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1888 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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81-52, Finished 3rd in American Association
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Scored 827 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-47
Manager: Bill Sharsig (81-52)
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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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
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
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* - 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 0 0 0 2075 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 0 0 0 1652 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 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 115 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 4 101 105 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 0 37 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 0 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 0 0 4 3842 124 1.085 7.4 0.1 2.4 4.4 1.84
Rank in 8 AA teams 3 6 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Lou Bierbauer 22 135 857 364 423 70 41 .918 5.83 2B-3B-P
Bill Blair 24 5 0 0 1 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-3B-1B
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 1 1 15 113 32 71 10 6 .912 2.45 P-OF
Tom Poorman 30 97 0 0 97 137 115 8 14 1 .898 1.27 OF
Blondie Purcell 34 18 0 0 17 34 26 4 4 1 .882 1.67 OF-3B
Wilbert Robinson 25 66 619 437 143 39 7 .937 8.79 53 C-1B
Ed Seward 21 64 2 1 4 178 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 31 131 118 0 0 359 329 16 14 10 .961 2.63 OF-1B
Mike Sullivan 28 28 16 0 2 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 0 135 0 321 277 25 19 6 .941 2.19 OF-2B
Gus Weyhing 21 49 0 1 1 132 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 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

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