1928 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics

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1928 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
98-55, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 829 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-56
Manager: Connie Mack (98-55)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
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 - 103, Pitching - 99

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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	7	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	586	472	104	149	27	5	6	50	9	9	97	36	.316	.435	.432	.868	126	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	5	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	8	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	Jimmie Dykes	31	85	286	242	39	67	11	0	5	30	2	1	27	21	.277	.361	.384	.746	94	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	Walter 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	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	0	0	0
29	P	Art Daney	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.4	153	6003	5241	828	1541	326	75	89	760	61	54	529	435	.294	.363	.436	.799	106	2284	0	37	196	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	2	2	1	6	2		6	7	3	5	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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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	586	346	87	6.7	111	.333	.316	.292	.435	.358	.432	.415	.868	.773	126	.654	24.5	2.3	.916	.322	.117	7.2	*4
Joe Boley	31	479	335	44	3.5	111	.271	.264	.292	.317	.358	.325	.415	.641	.773	67	.366	-21.0	-2.1	.557	.146	.061	.0	*6
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/O
*Ty Cobb	41	393	249	56	6.0	111	.336	.323	.292	.389	.358	.431	.415	.819	.773	112	.606	7.8	0.7	.757	.195	.108	1.7	O
*Mickey Cochrane	25	568	359	84	6.2	111	.293	.293	.292	.395	.358	.464	.415	.859	.773	122	.624	16.8	1.6	.876	.333	.171	8.2	*2
*Eddie Collins	41	37	23	5	5.8	111	.345	.303	.292	.378	.358	.394	.415	.772	.773	101	.591	0.3	0.0	.739	.212	.091		/46
Art Daney	23	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Jimmie Dykes	31	286	188	33	4.7	111	.287	.277	.292	.361	.358	.384	.415	.746	.773	94	.495	-1.6	-0.2	.716	.223	.107	2.9	465/3O
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	289	88	8.1	111	.343	.328	.292	.416	.358	.548	.415	.964	.773	148	.729	29.4	2.8	.993	.358	.220	4.9	532
*Walter 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	O
*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	.506	-3.9	-0.4	.678	.208	.142	3.0	O
Sammy Hale	31	336	227	49	5.8	111	.322	.309	.292	.334	.358	.468	.415	.803	.773	106	.588	0.8	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	-1.8	-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	6.2	111	.335	.329	.292	.372	.358	.471	.415	.843	.773	117	.625	12.0	1.2	.802	.202	.141	8.9	*O
*Ossie Orwoll	27	191	124	25	5.4	111	.356	.306	.292	.366	.358	.406	.415	.771	.773	100	.558	0.4	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	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Al Simmons	26	509	316	100	8.4	111	.353	.351	.292	.396	.358	.558	.415	.954	.773	145	.742	28.9	2.8	.951	.267	.207	1.9	*O
*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	O
*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	.288	.343	.353	.395	.410	.739	.763	94	.506			.679	.211	.115
Team Total		6003	3950	825	5.6	111	.308	.294	.292	.363	.358	.436	.415	.799	.773	106	.574	48.6	4.4	.761	.244	.142	72.4
	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	582	485	98	145	26	5	6	47	9		94	38	.299	.416	.410	.826	82	126	126
Joe Boley	31	139	474	441	47	112	20	3	0	47	5		32	12	.254	.306	.313	.619	42	132	132
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	397	360	51	109	26	4	1	38	5		33	17	.303	.368	.406	.773	53	95	95
*Mickey Cochrane	25	138	558	481	87	133	25	12	10	54	7		74	26	.277	.376	.441	.817	79	131	131
*Eddie Collins	41	38	37	33	3	9	3	0	0	6	0		4	4	.273	.351	.364	.715	4	36	36
Jimmie 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	468	409	80	126	28	10	13	75	3		58	45	.308	.395	.521	.916	83	118	118
*Walter 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	365	341	38	90	20	4	6	37	2		22	21	.264	.312	.399	.711	42	91	91
Sammy Hale	31	93	337	325	36	97	20	9	4	55	2		9	22	.298	.323	.452	.776	46	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	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	3	3
Bing Miller	33	146	560	525	72	165	33	7	8	81	10		27	25	.314	.357	.450	.807	82	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	509	476	74	159	32	9	15	102	1		30	32	.334	.377	.534	.911	95	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	2428	561	2428	1906	379	536	93	14	12	153	30	32	459	172	.281	.425	.364	.788	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
Joe Bush	35	17	1316	581	1316	1239	128	313	59	17	7	137	4	4	53	192	.253	.283	.345	.628	72	427		0	24
*Ty Cobb	41	24	13072	3035	13072	11434	2246	4189	724	295	117	1937	892	178	1249	357	.366	.433	.512	.945	168	5854		94	295
*Mickey Cochrane	25	4	2001	511	2001	1690	291	523	75	32	36	239	28	19	226	66	.309	.393	.456	.849	115	770		7	78
*Eddie Collins	41	23	12026	2814	12026	9940	1820	3314	438	187	47	1300	744	173	1497	286	.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	0	0	0
Jimmie 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	9	75	61	.331	.410	.538	.948	143	307		2	15
*Walter 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	2314	592	2314	1993	343	568	102	27	77	347	19	19	246	221	.285	.369	.479	.848	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	593	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	151	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Quinn	44	18	1371	606	1371	1219	86	224	35	7	7	101	5	0	86	234	.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	432	129	1381	220	.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	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

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