1889 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888 / 1890

75-58, Finished 3rd in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Sharsig (75-58)
Scored 880 runs, Allowed 787 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-60

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds & Gloucester Point Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1888 / 1890 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	25	69	271	264	31	61	13	2	0	28	9		6	34	.231	.251	.295	.546	56	78		1
2	1B	Henry Larkin	29	133	615	516	105	164	23	12	3	74	11		83	41	.318	.428	.426	.854	145	220		16
3	2B	Lou Bierbauer*	23	130	582	549	80	167	27	7	7	105	17		29	30	.304	.344	.417	.761	118	229		4
4	SS	Frank Fennelly	29	138	581	513	70	132	20	5	1	64	15		65	78	.257	.344	.322	.666	91	165		3
5	3B	Denny Lyons	23	131	596	510	135	168	36	4	9	82	10		79	44	.329	.426	.469	.895	156	239		7
6	OF	Harry Stovey	32	137	634	556	152	171	38	13	19	119	63		77	68	.308	.393	.525	.918	162	292		1
7	OF	Curt Welch	27	125	602	516	134	140	39	6	0	39	66		67	30	.271	.375	.370	.746	114	191		19
8	OF	Blondie Purcell	35	129	562	507	72	160	19	7	0	85	22		50	27	.316	.383	.381	.763	119	193		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	Lave Cross	23	55	213	199	22	44	8	2	0	23	11		14	9	.221	.272	.281	.554	59	56		0
10	UT	Jack Brennan?	25	31	123	113	12	25	4	0	0	15	1		10	15	.221	.285	.257	.541	56	29		0
11	UT	Mike Mattimore*	30	23	84	73	10	17	1	2	1	8	6		9	7	.233	.333	.342	.676	94	25		2
12	C	Tom Gunning	27	8	24	24	3	6	0	1	1	1	3		0	4	.250	.250	.458	.708	101	11		0
13	3B	James Graham?		4	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	3		0
14	C	Bill Collins	26	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	88	1		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
15	P	Gus Weyhing	22	54	201	191	16	25	2	0	0	12	4		9	59	.131	.174	.141	.315	-9	27		1
16	P	Ed Seward?	22	46	168	143	22	31	5	3	2	17	6		22	19	.217	.333	.336	.669	92	48		3
17	P	Sadie McMahon	21	30	108	104	9	16	2	1	0	4	3		4	16	.154	.185	.192	.377	8	20		0
18	P	George Bausewine?	20	7	25	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		4	8	.048	.200	.048	.248	-27	1		0
19	P	John Coleman*	26	6	20	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	3	.053	.100	.053	.153	-56	1		0
20	P	Phenomenal Smith*	24	5	19	16	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	3	.188	.316	.250	.566	63	4		0
21	P	Ed Knouff	22	3	13	12	2	3	1	0	0	2	1		1	1	.250	.308	.333	.641	84	4		0
		Team Totals	27.2	138	5464	4868	880	1339	239	65	43	680	252		534	496	.275	.354	.377	.731	110	1837		62
		Rank in 8 AA teams				4	4	1	1	7	4		7	1	2	6	1	1	2	1		2		3		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	Gus Weyhing	22	30	21	.588	2.95	54	53	1	50	4	0	449.0	382	271	147	15	212		213	34		37	1959	129	1.323	7.7	0.3	4.2	4.3	1.00
2	SP	Ed Seward	22	21	15	.583	3.97	39	38	1	35	3	0	320.0	353	212	141	8	101		102	13		14	1415	96	1.419	9.9	0.2	2.8	2.9	1.01
3	SP	Sadie McMahon	21	14	12	.538	3.53	28	27	1	27	2	0	242.0	230	160	95	5	102		117	14		15	1063	108	1.372	8.6	0.2	3.8	4.4	1.15
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		George Bausewine?	20	1	4	.200	3.90	7	6	1	6	0	0	55.1	64	46	24	1	33		18	9		5	270	98	1.753	10.4	0.2	5.4	2.9	0.55
5		Phenomenal Smith*	24	2	3	.400	4.40	5	5	0	5	0	0	43.0	53	31	21	2	25		12	3		1	208	87	1.814	11.1	0.4	5.2	2.5	0.48
6		John Coleman	26	3	2	.600	2.91	5	5	0	4	0	0	34.0	38	23	11	2	14		6	1		0	154	132	1.529	10.1	0.5	3.7	1.6	0.43
7		Mike Mattimore*	30	2	1	.667	5.81	5	1	4	1	0	1	31.0	42	27	20	0	13		6	1		4	148	66	1.774	12.2	0.0	3.8	1.7	0.46
8		Ed Knouff	22	2	0	1.000	3.96	3	3	0	2	0	0	25.0	37	17	11	2	9		5	1		1	121	98	1.840	13.3	0.7	3.2	1.8	0.56
		Team Totals	22.1	75	58	.564	3.53	138	138	8	130	9	1	1199.1	1199	787	470	35	509		479	76		77	5338	108	1.424	9.0	0.3	3.8	3.6	0.94
		Rank in 8 AA teams		4	6		3				1	3	5	6	3	4	2	4	7		5
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
George Bausewine	20	7		12	0	12	0	0	1.000	1.71							P
Lou Bierbauer	23	131		933	472	406	55	80	.941	6.70	0						2B-C
Jack Brennan	25	31		130	53	55	22	5	.831	3.48	11						C-2B-OF-3B
John Coleman	26	6		15	3	10	2	0	.867	2.17							P-OF
Bill Collins	26	1		5	2	2	1	0	.800	4.00	0						C
Lave Cross	23	55		407	278	102	27	7	.934	6.91	28						C
Frank Fennelly	29	138		727	181	453	93	53	.872	4.59							SS
James Graham	--	4		15	2	12	1	1	.933	3.50							3B
Tom Gunning	27	8		37	24	7	6	2	.838	3.88	3						C
Ed Knouff	22	3		3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.00							P
Henry Larkin	29	133		1310	1234	38	38	89	.971	9.56							1B-2B-3B
Denny Lyons	23	131		581	209	291	81	29	.861	3.82							3B-1B
Mike Mattimore	30	24		80	63	9	8	2	.900	3.00							P-OF-1B
Sadie McMahon	21	30		75	7	62	6	6	.920	2.30							P-OF
Blondie Purcell	35	129		207	172	15	20	3	.903	1.45							OF
Wilbert Robinson	25	69		420	290	106	24	8	.943	5.74	33						C
Ed Seward	22	48		90	25	56	9	1	.900	1.69							P-OF-2B
Phenomenal Smith	24	5		5	0	4	1	1	.800	0.80							P
Harry Stovey	32	138		362	287	38	37	9	.898	2.36							OF-1B
Curt Welch	27	125		338	282	30	26	10	.923	2.50							OF
Gus Weyhing	22	55		91	12	71	8	2	.912	1.51							P-OF
Team Totals	27.1	138		5843	3597	1781	465	308	.920	4.23	75
Rank in 8 AA teams							5	2	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
George Bausewine?	20	25	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	Free Agency	/1
Lou Bierbauer*	23	582	11	-4	0	0	6	3	9	25	2.4	19	1.7	0.7	$		*4/2
Jack Brennan?	25	123	-9	-1	0	0	-3	1	2	-10	-0.8	-7	-0.6	-0.2	$	Free Agency	2/4O5
John Coleman*	26	20	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	Free Agency	/1O
Bill Collins	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Lave Cross	23	213	-13	-1	0	0	7	4	4	1	0.3	-6	-0.5	0.8	$	Purchased	2
Frank Fennelly	29	581	-11	-6	0	0	3	9	10	5	0.8	2	0.2	0.6	$	Purchased	*6
James Graham?	--	18	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	-2	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$		/5
Tom Gunning	27	24	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	Free Agency	/2
Ed Knouff	22	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1
Henry Larkin	29	615	41	-7	0	0	-9	0	9	34	2.9	43	3.8	-0.9	$		*3/45
Denny Lyons	23	596	45	-4	0	0	3	4	9	57	5.1	54	4.7	0.4	$		*5/3
Mike Mattimore*	30	84	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		O/31
Sadie McMahon	21	108	-16	0	0	0	-1	5	2	-10	-0.8	-9	-0.8	0.0	$	Purchased	1/O
Blondie Purcell	35	562	17	-6	0	0	-2	-8	9	10	0.8	12	1.1	-0.3	$	Purchased	*O
Wilbert Robinson	25	271	-22	-1	0	0	8	4	5	-6	-0.3	-14	-1.2	0.9	$	Unknown	2
Ed Seward?	22	168	-3	-1	0	0	0	6	3	5	0.6	5	0.4	0.2	$		1/O4
Phenomenal Smith*	24	19	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	Purchased	/1
Harry Stovey	32	634	43	5	0	0	9	-9	10	58	5.0	49	4.3	0.7	$		*O/3
Curt Welch	27	602	15	6	0	0	7	-6	9	31	2.7	24	2.1	0.6	$	Traded	*O
Gus Weyhing	22	201	-38	0	0	0	0	9	4	-25	-1.9	-25	-2.2	0.3	$	Purchased	1/O
Team Total	27.1	5464	44	-20	0	0	28	26	86	164	16.3	136	11.9	4.4	$
	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
George Bausewine?	20	55.1	6	46	44	1	1.0	-2	-0.3	$	Free Agency
John Coleman	26	34.0	5	23	27	1	1.0	4	0.2	$	Free Agency
Ed Knouff	22	25.0	3	17	20	0	1.0	3	0.2	$	Free Agency
Mike Mattimore*	30	31.0	1	27	25	1	1.0	-2	-0.3	$
Sadie McMahon	21	242.0	27	160	193	4	1.0	33	2.1	$	Purchased
Ed Seward	22	320.0	38	212	255	5	1.0	43	2.7	$
Phenomenal Smith*	24	43.0	5	31	34	1	1.0	3	0.2	$	Purchased
Gus Weyhing	22	449.0	53	271	357	7	1.0	86	6.0	$	Purchased
Team Total	22.1	1199.1	138	787	955	20	1.0	168	10.8	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1888 / 1890 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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