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1927 Philadelphia Athletics (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
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.

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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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageSimmons.392
On-base %Bishop.442
Slugging %Simmons.645
OPSSimmons1.081
GamesCobb134
At BatsHale501
Plate Appearances (approx.)Cobb574
RunsCobb104
HitsCobb175
Total BasesSimmons262
DoublesSimmons36
TriplesSimmons11
Home RunsSimmons15
RBISimmons108
Bases on BallsBishop105
StrikeoutsHale32
Stolen BasesCobb22
SinglesCobb131
Adjusted OPS+Simmons171
Runs CreatedSimmons115
Adjusted Batting RunsSimmons41
Batting WinsSimmons3.9
Extra-Base HitsSimmons62
Times on BaseCobb247
Offensive Win%Simmons.827
Hit By PitchBishop and Cobb5
Sac. HitsHale28
Caught StealingCobb16
Power/Speed NumberSimmons12.0
At Bats per StrikeoutCochrane61.7
At Bats per Home RunSimmons27.1
OutsHale375

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAGrove3.19
WinsGrove20
Won-Loss %Rommel.786
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Quinn1.232
Hits Allowed/9IPGrove8.61
Bases on Balls/9IPQuinn1.65
Strikeouts/9IPGrove5.97
GamesGrove51
SavesGrove9
InningsGrove262.3
StrikeoutsGrove174
Games StartedWalberg34
Comp. GamesWalberg15
ShutoutsQuinn3
Home Runs Allow.Walberg18
Bases On Balls Allow.Walberg91
Hits AllowedWalberg257
SO to WalkGrove2.20
LossesGrove13
Earned Runs Allow.Walberg109
Wild PitchesGrove5
Hit BatsmenEhmke14
Batters FacedGrove1106
Games FinishedPate19
Adjusted ERA+Grove133

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