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1887 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888

64-69, Finished 5th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Bancroft (26-29) and Charlie Mason (38-40)
Scored 893 runs, Allowed 890 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-66

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


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1886 / 1888 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 Wilbert Robinson 23 68 279 264 28 60 6 2 1 24 15 14 .227 .269 .277 .545 51 73 1
2 1B Jocko Milligan 25 95 401 377 54 114 27 4 2 50 8 21 .302 .344 .411 .755 109 155 3
3 2B Lou Bierbauer* 21 126 543 530 74 144 19 7 1 82 40 13 .272 .289 .340 .629 74 180 0
4 SS Chippy McGarr 24 137 561 536 93 158 23 6 1 63 84 23 .295 .326 .366 .692 92 196 2
5 3B Denny Lyons 21 137 623 570 128 209 43 14 6 102 73 47 .367 .421 .523 .943 161 298 6
6 OF Harry Stovey 30 124 560 497 125 142 31 12 4 77 74 56 .286 .366 .421 .787 118 209 7
7 OF Tom Poorman* 29 135 630 585 140 155 18 19 4 61 88 35 .265 .317 .381 .699 93 223 10
8 OF Henry Larkin 27 126 553 497 105 154 22 12 3 88 37 48 .310 .380 .421 .800 122 209 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 OF Fred Mann* 29 55 250 229 42 63 14 6 0 32 16 15 .275 .336 .389 .725 101 89 6
10 C George Townsend 20 31 112 109 12 21 3 0 0 14 8 3 .193 .214 .220 .434 21 24 0
11 OF Chief Roseman 30 21 88 73 16 16 2 1 0 8 3 10 .219 .352 .274 .626 75 20 5
12 1B Ed Flanagan? 25 19 84 80 12 20 5 0 1 10 3 3 .250 .286 .350 .636 76 28 1
13 OF Ed Greer 22 3 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 1 2 0
14 UT Jim Roxburgh 29 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 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
15 P Ed Seward? 20 74 284 266 31 50 10 0 5 28 14 16 .188 .239 .282 .521 44 75 2
16 P Gus Weyhing 20 57 215 209 19 42 6 1 0 16 8 6 .201 .223 .239 .462 28 50 0
17 P Al Atkinson 26 16 64 59 8 12 2 0 1 5 3 5 .203 .266 .288 .554 54 17 0
18 P Bobby Mathews 35 7 29 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .310 .200 .510 43 5 0
19 P Bill Hart? 21 3 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 -57 1 0
20 P Cannonball Titcomb* 20 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0
21 P Billy Taylor 32 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0
22 P Frank Chapman 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
23 P Tommy Casey? 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 24.9 137 5326 4954 893 1370 231 84 29 661 476 321 .277 .327 .375 .702 94 1856 51
Rank in 8 AA teams 2 5 3 2 4 4 4 1 8 3 3 6 4 4 3 4 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
Al Atkinson 26 64 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1/O
Lou Bierbauer* 21 543 -23 -1 0 0 3 2 9 -10 -0.5 -13 -1.0 0.5 $ *4/1
Frank Chapman 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ed Flanagan? 25 84 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 3
Ed Greer 22 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /O
Bill Hart? 21 13 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Henry Larkin 27 553 18 -2 0 0 0 -6 9 19 1.6 19 1.5 0.1 $ *O34
Denny Lyons 21 623 53 0 0 0 -11 4 10 56 4.5 67 5.4 -0.9 $ *5
Fred Mann* 29 250 0 0 0 0 -2 -3 4 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Free Agency O
Bobby Mathews 35 29 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
Chippy McGarr 24 561 -8 4 0 0 -2 9 10 13 1.4 15 1.2 0.2 $ *6
Jocko Milligan 25 401 4 -5 0 0 1 3 7 10 1.0 9 0.7 0.3 $ 32/O
Tom Poorman* 29 630 -9 10 0 0 8 -9 10 10 0.9 2 0.2 0.7 $ Purchased *O/41
Wilbert Robinson 23 279 -20 -2 0 0 -8 4 5 -21 -1.7 -13 -1.0 -0.7 $ Unknown 2/3O
Chief Roseman 30 88 -2 -1 0 0 -2 -1 1 -5 -0.4 -3 -0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased O
Jim Roxburgh 29 8 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -4 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /24
Ed Seward? 20 284 -25 -1 0 0 0 2 5 -19 -1.4 -19 -1.5 0.1 $ 1O
Harry Stovey 30 560 14 5 0 0 9 -5 9 32 2.8 23 1.9 0.9 $ O3
Billy Taylor 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Cannonball Titcomb* 20 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
George Townsend 20 112 -14 0 0 0 -4 2 2 -14 -1.1 -10 -0.8 -0.3 $ 2/O
Gus Weyhing 20 215 -24 -1 0 0 -2 3 4 -20 -1.5 -18 -1.5 0.0 $ Purchased 1/O
Team Total 24.9 5326 -55 6 0 0 -13 6 87 31 4.3 44 3.5 0.8 $
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
Al Atkinson 26 64 47 5 2.8 97 .190 .203 .280 .266 .344 .288 .377 .554 .721 54 .298 -3.8 -0.4 .532 .220 .085 1.5 1/O
Lou Bierbauer* 21 543 386 52 3.5 97 .270 .272 .280 .289 .344 .340 .378 .629 .722 74 .395 -21.0 -2.1 .604 .168 .068 2.0 *4/1
Tommy Casey? -- 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Frank Chapman 25 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .280 .000 .344 .000 .378 .000 .722 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Ed Flanagan? 25 84 60 8 3.4 97 .241 .250 .280 .286 .344 .350 .378 .636 .722 76 .390 -2.8 -0.3 .583 .175 .100 1.5 3
Ed Greer 22 11 9 0 0.0 97 .182 .182 .280 .182 .344 .182 .377 .364 .721 1 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .444 .182 .000 .0 /O
Bill Hart? 21 13 12 0 0.0 97 .077 .077 .280 .077 .344 .077 .378 .154 .722 -57 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .083 .000 .000 /1
Henry Larkin 27 553 343 77 5.8 97 .306 .310 .280 .380 .344 .421 .378 .800 .722 122 .624 15.3 1.5 .880 .282 .111 5.6 *O34
Denny Lyons 21 623 361 124 8.9 97 .360 .367 .280 .421 .344 .523 .378 .943 .722 161 .783 47.2 4.6 1.175 .367 .156 11.1 *5
Fred Mann* 29 250 166 28 4.4 97 .275 .275 .280 .336 .344 .389 .378 .725 .722 101 .496 0.0 0.0 .759 .249 .114 .0 O
Bobby Mathews 35 29 20 2 2.6 97 .200 .200 .280 .310 .344 .200 .378 .510 .722 43 .274 -1.8 -0.2 .450 .160 .000 /1
Chippy McGarr 24 561 378 63 4.3 97 .293 .295 .280 .326 .344 .366 .378 .692 .722 92 .491 -7.3 -0.7 .807 .271 .071 2.0 *6
Jocko Milligan 25 401 263 53 5.2 97 .299 .302 .280 .344 .344 .411 .378 .755 .722 109 .576 4.3 0.4 .711 .186 .109 3.2 32/O
Tom Poorman* 29 630 430 68 4.1 97 .260 .265 .280 .317 .344 .381 .378 .699 .722 93 .467 -8.2 -0.8 .828 .326 .116 7.7 *O/41
Wilbert Robinson 23 279 204 19 2.4 97 .224 .227 .280 .269 .344 .277 .378 .545 .722 51 .249 -18.0 -1.8 .505 .159 .049 1.9 2/3O
Chief Roseman 30 88 57 6 2.7 97 .219 .219 .280 .352 .344 .274 .378 .626 .722 75 .294 -1.7 -0.2 .667 .233 .055 .0 O
Jim Roxburgh 29 8 7 0 0.0 97 .125 .125 .280 .125 .344 .125 .378 .250 .722 -31 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000 /24
Ed Seward? 20 284 216 18 2.2 97 .172 .188 .280 .239 .344 .282 .378 .521 .722 44 .213 -20.9 -2.1 .495 .207 .094 7.4 1O
Harry Stovey 30 560 355 75 5.5 97 .280 .286 .280 .366 .344 .421 .378 .787 .722 118 .597 13.1 1.3 .975 .396 .135 7.6 O3
Billy Taylor 32 4 3 0 0.0 97 .250 .250 .280 .250 .344 .250 .378 .500 .722 39 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Cannonball Titcomb* 20 12 10 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .280 .167 .344 .000 .378 .167 .722 -52 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .200 .200 .000 /1
George Townsend 20 112 88 5 1.5 97 .193 .193 .280 .214 .344 .220 .378 .434 .722 21 .118 -11.9 -1.2 .398 .128 .028 .0 2/O
Gus Weyhing 20 215 167 11 1.7 97 .201 .201 .280 .223 .344 .239 .378 .462 .722 28 .150 -20.9 -2.1 .383 .105 .038 .0 1/O
League Average 4.4 97 .268 .272 .280 .336 .344 .366 .378 .702 .722 94 .500 .762 .272 .094
Team Total 24.8 5326 3584 614 4.4 97 .272 .277 .280 .327 .344 .375 .378 .702 .722 94 .503 -47.2 -5.0 .754 .259 .098 54.7
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
Al Atkinson 26 19 71 66 6 11 2 0 1 4 3 5 0 .167 .225 .242 .468 4 16 16
Lou Bierbauer* 21 148 599 587 58 134 18 7 1 65 37 12 0 .228 .244 .288 .532 41 126 126
Frank Chapman 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Ed Flanagan? 25 22 92 88 9 18 4 0 1 8 3 3 0 .205 .239 .284 .523 6 19 19
Ed Greer 22 110 405 376 39 79 12 2 2 38 33 23 0 .210 .267 .269 .535 26 94 94
Bill Hart? 21 4 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Henry Larkin 27 148 596 545 83 142 20 11 3 69 34 44 0 .261 .324 .354 .678 61 126 126
Denny Lyons 21 161 665 616 101 192 40 13 6 80 67 43 0 .312 .362 .448 .810 97 137 137
Fred Mann* 29 140 589 539 70 134 27 12 2 58 38 36 0 .249 .312 .354 .667 56 119 119
Bobby Mathews 35 8 32 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .179 .281 .179 .460 1 7 7
Chippy McGarr 24 161 616 592 74 148 22 6 1 50 79 22 0 .250 .279 .313 .592 50 137 137
Jocko Milligan 25 112 436 414 42 105 25 4 2 39 7 19 0 .254 .291 .348 .639 41 95 95
Tom Poorman* 29 158 691 649 111 144 17 18 4 48 82 33 0 .222 .269 .322 .591 54 135 135
Wilbert Robinson 23 80 309 295 22 56 6 2 1 19 14 13 0 .190 .227 .234 .460 15 68 68
Chief Roseman 30 96 382 356 39 68 11 2 1 29 6 18 0 .191 .246 .242 .488 20 82 82
Jim Roxburgh 29 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Ed Seward? 20 87 318 301 25 47 9 0 5 22 13 15 0 .156 .201 .236 .437 14 74 74
Harry Stovey 30 146 606 548 98 131 29 11 4 60 68 52 0 .239 .312 .354 .666 59 124 124
Billy Taylor 32 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Cannonball Titcomb* 20 15 53 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 .000 .075 .000 .075 0 12 12
George Townsend 20 36 124 121 8 18 3 0 0 10 7 3 0 .149 .169 .174 .343 4 31 31
Gus Weyhing 20 67 243 237 16 41 6 1 0 13 8 6 0 .173 .193 .207 .400 9 57 57
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
Al Atkinson 26 3 424 110 424 387 55 64 7 2 1 14 7 36 .165 .238 .202 .440 38 78 1
Lou Bierbauer* 21 2 1086 263 1086 1052 130 262 36 12 3 129 59 34 .249 .273 .315 .587 72 331 0
Tommy Casey? -- 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Chapman 25 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Ed Flanagan? 25 1 84 19 84 80 12 20 5 0 1 10 3 3 .250 .286 .350 .636 76 28 1
Ed Greer 22 3 904 232 904 851 117 183 26 5 3 93 51 43 .215 .261 .268 .529 58 228 10
Bill Hart? 21 2 89 25 89 86 3 11 1 1 0 1 1 3 .128 .157 .163 .320 -2 14 0
Henry Larkin 27 4 2018 458 2018 1841 411 573 116 51 16 287 69 148 .311 .372 .456 .827 149 839 29
Denny Lyons 21 3 774 173 774 709 153 237 47 15 6 114 80 55 3 .334 .390 .468 .858 143 332 10
Fred Mann* 29 6 2483 577 2483 2277 388 597 104 68 12 181 67 163 .262 .323 .383 .707 121 873 43
Bobby Mathews 35 15 2559 623 2559 2486 318 504 48 9 1 164 10 5 73 59 .203 .225 .230 .456 45 573 9 0
Chippy McGarr 24 3 909 227 909 873 144 240 34 9 3 94 101 32 .275 .304 .345 .648 89 301 4
Jocko Milligan 25 4 1272 303 1272 1211 180 338 79 14 12 134 26 57 .279 .314 .397 .711 113 481 4
Tom Poorman* 29 5 1742 399 1742 1660 320 411 49 37 10 128 119 71 99 .248 .283 .340 .623 88 564 11
Wilbert Robinson 23 2 645 155 645 606 85 129 17 5 2 54 48 35 .213 .260 .267 .528 57 162 4
Chief Roseman 30 6 2587 599 2587 2451 396 621 94 49 15 164 12 103 41 .253 .293 .350 .643 103 858 33
Jim Roxburgh 29 2 14 4 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 80 3 1
Ed Seward? 20 2 287 75 287 269 31 50 10 0 5 28 14 16 2 .186 .237 .279 .516 43 75 2
Harry Stovey 30 8 3671 799 3671 3397 827 1003 198 92 61 444 142 258 103 .295 .348 .462 .809 147 1568 16
Billy Taylor 32 7 1191 274 1191 1164 148 323 62 24 8 26 1 26 10 .277 .294 .393 .686 124 457 1
Cannonball Titcomb* 20 2 58 17 58 55 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 .055 .103 .055 .158 -54 3 0
George Townsend 20 1 112 31 112 109 12 21 3 0 0 14 8 3 .193 .214 .220 .434 21 24 0
Gus Weyhing 20 1 215 57 215 209 19 42 6 1 0 16 8 6 .201 .223 .239 .462 28 50 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

1886 / 1888 Batting Statistics

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