1891 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

73-66, Finished 5th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Sharsig (6-11) and George Wood (67-55)
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 794 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-68

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Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1890 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	73-66, Final Rank:5, GB: 22.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	22	last on Monday, Oct 5, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	10	last on Sunday, Sep 13
Most Games under .500	9	last on Thursday, Jun 25
Longest Winning Streak	7	Tuesday, Jul 7 to Wednesday, Jul 15
Longest Losing Streak	7	Tuesday, Jun 9 to Tuesday, Jun 16
Most Runs Allowed	22	Thursday, Apr 30
Most Runs Scored	18	Tuesday, May 5, Wednesday, May 13 and Monday, Oct 5
Times Shutout by Opponent	9
Times Opponent Shutout	4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	73	66	816	793	.525
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	43	26	465	366	.623
Road	30	40	351	427	.429
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	11	90	137	.313
May	14	11	168	154	.560
June	10	12	96	112	.455
July	12	9	140	112	.571
August	16	9	134	115	.640
September	13	12	144	140	.520
October	3	2	44	23	.600

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	35	37	404	434	.486
Second Half	38	29	412	359	.567
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	16	12	143	139	.571
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	25	25	352	351	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	10	9	126	119	.526
BOS	7	13	120	158	.350
CKK	8	4	67	46	.667
COL	11	9	88	103	.550
LOU	12	8	134	87	.600
MIL	5	3	37	36	.625
STL	10	10	112	125	.500
WAS	10	10	132	119	.500

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Wednesday, Apr 8	PHA		WAS	L	8	9		0-1	7	1.0						2,169	`-`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 9	PHA		WAS	W	8	1		1-1	2	1.0							`+`
3	3	Monday, Apr 13	PHA	@	BAL	W	4	3		2-1	3	0.5							`++`
4	4	Tuesday, Apr 14	PHA	@	BAL	L	0	2		2-2	3	1.5							`-`
5	5	Wednesday, Apr 15	PHA	@	BAL	L	4	14		2-3	6	2.5							`--`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 16	PHA	@	BAL	L	3	15		2-4	6	2.5							`---`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	L	3	6		2-5	8	4.0				1:50			`----`
8	8	Monday, Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W	9	3		3-5	6	3.5							`+`
9	9	Tuesday, Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L	4	11		3-6	6	4.0				1:50			`-`
10	10	Wednesday, Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	2		3-7	8	5.0				1:35			`--`
11	11	Thursday, Apr 23	PHA	@	WAS	T	9	9		3-7	7	5.5							`--`
12	12	Friday, Apr 24	PHA	@	WAS	L	2	4		3-8	9	5.5							`---`
13	13	Saturday, Apr 25	PHA	@	WAS	W	12	11		4-8	8	5.5							`+`
14	14	Monday, Apr 27	PHA		BOS	L	4	8		4-9	8	6.0							`-`
15	15	Tuesday, Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L	4	9		4-10	8	6.0							`--`
16	16	Wednesday, Apr 29	PHA		BOS	W	9	8		5-10	7	6.0							`+`
17	17	Thursday, Apr 30	PHA		BOS	L	6	22		5-11	8	7.0				2:00			`-`
18	18	Saturday, May 2	PHA		BAL	W	5	4		6-11	8	6.0							`+`
19	19	Monday, May 4	PHA		BAL	T	9	9		6-11	8	6.0							`+`
20	20	Tuesday, May 5	PHA		BAL	W	18	5		7-11	7	6.0							`++`
21	21	Wednesday, May 6	PHA		COL	L	2	7		7-12	7	7.0							`-`
22	22	Thursday, May 7	PHA		COL	W	6	4		8-12	7	6.0				2:00			`+`
23	23	Friday, May 8	PHA		COL	L	4	15		8-13	7	7.0							`-`
24	24	Saturday, May 9	PHA		COL	W	4	0		9-13	7	6.0				1:30			`+`
25	25	Monday, May 11	PHA		LOU	W	14	1		10-13	6	6.0							`++`
26	26	Tuesday, May 12	PHA		LOU	W	9	4		11-13	6	6.0							`+++`
27	27	Wednesday, May 13	PHA		LOU	W	18	1		12-13	5	6.0				1:45			`++++`
28	28	Thursday, May 14	PHA		LOU	L	7	10		12-14	6	7.0				1:45			`-`
29	29	Saturday, May 16	PHA		STL	W	8	1		13-14	5	7.5				1:45			`+`
30	30	Monday, May 18	PHA		STL	L	3	11		13-15	5	8.5							`-`
31	31	Tuesday, May 19	PHA		STL	W	7	6		14-15	5	8.5							`+`
32	32	Wednesday, May 20	PHA		CKK	L	1	3		14-16	5	8.5							`-`
33	33	Thursday, May 21	PHA		CKK	W	6	3		15-16	5	7.5							`+`
34	34	Friday, May 22	PHA		CKK	L	3	5		15-17	5	8.5				1:40			`-`
35	35	Saturday, May 23	PHA		CKK	W	7	3		16-17	5	8.5							`+`
36	36	Monday, May 25	PHA	@	CKK	L	4	5		16-18	5	9.0							`-`
37	37	Tuesday, May 26	PHA	@	LOU	W	10	3		17-18	5	8.0							`+`
38	38	Wednesday, May 27	PHA	@	LOU	W	8	5		18-18	4	7.0				1:50			`++`
39	39	Thursday, May 28	PHA	@	LOU	W	7	2		19-18	4	6.5				1:45			`+++`
40	40	Friday, May 29	PHA	@	LOU	L	0	9		19-19	4	7.5							`-`
41	41	Saturday, May 30	PHA	@	STL	L	2	17		19-20	5	7.5						1,377	`--`
42	42	Saturday, May 30	PHA	@	STL	L	3	15		19-21	5	7.5							`---`
43	43	Sunday, May 31	PHA	@	STL	L	3	6		19-22	5	7.5				2:00			`----`
44	44	Monday, Jun 1	PHA	@	STL	W	6	2		20-22	5	7.0							`+`
45	45	Thursday, Jun 4	PHA	@	CKK	L	1	3		20-23	6	8.0							`-`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 6	PHA	@	COL	L	3	6		20-24	7	9.5							`--`
47	47	Sunday, Jun 7	PHA	@	COL	W	5	1		21-24	6	8.5							`+`
48	48	Monday, Jun 8	PHA	@	COL	W	4	2		22-24	5	8.0							`++`
49	49	Tuesday, Jun 9	PHA	@	COL	L	2	6		22-25	6	8.5							`-`
50	50	Wednesday, Jun 10	PHA	@	WAS	L	2	3		22-26	6	9.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Thursday, Jun 11	PHA	@	BAL	L	2	9		22-27	6	10.0							`---`
52	52	Friday, Jun 12	PHA	@	WAS	L	3	6		22-28	7	10.0							`----`
53	53	Saturday, Jun 13	PHA	@	BAL	L	2	3		22-29	7	11.0							`-----`
54	54	Monday, Jun 15	PHA	@	BAL	L	0	1		22-30	7	12.0							`------`
55	55	Tuesday, Jun 16	PHA		BOS	L	4	13		22-31	7	13.0				2:50			`-------`
56	56	Wednesday, Jun 17	PHA	@	BOS	W	13	11		23-31	7	11.0							`+`
57	57	Wednesday, Jun 17	PHA	@	BOS	W	10	2		24-31	7	11.0							`++`
58	58	Saturday, Jun 20	PHA		BOS	L	3	12		24-32	7	12.0				1:40			`-`
59	59	Tuesday, Jun 23	PHA	@	WAS	W	3	2		25-32	7	11.5							`+`
60	60	Wednesday, Jun 24	PHA	@	WAS	L	5	8		25-33	7	11.5							`-`
61	61	Thursday, Jun 25	PHA	@	WAS	L	5	7		25-34	7	12.5							`--`
62	62	Friday, Jun 26	PHA	@	WAS	W	4	2		26-34	7	12.5							`+`
63	63	Saturday, Jun 27	PHA	@	WAS	W	5	4		27-34	7	12.5							`++`
64	64	Monday, Jun 29	PHA		BAL	W	5	4		28-34	7	12.0				1:50			`+++`
65	65	Tuesday, Jun 30	PHA		BAL	W	9	5		29-34	6	12.0							`++++`
66	66	Wednesday, Jul 1	PHA		BAL	L	2	4		29-35	7	13.0							`-`
67	67	Friday, Jul 3	PHA		BAL	W	6	2		30-35	7	13.0				2:00			`+`
68	68	Saturday, Jul 4	PHA		STL	L	3	8		30-36	5	13.5							`-`
69	69	Saturday, Jul 4	PHA		STL	W	12	3		31-36	5	13.5							`+`
70	70	Monday, Jul 6	PHA		STL	L	4	7		31-37	6	14.0							`-`
71	71	Tuesday, Jul 7	PHA		STL	W	7	1		32-37	5	13.5							`+`
72	72	Thursday, Jul 9	PHA		CKK	W	5	3		33-37	5	13.5							`++`
73	73	Friday, Jul 10	PHA		CKK	W	8	3		34-37	5	13.0							`+++`
74	74	Saturday, Jul 11	PHA		CKK	W	3	0		35-37	5	12.0							`++++`
75	75	Monday, Jul 13	PHA		LOU	W	12	2		36-37	5	12.0							`+++++`
76	76	Tuesday, Jul 14	PHA		LOU	W	11	9		37-37	4	12.0				2:00			`++++++`
77	77	Wednesday, Jul 15	PHA		LOU	W	10	1		38-37	4	11.5				1:50			`+++++++`
78	78	Thursday, Jul 16	PHA		COL	L	6	7		38-38	4	12.5							`-`
79	79	Monday, Jul 20	PHA		COL	L	4	13		38-39	5	14.5				1:45			`--`
80	80	Tuesday, Jul 21	PHA		BAL	T	5	5		38-39	5	15.0							`--`
81	81	Wednesday, Jul 22	PHA		BAL	L	9	12		38-40	5	16.0							`---`
82	82	Thursday, Jul 23	PHA		BAL	W	8	2		39-40	5	16.0							`+`
83	83	Friday, Jul 24	PHA		BAL	W	9	5		40-40	4	15.5							`++`
84	84	Saturday, Jul 25	PHA		WAS	W	6	1		41-40	4	15.0							`+++`
85	85	Monday, Jul 27	PHA		WAS	L	0	3		41-41	4	15.0							`-`
86	86	Tuesday, Jul 28	PHA		WAS	L	5	10		41-42	5	16.0							`--`
87	87	Thursday, Jul 30	PHA	@	WAS	L	5	11		41-43	6	16.5							`---`
88	88	Saturday, Aug 1	PHA	@	LOU	W	3	2		42-43	6	16.5							`+`
89	89	Sunday, Aug 2	PHA	@	LOU	W	8	5		43-43	4	15.5							`++`
90	90	Monday, Aug 3	PHA	@	LOU	L	0	6		43-44	5	15.5				1:35			`-`
91	91	Wednesday, Aug 5	PHA	@	STL	W	4	3		44-44	4	15.0							`+`
92	92	Thursday, Aug 6	PHA	@	STL	W	7	5		45-44	4	15.0				1:55			`++`
93	93	Friday, Aug 7	PHA	@	STL	L	9	10		45-45	4	16.0							`-`
94	94	Saturday, Aug 8	PHA	@	CKK	W	7	5		46-45	4	16.0							`+`
95	95	Sunday, Aug 9	PHA	@	CKK	W	6	5		47-45	4	16.0							`++`
96	96	Monday, Aug 10	PHA	@	CKK	W	16	8		48-45	4	16.0							`+++`
97	97	Tuesday, Aug 11	PHA	@	COL	W	5	2		49-45	4	16.0				2:04			`++++`
98	98	Wednesday, Aug 12	PHA	@	COL	L	2	4		49-46	4	16.0							`-`
99	99	Thursday, Aug 13	PHA	@	COL	W	6	5		50-46	4	16.0				2:07			`+`
100	100	Saturday, Aug 15	PHA	@	WAS	W	6	3		51-46	4	15.5							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Aug 17	PHA	@	WAS	L	8	9		51-47	4	16.5							`-`
102	102	Thursday, Aug 20	PHA	@	BOS	W	3	2		52-47	4	16.5				1:44			`+`
103	103	Friday, Aug 21	PHA	@	BOS	L	4	11		52-48	4	17.5							`-`
104	104	Saturday, Aug 22	PHA	@	BOS	L	5	8		52-49	4	18.5							`--`
105	105	Monday, Aug 24	PHA	@	BOS	L	3	5		52-50	4	19.5							`---`
106	106	Tuesday, Aug 25	PHA		LOU	W	4	1		53-50	4	19.5							`+`
107	107	Thursday, Aug 27	PHA		LOU	L	2	3		53-51	4	21.0							`-`
108	108	Friday, Aug 28	PHA		COL	W	8	4		54-51	4	20.5							`+`
109	109	Saturday, Aug 29	PHA		COL	W	5	3		55-51	4	19.5							`++`
110	110	Saturday, Aug 29	PHA		COL	W	8	2		56-51	4	19.5							`+++`
111	111	Monday, Aug 31	PHA		COL	W	3	1		57-51	4	19.5							`++++`
112	112	Monday, Aug 31	PHA		COL	L	2	3		57-52	4	19.5							`-`
113	113	Tuesday, Sep 1	PHA		STL	W	5	1		58-52	4	19.5							`+`
114	114	Wednesday, Sep 2	PHA		STL	L	4	5		58-53	4	20.5							`-`
115	115	Thursday, Sep 3	PHA		STL	W	6	3		59-53	4	19.5				1:45			`+`
116	116	Friday, Sep 4	PHA		MIL	W	6	5		60-53	4	19.5							`++`
117	117	Saturday, Sep 5	PHA		MIL	W	4	2		61-53	4	18.5							`+++`
118	118	Saturday, Sep 5	PHA		MIL	W	5	1		62-53	4	18.5							`++++`
119	119	Monday, Sep 7	PHA		MIL	W	5	3		63-53	4	18.5							`+++++`
120	120	Monday, Sep 7	PHA		MIL	L	1	4		63-54	4	18.5							`-`
121	121	Friday, Sep 11	PHA	@	COL	W	4	0		64-54	4	18.5							`+`
122	122	Saturday, Sep 12	PHA	@	COL	L	5	18		64-55	4	18.5							`-`
123	123	Sunday, Sep 13	PHA	@	MIL	W	8	7		65-55	4	18.0							`+`
124	124	Sunday, Sep 13	PHA	@	MIL	L	3	7		65-56	4	18.0				1:20			`-`
125	125	Tuesday, Sep 15	PHA	@	MIL	L	5	7		65-57	4	18.5							`--`
126	126	Wednesday, Sep 16	PHA	@	STL	L	7	10		65-58	4	19.5							`---`
127	127	Thursday, Sep 17	PHA	@	STL	L	2	5		65-59	4	20.5							`----`
128	128	Friday, Sep 18	PHA	@	STL	W	10	6		66-59	4	20.0							`+`
129	129	Saturday, Sep 19	PHA	@	LOU	L	9	12		66-60	4	20.0							`-`
130	130	Sunday, Sep 20	PHA	@	LOU	L	2	7		66-61	4	21.5				2:00			`--`
131	131	Sunday, Sep 20	PHA	@	LOU	L *H	0	0		66-62	4	21.5							`---`
132	132	Monday, Sep 21	PHA	@	LOU	L	0	4		66-63	4	21.5							`----`
133	133	Thursday, Sep 24	PHA		WAS	W	9	8		67-63	4	22.0				1:40			`+`
134	134	Friday, Sep 25	PHA		WAS	W	13	4		68-63	4	22.0				2:00			`++`
135	135	Saturday, Sep 26	PHA		WAS	W	14	4		69-63	4	22.0				1:50			`+++`
136	136	Monday, Sep 28	PHA		BOS	T	6	6		69-63	4	22.0				1:45			`+++`
137	137	Wednesday, Sep 30	PHA		BOS	W	11	6		70-63	4	22.0							`++++`
138	138	Wednesday, Sep 30	PHA		BOS	L	0	5		70-64	4	22.0							`-`
139	139	Thursday, Oct 1	PHA	@	BAL	W	16	4		71-64	3	22.0							`+`
140	140	Friday, Oct 2	PHA	@	BAL	L	2	9		71-65	4	22.0							`-`
141	141	Saturday, Oct 3	PHA	@	BAL	W	8	2		72-65	3	22.0							`+`
142	142	Monday, Oct 5	PHA		BOS	W	18	2		73-65	3	22.0				1:50			`++`
143	143	Monday, Oct 5	PHA		BOS	L	0	6		73-66	3	22.0				1:05			`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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