1905 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1904 / 1906

92-56, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (92-56)
Scored 623 runs, Allowed 488 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-58

Ballparks: Columbia Park · Attendance: 554,576 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 107

Postseason:

Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Giants

American League Champs

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1904 / 1906 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	30	123	429	420	30	114	19	6	0	45	9		3	24	.271	.278	.345	.624	96	145		1	5
2	1B	Harry Davis	31	150	657	607	93	173	47	6	8	83	36		43	46	.285	.334	.422	.756	137	256		2	5
3	2B	Danny Murphy	28	151	608	537	71	149	34	4	6	71	23		42	34	.277	.339	.389	.728	129	209		8	21
4	SS	John Knight	19	88	346	325	28	66	12	1	3	29	4		9	68	.203	.227	.274	.501	57	89		1	11
5	3B	Lave Cross	39	147	630	587	69	156	29	5	0	77	8		26	12	.266	.299	.332	.631	98	195		2	15
6	OF	Topsy Hartsel*	31	150	674	538	88	148	22	8	0	28	37		121	65	.275	.409	.346	.755	138	186		1	14
7	OF	Socks Seybold	34	133	559	492	64	135	37	4	6	59	5		42	41	.274	.341	.402	.744	134	198		8	17
8	OF	Danny Hoffman*	25	120	511	459	66	120	10	10	1	35	46		33	105	.261	.312	.333	.646	103	153		1	18
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	SS	Monte Cross	35	79	301	252	28	67	17	2	0	24	8		19	40	.266	.332	.349	.681	114	88		6	24
10	OF	Bris Lord	21	66	264	238	38	57	14	0	0	13	3		14	44	.239	.285	.298	.583	83	71		1	11
11	C	Doc Powers	34	40	199	121	8	18	0	0	0	10	4		3	19	.149	.176	.149	.325	2	18		1	6
12	C	Harry Barton#	30	29	65	60	5	10	2	1	0	3	2		3	6	.167	.206	.233	.440	38	14		0	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
13	P	Eddie Plank*	29	41	136	126	12	29	3	0	0	5	0		7	17	.230	.276	.254	.530	67	32		1	2
14	P	Rube Waddell	28	46	126	116	4	20	3	1	0	10	0		4	34	.172	.200	.216	.416	31	25		0	6
15	P	Andy Coakley*	22	35	101	94	3	13	1	1	0	1	1		3	42	.138	.165	.170	.335	5	16		0	4
16	P	Chief Bender	21	38	97	92	11	20	3	2	0	14	3		3	19	.217	.242	.293	.536	68	27		0	2
17	P	Weldon Henley	24	25	69	65	4	11	3	0	0	2	1		1	21	.169	.194	.215	.409	29	14		1	2
18	P	Jimmy Dygert	20	6	15	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.267	.267	.267	.533	68	4		0	0
19	P	Joseph Myers	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	29.8	152	5789	5146	623	1310	256	51	24	511	190		376	641	.255	.310	.338	.648	104	1740		34	165
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	1	2	1	7	2		3		3	3	1	1	1	1		1		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.3	152	5243	4636	588	1213	243	47	24	477	185		358	504	.262	.319	.350	.669	110	1622		32	149
		Pitcher Totals	25.2	152	546	510	35	97	13	4	0	34	5		18	137	.190	.221	.231	.452	42	118		2	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

* - 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	Eddie Plank*	29	24	12	.667	2.26	41	41	0	35	4	0	346.2	287	113	87	3	75		210	24	0	9	1362	117	1.044	7.5	0.1	1.9	5.5	2.80
2	SP	Rube Waddell*	28	27	10	.730	1.48	46	34	11	27	7	0	328.2	231	86	54	5	90		287	10	2	10	1257	179	0.977	6.3	0.1	2.5	7.9	3.19
3	SP	Andy Coakley	22	18	8	.692	1.84	35	31	3	21	3	0	255.0	227	93	52	2	73		145	6	2	3	1024	145	1.176	8.0	0.1	2.6	5.1	1.99
4	SP	Chief Bender	21	18	11	.621	2.83	35	23	12	18	4	0	229.0	193	103	72	5	90		142	11	0	12	939	94	1.236	7.6	0.2	3.5	5.6	1.58
5	SP	Weldon Henley	24	4	11	.267	2.60	25	19	6	13	1	0	183.2	155	74	53	4	67		82	9	0	4	748	102	1.209	7.6	0.2	3.3	4.0	1.22
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		Jimmy Dygert	20	1	4	.200	4.33	6	3	3	2	0	0	35.1	41	20	17	2	11		24	2	0	2	154	62	1.472	10.4	0.5	2.8	6.1	2.18
7		Joseph Myers	23	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	2	0	3		5	1	0	0	21	82	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	9.0	1.67
		Team Totals	25.2	92	56	.622	2.19	152	152	35	117	19	0	1383.1	1137	492	337	21	409		895	63	4	40	5505	121	1.118	7.4	0.1	2.7	5.8	2.19
		Rank in 8 AL teams		1	8		2				7	1	6	3	1	2	2	5	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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Harry Barton	30	18		76	56	16	4	0	.947	4.00	4		10	10	50%	45%		C-3B-1B-OF
Chief Bender	21	35		94	14	77	3	2	.968	2.60								P
Andy Coakley	22	35		91	11	72	8	2	.912	2.37								P
Lave Cross	39	147		447	163	252	32	6	.928	2.82								3B
Monte Cross	35	79		389	163	198	28	22	.928	4.57								SS-2B
Harry Davis	31	150		1563	1447	92	24	43	.985	10.26								1B
Jimmy Dygert	20	6		20	1	18	1	1	.950	3.17								P
Topsy Hartsel	31	149		278	255	6	17	1	.939	1.75								OF
Weldon Henley	24	25		93	10	77	6	1	.935	3.48								P
Danny Hoffman	25	118		242	216	12	14	4	.942	1.93								OF
John Knight	19	83		374	145	189	40	9	.893	4.02								SS-3B
Bris Lord	21	61		107	94	9	4	3	.963	1.69								OF
Danny Murphy	28	151		712	290	390	32	29	.955	4.50								2B
Joseph Myers	23	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00								P
Eddie Plank	29	41		112	24	82	6	0	.946	2.59								P
Doc Powers	34	40		263	202	49	12	4	.954	6.28	8		32	34	52%	45%		C
Ossee Schrecongost	30	116		930	800	115	15	11	.984	7.89	9		102	80	44%	45%		C-1B
Socks Seybold	34	133		232	215	13	4	5	.983	1.71								OF
Rube Waddell	28	46		117	13	89	15	3	.872	2.22								P
Team Totals	29.6	152		6141	4119	1757	265	146	.957	4.10	21		144	124	46%	45%
Rank in 8 AL teams							6	8	3
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Harry Barton#	30	29	65	-4	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.483	.497	-0.1	-0.0	-1			2/35O
Chief Bender	21	38	97	-4	0	0	0	7	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.511	.503	0.4	-0.0	7		Free Agency	1
Andy Coakley*	22	35	101	-11	-0	0	0	7	-4	-0.4	4	0	-0.4	.488	.497	-0.4	-0.0	0			1
Lave Cross	39	147	630	0	-1	0	-2	5	3	0.2	22	25	2.7	.502	.502	2.9	0.3	27		Jumped Lgs	*5
Monte Cross	35	79	301	4	-0	0	-2	5	6	0.7	11	17	1.9	.510	.505	2.2	0.3	19		Jumped Lgs	6/4
Harry Davis	31	150	657	24	2	0	9	-5	30	3.4	22	52	5.9	.524	.522	4.8	0.4	43			*3
Jimmy Dygert	20	6	15	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.1	0.0	1		Purchased	/1
Topsy Hartsel*	31	150	674	28	-0	0	-2	-8	18	2.0	22	40	4.5	.514	.513	4.7	-1.2	42		Jumped Lgs	*O
Weldon Henley	24	25	69	-6	-0	0	0	5	-0	-0.1	2	2	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	2			1
Danny Hoffman*	25	120	511	-2	6	0	-3	-4	-2	-0.3	18	16	1.7	.498	.498	2.0	-0.8	19			*O
John Knight	19	88	346	-16	-0	0	-8	5	-19	-2.3	12	-7	-0.9	.474	.486	-0.0	-0.3	1		Amateur Free Agent	6/5
Bris Lord	21	66	264	-5	-0	0	-2	-2	-10	-1.2	9	-0	-0.1	.483	.493	0.1	-0.5	2			O
Danny Murphy	28	151	608	18	-0	0	7	0	25	2.8	22	47	5.3	.520	.518	4.4	0.8	40		Purchased	*4
Joseph Myers	23	1	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.471	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0			/1
Eddie Plank*	29	41	136	-4	0	0	0	10	6	0.7	5	11	0.7	.517	.504	0.7	-0.0	11		Free Agency	1
Doc Powers	34	40	131	-13	0	0	-2	2	-13	-1.5	5	-8	-1.0	.462	.491	-0.8	0.0	-6		Loaned--Return	2
Ossee Schrecongost	30	123	429	-2	-1	0	4	7	8	0.9	15	24	2.6	.508	.506	2.1	1.3	20		Free Agency	*2/3
Socks Seybold	34	133	559	19	-0	0	8	-7	20	2.3	20	40	4.5	.518	.514	3.5	0.1	32			*O
Rube Waddell	28	46	126	-10	0	0	0	9	-0	-0.0	5	4	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	-0.0	4		Jumped Lgs	1
Team Total	29.8	1468	5721	16	5	0	6	41	68	7.1	201	268	27.3	.505	.503	26.4	0.3	262
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Chief Bender	21	229.0	35	23	103	4.05	3.63	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.59	-10	-1.2	1.0	-0.2	0.9	7	.466	.493		Free Agency
Andy Coakley	22	255.0	35	31	93	3.28	3.63	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.59	10	1.3	1.0	-0.2	3.6	29	.536	.508
Jimmy Dygert	20	35.1	6	3	20	5.09	3.63	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.58	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.397	.496		Purchased
Weldon Henley	24	183.2	25	19	74	3.63	3.63	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.58	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.7	14	.502	.500
Joseph Myers	23	5.0	1	1	3	5.40	3.63	0.03	0.00	100.0	3.59	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.395	.499
Eddie Plank*	29	346.2	41	41	113	2.93	3.63	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.59	27	3.5		-0.2	6.6	53	.585	.521		Free Agency
Rube Waddell*	28	328.2	46	34	86	2.35	3.63	0.03	0.00	100.0	3.59	47	6.2	1.0	-0.2	9.2	72	.634	.538		Jumped Lgs
Team Total	25.2	1383.1	189	152	492	3.20	3.63	0.04	0.00	100.0	3.59	68	9.0	1.0	-1.0	21.7	172	.548	.508
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1904 / 1906 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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