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1927 Philadelphia Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928)
91-63, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 841 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Manager: Connie Mack (91-63)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 605,529 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95

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1926 / 1928 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Neal Baker 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Apr 30, 1904 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Bates 19 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 17, 1907 1st 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 9
Max Bishop 27 L R 165 Sep 5, 1899 4 117 117 117 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Boley 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 19, 1896 1st 118 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0
Dud Branom 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Nov 30, 1897 1st 30 30 30 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Cantrell 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 9, 1904 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Cobb HOF 40 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 18, 1886 23 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 75 127
Mickey Cochrane HOF 24 L R 180 Apr 6, 1903 3 126 126 126 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Collins HOF 40 L R 5' 9" 175 May 2, 1887 22 95 95 95 0 0 0 56 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Dykes 30 R R 5' 9" 185 Nov 10, 1896 10 121 121 121 2 0 82 3 25 5 0 4 1 5
Howard Ehmke 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 24, 1894 12 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Foxx HOF 19 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 3 61 61 61 0 5 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walter French 27 L R 155 Jul 12, 1899 4 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 81 94
Chick Galloway 30 R R 5' 8" 160 Aug 4, 1896 9 77 77 77 0 0 0 0 7 61 0 0 0 0
Dolly Gray 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 15, 1897 4 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lefty Grove HOF 27 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 6, 1900 3 51 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Hale 30 R R 160 Sep 10, 1896 7 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 36 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 16, 1890 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 3 14
Jing Johnson 32 R R 5' 9" 172 Oct 9, 1894 4 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Lamar 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 21, 1897 9 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 3 0 79
Joe Mellana 22 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 11, 1905 1st 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Pate 35 L L 5' 10" 184 Jun 6, 1892 2 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cy Perkins 31 R R 158 Feb 27, 1896 12 59 59 59 0 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Poole 32 L R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1895 3 38 38 38 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ike Powers 21 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 13, 1906 1st 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Quinn 43 R R 6' 0" 196 Jul 1, 1883 17 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Rommel 29 R R 6' 2" 197 Sep 13, 1897 8 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Saunders 21 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 12, 1906 1st 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Al Simmons HOF 25 R R 5' 11" 190 May 22, 1902 4 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 94 1 105
Rube Walberg 30 L L 190 Jul 27, 1896 5 47 47 47 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buzz Wetzel 32 R R 6' 1" 162 Aug 25, 1894 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zack Wheat HOF 39 L R 5' 10" 170 May 23, 1888 19 88 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 2 3 62
Lefty Willis 21 L L 6' 1" 175 Nov 4, 1905 3 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carroll Yerkes 24 R L 5' 11" 180 Jun 13, 1903 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1926 / 1928 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played