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1885 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884 / 1886

55-57, Finished 4th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Stovey (55-57)
Scored 764 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-51

Ballparks: 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 7 .268 .289 .377 .667 104 100 1
2 1B Harry Stovey 28 112 529 486 130 153 27 9 13 75 39 .315 .371 .488 .858 163 237 4
3 2B Cub Stricker 26 106 426 398 71 93 9 3 1 41 21 .234 .284 .279 .563 74 111 7
4 SS Sadie Houck 29 93 405 388 74 99 10 9 0 54 10 .255 .286 .327 .614 89 127 7
5 3B Fred Corey 30 94 404 384 61 94 14 8 1 38 17 .245 .282 .331 .613 88 127 3
6 OF John Coleman* 22 96 426 398 71 119 15 11 3 70 25 .299 .345 .415 .760 133 165 3
7 OF Blondie Purcell 31 66 323 304 71 90 15 5 0 22 16 .296 .337 .378 .716 120 115 3
8 OF Henry Larkin 25 108 485 453 114 149 37 14 8 88 26 .329 .373 .525 .899 175 238 6
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 20 .267 .340 .342 .682 111 77 5
10 IF George Strief 28 44 184 175 19 48 8 5 0 27 9 .274 .310 .377 .687 111 66 0
11 OF Lon Knight 32 29 129 119 17 25 1 1 0 14 9 .210 .271 .235 .507 57 28 1
12 1B Jim Powell? 25 19 78 75 5 12 0 3 0 5 1 .160 .192 .240 .432 33 18 2
13 C Marshall Quinton? 33 7 31 29 6 6 1 0 0 4 1 .207 .258 .241 .499 55 7 1
14 C Eddie Fusselback 26 5 19 19 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 .316 .316 .368 .684 110 7 0
15 OF Bill Hughes* 25 4 18 16 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 .188 .278 .375 .653 100 6 1
16 OF Orator Shafer* 33 2 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 127 4 0
17 UT Frank Siffell? 24 3 10 10 0 1 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 10 .168 .212 .184 .396 23 33 0
19 P Tom Lovett 21 16 61 58 9 13 0 1 0 3 3 .224 .262 .259 .521 61 15 0
20 P Ed Knouff 18 14 50 48 5 9 0 0 0 2 2 .188 .220 .188 .408 26 9 0
21 P Ed Cushman 33 10 38 37 5 7 1 0 0 2 1 .189 .211 .216 .427 32 8 0
22 P Bill Vinton 20 7 29 26 5 4 2 0 0 4 3 .154 .241 .231 .472 46 6 0
23 P Billy Taylor 30 6 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 .190 .190 .190 .381 18 4 0
24 P Bob Emslie 26 4 12 12 1 1 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 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -18 0 1
26 P Phenomenal Smith* 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Team Totals 27.0 113 4410 4142 764 1099 169 76 30 536 223 .265 .310 .365 .675 107 1510 45
Rank in 8 AA teams 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 3 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 Coleman* 22 426 20 0 0 0 -4 -6 7 17 1.5 21 1.9 -0.4 $ Free Agency *O/1
Jim Conway? 26 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1O
Fred Corey 30 404 -4 1 0 0 0 3 7 7 0.7 7 0.6 0.1 $ *5/16
Ed Cushman 33 38 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bob Emslie 26 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1O
Eddie Fusselback 26 19 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ /2
Sadie Houck 29 405 -3 2 0 0 1 6 7 13 1.3 12 1.1 0.2 $ Purchased *6
Bill Hughes* 25 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O1
Lon Knight 32 129 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 2 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ O/1
Ed Knouff 18 50 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1/O
Henry Larkin 25 485 44 2 0 0 4 -6 8 52 4.7 48 4.4 0.3 $ *O
Tom Lovett 21 61 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1/O
Bobby Mathews 33 189 -16 0 0 0 0 3 3 -10 -0.8 -10 -0.9 0.1 $ 1/O
Jocko Milligan 23 273 2 -1 0 0 13 4 5 23 2.3 10 0.9 1.4 $ 2/3O
Jack O'Brien 25 250 6 -1 0 0 -4 3 4 8 0.8 12 1.1 -0.3 $2,200 2/63O5
Jim Powell? 25 78 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 3
Blondie Purcell 31 323 11 2 0 0 -4 -4 5 10 0.8 14 1.3 -0.5 $ O/1
Marshall Quinton? 33 31 -1 0 0 0 -6 0 0 -7 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ /2
Orator Shafer* 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Frank Siffell? 24 10 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /2O
Phenomenal Smith* 20 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Harry Stovey 28 529 41 3 0 0 -4 -2 8 46 4.2 50 4.6 -0.4 $ *3O
Cub Stricker 26 426 -9 1 0 0 -13 2 7 -12 -1.1 1 0.1 -1.2 $ Free Agency *4
George Strief 28 184 3 -1 0 0 -2 1 3 4 0.4 6 0.5 -0.1 $ 56/O4
Billy Taylor 30 21 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
Bill Vinton 20 29 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1O
Team Total 27.0 4410 64 8 0 0 -22 5 70 125 11.9 147 13.2 -1.3 $2,200
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 Coleman* 22 426 279 56 5.4 77 .294 .299 .258 .345 .304 .415 .346 .760 .650 133 .694 15.2 1.7 .116 *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 .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 .086 *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 .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 .000 /1O
Eddie Fusselback 26 19 13 2 4.1 77 .316 .316 .258 .316 .304 .368 .346 .684 .650 110 .582 0.2 0.0 .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 .072 *6
Bill Hughes* 25 18 13 1 2.0 77 .188 .188 .258 .278 .304 .375 .346 .653 .650 100 .280 0.0 0.0 .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 .025 O/1
Ed Knouff 18 50 39 2 1.4 77 .188 .188 .258 .220 .304 .188 .346 .408 .650 26 .157 -4.1 -0.5 .000 1/O
Henry Larkin 25 485 304 87 7.6 77 .317 .329 .258 .373 .304 .525 .346 .899 .650 175 .812 39.4 4.4 .196 *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 .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 .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 .109 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 .076 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 .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 .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 .034 /2
Orator Shafer* 33 10 7 1 3.8 77 .222 .222 .258 .300 .304 .444 .346 .744 .650 127 .548 0.2 0.0 .222 /O
Frank Siffell? 24 10 9 0 0.0 77 .100 .100 .258 .100 .304 .100 .346 .200 .650 -38 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .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 /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 .173 *3O
Cub Stricker 26 426 305 30 2.6 77 .232 .234 .258 .284 .304 .279 .346 .563 .650 74 .381 -11.4 -1.3 .045 *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 .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 .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 .077 /1O
League Average 3.4 73 .241 .245 .251 .290 .297 .325 .336 .615 .633 95 .493 .080
Team Total 27.0 4410 3043 475 4.2 77 .260 .265 .258 .310 .304 .365 .346 .675 .650 107 .588 36.1 3.7 .099
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 91 91 8 18 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .198 .198 .231 .429 4 17 17
Eddie Fusselback 26 7 27 27 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .296 .296 .333 .630 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* 25 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 18 20 73 70 7 13 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 .186 .219 .186 .405 3 14 14
Henry Larkin 25 158 667 628 126 184 46 17 10 97 0 32 0 .293 .334 .468 .802 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 Shafer* 33 104 412 384 41 72 15 4 0 25 0 28 45 .188 .243 .247 .490 23 71 71
Frank Siffell? 24 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 26 155 596 561 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 32 32 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .219 .219 .219 .438 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 53 39 .258 .297 .354 .651 103 365 3
Jim Conway? 26 2 55 16 55 53 3 6 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 60 70 .246 .273 .348 .620 93 604 5
Ed Cushman 33 3 154 43 154 140 14 23 2 0 0 6 14 7 .164 .240 .179 .419 40 25 0
Bob Emslie 26 3 363 95 363 355 42 66 8 6 0 4 8 .186 .204 .242 .446 42 86 0
Eddie Fusselback 26 3 466 108 466 458 75 123 19 3 1 2 8 .269 .281 .330 .611 98 151 0
Sadie Houck 29 6 2225 518 2225 2171 360 569 94 57 4 203 39 47 .262 .280 .363 .643 102 789 15
Bill Hughes* 25 2 69 18 69 65 8 9 1 1 0 1 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 0 2
Ed Knouff 18 1 50 14 50 48 5 9 0 0 0 2 2 .188 .220 .188 .408 26 9 0
Henry Larkin 25 2 834 193 834 779 173 239 58 23 11 125 41 .307 .353 .483 .835 158 376 14
Tom Lovett 21 1 61 16 61 58 9 13 0 1 0 3 3 .224 .262 .259 .521 61 15 0
Bobby Mathews 33 13 2439 592 2439 2373 297 478 45 9 1 154 9 5 66 59 .201 .223 .229 .452 44 544 9 0
Jocko Milligan 23 2 549 133 549 533 74 148 35 7 5 39 15 .278 .299 .398 .696 116 212 1
Jack O'Brien 25 4 1069 254 1069 994 178 285 42 15 6 137 67 .287 .337 .377 .714 124 375 8
Jim Powell? 25 2 240 60 240 226 28 49 8 7 0 5 8 .217 .263 .314 .577 84 71 6
Blondie Purcell 31 7 2568 573 2568 2469 404 661 93 36 5 202 96 128 .268 .296 .341 .637 105 841 3
Marshall Quinton? 33 2 126 33 126 123 18 28 6 0 0 4 1 .228 .246 .276 .522 68 34 2
Orator Shafer* 33 11 3252 750 3252 3080 531 868 146 45 10 251 2 0 172 195 .282 .320 .368 .688 122 1134 0 0
Frank Siffell? 24 2 28 10 28 27 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 .148 .179 .185 .364 14 5 1
Phenomenal Smith* 20 2 13 4 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 -2 2 0
Harry Stovey 28 6 2557 552 2557 2411 587 717 139 69 50 308 138 103 .297 .338 .474 .812 152 1144 8
Cub Stricker 26 4 1481 374 1481 1399 231 334 39 15 3 99 74 .239 .281 .294 .575 81 412 8
George Strief 28 5 1424 362 1424 1360 145 281 50 14 5 64 64 23 .207 .242 .275 .517 67 374 0
Billy Taylor 30 5 1147 263 1147 1121 144 310 62 23 8 17 25 10 .277 .293 .394 .687 124 442 1
Bill Vinton 20 2 141 37 141 134 16 15 3 0 0 9 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

1884 / 1886 Batting Statistics

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