1883 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1882 / 1884

66-32, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lon Knight (66-32)
Scored 720 runs, Allowed 547 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-37

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98

American Association Champs

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1882 / 1884 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	Jack O'Brien	23	94	415	390	74	113	14	10	0	70			25		.290	.333	.377	.709	121	147
2	1B	Harry Stovey	26	94	448	421	110	128	31	6	14	66			27		.304	.346	.506	.852	162	213
3	2B	Cub Stricker	24	89	349	330	67	90	8	0	1	40			19		.273	.312	.306	.618	94	101
4	SS	Mike Moynahan*	27	95	431	400	90	124	18	10	1	67			31		.310	.360	.413	.772	140	165
5	3B	George Bradley	30	76	320	312	47	73	8	5	1	36			8		.234	.253	.301	.554	72	94
6	OF	Lon Knight	30	97	450	429	98	108	23	9	1	53			21		.252	.287	.354	.641	99	152
7	OF	Bob Blakiston?	27	44	176	167	26	41	3	3	0	26			9		.246	.284	.299	.583	82	50
8	OF	Jud Birchall?	27	96	468	448	95	108	10	1	1	24			20		.241	.274	.275	.548	71	123
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	3B	Fred Corey	28	71	310	298	45	77	16	2	1	40			12		.258	.287	.336	.623	93	100
10	C	Ed Rowen?	25	49	207	196	28	43	10	1	0	21			11		.219	.261	.281	.541	69	55
11	OF	Bill Crowley	26	23	99	96	16	24	4	3	0	16			3		.250	.273	.354	.627	94	34
12	UT	Al Hubbard?	22	2	7	6	2	2	0	0	0	2			1		.333	.429	.333	.762	141	2
13	OF	Charlie Mason	30	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1			0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	213	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
14	P	Bobby Mathews	31	45	172	167	15	31	2	0	0	11			5		.186	.209	.198	.407	28	33
15	P	Jersey Bakley	19	8	32	26	4	5	1	0	0	2			6		.192	.344	.231	.575	83	6
16	P	Jack Jones?	22	7	26	25	3	6	1	0	0	1			1		.240	.269	.280	.549	71	7
		Team Totals	26.8	98	3912	3713	720	974	149	50	20	476			199		.262	.300	.346	.645	101	1283
		Rank in 8 AA teams				1	1	1	1	6	2				1	5	1	1	2	2		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.7	98	3682	3495	698	932	145	50	20	462			187		.267	.304	.354	.658	104	1237
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	98	230	218	22	42	4	0	0	14			12		.193	.235	.211	.446	40	46
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	Bobby Mathews	31	30	13	.698	2.46	44	44	0	41	1	0	381.0	396	224	104	11	31		203		0	11	1609	141	1.121	9.4	0.3	0.7	4.8	6.55
2	SP	George Bradley	30	16	7	.696	3.15	26	23	3	22	0	0	214.1	215	129	75	7	22		56		0	15	902	110	1.106	9.0	0.3	0.9	2.4	2.55
3	SP	Fred Corey	28	10	7	.588	3.40	18	16	2	15	0	0	148.1	182	106	56	3	24		42		0	11	666	102	1.389	11.0	0.2	1.5	2.5	1.75
4	SP	Jack Jones	22	5	2	.714	2.63	7	7	0	7	0	0	65.0	58	38	19	1	6		28		0	3	266	132	0.985	8.0	0.1	0.8	3.9	4.67
5	SP	Jersey Bakley	19	5	3	.625	3.23	8	8	0	7	0	0	61.1	65	47	22	0	12		14		0	4	267	108	1.255	9.5	0.0	1.8	2.1	1.17
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
6		Harry Stovey	26	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	0	0		4		0	2	14	44	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
		Team Totals	28.7	66	32	.673	2.88	98	98	6	92	1	0	873.0	921	547	279	22	95		347		0	46	3724	121	1.164	9.5	0.2	1.0	3.6	3.65
		Rank in 8 AA teams		1	8		3				5	6	3	4	4	4	3	8	1		2
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
Jersey Bakley	19	9		15	2	12	1	0	.933	1.56								P-OF
Jud Birchall	27	96		235	168	22	45	0	.809	1.98								OF
Bob Blakiston	27	48		109	77	17	15	0	.862	1.96								OF-1B-3B
George Bradley	30	83		296	84	149	63	8	.787	2.81								P-3B-OF-1B
Fred Corey	28	77		293	86	150	57	7	.805	3.06	0		0	0				P-3B-OF-2B-SS-C
Bill Crowley	26	23		60	47	3	10	0	.833	2.17								OF-1B
Al Hubbard	22	2		15	7	4	4	0	.733	5.50	3		0	0				C-SS
Jack Jones	22	7		18	1	13	4	0	.778	2.00								P
Lon Knight	30	98		194	129	37	28	5	.856	1.69								OF-3B-2B
Charlie Mason	30	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Bobby Mathews	31	47		95	15	68	12	2	.874	1.77								P-OF
Mike Moynahan	27	95		448	105	268	75	14	.833	3.93								SS
Jack O'Brien	23	103		537	372	89	76	8	.858	4.48	57		0	0				C-OF-3B-SS
Ed Rowen	25	54		393	276	57	60	2	.847	6.17	60		0	0				C-OF-2B-3B
Harry Stovey	26	97		1047	985	23	39	31	.963	10.39								P-1B-OF
Cub Stricker	24	90		581	260	226	95	23	.836	5.40	2		0	0				2B-C
Team Totals	26.8	98		4336	2614	1138	584	100	.865	4.03	122		0	0
Rank in 8 AA teams							2	8	7
	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
Jersey Bakley	19	8	32	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.512	.501	0.1	-0.0	2			/1O
Jud Birchall?	27	96	468	-16	0	0	0	-6	-22	-2.0	9	-13	-0.9	.479	.488	-0.9	-0.5	-13			*O
Bob Blakiston?	27	44	176	-4	0	0	-2	-2	-8	-0.7	4	-4	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-2			O/35
George Bradley	30	76	320	-12	0	0	-1	1	-12	-1.0	7	-5	-0.3	.486	.493	-0.2	-0.0	-4	$1,800	Purchased	51O/3
Fred Corey	28	71	310	-3	0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.4	7	2	0.3	.494	.497	0.5	-0.1	4			51O/426
Bill Crowley	26	23	99	-1	0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0			O/3
Al Hubbard?	22	2	7	0	0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.479	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$500		/26
Jack Jones?	22	7	26	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1			/1
Lon Knight	30	97	450	-3	0	0	-1	-6	-9	-0.8	9	-0	0.2	.491	.495	0.3	-0.6	1			*O/54
Charlie Mason	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.519	.500	0.0	0.0	0			/O
Bobby Mathews	31	45	172	-15	0	0	0	7	-7	-0.6	4	-4	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.6	-0.0	-4	$2,000		1/O
Mike Moynahan*	27	95	431	18	0	0	-3	6	21	1.9	9	30	2.9	.520	.511	3.2	0.3	33			*6
Jack O'Brien	23	94	415	8	0	0	0	3	12	1.0	9	20	2.0	.511	.506	2.0	0.3	20	$1,200		2O5/6
Ed Rowen?	25	49	207	-8	0	0	-8	2	-13	-1.1	4	-9	-0.6	.476	.493	0.1	-0.5	-1	$1,800		2/O45
Harry Stovey	26	94	448	28	0	0	4	-0	32	2.8	9	40	3.8	.529	.517	3.4	0.3	36			*3/O1
Cub Stricker	24	89	349	-3	0	0	-16	2	-17	-1.5	8	-10	-0.6	.483	.491	0.8	-1.2	6		Free Agency	*4/2
Team Total	26.8	891	3912	-10	0	0	-31	10	-31	-2.6	80	49	6.0	.497	.499	8.7	-2.7	80	$7,300
	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
Jersey Bakley	19	61.1	8	8	47	6.90	5.49	-0.34	0.00	105.0	6.12	-5	-0.4		-0.1	-0.1	-1	.448	.497
George Bradley	30	214.1	26	23	129	5.42	5.49	-0.33	0.00	105.0	6.11	18	1.6	1.0	-0.2	2.7	31	.563	.510	$1,800	Purchased
Fred Corey	28	148.1	18	16	106	6.43	5.49	-0.34	0.00	105.0	6.13	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.2	0.4	5	.480	.498
Jack Jones	22	65.0	7	7	38	5.26	5.49	-0.30	0.00	105.0	6.09	6	0.6		-0.1	0.9	10	.585	.504
Bobby Mathews	31	381.0	44	44	224	5.29	5.49	-0.31	0.00	105.0	6.09	36	3.3		-0.4	5.2	60	.576	.521	$2,000
Harry Stovey	26	3.0	1	0	3	9.00	5.49	-0.29	0.00	105.0	6.07	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.420	.500
Team Total	28.7	873.0	104	98	547	5.64	5.49	-0.32	0.00	105.0	6.10	50	4.7	1.0	-1.0	9.0	106	.545	.505	$3,800
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1882 / 1884 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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