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1927 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928

91-63, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (91-63)
Scored 841 runs, Allowed 726 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 605,529 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94


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1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .904 129 214 2 23
2 1B Jimmy Dykes 30 121 480 417 61 135 33 6 3 60 2 3 44 23 .324 .394 .453 .847 115 189 4 15
3 2B Max Bishop* 27 117 489 372 80 103 15 1 0 22 8 6 105 28 .277 .442 .323 .764 97 120 5 7
4 SS Joe Boley 30 118 415 370 49 115 18 8 1 52 8 5 26 14 .311 .361 .411 .772 96 152 3 16
5 3B Sammy Hale 30 131 564 501 77 157 24 8 5 81 11 3 32 32 .313 .358 .423 .781 98 212 3 28
6 OF Al Simmons 25 106 458 406 86 159 36 11 15 108 10 2 31 30 .392 .436 .645 1.081 172 262 1 20
7 OF Ty Cobb* 40 133 574 490 104 175 32 7 5 93 22 16 67 12 .357 .440 .482 .921 134 236 5 12
8 OF Walt French* 27 109 356 326 48 99 10 5 0 41 9 1 16 14 .304 .338 .365 .703 79 119 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 .880 125 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 97 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 77 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 71 49 0 5
14 1B Jimmie Foxx 19 61 146 130 23 42 6 5 3 20 2 1 14 11 .323 .393 .515 .908 130 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 36 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 74 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 46 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 Sam Gray 29 37 48 42 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 11 .190 .244 .190 .435 12 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 5 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 94 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 1.000 152 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 2.000 410 1 0 0
34 P Carroll Yerkes 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.4 155 6089 5287 841 1606 281 70 56 767 101 63 553 325 .304 .373 .415 .788 100 2195 30 219
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 3 2 5 5 2 3 6 3 8 2 2 2 2 2 5 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
* - 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 132 1.258 8.6 0.2 2.7 6.0 2.20
2 SP Rube Walberg* 30 16 12 .571 3.93 46 33 12 14 0 4 249.1 257 139 109 17 91 136 4 0 2 1078 107 1.396 9.3 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.49
3 SP Jack Quinn 43 15 10 .600 3.26 34 26 4 11 3 1 201.1 211 82 73 9 37 43 4 0 1 825 129 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 1 816 100 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 97 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 Sam Gray 29 9 6 .600 4.59 37 13 13 3 1 3 133.1 153 79 68 4 51 49 4 0 3 587 92 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 86 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 59 2.786 15.4 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.00
14 Jimmy Dykes 30 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 111 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 0 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 90 65 8 24 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 3 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Neal Baker 23 5 2 0 5 0 5 0 2 1.000 1.00 P
Charlie Bates 19 9 9 9 21 17 1 3 0 .857 2.00 OF
Max Bishop 27 106 102 97 572 211 342 19 48 .967 5.22 2B
Joe Boley 30 113 108 95 526 182 318 26 49 .951 4.39 SS
Dud Branom 29 26 26 18 255 231 17 7 18 .973 9.54 1B
Guy Cantrell 23 2 2 2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 P
Ty Cobb 40 127 127 111 260 243 9 8 2 .969 1.98 OF
Mickey Cochrane 24 123 120 99 653 559 85 9 11 .986 5.24 8 67 30 31% C
Eddie Collins 40 57 51 47 284 124 150 10 31 .965 4.81 2B-SS
Jimmy Dykes 30 116 110 102 986 858 112 16 63 .984 7.95 P-1B-3B-OF-SS-2B
Howard Ehmke 33 30 27 10 74 13 57 4 1 .946 2.33 P
Jimmie Foxx 19 36 25 24 295 272 16 7 10 .976 7.78 0 1 1 50% 1B-C
Walt French 27 94 78 72 205 190 6 9 2 .956 2.09 OF
Chick Galloway 30 66 50 39 291 119 157 15 20 .948 4.06 SS-3B
Sam Gray 29 37 13 3 43 8 32 3 2 .930 1.08 P
Lefty Grove 27 51 28 14 72 8 55 9 2 .875 1.24 P
Sammy Hale 30 128 127 122 415 152 247 16 46 .961 3.12 3B
Baby Doll Jacobson 36 14 7 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 OF
Jing Johnson 32 17 3 2 20 1 18 1 2 .950 1.12 P
Bill Lamar 30 79 75 74 165 148 9 8 1 .952 1.99 OF
Joe Mellana 22 2 2 2 9 0 8 1 1 .889 4.00 3B
Joe Pate 35 32 0 0 19 1 16 2 0 .895 0.53 P
Cy Perkins 31 55 33 28 196 163 29 4 2 .980 3.49 2 17 16 48% C-1B
Jim Poole 32 31 24 23 283 264 17 2 14 .993 9.06 1B
Ike Powers 21 11 1 0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 0.73 P
Jack Quinn 43 34 26 11 51 4 47 0 2 1.000 1.50 P
Eddie Rommel 29 30 17 8 60 16 44 0 5 1.000 2.00 P
Rusty Saunders 21 4 4 4 11 8 1 2 0 .818 2.25 OF
Al Simmons 25 105 103 98 261 247 10 4 2 .985 2.45 OF
Rube Walberg 30 46 33 14 70 2 62 6 0 .914 1.39 P
Buzz Wetzel 32 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Zack Wheat 39 62 59 55 115 105 8 2 1 .983 1.82 OF
Lefty Willis 21 15 2 1 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.87 P
Carroll Yerkes 24 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Team Totals 30.2 155 1395 1190 6258 4160 1904 194 338 .969 3.62 10 85 47 36%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Neal Baker 23 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Charlie Bates 19 41 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /O98
Max Bishop* 27 489 7 0 0 0 1 3 16 27 2.7 26 2.6 0.1 $ Purchased *4
Joe Boley 30 415 -3 0 0 0 2 7 13 19 2.0 17 1.7 0.3 $ Purchased *6
Dud Branom* 29 102 -11 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -9 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $ Traded 3
Guy Cantrell 23 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ty Cobb* 40 574 28 0 0 0 0 -5 18 41 4.0 41 4.1 -0.1 $85,000 Free Agency *O98
Mickey Cochrane* 24 507 19 0 0 0 1 4 16 40 4.0 39 3.9 0.1 $ Traded *2
Eddie Collins* 40 290 13 1 0 0 -4 2 9 21 2.1 25 2.5 -0.4 $ Free Agency 4/6
Jimmy Dykes 30 480 9 -1 0 0 1 -3 16 22 2.1 21 2.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 35/O68419
Howard Ehmke 33 71 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jimmie Foxx 19 146 5 1 0 0 -1 -1 5 9 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $2,500 Purchased 3/2
Walt French* 27 356 -11 3 0 0 4 -4 12 4 0.4 0 0.0 0.4 $ O9/78
Chick Galloway 30 205 -7 -1 0 0 -3 4 7 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ 6/5
Sam Gray 29 48 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Lefty Grove* 27 97 -13 0 0 0 0 6 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Sammy Hale 30 564 -4 3 0 0 2 4 18 23 2.3 21 2.1 0.2 $ Purchased *5
Baby Doll Jacobson 36 38 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 1 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Waivers O/798
Jing Johnson 32 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bill Lamar* 30 355 -6 -2 0 0 -2 -4 11 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Traded O7/8
Joe Mellana 22 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /5
Joe Pate* 35 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Cy Perkins 31 154 -7 -1 0 0 0 2 5 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2/3
Jim Poole* 32 112 -10 -1 0 0 1 -1 4 -7 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $ 3
Ike Powers 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Jack Quinn 43 75 -15 0 0 0 0 5 2 -8 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $ Waivers 1
Eddie Rommel 29 58 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Rusty Saunders 21 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /7O
Al Simmons 25 458 40 3 0 0 2 -3 14 56 5.5 54 5.4 0.1 $ Traded *O87/9
Rube Walberg* 30 102 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Buzz Wetzel 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Zack Wheat* 39 276 -1 -1 0 0 -2 -3 9 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ Free Agency O7/98
Lefty Willis* 21 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Team Total 30.4 6089 -10 4 0 0 0 32 193 219 21.9 219 21.9 -0.0 $87,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Neal Baker 23 17.1 2 17 11 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
Guy Cantrell 23 18.0 2 10 11 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Jimmy Dykes 30 2.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Howard Ehmke 33 189.2 27 103 118 0 1.0 15 1.8 $ Traded
Sam Gray 29 133.1 13 78 83 0 1.0 5 0.7 $
Lefty Grove* 27 262.1 28 116 164 0 1.0 48 5.0 $ Purchased
Jing Johnson 32 51.2 3 20 32 0 1.0 12 1.2 $
Joe Pate* 35 53.2 0 36 34 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Ike Powers 21 26.0 1 16 16 0 1.0 0 0.1 $
Jack Quinn 43 201.1 25 82 126 0 1.0 44 4.5 $ Waivers
Eddie Rommel 29 146.2 17 83 92 0 1.0 9 1.1 $
Rube Walberg* 30 249.1 34 139 156 0 1.0 17 2.0 $ Purchased
Buzz Wetzel 32 4.2 1 5 3 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Lefty Willis* 21 27.0 2 18 17 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Carroll Yerkes* 24 1.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Team Total 31.3 1384.0 155 725 865 0 1.0 140 15.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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