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1917 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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55-98, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (55-98)
Scored 529 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-95

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 221,432 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97


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1916 / 1918 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 Wally Schang# 27 118 366 316 41 90 14 9 3 36 6 29 24 .285 .362 .415 .776 139 131 9 12
2 1B Stuffy McInnis 26 150 621 567 50 172 19 4 0 44 18 33 19 .303 .342 .351 .693 113 199 0 21
3 2B Roy Grover 25 141 571 482 45 108 15 7 0 34 12 43 53 .224 .292 .284 .576 77 137 3 43
4 SS Whitey Witt* 21 128 530 452 62 114 13 4 0 28 12 65 45 .252 .346 .299 .645 98 135 0 13
5 3B Ray Bates 27 127 526 485 47 115 20 7 2 66 12 21 39 .237 .277 .320 .597 84 155 6 14
6 OF Ping Bodie 29 148 635 557 51 162 28 11 7 74 13 53 40 .291 .356 .418 .774 138 233 3 22
7 OF Amos Strunk* 28 148 634 540 83 152 26 7 1 45 16 68 37 .281 .363 .361 .724 123 195 1 25
8 OF Charlie Jamieson* 24 85 387 345 41 92 6 2 0 27 8 37 36 .267 .341 .296 .637 96 102 2 3
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 C Billy Meyer 24 62 174 162 9 38 5 1 0 9 0 7 14 .235 .271 .278 .548 69 45 1 4
10 SS Joe Dugan 20 43 147 134 9 26 8 0 0 16 0 3 16 .194 .229 .254 .482 48 34 3 7
11 OF Bill Johnson* 24 48 124 109 7 19 2 2 1 8 4 8 14 .174 .237 .257 .494 52 28 1 6
12 C Richard Haley 26 41 104 98 7 27 2 1 0 11 2 4 12 .276 .311 .316 .627 93 31 1 1
13 OF Buck Thrasher* 27 23 86 77 5 18 2 1 0 2 0 3 12 .234 .272 .286 .557 71 22 1 5
14 OF Lee Gooch 27 17 64 59 4 17 2 0 1 8 0 4 10 .288 .333 .373 .706 117 22 0 1
15 2B Otis Lawry* 23 30 59 55 7 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 9 .164 .193 .182 .375 15 10 0 2
16 3B Eddie Palmer 24 16 59 52 7 11 1 0 0 5 1 7 7 .212 .305 .231 .536 65 12 0 0
17 OF Ralph Sharman 22 13 43 37 2 11 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 .297 .366 .405 .771 137 15 1 2
18 SS Red Shannon# 20 11 41 35 8 10 0 0 0 7 2 6 9 .286 .390 .286 .676 108 10 0 0
19 1B Pug Griffin 21 18 27 25 4 5 1 0 1 3 1 1 9 .200 .231 .360 .591 81 9 0 1
20 C Wickey McAvoy 22 10 24 24 1 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 .250 .250 .417 .667 105 10 0 0
21 C Cy Perkins 21 6 21 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .167 .250 .167 .417 28 3 0 1
22 OF Gene Bailey 23 5 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -27 1 0 1
23 C Val Picinich 20 2 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 135 2 0 1
24 2B Dallas Bradshaw* 21 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
25 OF Pat French 23 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
26 Harry Davis 43 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
27 P Rube Schauer 26 33 85 76 7 11 1 1 0 4 0 3 10 .145 .177 .184 .361 11 14 0 6
28 P Bullet Joe Bush 24 37 85 80 9 16 2 1 0 4 0 5 12 .200 .247 .250 .497 53 20 0 0
29 P Elmer Myers 23 38 78 73 5 18 2 0 0 5 2 3 14 .247 .276 .274 .550 69 20 0 2
30 P Jing Johnson 22 35 71 59 3 12 0 1 0 3 0 9 14 .203 .309 .237 .546 68 14 0 3
31 P Socks Seibold 21 36 69 59 6 13 1 1 0 5 1 4 8 .220 .281 .271 .552 70 16 1 5
32 P Win Noyes 28 27 60 52 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 26 .115 .207 .115 .322 -1 6 0 2
33 P Cy Falkenberg 37 15 29 27 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 10 .185 .185 .333 .519 59 9 0 2
34 P Rollie Naylor 25 5 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .091 .167 .091 .258 -21 1 0 0
35 P Walter Anderson* 19 14 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .429 .500 .429 .929 186 3 0 0
36 P Eddie Bacon? 22 4 6 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 259 4 0 0
37 P Rube Parnham 23 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
38 P Ellis Johnson 24 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 106 0 0 0
39 P Dave Keefe* 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
40 P Red Hill# 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Jack Nabors 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.5 154 5782 5109 528 1296 177 62 17 457 112 435 519 .254 .316 .323 .639 97 1648 33 205
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 2 5 7 4 7 1 7 5 2 4 3 4 3 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 Bullet Joe Bush 24 11 17 .393 2.47 37 31 4 17 4 2 233.1 207 101 64 3 111 121 1 0 7 972 111 1.363 8.0 0.1 4.3 4.7 1.09
2 SP Rube Schauer 26 7 16 .304 3.14 33 21 10 10 0 1 215.0 209 116 75 6 69 62 3 1 4 868 88 1.293 8.7 0.3 2.9 2.6 0.90
3 SP Elmer Myers 23 9 16 .360 4.42 38 23 13 13 2 3 201.2 221 122 99 2 79 88 5 0 10 865 62 1.488 9.9 0.1 3.5 3.9 1.11
4 SP Jing Johnson 22 9 12 .429 2.78 34 23 9 13 0 0 191.0 184 76 59 3 56 55 5 0 0 768 99 1.257 8.7 0.1 2.6 2.6 0.98
5 SP Win Noyes 28 10 10 .500 2.95 27 22 4 11 1 1 171.0 156 74 56 5 77 64 4 0 1 686 93 1.363 8.2 0.3 4.1 3.4 0.83
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 RP Socks Seibold 21 4 16 .200 3.94 33 15 14 9 1 1 160.0 141 86 70 1 85 55 3 1 5 668 70 1.413 7.9 0.1 4.8 3.1 0.65
7 RP Cy Falkenberg 37 2 6 .250 3.35 15 8 4 4 0 0 80.2 86 53 30 1 26 35 0 0 6 320 82 1.388 9.6 0.1 2.9 3.9 1.35
8 RP Walter Anderson* 19 0 0 3.03 14 2 10 0 0 0 38.2 32 16 13 0 21 10 1 0 1 152 92 1.371 7.4 0.0 4.9 2.3 0.48
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
9 Rollie Naylor 25 2 2 .500 1.64 5 5 0 3 0 0 33.0 30 10 6 1 11 11 1 0 0 125 170 1.242 8.2 0.3 3.0 3.0 1.00
10 Ellis Johnson 24 0 2 .000 7.24 4 2 2 0 0 0 13.2 15 12 11 0 5 8 0 0 2 56 39 1.463 9.9 0.0 3.3 5.3 1.60
11 Rube Parnham 23 0 1 .000 4.09 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 12 6 5 1 9 4 0 0 0 47 70 1.909 9.8 0.8 7.4 3.3 0.44
12 Eddie Bacon? 22 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 7 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 28 50 2.000 7.5 0.0 10.5 0.0 0.00
13 Dave Keefe 20 1 0 1.000 1.80 3 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 22 169 1.800 9.0 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
14 Jack Nabors 29 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 108 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
15 Red Hill* 24 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 49 2.250 16.9 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 24.7 55 98 .359 3.27 154 154 74 80 8 8 1365.2 1310 688 496 23 562 516 23 2 37 5602 84 1.371 8.6 0.2 3.7 3.4 0.92
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 4 8 6 8 7 8 8 7 8 4
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
Walter Anderson 19 14 14 4 9 1 0 .929 0.93 P
Eddie Bacon 22 1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 8.00 P
Gene Bailey 23 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.25 OF
Ray Bates 27 124 466 168 267 31 17 .933 3.51 3B
Ping Bodie 29 146 310 267 32 11 8 .965 2.05 OF-1B
Dallas Bradshaw 21 1 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.00 2B
Bullet Joe Bush 24 37 87 20 61 6 0 .931 2.19 P
Joe Dugan 20 41 188 61 111 16 13 .915 4.20 SS-2B
Cy Falkenberg 37 15 37 2 30 5 5 .865 2.13 P
Pat French 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Lee Gooch 27 16 28 24 1 3 0 .893 1.56 OF
Pug Griffin 21 3 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 11.00 1B
Roy Grover 25 139 733 279 425 29 51 .960 5.06 2B
Richard Haley 26 34 133 99 27 7 3 .947 3.71 1 34 18 35% C
Red Hill 24 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Charlie Jamieson 24 83 142 121 12 9 4 .937 1.60 OF
Bill Johnson 24 30 40 31 5 4 2 .900 1.20 OF
Jing Johnson 22 34 81 14 64 3 0 .963 2.29 P
Ellis Johnson 24 4 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Dave Keefe 20 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Otis Lawry 23 18 64 24 35 5 2 .922 3.28 2B-OF
Wickey McAvoy 22 8 44 27 15 2 0 .955 5.25 0 8 10 56% C
Stuffy McInnis 26 150 1765 1658 95 12 81 .993 11.69 1B
Billy Meyer 24 55 313 235 66 12 2 .962 5.47 6 59 44 43% C
Elmer Myers 23 38 79 15 60 4 0 .949 1.97 P
Jack Nabors 29 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Rollie Naylor 25 5 18 7 11 0 0 1.000 3.60 P
Win Noyes 28 27 54 7 43 4 4 .926 1.85 P
Eddie Palmer 24 14 54 16 32 6 1 .889 3.43 3B-SS
Rube Parnham 23 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Cy Perkins 21 6 46 31 14 1 1 .978 7.50 0 7 9 56% C
Val Picinich 20 2 14 10 1 3 0 .786 5.50 0 3 1 25% C
Wally Schang 27 98 440 293 127 20 13 .955 4.29 10 97 68 41% C-3B-OF
Rube Schauer 26 33 76 14 62 0 0 1.000 2.30 P
Socks Seibold 21 35 48 6 41 1 2 .979 1.34 P-OF
Red Shannon 20 10 56 18 31 7 2 .875 4.90 SS
Ralph Sharman 22 10 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1.60 OF
Amos Strunk 28 146 364 346 13 5 5 .986 2.46 OF
Buck Thrasher 27 22 32 29 1 2 0 .938 1.36 OF
Whitey Witt 21 124 619 209 370 40 41 .935 4.67 SS-OF-3B
Team Totals 25.3 154 6432 4093 2088 251 259 .961 4.02 17 208 150 42%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 6
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
Walter Anderson* 19 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1
Eddie Bacon? 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Gene Bailey 23 14 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O
Ray Bates 27 526 -13 0 0 0 -2 4 18 7 0.4 9 1.0 -0.6 $ *5
Ping Bodie 29 635 19 -3 0 0 -4 -8 21 25 2.8 29 3.2 -0.4 $ Traded *O/3
Dallas Bradshaw* 21 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /4
Bullet Joe Bush 24 85 -5 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Harry Davis 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Joe Dugan 20 147 -9 -1 0 0 -2 3 5 -4 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ 6/4
Cy Falkenberg 37 29 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Pat French 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Lee Gooch 27 64 0 -1 0 0 -1 -1 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ O
Pug Griffin 21 27 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
Roy Grover 25 571 -16 0 0 0 -7 0 19 -4 -0.8 3 0.3 -1.1 $ *4
Richard Haley 26 104 -2 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Charlie Jamieson* 24 387 -3 -1 0 0 -3 -4 12 1 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $ Waivers O
Bill Johnson* 24 124 -7 0 0 0 -3 -2 4 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.6 -0.3 $ O
Ellis Johnson 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jing Johnson 22 71 -3 -1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Dave Keefe* 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Otis Lawry* 23 59 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 4/O
Wickey McAvoy 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /2
Stuffy McInnis 26 621 5 -2 0 0 6 -5 21 25 2.6 19 2.1 0.5 $ Free Agency *3
Billy Meyer 24 174 -7 -1 0 0 -2 4 6 0 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ 2
Elmer Myers 23 78 -3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1
Rollie Naylor 25 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Win Noyes 28 60 -7 0 0 0 0 3 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
Eddie Palmer 24 59 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 5/6
Rube Parnham 23 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Cy Perkins 21 21 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
Val Picinich 20 8 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
Wally Schang# 27 366 12 0 0 0 -3 5 12 26 2.9 29 3.2 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 25/O
Rube Schauer 26 85 -8 0 0 0 0 3 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Socks Seibold 21 69 -2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1/O
Red Shannon# 20 41 0 0 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 6
Ralph Sharman 22 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ O
Amos Strunk* 28 634 12 1 0 0 -2 -4 21 28 3.1 30 3.3 -0.2 $ *O
Buck Thrasher* 27 86 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ O
Whitey Witt* 21 530 -2 0 0 0 -4 7 18 19 1.9 23 2.6 -0.7 $ *6/O5
Team Total 25.5 5782 -57 -9 0 0 -33 23 191 115 10.4 148 16.2 -5.8 $
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
Walter Anderson* 19 38.2 2 16 18 -1 1.0 2 0.3 $
Eddie Bacon? 22 6.0 0 7 3 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
Bullet Joe Bush 24 233.1 31 101 106 -4 1.0 5 1.4 $ Purchased
Cy Falkenberg 37 80.2 8 53 37 -1 1.0 -16 -1.6 $ Traded
Red Hill* 24 2.2 0 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft
Ellis Johnson 24 13.2 2 12 6 0 1.0 -6 -0.6 $
Jing Johnson 22 191.0 23 76 87 -3 1.0 11 2.0 $
Dave Keefe 20 5.0 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Elmer Myers 23 201.2 23 122 92 -3 1.0 -30 -2.8 $
Jack Nabors 29 3.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.1 $
Rollie Naylor 25 33.0 5 10 15 -1 1.0 5 0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft
Win Noyes 28 171.0 22 74 78 -3 1.0 4 1.1 $
Rube Parnham 23 11.0 2 6 5 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Rube Schauer 26 215.0 21 116 98 -4 1.0 -18 -1.4 $ Rule 5 Draft
Socks Seibold 21 160.0 15 86 73 -3 1.0 -13 -1.0 $
Team Total 24.7 1365.2 154 688 622 -23 1.0 -66 -2.9 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics