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1926 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925 / 1927)
83-67, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 677 runs, Allowed 570 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-63
Manager: Connie Mack (83-67)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 714,508 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 117, Pitching - 115

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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 Mickey Cochrane* 23 120 452 370 50 101 8 9 8 47 5 2 56 15 .273 .369 .408 .777 98 151 0 26
2 1B Jim Poole* 31 112 394 361 49 106 23 5 8 63 4 3 23 25 .294 .339 .452 .791 100 163 2 8
3 2B Max Bishop* 26 122 529 400 77 106 20 2 0 33 4 5 116 41 .265 .431 .325 .756 95 130 1 12
4 SS Chick Galloway 29 133 459 408 37 98 13 6 0 49 8 7 31 20 .240 .295 .301 .597 52 123 1 19
5 3B Jimmie Dykes 29 124 499 429 54 123 32 5 1 44 6 2 49 34 .287 .370 .392 .762 94 168 8 13
6 OF Al Simmons 24 147 642 583 90 199 53 10 19 109 11 3 48 49 .341 .392 .564 .957 142 329 1 10
7 OF Bill Lamar* 29 116 457 419 62 119 17 6 5 50 4 5 18 15 .284 .315 .389 .704 79 163 1 19
8 OF Walter French* 26 112 441 397 51 121 18 7 1 36 2 3 18 24 .305 .340 .393 .733 86 156 3 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 3B Sammy Hale 29 111 353 327 49 92 22 9 4 43 1 4 13 36 .281 .311 .440 .751 90 144 1 12
10 1B Joe Hauser* 27 91 275 229 31 44 10 0 8 36 1 1 39 35 .192 .312 .341 .653 66 78 1 6
11 OF Frank Welch 28 75 213 174 26 49 8 1 4 23 2 5 26 9 .282 .381 .408 .789 101 71 2 11
12 C Cy Perkins 30 63 181 148 14 43 6 0 0 19 0 2 18 7 .291 .371 .331 .702 80 49 1 14
13 OF Bing Miller 31 38 129 110 13 32 6 2 2 13 4 1 11 6 .291 .355 .436 .792 101 48 0 8
14 OF Alex Metzler* 23 20 75 67 8 16 3 0 0 12 1 0 7 5 .239 .311 .284 .594 52 19 0 1
15 MI Bill Wambsganss 32 54 66 54 11 19 3 0 0 1 1 1 8 8 .352 .444 .407 .852 118 22 1 3
16 OF Dave Barbee 21 19 50 47 7 8 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 4 .170 .220 .298 .518 31 14 1 0
17 SS Frank Sigafoos 22 13 44 43 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .256 .256 .256 .512 31 11 0 1
18 UT Jimmie Foxx 18 26 35 32 8 10 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 6 .313 .333 .438 .771 95 14 0 2
19 SS Charlie Engle 22 19 31 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 .105 .433 .105 .539 42 2 1 1
20 OF Tom Jenkins* 28 6 24 23 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .174 .174 .261 .435 10 6 0 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
21 P Lefty Grove* 26 45 95 81 6 8 1 1 0 6 0 0 5 42 .099 .151 .136 .287 -27 11 0 9
22 P Eddie Rommel 28 37 77 61 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 8 .098 .179 .115 .294 -24 7 0 10
23 P Dolly Gray 28 38 61 51 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 .216 .286 .275 .560 43 14 0 5
24 P Howard Ehmke 32 21 57 46 2 7 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 6 .152 .188 .174 .361 -8 8 0 9
25 P Jack Quinn 42 31 56 46 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .174 .240 .217 .457 17 10 1 6
26 P Rube Walberg* 29 40 53 46 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .152 .188 .152 .340 -13 7 0 5
27 P Joe Pate* 34 47 32 27 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .148 .233 .222 .456 16 6 0 2
28 P Slim Harriss 29 12 19 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .059 .111 .059 .170 -56 1 0 1
29 P Fred Heimach* 25 14 10 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .200 .300 -25 2 0 0
30 P Lefty Willis* 20 13 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 13 2 0 0
31 P Stan Baumgartner* 31 10 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 150 2 0 1
Team Totals 27.4 150 5822 5037 677 1359 259 65 61 619 56 44 521 452 .270 .341 .383 .725 84 1931 26 238
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 7 7 5 5 3 7 7 5 3 7 6 7 7 7
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Dave Barbee 21 50 39 3 2.0 115 .167 .170 .297 .220 .370 .298 .417 .518 .787 31 .180 -5.4 -0.5 .436 .170 .128 .0 O
*Stan Baumgartner 31 4 3 1 8.9 115 .333 .333 .297 .333 .370 .667 .417 1.000 .786 150 .763 0.2 0.0 1.000 .333 .333 1
*Max Bishop 26 529 311 56 4.8 115 .295 .265 .297 .431 .370 .325 .417 .756 .787 95 .511 5.5 0.5 .823 .348 .060 .0 *4
*Mickey Cochrane 23 452 297 56 5.0 115 .268 .273 .297 .369 .370 .408 .417 .777 .787 98 .531 -2.2 -0.2 .775 .295 .135 6.2 *2
Jimmie Dykes 29 499 321 61 5.1 115 .310 .287 .297 .370 .370 .392 .417 .762 .787 94 .535 -2.6 -0.2 .744 .228 .105 1.7 54/6
Howard Ehmke 32 57 48 2 1.1 115 .175 .152 .297 .188 .370 .174 .417 .361 .787 -8 .067 -7.7 -0.8 .282 .087 .022 .0 1
Charlie Engle 22 31 18 1 1.5 115 .154 .105 .297 .433 .370 .105 .417 .539 .787 42 .108 -0.7 -0.1 .765 .526 .000 6
Jimmie Foxx 18 35 24 5 5.6 115 .385 .313 .297 .333 .370 .438 .417 .771 .787 95 .576 -0.5 0.0 .727 .188 .125 .0 2/O
*Walter French 26 441 302 51 4.5 115 .323 .305 .297 .340 .370 .393 .417 .733 .787 86 .481 -10.2 -1.0 .631 .131 .088 1.3 O
Chick Galloway 29 459 336 35 2.8 115 .253 .240 .297 .295 .370 .301 .417 .597 .787 52 .277 -31.1 -3.1 .492 .140 .061 .0 *6
Dolly Gray 28 61 45 4 2.4 115 .268 .216 .297 .286 .370 .275 .417 .560 .787 43 .223 -4.4 -0.4 .475 .157 .059 1
*Lefty Grove 26 95 82 2 0.6 115 .205 .099 .297 .151 .370 .136 .417 .287 .787 -27 .026 -16.2 -1.6 .219 .099 .037 1
Sammy Hale 29 353 251 43 4.6 115 .307 .281 .297 .311 .370 .440 .417 .751 .787 90 .488 -7.9 -0.8 .649 .190 .159 1.6 5/O
Slim Harriss 29 19 17 0 0.0 115 .091 .059 .297 .111 .370 .059 .417 .170 .787 -56 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .125 .059 .000 1
*Joe Hauser 27 275 192 24 3.3 115 .194 .192 .297 .312 .370 .341 .417 .653 .787 66 .348 -12.1 -1.2 .634 .319 .148 1.8 3
*Fred Heimach 25 10 9 0 0.0 115 .167 .100 .297 .100 .370 .200 .417 .300 .787 -25 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .222 .100 .100 1
*Tom Jenkins 28 24 20 1 1.3 115 .190 .174 .297 .174 .370 .261 .417 .435 .787 10 .091 -3.2 -0.3 .316 .087 .087 /O
*Bill Lamar 29 457 324 50 4.1 115 .286 .284 .297 .315 .370 .389 .417 .704 .787 79 .440 -16.3 -1.6 .593 .146 .105 4.4 *O
*Alex Metzler 23 75 52 6 3.1 115 .258 .239 .297 .311 .370 .284 .417 .594 .787 52 .315 -4.8 -0.5 .529 .164 .045 .0 O
Bing Miller 31 129 87 17 5.2 115 .294 .291 .297 .355 .370 .436 .417 .792 .787 101 .548 -0.3 0.0 .785 .273 .145 2.7 O/3
*Joe Pate 34 32 25 1 1.1 115 .167 .148 .297 .233 .370 .222 .417 .456 .787 16 .063 -3.5 -0.3 .391 .185 .074 1
Cy Perkins 30 181 121 17 3.7 115 .305 .291 .297 .371 .370 .331 .417 .702 .787 80 .398 -3.9 -0.4 .617 .149 .041 2
*Jim Poole 31 394 266 54 5.4 115 .299 .294 .297 .339 .370 .452 .417 .791 .787 100 .565 -2.0 -0.2 .733 .224 .158 5.3 3/O
Jack Quinn 42 56 44 2 1.2 115 .216 .174 .297 .240 .370 .217 .417 .457 .787 17 .077 -5.9 -0.6 .368 .109 .043 1
Eddie Rommel 28 77 65 1 0.4 115 .113 .098 .297 .179 .370 .115 .417 .294 .787 -24 .011 -11.8 -1.2 .236 .115 .016 1
Frank Sigafoos 22 44 33 3 2.4 115 .275 .256 .297 .256 .370 .256 .417 .512 .787 31 .230 -4.7 -0.5 .344 .000 .000 6
Al Simmons 24 642 397 130 8.7 115 .350 .341 .297 .392 .370 .564 .417 .957 .787 142 .757 33.7 3.2 .997 .319 .223 13.9 *O
*Rube Walberg 29 53 44 1 0.6 115 .212 .152 .297 .188 .370 .152 .417 .340 .787 -13 .023 -8.1 -0.8 .231 .043 .000 1
Bill Wambsganss 32 66 39 9 6.2 115 .413 .352 .297 .444 .370 .407 .417 .852 .787 118 .622 2.1 0.2 .861 .204 .056 .0 6/4
Frank Welch 28 213 141 25 4.7 115 .280 .282 .297 .381 .370 .408 .417 .789 .787 101 .504 0.7 0.1 .738 .259 .126 2.7 O
*Lefty Willis 20 9 7 0 0.0 115 .250 .222 .297 .222 .370 .222 .417 .444 .787 13 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .000 .000 1
League Average 4.8 110 .299 .281 .290 .350 .362 .391 .407 .741 .769 93 .507 .685 .213 .110
Team Total 5822 3960 661 4.4 115 .287 .270 .297 .341 .370 .383 .417 .725 .787 84 .476 -130.7 -13.0 .669 .219 .114 58.4
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Dave Barbee 21 20 53 50 8 9 1 1 1 6 0 2 4 .180 .226 .300 .526 3 19 19
*Stan Baumgartner 31 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 10 10
*Max Bishop 26 128 526 412 71 103 19 2 0 31 4 113 43 .250 .413 .306 .718 52 122 122
*Mickey Cochrane 23 126 435 381 46 98 8 9 8 43 5 54 16 .257 .349 .388 .738 52 120 120
Jimmie Dykes 29 130 499 443 50 121 31 5 1 41 6 48 36 .273 .355 .372 .727 57 124 124
Howard Ehmke 32 37 88 85 7 13 3 0 0 9 1 3 12 .153 .182 .188 .370 3 35 35
Charlie Engle 22 20 31 20 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 .100 .419 .100 .519 1 19 19
Jimmie Foxx 18 27 34 33 7 10 2 1 0 4 1 1 6 .303 .324 .424 .748 4 26 26
*Walter French 26 118 426 406 47 116 17 7 1 33 2 17 25 .286 .319 .369 .689 47 112 112
Chick Galloway 29 140 451 420 34 94 12 6 0 45 8 30 21 .224 .277 .281 .558 33 133 133
Dolly Gray 28 40 59 54 6 12 3 0 0 2 0 5 11 .222 .288 .278 .566 4 38 38
*Lefty Grove 26 47 87 83 4 6 1 1 0 4 0 4 44 .072 .115 .108 .223 1 45 45
Sammy Hale 29 117 348 335 46 88 21 9 4 40 1 12 38 .263 .290 .415 .705 40 111 111
Slim Harriss 29 35 58 55 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 .182 .224 .182 .406 2 33 33
*Joe Hauser 27 96 277 238 28 43 10 0 8 33 1 38 37 .181 .296 .324 .620 22 91 91
*Fred Heimach 25 42 59 56 2 14 1 0 0 4 0 3 14 .250 .288 .268 .556 4 40 40
*Tom Jenkins 28 28 80 77 7 14 3 1 0 7 0 3 9 .182 .213 .247 .459 4 27 27
*Bill Lamar 29 122 449 431 58 115 16 6 5 46 4 17 16 .267 .296 .367 .663 46 116 116
*Alex Metzler 23 21 76 69 7 15 3 0 0 10 1 7 5 .217 .289 .261 .550 5 20 20
Bing Miller 31 139 513 474 68 144 32 7 6 59 11 32 19 .304 .357 .439 .796 72 132 132
*Joe Pate 34 49 29 27 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 2 3 .111 .172 .185 .358 1 47 47
Cy Perkins 30 66 168 150 13 40 6 0 0 17 0 17 7 .267 .345 .307 .652 16 63 63
*Jim Poole 31 118 395 371 46 103 22 5 8 59 4 22 26 .278 .322 .429 .750 50 112 112
Jack Quinn 42 33 52 48 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 3 9 .167 .231 .208 .439 2 31 31
Eddie Rommel 28 39 70 64 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 6 8 .094 .171 .109 .281 1 37 37
Frank Sigafoos 22 14 45 45 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 13 13
Al Simmons 24 155 646 598 83 194 52 10 19 101 11 47 52 .324 .375 .540 .915 120 147 147
*Rube Walberg 29 42 49 47 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 14 .128 .163 .128 .291 1 40 40
Bill Wambsganss 32 57 64 55 10 18 3 0 0 1 1 8 8 .327 .422 .382 .804 8 54 54
Frank Welch 28 79 203 177 24 46 8 1 4 21 2 24 9 .260 .355 .384 .739 23 75 75
*Lefty Willis 20 14 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Dave Barbee 21 1 50 19 50 47 7 8 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 4 .170 .220 .298 .518 31 14 1 0
*Stan Baumgartner 31 8 178 154 178 158 16 30 5 1 0 9 0 0 13 31 .190 .251 .234 .486 28 37 0 7
*Max Bishop 26 3 1353 318 1353 1062 195 284 51 8 6 81 13 17 257 108 .267 .414 .347 .761 94 369 8 26
*Mickey Cochrane 23 2 926 254 926 790 119 240 29 14 14 102 12 6 100 34 .304 .383 .429 .813 103 339 2 34
Jimmie Dykes 29 9 4152 998 4152 3615 517 996 202 50 49 386 37 27 364 472 .276 .351 .400 .751 94 1445 57 116
Howard Ehmke 32 11 937 362 937 873 59 182 29 5 0 65 5 1 24 102 .208 .230 .253 .483 29 221 0 40
Charlie Engle 22 2 31 20 31 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 .105 .433 .105 .539 42 2 1 1
Jimmie Foxx 18 2 44 36 44 41 10 16 3 1 0 5 1 0 1 7 .390 .405 .512 .917 131 21 0 2
*Walter French 26 3 589 195 589 536 78 167 30 7 1 52 3 5 24 40 .312 .345 .399 .744 88 214 3 26
Chick Galloway 29 8 3622 946 3622 3254 349 859 121 40 16 368 71 66 241 213 .264 .316 .341 .656 69 1108 6 121
Dolly Gray 28 3 195 104 195 175 11 33 5 1 0 11 0 0 12 38 .189 .245 .229 .473 20 40 1 7
*Lefty Grove 26 2 163 90 163 146 9 16 1 1 0 9 0 0 6 68 .110 .145 .130 .275 -31 19 0 11
Sammy Hale 29 6 1665 501 1665 1531 235 469 91 33 18 188 21 14 69 129 .306 .342 .444 .786 100 680 14 51
Slim Harriss 29 7 496 278 496 463 20 69 3 0 1 26 0 0 6 139 .149 .162 .162 .324 -17 75 1 26
*Joe Hauser 27 4 1948 497 1948 1693 282 490 83 22 61 288 15 17 194 176 .289 .369 .473 .842 116 800 20 41
*Fred Heimach 25 7 360 215 360 333 39 90 11 4 1 35 2 0 15 54 .270 .302 .336 .638 65 112 0 12
*Tom Jenkins 28 2 151 42 151 137 15 32 5 2 0 11 0 0 6 13 .234 .271 .299 .570 47 41 1 7
*Bill Lamar 29 8 1842 466 1842 1716 255 536 91 20 15 198 21 19 70 68 .312 .340 .415 .755 95 712 1 55
*Alex Metzler 23 2 117 29 117 105 10 23 5 0 0 14 1 0 10 12 .219 .287 .267 .554 41 28 0 2
Bing Miller 31 6 3047 749 3047 2748 428 873 166 45 64 433 55 38 140 182 .318 .360 .481 .840 114 1321 40 119
*Joe Pate 34 1 32 47 32 27 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .148 .233 .222 .456 16 6 0 2
Cy Perkins 30 11 3656 1018 3656 3276 309 859 161 33 29 373 18 31 280 201 .262 .323 .358 .681 79 1173 14 86
*Jim Poole 31 2 916 245 916 841 114 249 52 13 13 130 9 7 50 62 .296 .339 .435 .774 92 366 4 21
Jack Quinn 42 16 1208 541 1208 1074 82 205 32 7 7 83 5 0 81 194 .191 .250 .253 .503 38 272 3 50
Eddie Rommel 28 7 664 321 664 577 50 106 16 3 1 40 1 3 32 71 .184 .227 .227 .454 17 131 0 55
Frank Sigafoos 22 1 44 13 44 43 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .256 .256 .256 .512 31 11 0 1
Al Simmons 24 3 1982 452 1982 1831 281 635 127 31 51 340 34 32 113 150 .347 .386 .534 .920 130 977 4 34
*Rube Walberg 29 4 165 127 165 154 7 31 6 1 0 12 0 0 3 49 .201 .217 .253 .470 19 39 0 8
Bill Wambsganss 32 13 6097 1491 6097 5237 710 1359 215 59 7 520 140 74 490 357 .259 .328 .327 .655 78 1713 47 323
Frank Welch 28 8 2644 723 2644 2282 308 629 98 31 41 291 18 26 245 224 .276 .351 .400 .751 93 912 20 97
*Lefty Willis 20 2 12 14 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 2 0 0
Age Yrs PA 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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