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1890 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889

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 - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102


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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 26 82 348 329 32 78 13 4 4 42 20 16 .237 .279 .337 .616 83 111 3
2 1B Jack O'Brien 30 109 497 433 80 113 24 14 4 80 31 52 .261 .356 .409 .765 127 177 12
3 2B Taylor Shafer* 23 69 291 261 28 45 3 4 0 21 19 28 .172 .258 .215 .472 40 56 2
4 SS Ben Conroy? 19 117 454 404 45 69 13 1 0 21 17 45 .171 .262 .208 .470 39 84 5
5 3B Denny Lyons 24 88 406 339 79 120 29 5 7 73 21 57 .354 .461 .531 .992 194 180 10
6 OF Orator Shafer* 38 100 442 390 55 110 15 5 1 58 29 47 .282 .367 .354 .720 114 138 5
7 OF Curt Welch 28 103 477 396 100 106 21 4 2 40 64 49 .268 .392 .356 .748 122 141 32
8 OF Blondie Purcell 36 110 510 463 110 128 28 3 2 59 48 43 .276 .343 .363 .706 109 168 4
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 UT Joe Kappel 33 56 229 208 29 50 8 1 1 22 12 20 .240 .310 .303 .613 82 63 1
10 UT John Riddle 26 27 103 85 7 7 0 1 0 2 4 17 .082 .243 .106 .349 4 9 1
11 UT George Carman? 24 27 102 93 9 16 2 0 0 7 5 8 .172 .245 .194 .439 30 18 1
12 C Kid Baldwin 25 24 95 90 5 21 1 2 0 12 2 4 .233 .274 .289 .563 67 26 1
13 1B Andy Knox 26 21 84 75 6 19 3 0 0 8 5 9 .253 .333 .293 .627 86 22 0
14 UT Joe Daly? 21 21 78 75 8 21 4 1 0 7 1 3 .280 .308 .360 .668 98 27 0
15 SS Henry Easterday 25 19 78 68 17 10 1 0 1 3 4 10 .147 .256 .206 .462 37 14 0
16 UT Pete Sweeney 26 14 57 49 5 8 1 1 0 0 0 7 .163 .281 .224 .505 50 11 1
17 UT Al Sauter? 21 14 52 41 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 .098 .288 .098 .386 15 4 0
18 UT Charles Snyder 17 9 35 33 5 9 1 0 0 4 0 2 .273 .314 .303 .617 83 10 0
19 UT Ed O'Neil? 20 10 34 31 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 .161 .235 .161 .397 18 5 0
20 OF Ed Pabst? 22 8 30 25 7 10 2 0 0 3 3 5 .400 .500 .480 .980 191 12 0
21 C Bart Cantz? 30 5 22 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .045 .045 .045 .091 -73 1 0
22 3B Henry Meyers? 30 5 21 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .158 .238 .158 .396 17 3 1
23 UT George Crawford? 5 17 17 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 .118 .118 .118 .235 -30 2 0
24 OF Pete Hasney? 25 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 17 1 0
25 SS Dennis Fitzgerald? 25 2 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 48 2 0
26 2B Sam Campbell? 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0
27 SS Ed Carfrey? 26 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 48 1 0
28 OF Sweigert? 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 49 0 0
29 OF Stafford? 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
30 OF McBride? 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
31 SS Bill Collins 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
32 C Macey? 1 1 1 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
33 P Sadie McMahon 22 49 184 175 27 40 5 1 2 19 2 7 .229 .266 .303 .569 69 53 2
34 P Ed Green? 30 39 142 126 15 15 1 1 0 5 7 13 .119 .218 .143 .361 7 18 3
35 P Ed Seward? 23 26 82 72 7 10 4 0 0 2 3 8 .139 .244 .194 .438 30 14 2
36 P Duke Esper? 22 18 63 61 11 18 2 2 0 11 1 2 .295 .317 .393 .711 111 24 0
37 P William Stecher? 20 10 31 29 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 .241 .290 .310 .601 78 9 1
38 P Jim Whitney* 32 7 22 21 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .238 .273 .238 .511 51 5 0
39 P Mickey Hughes? 23 6 18 16 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 3 2 0
40 P Bill Price? 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 48 1 0
41 P Stein? 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0
42 P Horace Helmbold? 22 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
43 P Sterling? 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
44 P William Lackey? 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 132 5052 4490 702 1057 181 51 24 508 305 475 .235 .320 .314 .635 88 1412 87
Rank in 9 AA teams 6 6 7 1 7 3 6 1 3 3 7 6 7 6 7 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 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 115 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 66 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 81 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 78 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 37 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 71 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 41 200 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 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
Kid Baldwin 25 24 175 106 47 22 4 .874 6.38 8 60 30 33% C-3B
Sam Campbell -- 2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 2B
Bart Cantz 30 5 28 15 10 3 1 .893 5.00 6 14 9 39% C
Ed Carfrey 26 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 SS
George Carman 24 27 104 33 46 25 4 .760 2.93 SS-OF-2B-3B
Bill Collins 27 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 SS
Ben Conroy 19 117 629 221 352 56 39 .911 4.90 SS-2B-OF
George Crawford -- 5 14 11 2 1 0 .929 2.60 OF-SS
Joe Daly 21 23 71 39 19 13 0 .817 2.52 7 23 15 39% OF-C
Henry Easterday 25 19 105 33 59 13 7 .876 4.84 SS
Duke Esper 22 18 41 5 34 2 2 .951 2.17 P
Dennis Fitzgerald 25 2 9 2 4 3 0 .667 3.00 SS
Ed Green 30 40 131 33 84 14 2 .893 2.93 P-3B-SS-2B
Pete Hasney 25 2 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 OF
Horace Helmbold 22 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 P
Mickey Hughes 23 7 10 1 6 3 1 .700 1.00 P-OF
Joe Kappel 33 57 198 75 92 31 8 .843 2.93 3 5 2 29% OF-SS-3B-C-2B
Andy Knox 26 21 218 205 5 8 8 .963 10.00 1B
William Lackey 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Denny Lyons 24 88 385 147 203 35 15 .909 3.98 3B
Macey -- 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 4 1 0 0% C
McBride -- 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Sadie McMahon 22 49 162 40 113 9 7 .944 3.12 P-1B
Henry Meyers 30 5 19 6 7 6 0 .684 2.60 3B
Jack O'Brien 30 111 1102 1021 54 27 62 .975 9.68 2 2 2 50% 1B-C-OF
Ed O'Neil 20 10 29 9 15 5 0 .828 2.40 P-OF-3B
Ed Pabst 22 8 27 22 4 1 0 .963 3.25 OF
Bill Price -- 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Blondie Purcell 36 110 197 170 17 10 2 .949 1.70 OF
John Riddle 26 28 116 76 25 15 2 .871 3.61 9 29 13 31% C-OF-2B-3B
Wilbert Robinson 26 82 554 412 103 39 9 .930 6.28 22 235 95 29% C
Al Sauter 21 15 45 17 20 8 0 .822 2.47 3B-OF-2B
Ed Seward 23 27 56 19 27 10 2 .821 1.70 P-OF
Orator Shafer 38 101 196 169 19 8 7 .959 1.86 OF-1B
Taylor Shafer 23 69 444 214 195 35 39 .921 5.93 2B
Charles Snyder 17 10 37 21 5 11 0 .703 2.60 4 10 4 29% C-OF
Stafford -- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
William Stecher 20 11 29 3 23 3 0 .897 2.36 P-3B
Sterling -- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Stein -- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Pete Sweeney 26 15 60 31 22 7 2 .883 3.53 2B-OF-3B
Sweigert -- 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Curt Welch 28 104 273 225 26 22 7 .919 2.41 P-OF
Jim Whitney 32 7 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.29 P-OF
Team Totals 27.2 132 5501 3392 1657 452 230 .918 4.10 65 379 170 31%
Rank in 9 AA teams 2 3 7
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
Kid Baldwin 25 95 -4 -1 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 2/5
Sam Campbell? -- 6 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /4
Bart Cantz? 30 22 -5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -6 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Ed Carfrey? 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
George Carman? 24 102 -9 0 0 0 -9 0 2 -16 -1.5 -7 -0.6 -0.9 $ 6O/45
Bill Collins 27 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /6
Ben Conroy? 19 454 -34 -2 0 0 -11 6 8 -33 -2.9 -22 -2.0 -0.9 $ 64/O
George Crawford? -- 17 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /O6
Joe Daly? 21 78 -1 -1 0 0 -5 0 1 -6 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $ O/2
Henry Easterday 25 78 -6 1 0 0 -3 1 1 -6 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 6
Duke Esper? 22 63 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Dennis Fitzgerald? 25 8 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /6
Ed Green? 30 142 -16 0 0 0 -1 3 3 -12 -1.0 -10 -0.9 -0.1 $ 15/64
Pete Hasney? 25 8 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /O
Horace Helmbold? 22 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Mickey Hughes? 23 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1O
Joe Kappel 33 229 -5 -1 0 0 -6 0 4 -8 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $ O65/24
Andy Knox 26 84 -1 -1 0 0 -3 0 1 -4 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 3
William Lackey? 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Denny Lyons 24 406 48 -3 0 0 0 3 6 54 4.9 54 4.9 0.0 $ *5
Macey? -- 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
McBride? -- 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
Sadie McMahon 22 184 -9 0 0 0 0 5 3 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Purchased 1/3
Henry Meyers? 30 21 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /5
Jack O'Brien 30 497 16 0 0 0 -4 0 8 20 1.8 24 2.2 -0.4 $ *3/2O
Ed O'Neil? 20 34 -4 -1 0 0 -2 1 1 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ /1O5
Ed Pabst? 22 30 4 0 0 0 2 -1 1 6 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ /O
Bill Price? -- 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Blondie Purcell 36 510 6 5 0 0 -6 -7 8 6 0.5 12 1.1 -0.6 $ Purchased *O
John Riddle 26 103 -11 -1 0 0 -3 0 2 -13 -1.2 -10 -0.9 -0.3 $ 2O/45
Wilbert Robinson 26 348 -10 -1 0 0 8 5 6 8 0.9 0 0.0 0.9 $ Unknown *2
Al Sauter? 21 52 -4 -1 0 0 -1 0 1 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 5/4O
Ed Seward? 23 82 -7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 -6 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1/O
Orator Shafer* 38 442 9 -2 0 0 -5 -6 7 3 0.2 8 0.7 -0.5 $ *O/3
Taylor Shafer* 23 291 -22 0 0 0 -15 1 5 -31 -2.9 -16 -1.5 -1.4 $ 4
Charles Snyder 17 35 -1 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ /2O
Stafford? -- 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
William Stecher? 20 31 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1/5
Stein? -- 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Sterling? -- 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Pete Sweeney 26 57 -3 -1 0 0 -5 0 1 -8 -0.8 -3 -0.3 -0.5 $ /4O5
Sweigert? -- 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Curt Welch 28 477 17 5 0 0 2 -5 7 26 2.4 24 2.2 0.2 $ Traded *O/1
Jim Whitney* 32 22 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /1O
Team Total 27.3 5052 -67 -5 0 0 -79 14 82 -56 -4.7 24 1.9 -6.6 $
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
Duke Esper* 22 143.2 16 99 106 -7 1.0 7 1.1 $
Ed Green? 30 191.0 22 184 141 -9 1.0 -43 -3.1 $
Horace Helmbold? 22 7.0 1 15 5 0 1.0 -10 -0.8 $
Mickey Hughes 23 41.1 5 56 30 -2 1.0 -26 -2.1 $
William Lackey? 19 2.0 0 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Sadie McMahon 22 410.0 46 238 302 -20 1.0 64 7.1 $ Purchased
Ed O'Neil 20 52.0 6 77 38 -3 1.0 -39 -3.2 $
Bill Price? -- 9.0 1 3 7 0 1.0 4 0.3 $
Ed Seward 23 154.0 19 105 113 -8 1.0 8 1.3 $
William Stecher? 20 68.0 10 110 50 -3 1.0 -60 -5.0 $
Stein? -- 8.0 1 9 6 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $
Sterling? -- 5.0 1 12 4 0 1.0 -8 -0.7 $
Curt Welch 28 1.0 0 6 1 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Traded
Jim Whitney 32 40.0 4 27 29 -2 1.0 2 0.4 $
Team Total 23.2 1132.0 132 945 833 -54 1.0 -112 -5.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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