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1927 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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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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* 24 126 507 432 80 146 20 6 12 80 9 6 50 7 .338 .409 .495 .904 128 214 2 23
2 1B Jimmie Dykes 30 121 480 417 61 135 33 6 3 60 2 3 44 23 .324 .394 .453 .847 114 189 4 15
3 2B Max Bishop* 27 117 489 372 80 103 15 1 0 22 8 6 105 28 .277 .442 .323 .764 96 120 5 7
4 SS Joe Boley 30 118 415 370 49 115 18 8 1 52 8 5 26 14 .311 .361 .411 .772 95 152 3 16
5 3B Sammy Hale 30 131 564 501 77 157 24 8 5 81 11 3 32 32 .313 .358 .423 .781 97 212 3 28
6 OF Al Simmons 25 106 458 406 86 159 36 11 15 108 10 2 31 30 .392 .436 .645 1.081 171 262 1 20
7 OF Ty Cobb* 40 134 574 490 104 175 32 7 5 93 22 16 67 12 .357 .440 .482 .921 133 236 5 12
8 OF Walter French* 27 109 356 326 48 99 10 5 0 41 9 1 16 14 .304 .338 .365 .703 78 119 1 13
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 OF Bill Lamar* 30 84 355 324 48 97 23 3 4 47 4 8 16 10 .299 .334 .426 .760 92 138 1 14
10 2B Eddie Collins* 40 95 290 226 50 76 12 1 1 15 6 2 56 9 .336 .468 .412 .880 124 93 0 8
11 OF Zack Wheat* 39 88 276 247 34 80 12 1 1 38 2 3 18 5 .324 .379 .393 .772 96 97 4 7
12 SS Chick Galloway 30 77 205 181 25 48 10 4 0 22 1 3 18 9 .265 .332 .365 .696 76 66 0 6
13 C Cy Perkins 31 59 154 137 11 35 7 2 1 15 0 2 12 8 .255 .315 .358 .673 70 49 0 5
14 1B Jimmie Foxx 19 61 146 130 23 42 6 5 3 20 2 1 14 11 .323 .393 .515 .908 129 67 1 1
15 1B Jim Poole* 32 38 112 99 4 22 2 0 0 10 0 0 9 6 .222 .287 .242 .529 35 24 0 4
16 1B Dud Branom* 29 30 102 94 8 22 1 0 0 13 2 1 2 5 .234 .250 .245 .495 26 23 0 6
17 OF Charlie Bates 19 9 41 38 5 9 2 2 0 2 3 1 3 5 .237 .293 .395 .687 73 15 0 0
18 OF Baby Doll Jacobson 36 17 38 35 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .229 .229 .400 .629 57 14 0 3
19 OF Rusty Saunders 21 5 18 15 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .133 .278 .200 .478 23 3 0 0
20 3B Joe Mellana 22 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 45 2 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
21 P Rube Walberg* 30 47 102 87 14 18 3 0 2 10 1 0 13 16 .207 .310 .310 .620 58 27 0 2
22 P Lefty Grove* 27 51 97 80 8 10 1 0 2 8 1 0 8 30 .125 .205 .213 .417 6 17 0 9
23 P Jack Quinn 43 34 75 66 1 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 17 .091 .118 .106 .224 -43 7 0 7
24 P Howard Ehmke 33 30 71 68 5 14 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .206 .206 .279 .485 22 19 0 3
25 P Eddie Rommel 29 30 58 51 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .157 .204 .176 .380 -3 9 0 4
26 P Dolly Gray 29 37 48 42 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .190 .244 .190 .435 11 8 0 3
27 P Jing Johnson 32 17 15 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .250 .417 4 3 0 3
28 P Joe Pate* 35 32 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .300 .364 .400 .764 93 4 0 0
29 P Lefty Willis* 21 15 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -61 0 0 0
30 P Neal Baker 23 5 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -15 1 0 0
31 P Guy Cantrell 23 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -15 1 0 0
32 P Ike Powers 21 11 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 151 3 0 0
33 P Buzz Wetzel 32 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 408 1 0 0
Team Totals 30.4 155 6089 5287 841 1606 281 70 56 767 101 63 553 325 .304 .373 .415 .788 99 2195 0 30 219 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 3 2 5 5 2 3 6 3 8 2 2 2 2 2
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 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 Lefty Grove* 27 20 13 .606 3.19 51 28 18 14 1 9 262.1 251 116 93 6 79 174 2 1 5 1106 133 1.258 8.6 0.2 2.7 6.0 2.20
2 SP Rube Walberg* 30 16 12 .571 3.93 46 34 11 15 0 4 249.1 257 139 109 18 91 136 4 0 2 1079 108 1.396 9.3 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.49
3 SP Jack Quinn 43 15 10 .600 3.26 34 25 4 11 3 1 201.1 211 82 73 8 37 43 4 0 1 825 130 1.232 9.4 0.4 1.7 1.9 1.16
4 SP Howard Ehmke 33 12 10 .545 4.22 30 27 2 10 1 0 189.2 200 103 89 13 60 68 14 0 1 816 101 1.371 9.5 0.6 2.8 3.2 1.13
5 SP Eddie Rommel 29 11 3 .786 4.36 30 17 4 8 2 1 146.2 166 83 71 6 48 33 3 1 2 642 98 1.459 10.2 0.4 2.9 2.0 0.69
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 CL Joe Pate* 35 0 3 .000 5.20 32 0 19 0 0 6 53.2 67 36 31 3 21 14 1 0 1 249 82 1.640 11.2 0.5 3.5 2.3 0.67
7 RP Dolly Gray 29 9 6 .600 4.59 37 13 13 3 1 3 133.1 153 78 68 4 51 49 4 0 3 586 93 1.530 10.3 0.3 3.4 3.3 0.96
8 RP Jing Johnson 32 4 2 .667 3.48 17 3 6 2 0 0 51.2 42 20 20 2 16 16 4 0 1 205 122 1.123 7.3 0.3 2.8 2.8 1.00
9 RP Lefty Willis* 21 3 1 .750 5.67 15 2 3 1 0 0 27.0 32 18 17 2 11 7 0 0 1 122 75 1.593 10.7 0.7 3.7 2.3 0.64
10 RP Ike Powers 21 1 1 .500 4.50 11 1 6 0 0 0 26.0 26 16 13 1 7 3 0 0 0 110 95 1.269 9.0 0.3 2.4 1.0 0.43
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
11 Guy Cantrell 23 0 2 .000 5.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 25 10 10 0 7 7 0 0 1 82 85 1.778 12.5 0.0 3.5 3.5 1.00
12 Neal Baker 23 0 0 5.71 5 2 0 0 0 0 17.1 27 17 11 2 7 3 0 0 0 84 75 1.962 14.0 1.0 3.6 1.6 0.43
13 Buzz Wetzel 32 0 0 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 25 55 2.786 15.4 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.00
14 Jimmie Dykes 30 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 95 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
15 Carroll Yerkes* 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 31.3 91 63 .591 3.97 155 155 89 66 8 25 1384.0 1467 725 610 65 442 553 36 2 18 5943 107 1.379 9.5 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 6 4 1 4 3 3 3 7 3 1
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Neal Baker 23 5 5 0 5 0 2 1.000 1.00 P
Charlie Bates 19 9 0 1 8 21 17 1 3 0 .857 2.00 OF
Max Bishop 27 106 572 211 342 19 48 .967 5.22 2B
Joe Boley 30 114 526 182 318 26 49 .951 4.39 SS
Dud Branom 29 26 255 231 17 7 18 .973 9.54 1B
Guy Cantrell 23 2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 P
Ty Cobb 40 127 0 52 75 260 243 9 8 2 .969 1.98 OF
Mickey Cochrane 24 123 653 559 85 9 11 .986 5.24 8 C
Eddie Collins 40 57 284 124 150 10 31 .965 4.81 2B-SS
Jimmie Dykes 30 122 0 4 1 986 858 112 16 63 .984 7.95 1B-3B-SS-OF-2B-P
Howard Ehmke 33 30 74 13 57 4 1 .946 2.33 P
Jimmie Foxx 19 37 295 272 16 7 10 .976 7.78 0 1B-C
Walter French 27 94 8 5 81 205 190 6 9 2 .956 2.09 OF
Chick Galloway 30 68 291 119 157 15 20 .948 4.06 SS-3B
Dolly Gray 29 37 43 8 32 3 2 .930 1.08 P
Lefty Grove 27 51 72 8 55 9 2 .875 1.24 P
Sammy Hale 30 128 415 152 247 16 46 .961 3.12 3B
Baby Doll Jacobson 36 14 9 2 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 OF
Jing Johnson 32 17 20 1 18 1 2 .950 1.12 P
Bill Lamar 30 79 76 3 0 165 148 9 8 1 .952 1.99 OF
Joe Mellana 22 2 9 0 8 1 1 .889 4.00 3B
Joe Pate 35 32 19 1 16 2 0 .895 0.53 P
Cy Perkins 31 55 196 163 29 4 2 .980 3.49 2 C-1B
Jim Poole 32 31 283 264 17 2 14 .993 9.06 1B
Ike Powers 21 11 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0.73 P
Jack Quinn 43 34 51 4 47 0 2 1.000 1.50 P
Eddie Rommel 29 30 60 16 44 0 5 1.000 2.00 P
Rusty Saunders 21 4 4 0 0 11 8 1 2 0 .818 2.25 OF
Al Simmons 25 105 10 94 1 261 247 10 4 2 .985 2.45 OF
Rube Walberg 30 46 70 2 62 6 0 .914 1.39 P
Buzz Wetzel 32 2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Zack Wheat 39 62 57 2 3 115 105 8 2 1 .983 1.82 OF
Lefty Willis 21 15 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.87 P
Carroll Yerkes 24 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Team Totals 30.2 155 6258 4160 1904 194 338 .969 3.62 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics