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1887 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886/1888) 64-69, Finished 5th in American Association View League Standings and Leaders Scored 893 runs, Allowed 890 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-66 Managed by Frank Bancroft and Charlie Mason Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 Stats (1886/1888) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Wilbert Robinson    24   68  264   28   60   6  2   1   24  14       .227  .269  .277  15           1               51
1B  Jocko Milligan      25   95  377   54  114  27  4   2   50  21       .302  .344  .411   8           3              109
2B *Lou Bierbauer       21  126  530   74  144  19  7   1   82  13       .272  .289  .340  40           0               74
3B  Denny Lyons         21  137  570  128  209  43 14   6  102  47       .367  .421  .523  73           6              161
SS  Chippy McGarr       24  137  536   93  158  23  6   1   63  23       .295  .326  .366  84           2               92
OF *Tom Poorman         29  135  585  140  155  18 19   4   61  35       .265  .317  .381  88          10               93
OF  Henry Larkin        27  126  497  105  154  22 12   3   88  48       .310  .380  .421  37           8              122
OF  Harry Stovey        30  124  497  125  142  31 12   4   77  56       .286  .366  .421  74           7              118
   *Fred Mann           29   55  229   42   63  14  6   0   32  15       .275  .336  .389  16           6              101
    George Townsend     20   31  109   12   21   3  0   0   14   3       .193  .214  .220   8           0               21
   ?Ed Flanagan         25   19   80   12   20   5  0   1   10   3       .250  .286  .350   3           1               76
    Chief Roseman       31   21   73   16   16   2  1   0    8  10       .219  .352  .274   3           5               75
    Ed Greer            22    3   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0       .182  .182  .182   2           0                1
    Jim Roxburgh        29    2    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .125  .125  .125   0           0              -31

   ?Ed Seward           20   74  266   31   50  10  0   5   28  16       .188  .239  .282  14           2               44
    Gus Weyhing         20   57  209   19   42   6  1   0   16   6       .201  .223  .239   8           0               28
    Al Atkinson         26   16   59    8   12   2  0   1    5   5       .203  .266  .288   3           0               54
    Bobby Mathews       35    7   25    5    5   0  0   0    0   4       .200  .310  .200   0           0               43
   ?Bill Hart           21    3   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .077  .077  .077   0           0              -57
   *Cannonball Titcomb  20    3   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   2       .000  .167  .000   0           0              -52
    Billy Taylor        32    1    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0       .250  .250  .250   0           0               39
    Fred Chapman        14    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 24.8  137 4954  893 1370 231 84  29  661 321  388  .277  .321  .375 476          51              102
    Rank among 8 AA teams          2    5    3   2  4   4        8    3     3     6     4   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Gus Weyhing         20  55   4.27  26  28  0  55   0  53   2  466.3  465  342  221  12  167  193 2042   0  37  0     101
SP  Ed Seward           20  55   4.13  25  25  0  52   2  52   3  470.7  445  293  216   7  140  155 1990   0  24  0     104
SP  Al Atkinson         26  15   5.92   6   8  0  15   2  11   0  124.7  156  121   82   2   54   34  594   0   6  0      72
SP  Bobby Mathews       35   7   6.67   3   4  0   7   0   7   0   58.0   75   64   43   4   25    9  280   0   3  0      64


    Bill Hart           21   3   4.50   1   2  0   3   0   3   0   26.0   28   22   13   1   17    4  121   0   1  0      95
   *Cannonball Titcomb  20   3   6.75   1   2  0   3   0   3   0   24.0   31   30   18   1   19   16  123   0   0  0      64
    Billy Taylor        32   1   3.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0   10    5    3   1    7    0   42   0   0  0     143
    Fred Chapman        14   1   7.20   0   0  0   1   0   1   0    5.0    8    6    4   0    2    4   24   0   0  0      60
    Lou Bierbauer       21   1   0.00   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    1    3   0   0  0        
   ?Bill Casey               1  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    4    3    2   0    1    0    7   0   0  0      24
    Tom Poorman         29   1  40.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    5    4    3   1    1    1    7   0   0  0      11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 21.5 137   4.59  64  69  1 137   6 131   5 1186.0 1227  890  605  29  433  417 5233   0  71  0      93
    Rank among 8 AA teams           6   5   4  3           6   4      4    2    5        5    6    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WRobinson 67 281 137 46 9 .901 82 JMilligan 47 262 79 35 10 .907 51 GTownsend 28 99 42 22 1 .865 26 JRoxburgh 2 5 2 1 0 .875 8 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 137 647 260 104 20 .897 167 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .971 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMilligan 50 436 13 16 21 .966 8.98 HStovey 46 418 19 13 21 .971 9.50 HLarkin 23 195 6 5 12 .976 8.74 EFlanagan 19 158 5 9 9 .948 8.58 WRobinson 3 10 1 4 0 .733 3.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 1217 44 47 63 .964 9.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .906 5.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBierbauer 126 332 378 61 45 .921 5.63 HLarkin 10 38 27 8 11 .890 6.50 TPoorman 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JRoxburgh 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 371 406 70 56 .917 5.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .850 3.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLyons 137 255 215 73 29 .866 3.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 255 215 73 29 .866 3.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .858 4.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMcGarr 137 198 402 86 42 .875 4.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 198 402 86 42 .875 4.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .898 2.01 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TPoorman 135 237 18 25 6 .911 1.89 0 0 135 HLarkin 93 183 14 23 0 .895 2.12 86 7 0 HStovey 80 195 16 23 1 .902 2.64 49 29 2 FMann 55 102 7 10 2 .916 1.98 0 55 0 CRoseman 21 41 5 10 1 .821 2.19 0 21 0 ESeward 21 42 4 7 1 .868 2.19 2 19 0 AAtkinson 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 0 2 2 EGreer 3 5 1 1 0 .857 2.00 0 3 0 GTownsend 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 2 GWeyhing 3 3 0 3 0 .500 1.00 0 3 0 JMilligan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 WRobinson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 137 816 65 102 11 .896 2.23 137 137 137 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .883 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESeward 55 21 79 11 1 .901 1.91 GWeyhing 55 18 85 24 5 .811 1.99 AAtkinson 15 9 26 4 0 .897 2.53 BMathews 7 2 14 2 1 .889 2.48 BHart 3 0 8 5 0 .615 2.77 CTitcomb 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BTaylor 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 FChapman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LBierbauer 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BCasey 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TPoorman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 50 213 46 7 .851 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Lyons .367 On-base % Lyons .421 Slugging % Lyons .523 OPS Lyons .944 Games Lyons and McGarr 137 At Bats Poorman 585 Plate Appearances (approx.) Poorman 630 Runs Poorman 140 Hits Lyons 209 Total Bases Lyons 298 Doubles Lyons 43 Triples Poorman 19 Home Runs Lyons 6 RBI Lyons 102 Bases on Balls Stovey 56 Stolen Bases Poorman 88 Singles Lyons 146 Adjusted OPS+ Lyons 161 Runs Created Lyons 124 Adjusted Batting Runs Lyons 47 Batting Wins Lyons 4.6 Extra-Base Hits Lyons 63 Times on Base Lyons 262 Offensive Win% Lyons .783 Hit By Pitch Poorman 10 Power/Speed Number Lyons 11.1 At Bats per Home Run Lyons 95.0 Outs Poorman 430

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Seward 4.13 Wins Weyhing 26 Won-Loss % Seward .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Seward 1.243 Hits Allowed/9IP Seward 8.51 Bases on Balls/9IP Seward 2.68 Strikeouts/9IP Weyhing 3.72 Games Seward and Weyhing 55 Saves Bierbauer 1 Innings Seward 470.7 Strikeouts Weyhing 193 Games Started Weyhing 55 Comp. Games Weyhing 53 Shutouts Seward 3 Home Runs Allow. Weyhing 12 Bases On Balls Allow. Weyhing 167 Hits Allowed Weyhing 465 SO to Walk Weyhing 1.16 Losses Weyhing 28 Earned Runs Allow. Weyhing 221 Hit Batsmen Weyhing 37 Batters Faced Weyhing 2042 Games Finished Atkinson and Seward 2 Adjusted ERA+ Seward 104

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