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1928 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

98-55, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (98-55)
Scored 829 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-56

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 689,756 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98


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1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics

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* 25 131 568 468 92 137 26 12 10 57 7 5 76 25 .293 .395 .464 .859 122 217 3 21
2 1B Joe Hauser* 29 95 366 300 61 78 19 5 16 59 4 2 52 45 .260 .369 .517 .886 128 155 0 14
3 2B Max Bishop* 28 126 589 472 104 149 27 5 6 50 6 10 100 36 .316 .438 .432 .870 127 204 3 14
4 SS Joe Boley 31 132 479 425 49 112 20 3 0 49 5 1 32 11 .264 .317 .325 .641 67 138 1 21
5 3B Sammy Hale 31 88 336 314 38 97 20 9 4 58 2 0 9 21 .309 .334 .468 .803 106 147 3 10
6 OF Al Simmons 26 119 509 464 78 163 33 9 15 107 1 4 31 30 .351 .396 .558 .954 145 259 3 11
7 OF Bing Miller 33 139 564 510 76 168 34 7 8 85 10 6 27 24 .329 .372 .471 .843 117 240 8 19
8 OF Ty Cobb* 41 95 393 353 54 114 27 4 1 40 6 8 34 16 .323 .389 .431 .819 112 152 4 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
9 UT Jimmie Foxx 20 118 473 400 85 131 29 10 13 79 3 9 60 43 .328 .416 .548 .964 148 219 1 12
10 OF Mule Haas* 24 91 365 332 41 93 21 4 6 39 2 3 23 20 .280 .331 .422 .752 94 140 2 8
11 IF Jimmy Dykes 31 85 286 242 39 67 11 0 5 30 2 1 27 21 .277 .361 .384 .746 93 93 5 12
12 OF Tris Speaker* 40 64 212 191 28 51 22 2 3 30 5 1 10 5 .267 .310 .450 .761 95 86 2 9
13 1B Ossie Orwoll* 27 64 191 170 28 52 13 2 0 22 3 1 16 24 .306 .366 .406 .771 100 69 0 5
14 OF Walt French* 28 48 77 74 9 19 4 0 0 7 1 1 2 5 .257 .286 .311 .597 55 23 1 0
15 SS Joe Hassler 23 28 40 34 5 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 .265 .306 .324 .629 63 11 0 4
16 MI Eddie Collins* 41 36 37 33 3 10 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 4 .303 .378 .394 .772 101 13 0 0
17 C Cy Perkins 32 19 31 29 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .172 .200 .172 .372 -3 5 0 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
18 P Lefty Grove* 28 39 104 88 10 15 2 1 1 6 0 0 10 41 .170 .263 .250 .513 34 22 1 5
19 P Rube Walberg* 31 38 92 86 10 18 4 0 1 7 1 0 3 13 .209 .236 .291 .527 36 25 0 3
20 P Jack Quinn 44 31 88 79 3 13 2 0 0 12 0 0 3 23 .165 .195 .190 .385 0 15 0 6
21 P George Earnshaw 28 26 63 57 3 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 7 .246 .259 .281 .539 40 16 0 5
22 P Eddie Rommel 30 43 58 47 5 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 5 .255 .352 .319 .671 75 15 0 4
23 P Howard Ehmke 34 23 57 46 6 11 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 .239 .255 .348 .603 55 16 0 10
24 P Bullet Joe Bush 35 15 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067 .125 .067 .192 -49 1 0 0
25 P Bill Shores 24 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
26 P Jing Johnson 33 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 220 3 0 0
27 P Carroll Yerkes 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
28 P Ike Powers 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Art Daney 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.4 153 6006 5241 828 1541 326 75 89 760 59 54 532 435 .294 .363 .436 .799 106 2284 37 196
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 2 2 1 6 2 6 5 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 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 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
Max Bishop* 28 589 25 0 0 0 3 4 17 49 4.9 46 4.6 0.3 $ Purchased *4
Joe Boley 31 479 -20 1 0 0 -5 9 15 0 0.0 5 0.5 -0.5 $ Purchased *6
Bullet Joe Bush 35 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1/7O
Ty Cobb* 41 393 8 -2 0 0 2 -4 13 17 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $35,000 Free Agency O9
Mickey Cochrane* 25 568 17 1 0 0 -3 4 18 37 3.7 40 4.0 -0.3 $ Traded *2
Eddie Collins* 41 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /46
Jimmy Dykes 31 286 -2 0 0 0 0 3 9 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 465/37O
George Earnshaw 28 63 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Howard Ehmke 34 57 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jimmie Foxx 20 473 28 -1 0 0 3 1 15 46 4.6 43 4.3 0.3 $3,000 Purchased 532
Walt French* 28 77 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ O9/7
Lefty Grove* 28 104 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Mule Haas* 24 365 -5 -1 0 0 -2 -2 12 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ O87/9
Sammy Hale 31 336 0 1 0 0 5 3 11 20 2.0 15 1.5 0.5 $ Purchased 5
Joe Hassler 23 40 -2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 6
Joe Hauser* 29 366 10 1 0 0 0 -4 12 19 1.9 19 1.9 0.0 $ 3
Jing Johnson 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Bing Miller 33 564 12 0 0 0 6 -5 18 31 3.1 25 2.5 0.6 $ Traded *O987
Ossie Orwoll* 27 191 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ Traded 31
Cy Perkins 32 31 -4 -1 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 2
Jack Quinn 44 88 -13 0 0 0 0 6 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Eddie Rommel 30 58 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
Bill Shores 24 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Al Simmons 26 509 28 -1 0 0 4 -5 16 42 4.2 38 3.8 0.4 $ Traded *7O
Tris Speaker* 40 212 -3 1 0 0 -1 -1 7 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $15,000 Free Agency O8/79
Rube Walberg* 31 92 -9 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Carroll Yerkes 25 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 29.4 6006 40 0 0 0 11 39 191 281 28.0 270 27.0 1.0 $53,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Max Bishop* 28 589 347 87 6.7 111 .333 .316 .292 .438 .358 .432 .415 .870 .773 127 .653 25.4 2.4 .910 .320 .117 6.0 *4
Joe Boley 31 479 335 44 3.5 111 .271 .264 .292 .317 .358 .325 .415 .641 .773 67 .366 -21.1 -2.1 .557 .146 .061 .0 *6
Bullet Joe Bush 35 16 14 0 0.0 111 .077 .067 .292 .125 .358 .067 .415 .192 .773 -49 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .143 .067 .000 1/7O
Ty Cobb* 41 393 249 56 6.0 111 .336 .323 .292 .389 .358 .431 .415 .819 .773 112 .606 7.8 0.8 .761 .198 .108 1.7 O9
Mickey Cochrane* 25 568 357 84 6.3 111 .293 .293 .292 .395 .358 .464 .415 .859 .773 122 .626 16.8 1.6 .887 .338 .171 8.2 *2
Eddie Collins* 41 37 23 5 5.8 111 .345 .303 .292 .378 .358 .394 .415 .772 .773 101 .591 0.2 0.0 .739 .212 .091 /46
Art Daney 23 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Jimmy Dykes 31 286 188 33 4.7 111 .287 .277 .292 .361 .358 .384 .415 .746 .773 93 .495 -1.6 -0.2 .716 .223 .107 2.9 465/37O
George Earnshaw 28 63 48 4 2.2 111 .280 .246 .292 .259 .358 .281 .415 .539 .773 40 .200 -5.2 -0.5 .419 .070 .035 .0 1
Howard Ehmke 34 57 45 4 2.4 111 .256 .239 .292 .255 .358 .348 .415 .603 .773 55 .220 -3.3 -0.3 .486 .130 .109 1
Jimmie Foxx 20 473 290 87 8.0 111 .343 .328 .292 .416 .358 .548 .415 .964 .773 148 .723 29.4 2.8 .986 .355 .220 4.9 532
Walt French* 28 77 56 6 2.9 111 .275 .257 .292 .286 .358 .311 .415 .597 .773 55 .284 -5.0 -0.5 .464 .081 .054 .0 O9/7
Lefty Grove* 28 104 78 6 2.0 111 .304 .170 .292 .263 .358 .250 .415 .513 .773 34 .177 -8.9 -0.9 .452 .193 .080 .0 1
Mule Haas* 24 365 250 45 4.8 111 .284 .280 .292 .331 .358 .422 .415 .752 .773 94 .507 -3.9 -0.4 .678 .208 .142 3.0 O87/9
Sammy Hale 31 336 227 49 5.8 111 .322 .309 .292 .334 .358 .468 .415 .803 .773 106 .588 0.7 0.1 .742 .194 .159 2.7 5
Joe Hassler 23 40 30 3 2.7 111 .300 .265 .292 .306 .358 .324 .415 .629 .773 63 .259 -1.9 -0.2 .462 .088 .059 6
Joe Hauser* 29 366 238 57 6.4 111 .259 .260 .292 .369 .358 .517 .415 .886 .773 128 .633 12.0 1.2 .933 .437 .257 6.4 3
Jing Johnson 33 4 2 2 26.7 111 .667 .500 .292 .500 .358 .750 .415 1.250 .773 220 .959 0.7 0.1 1.500 .250 .250 /1
Bing Miller 33 564 367 86 6.3 111 .335 .329 .292 .372 .358 .471 .415 .843 .773 117 .625 12.0 1.2 .802 .202 .141 8.9 *O987
Ossie Orwoll* 27 191 124 25 5.4 111 .356 .306 .292 .366 .358 .406 .415 .771 .773 100 .558 0.3 0.0 .731 .206 .100 .0 31
Cy Perkins 32 31 26 1 1.0 111 .179 .172 .292 .200 .358 .172 .415 .372 .773 -3 .058 -4.5 -0.4 .200 .000 .000 2
Ike Powers 22 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Jack Quinn 44 88 72 3 1.1 111 .232 .165 .292 .195 .358 .190 .415 .385 .773 0 .066 -11.9 -1.2 .273 .063 .025 1
Eddie Rommel 30 58 39 5 3.4 111 .286 .255 .292 .352 .358 .319 .415 .671 .773 75 .355 -1.6 -0.2 .629 .213 .064 1
Bill Shores 24 5 5 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .292 .000 .358 .000 .415 .000 .773 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
Al Simmons 26 509 316 100 8.4 111 .353 .351 .292 .396 .358 .558 .415 .954 .773 145 .742 28.8 2.8 .951 .267 .207 1.9 *7O
Tris Speaker* 40 212 150 26 4.6 111 .262 .267 .292 .310 .358 .450 .415 .761 .773 95 .489 -1.8 -0.2 .723 .257 .183 3.8 O8/79
Rube Walberg* 31 92 71 6 2.3 111 .236 .209 .292 .236 .358 .291 .415 .527 .773 36 .205 -8.4 -0.8 .426 .128 .081 1.0 1
Carroll Yerkes 25 3 3 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .292 .000 .358 .000 .415 .000 .773 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
League Average 4.8 108 .298 .280 .289 .343 .354 .395 .410 .739 .764 93 .506 .679 .211 .115
Team Total 29.6 6006 3950 824 5.6 111 .308 .294 .292 .363 .358 .436 .415 .799 .773 106 .573 49.3 4.6 .761 .244 .142 71.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Max Bishop* 28 133 589 487 99 147 27 5 6 47 6 99 38 .302 .423 .415 .838 84 126 126
Joe Boley 31 139 471 439 46 110 20 3 0 46 5 31 12 .251 .301 .310 .611 41 132 132
Bullet Joe Bush 35 16 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 15 15
Ty Cobb* 41 100 400 363 51 112 27 4 1 38 6 33 17 .309 .373 .413 .786 55 95 95
Mickey Cochrane* 25 138 562 484 88 136 26 12 10 54 7 75 26 .281 .381 .446 .827 81 131 131
Eddie Collins* 41 38 37 33 3 9 3 0 0 6 0 4 4 .273 .351 .364 .715 4 36 36
Jimmy Dykes 31 89 282 250 37 66 11 0 5 28 2 27 22 .264 .348 .368 .716 31 85 85
George Earnshaw 28 27 60 59 3 14 2 0 0 6 1 1 7 .237 .250 .271 .521 4 26 26
Howard Ehmke 34 24 49 48 6 11 3 1 0 5 0 1 3 .229 .245 .333 .578 4 23 23
Jimmie Foxx 20 124 472 412 81 129 29 10 13 75 3 59 45 .313 .400 .527 .927 86 118 118
Walt French* 28 50 80 77 9 19 4 0 0 7 1 2 5 .247 .275 .299 .574 6 48 48
Lefty Grove* 28 41 103 92 9 15 2 1 1 6 0 10 43 .163 .252 .239 .492 5 39 39
Mule Haas* 24 96 368 343 39 92 21 4 6 37 2 23 21 .268 .318 .405 .723 43 91 91
Sammy Hale 31 93 335 323 36 95 20 9 4 54 2 9 22 .294 .319 .449 .768 45 88 88
Joe Hassler 23 29 37 35 5 9 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 .257 .297 .314 .612 3 28 28
Joe Hauser* 29 100 362 311 58 77 19 5 16 56 4 51 47 .248 .354 .495 .849 55 95 95
Jing Johnson 33 3 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1 3 3
Bing Miller 33 146 561 526 72 166 34 7 8 81 10 27 25 .316 .358 .452 .811 83 139 139
Ossie Orwoll* 27 67 192 176 27 52 13 2 0 21 3 16 25 .295 .354 .392 .746 24 64 64
Cy Perkins 32 20 31 30 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .167 .194 .167 .360 1 19 19
Jack Quinn 44 33 86 83 3 14 2 0 0 13 0 3 24 .169 .198 .193 .390 3 31 31
Eddie Rommel 30 45 56 49 5 12 1 1 0 1 0 7 5 .245 .339 .306 .645 5 43 43
Bill Shores 24 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Al Simmons 26 125 510 477 74 160 32 9 15 101 1 30 32 .335 .378 .535 .913 96 119 119
Tris Speaker* 40 67 210 198 27 51 22 2 3 29 5 10 5 .258 .300 .434 .734 25 64 64
Rube Walberg* 31 40 92 89 9 17 4 0 1 6 1 3 14 .191 .217 .270 .487 5 38 38
Carroll Yerkes 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Max Bishop* 28 5 2431 561 2431 1906 379 536 93 14 12 153 27 33 462 172 .281 .425 .364 .789 102 693 16 47
Joe Boley 31 2 894 250 894 795 98 227 38 11 1 101 13 6 58 25 .286 .337 .365 .702 80 290 4 37
Bullet Joe Bush 35 17 1316 581 1316 1239 128 313 59 17 7 137 4 4 53 194 .253 .283 .345 .628 72 427 0 24
Ty Cobb* 41 24 13068 3034 13068 11434 2246 4189 724 295 117 1938 897 212 1249 680 .366 .433 .512 .945 168 5854 94 291
Mickey Cochrane* 25 4 2001 511 2001 1690 291 523 75 32 36 239 28 17 226 66 .309 .393 .456 .849 115 770 7 78
Eddie Collins* 41 23 12026 2814 12026 9940 1820 3314 438 187 47 1300 741 195 1497 468 .333 .425 .429 .854 142 4267 77 512
Art Daney 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Dykes 31 11 4918 1204 4918 4274 617 1198 246 56 57 476 41 31 435 516 .280 .356 .404 .760 96 1727 66 143
George Earnshaw 28 1 63 26 63 57 3 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 7 .246 .259 .281 .539 40 16 0 5
Howard Ehmke 34 13 1065 415 1065 987 70 207 37 6 0 73 5 1 25 109 .210 .229 .259 .489 30 256 0 53
Jimmie Foxx 20 4 663 215 663 571 118 189 38 16 16 104 6 10 75 61 .331 .410 .538 .948 143 307 2 15
Walt French* 28 5 1022 352 1022 936 135 285 44 12 1 100 13 7 42 59 .304 .338 .380 .718 82 356 5 39
Lefty Grove* 28 4 364 180 364 314 27 41 4 2 3 23 1 0 24 139 .131 .195 .185 .379 -3 58 1 25
Mule Haas* 24 2 368 95 368 335 42 93 21 4 6 39 2 3 23 21 .278 .328 .418 .746 92 140 2 8
Sammy Hale 31 8 2565 720 2565 2346 350 723 135 50 27 327 34 17 110 182 .308 .345 .443 .787 100 1039 20 89
Joe Hassler 23 1 40 28 40 34 5 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 .265 .306 .324 .629 63 11 0 4
Joe Hauser* 29 5 2317 592 2317 1996 343 568 102 27 77 347 19 19 246 221 .285 .369 .478 .847 118 955 20 55
Jing Johnson 33 5 200 102 200 174 9 32 6 1 2 11 0 0 15 39 .184 .249 .264 .513 49 46 0 11
Bing Miller 33 8 4164 1031 4164 3750 587 1201 232 59 77 591 73 51 197 232 .320 .363 .475 .839 114 1782 57 160
Ossie Orwoll* 27 1 191 64 191 170 28 52 13 2 0 22 3 1 16 24 .306 .366 .406 .771 100 69 0 5
Cy Perkins 32 13 3841 1096 3841 3442 321 899 168 35 30 389 18 34 293 210 .261 .322 .356 .678 78 1227 14 92
Ike Powers 22 2 5 20 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 152 3 0 0
Jack Quinn 44 18 1371 606 1371 1219 86 224 35 7 7 101 5 0 86 293 .184 .239 .241 .480 31 294 3 63
Eddie Rommel 30 9 780 394 780 675 59 126 18 4 1 44 1 3 42 83 .187 .234 .230 .464 19 155 0 63
Bill Shores 24 1 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Al Simmons 26 5 2949 677 2949 2701 445 957 196 51 81 555 45 38 175 210 .354 .395 .555 .950 139 1498 8 65
Tris Speaker* 40 22 11988 2789 11988 10195 1882 3514 792 222 117 1529 436 157 1381 395 .345 .428 .500 .928 157 5101 103 309
Rube Walberg* 31 6 359 212 359 327 31 67 13 1 3 29 2 0 19 78 .205 .249 .278 .527 34 91 0 13
Carroll Yerkes 25 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics