1908 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

68-85, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (68-85)
Scored 486 runs, Allowed 562 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-87

Ballparks: Columbia Park · Attendance: 455,062 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 109

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1907 / 1909 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	68-85, Final Rank:6, GB: 22.0
Days in First	7	last on Saturday, Jun 6, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	10	last on Jun 6, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Tuesday, May 5, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	22	last on Wednesday, Oct 7, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	7	last on Monday, May 18
Most Games under .500	18	last on Wednesday, Oct 7
Longest Winning Streak	7	Friday, Jun 26 to Saturday, Jul 4
Longest Losing Streak	10	Sunday, Sep 20 to Wednesday, Sep 30
Most Runs Allowed	21	Friday, Jul 17
Most Runs Scored	12	Monday, May 18
Times Shutout by Opponent	16
Times Opponent Shutout	23

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	68	85	486	562	.444
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	46	30	294	272	.605
Road	22	55	192	290	.286
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	8	7	49	45	.533
May	12	11	70	71	.522
June	11	13	87	89	.458
July	13	15	87	112	.464
August	14	11	95	86	.560
September	7	23	76	118	.233
October	3	5	22	41	.375

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	38	38	252	249	.500
Second Half	30	47	234	313	.390
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	25	40	161	176	.385
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	16	21	141	213	.432

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BOS	12	10	67	91	.545
CHW	9	13	60	79	.409
CLE	6	16	61	92	.273
DET	8	14	76	99	.364
NYY	14	8	92	69	.636
SLB	8	13	54	77	.381
WSH	11	11	76	55	.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	Tuesday, Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	L	0	1		0-1	5	1.0							`-`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	L	1	2		0-2	6	2.0							`--`
3	3	Friday, Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	W	8	2		1-2	4	2.0							`+`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 18	PHA	@	BOS	W	4	2		2-2	3	1.0							`++`
5	5	Monday, Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	8		2-3	6	2.5							`-`
6	6	Monday, Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	L	3	5		2-4	6	2.5							`--`
7	7	Tuesday, Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W	4	0		3-4	5	2.5							`+`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 22	PHA		NYY	W	3	2		4-4	4	2.0							`++`
9	9	Thursday, Apr 23	PHA		NYY	L	3	5		4-5	5	2.5							`-`
10	10	Friday, Apr 24	PHA		NYY	W	3	2		5-5	5	2.0							`+`
11	11	Saturday, Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W	9	5		6-5	3	1.0							`++`
12	12	Monday, Apr 27	PHA		WSH	W	2	1		7-5	2	0.5							`+++`
13	13	Tuesday, Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L	4	6		7-6	4	1.5						3,138	`-`
14	14	Wednesday, Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W	3	2		8-6	3	1.0						4,473	`+`
15	15	Thursday, Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L	1	2		8-7	4	1.0						2,000	`-`
16	16	Friday, May 1	PHA		BOS	W	5	4		9-7	4	1.0							`+`
17	17	Saturday, May 2	PHA		BOS	W	2	0		10-7	2	0.5							`++`
18	18	Monday, May 4	PHA		BOS	W	3	2		11-7	1	Tied							`+++`
19	19	Tuesday, May 5	PHA		BOS	W	5	2		12-7	1	up 0.5							`++++`
20	20	Friday, May 8	PHA	@	WSH	L	2	3		12-8	1	Tied							`-`
21	21	Saturday, May 9	PHA	@	WSH	L	2	6		12-9	2	1.0							`--`
22	22	Monday, May 11	PHA	@	WSH	W	7	2		13-9	2	1.0							`+`
23	23	Tuesday, May 12	PHA		CHW	W	8	3		14-9	1	Tied							`++`
24	24	Wednesday, May 13	PHA		CHW	L	1	2		14-10	2	1.0							`-`
25	25	Thursday, May 14	PHA		CHW	W	1	0		15-10	2	1.0							`+`
26	26	Saturday, May 16	PHA		SLB	W	1	0		16-10	2	1.0							`++`
27	27	Monday, May 18	PHA		SLB	W	12	10		17-10	1	Tied							`+++`
28	28	Tuesday, May 19	PHA		SLB	L	2	5		17-11	2	1.0							`-`
29	29	Wednesday, May 20	PHA		SLB	L	1	3		17-12	2	1.5							`--`
30	30	Thursday, May 21	PHA		CLE	W	1	0		18-12	2	0.5							`+`
31	31	Friday, May 22	PHA		CLE	L	0	1		18-13	2	1.0							`-`
32	32	Saturday, May 23	PHA		CLE	L	2	4		18-14	3	2.0							`--`
33	33	Monday, May 25	PHA		CLE	L	2	3		18-15	3	2.0							`---`
34	34	Tuesday, May 26	PHA		DET	L	0	1		18-16	3	2.0							`----`
35	35	Wednesday, May 27	PHA		DET	W	5	4		19-16	3	1.0							`+`
36	36	Thursday, May 28	PHA		DET	L	2	10		19-17	3	1.0							`-`
37	37	Friday, May 29	PHA	@	NYY	L	5	6		19-18	2	1.0							`--`
38	38	Friday, May 29	PHA	@	NYY	W	1	0		20-18	2	1.0							`+`
39	39	Monday, Jun 1	PHA		WSH	W	6	1		21-18	2	1.0							`++`
40	40	Tuesday, Jun 2	PHA		WSH	L	2	5		21-19	3	1.0							`-`
41	41	Wednesday, Jun 3	PHA		WSH	W	11	5		22-19	1	Tied							`+`
42	42	Saturday, Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	W	2	0		23-19	1	Tied							`++`
43	43	Sunday, Jun 7	PHA	@	SLB	L	0	1		23-20	2	0.5							`-`
44	44	Monday, Jun 8	PHA	@	SLB	L	0	10		23-21	4	0.5							`--`
45	45	Tuesday, Jun 9	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	10		23-22	5	1.5							`---`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 10	PHA	@	CHW	L	2	3		23-23	5	2.5							`----`
47	47	Thursday, Jun 11	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	7		23-24	6	3.5							`-----`
48	48	Friday, Jun 12	PHA	@	CHW	L	1	5		23-25	6	4.5							`------`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	L	1	2		23-26	6	5.5							`-------`
50	50	Sunday, Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	W	5	3		24-26	5	5.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Tuesday, Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L	3	7		24-27	5	7.0							`-`
52	52	Wednesday, Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	L	3	4		24-28	6	7.0							`--`
53	53	Thursday, Jun 18	PHA	@	CLE	L	2	3		24-29	6	8.0							`---`
54	54	Saturday, Jun 20	PHA	@	CLE	L	2	4		24-30	5	9.5							`----`
55	55	Monday, Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W	9	2		25-30	5	9.0							`+`
56	56	Tuesday, Jun 23	PHA		NYY	W	9	6		26-30	5	8.0							`++`
57	57	Wednesday, Jun 24	PHA		NYY	T	6	6		26-30	5	7.5							`++`
58	58	Thursday, Jun 25	PHA		NYY	W	3	0		27-30	5	8.0							`+++`
59	59	Thursday, Jun 25	PHA		NYY	L	1	2		27-31	5	8.0							`-`
60	60	Friday, Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W	6	2		28-31	5	8.0							`+`
61	61	Saturday, Jun 27	PHA		WSH	W	6	0		29-31	5	7.0							`++`
62	62	Monday, Jun 29	PHA		WSH	W	4	0		30-31	5	7.0							`+++`
63	63	Tuesday, Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W	3	1		31-31	5	6.0							`++++`
64	64	Wednesday, Jul 1	PHA		WSH	W	2	0		32-31	5	5.5							`+++++`
65	65	Thursday, Jul 2	PHA		BOS	W	4	1		33-31	5	4.5							`++++++`
66	66	Saturday, Jul 4	PHA		BOS	W	5	0		34-31	5	4.5							`+++++++`
67	67	Saturday, Jul 4	PHA		BOS	L	3	4		34-32	5	4.5							`-`
68	68	Monday, Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W	6	5		35-32	5	4.5							`+`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 7	PHA		SLB	L	2	3		35-33	5	5.5							`-`
70	70	Wednesday, Jul 8	PHA		SLB	W	2	0		36-33	5	4.5							`+`
71	71	Thursday, Jul 9	PHA		SLB	L	3	5		36-34	5	5.5							`-`
72	72	Friday, Jul 10	PHA		SLB	L	0	6		36-35	5	6.5							`--`
73	73	Saturday, Jul 11	PHA		CHW	L	4	5		36-36	5	6.5							`---`
74	74	Monday, Jul 13	PHA		CHW	W	5	1		37-36	5	7.5							`+`
75	75	Monday, Jul 13	PHA		CHW	L	2	9		37-37	5	7.5							`-`
76	76	Wednesday, Jul 15	PHA		CHW	L	1	3		37-38	5	7.5							`--`
77	77	Wednesday, Jul 15	PHA		CHW	W	7	2		38-38	5	7.5							`+`
78	78	Thursday, Jul 16	PHA		DET	W	5	3		39-38	5	6.5							`++`
79	79	Friday, Jul 17	PHA		DET	L	2	21		39-39	5	7.5							`-`
80	80	Saturday, Jul 18	PHA		DET	W	11	5		40-39	5	6.5							`+`
81	81	Monday, Jul 20	PHA		DET	L	1	4		40-40	5	7.5							`-`
82	82	Tuesday, Jul 21	PHA		CLE	W	4	2		41-40	5	7.5							`+`
83	83	Wednesday, Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L	3	4		41-41	5	8.5							`-`
84	84	Thursday, Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W	1	0		42-41	5	8.5							`+`
85	85	Saturday, Jul 25	PHA	@	CHW	L	2	12		42-42	5	10.0							`-`
86	86	Sunday, Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	L	1	2		42-43	5	11.0							`--`
87	87	Monday, Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W	2	1		43-43	5	11.0							`+`
88	88	Tuesday, Jul 28	PHA	@	CHW	W	2	0		44-43	5	10.5							`++`
89	89	Wednesday, Jul 29	PHA	@	SLB	L	4	5		44-44	5	11.0							`-`
90	90	Thursday, Jul 30	PHA	@	SLB	L	1	5		44-45	5	12.0							`--`
91	91	Friday, Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	L	2	4		44-46	5	12.0							`---`
92	92	Saturday, Aug 1	PHA	@	SLB	W	4	3		45-46	5	12.0							`+`
93	93	Sunday, Aug 2	PHA	@	SLB	L	5	6		45-47	5	12.0							`-`
94	94	Tuesday, Aug 4	PHA	@	DET	L	3	4		45-48	5	13.0							`--`
95	95	Wednesday, Aug 5	PHA	@	DET	L	3	5		45-49	5	14.0							`---`
96	96	Friday, Aug 7	PHA	@	DET	W	3	0		46-49	5	13.0							`+`
97	97	Saturday, Aug 8	PHA	@	CLE	L	1	5		46-50	5	14.0							`-`
98	98	Monday, Aug 10	PHA	@	CLE	L	0	2		46-51	5	14.5							`--`
99	99	Monday, Aug 10	PHA	@	CLE	T	3	3		46-51	5	14.5							`--`
100	100	Tuesday, Aug 11	PHA	@	CLE	W	6	1		47-51	5	14.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Tuesday, Aug 11	PHA	@	CLE	L	4	6		47-52	5	14.0							`-`
102	102	Wednesday, Aug 12	PHA	@	CLE	L	3	4		47-53	6	14.5							`--`
103	103	Friday, Aug 14	PHA		SLB	W	3	2		48-53	5	14.5							`+`
104	104	Saturday, Aug 15	PHA		SLB	W	1	0		49-53	5	13.5							`++`
105	105	Monday, Aug 17	PHA		SLB	T	2	2		49-53	5	14.0							`++`
106	106	Tuesday, Aug 18	PHA		CHW	W	7	2		50-53	5	14.0							`+++`
107	107	Wednesday, Aug 19	PHA		CHW	W	6	5		51-53	5	13.0							`++++`
108	108	Thursday, Aug 20	PHA		CHW	W	6	1		52-53	5	12.0							`+++++`
109	109	Friday, Aug 21	PHA		CLE	W	8	7		53-53	5	11.0							`++++++`
110	110	Saturday, Aug 22	PHA		CLE	L	1	9		53-54	5	12.0							`-`
111	111	Monday, Aug 24	PHA		CLE	L	2	9		53-55	5	13.0							`--`
112	112	Tuesday, Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L	2	3		53-56	5	13.5							`---`
113	113	Friday, Aug 28	PHA		DET	L	0	1		53-57	5	13.5							`----`
114	114	Friday, Aug 28	PHA		DET	W	11	2		54-57	5	13.5							`+`
115	115	Saturday, Aug 29	PHA		DET	W	4	0		55-57	5	11.5							`++`
116	116	Saturday, Aug 29	PHA		DET	W	4	3		56-57	5	11.5							`+++`
117	117	Monday, Aug 31	PHA	@	NYY	W	1	0		57-57	5	9.5							`++++`
118	118	Monday, Aug 31	PHA	@	NYY	W	2	1		58-57	5	9.5							`+++++`
119	119	Tuesday, Sep 1	PHA	@	NYY	L	3	4		58-58	5	9.0							`-`
120	120	Tuesday, Sep 1	PHA	@	NYY	W	4	0		59-58	5	9.0							`+`
121	121	Wednesday, Sep 2	PHA	@	NYY	W	5	2		60-58	5	9.0							`++`
122	122	Thursday, Sep 3	PHA	@	NYY	L	1	2		60-59	5	10.0							`-`
123	123	Friday, Sep 4	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	7		60-60	5	10.5							`--`
124	124	Friday, Sep 4	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	10		60-61	5	10.5							`---`
125	125	Saturday, Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	W	3	2		61-61	5	9.5							`+`
126	126	Monday, Sep 7	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	6		61-62	5	12.0							`-`
127	127	Monday, Sep 7	PHA	@	BOS	L	2	3		61-63	5	12.0							`--`
128	128	Tuesday, Sep 8	PHA		NYY	W	6	5		62-63	5	11.0							`+`
129	129	Wednesday, Sep 9	PHA		NYY	L	6	9		62-64	5	12.0							`-`
130	130	Friday, Sep 11	PHA	@	WSH	L	1	2		62-65	5	12.0							`--`
131	131	Friday, Sep 11	PHA	@	WSH	W	7	0		63-65	5	12.0							`+`
132	132	Saturday, Sep 12	PHA	@	WSH	L	4	5		63-66	5	12.0							`-`
133	133	Monday, Sep 14	PHA	@	WSH	L	1	2		63-67	5	11.0							`--`
134	134	Monday, Sep 14	PHA	@	WSH	W	5	0		64-67	5	11.0							`+`
135	135	Tuesday, Sep 15	PHA	@	WSH	L	1	6		64-68	5	12.0							`-`
136	136	Friday, Sep 18	PHA	@	SLB	L	1	2		64-69	5	13.5							`--`
137	137	Friday, Sep 18	PHA	@	SLB	L	4	5		64-70	5	13.5							`---`
138	138	Saturday, Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	W	2	0		65-70	5	12.5							`+`
139	139	Sunday, Sep 20	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	1		65-71	5	13.5							`-`
140	140	Monday, Sep 21	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	2		65-72	6	14.0							`--`
141	141	Wednesday, Sep 23	PHA	@	CHW	L	2	3		65-73	6	15.5							`---`
142	142	Thursday, Sep 24	PHA	@	DET	T	4	4		65-73	6	15.0							`---`
143	143	Friday, Sep 25	PHA	@	DET	L	2	7		65-74	6	15.5							`----`
144	144	Friday, Sep 25	PHA	@	DET	L	0	1		65-75	6	15.5							`-----`
145	145	Saturday, Sep 26	PHA	@	DET	L	2	3		65-76	6	16.5							`------`
146	146	Sunday, Sep 27	PHA	@	DET	L	2	5		65-77	6	17.0							`-------`
147	147	Tuesday, Sep 29	PHA	@	CLE	L	4	5		65-78	6	19.5							`--------`
148	148	Tuesday, Sep 29	PHA	@	CLE	L	0	9		65-79	6	19.5							`---------`
149	149	Wednesday, Sep 30	PHA	@	CLE	L	1	6		65-80	6	20.5							`----------`
150	150	Thursday, Oct 1	PHA		BOS	W	5	2		66-80	6	20.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Friday, Oct 2	PHA		BOS	L	1	8		66-81	6	21.0							`-`
152	152	Saturday, Oct 3	PHA		BOS	W	8	7		67-81	6	21.5							`+`
153	153	Saturday, Oct 3	PHA		BOS	L	0	5		67-82	6	21.5							`-`
154	154	Monday, Oct 5	PHA	@	WSH	L	0	3		67-83	6	21.0							`--`
155	155	Tuesday, Oct 6	PHA	@	WSH	L	2	3		67-84	6	22.0							`---`
156	156	Wednesday, Oct 7	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	10		67-85	6	22.0							`----`
157	157	Wednesday, Oct 7	PHA	@	BOS	W	5	3		68-85	6	22.0							`+`
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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