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1929 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
104-46, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 901 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-50
Manager: Connie Mack (104-46)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 839,176 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Chicago Cubs

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1928 / 1930 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* 26 135 606 514 113 170 37 8 7 95 7 6 69 8 .331 .412 .475 .887 124 244 2 21
2 1B Jimmie Foxx 21 149 638 517 123 183 23 9 33 118 9 7 103 70 .354 .463 .625 1.088 173 323 2 16
3 2B Max Bishop* 29 129 616 475 102 110 19 6 3 36 1 4 128 44 .232 .398 .316 .713 83 150 3 10
4 SS Joe Boley 32 91 336 303 36 76 17 6 2 47 1 0 24 16 .251 .310 .366 .676 71 111 2 7
5 3B Sammy Hale 32 101 416 379 51 105 14 3 1 40 6 2 12 18 .277 .303 .338 .641 62 128 2 23
6 OF Al Simmons 27 143 629 581 114 212 41 9 34 157 4 2 31 38 .365 .398 .642 1.040 159 373 1 16
7 OF Bing Miller 34 147 613 556 84 184 32 16 8 93 24 9 40 25 .331 .380 .489 .869 119 272 4 13
8 OF Mule Haas* 25 139 656 578 115 181 41 9 16 82 0 4 34 38 .313 .356 .498 .854 114 288 4 40
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 IF Jimmie Dykes 32 119 476 401 76 131 34 6 13 79 8 3 51 25 .327 .412 .539 .950 139 216 7 17
10 OF Homer Summa* 30 37 88 81 12 22 4 0 0 10 1 1 2 1 .272 .298 .321 .619 57 26 1 4
11 C Cy Perkins 33 38 84 76 4 16 4 0 0 9 0 0 5 4 .211 .259 .263 .522 33 20 0 3
12 IF Jim Cronin# 23 25 63 56 7 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 7 .232 .295 .304 .599 52 17 0 2
13 1B George Burns 36 29 52 49 5 13 5 0 1 11 1 0 2 3 .265 .294 .429 .723 81 21 0 1
14 OF Walter French* 29 45 49 45 7 12 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 3 .267 .298 .356 .653 65 16 0 2
15 2B Bud Morse* 24 8 27 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .074 .074 .074 .148 -62 2 0 0
16 OF Bevo LeBourveau* 32 12 22 16 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 .313 .476 .438 .914 133 7 0 1
17 Eddie Collins* 42 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 -39 0 0 0
18 SS Eric McNair 20 4 8 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 183 5 0 0
19 C Cloy Mattox* 26 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 17 1 0 0
20 3B Rudy Miller 28 2 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250 .571 .250 .821 115 1 0 0
21 OF Doc Cramer* 23 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 SS Joe Hassler 24 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
23 P Lefty Grove* 29 42 116 102 13 22 3 0 1 15 0 0 6 33 .216 .259 .275 .534 35 28 0 8
24 P Rube Walberg* 32 40 112 103 11 23 2 0 1 11 0 0 3 17 .223 .245 .272 .517 31 28 0 6
25 P George Earnshaw 29 44 100 87 6 15 2 0 1 10 0 0 2 21 .172 .200 .230 .430 9 20 1 10
26 P Jack Quinn 45 35 64 60 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .133 .133 .167 .300 -24 10 0 4
27 P Ossie Orwoll* 28 30 53 51 6 13 2 1 0 6 0 0 2 11 .255 .283 .333 .616 56 17 0 0
28 P Bill Shores 25 39 52 40 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 .125 .239 .125 .364 -5 5 0 6
29 P Eddie Rommel 31 32 45 39 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .205 .244 .231 .475 21 9 0 4
30 P Howard Ehmke 35 11 19 19 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .105 .105 .158 .263 -34 3 0 0
31 P Carroll Yerkes 26 19 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Bill Breckinridge 21 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 151 5987 5204 901 1537 288 75 122 845 63 39 540 440 .295 .365 .450 .815 105 2341 29 214
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 2 3 3 3 2 7 8 4 4 2 1 2 1 3
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 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 29 616 379 58 4.1 116 .250 .232 .297 .398 .364 .316 .429 .713 .793 83 .413 -5.4 -0.5 .753 .347 .084 1.5 *4
Joe Boley 32 336 234 34 3.9 116 .260 .251 .297 .310 .364 .366 .429 .676 .793 71 .390 -14.5 -1.4 .608 .198 .116 1.3 6/5
Bill Breckinridge 21 4 4 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .296 .000 .364 .000 .428 .000 .792 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
George Burns 36 52 37 6 4.3 116 .267 .265 .297 .294 .364 .429 .429 .723 .793 81 .438 -1.6 -0.2 .667 .224 .163 1.0 3
*Mickey Cochrane 26 606 371 99 7.1 116 .327 .331 .297 .412 .364 .475 .429 .887 .793 124 .660 21.1 2.0 .903 .280 .144 7.0 *2
*Eddie Collins 42 9 7 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .297 .222 .364 .000 .429 .222 .793 -39 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
*Doc Cramer 23 6 6 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .297 .000 .364 .000 .429 .000 .793 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /O
#Jim Cronin 23 63 45 5 3.0 116 .265 .232 .297 .295 .364 .304 .429 .599 .793 52 .281 -4.3 -0.4 .512 .161 .071 4/65
Jimmie Dykes 32 476 290 87 8.0 116 .325 .327 .297 .412 .364 .539 .429 .950 .793 139 .706 24.9 2.3 1.022 .352 .212 9.9 654
George Earnshaw 29 100 82 4 1.3 116 .215 .172 .297 .200 .364 .230 .429 .430 .793 9 .079 -12.6 -1.2 .319 .080 .057 .0 1
Howard Ehmke 35 19 17 0 0.0 116 .118 .105 .297 .105 .364 .158 .429 .263 .793 -34 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .176 .053 .053 1
Jimmie Foxx 21 638 357 148 11.1 116 .362 .354 .297 .463 .364 .625 .429 1.088 .793 173 .813 60.7 5.6 1.261 .474 .271 14.1 *3/5
*Walter French 29 49 35 5 3.8 116 .268 .267 .297 .298 .364 .356 .429 .653 .793 65 .382 -2.6 -0.2 .545 .133 .089 .0 O
*Lefty Grove 29 116 88 7 2.1 116 .309 .216 .297 .259 .364 .275 .429 .534 .793 35 .174 -10.4 -1.0 .425 .118 .059 .0 1
*Mule Haas 25 656 441 99 6.0 116 .315 .313 .297 .356 .364 .498 .429 .854 .793 114 .586 9.5 0.9 .803 .237 .185 .0 *O
Sammy Hale 32 416 299 39 3.5 116 .289 .277 .297 .303 .364 .338 .429 .641 .793 62 .343 -23.2 -2.2 .529 .103 .061 1.7 5/4
Joe Hassler 24 4 4 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .296 .000 .364 .000 .428 .000 .792 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /6
*Bevo LeBourveau 32 22 13 3 6.2 116 .333 .313 .297 .476 .364 .438 .429 .914 .793 133 .598 1.1 0.1 .917 .375 .125 /O
*Cloy Mattox 26 7 5 0 0.0 116 .200 .167 .297 .286 .364 .167 .429 .452 .793 17 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .400 .167 .000 /2
Eric McNair 20 8 4 3 20.0 116 .500 .500 .297 .500 .364 .625 .429 1.125 .793 183 .928 1.0 0.1 1.500 .250 .125 .0 /6
Bing Miller 34 613 394 103 7.0 116 .337 .331 .297 .380 .364 .489 .429 .869 .793 119 .651 13.7 1.3 .869 .257 .158 12.0 *O
Rudy Miller 28 7 3 1 8.9 116 .250 .250 .296 .571 .364 .250 .428 .821 .792 115 .745 0.5 0.0 1.333 .750 .000 /5
*Bud Morse 24 27 25 0 0.0 116 .080 .074 .297 .074 .364 .074 .429 .148 .793 -62 .000 -6.8 -0.7 .080 .000 .000 /4
*Ossie Orwoll 28 53 38 5 3.5 116 .325 .255 .297 .283 .364 .333 .429 .616 .793 56 .347 -3.7 -0.4 .500 .118 .078 1/O
Cy Perkins 33 84 63 5 2.1 116 .222 .211 .297 .259 .364 .263 .429 .522 .793 33 .174 -7.9 -0.8 .417 .118 .053 2
Jack Quinn 45 64 56 1 0.5 116 .200 .133 .297 .133 .364 .167 .429 .300 .793 -24 .014 -11.6 -1.1 .192 .033 .033 1
Eddie Rommel 31 45 35 2 1.5 116 .250 .205 .297 .244 .364 .231 .429 .475 .793 21 .104 -4.8 -0.5 .355 .077 .026 1
Bill Shores 25 52 41 1 0.6 116 .208 .125 .297 .239 .364 .125 .429 .364 .793 -5 .024 -6.5 -0.6 .314 .150 .000 1
Al Simmons 27 629 387 148 10.2 116 .350 .365 .297 .398 .364 .642 .429 1.040 .793 159 .789 47.4 4.4 1.097 .334 .277 7.2 *O
*Homer Summa 30 88 64 7 2.9 116 .275 .272 .297 .298 .364 .321 .429 .619 .793 57 .275 -5.5 -0.5 .483 .074 .049 .0 O
*Rube Walberg 32 112 86 7 2.2 116 .259 .223 .297 .245 .364 .272 .429 .517 .793 31 .180 -11.3 -1.1 .388 .078 .049 .0 1
Carroll Yerkes 26 10 10 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .297 .000 .364 .000 .429 .000 .793 -100 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 1
League Average 5.0 113 .298 .283 .292 .349 .359 .406 .422 .755 .781 93 .506 .700 .222 .123
Team Total 5987 3920 877 6.0 116 .305 .295 .297 .365 .364 .450 .429 .815 .793 105 .584 33.7 2.8 .792 .263 .154 83.1
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 29 137 616 491 92 105 18 6 3 33 1 122 47 .214 .373 .293 .667 53 129 129
Joe Boley 32 96 338 313 32 73 16 6 2 42 1 23 17 .233 .290 .342 .632 31 91 91
Bill Breckinridge 21 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
George Burns 36 40 63 61 4 13 5 0 1 9 1 2 7 .213 .238 .344 .582 5 38 38
*Mickey Cochrane 26 143 592 525 101 161 35 8 7 85 7 65 8 .307 .385 .444 .829 89 135 135
*Eddie Collins 42 10 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 9 9
*Doc Cramer 23 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
#Jim Cronin 23 26 63 58 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 5 7 .207 .270 .276 .546 4 25 25
Jimmie Dykes 32 126 467 411 68 125 32 6 12 71 8 49 26 .304 .388 .499 .886 78 119 119
George Earnshaw 29 47 93 90 5 14 2 0 1 8 0 2 22 .156 .183 .211 .394 3 44 44
Howard Ehmke 35 12 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11 11
Jimmie Foxx 21 158 626 527 110 173 22 9 31 106 9 97 74 .328 .435 .581 1.015 132 149 149
*Walter French 29 48 48 46 6 11 1 0 1 8 0 2 3 .239 .271 .326 .597 4 45 45
*Lefty Grove 29 44 112 106 11 21 3 0 1 13 0 6 35 .198 .241 .255 .496 6 42 42
*Mule Haas 25 147 627 591 103 171 39 9 15 73 0 32 40 .289 .330 .462 .792 89 139 139
Sammy Hale 32 107 406 392 46 102 14 3 1 36 6 12 19 .260 .286 .319 .605 35 101 101
Joe Hassler 24 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
*Bevo LeBourveau 32 13 22 17 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 5 1 .294 .455 .412 .866 3 12 12
*Cloy Mattox 26 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 3 3
Eric McNair 20 4 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 4 4
Bing Miller 34 156 613 571 75 177 31 15 8 83 23 38 26 .310 .357 .459 .816 92 147 147
Rudy Miller 28 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429 0 2 2
*Bud Morse 24 8 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
*Ossie Orwoll 28 32 54 52 5 12 2 1 0 5 0 2 12 .231 .259 .308 .567 4 30 30
Cy Perkins 33 40 84 79 3 15 4 0 0 7 0 5 4 .190 .238 .241 .479 4 38 38
Jack Quinn 45 37 64 64 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 35 35
Eddie Rommel 31 34 43 41 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 2 7 .195 .233 .220 .452 2 32 32
Bill Shores 25 41 48 42 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 .119 .229 .119 .348 1 39 39
Al Simmons 27 151 624 593 102 202 39 9 32 141 4 30 40 .341 .373 .599 .972 132 143 143
*Homer Summa 30 39 85 82 10 20 4 0 0 9 1 2 1 .244 .271 .293 .563 6 37 37
*Rube Walberg 32 42 111 108 10 23 2 0 1 10 0 3 18 .213 .234 .259 .493 6 40 40
Carroll Yerkes 26 20 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19 19
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 29 6 3044 690 3044 2381 481 646 112 20 15 189 31 36 587 216 .271 .419 .354 .773 98 843 19 57
Joe Boley 32 3 1230 341 1230 1098 134 303 55 17 3 148 14 6 82 41 .276 .330 .365 .695 77 401 6 44
Bill Breckinridge 21 1 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
George Burns 36 16 7233 1866 7233 6573 901 2018 444 72 72 951 154 63 363 433 .307 .354 .429 .783 113 2822 110 187
*Mickey Cochrane 26 5 2607 646 2607 2204 404 693 112 40 43 334 35 25 295 74 .314 .398 .460 .858 117 1014 9 99
*Eddie Collins 42 24 12035 2823 12035 9947 1820 3314 438 187 47 1300 744 173 1499 286 .333 .424 .429 .853 142 4267 77 512
*Doc Cramer 23 1 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
#Jim Cronin 23 1 63 25 63 56 7 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 7 .232 .295 .304 .599 52 17 0 2
Jimmie Dykes 32 12 5394 1323 5394 4675 693 1329 280 62 70 555 49 34 486 541 .284 .361 .416 .776 100 1943 73 160
George Earnshaw 29 2 163 70 163 144 9 29 4 0 1 16 1 0 3 28 .201 .223 .250 .473 21 36 1 15
Howard Ehmke 35 14 1084 426 1084 1006 70 209 38 6 0 73 5 1 25 111 .208 .227 .257 .484 28 259 0 53
Jimmie Foxx 21 5 1301 364 1301 1088 241 372 61 25 49 222 15 16 178 131 .342 .436 .579 1.015 157 630 4 31
*Walter French 29 6 1071 397 1071 981 142 297 45 12 2 109 13 7 44 62 .303 .336 .379 .715 81 372 5 41
*Lefty Grove 29 5 480 222 480 416 40 63 7 2 4 38 1 0 30 172 .151 .210 .207 .417 6 86 1 33
*Mule Haas 25 3 1024 234 1024 913 157 274 62 13 22 121 2 7 57 59 .300 .345 .469 .814 106 428 6 48
Sammy Hale 32 9 2981 821 2981 2725 401 828 149 53 28 367 40 19 122 200 .304 .339 .428 .767 95 1167 22 112
Joe Hassler 24 2 44 32 44 38 6 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 6 .237 .275 .289 .564 46 11 0 4
*Bevo LeBourveau 32 5 900 280 900 788 100 217 27 11 11 69 15 15 79 125 .275 .345 .379 .725 92 299 5 28
*Cloy Mattox 26 1 7 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 17 1 0 0
Eric McNair 20 1 8 4 8 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 183 5 0 0
Bing Miller 34 9 4777 1178 4777 4306 671 1385 264 75 85 686 97 60 237 257 .322 .366 .477 .843 115 2054 61 173
Rudy Miller 28 1 7 2 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250 .571 .250 .821 115 1 0 0
*Bud Morse 24 1 27 8 27 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .074 .074 .074 .148 -62 2 0 0
*Ossie Orwoll 28 2 244 94 244 221 34 65 15 3 0 28 3 1 18 35 .294 .347 .389 .736 90 86 0 5
Cy Perkins 33 14 3925 1134 3925 3518 325 915 172 35 30 398 18 34 298 214 .260 .320 .354 .675 77 1247 14 95
Jack Quinn 45 19 1435 641 1435 1279 88 232 37 7 7 104 5 0 86 254 .181 .235 .238 .472 28 304 3 67
Eddie Rommel 31 10 825 426 825 714 61 134 19 4 1 48 1 3 44 90 .188 .235 .230 .465 19 164 0 67
Bill Shores 25 2 57 42 57 45 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 .111 .216 .111 .327 -15 5 0 6
Al Simmons 27 6 3578 820 3578 3282 559 1169 237 60 115 712 49 40 206 248 .356 .396 .570 .966 143 1871 9 81
*Homer Summa 30 9 3256 815 3256 2947 404 890 164 33 17 356 44 35 162 87 .302 .346 .397 .743 92 1171 35 112
*Rube Walberg 32 7 471 252 471 430 42 90 15 1 4 40 2 0 22 95 .209 .248 .277 .525 33 119 0 19
Carroll Yerkes 26 3 13 22 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .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

1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics