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1885 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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 - 103, Pitching - 102

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1884 / 1886 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	55-57, Final Rank:4, GB: 24.0
Days in First	1	last on Saturday, Apr 18, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	2	last on Apr 19, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	26.5	last on Tuesday, Sep 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	1	last on Monday, May 4
Most Games under .500	12	last on Wednesday, Aug 19
Longest Winning Streak	4	Thursday, Jun 18 to Wednesday, Jun 24, Thursday, Aug 20 to Monday, Aug 24 and Friday, Aug 28 to Thursday, Sep 3
Longest Losing Streak	9	Tuesday, May 5 to Saturday, May 16
Most Runs Allowed	21	Thursday, Jun 25
Most Runs Scored	21	Tuesday, Aug 18
Times Shutout by Opponent	3
Times Opponent Shutout	5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	55	57	764	691	.491
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	33	23	449	329	.589
Road	22	34	315	362	.393
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	4	55	39	.556
May	5	16	118	166	.238
June	14	7	204	149	.667
July	9	13	127	135	.409
August	9	9	127	100	.500
September	11	8	120	98	.579
October	2	0	13	4	1.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	27	35	439	425	.435
Second Half	28	22	325	266	.560
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	10	15	138	143	.400
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	23	16	344	250	.590

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	10	6	114	70	.625
BRO	5	11	111	128	.313
CIN	7	9	112	123	.438
LOU	8	8	97	79	.500
NYP	11	5	121	77	.688
PIT	10	6	109	76	.625
STL	4	12	100	138	.250

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, Apr 18	PHA		NYP	W	13	2		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Monday, Apr 20	PHA		NYP	L	4	5		1-1	3	1.0							`-`
3	3	Wednesday, Apr 22	PHA		BRO	W	9	3		2-1	2	1.0							`+`
4	4	Thursday, Apr 23	PHA		BRO	L	3	9		2-2	3	1.0							`-`
5	5	Friday, Apr 24	PHA	@	NYP	W	13	8		3-2	2	1.0							`+`
6	6	Saturday, Apr 25	PHA	@	NYP	L	2	3		3-3	3	1.0							`-`
7	7	Monday, Apr 27	PHA		BRO	L	4	5		3-4	5	2.0							`--`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 29	PHA	@	NYP	W	5	3		4-4	5	1.5							`+`
9	9	Thursday, Apr 30	PHA	@	NYP	W	2	1		5-4	3	1.0							`++`
10	10	Saturday, May 2	PHA	@	BAL	L	5	9		5-5	4	1.0							`-`
11	11	Monday, May 4	PHA	@	BRO	W	9	5		6-5	3	0.5							`+`
12	12	Tuesday, May 5	PHA	@	BRO	L	3	7		6-6	5	1.5							`-`
13	13	Thursday, May 7	PHA	@	STL	L	1	13		6-7	5	2.0							`--`
14	14	Friday, May 8	PHA	@	STL	L	6	7		6-8	6	3.0							`---`
15	15	Saturday, May 9	PHA	@	STL	L	5	8		6-9	7	4.0							`----`
16	16	Sunday, May 10	PHA	@	STL	L	1	9		6-10	7	5.0							`-----`
17	17	Tuesday, May 12	PHA	@	LOU	L	5	10		6-11	7	6.0							`------`
18	18	Wednesday, May 13	PHA	@	LOU	L	1	3		6-12	7	7.0							`-------`
19	19	Friday, May 15	PHA	@	LOU	L	3	5		6-13	7	8.0							`--------`
20	20	Saturday, May 16	PHA	@	LOU	L	5	7		6-14	7	8.5							`---------`
21	21	Monday, May 18	PHA	@	PIT	W	7	0		7-14	7	8.5							`+`
22	22	Tuesday, May 19	PHA	@	PIT	L	8	11		7-15	7	9.5							`-`
23	23	Wednesday, May 20	PHA	@	PIT	L	8	9		7-16	7	10.5							`--`
24	24	Thursday, May 21	PHA	@	PIT	L	3	8		7-17	7	11.5							`---`
25	25	Sunday, May 24	PHA	@	CIN	W	7	6		8-17	7	12.0							`+`
26	26	Monday, May 25	PHA	@	CIN	L	2	7		8-18	7	12.5							`-`
27	27	Tuesday, May 26	PHA	@	CIN	L	5	10		8-19	7	13.0							`--`
28	28	Wednesday, May 27	PHA	@	CIN	W	16	9		9-19	7	13.0							`+`
29	29	Saturday, May 30 (1)	PHA		CIN	L	9	16		9-20	7	13.5							`-`
30	30	Saturday, May 30 (2)	PHA		CIN	W	9	7		10-20	7	13.5							`+`
31	31	Monday, Jun 1	PHA		CIN	W	9	7		11-20	7	13.5							`++`
32	32	Tuesday, Jun 2	PHA		CIN	W	12	8		12-20	7	12.5							`+++`
33	33	Thursday, Jun 4	PHA		STL	L	3	8		12-21	7	14.0							`-`
34	34	Friday, Jun 5	PHA		STL	W	12	10		13-21	6	13.0							`+`
35	35	Saturday, Jun 6	PHA		STL	W	7	4		14-21	6	12.0							`++`
36	36	Monday, Jun 8	PHA		STL	L	11	14		14-22	6	13.0							`-`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 10	PHA		LOU	W	13	3		15-22	6	13.0							`+`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 11	PHA		LOU	W	6	3		16-22	5	13.0							`++`
39	39	Saturday, Jun 13	PHA		LOU	W	19	2		17-22	5	11.5							`+++`
40	40	Monday, Jun 15	PHA		LOU	L	4	8		17-23	5	12.0							`-`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 16	PHA		PIT	W	14	1		18-23	5	12.0							`+`
42	42	Wednesday, Jun 17	PHA		PIT	L	7	9		18-24	6	13.0							`-`
43	43	Thursday, Jun 18	PHA		PIT	W	6	5		19-24	6	12.0							`+`
44	44	Saturday, Jun 20	PHA		PIT	W	10	3		20-24	5	11.0							`++`
45	45	Tuesday, Jun 23	PHA	@	BAL	W	7	4		21-24	5	11.5							`+++`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 24	PHA	@	BAL	W	10	4		22-24	4	11.5							`++++`
47	47	Thursday, Jun 25	PHA	@	BRO	L	14	21		22-25	5	11.5							`-`
48	48	Friday, Jun 26	PHA	@	BRO	L	9	13		22-26	5	12.5							`--`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 27	PHA		BAL	W	5	1		23-26	4	12.5							`+`
50	50	Monday, Jun 29	PHA		BAL	L	11	12		23-27	5	12.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Tuesday, Jun 30	PHA		NYP	W	15	9		24-27	5	11.5							`+`
52	52	Wednesday, Jul 1	PHA		NYP	L	11	12		24-28	5	11.5							`-`
53	53	Saturday, Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	PIT	W	8	4		25-28	5	11.5							`+`
54	54	Saturday, Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	PIT	W	11	6		26-28	5	11.5							`++`
55	55	Monday, Jul 6	PHA	@	PIT	W	8	0		27-28	5	11.5							`+++`
56	56	Tuesday, Jul 7	PHA	@	PIT	L	1	5		27-29	5	12.5							`-`
57	57	Thursday, Jul 9	PHA	@	CIN	L	2	4		27-30	5	13.5							`--`
58	58	Friday, Jul 10	PHA	@	CIN	L	4	10		27-31	5	14.5							`---`
59	59	Saturday, Jul 11	PHA	@	CIN	L	8	9		27-32	5	15.5							`----`
60	60	Sunday, Jul 12	PHA	@	CIN	L	5	6		27-33	5	16.5							`-----`
61	61	Tuesday, Jul 14	PHA	@	STL	L	0	7		27-34	5	17.5							`------`
62	62	Wednesday, Jul 15	PHA	@	STL	L	4	8		27-35	5	18.5							`-------`
63	63	Thursday, Jul 16	PHA	@	STL	L	11	13		27-36	5	19.5							`--------`
64	64	Saturday, Jul 18	PHA	@	STL	W	8	3		28-36	5	18.5							`+`
65	65	Sunday, Jul 19	PHA	@	LOU	L	2	6		28-37	5	19.5							`-`
66	66	Tuesday, Jul 21	PHA	@	LOU	W	7	6		29-37	5	19.5							`+`
67	67	Wednesday, Jul 22	PHA	@	LOU	W	6	3		30-37	5	19.5							`++`
68	68	Thursday, Jul 23	PHA	@	LOU	L	3	4		30-38	5	19.5							`-`
69	69	Monday, Jul 27	PHA	@	BAL	L	0	6		30-39	5	20.0							`--`
70	70	Tuesday, Jul 28	PHA	@	BAL	W	2	1		31-39	5	19.5							`+`
71	71	Wednesday, Jul 29	PHA	@	BAL	W	9	5		32-39	5	19.0							`++`
72	72	Thursday, Jul 30	PHA	@	BRO	L	7	10		32-40	5	19.5							`-`
73	73	Friday, Jul 31	PHA	@	BRO	W	10	7		33-40	5	19.0							`+`
74	74	Tuesday, Aug 4	PHA	@	BAL	L	1	5		33-41	5	19.5							`-`
75	75	Wednesday, Aug 5	PHA	@	BAL	L *H	7	8		33-42	5	20.5							`--`
76	76	Thursday, Aug 6	PHA	@	BRO	W	3	2		34-42	5	20.5							`+`
77	77	Friday, Aug 7	PHA	@	BRO	L	8	10		34-43	5	21.0							`-`
78	78	Monday, Aug 10	PHA		BRO	L	9	10		34-44	5	21.5							`--`
79	79	Tuesday, Aug 11	PHA		BAL	T	4	4		34-44	5	22.0							`--`
80	80	Wednesday, Aug 12	PHA		BAL	W	12	0		35-44	5	21.5							`+`
81	81	Thursday, Aug 13	PHA		BRO	L	3	7		35-45	5	21.5							`-`
82	82	Saturday, Aug 15	PHA		BRO	L	4	8		35-46	5	22.5							`--`
83	83	Monday, Aug 17	PHA		NYP	L	3	6		35-47	5	22.5							`---`
84	84	Tuesday, Aug 18	PHA		NYP	W	21	10		36-47	5	22.5							`+`
85	85	Wednesday, Aug 19	PHA	@	NYP	L	0	3		36-48	5	23.5							`-`
86	86	Thursday, Aug 20	PHA	@	NYP	W	10	8		37-48	5	22.5							`+`
87	87	Friday, Aug 21	PHA		NYP	W	7	0		38-48	5	22.0							`++`
88	88	Saturday, Aug 22	PHA		NYP	W	7	4		39-48	5	22.0							`+++`
89	89	Monday, Aug 24	PHA		BAL	W	13	2		40-48	5	22.0							`++++`
90	90	Wednesday, Aug 26	PHA		BRO	L	7	10		40-49	5	23.0							`-`
91	91	Friday, Aug 28	PHA	@	NYP	W	4	2		41-49	5	22.0							`+`
92	92	Monday, Aug 31	PHA	@	NYP	W	4	1		42-49	5	21.5							`++`
93	93	Wednesday, Sep 2	PHA		BAL	W	18	3		43-49	5	21.0							`+++`
94	94	Thursday, Sep 3	PHA		BAL	W	5	4		44-49	5	21.0							`++++`
95	95	Friday, Sep 4	PHA		BAL	L	1	2		44-50	5	21.5							`-`
96	96	Saturday, Sep 5	PHA		BAL	W	4	0		45-50	5	21.5							`+`
97	97	Tuesday, Sep 8	PHA		CIN	W	8	7		46-50	5	21.5							`++`
98	98	Friday, Sep 11	PHA		CIN	W	10	3		47-50	5	21.5							`+++`
99	99	Saturday, Sep 12	PHA		CIN	L	3	8		47-51	5	22.5							`-`
100	100	Monday, Sep 14	PHA		CIN	L	3	6		47-52	5	23.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Tuesday, Sep 15	PHA		STL	L	2	3		47-53	5	24.0							`---`
102	102	Wednesday, Sep 16	PHA		STL	L	6	15		47-54	6	25.0							`----`
103	103	Thursday, Sep 17	PHA		STL	W	13	5		48-54	6	24.0							`+`
104	104	Saturday, Sep 19	PHA		STL	L	10	11		48-55	6	25.0							`-`
105	105	Monday, Sep 21	PHA		LOU	W	11	6		49-55	6	24.5							`+`
106	106	Wednesday, Sep 23	PHA		LOU	L	5	10		49-56	6	26.0							`-`
107	107	Thursday, Sep 24	PHA		LOU	W	4	1		50-56	6	26.0							`+`
108	108	Saturday, Sep 26	PHA		LOU	W	3	2		51-56	4	26.5							`++`
109	109	Monday, Sep 28	PHA		PIT	W	6	4		52-56	4	25.5							`+++`
110	110	Tuesday, Sep 29	PHA		PIT	L	3	6		52-57	4	26.5							`-`
111	111	Wednesday, Sep 30	PHA		PIT	W	5	2		53-57	4	25.5							`+`
112	112	Thursday, Oct 1	PHA		PIT	W	4	3		54-57	4	24.5							`++`
113	113	Monday, Oct 5	PHA		BRO	W	9	1		55-57	4	24.0							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Back are always at the end of all games played on that date.

1884 / 1886 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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