1890 Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching Statistics

54-78, Finished 8th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Sharsig (54-78)
Scored 702 runs, Allowed 945 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-84

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds & Gloucester Point Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102

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1889 Pitching Statistics

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	Sadie McMahon	22	29	18	.617	3.34	48	46	2	44	0	1	410.0	414	238	152	5	133		225	20	0	21	1781	116	1.334	9.1	0.1	2.9	4.9	1.69
2	SP	Ed Green?	30	7	15	.318	5.80	25	22	3	20	1	1	191.0	267	184	123	4	94		56	6	0	19	933	67	1.890	12.6	0.2	4.4	2.6	0.60
3	SP	Ed Seward	23	6	12	.333	4.73	21	19	2	15	1	0	154.0	165	105	81	4	72		55	7	0	8	700	82	1.539	9.6	0.2	4.2	3.2	0.76
4	SP	Duke Esper*	22	8	9	.471	4.89	18	16	2	14	1	0	143.2	176	99	78	1	67		61	5	0	1	674	79	1.691	11.0	0.1	4.2	3.8	0.91
5	SP	William Stecher	20	0	10	.000	10.32	10	10	0	9	0	0	68.0	111	110	78	1	60		18	14	0	12	386	38	2.515	14.7	0.1	7.9	2.4	0.30
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
6		Ed O'Neil	20	0	6	.000	9.69	6	6	0	6	0	0	52.0	84	77	56	0	32		17	7	0	11	277	40	2.231	14.5	0.0	5.5	2.9	0.53
7		Mickey Hughes	23	1	3	.250	5.44	6	5	0	4	0	0	41.1	64	56	25	0	21		15	5	0	5	212	72	2.056	13.9	0.0	4.6	3.3	0.71
8		Jim Whitney	32	2	2	.500	5.18	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.0	61	27	23	1	11		6	1	0	0	191	75	1.800	13.7	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.55
9		Bill Price?		1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	7		1	1	0	0	41	202	1.444	6.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.14
10		Stein?		0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	17	9	8	0	4		1	0	0	2	45	45	2.625	19.1	0.0	4.5	1.1	0.25
11		Horace Helmbold?	22	0	1	.000	14.14	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	17	15	11	0	6		3	0	0	1	44	29	3.286	21.9	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
12		Sterling?		0	1	.000	21.60	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	16	12	12	1	4		1	1	0	0	36	19	4.000	28.8	1.8	7.2	1.8	0.25
13		William Lackey?	19	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	4	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	10	51	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
14		Curt Welch	28	0	0		54.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	6	6	6	0	0		1	0	0	0	9	10	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	23.7	54	78	.409	5.22	132	132	13	119	3	2	1132.0	1405	945	657	17	514		461	67	0	80	5339	74	1.695	11.2	0.1	4.1	3.7	0.90
		Rank in 9 AA teams		7	1		9				4	7	3	6	9	9	9	2	7		6
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 Neutralized Pitching

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	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact	Gact
Duke Esper*	22	17	13	.567	3.42	276.0	271	117	105	2	108	121	7	1.373	8.8	3.5	3.9	1.12	0.1	25	25
Ed Green?	30	14	16	.467	4.32	273.0	320	146	131	5	113	80	7	1.586	10.5	3.7	2.6	0.71	0.2	25	25
Horace Helmbold?	22	0	1	.000	10.80	10.0	21	13	12	0	7	4	0	2.800	18.9	6.3	3.6	0.57	0.0	1	1
Mickey Hughes	23	7	8	.467	4.06	142.0	159	71	64	1	58	49	10	1.528	10.1	3.7	3.1	0.84	0.1	15	15
William Lackey?	19	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1.333	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50	0.0	1	1
Sadie McMahon	22	57	22	.722	2.44	715.0	592	216	194	7	197	409	31	1.103	7.5	2.5	5.1	2.08	0.1	60	60
Ed O'Neil	20	3	7	.300	6.73	99.0	133	82	74	0	54	28	8	1.889	12.1	4.9	2.5	0.52	0.0	8	8
Bill Price?	--	1	0	1.000	1.38	13.0	7	2	2	0	8	1	1	1.154	4.8	5.5	0.7	0.13	0.0	1	1
Ed Seward	23	13	11	.542	3.59	218.0	198	97	87	5	86	78	8	1.303	8.2	3.6	3.2	0.91	0.2	21	21
William Stecher	20	2	9	.182	7.64	99.0	134	93	84	1	72	26	17	2.081	12.2	6.5	2.4	0.36	0.1	10	10
Stein?	--	0	1	.000	6.75	12.0	21	10	9	0	5	1	0	2.167	15.8	3.8	0.8	0.20	0.0	1	1
Sterling?	--	0	0		13.50	8.0	19	13	12	1	5	2	1	3.000	21.4	5.6	2.3	0.40	1.1	1	1
Curt Welch	28	0	0		13.50	4.0	0	7	6	0	0	4	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1	1
Jim Whitney	32	3	3	.500	3.95	57.0	73	28	25	1	13	9	1	1.509	11.5	2.1	1.4	0.69	0.2	6	6
	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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	Age	Yrs	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	ERA+
Duke Esper*	22	1	13	11	.542	4.55	25	23	2	20	1	0	201.2	234	137	102	2	93		88	6	0	3	931	83	1.621	10.4	0.1	4.2	3.9	0.95	83
Ed Green?	30	1	7	15	.318	5.80	25	22	3	20	1	1	191.0	267	184	123	4	94		56	6	0	19	933	67	1.890	12.6	0.2	4.4	2.6	0.60	67
Horace Helmbold?	22	1	0	1	.000	14.14	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	17	15	11	0	6		3	0	0	1	44	29	3.286	21.9	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50	29
Mickey Hughes	23	3	39	28	.582	3.22	75	70	4	63	2	0	623.2	594	385	223	12	235		250	22	0	32	2706	100	1.329	8.6	0.2	3.4	3.6	1.06	100
William Lackey?	19	1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	4	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	10	51	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33	51
Sadie McMahon	22	2	50	33	.602	3.36	88	84	4	82	3	1	751.0	728	447	280	11	268		408	40	0	39	3260	116	1.326	8.7	0.1	3.2	4.9	1.52	116
Ed O'Neil	20	1	0	8	.000	9.26	8	8	0	8	0	0	68.0	111	95	70	0	45		19	7	0	13	364	42	2.294	14.7	0.0	6.0	2.5	0.42	42
Bill Price?	--	1	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	7		1	1	0	0	41	202	1.444	6.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.14	202
Ed Seward	23	5	87	71	.551	3.39	173	166	6	159	13	0	1469.1	1353	813	554	23	440		585	66	0	136	6210	107	1.220	8.3	0.1	2.7	3.6	1.33	107
William Stecher	20	1	0	10	.000	10.32	10	10	0	9	0	0	68.0	111	110	78	1	60		18	14	0	12	386	38	2.515	14.7	0.1	7.9	2.4	0.30	38
Stein?	--	1	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	17	9	8	0	4		1	0	0	2	45	45	2.625	19.1	0.0	4.5	1.1	0.25	45
Sterling?	--	1	0	1	.000	21.60	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	16	12	12	1	4		1	1	0	0	36	19	4.000	28.8	1.8	7.2	1.8	0.25	19
Curt Welch	28	1	0	0		54.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	6	6	6	0	0		1	0	0	0	9	10	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		10
Jim Whitney	32	10	191	204	.484	2.97	413	396	16	377	26	2	3496.1	3598	2026	1154	79	411		1571	28	2	214	14666	104	1.147	9.3	0.2	1.1	4.0	3.82	104
	Age	Yrs	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	ERA+

1889 Pitching Statistics

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