1909 Philadelphia Athletics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

95-58, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (95-58)
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 411 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-51

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 674,915 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 97

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1908 / 1910 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	95-58, Final Rank:2, GB: 3.5
Days in First	16	last on Tuesday, Aug 24, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	18	last on Aug 24, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	1.5	last on Saturday, Aug 21, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	7.5	last on Sunday, Jul 25, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	38	last on Wednesday, Sep 29
Most Games under .500	3	last on Wednesday, May 5
Longest Winning Streak	8	Friday, Jul 2 to Friday, Jul 9
Longest Losing Streak	4	Wednesday, Apr 28 to Wednesday, May 5, Thursday, Jul 22 to Sunday, Jul 25 and Tuesday, Aug 24 to Friday, Aug 27
Most Runs Allowed	12	Friday, Jun 25
Most Runs Scored	13	Tuesday, May 25
Times Shutout by Opponent	14
Times Opponent Shutout	27

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	95	58	605	411	.621
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	49	27	293	200	.645
Road	46	31	312	211	.597
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	5	30	25	.500
May	16	9	93	64	.640
June	15	11	96	84	.577
July	20	13	123	81	.606
August	18	9	112	64	.667
September	19	10	135	82	.655
October	2	1	16	11	.667

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	46	30	275	207	.605
Second Half	49	28	330	204	.636
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	29	28	139	138	.509
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	30	5	253	95	.857

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BOS	11	10	69	49	.524
CHW	10	12	68	65	.455
CLE	13	9	100	57	.591
DET	14	8	90	66	.636
NYY	14	8	103	84	.636
SLB	14	8	78	54	.636
WSH	19	3	97	36	.864

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	Monday, Apr 12	PHA		BOS	W	8	1		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Tuesday, Apr 13	PHA		BOS	L	2	4		1-1	1	Tied							`-`
3	3	Friday, Apr 16	PHA		NYY	L	0	1		1-2	5	2.0							`--`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W	6	4		2-2	3	2.0							`+`
5	5	Monday, Apr 19	PHA		NYY	L	2	4		2-3	4	3.0							`-`
6	6	Wednesday, Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L	2	6		2-4	6	3.0							`--`
7	7	Thursday, Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W	1	0		3-4	5	2.0							`+`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 24	PHA	@	BOS	W	4	1		4-4	3	2.0							`++`
9	9	Monday, Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	W	3	1		5-4	3	2.0							`+++`
10	10	Wednesday, Apr 28	PHA	@	WSH	L	2	3		5-5	5	3.0							`-`
11	11	Monday, May 3	PHA	@	NYY	L	6	9		5-6	5	4.5							`--`
12	12	Tuesday, May 4	PHA	@	NYY	L	3	11		5-7	5	4.5							`---`
13	13	Wednesday, May 5	PHA		WSH	L	3	4		5-8	5	5.5							`----`
14	14	Thursday, May 6	PHA		WSH	W	2	1		6-8	5	5.5							`+`
15	15	Friday, May 7	PHA		WSH	W	1	0		7-8	5	5.0							`++`
16	16	Saturday, May 8	PHA		WSH	W	1	0		8-8	4	4.5							`+++`
17	17	Monday, May 10	PHA	@	SLB	W	5	1		9-8	4	4.0							`++++`
18	18	Tuesday, May 11	PHA	@	SLB	L	0	3		9-9	5	5.0							`-`
19	19	Wednesday, May 12	PHA	@	SLB	W	1	0		10-9	4	5.0							`+`
20	20	Saturday, May 15	PHA	@	CHW	W	3	2		11-9	4	4.0							`++`
21	21	Sunday, May 16	PHA	@	CHW	W	1	0		12-9	4	3.0							`+++`
22	22	Monday, May 17	PHA	@	CHW	W	1	0		13-9	4	3.0							`++++`
23	23	Tuesday, May 18	PHA	@	CHW	W	5	0		14-9	4	2.0							`+++++`
24	24	Wednesday, May 19	PHA	@	DET	W	10	2		15-9	4	1.0							`++++++`
25	25	Thursday, May 20	PHA	@	DET	L	3	5		15-10	4	2.0							`-`
26	26	Friday, May 21	PHA	@	DET	W	8	4		16-10	3	1.0							`+`
27	27	Saturday, May 22	PHA	@	DET	W	7	1		17-10	1	Tied							`++`
28	28	Monday, May 24	PHA	@	CLE	L	2	6		17-11	2	1.5							`-`
29	29	Tuesday, May 25	PHA	@	CLE	W	13	2		18-11	2	1.5							`+`
30	30	Wednesday, May 26	PHA	@	CLE	L	2	3		18-12	2	1.5							`-`
31	31	Friday, May 28	PHA		WSH	W	3	1		19-12	2	1.5							`+`
32	32	Saturday, May 29	PHA		BOS	W	6	2		20-12	2	1.0							`++`
33	33	Saturday, May 29	PHA		BOS	W	4	2		21-12	2	1.0							`+++`
34	34	Monday, May 31	PHA		BOS	L	2	3		21-13	2	3.0							`-`
35	35	Monday, May 31	PHA		BOS	L	1	2		21-14	2	3.0							`--`
36	36	Tuesday, Jun 1	PHA		BOS	W	1	0		22-14	2	3.0							`+`
37	37	Tuesday, Jun 1	PHA		BOS	L	0	1		22-15	2	3.0							`-`
38	38	Wednesday, Jun 2	PHA		CHW	W	5	4		23-15	2	2.0							`+`
39	39	Thursday, Jun 3	PHA		CHW	L	6	9		23-16	2	3.0							`-`
40	40	Monday, Jun 7	PHA		CLE	L	1	3		23-17	3	3.5							`--`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 8	PHA		CLE	L	0	2		23-18	3	4.5							`---`
42	42	Friday, Jun 11	PHA		SLB	W	2	1		24-18	2	4.0							`+`
43	43	Saturday, Jun 12	PHA		SLB	W	4	1		25-18	2	3.0							`++`
44	44	Monday, Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L	6	11		25-19	2	4.0							`-`
45	45	Tuesday, Jun 15	PHA		SLB	W	3	1		26-19	2	3.0							`+`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 16	PHA		DET	W	5	4		27-19	2	2.0							`++`
47	47	Thursday, Jun 17	PHA		DET	L	1	4		27-20	2	3.0							`-`
48	48	Friday, Jun 18	PHA		DET	W	3	1		28-20	2	2.0							`+`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 19	PHA	@	BOS	L	6	7		28-21	2	3.0							`-`
50	50	Monday, Jun 21	PHA	@	BOS	L	5	6		28-22	2	5.5							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Monday, Jun 21	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	4		28-23	2	5.5							`---`
52	52	Tuesday, Jun 22	PHA		WSH	W	6	1		29-23	2	5.5							`+`
53	53	Wednesday, Jun 23	PHA		WSH	W	3	0		30-23	2	5.5							`++`
54	54	Thursday, Jun 24	PHA		NYY	W	5	3		31-23	2	5.5							`+++`
55	55	Friday, Jun 25	PHA		NYY	L	2	12		31-24	3	6.5							`-`
56	56	Saturday, Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W	3	0		32-24	2	6.0							`+`
57	57	Saturday, Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W	4	1		33-24	2	6.0							`++`
58	58	Monday, Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L	1	2		33-25	3	7.0							`-`
59	59	Tuesday, Jun 29	PHA	@	BOS	W	9	0		34-25	2	7.0							`+`
60	60	Wednesday, Jun 30	PHA	@	BOS	W	8	4		35-25	2	5.5							`++`
61	61	Wednesday, Jun 30	PHA	@	BOS	W	6	2		36-25	2	5.5							`+++`
62	62	Thursday, Jul 1	PHA	@	BOS	L	1	3		36-26	2	6.5							`-`
63	63	Friday, Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	W	1	0		37-26	2	6.5							`+`
64	64	Saturday, Jul 3	PHA	@	NYY	W	5	2		38-26	2	5.0							`++`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 3	PHA	@	NYY	W	7	0		39-26	2	5.0							`+++`
66	66	Monday, Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	W	7	2		40-26	2	4.0							`++++`
67	67	Monday, Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	W	4	3		41-26	2	4.0							`+++++`
68	68	Tuesday, Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	W	3	2		42-26	2	3.0							`++++++`
69	69	Thursday, Jul 8	PHA	@	DET	W	3	1		43-26	2	1.5							`+++++++`
70	70	Friday, Jul 9	PHA	@	DET	W	2	0		44-26	2	0.5							`++++++++`
71	71	Saturday, Jul 10	PHA	@	DET	L	5	9		44-27	2	1.5							`-`
72	72	Sunday, Jul 11	PHA	@	DET	W	7	1		45-27	2	0.5							`+`
73	73	Tuesday, Jul 13	PHA	@	CLE	L	0	1		45-28	2	1.5							`-`
74	74	Wednesday, Jul 14	PHA	@	CLE	L	3	4		45-29	2	2.0							`--`
75	75	Thursday, Jul 15	PHA	@	CLE	L	5	6		45-30	2	3.5							`---`
76	76	Friday, Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	W	3	0		46-30	2	3.0							`+`
77	77	Saturday, Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L	0	2		46-31	2	4.5							`-`
78	78	Saturday, Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	L	4	5		46-32	2	4.5							`--`
79	79	Sunday, Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	L	4	5		46-33	3	5.5							`---`
80	80	Monday, Jul 19	PHA	@	SLB	W	4	3		47-33	2	4.5							`+`
81	81	Tuesday, Jul 20	PHA	@	SLB	W	2	0		48-33	2	3.5							`++`
82	82	Thursday, Jul 22	PHA	@	CHW	L	3	4		48-34	2	5.0							`-`
83	83	Friday, Jul 23	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	3		48-35	2	6.5							`--`
84	84	Saturday, Jul 24	PHA	@	CHW	L	1	5		48-36	2	7.5							`---`
85	85	Sunday, Jul 25	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	3		48-37	2	7.5							`----`
86	86	Tuesday, Jul 27	PHA	@	WSH	W	8	2		49-37	2	7.0							`+`
87	87	Tuesday, Jul 27	PHA	@	WSH	W	5	2		50-37	2	7.0							`++`
88	88	Wednesday, Jul 28	PHA	@	WSH	W	7	1		51-37	2	6.5							`+++`
89	89	Wednesday, Jul 28	PHA	@	WSH	W	6	0		52-37	2	6.5							`++++`
90	90	Thursday, Jul 29	PHA		CLE	W	2	1		53-37	2	5.0							`+++++`
91	91	Thursday, Jul 29	PHA		CLE	W	9	4		54-37	2	5.0							`++++++`
92	92	Friday, Jul 30	PHA		CLE	W	7	1		55-37	2	4.0							`+++++++`
93	93	Saturday, Jul 31	PHA		CLE	L	1	3		55-38	2	4.0							`-`
94	94	Saturday, Jul 31	PHA		CLE	W	4	3		56-38	2	4.0							`+`
95	95	Tuesday, Aug 3	PHA		CHW	W	2	1		57-38	2	2.0							`++`
96	96	Tuesday, Aug 3	PHA		CHW	W	10	4		58-38	2	2.0							`+++`
97	97	Thursday, Aug 5	PHA		CHW	W	3	0		59-38	2	2.0							`++++`
98	98	Thursday, Aug 5	PHA		CHW	L	0	1		59-39	2	2.0							`-`
99	99	Friday, Aug 6	PHA		DET	L	1	3		59-40	2	3.0							`--`
100	100	Saturday, Aug 7	PHA		DET	W	5	3		60-40	2	2.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Aug 9	PHA		DET	W	7	1		61-40	2	1.0							`++`
102	102	Tuesday, Aug 10	PHA		DET	W	3	1		62-40	1	Tied							`+++`
103	103	Wednesday, Aug 11	PHA		SLB	L	0	1		62-41	1	Tied							`-`
104	104	Thursday, Aug 12	PHA		SLB	W	10	4		63-41	1	Tied							`+`
105	105	Friday, Aug 13	PHA		SLB	W	8	5		64-41	1	Tied							`++`
106	106	Saturday, Aug 14	PHA		SLB	W	2	1		65-41	1	up 0.5							`+++`
107	107	Monday, Aug 16	PHA	@	WSH	W	6	1		66-41	1	up 0.5							`++++`
108	108	Tuesday, Aug 17	PHA	@	WSH	L	0	1		66-42	1	up 0.5							`-`
109	109	Wednesday, Aug 18	PHA	@	WSH	W	2	1		67-42	1	up 1.0							`+`
110	110	Thursday, Aug 19	PHA	@	CLE	W	2	1		68-42	1	up 1.5							`++`
111	111	Friday, Aug 20	PHA	@	CLE	W	5	0		69-42	1	up 1.5							`+++`
112	112	Saturday, Aug 21	PHA	@	CLE	W	10	6		70-42	1	up 1.5							`++++`
113	113	Monday, Aug 23	PHA	@	CLE	W	12	6		71-42	1	up 1.0							`+++++`
114	114	Tuesday, Aug 24	PHA	@	DET	L	6	7		71-43	1	Tied							`-`
115	115	Wednesday, Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	L	3	4		71-44	2	1.0							`--`
116	116	Thursday, Aug 26	PHA	@	DET	L	0	6		71-45	2	2.0							`---`
117	117	Friday, Aug 27	PHA	@	SLB	L	1	2		71-46	2	3.0							`----`
118	118	Saturday, Aug 28	PHA	@	SLB	W	4	0		72-46	2	3.0							`+`
119	119	Sunday, Aug 29	PHA	@	SLB	W	5	2		73-46	2	3.0							`++`
120	120	Monday, Aug 30	PHA	@	CHW	W	5	0		74-46	2	2.5							`+++`
121	121	Tuesday, Aug 31	PHA	@	CHW	L	0	2		74-47	2	3.5							`-`
122	122	Wednesday, Sep 1	PHA	@	CHW	L	2	6		74-48	2	4.5							`--`
123	123	Friday, Sep 3	PHA	@	WSH	W	10	3		75-48	2	4.5							`+`
124	124	Saturday, Sep 4	PHA	@	WSH	W	2	0		76-48	2	3.0							`++`
125	125	Monday, Sep 6	PHA		WSH	W	8	2		77-48	2	3.5							`+++`
126	126	Monday, Sep 6	PHA		WSH	W	6	5		78-48	2	3.5							`++++`
127	127	Tuesday, Sep 7	PHA		NYY	L	6	8		78-49	2	4.5							`-`
128	128	Wednesday, Sep 8	PHA		NYY	W	8	6		79-49	2	3.5							`+`
129	129	Thursday, Sep 9	PHA		NYY	W	11	3		80-49	2	3.0							`++`
130	130	Saturday, Sep 11	PHA		BOS	W	1	0		81-49	2	4.5							`+++`
131	131	Saturday, Sep 11	PHA		BOS	L	0	1		81-50	2	4.5							`-`
132	132	Monday, Sep 13	PHA	@	NYY	W	10	2		82-50	2	5.0							`+`
133	133	Tuesday, Sep 14	PHA	@	NYY	W	5	4		83-50	2	3.5							`++`
134	134	Tuesday, Sep 14	PHA	@	NYY	W	3	2		84-50	2	3.5							`+++`
135	135	Wednesday, Sep 15	PHA	@	NYY	L	2	3		84-51	2	4.0							`-`
136	136	Thursday, Sep 16	PHA		DET	W	2	1		85-51	2	3.0							`+`
137	137	Friday, Sep 17	PHA		DET	L	3	5		85-52	2	4.0							`-`
138	138	Saturday, Sep 18	PHA		DET	W	2	0		86-52	2	3.0							`+`
139	139	Monday, Sep 20	PHA		DET	W	4	3		87-52	2	2.0							`++`
140	140	Tuesday, Sep 21	PHA		SLB	L	1	2		87-53	2	2.5							`-`
141	141	Wednesday, Sep 22	PHA		SLB	W	6	2		88-53	2	2.5							`+`
142	142	Thursday, Sep 23	PHA		SLB	W	6	2		89-53	2	2.5							`++`
143	143	Saturday, Sep 25	PHA		CLE	W	5	0		90-53	2	2.5							`+++`
144	144	Saturday, Sep 25	PHA		CLE	W	3	0		91-53	2	2.5							`++++`
145	145	Monday, Sep 27	PHA		CLE	L	4	5		91-54	2	2.5							`-`
146	146	Tuesday, Sep 28	PHA		CLE	W	7	0		92-54	2	2.5							`+`
147	147	Wednesday, Sep 29	PHA		CHW	L	1	2		92-55	2	3.5							`-`
148	148	Wednesday, Sep 29	PHA		CHW	W	10	1		93-55	2	3.5							`+`
149	149	Thursday, Sep 30	PHA		CHW	L	3	8		93-56	2	4.0							`-`
150	150	Thursday, Sep 30	PHA		CHW	L	4	6		93-57	2	4.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Friday, Oct 1	PHA		CHW	L	3	4		93-58	2	4.0							`---`
152	152	Saturday, Oct 2	PHA		WSH	W	6	5		94-58	2	3.0							`+`
153	153	Saturday, Oct 2	PHA		WSH	W	7	2		95-58	2	3.0							`++`
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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