1887 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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 - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1886 / 1888 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	64-69, Final Rank:5, GB: 30.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	33	last on Friday, Sep 9, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	4	last on Friday, Jun 17
Most Games under .500	9	last on Friday, Sep 9
Longest Winning Streak	8	Monday, May 23 to Monday, May 30
Longest Losing Streak	6	Thursday, Jun 23 to Wednesday, Jun 29, Tuesday, Jul 12 to Sunday, Jul 17, Monday, Aug 8 to Saturday, Aug 13 and Saturday, Aug 27 to Saturday, Sep 3
Most Runs Allowed	22	Friday, Aug 19
Most Runs Scored	18	Tuesday, Apr 26 and Wednesday, Jun 15
Times Shutout by Opponent	0
Times Opponent Shutout	5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	64	69	888	896	.481
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	41	27	502	404	.603
Road	23	42	386	492	.354
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	3	65	59	.625
May	13	12	160	170	.520
June	9	14	154	136	.391
July	9	13	115	128	.409
August	13	13	195	204	.500
September	12	9	153	147	.571
October	3	5	46	52	.375

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	31	39	454	458	.443
Second Half	33	30	434	438	.524
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	13	12	139	138	.520
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	27	25	383	379	.519

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	6	14	99	134	.300
BRO	8	10	124	151	.444
CIN	9	11	105	106	.450
CLE	14	4	158	117	.778
LOU	8	11	118	116	.421
NYP	11	7	156	121	.611
STL	8	12	128	151	.400

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 16	PHA	@	BAL	L	3	8		0-1	5	1.0				2:10			`-`
2	2	Wednesday, Apr 20	PHA	@	BAL	L	2	8		0-2	6	2.5				2:15			`--`
3	3	Thursday, Apr 21	PHA		NYP	W	5	0		1-2	6	2.0				2:05		2,500	`+`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 23	PHA		NYP	W	13	6		2-2	5	2.5				2:25			`++`
5	5	Monday, Apr 25	PHA		NYP	W	13	0		3-2	4	1.5				1:45			`+++`
6	6	Tuesday, Apr 26	PHA		NYP	W	18	17		4-2	3	1.0							`++++`
7	7	Wednesday, Apr 27	PHA		BRO	L	1	11		4-3	4	2.0				2:05			`-`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 30	PHA		BRO	W	10	9		5-3	4	1.0							`+`
9	9	Monday, May 2	PHA		BRO	W	17	6		6-3	4	1.0							`++`
10	10	Tuesday, May 3	PHA	@	BAL	L	5	15		6-4	4	1.5							`-`
11	11	Wednesday, May 4	PHA		BAL	L	2	6		6-5	5	2.5							`--`
12	12	Thursday, May 5	PHA		BAL	L	5	7		6-6	6	3.5							`---`
13	13	Friday, May 6	PHA		BAL	L	6	15		6-7	6	4.5				1:40			`----`
14	14	Saturday, May 7	PHA		BAL	W	7	3		7-7	6	4.0				1:40			`+`
15	15	Tuesday, May 10	PHA	@	LOU	L	5	10		7-8	6	5.5							`-`
16	16	Thursday, May 12	PHA	@	LOU	L	2	4		7-9	6	6.5				1:40			`--`
17	17	Friday, May 13	PHA	@	LOU	L	1	4		7-10	6	7.5				1:50			`---`
18	18	Saturday, May 14	PHA	@	LOU	W	5	4		8-10	6	7.5				1:50			`+`
19	19	Monday, May 16	PHA	@	STL	L	2	7		8-11	6	8.5				1:45			`-`
20	20	Tuesday, May 17	PHA	@	STL	W	4	3		9-11	6	7.5				1:45			`+`
21	21	Wednesday, May 18	PHA	@	STL	L	4	12		9-12	6	8.5				1:45			`-`
22	22	Thursday, May 19	PHA	@	STL	L	4	8		9-13	6	9.5				2:00			`--`
23	23	Friday, May 20	PHA	@	CLE	W	10	3		10-13	6	9.5				2:25			`+`
24	24	Saturday, May 21	PHA	@	CLE	L	12	15		10-14	6	10.5				2:35			`-`
25	25	Monday, May 23	PHA	@	CLE	W	13	6		11-14	6	9.5				1:55			`+`
26	26	Tuesday, May 24	PHA	@	CLE	W	13	12		12-14	6	9.5							`++`
27	27	Wednesday, May 25	PHA	@	CIN	W	5	4		13-14	6	9.5				1:25			`+++`
28	28	Thursday, May 26	PHA	@	CIN	W	9	6		14-14	6	9.5				2:00			`++++`
29	29	Friday, May 27	PHA	@	CIN	W	9	5		15-14	5	9.5				2:02			`+++++`
30	30	Saturday, May 28	PHA	@	CIN	W	4	3		16-14	4	9.5				1:50			`++++++`
31	31	Monday, May 30	PHA		LOU	W	5	2		17-14	3	9.5				1:50		6,000	`+++++++`
32	32	Monday, May 30	PHA		LOU	W	8	6		18-14	3	9.5				1:50		14,000	`++++++++`
33	33	Tuesday, May 31	PHA		LOU	L	3	4		18-15	3	10.0							`-`
34	34	Wednesday, Jun 1	PHA		LOU	L	2	3		18-16	4	10.5				1:55			`--`
35	35	Saturday, Jun 4	PHA		CIN	L	2	5		18-17	4	12.5				1:55			`---`
36	36	Tuesday, Jun 7	PHA		CIN	W	10	0		19-17	3	11.0				1:40			`+`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 8	PHA		CIN	W	5	4		20-17	3	11.5							`++`
38	38	Wednesday, Jun 8	PHA		CIN	L	8	9		20-18	3	11.5							`-`
39	39	Thursday, Jun 9	PHA		STL	L	5	7		20-19	3	12.5							`--`
40	40	Friday, Jun 10	PHA		STL	L	12	14		20-20	4	13.5				2:10			`---`
41	41	Saturday, Jun 11	PHA		STL	W	8	4		21-20	3	12.5				2:00			`+`
42	42	Monday, Jun 13	PHA		STL	W	16	8		22-20	3	11.5				2:05		7,000	`++`
43	43	Tuesday, Jun 14	PHA		CLE	L	3	6		22-21	4	11.5				1:35			`-`
44	44	Wednesday, Jun 15	PHA		CLE	W	18	6		23-21	4	11.5				2:25			`+`
45	45	Thursday, Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W	11	6		24-21	4	11.0							`++`
46	46	Friday, Jun 17	PHA		CLE	W	9	2		25-21	3	11.0							`+++`
47	47	Saturday, Jun 18	PHA	@	NYP	L	4	7		25-22	4	11.5							`-`
48	48	Monday, Jun 20	PHA	@	NYP	L	5	7		25-23	4	12.0				2:10			`--`
49	49	Tuesday, Jun 21	PHA	@	NYP	W	8	4		26-23	4	11.0							`+`
50	50	Thursday, Jun 23	PHA	@	BAL	L	4	6		26-24	4	11.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 24	PHA	@	BAL	L	3	5		26-25	4	12.5							`--`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 25	PHA	@	BAL	L	6	8		26-26	4	13.5				2:10			`---`
53	53	Sunday, Jun 26	PHA	@	BRO	L	4	5		26-27	6	14.0				2:00		7,000	`----`
54	54	Tuesday, Jun 28	PHA	@	BRO	L	3	11		26-28	6	15.0				2:10			`-----`
55	55	Wednesday, Jun 29	PHA	@	BRO	L	4	6		26-29	6	16.0				2:25			`------`
56	56	Thursday, Jun 30	PHA	@	BRO	W	4	3		27-29	6	15.0				2:15			`+`
57	57	Friday, Jul 1	PHA		BAL	W	9	2		28-29	6	14.0							`++`
58	58	Saturday, Jul 2	PHA		BAL	L	6	7		28-30	6	15.0				2:15			`-`
59	59	Monday, Jul 4	PHA	@	LOU	L	5	11		28-31	6	16.0				2:10			`--`
60	60	Tuesday, Jul 5	PHA	@	LOU	L	7	10		28-32	6	16.5							`---`
61	61	Wednesday, Jul 6	PHA	@	LOU	L	5	9		28-33	6	16.5							`----`
62	62	Thursday, Jul 7	PHA	@	CLE	W	7	6		29-33	6	16.0							`+`
63	63	Friday, Jul 8	PHA	@	CLE	W	8	3		30-33	6	15.0				2:10			`++`
64	64	Saturday, Jul 9	PHA	@	CLE	W	9	7		31-33	6	15.0							`+++`
65	65	Tuesday, Jul 12	PHA	@	CIN	L	4	7		31-34	6	15.5							`-`
66	66	Wednesday, Jul 13	PHA	@	CIN	L	1	6		31-35	6	16.5				1:45			`--`
67	67	Thursday, Jul 14	PHA	@	CIN	L	2	3		31-36	6	17.5				2:00			`---`
68	68	Friday, Jul 15	PHA	@	STL	L	2	3		31-37	6	18.5							`----`
69	69	Saturday, Jul 16	PHA	@	STL	L	2	9		31-38	6	19.5				2:10			`-----`
70	70	Sunday, Jul 17	PHA	@	STL	L	8	10		31-39	6	20.5				2:00			`------`
71	71	Wednesday, Jul 20	PHA		CLE	W	6	1		32-39	6	19.5							`+`
72	72	Friday, Jul 22	PHA		CLE	W *H	4	6		33-39	6	19.0				1:45			`++`
73	73	Monday, Jul 25	PHA		CIN	W	5	2		34-39	6	18.5				1:50			`+++`
74	74	Tuesday, Jul 26	PHA		CIN	W	3	2		35-39	6	18.5				1:40			`++++`
75	75	Wednesday, Jul 27	PHA		LOU	L	4	7		35-40	6	19.5				1:55			`-`
76	76	Thursday, Jul 28	PHA		LOU	L	3	4		35-41	6	20.5				1:20			`--`
77	77	Friday, Jul 29	PHA		LOU	W	10	7		36-41	6	20.5				2:15			`+`
78	78	Saturday, Jul 30	PHA		STL	L	5	6		36-42	6	21.5				2:05			`-`
79	79	Monday, Aug 1	PHA		STL	W	9	1		37-42	6	20.5				1:50			`+`
80	80	Tuesday, Aug 2	PHA		STL	L	6	14		37-43	6	21.5				1:45			`-`
81	81	Wednesday, Aug 3	PHA		NYP	W	10	7		38-43	6	21.0				2:00			`+`
82	82	Thursday, Aug 4	PHA		NYP	W	10	3		39-43	5	21.0				1:45			`++`
83	83	Friday, Aug 5	PHA		NYP	W	7	4		40-43	5	20.0				2:10			`+++`
84	84	Saturday, Aug 6	PHA		NYP	W	9	5		41-43	5	20.0				1:50			`++++`
85	85	Monday, Aug 8	PHA	@	BRO	L	5	6		41-44	6	21.5				2:00			`-`
86	86	Tuesday, Aug 9	PHA	@	BRO	L	5	8		41-45	6	22.5				1:45			`--`
87	87	Wednesday, Aug 10	PHA	@	BRO	L	10	13		41-46	6	23.5							`---`
88	88	Thursday, Aug 11	PHA	@	NYP	L	6	11		41-47	6	24.0				2:05			`----`
89	89	Friday, Aug 12	PHA	@	NYP	L *H	7	9		41-48	6	25.0							`-----`
90	90	Saturday, Aug 13	PHA	@	NYP	L	11	13		41-49	6	25.0				2:20			`------`
91	91	Monday, Aug 15	PHA		BRO	W	7	3		42-49	6	25.5				1:35			`+`
92	92	Tuesday, Aug 16	PHA		BRO	W	6	5		43-49	6	25.5							`++`
93	93	Wednesday, Aug 17	PHA		BRO	L	2	15		43-50	6	26.0				2:00			`-`
94	94	Friday, Aug 19	PHA	@	STL	L	8	22		43-51	6	27.0				2:25			`--`
95	95	Saturday, Aug 20	PHA	@	STL	W	10	2		44-51	6	26.0							`+`
96	96	Sunday, Aug 21	PHA	@	STL	W	5	1		45-51	6	25.0				1:40			`++`
97	97	Monday, Aug 22	PHA	@	LOU	T	6	6		45-51	6	25.0				1:45			`++`
98	98	Tuesday, Aug 23	PHA	@	LOU	W	14	2		46-51	6	25.0				1:55			`+++`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 24	PHA	@	LOU	W	15	8		47-51	6	25.0							`++++`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 25	PHA	@	CLE	W	8	6		48-51	6	25.0				2:10			`+++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	W	7	1		49-51	5	25.0				1:50			`++++++`
102	102	Saturday, Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L	2	16		49-52	5	26.0				2:15			`-`
103	103	Monday, Aug 29	PHA	@	CIN	L	5	7		49-53	5	27.5				1:45			`--`
104	104	Tuesday, Aug 30	PHA	@	CIN	L	2	7		49-54	5	28.5				2:00			`---`
105	105	Wednesday, Aug 31	PHA	@	CIN	L	3	9		49-55	5	29.5				2:00			`----`
106	106	Friday, Sep 2	PHA		CIN	L	2	7		49-56	5	30.5							`-----`
107	107	Saturday, Sep 3	PHA		CIN	L	9	11		49-57	6	31.5				2:00			`------`
108	108	Saturday, Sep 3	PHA		CIN	W	15	6		50-57	6	31.5				1:50			`+`
109	109	Monday, Sep 5	PHA		CIN	L	2	3		50-58	6	31.5				1:35			`-`
110	110	Tuesday, Sep 6	PHA		CLE	L	6	9		50-59	6	31.5				2:00			`--`
111	111	Thursday, Sep 8	PHA		CLE	W	12	6		51-59	6	32.0				2:00			`+`
112	112	Friday, Sep 9	PHA		STL	L	3	8		51-60	6	33.0							`-`
113	113	Saturday, Sep 10	PHA		STL	W	5	4		52-60	6	32.0				2:00			`+`
114	114	Monday, Sep 12	PHA		STL	W	10	8		53-60	6	31.0				2:05			`++`
115	115	Tuesday, Sep 13	PHA		LOU	L	1	5		53-61	6	31.5							`-`
116	116	Wednesday, Sep 14	PHA		LOU	W	8	6		54-61	6	30.5							`+`
117	117	Thursday, Sep 15	PHA		LOU	W	9	4		55-61	5	31.0							`++`
118	118	Friday, Sep 16	PHA		BAL	W	9	4		56-61	5	30.5				2:00			`+++`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 17	PHA		NYP	T	4	4		56-61	5	31.0							`+++`
120	120	Sunday, Sep 18	PHA	@	BRO	W	5	2		57-61	5	31.0				1:45			`++++`
121	121	Monday, Sep 19	PHA		NYP	W	8	4		58-61	5	30.5							`+++++`
122	122	Tuesday, Sep 20	PHA	@	NYP	L	5	11		58-62	5	31.0							`-`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 21	PHA	@	BRO	T	6	6		58-62	5	30.5							`-`
124	124	Friday, Sep 23	PHA	@	BRO	W	10	6		59-62	5	29.5							`+`
125	125	Saturday, Sep 24	PHA	@	BRO	L	5	21		59-63	5	29.5							`-`
126	126	Monday, Sep 26	PHA		NYP	L	8	9		59-64	5	29.5				2:00			`--`
127	127	Tuesday, Sep 27	PHA		NYP	W	5	0		60-64	5	29.0							`+`
128	128	Friday, Sep 30	PHA	@	BAL	W	6	3		61-64	5	29.0							`++`
129	129	Saturday, Oct 1	PHA	@	BAL	L	2	5		61-65	5	29.5							`-`
130	130	Saturday, Oct 1	PHA	@	BAL	L	1	8		61-66	5	29.5							`--`
131	131	Monday, Oct 3	PHA		BAL	W	13	2		62-66	5	29.0							`+`
132	132	Tuesday, Oct 4	PHA		BAL	L	3	6		62-67	5	30.0							`-`
133	133	Wednesday, Oct 5	PHA		BAL	L	3	16		62-68	5	30.0							`--`
134	134	Thursday, Oct 6	PHA		BAL	W	4	0		63-68	5	29.5							`+`
135	135	Friday, Oct 7	PHA		BRO	W	10	3		64-68	5	29.5							`++`
136	136	Saturday, Oct 8	PHA		BRO	T	5	5		64-68	5	29.0							`++`
137	137	Monday, Oct 10	PHA		BRO	L	5	7		64-69	5	30.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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

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