1884 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1883 / 1885

61-46, Finished 7th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lon Knight (61-46)
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 546 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-42

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 113

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1883 / 1885 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	Jocko Milligan	22	66	276	268	39	77	20	3	3	0			8		.287	.308	.418	.726	128	112		0
2	1B	Harry Stovey	27	104	478	448	124	146	22	23	10	83			26		.326	.368	.545	.913	185	244		4
3	2B	Cub Stricker	25	107	419	399	59	92	16	11	1	0			19		.231	.267	.333	.601	89	133		1
4	SS	Sadie Houck	28	108	487	472	93	140	19	14	0	0			7		.297	.318	.396	.714	125	187		8
5	3B	Fred Corey	29	104	458	439	64	121	17	16	5	0			17		.276	.306	.421	.727	128	185		2
6	OF	Lon Knight	31	108	495	484	94	131	18	12	1	0			10		.271	.287	.364	.651	105	176		1
7	OF	Jud Birchall?	28	54	230	221	36	57	2	2	0	0			4		.258	.287	.285	.572	82	63		5
8	OF	Henry Larkin	24	85	349	326	59	90	21	9	3	37			15		.276	.324	.423	.747	135	138		8
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	C	Jack O'Brien	24	36	150	138	25	39	6	1	1	0			9		.283	.340	.362	.702	123	50		3
10	OF	Bob Blakiston?	28	32	143	128	21	33	6	0	0	0			11		.258	.336	.305	.640	104	39		4
11	OF	John Coleman*	21	28	112	107	16	22	2	3	2	0			5		.206	.241	.336	.578	81	36		0
12	OF	Mike Mansell*	26	20	75	70	6	14	1	1	0	0			5		.200	.253	.243	.496	58	17		0
13	OF	Charlie Hilsey?	20	6	24	24	5	5	1	1	0	0			0		.208	.208	.333	.542	69	8		0
14	C	Frank Siffell?	23	7	18	17	3	3	1	0	0	3			0		.176	.222	.235	.458	45	4		1
15	C	Ed Rowen?	26	4	17	15	4	6	1	0	0	1			1		.400	.471	.467	.937	198	7		1
16	UT	Robert Foster?	29	4	14	11	4	2	0	0	0	0			3		.182	.357	.182	.539	76	2		0
17	C	Frank Ringo	23	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0			0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
18	OF	Mike Moynahan*	28	1	4	4	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	Bobby Mathews	32	49	191	184	26	34	5	1	0	0			7		.185	.215	.223	.437	39	41		0
20	P	Billy Taylor	29	30	114	111	8	28	6	2	0	0			2		.252	.272	.342	.614	93	38		1
21	P	Al Atkinson	23	22	88	83	13	16	3	1	0	0			4		.193	.239	.253	.492	56	21		1
22	P	Phenomenal Smith*	19	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0		.250	.250	.250	.500	59	1		0
		Team Totals	27.0	108	4152	3959	700	1057	167	100	26	124			153		.267	.301	.379	.680	114	1502		40
		Rank in 13 AA teams				3	3	1	1	1	4		1	1	8	5	1	2	1	1		1		5		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 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	32	30	18	.625	3.32	49	49	0	48	3	0	430.2	401	238	159	10	49		286	12	0	23	1788	102	1.045	8.4	0.2	1.0	6.0	5.84
2	SP	Billy Taylor	29	18	12	.600	2.53	30	30	0	30	1	0	260.0	232	118	73	3	44		130	12	0	13	1115	134	1.062	8.0	0.1	1.5	4.5	2.95
3	SP	Al Atkinson	23	11	11	.500	4.20	22	22	0	20	1	0	184.1	186	130	86	3	21		93	10	0	28	792	81	1.123	9.1	0.1	1.0	4.5	4.43
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
4		Charlie Hilsey?	20	2	1	.667	4.67	3	3	0	3	0	0	27.0	29	19	14	0	5		10	0	0	1	118	73	1.259	9.7	0.0	1.7	3.3	2.00
5		John Coleman	21	0	2	.000	3.43	3	2	1	2	0	0	21.0	28	14	8	0	2		5	4	0	0	98	100	1.429	12.0	0.0	0.9	2.1	2.50
6		Lon Knight	31	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	24	19	14	0	4		2	1	0	4	74	39	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	1.3	0.50
7		Phenomenal Smith*	19	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	14	6	4	0	1		3	0	0	1	39	89	1.667	14.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.00
8		Cub Stricker	25	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	2	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	19	65	2.333	18.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
		Team Totals	28.7	61	46	.570	3.42	108	108	3	105	5	0	949.0	920	546	360	16	127		530	39	0	70	4043	99	1.103	8.7	0.2	1.2	5.0	4.17
		Rank in 13 AA teams		7	6		8				5	9	4	7	9	9	9	5	5		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%	PO	Pos. Summary
Al Atkinson	23	24		66	12	39	15	0	.773	2.13							P-OF
Jud Birchall	28	54		114	82	15	17	1	.851	1.80							OF-3B
Bob Blakiston	28	33		85	63	11	11	1	.871	2.24							OF-3B-1B-SS-2B
John Coleman	21	29		58	36	11	11	1	.810	1.62							P-OF-1B
Fred Corey	29	104		372	121	209	42	10	.887	3.17							3B
Robert Foster	29	5		26	15	8	3	0	.885	4.60	10						C-OF
Charlie Hilsey	20	6		14	1	9	4	0	.714	1.67							P-OF
Sadie Houck	28	109		561	122	379	60	30	.893	4.60							SS-2B
Lon Knight	31	111		223	165	39	19	6	.915	1.84							P-OF-1B
Henry Larkin	24	87		138	107	11	20	1	.855	1.36							OF-2B
Mike Mansell	26	20		42	30	2	10	0	.762	1.60							OF
Bobby Mathews	32	50		111	8	78	25	1	.775	1.72							P-OF
Jocko Milligan	22	66		615	477	101	37	5	.940	8.76	66						C-OF
Mike Moynahan	28	1		2	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00							OF
Jack O'Brien	24	36		259	195	45	19	8	.927	6.67	30						C-OF-1B
Frank Ringo	23	2		21	13	3	5	0	.762	8.00	6						C
Ed Rowen	26	4		31	21	4	6	1	.806	6.25	4						C
Frank Siffell	23	7		32	22	6	4	0	.875	4.00	10						C
Phenomenal Smith	19	1		4	0	3	1	0	.750	3.00							P
Harry Stovey	27	104		1138	1061	32	45	46	.960	10.51							1B
Cub Stricker	25	110		619	281	257	81	40	.869	4.89	3						P-2B-OF-C
Billy Taylor	29	30		99	12	66	21	1	.788	2.60							P
Team Totals	26.9	108		4630	2845	1328	457	152	.901	4.20	129
Rank in 13 AA teams							7	8	5
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

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
Al Atkinson	23	88	-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		1/O
Jud Birchall?	28	230	-4	0	0	0	3	-3	4	0	0.0	-3	-0.3	0.3	$		O/5
Bob Blakiston?	28	143	2	-1	0	0	1	-1	2	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$		O/5346
John Coleman*	21	112	-3	0	0	0	-5	-1	2	-7	-0.7	-2	-0.2	-0.5	$	Free Agency	O/13
Fred Corey	29	458	12	-1	0	0	12	3	7	33	3.3	21	2.0	1.3	$		*5
Robert Foster?	29	14	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$		/2O
Charlie Hilsey?	20	24	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/O1
Sadie Houck	28	487	13	2	0	0	18	7	8	48	4.7	30	2.9	1.8	$	Purchased	*6/4
Lon Knight	31	495	1	3	0	0	6	-7	8	11	1.0	5	0.5	0.5	$		*O/13
Henry Larkin	24	349	13	0	0	0	-5	-5	6	9	0.8	14	1.3	-0.5	$		*O/4
Mike Mansell*	26	75	-3	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$		O
Bobby Mathews	32	191	-13	1	0	0	0	0	3	-9	-0.8	-9	-0.9	0.1	$		1/O
Jocko Milligan	22	276	7	-1	0	0	9	4	5	24	2.3	15	1.4	0.9	$		2/O
Mike Moynahan*	28	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Jack O'Brien	24	150	4	0	0	0	2	2	3	11	1.0	9	0.9	0.1	$2,000		2/O3
Frank Ringo	23	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Free Agency	/2
Ed Rowen?	26	17	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$2,200		/2
Frank Siffell?	23	18	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		/2
Phenomenal Smith*	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Harry Stovey	27	478	41	4	0	0	-1	0	7	51	4.8	52	5.0	-0.2	$		*3
Cub Stricker	25	419	-6	0	0	0	-16	2	7	-13	-1.2	3	0.3	-1.5	$	Free Agency	*4/2O1
Billy Taylor	29	114	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		1
Team Total	27.0	4152	57	6	0	0	18	0	67	148	14.2	130	12.4	1.8	$4,200
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

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

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Al Atkinson	23	184.1	22	130	125	2	1.0	-5	-0.2	$
John Coleman	21	21.0	2	14	14	0	1.0	0	0.1	$	Free Agency
Charlie Hilsey?	20	27.0	3	19	18	0	1.0	-1	0.0	$
Lon Knight	31	14.0	1	19	10	0	1.0	-9	-0.8	$
Bobby Mathews	32	430.2	49	238	294	6	1.0	56	5.4	$
Phenomenal Smith*	19	9.0	1	6	6	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
Cub Stricker	25	3.0	0	2	2	0	1.0	0	0.0	$	Free Agency
Billy Taylor	29	260.0	30	118	177	3	1.0	59	5.5	$
Team Total	28.7	949.0	108	546	646	11	1.0	100	10.0	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1883 / 1885 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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