1876 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting Statistics

14-45, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Wright (14-45)
Scored 378 runs, Allowed 534 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 20-39

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 105

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Batting Statistics

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	31	22	96	96	14	22	2	0	0	6			0	1	.229	.229	.250	.479	56	24		0
2	1B	Ezra Sutton	26	54	239	236	45	70	12	7	1	31			3	2	.297	.305	.419	.725	135	99		0
3	2B	Wes Fisler	31	59	280	278	42	80	15	1	1	30			2	4	.288	.293	.360	.653	112	100		0
4	SS	Davy Force	26	60	289	284	48	66	6	0	0	17			5	3	.232	.246	.254	.499	63	72		0
5	3B	Levi Meyerle	26	55	259	256	46	87	12	8	0	34			3	2	.340	.347	.449	.797	159	115		0
6	OF	Dave Eggler	27	39	176	174	28	52	4	0	0	19			2	4	.299	.307	.322	.629	106	56		0
7	OF	George Hall*	27	60	276	268	51	98	7	13	5	45			8	4	.366	.384	.545	.929	200	146		0
8	OF	William Coon?	21	54	222	220	30	50	5	1	0	22			2	4	.227	.234	.259	.493	61	57		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	UT	Bill Fouser?	20	21	89	89	11	12	0	1	0	2			0	0	.135	.135	.157	.292	-5	14		0
10	UT	Whitey Ritterson	21	16	52	52	8	13	3	0	0	4			0	2	.250	.250	.308	.558	81	16		0
11	C	Doc Bushong	19	5	21	21	4	1	0	0	0	1			0	0	.048	.048	.048	.095	-69	1		0
12	C	Lou Paul		3	12	12	2	2	1	0	0	0			0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	35	3		0
13	UT	John Curran?	24	3	12	12	5	4	1	0	0	2			0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	144	5		0
14	C	Jim Ward?	21	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1			0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	228	2		0
15	UT	John Bergh?	18	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
16	C	Nealy Phelps?	35	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
17	C	John Mullen*		1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
18	OF	Fred Warner?	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
19	P	Lon Knight	23	55	242	240	32	60	9	3	0	24			2	2	.250	.256	.313	.569	85	75		0
20	P	George Zettlein	31	32	128	128	11	27	2	1	0	11			0	5	.211	.211	.242	.453	48	31		0
21	P	Flip Lafferty?	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.1	60	2414	2387	378	646	79	35	7	249			27	36	.271	.279	.342	.621	102	816		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	5	4	4	1	3		1	1	6	7	2	3	2	2		4				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 Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
John Bergh?	18	4	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2O
Doc Bushong	19	21	-4	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$		/2
William Coon?	21	222	-10	0	0	0	-9	-1	7	-13	-1.2	-4	-0.4	-0.8	$		O2/451
John Curran?	24	12	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$		/2O
Dave Eggler	27	176	1	0	0	0	2	-2	5	6	0.6	4	0.4	0.2	$		O
Wes Fisler	31	280	3	-1	0	0	-3	-1	8	6	0.5	9	0.8	-0.3	$		O43/6
Davy Force	26	289	-11	1	0	0	2	4	8	4	0.5	2	0.2	0.3	$		*6/5
Bill Fouser?	20	89	-10	1	0	0	-1	0	3	-7	-0.6	-6	-0.5	-0.1	$		4/O3
George Hall*	27	276	28	0	0	0	-7	-4	8	25	2.1	32	2.9	-0.8	$		*O
Lon Knight	23	242	-4	0	0	0	-5	0	7	-2	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$		13/O4
Flip Lafferty?	22	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Fergy Malone	31	96	-5	0	0	0	-2	1	3	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		2/O6
Levi Meyerle	26	259	16	0	0	0	-6	1	7	18	1.6	24	2.2	-0.6	$1,400		*5/4O1
John Mullen*	--	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2
Lou Paul	--	12	-1	0	0	0	-3	0	0	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$		/2
Nealy Phelps?	35	4	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	Loaned	/2
Whitey Ritterson	21	52	-1	0	0	0	-5	1	2	-3	-0.3	2	0.2	-0.5	$		2/O5
Ezra Sutton	26	239	8	1	0	0	-12	0	7	4	0.3	16	1.4	-1.1	$		34/5O
Jim Ward?	21	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$		/2
Fred Warner?	21	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
George Zettlein	31	128	-8	0	0	0	-1	0	4	-5	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$		1/34O
Team Total	25.9	2414	-2	2	0	0	-58	-1	70	11	0.8	69	6.2	-5.4	$1,400
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary
John Bergh?	18	4	4	0	0.0	67	.000	.000	.272	.000	.284	.000	.329	.000	.614	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1			.000		/2O
Doc Bushong	19	21	20	0	0.0	67	.048	.048	.272	.048	.284	.048	.329	.095	.614	-69	.000	-3.7	-0.4			.000		/2
William Coon?	21	222	170	13	2.1	67	.231	.227	.272	.234	.284	.259	.329	.493	.614	61	.268	-9.1	-1.0			.032		O2/451
John Curran?	24	12	8	2	6.8	67	.333	.333	.272	.333	.284	.417	.329	.750	.614	144	.762	0.6	0.1			.083		/2O
Dave Eggler	27	176	122	17	3.8	67	.306	.299	.272	.307	.284	.322	.329	.629	.614	106	.523	0.9	0.1			.023		O
Wes Fisler	31	280	198	29	4.0	67	.289	.288	.272	.293	.284	.360	.329	.653	.614	112	.546	3.8	0.4			.072		O43/6
Davy Force	26	289	218	18	2.3	67	.235	.232	.272	.246	.284	.254	.329	.499	.614	63	.297	-10.8	-1.2			.021		*6/5
Bill Fouser?	20	89	77	2	0.7	67	.135	.135	.272	.135	.284	.157	.329	.292	.614	-5	.048	-9.9	-1.2			.022		4/O3
George Hall*	27	276	170	56	9.0	67	.359	.366	.272	.384	.284	.545	.329	.929	.614	200	.841	27.3	3.0			.179		*O
Lon Knight	23	242	180	19	2.9	67	.252	.250	.272	.256	.284	.313	.329	.569	.614	85	.398	-3.9	-0.4			.063		13/O4
Flip Lafferty?	22	3	3	0	0.0	67	.000	.000	.272	.000	.284	.000	.329	.000	.614	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1			.000		/1
Fergy Malone	31	96	74	6	2.2	67	.232	.229	.272	.229	.284	.250	.329	.479	.614	56	.290	-4.4	-0.5			.021		2/O6
Levi Meyerle	26	259	169	40	6.5	67	.343	.340	.272	.347	.284	.449	.329	.797	.614	159	.743	15.2	1.7			.109		*5/4O1
John Mullen*	--	3	3	0	0.0	67	.000	.000	.272	.000	.284	.000	.329	.000	.614	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1			.000		/2
Lou Paul	--	12	10	1	2.7	67	.167	.167	.272	.167	.284	.250	.329	.417	.614	35	.374	-0.8	-0.1			.083		/2
Nealy Phelps?	35	4	4	0	0.0	67	.000	.000	.272	.000	.284	.000	.329	.000	.614	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1			.000		/2
Whitey Ritterson	21	52	39	4	2.8	67	.260	.250	.272	.250	.284	.308	.329	.558	.614	81	.385	-0.9	-0.1			.058		2/O5
Ezra Sutton	26	239	166	30	4.9	67	.296	.297	.272	.305	.284	.419	.329	.725	.614	135	.638	8.3	0.9			.123		34/5O
Jim Ward?	21	4	2	1	13.7	67	.667	.500	.272	.500	.284	.500	.329	1.000	.614	228	.919	0.5	0.1			.000		/2
Fred Warner?	21	3	3	0	0.0	67	.000	.000	.272	.000	.284	.000	.329	.000	.614	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1			.000		/O
George Zettlein	31	128	101	7	1.9	67	.220	.211	.272	.211	.284	.242	.329	.453	.614	48	.235	-7.2	-0.8			.031		1/34O
League Average					3.5	66	.271	.265	.270	.277	.283	.319	.328	.596	.610	95	.478					.055
Team Total	25.9	2414	1741	245	3.8	67	.273	.271	.272	.279	.284	.342	.329	.621	.614	102	.528	2.2	-0.0			.071
	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact
John Bergh?	18	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Doc Bushong	19	12	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
William Coon?	21	135	534	530	56	106	11	2	0	41	0		4	10	.200	.206	.228	.434	25	54	54
John Curran?	24	7	27	27	7	7	2	0	0	3	0		0	0	.259	.259	.333	.593	2	3	3
Dave Eggler	27	97	413	409	49	105	8	0	0	33	0		4	10	.257	.264	.276	.540	30	39	39
Wes Fisler	31	147	661	657	75	164	31	2	2	54	0		4	10	.250	.254	.312	.566	52	59	59
Davy Force	26	152	701	690	88	139	13	0	0	31	0		11	7	.201	.214	.220	.434	32	61	61
Bill Fouser?	20	52	213	213	15	21	0	2	0	3	0		0	0	.099	.099	.117	.216	2	21	21
George Hall*	27	150	639	623	91	199	14	26	10	80	0		16	10	.319	.336	.474	.810	100	60	60
Lon Knight	23	137	578	574	58	125	19	6	0	44	0		4	5	.218	.223	.272	.495	35	55	55
Flip Lafferty?	22	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Fergy Malone	31	55	230	230	25	46	4	0	0	11	0		0	2	.200	.200	.217	.417	10	22	22
Levi Meyerle	26	137	606	600	83	179	25	16	0	61	0		6	5	.298	.305	.393	.699	72	55	55
John Mullen*	--	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Lou Paul	--	7	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Nealy Phelps?	35	5	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
Whitey Ritterson	21	40	125	125	15	28	6	0	0	7	0		0	5	.224	.224	.272	.496	7	16	16
Ezra Sutton	26	135	565	559	82	145	25	14	2	56	0		6	5	.259	.267	.365	.632	55	54	54
Jim Ward?	21	2	10	10	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	1	1
Fred Warner?	21	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
George Zettlein	31	80	310	310	21	58	4	2	0	21	0		0	12	.187	.187	.213	.400	12	32	32
	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
John Bergh?	18	1	4	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Doc Bushong	19	2	26	6	26	26	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	27	6	0	0
William Coon?	21	2	234	58	234	232	31	52	5	1	0	23	1	0	2	4	.224	.231	.254	.485	59	59	0	0
John Curran?	24	1	12	3	12	12	5	4	1	0	0	2			0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	144	5		0
Dave Eggler	27	6	1497	305	1497	1471	377	470	70	22	0	155	46	22	26	29	.320	.331	.397	.728	129	584	3	0
Wes Fisler	31	6	1350	273	1350	1335	258	414	72	14	2	188	15	8	15	17	.310	.318	.390	.707	118	520	7	0
Davy Force	26	6	1617	322	1617	1587	378	502	69	12	0	184	26	5	30	10	.316	.329	.375	.704	121	595	8	0
Bill Fouser?	20	1	89	21	89	89	11	12	0	1	0	2			0	0	.135	.135	.157	.292	-5	14		0
George Hall*	27	6	1427	304	1427	1402	324	451	53	46	13	226	20	7	25	10	.322	.334	.453	.786	145	635	2	0
Lon Knight	23	2	289	68	289	287	37	66	11	3	0	26	2	0	2	4	.230	.235	.289	.524	71	83	0	0
Flip Lafferty?	22	1	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Fergy Malone	31	6	1080	219	1080	1048	200	287	32	7	1	157	21	5	32	19	.274	.295	.321	.616	89	336	5	0
Levi Meyerle	26	6	1335	277	1335	1325	295	477	78	29	10	263	19	3	10	10	.360	.365	.485	.850	165	643	8	0
John Mullen*	--	1	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Lou Paul	--	1	12	3	12	12	2	2	1	0	0	0			0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	35	3		0
Nealy Phelps?	35	5	47	12	47	46	6	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.109	.128	.130	.258	-18	6	0	0
Whitey Ritterson	21	1	52	16	52	52	8	13	3	0	0	4			0	2	.250	.250	.308	.558	81	16		0
Ezra Sutton	26	6	1323	286	1323	1315	298	413	49	31	5	185	25	18	8	10	.314	.318	.410	.728	126	539	10	0
Jim Ward?	21	1	4	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1			0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	228	2		0
Fred Warner?	21	2	61	15	61	60	11	14	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.233	.246	.300	.546	94	18	0	0
George Zettlein	31	6	1109	255	1109	1105	142	232	23	1	0	105	9	1	4	34	.210	.213	.233	.445	39	257	12	0
	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

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