1904 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1903 / 1905

81-70, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (81-70)
Scored 557 runs, Allowed 503 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-68

Ballparks: Columbia Park · Attendance: 512,294 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101

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1903 / 1905 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	Ossee Schrecongost	29	95	326	311	23	58	9	1	1	21	3		5	16	.186	.199	.232	.431	33	72		0	10
2	1B	Harry Davis	30	102	435	404	54	125	21	11	10	62	12		23	46	.309	.350	.490	.840	158	198		2	6
3	2B	Danny Murphy	27	150	594	557	78	160	30	17	7	77	22		22	31	.287	.320	.440	.760	134	245		5	10
4	SS	Monte Cross	34	153	573	503	33	95	23	4	1	38	19		46	69	.189	.266	.256	.523	62	129		7	17
5	3B	Lave Cross	38	155	639	607	73	176	31	10	1	71	10		13	9	.290	.310	.379	.689	113	230		5	14
6	OF	Topsy Hartsel*	30	147	624	534	79	135	17	12	2	25	19		75	83	.253	.347	.341	.688	113	182		2	13
7	OF	Ollie Pickering*	34	124	518	455	56	103	10	3	0	30	17		45	63	.226	.299	.262	.560	74	119		2	16
8	OF	Socks Seybold	33	143	572	510	56	149	26	9	3	64	12		42	45	.292	.351	.396	.747	131	202		4	16
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	OF	Danny Hoffman*	24	53	218	204	31	61	7	5	3	24	9		5	34	.299	.329	.426	.755	133	87		4	5
10	C	Doc Powers	33	57	196	184	11	35	3	0	0	11	3		6	27	.190	.220	.207	.426	32	38		1	5
11	1B	Jim Mullin	20	41	122	110	9	24	1	0	1	9	4		5	22	.218	.277	.255	.532	65	28		4	3
12	C	Pete Noonan	22	39	117	114	13	23	3	1	2	13	1		1	34	.202	.209	.298	.507	56	34		0	2
13	OF	Lou Bruce*	27	30	112	101	9	27	3	0	0	8	2		5	7	.267	.302	.297	.599	86	30		0	6
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
14	P	Rube Waddell	27	46	147	139	6	17	3	0	0	6	0		6	37	.122	.164	.144	.308	-4	20		1	1
15	P	Eddie Plank*	28	46	141	129	9	31	2	1	0	11	0		4	22	.240	.274	.271	.545	69	35		2	6
16	P	Weldon Henley	23	36	116	108	9	24	5	0	0	7	1		5	28	.222	.257	.269	.525	63	29		0	3
17	P	Chief Bender	20	31	87	79	8	18	3	2	0	5	3		5	12	.228	.282	.316	.599	85	25		1	2
18	P	Andy Coakley*	21	8	24	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	11	.087	.087	.087	.174	-46	2		0	1
19	P	Fred Applegate	25	3	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	77	2		0	1
20	P	Jim Fairbank	23	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
21	P	John Barthold#	22	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	304	3		0	0
		Team Totals	30.6	155	5578	5088	557	1266	197	77	31	486	137		313	600	.249	.298	.336	.634	96	1710		40	137
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	5	4	2	4	1		6	1	5	5	3	5	4	4		4		7		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	Rube Waddell*	27	25	19	.568	1.62	46	46	0	39	8	0	383.0	307	109	69	5	91		349	14	0	8	1496	165	1.039	7.2	0.1	2.1	8.2	3.84
2	SP	Eddie Plank*	28	26	17	.605	2.17	44	43	1	37	7	0	357.1	311	111	86	2	86		201	19	0	6	1427	124	1.111	7.8	0.1	2.2	5.1	2.34
3	SP	Weldon Henley	23	15	17	.469	2.53	36	34	2	31	5	0	295.2	245	126	83	3	76		130	19	1	1	1177	106	1.086	7.5	0.1	2.3	4.0	1.71
4	SP	Chief Bender	20	10	11	.476	2.87	29	20	8	18	4	0	203.2	167	90	65	1	59		149	4	0	5	806	93	1.110	7.4	0.0	2.6	6.6	2.53
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		Andy Coakley	21	4	3	.571	1.89	8	8	0	7	2	0	62.0	48	19	13	1	23		33	2	0	1	248	143	1.145	7.0	0.1	3.3	4.8	1.43
6		Fred Applegate	25	1	2	.333	6.43	3	3	0	3	0	0	21.0	29	18	15	0	8		12	1	0	1	97	43	1.762	12.4	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
7		Jim Fairbank	23	0	1	.000	6.35	3	1	2	1	0	0	17.0	19	14	12	0	13		6	2	0	0	82	44	1.882	10.1	0.0	6.9	3.2	0.46
8		Lou Bruce	27	0	0		4.91	2	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	6	1	2		2	0	0	0	44	57	1.182	9.0	0.8	1.6	1.6	1.00
9		John Barthold	22	0	0		5.06	4	0	4	0	0	0	10.2	12	9	6	0	8		5	1	1	1	51	56	1.875	10.1	0.0	6.8	4.2	0.63
		Team Totals	25.0	81	70	.536	2.35	155	155	19	136	26	0	1361.1	1149	503	355	13	366		887	62	2	23	5428	114	1.113	7.6	0.1	2.4	5.9	2.42
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		4				5	1	6	6	1	4	4	2	7		1
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
Fred Applegate	25	3		8	0	8	0	0	1.000	2.67							P
John Barthold	22	4		5	0	5	0	1	1.000	1.25							P
Chief Bender	20	29		68	13	48	7	0	.897	2.10							P
Lou Bruce	27	29		44	30	11	3	2	.932	1.41							P-OF-3B-2B
Andy Coakley	21	8		19	1	18	0	0	1.000	2.38							P
Lave Cross	38	155		439	164	247	28	15	.936	2.65							3B
Monte Cross	34	153		747	276	424	47	26	.937	4.58							SS
Harry Davis	30	102		1087	1011	57	19	33	.983	10.47							1B
Jim Fairbank	23	3		10	0	10	0	0	1.000	3.33							P
Topsy Hartsel	30	147		241	216	15	10	2	.959	1.57							OF
Weldon Henley	23	36		138	16	115	7	3	.949	3.64							P
Danny Hoffman	24	51		94	83	5	6	1	.936	1.73							OF
Jim Mullin	20	34		274	242	24	8	8	.971	7.82							1B-2B-SS-OF
Danny Murphy	27	150		781	280	455	46	35	.941	4.90							2B
Pete Noonan	22	32		237	205	27	5	6	.979	7.25	4		17	15	47%		C-1B
Ollie Pickering	34	121		245	217	13	15	2	.939	1.90							OF
Eddie Plank	28	44		128	22	103	3	4	.977	2.84							P
Doc Powers	33	57		405	339	52	14	6	.965	6.86	9		49	36	42%		C-OF
Ossee Schrecongost	29	93		757	666	77	14	5	.982	7.99	8		75	53	41%		C-1B
Socks Seybold	33	142		297	272	16	9	9	.970	2.03							OF-1B
Rube Waddell	27	46		141	27	105	9	2	.936	2.87							P
Team Totals	30.3	155		6165	4080	1835	250	160	.959	4.11	21		141	104	42%
Rank in 8 AL teams							6	8	6
	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
Fred Applegate	25	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
John Barthold#	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/1
Chief Bender	20	87	-1	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0.4	4	0.5	-0.1	$	Free Agency	1
Lou Bruce*	27	112	-2	0	0	0	-1	-1	4	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	Traded	O/145
Andy Coakley*	21	24	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/1
Lave Cross	38	639	5	0	0	0	-3	5	21	28	2.9	31	3.5	-0.6	$	Jumped Lgs	*5
Monte Cross	34	573	-20	-2	0	0	-3	10	19	4	-0.1	7	0.8	-0.9	$	Jumped Lgs	*6
Harry Davis	30	435	23	0	0	0	3	-3	14	37	4.2	34	3.9	0.3	$		3
Jim Fairbank	23	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	/1
Topsy Hartsel*	30	624	9	1	0	0	-2	-7	20	21	2.3	23	2.6	-0.3	$	Jumped Lgs	*O
Weldon Henley	23	116	-4	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$		1
Danny Hoffman*	24	218	6	1	0	0	0	-2	7	12	1.4	12	1.4	0.0	$		O
Jim Mullin	20	122	-4	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	Loaned--Return	/346O
Danny Murphy	27	594	17	2	0	0	3	0	20	42	4.6	39	4.4	0.2	$	Purchased	*4
Pete Noonan	22	117	-6	0	0	0	-1	1	4	-2	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$		23
Ollie Pickering*	34	518	-11	1	0	0	-2	-3	17	2	-0.1	4	0.5	-0.6	$	Purchased	*O
Eddie Plank*	28	141	-4	-1	0	0	0	4	5	4	0.2	4	0.5	-0.3	$	Free Agency	1
Doc Powers	33	196	-13	-1	0	0	-2	4	6	-6	-0.9	-4	-0.5	-0.4	$		2/O
Ossee Schrecongost	29	326	-22	0	0	0	1	5	11	-5	-1.1	-6	-0.7	-0.4	$	Free Agency	2/3
Socks Seybold	33	572	16	-2	0	0	0	-7	19	26	2.9	26	3.0	-0.1	$		*O3
Rube Waddell	27	147	-15	-1	0	0	0	4	5	-7	-1.1	-7	-0.8	-0.3	$	Jumped Lgs	1
Team Total	30.6	5578	-29	-2	0	0	-7	15	182	159	14.7	166	19.0	-4.3	$
	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
Fred Applegate	25	21.0	3	18	10	0	1.0	-8	-1.0	$	Purchased
John Barthold	22	10.2	0	9	5	0	1.0	-4	-0.5	$
Chief Bender	20	203.2	20	90	92	-1	1.0	2	0.7	$	Free Agency
Lou Bruce	27	11.0	0	7	5	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$	Traded
Andy Coakley	21	62.0	8	19	28	0	1.0	9	1.2	$
Jim Fairbank	23	17.0	1	14	8	0	1.0	-6	-0.7	$	Purchased
Weldon Henley	23	295.2	34	126	134	-1	1.0	8	1.5	$
Eddie Plank*	28	357.1	43	111	162	-1	1.0	51	6.8	$	Free Agency
Rube Waddell*	27	383.0	46	109	174	-1	1.0	65	8.4	$	Jumped Lgs
Team Total	25.0	1361.1	155	503	618	-4	1.0	115	16.2	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1903 / 1905 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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