1888 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

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

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds & Gloucester Point 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	24	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	1	6	7	1	2	1	1		1		2		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 Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Ed Seward	21	35	19	.648	2.01	57	57	0	57	6	0	518.2	388	203	116	4	127		272	22	0	54	2085	149	0.993	6.7	0.1	2.2	4.7	2.14
2	SP	Gus Weyhing	21	28	18	.609	2.25	47	47	0	45	3	0	404.0	314	198	101	4	111		204	42	1	56	1673	133	1.052	7.0	0.1	2.5	4.5	1.84
3	SP	Mike Mattimore*	29	15	10	.600	3.38	26	24	2	24	4	0	221.0	221	146	83	6	65		80	13	0	19	958	89	1.294	9.0	0.2	2.6	3.3	1.23
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
4		Bill Blair*	24	1	3	.250	2.61	4	4	0	3	0	0	31.0	29	21	9	0	8		16	1	0	1	131	117	1.194	8.4	0.0	2.3	4.6	2.00
5		Phenomenal Smith*	23	2	1	.667	2.86	3	3	0	3	0	0	22.0	21	15	7	0	10		19	0	0	4	97	107	1.409	8.6	0.0	4.1	7.8	1.90
6		Bob Gamble	21	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	10	8	0	3		2	0	0	0	40	40	1.444	10.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
7		Lou Bierbauer	22	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	1	14		1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	22.6	81	52	.609	2.41	136	136	3	133	13	0	1208.2	988	594	324	14	324		596	78	1	135	4998	125	1.085	7.4	0.1	2.4	4.4	1.84
		Rank in 8 AA teams		3	6		3				2	1	3	5	2	3	2	1	5		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Lou Bierbauer	22	135		857	364	423	70	41	.918	5.83							P-2B-3B
Bill Blair	24	5		17	2	12	3	1	.824	2.80							P-OF
Bill Farmer	24	3		25	20	4	1	0	.960	8.00	3						C
Frank Fennelly	28	15		68	18	44	6	4	.912	4.13							SS
Bob Gamble	21	1		6	2	2	2	0	.667	4.00							P
Whitey Gibson	19	1		6	2	4	0	0	1.000	6.00	0						C
Bill Gleason	29	123		571	118	371	82	32	.856	3.98							SS-1B-3B
Tom Gunning	26	23		188	130	38	20	4	.894	7.30	26						C
Henry Larkin	28	136		1388	1263	69	56	51	.960	9.79							1B-2B
Denny Lyons	22	111		401	159	193	49	11	.878	3.17							3B
Mike Mattimore	29	42		113	32	71	10	6	.912	2.45							P-OF
Tom Poorman	30	97		137	115	8	14	1	.898	1.27							OF
Blondie Purcell	34	18		34	26	4	4	1	.882	1.67							OF-3B
Wilbert Robinson	24	66		619	437	143	39	7	.937	8.79	53						C-1B
Ed Seward	21	64		178	32	127	19	5	.893	2.48							P-OF
Phenomenal Smith	23	3		3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Harry Stovey	31	131		359	329	16	14	10	.961	2.63							OF-1B
Mike Sullivan	28	28		73	34	19	20	0	.726	1.89							OF-3B
George Townsend	21	42		330	225	76	29	2	.912	7.17	46						C
Curt Welch	26	138		321	277	25	19	6	.941	2.19							OF-2B
Gus Weyhing	21	49		132	22	93	17	1	.871	2.35							P-OF
Frank Zinn	22	2		16	13	2	1	0	.938	7.50	4						C
Team Totals	26.1	136		5842	3620	1747	475	183	.919	4.35	132
Rank in 8 AA teams							5	7	4
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

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
Lou Bierbauer*	22	561	7	0	0	0	8	3	9	27	2.7	19	1.8	0.9	$		*45/1
Bill Blair*	24	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1O
Bill Farmer	24	12	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
Frank Fennelly	28	56	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	8	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$	Purchased	6
Bob Gamble?	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Whitey Gibson?	19	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
Bill Gleason	29	520	-19	-2	0	0	5	8	9	1	0.2	-4	-0.4	0.6	$	Traded	*6/35
Tom Gunning	26	97	-6	2	0	0	-3	1	2	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$	Free Agency	2
Henry Larkin	28	592	26	-3	0	0	-6	0	10	27	2.5	33	3.2	-0.7	$		*34
Denny Lyons	22	504	32	0	0	0	-2	4	8	42	4.0	44	4.2	-0.2	$		*5
Mike Mattimore*	29	156	7	0	0	0	1	1	3	12	1.1	11	1.1	0.0	$		1O
Tom Poorman*	30	419	1	4	0	0	-2	-6	7	4	0.4	6	0.6	-0.2	$	Purchased	*O
Blondie Purcell	34	72	-3	1	0	0	1	-1	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	Purchased	O/5
Wilbert Robinson	24	263	-4	-1	0	0	3	4	5	7	0.7	4	0.4	0.3	$	Unknown	2/3
Ed Seward?	21	246	-17	0	0	0	0	5	4	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$		1/O
Phenomenal Smith*	23	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Harry Stovey	31	595	48	8	0	0	9	-8	9	66	6.3	57	5.5	0.8	$		*O3
Mike Sullivan	28	115	5	1	0	0	-4	-1	2	3	0.3	7	0.7	-0.4	$		O5
George Townsend	21	166	-15	-1	0	0	-5	3	3	-15	-1.4	-10	-1.0	-0.4	$		2
Curt Welch	26	611	29	7	0	0	8	-7	10	47	4.4	39	3.7	0.7	$	Traded	*O/4
Gus Weyhing	21	185	-4	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$	Purchased	1/O
Frank Zinn?	22	8	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2
Team Total	26.2	5208	90	17	0	0	13	11	86	217	21.0	204	19.6	1.4	$
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Lou Bierbauer	22	3.0	0	1	2	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
Bill Blair*	24	31.0	4	21	21	0	1.0	0	-0.1	$
Bob Gamble	21	9.0	1	10	6	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Mike Mattimore*	29	221.0	24	146	147	2	1.0	1	-0.3	$
Ed Seward	21	518.2	57	203	345	4	1.0	142	12.5	$
Phenomenal Smith*	23	22.0	3	15	15	0	1.0	0	-0.1	$	Purchased
Gus Weyhing	21	404.0	47	198	269	3	1.0	71	5.9	$	Purchased
Team Total	22.6	1208.2	136	594	805	9	1.0	211	17.6	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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