1891 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1890

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 - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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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	Jocko Milligan	29	118	526	455	75	138	35	12	11	106	2		56	51	.303	.397	.505	.903	154	230		15
2	1B	Henry Larkin	31	133	607	526	94	147	27	14	10	93	2		66	56	.279	.376	.441	.817	130	232		15
3	2B	Bill Hallman	24	141	630	587	112	166	21	13	6	69	18		38	56	.283	.332	.394	.725	104	231		5
4	SS	Tommy Corcoran	22	133	550	511	84	130	11	15	7	71	30		29	56	.254	.307	.376	.683	92	192		10
5	3B	Joe Mulvey	32	113	474	453	62	115	9	13	5	66	11		17	32	.254	.287	.364	.651	83	165		4
6	OF	Jim McTamany	27	58	266	218	57	49	6	3	3	21	13		43	44	.225	.365	.321	.686	94	70		5
7	OF	Pop Corkhill*	33	83	377	349	50	73	7	7	0	31	12		26	15	.209	.268	.269	.537	52	94		2
8	OF	George Wood*	32	132	607	528	105	163	18	14	3	61	22		72	52	.309	.399	.413	.812	129	218		7
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	Lave Cross	25	110	443	402	66	121	20	14	5	52	14		38	23	.301	.366	.458	.823	132	184		3
10	OF	Jack McGeachey	27	50	208	201	24	46	4	3	2	13	9		6	12	.229	.255	.308	.563	59	62		1
11	OF	Ben Sanders	26	40	165	156	24	39	6	4	1	19	2		7	12	.250	.291	.359	.650	83	56		2
12	OF	Ed Beecher*	30	16	74	71	9	15	2	4	0	7	7		3	4	.211	.243	.352	.595	68	25		0
13	C	Dave McKeough	27	15	62	54	4	14	1	1	0	3	0		8	6	.259	.355	.315	.670	89	17		0
14	SS	Bill Clymer?	17	3	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	-56	0		1
15	OF	Pat Friel#	33	2	8	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	76	3		0
16	OF	Charles Matthews?		1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	164	1		2
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	Gus Weyhing	24	54	206	198	11	22	5	1	0	11	2		7	65	.111	.146	.146	.292	-18	29		1
18	P	Ice Box Chamberlain	23	54	198	176	21	33	3	5	2	19	3		21	33	.188	.278	.295	.573	62	52		1
19	P	Will Calihan?	23	15	61	56	6	11	1	0	0	4	0		5	8	.196	.262	.214	.477	35	12		0
20	P	Sumner Bowman*	24	14	56	54	8	13	4	0	0	2	1		2	12	.241	.268	.315	.583	64	17		0
21	P	George Meakim	25	6	17	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	3	.200	.294	.267	.561	58	4		0
22	P	Mike Sullivan*	24	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	27.7	143	5560	5039	817	1301	182	123	55	649	149		447	548	.258	.328	.376	.704	98	1894		74
		Rank in 9 AA teams				1	4	3	1	1	2		8	1	6	2	4	6	2	3		1		4		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	24	31	20	.608	3.18	52	51	1	51	3	0	450.0	428	231	159	12	161		219	31	0	28	1959	120	1.309	8.6	0.2	3.2	4.4	1.36
2	SP	Ice Box Chamberlain	23	22	23	.489	4.22	49	46	3	44	0	0	405.2	397	263	190	10	206		204	12	0	21	1822	91	1.486	8.8	0.2	4.6	4.5	0.99
3	SP	Ben Sanders	26	11	5	.688	3.79	19	18	1	15	0	0	145.0	157	85	61	3	37		40	8	0	3	633	101	1.338	9.7	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.08
4	SP	Will Calihan	23	6	6	.500	6.43	13	11	2	11	0	0	112.0	151	103	80	7	47		28	12	0	4	543	60	1.768	12.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	0.60
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
5		Sumner Bowman*	24	2	5	.286	3.44	8	8	0	8	0	0	68.0	73	54	26	0	37		22	5	0	2	317	112	1.618	9.7	0.0	4.9	2.9	0.59
6		George Meakim	25	1	4	.200	6.94	6	6	0	4	0	0	35.0	51	45	27	1	22		13	1	0	6	178	56	2.086	13.1	0.3	5.7	3.3	0.59
7		Mike Sullivan	24	0	2	.000	3.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	17	13	7	2	10		7	3	0	2	84	112	1.500	8.5	1.0	5.0	3.5	0.70
		Team Totals	23.8	73	65	.529	4.01	143	142	7	135	3	0	1233.2	1274	794	550	35	520		533	72	0	66	5536	95	1.454	9.3	0.3	3.8	3.9	1.03
		Rank in 9 AA teams		3	4		7				1	6	7	1	7	6	7	6	6		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

* - 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
Ed Beecher	30	16		20	18	2	0	0	1.000	1.25							OF
Sumner Bowman	24	14		26	8	14	4	1	.846	1.57							P-OF
Will Calihan	23	15		49	9	38	2	1	.959	3.13							P-SS-3B
Ice Box Chamberlain	23	55		125	22	92	11	3	.912	2.07							P-OF
Bill Clymer	17	3		15	8	5	2	0	.867	4.33							SS
Tommy Corcoran	22	133		806	300	434	72	56	.911	5.52							SS
Pop Corkhill	33	83		205	182	14	9	3	.956	2.36							OF
Lave Cross	25	112		428	297	103	28	12	.935	3.57	16		76	32	30%		OF-C-3B-SS-2B
Pat Friel	33	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50							OF
Bill Hallman	24	141		781	327	399	55	53	.930	5.15							2B
Henry Larkin	31	134		1094	1029	34	31	56	.972	7.93							1B-OF
Charles Matthews	--	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							OF
Jack McGeachey	27	50		100	82	10	8	0	.920	1.84							OF
Dave McKeough	27	15		85	55	17	13	5	.847	4.80	7		25	14	36%		C-SS
Jim McTamany	27	58		142	118	10	14	1	.901	2.21							OF
George Meakim	25	6		28	6	18	4	1	.857	4.00							P
Jocko Milligan	29	119		918	763	112	43	27	.953	7.35	40		169	85	33%		C-1B
Joe Mulvey	32	113		462	172	241	49	18	.894	3.65							3B
Ben Sanders	26	41		71	32	31	8	1	.887	1.54							P-OF
Mike Sullivan	24	2		4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.50							P
Gus Weyhing	24	54		113	31	73	9	2	.920	1.93							P-OF
George Wood	32	133		305	236	43	26	13	.915	2.10							OF-3B-SS
Team Totals	27.5	143		5778	3696	1693	389	253	.933	4.15	63		270	131	33%
Rank in 9 AA teams							6	4	3
	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
Ed Beecher*	30	74	-4	1	0	0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	Free Agency	O
Sumner Bowman*	24	56	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1O
Will Calihan?	23	61	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	Free Agency	1/56
Ice Box Chamberlain	23	198	-13	-1	0	0	0	7	3	-4	-0.2	-4	-0.4	0.2	$	Purchased	1/O
Bill Clymer?	17	13	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	Amateur Free Agent	/6
Tommy Corcoran	22	550	-13	2	0	0	5	9	9	12	1.4	7	0.6	0.8	$	Purchased	*6
Pop Corkhill*	33	377	-25	1	0	0	4	-4	6	-18	-1.5	-22	-2.0	0.5	$	Free Agency	*O
Lave Cross	25	443	14	-1	0	0	3	1	8	25	2.3	22	2.0	0.3	$	Jumped Lgs--Return	2O5/46
Pat Friel#	33	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Bill Hallman	24	630	-4	1	0	0	-5	3	10	5	0.5	10	0.9	-0.4	$		*4
Henry Larkin	31	607	18	-5	0	0	-9	-1	9	12	1.1	21	1.9	-0.8	$	Jumped Lgs--Return	*3O
Charles Matthews?	--	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/O
Jack McGeachey	27	208	-14	0	0	0	1	-3	4	-12	-1.1	-13	-1.2	0.1	$	Free Agency	O
Dave McKeough	27	62	-1	-1	0	0	-1	1	1	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Free Agency	2/6
Jim McTamany	27	266	-3	1	0	0	-2	-3	4	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	Free Agency	O
George Meakim	25	17	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Free Agency	/1
Jocko Milligan	29	526	29	-6	0	0	0	6	8	37	3.4	37	3.3	0.1	$	Purchased	*23
Joe Mulvey	32	474	-17	0	0	0	-1	4	8	-6	-0.4	-5	-0.4	0.0	$		*5
Ben Sanders	26	165	-6	0	0	0	-3	2	3	-4	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	Free Agency	O1
Mike Sullivan*	24	7	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		/1
Gus Weyhing	24	206	-40	-1	0	0	0	8	4	-29	-2.4	-29	-2.6	0.2	$	Jumped Lgs--Return	1/O
George Wood*	32	607	20	-1	0	0	2	-7	9	23	2.1	21	1.9	0.2	$		*O/56
Team Total	27.6	5560	-74	-10	0	0	-7	26	89	24	3.4	31	2.6	0.8	$
	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
Sumner Bowman*	24	68.0	8	54	52	0	1.0	-2	0.0	$	Free Agency
Will Calihan	23	112.0	11	103	86	0	1.0	-17	-1.1	$	Free Agency
Ice Box Chamberlain	23	405.2	46	263	312	-2	1.0	49	4.9	$	Purchased
George Meakim	25	35.0	6	45	27	0	1.0	-18	-1.4	$	Free Agency
Ben Sanders	26	145.0	18	85	112	-1	1.0	27	2.5	$	Free Agency
Mike Sullivan	24	18.0	2	13	14	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
Gus Weyhing	24	450.0	51	231	346	-2	1.0	115	10.4	$	Jumped Lgs--Return
Team Total	23.8	1233.2	142	794	949	-5	1.0	155	15.4	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1890 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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