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1908 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909)
68-85, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 486 runs, Allowed 562 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-87
Manager: Connie Mack (68-85)
Ballpark: Columbia Park (ballparks.com)
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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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 Schreckengost 33 71 220 207 16 46 7 1 0 16 1 6 .222 .248 .266 .513 62 55 1 6
2 1B Harry Davis 34 147 599 513 65 127 23 9 5 62 20 61 .248 .332 .357 .689 117 183 4 21
3 2B Eddie Collins* 21 102 364 330 39 90 18 7 1 40 8 16 .273 .312 .379 .691 118 125 3 15
4 SS Simon Nicholls* 25 150 617 550 58 119 17 3 4 31 14 35 .216 .265 .280 .545 72 154 1 31
5 3B Jimmy Collins 38 115 470 433 34 94 14 3 0 30 5 20 .217 .258 .263 .521 65 114 4 13
6 OF Topsy Hartsel* 34 129 561 460 73 112 16 6 4 29 15 93 .243 .371 .330 .701 122 152 0 8
7 OF Rube Oldring 24 116 480 434 38 96 14 2 1 39 13 18 .221 .267 .270 .536 69 117 9 19
8 OF Danny Murphy 31 142 582 525 51 139 28 7 4 66 16 32 .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 .255 .287 .355 .642 102 78 1 9
10 C Doc Powers 37 62 186 172 8 31 6 1 0 7 1 5 .180 .217 .227 .443 40 39 3 6
11 MI Jack Barry 21 40 150 135 13 30 4 3 0 8 5 10 .222 .291 .296 .587 85 40 3 2
12 OF Socks Seybold 37 48 146 130 5 28 2 0 0 3 2 12 .215 .287 .231 .517 64 30 1 3
13 C Syd Smith 24 46 137 128 8 26 8 0 1 10 0 4 .203 .233 .289 .522 65 37 1 4
14 3B Frank Manush 24 23 82 77 6 12 2 1 0 0 2 2 .156 .188 .208 .395 25 16 1 2
15 OF Herbie Moran* 24 19 68 59 4 9 0 0 0 4 1 6 .153 .242 .153 .395 25 9 1 2
16 UT Scotty Barr 21 19 61 56 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 .143 .200 .179 .379 20 10 1 1
17 C Jack Lapp* 23 13 42 35 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 .143 .268 .200 .468 48 7 1 1
18 OF Amos Strunk* 19 12 40 34 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .316 .265 .580 84 9 0 2
19 3B Frank Baker* 22 9 33 31 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 .290 .290 .387 .677 113 12 0 2
20 OF Shag Shaughnessy 25 8 33 29 2 9 0 0 0 1 3 2 .310 .355 .310 .665 110 9 0 2
21 OF Jack Fox 23 9 31 30 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 26 6 0 1
22 OF Joe Jackson* 18 5 23 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .130 .130 .130 .261 -18 3 0 0
23 C Bert Blue 30 6 18 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 5 3 0 0
24 C Ben Egan 24 2 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .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 .160 .233 .189 .421 33 20 0 4
26 P Eddie Plank* 32 36 92 89 4 16 4 0 0 4 1 2 .180 .198 .225 .423 33 20 0 1
27 P Jimmy Dygert 23 41 81 75 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 .080 .092 .080 .172 -46 6 0 5
28 P Chief Bender 24 20 61 50 5 11 1 0 0 2 1 10 .220 .350 .240 .590 87 12 0 1
29 P Biff Schlitzer 23 24 48 46 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 .196 .213 .196 .408 29 9 0 1
30 P Nick Carter* 29 14 20 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -37 2 0 0
31 P Jack Flater 27 5 16 15 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .133 .133 .267 .400 26 4 0 1
32 P Al Kellogg? 21 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -21 1 0 0
33 P Harry Krause# 19 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Gus Salve* 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Bert Maxwell# 21 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
36 P Eddie Files 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
37 P Doc Martin 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.1 157 5656 5065 487 1131 183 50 21 392 116 368 .223 .281 .292 .572 81 1477 37 186
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 7 3 6 1 8 2 8 8 6 7 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
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* - 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 12 1276 115 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 77 59 1 46 135 9 0 7 974 118 1.014 7.4 0.0 1.7 5.0 2.93
3 SP Jimmy Dygert 23 11 15 .423 2.87 41 27 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 0 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 5 6 2 0 0 60.2 58 26 20 1 17 17 2 0 2 234 86 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 27 1 3 .250 2.06 5 3 2 3 0 0 39.1 35 15 9 0 12 8 2 0 1 153 124 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 99 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 44 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 0 74 62 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 23 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 43 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 19 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 563 398 10 410 741 53 1 46 5621 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 4931
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Frank Baker 22 9 34 12 22 0 0 1.000 3.78 3B
Scotty Barr 21 19 1 1 0 60 28 27 5 1 .917 2.89 2B-3B-1B-OF
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 C
Nick Carter 29 14 30 7 22 1 1 .967 2.07 P
Eddie Collins 21 85 2 3 5 397 184 188 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 1 11 35 157 105 48 4 4 .975 2.07 OF-P-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 C
Eddie Files 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Jack Flater 27 5 28 6 19 3 2 .893 5.00 P
Jack Fox 23 8 0 1 7 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.50 OF
Topsy Hartsel 34 129 129 0 0 226 211 6 9 2 .960 1.68 OF
Joe Jackson 18 5 0 5 0 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 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 0 10 9 42 39 1 2 0 .952 2.11 OF
Danny Murphy 31 142 2 12 70 499 308 173 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 21 95 0 271 246 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 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 Schreckengost 33 66 455 354 91 10 4 .978 6.74 6 C-1B
Socks Seybold 37 34 0 0 34 38 32 3 3 0 .921 1.03 OF
Shag Shaughnessy 25 8 0 8 0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 OF
Syd Smith 24 38 0 1 0 265 215 43 7 6 .974 6.79 0 C-1B-OF
Amos Strunk 19 11 1 10 0 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
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 8 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

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