1885 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics

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1885 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884 / 1886)
55-57, Finished 4th in American Association
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Scored 764 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-51
Manager: Harry Stovey (55-57)
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds

Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106; one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1884 / 1886 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	Jocko Milligan	23	67	273	265	35	71	15	4	2	39	0		7		.268	.289	.377	.667	104	100		1
2	1B	Harry Stovey	28	112	529	486	130	153	27	9	13	75	0		39		.315	.371	.488	.858	163	237		4
3	2B	Cub Stricker	25	106	426	398	71	93	9	3	1	41	0		21		.234	.284	.279	.563	74	111		7
4	SS	Sadie Houck	29	93	405	388	74	99	10	9	0	54	0		10		.255	.286	.327	.614	89	127		7
5	3B	Fred Corey	30	94	404	384	61	94	14	8	1	38	0		17		.245	.282	.331	.613	88	127		3
6	OF	John Coleman*	22	96	426	398	71	119	15	11	3	70	0		25		.299	.345	.415	.760	133	165		3
7	OF	Blondie Purcell	31	66	323	304	71	90	15	5	0	22	0		16		.296	.337	.378	.716	120	115		3
8	OF	Henry Larkin	25	108	484	453	114	149	37	14	8	88	0		26		.329	.372	.525	.897	174	238		5
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	25	62	250	225	35	60	9	1	2	30	0		20		.267	.340	.342	.682	111	77		5
10	IF	George Strief	28	44	184	175	19	48	8	5	0	27	0		9		.274	.310	.377	.687	111	66		0
11	OF	Lon Knight	32	29	129	119	17	25	1	1	0	14	0		9		.210	.271	.235	.507	57	28		1
12	1B	Jim Powell?	25	19	78	75	5	12	0	3	0	5	0		1		.160	.192	.240	.432	33	18		2
13	C	Marshall Quinton?	33	7	31	29	6	6	1	0	0	4	0		1		.207	.258	.241	.499	55	7		1
14	C	Eddie Fusselback?	28	5	19	19	2	6	1	0	0	2	0		0		.316	.316	.368	.684	110	7		0
15	OF	Bill Hughes*	18	4	18	16	3	3	1	1	0	1	0		1		.188	.278	.375	.653	100	6		1
16	OF	Orator Shaffer*	33	2	10	9	1	2	0	1	0	1	0		1		.222	.300	.444	.744	127	4		0
17	UT	Frank Siffell?	25	3	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	-38	1		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
18	P	Bobby Mathews	33	48	189	179	22	30	3	0	0	12	0		10		.168	.212	.184	.396	23	33		0
19	P	Tom Lovett	21	16	61	58	9	13	0	1	0	3	0		3		.224	.262	.259	.521	61	15		0
20	P	Ed Knouff	17	14	50	48	5	9	0	0	0	2	0		2		.188	.220	.188	.408	26	9		0
21	P	Ed Cushman	33	10	38	37	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		1		.189	.211	.216	.427	32	8		0
22	P	Bill Vinton	20	7	29	26	5	4	2	0	0	4	0		3		.154	.241	.231	.472	46	6		0
23	P	Billy Taylor	30	6	21	21	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		0		.190	.190	.190	.381	18	4		0
24	P	Bob Emslie	26	4	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.083	.083	.083	.167	-49	1		0
25	P	Jim Conway?	26	2	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-18	0		1
26	P	Phenomenal Smith*	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	26.9	113	4409	4142	764	1099	169	76	30	536	0		223		.265	.310	.365	.674	107	1510		44
		Rank in 8 AA teams				1	1	1	1	4	1				4	6	1	1	1	1		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 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 Coleman	22	426	279	56	5.4	77	.294	.299	.258	.345	.304	.415	.346	.760	.650	133	.694	15.1	1.7	.692	.178	.116	.0	*O/1
?Jim Conway	26	8	6	0	0.0	77	.000	.000	.258	.250	.304	.000	.346	.250	.650	-18	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.167	.000		/1O
Fred Corey	30	404	290	35	3.2	77	.243	.245	.258	.282	.304	.331	.346	.613	.650	88	.471	-5.5	-0.6	.507	.130	.086	.0	*5/16
Ed Cushman	33	38	30	2	1.8	77	.189	.189	.258	.211	.304	.216	.346	.427	.650	32	.231	-2.9	-0.3	.300	.054	.027		1
Bob Emslie	26	12	11	0	0.0	77	.083	.083	.258	.083	.304	.083	.346	.167	.650	-49	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.091	.000	.000		/1O
?Eddie Fusselback	28	19	13	2	4.1	77	.316	.316	.258	.316	.304	.368	.346	.684	.650	110	.582	0.2	0.0	.538	.053	.053		/2
Sadie Houck	29	405	289	35	3.2	77	.255	.255	.258	.286	.304	.327	.346	.614	.650	89	.472	-5.8	-0.7	.498	.098	.072		*6
*Bill Hughes	18	18	13	1	2.0	77	.188	.188	.258	.278	.304	.375	.346	.653	.650	100	.280	0.0	0.0	.615	.250	.188		/O1
Lon Knight	32	129	94	7	2.0	77	.210	.210	.258	.271	.304	.235	.346	.507	.650	57	.270	-5.7	-0.7	.404	.101	.025		O/1
Ed Knouff	17	50	39	2	1.4	77	.188	.188	.258	.220	.304	.188	.346	.408	.650	26	.157	-4.1	-0.5	.282	.042	.000		1/O
Henry Larkin	25	484	304	87	7.6	77	.317	.329	.258	.372	.304	.525	.346	.897	.650	174	.812	39.0	4.3	.885	.254	.196	.0	*O
Tom Lovett	21	61	45	4	2.4	77	.224	.224	.258	.262	.304	.259	.346	.521	.650	61	.337	-2.7	-0.3	.400	.086	.034		1/O
Bobby Mathews	33	189	149	7	1.2	77	.168	.168	.258	.212	.304	.184	.346	.396	.650	23	.136	-15.7	-1.8	.289	.073	.017		1/O
Jocko Milligan	23	273	194	29	4.0	77	.262	.268	.258	.289	.304	.377	.346	.667	.650	104	.569	1.0	0.1	.557	.136	.109	.0	2/3O
Jack O'Brien	25	250	165	25	4.0	77	.260	.267	.258	.340	.304	.342	.346	.682	.650	111	.574	4.1	0.5	.618	.164	.076	.0	2/63O5
?Jim Powell	25	78	63	3	1.3	77	.160	.160	.258	.192	.304	.240	.346	.432	.650	33	.140	-6.2	-0.7	.333	.093	.080		3
Blondie Purcell	31	323	214	38	4.7	77	.296	.296	.258	.337	.304	.378	.346	.716	.650	120	.644	7.5	0.8	.626	.135	.082		O/1
?Marshall Quinton	33	31	23	2	2.3	77	.207	.207	.258	.258	.304	.241	.346	.499	.650	55	.328	-1.4	-0.2	.391	.069	.034		/2
*Orator Shaffer	33	10	7	1	3.8	77	.222	.222	.258	.300	.304	.444	.346	.744	.650	127	.548	0.2	0.0	.714	.333	.222		/O
?Frank Siffell	25	10	9	0	0.0	77	.100	.100	.258	.100	.304	.100	.346	.200	.650	-38	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.111	.000	.000		/2O
*Phenomenal Smith	20	2	2	0	0.0	77	.000	.000	.258	.000	.304	.000	.346	.000	.650	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Harry Stovey	28	529	333	87	7.0	77	.296	.315	.258	.371	.304	.488	.346	.858	.650	163	.785	36.2	4.0	.841	.253	.173	.0	*3O
Cub Stricker	25	426	305	30	2.6	77	.232	.234	.258	.284	.304	.279	.346	.563	.650	74	.379	-11.4	-1.3	.456	.098	.045	.0	*4
George Strief	28	184	127	20	4.2	77	.274	.274	.258	.310	.304	.377	.346	.687	.650	111	.592	2.0	0.2	.591	.154	.103		56/O4
Billy Taylor	30	21	17	1	1.6	77	.190	.190	.258	.190	.304	.190	.346	.381	.650	18	.193	-2.0	-0.2	.235	.000	.000		/1
Bill Vinton	20	29	22	1	1.2	77	.154	.154	.258	.241	.304	.231	.346	.472	.650	46	.129	-1.4	-0.2	.409	.192	.077		/1O
League Average					3.4	73	.241	.245	.251	.290	.297	.325	.336	.615	.633	95	.492			.515	.134	.080
Team Total		4409	3043	475	4.2	77	.260	.265	.258	.310	.304	.365	.346	.674	.650	107	.588	35.5	3.6	.584	.153	.099	.0
	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 Coleman	22	140	590	555	79	148	19	14	4	78	0		31	0	.267	.310	.373	.683	63	96	96
?Jim Conway	26	3	11	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	2	2
Fred Corey	30	137	566	541	68	118	18	10	1	43	0		21	0	.218	.253	.294	.547	39	94	94
Ed Cushman	33	47	167	153	13	23	3	0	0	7	0		14	0	.150	.222	.170	.391	6	32	32
Bob Emslie	26	25	92	92	8	0	0	0	0	5	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	17	17
?Eddie Fusselback	28	7	28	28	3	0	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	5	5
Sadie Houck	29	136	565	544	81	122	12	11	0	59	0		12	0	.224	.253	.287	.540	38	93	93
*Bill Hughes	18	6	25	23	3	4	1	1	0	1	0		1	0	.174	.240	.304	.544	1	4	4
Lon Knight	32	79	312	285	30	49	3	1	0	26	0		26	25	.172	.244	.189	.433	13	54	54
Ed Knouff	17	20	73	70	7	13	0	0	0	3	0		3	0	.186	.219	.186	.405	3	14	14
Henry Larkin	25	158	666	628	126	184	46	17	10	97	0		32	0	.293	.333	.468	.801	96	108	108
Tom Lovett	21	23	86	82	10	16	0	1	0	3	0		4	0	.195	.233	.220	.452	4	16	16
Bobby Mathews	33	70	265	253	23	36	4	0	0	13	0		12	0	.142	.181	.158	.339	7	48	48
Jocko Milligan	23	98	382	372	39	89	19	5	3	44	0		9	0	.239	.259	.341	.601	32	67	67
Jack O'Brien	25	90	346	315	39	74	11	1	2	33	0		25	0	.235	.303	.295	.599	28	62	62
?Jim Powell	25	28	109	106	5	14	0	4	0	5	0		1	0	.132	.156	.208	.364	3	19	19
Blondie Purcell	31	127	579	551	91	139	20	8	0	29	0		24	22	.252	.288	.318	.606	50	87	87
?Marshall Quinton	33	10	43	41	5	7	1	0	0	4	0		1	0	.171	.209	.195	.404	1	7	7
*Orator Shaffer	33	104	412	384	41	72	15	4	0	25	0		28	45	.188	.243	.247	.490	23	71	71
?Frank Siffell	25	4	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
*Phenomenal Smith	20	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
Harry Stovey	28	163	728	675	144	189	33	11	16	83	0		48	0	.280	.332	.433	.765	96	112	112
Cub Stricker	25	155	596	561	79	116	11	4	1	46	0		26	0	.207	.253	.246	.499	34	106	106
George Strief	28	64	257	246	22	61	10	6	0	31	0		11	0	.248	.280	.337	.618	23	44	44
Billy Taylor	30	9	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	6	6
Bill Vinton	20	23	85	80	6	7	2	0	0	4	0		5	18	.088	.141	.113	.254	1	16	16
	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 Coleman	22	3	1086	257	1086	1030	136	266	36	24	5	124	0		53	39	.258	.297	.354	.651	103	365		3
?Jim Conway	26	2	55	16	55	53	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		1		.113	.145	.113	.259	-15	6		1
Fred Corey	30	7	1803	432	1803	1738	239	427	70	43	7	124	0		60	70	.246	.273	.348	.620	93	604		5
Ed Cushman	33	3	154	43	154	140	14	23	2	0	0	6	0		14	7	.164	.240	.179	.419	40	25		0
Bob Emslie	26	3	363	95	363	355	42	66	8	6	0	4	0		8		.186	.204	.242	.446	42	86		0
?Eddie Fusselback	28	3	466	108	466	458	75	123	19	3	1	2	0		8		.269	.281	.330	.611	98	151		0
Sadie Houck	29	6	2225	518	2225	2171	360	569	94	57	4	203	0		39	47	.262	.280	.363	.643	102	789		15
*Bill Hughes	18	2	69	18	69	65	8	9	1	1	0	1	0		3		.138	.188	.185	.373	25	12		1
Lon Knight	32	8	2387	545	2387	2288	391	555	93	37	3	198	2	0	97	54	.243	.274	.319	.593	87	731		2
Ed Knouff	17	1	50	14	50	48	5	9	0	0	0	2	0		2		.188	.220	.188	.408	26	9		0
Henry Larkin	25	2	833	193	833	779	173	239	58	23	11	125	0		41		.307	.352	.483	.834	158	376		13
Tom Lovett	21	1	61	16	61	58	9	13	0	1	0	3	0		3		.224	.262	.259	.521	61	15		0
Bobby Mathews	33	13	2440	592	2440	2374	297	478	44	9	1	152	7	5	66	58	.201	.223	.229	.452	44	543		0
Jocko Milligan	23	2	549	133	549	533	74	148	35	7	5	39	0		15		.278	.299	.398	.696	116	212		1
Jack O'Brien	25	4	1069	254	1069	994	178	285	42	15	6	137	0		67		.287	.337	.377	.714	124	375		8
?Jim Powell	25	2	240	60	240	226	28	49	8	7	0	5	0		8		.217	.263	.314	.577	84	71		6
Blondie Purcell	31	7	2568	573	2568	2469	404	661	93	36	5	202	0		96	128	.268	.296	.341	.637	105	841		3
?Marshall Quinton	33	2	126	33	126	123	18	28	6	0	0	4	0		1		.228	.246	.276	.522	68	34		2
*Orator Shaffer	33	11	3252	750	3252	3080	531	868	146	45	10	251	2	0	172	194	.282	.320	.368	.688	122	1134		0
?Frank Siffell	25	2	28	10	28	27	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		0		.148	.179	.185	.364	14	5		1
*Phenomenal Smith	20	2	13	4	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.154	.154	.154	.308	-2	2		0
Harry Stovey	28	6	2557	552	2557	2411	587	717	139	69	50	308	0		138	103	.297	.338	.474	.812	152	1144		8
Cub Stricker	25	4	1481	374	1481	1399	231	334	39	15	3	99	0		74		.239	.281	.294	.575	81	412		8
George Strief	28	5	1424	362	1424	1360	145	281	50	14	5	64	0		64	23	.207	.242	.275	.517	67	374		0
Billy Taylor	30	5	1147	263	1147	1121	144	310	62	23	8	17	0		25	10	.277	.293	.394	.687	124	442		1
Bill Vinton	20	2	141	37	141	134	16	15	3	0	0	9	0		7	21	.112	.156	.134	.290	-6	18		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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