	ATH		BAL	W	13	6		25-22	5	11.5							`+`
48	48	Tuesday, Oct 21	ATH	@	NYU	L	3	15		25-23	5	12.5							`-`
49	49	Wednesday, Oct 22	ATH	@	BRA	T	4	4		25-23	5	13.0							`-`
50	50	Friday, Oct 24	ATH		BOS	W	5	4		26-23	5	12.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Oct 25	ATH		BOS	W	10	6		27-23	5	11.5							`++`
52	52	Wednesday, Oct 29	ATH		BRA	W	17	5		28-23	4	11.0							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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