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1928 Philadelphia Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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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Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Max Bishop 28 L R 165 Sep 5, 1899 5 126 126 126 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Boley 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 19, 1896 2 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0
Joe Bush 35 R R 5' 9" 173 Nov 27, 1892 17 15 15 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ty Cobb HOF 41 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 18, 1886 24 95 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 85
Mickey Cochrane HOF 25 L R 180 Apr 6, 1903 4 131 131 131 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Collins HOF 41 L R 5' 9" 175 May 2, 1887 23 36 36 36 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Art Daney 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 9, 1904 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Dykes 31 R R 5' 9" 185 Nov 10, 1896 11 85 85 85 0 0 8 32 20 22 1 0 0 1
George Earnshaw 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 15, 1900 1st 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howard Ehmke 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 24, 1894 13 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Foxx HOF 20 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 22, 1907 4 118 118 118 0 19 30 0 60 0 0 0 0 0
Walter French 28 L R 155 Jul 12, 1899 5 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 11 19
Lefty Grove HOF 28 L L 6' 3" 190 Mar 6, 1900 4 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mule Haas 24 L R 6' 1" 175 Oct 15, 1903 2 91 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 69 4 82
Sammy Hale 31 R R 160 Sep 10, 1896 8 88 88 88 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Hassler 23 R R 6' 0" 165 Apr 7, 1905 1st 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0
Joe Hauser 29 L L 175 Jan 12, 1899 5 95 95 95 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jing Johnson 33 R R 5' 9" 172 Oct 9, 1894 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bing Miller 33 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1894 8 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 43 66 133
Ossie Orwoll 27 L L 6' 0" 174 Nov 17, 1900 1st 64 64 64 27 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cy Perkins 32 R R 158 Feb 27, 1896 13 19 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ike Powers 22 R R 6' 0" 188 Mar 13, 1906 2 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Quinn 44 R R 6' 0" 196 Jul 1, 1883 18 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Rommel 30 R R 6' 2" 197 Sep 13, 1897 9 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Shores 24 R R 6' 0" 185 May 26, 1904 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Simmons HOF 26 R R 5' 11" 190 May 22, 1902 5 119 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114
Tris Speaker HOF 40 L L 193 Apr 4, 1888 22 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 0 50
Rube Walberg 31 L L 190 Jul 27, 1896 6 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carroll Yerkes 25 R L 5' 11" 180 Jun 13, 1903 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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