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1927 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926/1928) 91-63, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 841 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 605,529 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 95   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 Stats (1926/1928) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Mickey Cochrane     24  126  432   80  146  20  6  12   80  50    7  .338  .409  .495   9   6       2  23          128
1B  Jimmie Dykes        30  121  417   61  135  33  6   3   60  44   23  .324  .394  .453   2   3       4  15          114
2B *Max Bishop          27  117  372   80  103  15  1   0   22 105   28  .277  .442  .323   8   6       5   7           96
3B  Sammy Hale          30  131  501   77  157  24  8   5   81  32   32  .313  .358  .423  11   3       3  28           97
SS  Joe Boley           30  118  370   49  115  18  8   1   52  26   14  .311  .361  .411   8   5       3  16           95
OF *Ty Cobb             40  134  490  104  175  32  7   5   93  67   12  .357  .440  .482  22  16       5  12          133
OF  Al Simmons          25  106  406   86  159  36 11  15  108  31   30  .392  .436  .645  10   2       1  20          171
OF *Walter French       27  109  326   48   99  10  5   0   41  16   14  .304  .338  .365   9   1       1  13           78
   *Bill Lamar          30   84  324   48   97  23  3   4   47  16   10  .299  .334  .426   4   8       1  14           92
   *Zack Wheat          39   88  247   34   80  12  1   1   38  18    5  .324  .379  .393   2   3       4   7           96
   *Eddie Collins       40   95  226   50   76  12  1   1   15  56    9  .336  .468  .412   6   2       0   8          124
    Chick Galloway      30   77  181   25   48  10  4   0   22  18    9  .265  .332  .365   1   3       0   6           76
    Cy Perkins          31   59  137   11   35   7  2   1   15  12    8  .255  .315  .358   0   2       0   5           70
    Jimmie Foxx         19   61  130   23   42   6  5   3   20  14   11  .323  .393  .515   2   1       1   1          129
   *Jim Poole           32   38   99    4   22   2  0   0   10   9    6  .222  .287  .242   0   0       0   4           35
   *Dud Branom          29   30   94    8   22   1  0   0   13   2    5  .234  .250  .245   2   1       0   6           26
    Charlie Bates       19    9   38    5    9   2  2   0    2   3    5  .237  .293  .395   3   1       0   0           73
    Baby Doll Jacobson  36   17   35    3    8   3  0   1    5   0    3  .229  .229  .400   0   0       0   3           57
    Rusty Saunders      21    5   15    2    2   1  0   0    2   3    2  .133  .278  .200   0   0       0   0           23
    Joe Mellana         22    4    7    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0       0   0           45

   *Rube Walberg        30   47   87   14   18   3  0   2   10  13   16  .207  .310  .310   1   0       0   2           58
   *Lefty Grove         27   51   80    8   10   1  0   2    8   8   30  .125  .205  .213   1   0       0   9            6
    Howard Ehmke        33   30   68    5   14   5  0   0    3   0    4  .206  .206  .279   0   0       0   3           22
    Jack Quinn          43   34   66    1    6   1  0   0    6   2   17  .091  .118  .106   0   0       0   7          -43
    Eddie Rommel        29   30   51    4    8   1  0   0    3   3    7  .157  .204  .176   0   0       0   4           -3
    Dolly Gray          29   37   42    6    8   0  0   0    2   3   11  .190  .244  .190   0   0       0   3           11
    Jing Johnson        32   17   12    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    2  .167  .167  .250   0   0       0   3            4
   *Joe Pate            35   32   10    1    3   1  0   0    2   1    0  .300  .364  .400   0   0       0   0           93
    Neal Baker          23    5    6    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0       0   0          -15
    Guy Cantrell        23    2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0   0       0   0          -15
   *Lefty Willis        21   15    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .143  .000   0   0       0   0          -61
    Ike Powers          21   11    5    0    2   1  0   0    2   0    0  .400  .400  .600   0   0       0   0          151
    Buzz Wetzel         32    2    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0       0   0          408
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3  155 5296  841 1606 281 70  56  767 551  326  .303  .369  .414  98  63      30 219          107
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    3    2   5  5   2        3    8     2     2     2   3   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Rube Walberg        30  46   3.93  16  12  4  34  11  15   0  249.3  257  139  109  18   91  136 1079   2   4  0     108
SP *Lefty Grove         27  51   3.19  20  13  9  28  18  14   1  262.3  251  116   93   6   79  174 1106   5   2  1     133
SP  Howard Ehmke        33  30   4.22  12  10  0  27   2  10   1  189.7  200  103   89  13   60   68  816   1  14  0     101
SP  Jack Quinn          43  34   3.26  15  10  1  25   4  11   3  201.3  211   82   73   8   37   43  825   1   4  0     130
SP  Eddie Rommel        29  30   4.36  11   3  1  17   4   8   2  146.7  166   83   71   6   48   33  642   2   3  1      98

CL *Joe Pate            35  32   5.20   0   3  6   0  19   0   0   53.7   67   36   31   3   21   14  249   1   1  0      82
RP  Dolly Gray          29  37   4.59   9   6  3  13  13   3   1  133.3  153   78   68   4   51   49  586   3   4  0      93
RP  Jing Johnson        32  17   3.48   4   2  0   3   6   2   0   51.7   42   20   20   2   16   16  205   1   4  0     122
RP *Lefty Willis        21  15   5.67   3   1  0   2   3   1   0   27.0   32   18   17   2   11    7  122   1   0  0      75
RP  Ike Powers          21  11   4.50   1   1  0   1   6   0   0   26.0   26   16   13   1    7    3  110   0   0  0      95

    Guy Cantrell        23   2   5.00   0   2  0   2   0   2   0   18.0   25   10   10   0    7    7   82   1   0  0      85
    Neal Baker          23   5   5.71   0   0  0   2   0   0   0   17.3   27   17   11   2    7    3   84   0   0  0      75
    Buzz Wetzel         32   2   7.71   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.7    8    5    4   0    5    0   25   0   0  0      55
    Jimmie Dykes        30   2   4.50   0   0  1   0   2   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    8   0   0  0      95
   *Carroll Yerkes      24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    1    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.2 155   3.97  91  63 25 155  89  66   8 1384.0 1467  726  610  65  442  553 5943  18  36  2     107
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   2   7  1           6   4      4    3    3        7    3    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MCochrane 123 559 85 9 11 .986 8 CPerkins 54 162 29 4 2 .979 2 JFoxx 5 14 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 735 115 13 13 .985 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .988 10.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDykes 82 814 49 10 59 .989 10.52 JFoxx 32 258 15 7 10 .975 8.53 JPoole 31 264 17 2 14 .993 9.06 DBranom 26 231 17 7 18 .973 9.54 CPerkins 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1568 98 26 101 .985 10.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .961 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBishop 106 211 342 19 48 .967 5.22 ECollins 56 124 150 10 31 .965 4.89 JDykes 3 7 8 2 0 .882 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 342 500 31 79 .964 5.48 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHale 128 152 247 16 46 .961 3.12 JDykes 25 25 52 4 4 .951 3.08 CGalloway 7 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.71 JMellana 2 0 8 1 1 .889 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 182 314 21 51 .959 3.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .945 4.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBoley 114 182 318 26 49 .951 4.39 CGalloway 61 114 150 15 20 .946 4.33 JDykes 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.20 ECollins 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 299 471 41 69 .949 5.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .964 2.22 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TCobb 127 243 9 8 2 .969 1.98 0 52 75 ASimmons 105 247 10 4 2 .985 2.45 10 94 1 WFrench 94 190 6 9 2 .956 2.09 8 5 81 BLamar 79 148 9 8 1 .952 1.99 76 3 0 ZWheat 62 105 8 2 1 .983 1.82 57 2 3 BJacobson 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 9 2 3 CBates 9 17 1 3 0 .857 2.00 0 1 8 JDykes 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 4 1 RSaunders 4 8 1 2 0 .818 2.25 4 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 976 44 36 8 .966 2.21 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .959 2.62 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LGrove 51 8 55 9 2 .875 2.16 RWalberg 46 2 62 6 0 .914 2.31 JQuinn 34 4 47 0 2 1.000 2.28 HEhmke 30 13 57 4 1 .946 3.32 ERommel 30 16 44 0 5 1.000 3.68 DGray 37 8 32 3 2 .930 2.70 JPate 32 1 16 2 0 .895 2.85 JJohnson 17 1 18 1 2 .950 3.31 LWillis 15 2 11 0 0 1.000 4.33 IPowers 11 2 6 1 0 .889 2.77 GCantrell 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 NBaker 5 0 5 0 2 1.000 2.60 BWetzel 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.83 JDykes 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CYerkes 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 58 362 26 17 .942 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Simmons .392 On-base % Bishop .442 Slugging % Simmons .645 OPS Simmons 1.081 Games Cobb 134 At Bats Hale 501 Plate Appearances (approx.) Cobb 574 Runs Cobb 104 Hits Cobb 175 Total Bases Simmons 262 Doubles Simmons 36 Triples Simmons 11 Home Runs Simmons 15 RBI Simmons 108 Bases on Balls Bishop 105 Strikeouts Hale 32 Stolen Bases Cobb 22 Singles Cobb 131 Adjusted OPS+ Simmons 171 Runs Created Simmons 115 Adjusted Batting Runs Simmons 41 Batting Wins Simmons 3.9 Extra-Base Hits Simmons 62 Times on Base Cobb 247 Offensive Win% Simmons .827 Hit By Pitch Bishop and Cobb 5 Sac. Hits Hale 28 Caught Stealing Cobb 16 Power/Speed Number Simmons 12.0 At Bats per Strikeout Cochrane 61.7 At Bats per Home Run Simmons 27.1 Outs Hale 375

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grove 3.19 Wins Grove 20 Won-Loss % Rommel .786 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Quinn 1.232 Hits Allowed/9IP Grove 8.61 Bases on Balls/9IP Quinn 1.65 Strikeouts/9IP Grove 5.97 Games Grove 51 Saves Grove 9 Innings Grove 262.3 Strikeouts Grove 174 Games Started Walberg 34 Comp. Games Walberg 15 Shutouts Quinn 3 Home Runs Allow. Walberg 18 Bases On Balls Allow. Walberg 91 Hits Allowed Walberg 257 SO to Walk Grove 2.20 Losses Grove 13 Earned Runs Allow. Walberg 109 Wild Pitches Grove 5 Hit Batsmen Ehmke 14 Batters Faced Grove 1106 Games Finished Pate 19 Adjusted ERA+ Grove 133

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