1873 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1872 / 1874

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	John Clapp	21	45	206	204	36	62	10	2	1	27	4	5	2	2	.304	.311	.387	.698	99	79	2
2	1B	Cap Anson	21	52	259	254	53	101	9	2	0	36	1	2	5	2	.398	.409	.449	.858	147	114	2
3	2B	Wes Fisler	28	44	220	218	44	75	11	4	1	41	3	1	2	2	.344	.350	.445	.795	127	97	2
4	SS	Mike McGeary	22	52	276	275	63	83	8	1	0	31	4	6	1	1	.302	.304	.338	.643	84	93	0
5	3B	Ezra Sutton	23	51	245	243	51	81	7	6	0	34	2	3	2	2	.333	.339	.412	.750	115	100	4
6	OF	Cherokee Fisher	28	51	257	253	50	66	4	3	1	37	2	2	4	5	.261	.272	.312	.585	68	79	3
7	OF	Tim Murnane*	22	41	184	176	53	39	2	1	1	10	8	2	8	13	.222	.255	.261	.517	49	46	1
8	OF	John McMullin	24	52	235	227	54	62	7	1	0	28	9	1	8	4	.273	.298	.313	.611	76	71	2
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	Count Sensenderfer?	25	20	86	86	12	24	1	0	0	8	0	2	0	2	.279	.279	.291	.570	64	25	0
10	UT	Al Reach*	33	16	73	73	13	16	5	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	.219	.219	.315	.534	52	23	0
11	OF	Joe Battin	19	1	6	5	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	.600	1.267	267	3	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
12	P	Dick McBride?	26	49	255	253	41	71	7	0	0	40	1	0	2	0	.281	.286	.308	.595	71	78	4
		Team Totals	24.2	52	2302	2267	474	683	71	21	4	303	36	24	35	33	.301	.312	.356	.668	92	808	20
		Rank in 9 NA teams				4	4	3	4	5	6		3	2	6	5	3	3	3	3		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	24.0	52	2047	2014	433	612	64	21	4	263	35	24	33	33	.304	.315	.362	.678	94	730	16
		Pitcher Totals	26.0	52	255	253	41	71	7	0	0	40	1	0	2	0	.281	.286	.308	.595	71	78	4
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	26	24	19	.558	3.34	46	46	0	38	3	0	382.2	453	325	142	3	47		25		0	9	1778	106	1.307	10.7	0.1	1.1	0.6	0.53
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
2	CL	Cherokee Fisher	28	3	4	.429	1.81	13	5	8	5	0	2	84.1	90	73	17	1	10		14		0	6	400	196	1.186	9.6	0.1	1.1	1.5	1.40
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		John McMullin*	24	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	5	2	0	1		2		0	0	34	166	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.00
		Team Totals	26.3	28	23	.549	3.05	52	52	8	44	3	2	475.0	553	403	161	4	58		41		0	15	2212	116	1.286	10.5	0.1	1.1	0.8	0.71
		Rank in 9 NA teams		5	4		3				6	1	2	6	4	5	5	3	8		3
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
Cap Anson	21	56		526	440	32	54	21	.897	8.43	5		0	0				1B-3B-C-2B-OF
Joe Battin	19	1		3	1	1	1	0	.667	2.00								OF
John Clapp	21	51		270	183	52	35	2	.870	4.61	53		0	0				C-SS-2B-OF
Cherokee Fisher	28	63		154	92	25	37	5	.760	1.86								P-OF-2B-1B
Wes Fisler	28	46		335	171	115	49	22	.854	6.22								2B-1B
Dick McBride	26	57		104	26	59	19	2	.817	1.49								P-OF
Mike McGeary	22	58		310	94	155	61	9	.803	4.29	11		0	0				SS-C-3B
John McMullin	24	52		150	117	6	27	1	.820	2.37								P-OF
Tim Murnane	22	46		187	141	15	31	1	.834	3.39								OF-1B-2B
Al Reach	33	16		63	29	28	6	2	.905	3.56								2B-OF
Count Sensenderfer	25	20		53	43	1	9	0	.830	2.20								OF-1B
Ezra Sutton	23	53		282	88	133	61	5	.784	4.17								3B-SS-2B
Team Totals	24.2	52		2437	1425	622	390	70	.840	3.94	69		0	0
Rank in 9 NA teams							4	5	3
	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 (v2.2): 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
Cap Anson	21	52	259	18	-1	0	0	0	18	1.1	9	27	1.9	.522	.507	1.9	0.0	27			*35/42O
Joe Battin	19	1	6	2	0	0	0	-0	2	0.1	0	2	0.1	.594	.501	0.1	0.0	2			/O
John Clapp	21	45	206	-2	-2	0	4	3	3	0.2	7	10	0.8	.504	.501	0.6	0.4	6			*2/64O
Cherokee Fisher	28	51	257	-14	-1	0	8	-3	-10	-0.7	8	-2	0.1	.487	.496	-0.4	0.3	-10			*O1/43
Wes Fisler	28	44	220	7	0	0	4	1	12	0.7	7	19	1.4	.518	.505	1.2	0.3	15			*43
Dick McBride?	26	49	255	-11	1	0	-2	16	3	0.2	8	11	0.2	.504	.501	0.3	-0.2	13			*1O
Mike McGeary	22	52	276	-7	-3	0	3	4	-3	-0.3	9	5	0.6	.496	.499	0.4	0.4	2			*62/5
John McMullin	24	52	235	-9	2	0	1	-3	-10	-0.7	8	-2	0.1	.488	.496	0.0	-0.2	-3			*O/1
Tim Murnane*	22	41	184	-17	1	0	0	-2	-18	-1.2	6	-12	-0.6	.471	.493	-0.6	-0.1	-12			*O3/4
Al Reach*	33	16	73	-6	1	0	6	-0	0	0.0	2	3	0.2	.501	.500	-0.2	0.4	-3			/4O
Count Sensenderfer?	25	20	86	-5	-1	0	2	-1	-5	-0.4	3	-2	-0.1	.482	.498	-0.2	0.1	-4			O/3
Ezra Sutton	23	51	245	4	-1	0	7	2	12	0.7	8	20	1.5	.515	.505	1.1	0.6	13			*5/64
Team Total	24.2	474	2302	-41	-6	0	33	17	3	-0.3	77	80	6.1	.500	.500	4.2	2.0	47
	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 (v2.2): 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
Cherokee Fisher	28	84.1	13	5	73	7.79	8.98	0.63	0.00	105.0	8.77	10	0.7	1.0	-0.1	1.3	25	.550	.504
Dick McBride	26	382.2	46	46	325	7.64	8.98	0.63	0.00	105.0	8.77	51	3.4		-0.7	6.3	118	.574	.521
John McMullin*	24	8.0	1	1	5	5.63	8.98	0.55	0.00	105.0	8.85	3	0.2		-0.0	0.3	4	.705	.501
Team Total	26.3	475.0	60	52	403	7.64	8.98	0.63	0.00	105.0	8.77	64	4.3	1.0	-0.8	7.9	147	.571	.509
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1872 / 1874 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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