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1928 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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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Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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
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* - 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* 28 24 8 .750 2.58 39 31 6 24 4 4 261.2 228 93 75 10 64 183 1 0 4 1075 155 1.116 7.8 0.3 2.2 6.3 2.86
2 SP Rube Walberg* 31 17 12 .586 3.55 38 30 6 15 3 1 235.2 236 111 93 19 64 112 3 0 1 993 113 1.273 9.0 0.7 2.4 4.3 1.75
3 SP Jack Quinn 44 18 7 .720 2.90 31 28 2 18 4 1 211.1 239 92 68 3 34 43 7 0 0 910 138 1.292 10.2 0.1 1.4 1.8 1.26
4 SP George Earnshaw 28 7 7 .500 3.81 26 22 4 7 3 1 158.1 143 81 67 7 100 117 1 0 7 728 105 1.535 8.1 0.4 5.7 6.7 1.17
5 SP Howard Ehmke 34 9 8 .529 3.62 23 18 3 5 1 0 139.1 135 65 56 6 44 34 4 0 0 597 111 1.285 8.7 0.4 2.8 2.2 0.77
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 RP Eddie Rommel 30 13 5 .722 3.06 43 11 18 6 0 4 173.2 177 70 59 11 26 37 2 0 2 711 131 1.169 9.2 0.6 1.3 1.9 1.42
7 RP Ossie Orwoll* 27 6 5 .545 4.58 27 8 15 3 0 2 106.0 110 59 54 7 50 53 2 0 3 479 87 1.509 9.3 0.6 4.2 4.5 1.06
8 RP Joe Bush 35 2 1 .667 5.09 11 2 7 1 0 1 35.1 39 21 20 1 18 15 1 0 1 165 78 1.613 9.9 0.3 4.6 3.8 0.83
9 RP Ike Powers 22 1 0 1.000 4.50 9 0 7 0 0 2 12.0 8 6 6 1 10 4 1 0 0 51 89 1.500 6.0 0.8 7.5 3.0 0.40
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
10 Bill Shores 24 1 1 .500 3.21 3 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 13 7 5 0 7 5 0 0 1 61 124 1.429 8.4 0.0 4.5 3.2 0.71
11 Jing Johnson 33 0 0 5.06 3 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 13 8 6 1 5 3 0 0 0 49 79 1.688 11.0 0.8 4.2 2.5 0.60
12 Carroll Yerkes* 25 0 1 .000 2.08 2 1 1 1 0 0 8.2 7 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 36 192 1.038 7.3 0.0 2.1 1.0 0.50
13 Art Daney 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 31.9 98 55 .641 3.36 153 153 72 81 15 16 1367.2 1349 615 511 66 424 607 22 0 19 5859 119 1.296 8.9 0.4 2.8 4.0 1.43
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 3 1 2 7 1 1 1 6 1 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Max Bishop 28 125 670 284 371 15 62 .978 5.24 2B
Joe Boley 31 132 594 244 320 30 51 .949 4.27 SS
Joe Bush 35 12 1 0 0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.33 P-OF
Ty Cobb 41 85 0 0 85 167 154 7 6 0 .964 1.89 OF
Mickey Cochrane 25 130 741 645 71 25 8 .966 5.51 8 C
Eddie Collins 41 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 2B-SS
Art Daney 23 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Jimmie Dykes 31 83 1 0 0 345 168 168 9 21 .974 4.05 2B-SS-3B-1B-OF
George Earnshaw 28 26 37 6 27 4 0 .892 1.27 P
Howard Ehmke 34 23 43 6 35 2 2 .953 1.78 P
Jimmie Foxx 20 109 588 416 155 17 32 .971 5.24 1 3B-1B-C
Walter French 28 19 8 0 11 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 OF
Lefty Grove 28 39 47 6 40 1 0 .979 1.18 P
Mule Haas 24 82 10 69 4 189 175 9 5 1 .974 2.24 OF
Sammy Hale 31 79 295 86 189 20 17 .932 3.48 3B
Joe Hassler 23 28 66 26 32 8 5 .879 2.07 SS
Joe Hauser 29 88 864 811 41 12 51 .986 9.68 1B
Jing Johnson 33 3 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.33 P
Bing Miller 33 133 28 43 66 316 298 8 10 2 .968 2.30 OF
Ossie Orwoll 27 61 376 328 41 7 32 .981 6.05 1B-P
Cy Perkins 32 19 55 47 7 1 0 .982 2.84 1 C
Ike Powers 22 9 6 2 4 0 3 1.000 0.67 P
Jack Quinn 44 31 63 7 55 1 2 .984 2.00 P
Eddie Rommel 30 43 59 8 51 0 5 1.000 1.37 P
Bill Shores 24 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Al Simmons 26 114 114 0 0 244 231 10 3 2 .988 2.11 OF
Tris Speaker 40 50 1 49 0 122 111 8 3 1 .975 2.38 OF
Rube Walberg 31 38 69 9 56 4 3 .942 1.71 P
Carroll Yerkes 25 2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.50 P
Team Totals 29.5 153 6019 4108 1728 183 303 .970 3.72 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 8 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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