1888 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics

81-52, Finished 3rd in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Sharsig (81-52)
Scored 827 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-47

Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97

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1887 / 1889 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	25	66	263	254	32	62	7	2	1	31	11		9		.244	.270	.299	.569	82	76		0
2	1B	Henry Larkin	28	135	592	546	92	147	28	12	7	101	20		33		.269	.326	.403	.729	133	220		13
3	2B	Lou Bierbauer*	22	134	561	535	83	143	20	9	0	80	34		25		.267	.301	.338	.640	104	181		1
4	SS	Bill Gleason	29	123	520	499	55	112	10	2	0	61	27		12		.224	.256	.253	.508	63	126		9
5	3B	Denny Lyons	22	111	504	456	93	135	22	5	6	83	39		41		.296	.363	.406	.769	146	185		7
6	OF	Harry Stovey	31	130	595	530	127	152	25	20	9	65	87		62		.287	.365	.460	.825	163	244		3
7	OF	Curt Welch	26	136	611	549	125	155	22	8	1	61	95		33		.282	.355	.357	.712	128	196		29
8	OF	Tom Poorman*	30	97	419	383	76	87	16	6	2	44	46		31		.227	.294	.316	.609	95	121		5
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	George Townsend	21	42	166	161	13	25	6	0	0	12	2		4		.155	.181	.193	.373	19	31		1
10	UT	Mike Sullivan	28	28	115	112	20	31	5	6	1	19	10		3		.277	.296	.455	.751	139	51		0
11	C	Tom Gunning	26	23	97	92	18	18	0	0	0	5	14		2		.196	.237	.196	.433	39	18		3
12	OF	Blondie Purcell	34	18	72	66	10	11	3	1	0	6	10		5		.167	.236	.242	.479	53	16		1
13	SS	Frank Fennelly	28	15	56	47	13	11	2	2	1	12	5		9		.234	.357	.426	.783	150	20		0
14	C	Bill Farmer	24	3	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	7	2		0
15	C	Frank Zinn?	22	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.125	.000	.125	-59	0		0
16	C	Whitey Gibson?	19	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
17	P	Ed Seward?	21	64	246	225	27	32	3	3	2	14	12		18		.142	.215	.209	.424	36	47		3
18	P	Gus Weyhing	21	48	185	184	19	40	6	8	1	14	5		1		.217	.222	.353	.575	83	65		0
19	P	Mike Mattimore*	29	41	156	142	22	38	6	5	0	12	16		12		.268	.333	.380	.714	128	54		2
20	P	Bill Blair*	24	4	14	13	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1		.308	.357	.385	.742	137	5		0
21	P	Phenomenal Smith*	23	3	10	9	1	3	1	0	0	2	1		1		.333	.400	.444	.844	170	4		0
22	P	Bob Gamble?	21	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	114	1		0
		Team Totals	26.2	136	5208	4828	827	1209	183	89	31	624	434		303		.250	.305	.344	.650	108	1663		77
		Rank in 8 AA teams				3	1	1	1	1	3		3		6	7	1	2	1	1		1		2
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 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
*Lou Bierbauer	22	561	392	54	3.7	71	.267	.267	.245	.301	.302	.338	.323	.640	.625	104	.556	1.3	0.2	.615	.181	.071	.0	*45/1
*Bill Blair	24	14	9	2	5.9	71	.308	.308	.244	.357	.302	.385	.323	.742	.625	137	.750	0.6	0.1	.667	.154	.077		/1O
Bill Farmer	24	12	10	0	0.0	71	.167	.167	.244	.167	.302	.167	.323	.333	.625	7	.000	-1.3	-0.2	.200	.000	.000		/2
Frank Fennelly	28	56	36	7	5.2	71	.217	.234	.245	.357	.302	.426	.323	.783	.625	150	.702	2.9	0.3	.944	.489	.191	1.7	6
?Bob Gamble	21	3	2	0	0.0	71	.333	.333	.245	.333	.302	.333	.323	.667	.625	114	.000	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000		/1
?Whitey Gibson	19	3	3	0	0.0	71	.000	.000	.245	.000	.302	.000	.323	.000	.625	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/2
Bill Gleason	29	520	387	31	2.1	71	.224	.224	.245	.256	.302	.253	.323	.508	.625	63	.317	-21.5	-2.6	.450	.106	.028	.0	*6/35
Tom Gunning	26	97	74	4	1.4	71	.196	.196	.244	.237	.302	.196	.323	.433	.625	39	.185	-6.3	-0.8	.500	.174	.000	.0	2
Henry Larkin	28	592	399	68	4.5	71	.260	.269	.244	.326	.302	.403	.323	.729	.625	133	.649	19.4	2.2	.717	.231	.134	10.4	*34
Denny Lyons	22	504	321	66	5.5	71	.287	.296	.244	.363	.302	.406	.323	.769	.625	146	.722	24.7	2.8	.847	.285	.110	10.4	*5
*Mike Mattimore	29	156	104	18	4.6	71	.268	.268	.244	.333	.302	.380	.323	.714	.625	128	.655	4.4	0.5	.808	.310	.113	.0	1O
*Tom Poorman	30	419	296	34	3.0	71	.223	.227	.245	.294	.302	.316	.323	.609	.625	95	.472	-1.7	-0.2	.686	.290	.089	3.8	*O
Blondie Purcell	34	72	55	4	1.9	71	.167	.167	.244	.236	.302	.242	.323	.479	.625	53	.279	-3.4	-0.4	.582	.303	.076	.0	O/5
Wilbert Robinson	25	263	192	21	2.9	71	.241	.244	.244	.270	.302	.299	.323	.569	.625	82	.451	-5.8	-0.7	.500	.134	.055	1.8	2/3
?Ed Seward	21	246	193	10	1.4	71	.135	.142	.244	.215	.302	.209	.323	.424	.625	36	.173	-16.2	-1.9	.415	.200	.067	3.4	1/O
*Phenomenal Smith	23	10	6	2	8.9	71	.333	.333	.244	.400	.302	.444	.323	.844	.625	170	.863	0.8	0.1	1.000	.333	.111	.0	/1
Harry Stovey	31	595	378	88	6.2	71	.274	.287	.244	.365	.302	.460	.323	.825	.625	163	.765	37.8	4.3	1.048	.455	.174	16.3	*O3
Mike Sullivan	28	115	81	15	4.9	71	.270	.277	.244	.296	.302	.455	.323	.751	.625	139	.682	3.7	0.4	.790	.295	.179	1.8	O5
George Townsend	21	166	136	5	1.0	71	.155	.155	.244	.181	.302	.193	.323	.373	.625	19	.101	-14.5	-1.8	.279	.075	.037	.0	2
Curt Welch	26	611	394	63	4.2	71	.281	.282	.244	.355	.302	.357	.323	.712	.625	128	.622	19.5	2.2	.896	.308	.075	2.0	*O/4
Gus Weyhing	21	185	144	14	2.6	71	.213	.217	.244	.222	.302	.353	.323	.575	.625	83	.397	-5.2	-0.6	.493	.168	.136	1.7	1/O
?Frank Zinn	22	8	7	0	0.0	71	.000	.000	.245	.125	.302	.000	.323	.125	.625	-59	.000	-1.2	-0.2	.143	.143	.000		/2
League Average					3.3	72	.235	.239	.246	.298	.305	.316	.325	.614	.630	95	.507			.627	.225	.077
Team Total		5208	3619	506	3.7	71	.246	.250	.245	.305	.302	.344	.323	.650	.625	108	.562	37.2	4.0	.684	.247	.094	57.9
	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
*Lou Bierbauer	22	158	645	617	83	153	21	10	0	80	36		27	0	.248	.281	.314	.595	54	134	134
*Bill Blair	24	5	17	16	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	.313	.353	.375	.728	2	4	4
Bill Farmer	24	6	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5	5
Frank Fennelly	28	160	650	573	75	105	11	10	3	66	51		76	0	.183	.280	.253	.533	40	135	135
?Bob Gamble	21	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
?Whitey Gibson	19	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Bill Gleason	29	145	602	579	55	121	11	2	0	61	29		13	0	.209	.239	.235	.474	31	123	123
Tom Gunning	26	27	112	107	17	19	0	0	0	5	15		2	0	.178	.214	.178	.392	4	23	23
Henry Larkin	28	160	679	630	92	158	30	13	8	101	21		35	0	.251	.305	.378	.683	69	135	135
Denny Lyons	22	131	577	525	94	145	24	5	6	84	42		44	0	.276	.341	.375	.717	66	111	111
*Mike Mattimore	29	48	179	164	22	41	6	5	0	12	17		13	0	.250	.313	.348	.660	18	41	41
*Tom Poorman	30	115	481	443	76	93	17	6	2	44	49		33	0	.210	.272	.289	.561	34	97	97
Blondie Purcell	34	141	587	548	64	116	13	5	2	46	28		35	0	.212	.264	.265	.529	38	119	119
Wilbert Robinson	25	78	303	293	31	66	7	2	1	30	12		10	0	.225	.251	.273	.524	20	66	66
?Ed Seward	21	76	284	262	26	34	3	3	2	14	13		19	0	.130	.197	.187	.384	9	64	64
*Phenomenal Smith	23	45	151	137	18	33	4	4	1	15	3		13	0	.241	.311	.350	.662	15	38	38
Harry Stovey	31	154	679	610	128	163	27	21	10	65	93		66	0	.267	.342	.430	.771	89	130	130
Mike Sullivan	28	33	133	130	20	34	5	7	1	19	11		3	0	.262	.278	.431	.709	15	28	28
George Townsend	21	50	194	189	14	28	7	0	0	13	2		4	0	.148	.170	.185	.355	6	42	42
Curt Welch	26	161	700	633	126	167	24	9	1	62	102		36	0	.264	.334	.335	.669	64	136	136
Gus Weyhing	21	57	214	213	19	43	6	9	1	14	5		1	0	.202	.206	.329	.534	14	48	48
?Frank Zinn	22	2	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	2	2
	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
*Lou Bierbauer	22	3	1647	397	1647	1587	213	405	56	21	3	209	93		59		.255	.282	.323	.605	83	512		1
*Bill Blair	24	1	14	4	14	13	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1		.308	.357	.385	.742	137	5		0
Bill Farmer	24	1	16	5	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-19	2		0
Frank Fennelly	28	5	2662	603	2662	2351	499	605	74	74	31	326	154		283		.257	.344	.391	.735	125	920		28
?Bob Gamble	21	1	3	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	114	1		0
?Whitey Gibson	19	1	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Bill Gleason	29	7	3561	782	3561	3337	607	893	109	35	7	293	69		173		.268	.314	.328	.641	96	1093		51
Tom Gunning	26	5	534	138	534	513	76	104	12	3	1	45	35		16	66	.203	.234	.244	.478	48	125		5
Henry Larkin	28	5	2610	593	2610	2387	503	720	144	63	23	388	89		181		.302	.361	.444	.805	145	1059		42
Denny Lyons	22	4	1278	284	1278	1165	246	372	69	20	12	197	119		96	3	.319	.379	.444	.823	144	517		17
*Mike Mattimore	29	2	188	49	188	174	27	46	7	5	0	16	17		12	6	.264	.319	.362	.681	113	63		2
*Tom Poorman	30	6	2161	496	2161	2043	396	498	65	43	12	172	165		102	99	.244	.285	.335	.620	89	685		16
Blondie Purcell	34	10	3803	858	3803	3593	585	929	130	50	11	351	127		191	128	.259	.300	.332	.631	99	1192		19
Wilbert Robinson	25	3	908	221	908	860	117	191	24	7	3	85	59		44		.222	.263	.277	.540	64	238		4
?Ed Seward	21	3	533	139	533	494	58	82	13	3	7	42	26		34	2	.166	.227	.247	.474	40	122		5
*Phenomenal Smith	23	5	385	109	385	345	55	81	11	10	2	33	10		38	3	.235	.314	.342	.656	96	118		2
Harry Stovey	31	9	4266	929	4266	3927	954	1155	223	112	70	509	229		320	103	.294	.350	.461	.812	149	1812		19
Mike Sullivan	28	1	115	28	115	112	20	31	5	6	1	19	10		3		.277	.296	.455	.751	139	51		0
George Townsend	21	2	278	73	278	270	25	46	9	0	0	26	10		7		.170	.194	.204	.398	20	55		1
Curt Welch	26	5	2698	626	2698	2513	482	676	127	41	9	333	243		120		.269	.319	.363	.682	106	912		65
Gus Weyhing	21	2	400	105	400	393	38	82	12	9	1	30	13		7		.209	.223	.293	.515	52	115		0
?Frank Zinn	22	1	8	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.125	.000	.125	-59	0		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

1887 / 1889 Batting Statistics

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