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1908 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 107, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 109


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1907 / 1909 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 33 71 220 207 16 46 7 1 0 16 1 6 12 .222 .248 .266 .513 62 55 1 6
2 1B Harry Davis 34 147 599 513 65 127 23 9 5 62 20 61 56 .248 .332 .357 .689 117 183 4 21
3 2B Eddie Collins* 21 102 364 330 39 90 18 7 1 40 8 16 30 .273 .312 .379 .691 118 125 3 15
4 SS Simon Nicholls* 25 150 617 550 58 119 17 3 4 31 14 35 47 .216 .265 .280 .545 72 154 1 31
5 3B Jimmy Collins 38 115 470 433 34 94 14 3 0 30 5 20 23 .217 .258 .263 .521 65 114 4 13
6 OF Topsy Hartsel* 34 129 561 460 73 112 16 6 4 29 15 93 55 .243 .371 .330 .701 122 152 0 8
7 OF Rube Oldring 24 116 480 434 38 96 14 2 1 39 13 18 50 .221 .267 .270 .536 69 117 9 19
8 OF Danny Murphy 31 142 582 525 51 139 28 7 4 66 16 32 37 .265 .309 .368 .677 113 193 2 23
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 Jack Coombs# 25 78 239 220 24 56 9 5 1 23 6 9 34 .255 .287 .355 .642 102 78 1 9
10 C Doc Powers 37 62 186 172 8 31 6 1 0 7 1 5 35 .180 .217 .227 .443 40 39 3 6
11 MI Jack Barry 21 40 150 135 13 30 4 3 0 8 5 10 11 .222 .291 .296 .587 85 40 3 2
12 OF Socks Seybold 37 48 146 130 5 28 2 0 0 3 2 12 16 .215 .287 .231 .517 64 30 1 3
13 C Syd Smith 24 46 137 128 8 26 8 0 1 10 0 4 10 .203 .233 .289 .522 65 37 1 4
14 3B Frank Manush 24 23 82 77 6 12 2 1 0 0 2 2 12 .156 .188 .208 .395 25 16 1 2
15 OF Herbie Moran* 24 19 68 59 4 9 0 0 0 4 1 6 8 .153 .242 .153 .395 25 9 1 2
16 UT Scotty Barr 21 19 61 56 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 10 .143 .200 .179 .379 20 10 1 1
17 C Jack Lapp* 23 13 42 35 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 8 .143 .268 .200 .468 48 7 1 1
18 OF Amos Strunk* 19 12 40 34 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 .235 .316 .265 .580 84 9 0 2
19 3B Home Run Baker* 22 9 33 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 .290 .290 .387 .677 113 12 0 2
20 OF Shag Shaughnessy 25 8 33 29 2 9 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 .310 .355 .310 .665 110 9 0 2
21 OF Jack Fox 23 9 31 30 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 .200 .200 .200 .400 26 6 0 1
22 OF Shoeless Joe Jackson* 20 5 23 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 .130 .130 .130 .261 -18 3 0 0
23 C Bert Blue 30 6 18 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 5 3 0 0
24 C Ben Egan 24 2 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619 95 2 0 0
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
25 P Rube Vickers* 30 53 120 106 4 17 3 0 0 4 0 10 23 .160 .233 .189 .421 33 20 0 4
26 P Eddie Plank* 32 36 92 89 4 16 4 0 0 4 1 2 11 .180 .198 .225 .423 33 20 0 1
27 P Jimmy Dygert 23 41 81 75 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 23 .080 .092 .080 .172 -46 6 0 5
28 P Chief Bender 24 20 61 50 5 11 1 0 0 2 1 10 13 .220 .350 .240 .590 87 12 0 1
29 P Biff Schlitzer 23 24 48 46 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 .196 .213 .196 .408 29 9 0 1
30 P Nick Carter* 29 14 20 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -37 2 0 0
31 P Jack Flater 24 5 16 15 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 .133 .133 .267 .400 26 4 0 1
32 P Al Kellogg? 21 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -21 1 0 0
33 P Harry Krause# 19 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Gus Salve* 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Bert Maxwell# 21 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
36 P Eddie Files 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
37 P Doc Martin 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.1 157 5656 5065 487 1131 183 50 21 392 116 368 595 .223 .281 .292 .572 81 1477 37 186
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 7 3 6 1 8 1 2 5 8 8 6 7 6 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 Vickers 30 18 19 .486 2.21 53 34 17 21 6 1 317.0 264 114 78 0 71 156 11 0 6 1226 116 1.057 7.5 0.0 2.0 4.4 2.20
2 SP Eddie Plank* 32 14 16 .467 2.17 34 28 5 21 4 1 244.2 202 71 59 1 46 135 9 0 7 956 118 1.014 7.4 0.0 1.7 5.0 2.93
3 SP Jimmy Dygert 23 11 15 .423 2.87 41 28 9 15 5 1 238.2 184 95 76 3 97 164 11 1 5 944 89 1.177 6.9 0.1 3.7 6.2 1.69
4 SP Jack Coombs 25 7 5 .583 2.00 26 18 6 10 4 0 153.0 130 63 34 1 64 80 3 0 5 624 128 1.268 7.6 0.1 3.8 4.7 1.25
5 SP Chief Bender 24 8 9 .471 1.75 18 17 1 14 2 1 138.2 121 48 27 1 21 85 3 2 2 537 146 1.024 7.9 0.1 1.4 5.5 4.05
6 SP Biff Schlitzer 23 6 8 .429 3.16 24 18 3 11 2 0 131.0 110 56 46 1 45 57 2 0 4 518 81 1.183 7.6 0.1 3.1 3.9 1.27
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
7 RP Nick Carter 29 2 5 .286 2.97 14 4 6 2 0 0 60.2 58 26 20 1 17 17 2 0 2 234 87 1.236 8.6 0.1 2.5 2.5 1.00
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
8 Jack Flater 24 1 3 .250 2.06 5 3 2 3 0 0 39.1 35 15 9 0 12 8 2 0 1 153 126 1.195 8.0 0.0 2.7 1.8 0.67
9 Harry Krause* 19 1 1 .500 2.57 4 2 1 2 0 0 21.0 20 11 6 0 4 10 3 0 2 88 102 1.143 8.6 0.0 1.7 4.3 2.50
10 Al Kellogg* 21 0 2 .000 5.82 3 3 0 2 0 0 17.0 20 19 11 1 9 8 1 0 4 78 45 1.706 10.6 0.5 4.8 4.2 0.89
11 Gus Salve* 22 0 1 .000 4.11 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.1 17 7 7 1 9 6 1 0 1 74 65 1.696 10.0 0.6 5.3 3.5 0.67
12 Bert Maxwell 21 0 0 11.08 4 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 23 21 16 0 9 7 2 0 0 77 24 2.462 15.9 0.0 6.2 4.8 0.78
13 Eddie Files 25 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 8 7 6 0 3 6 2 0 2 33 45 1.222 8.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
14 Doc Martin 20 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 11 25 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
Team Totals 26.7 68 85 .444 2.56 157 157 55 102 23 4 1400.1 1194 557 398 10 410 741 53 3 41 5553 100 1.145 7.7 0.1 2.6 4.8 1.81
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 2 7 6 1 7 3 4 7 7 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
Home Run Baker 22 9 34 12 22 0 0 1.000 3.78 3B
Scotty Barr 21 19 60 28 27 5 1 .917 2.89 2B-3B-OF-1B
Jack Barry 21 37 150 54 86 10 3 .933 3.78 2B-SS-3B
Chief Bender 24 19 59 25 31 3 1 .949 2.95 P-1B
Bert Blue 30 6 40 32 8 0 0 1.000 6.67 3 8 6 43% C
Nick Carter 29 14 30 7 22 1 1 .967 2.07 P
Eddie Collins 21 85 397 184 188 25 12 .937 4.38 2B-SS-OF
Jimmy Collins 38 115 359 117 216 26 14 .928 2.90 3B
Jack Coombs 25 74 157 105 48 4 4 .975 2.07 P-OF-1B
Harry Davis 34 147 1518 1410 86 22 44 .986 10.18 1B
Jimmy Dygert 23 41 89 8 79 2 0 .978 2.12 P
Ben Egan 24 2 15 11 3 1 0 .933 7.00 0 3 2 40% C
Eddie Files 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Jack Flater 24 5 28 6 19 3 2 .893 5.00 P
Jack Fox 23 8 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.50 OF
Topsy Hartsel 34 129 226 211 6 9 2 .960 1.68 OF
Shoeless Joe Jackson 20 5 8 6 1 1 0 .875 1.40 OF
Al Kellogg 21 3 10 0 8 2 0 .800 2.67 P
Harry Krause 19 4 6 3 1 2 0 .667 1.00 P
Jack Lapp 23 13 75 55 16 4 0 .947 5.46 8 18 11 38% C
Frank Manush 24 22 63 28 29 6 3 .905 2.59 3B-2B
Doc Martin 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bert Maxwell 21 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Herbie Moran 24 19 42 39 1 2 0 .952 2.11 OF
Danny Murphy 31 142 499 308 173 18 18 .964 3.39 OF-2B-1B
Simon Nicholls 25 150 777 280 434 63 33 .919 4.76 SS-2B-3B
Rube Oldring 24 116 271 246 9 16 3 .941 2.20 OF
Eddie Plank 32 34 64 17 45 2 1 .969 1.82 P
Doc Powers 37 62 398 309 76 13 3 .967 6.21 3 77 51 40% C-1B
Gus Salve 22 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Biff Schlitzer 23 24 33 2 30 1 0 .970 1.33 P
Ossee Schrecongost 33 66 455 354 91 10 4 .978 6.74 6 91 63 41% C-1B
Socks Seybold 37 34 38 32 3 3 0 .921 1.03 OF
Shag Shaughnessy 25 8 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 OF
Syd Smith 24 38 265 215 43 7 6 .974 6.79 0 45 27 38% C-1B-OF
Amos Strunk 19 11 31 27 1 3 1 .903 2.55 OF
Rube Vickers 30 53 100 10 83 7 0 .930 1.75 P
Team Totals 28.9 157 6330 4168 1890 272 156 .957 3.98 20 242 160 40%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 8 5
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
Home Run Baker* 22 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Unknown /5
Scotty Barr 21 61 -5 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.4 0.0 $ 4/53O
Jack Barry 21 150 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 5 2 0.2 4 0.5 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 46/5
Chief Bender 24 61 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.5 4 0.5 0.0 $ Free Agency 1/3
Bert Blue 30 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded /2
Nick Carter* 29 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Eddie Collins* 21 364 5 0 0 0 -7 1 12 11 1.2 18 2.2 -1.0 $ Free Agency 46O
Jimmy Collins 38 470 -16 -2 0 0 -3 4 15 -2 -0.6 1 0.1 -0.7 $8,500 Traded *5
Jack Coombs# 25 239 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 11 1.1 8 1.0 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent O1/3
Harry Davis 34 599 9 0 0 0 1 -5 19 24 2.7 23 2.8 -0.1 $ *3
Jimmy Dygert 23 81 -11 0 0 0 0 3 3 -5 -0.8 -5 -0.6 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Ben Egan 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Eddie Files 25 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Jack Flater 24 16 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Jack Fox 23 31 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /O
Topsy Hartsel* 34 561 13 0 0 0 -2 -7 17 21 2.5 23 2.8 -0.3 $ Jumped Lgs *O
Shoeless Joe Jackson* 20 23 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased /O
Al Kellogg? 21 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Harry Krause# 19 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Jack Lapp* 23 42 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 2
Frank Manush 24 82 -6 0 0 0 -3 1 3 -5 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $ 5/4
Doc Martin 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Bert Maxwell# 21 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Herbie Moran* 24 68 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.4 0.0 $ O
Danny Murphy 31 582 5 -1 0 0 1 -4 19 20 2.1 19 2.3 -0.2 $ Purchased O4/3
Simon Nicholls* 25 617 -16 0 0 0 -13 8 20 -1 -0.5 12 1.5 -2.0 $ Purchased *64/5
Rube Oldring 24 480 -14 -1 0 0 -2 -4 15 -6 -0.9 -4 -0.5 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft *O
Eddie Plank* 32 92 -6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Free Agency 1
Doc Powers 37 186 -11 -1 0 0 0 4 6 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ Loaned--Return 2/3
Gus Salve* 22 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Biff Schlitzer 23 48 -3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Ossee Schrecongost 33 220 -8 -1 0 0 0 4 7 2 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Free Agency 2/3
Socks Seybold 37 146 -5 -1 0 0 -4 -2 5 -7 -0.9 -3 -0.4 -0.5 $ O
Shag Shaughnessy 25 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /O
Syd Smith 24 137 -5 -1 0 0 2 2 4 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 2/3O
Amos Strunk* 19 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
Rube Vickers* 30 120 -7 -1 0 0 0 4 4 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 1
Team Total 29.1 5656 -105 -9 0 0 -30 19 182 57 3.0 87 10.7 -7.7 $8,500
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
Chief Bender 24 138.2 17 48 61 -2 1.0 13 2.2 $ Free Agency
Nick Carter 29 60.2 5 26 26 -1 1.0 0 0.4 $
Jack Coombs 25 153.0 18 63 67 -2 1.0 4 1.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jimmy Dygert 23 238.2 27 95 104 -4 1.0 9 2.4 $ Purchased
Eddie Files 25 9.0 0 7 4 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Jack Flater 24 39.1 3 15 17 -1 1.0 2 0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Al Kellogg* 21 17.0 3 19 7 0 1.0 -12 -1.3 $
Harry Krause* 19 21.0 2 11 9 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Doc Martin 20 2.0 1 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $
Bert Maxwell 21 13.0 0 21 6 0 1.0 -15 -1.7 $
Eddie Plank* 32 244.2 28 77 107 -4 1.0 30 4.8 $ Free Agency
Gus Salve* 22 15.1 1 7 7 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Biff Schlitzer 23 131.0 18 56 57 -2 1.0 1 0.9 $ Purchased
Rube Vickers 30 317.0 34 114 138 -5 1.0 24 4.6 $
Team Total 26.7 1400.1 157 563 611 -21 1.0 48 13.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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