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1929 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930

104-46, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (104-46)
Scored 901 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-50

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 839,176 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 105

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Chicago Cubs

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1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 7 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* 29 129 617 475 102 110 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 3 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 10 40 25 .331 .380 .489 .869 118 272 4 13
8 OF Mule Haas* 25 139 655 578 115 181 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 Jimmy 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 OF Ossie Orwoll* 28 30 53 51 6 13 2 1 0 6 0 0 2 11 .255 .283 .333 .616 55 17 0 0
14 1B George Burns 36 29 51 49 5 13 5 0 1 11 1 0 2 3 .265 .294 .429 .723 81 21 0 1
15 OF Walt French* 29 45 51 45 7 12 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 3 .267 .298 .356 .653 65 16 0 2
16 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
17 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
18 Eddie Collins* 42 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .222 .000 .222 -39 0 0 0
19 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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 P Jack Quinn 45 35 64 60 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .133 .133 .167 .300 -25 10 0 4
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 5988 5204 901 1537 288 75 122 845 63 42 540 440 .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 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 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* 29 20 6 .769 2.81 42 37 5 19 2 4 275.1 278 104 86 8 81 170 3 0 8 1168 149 1.304 9.1 0.3 2.6 5.6 2.10
2 SP Rube Walberg* 32 18 11 .621 3.60 40 33 6 20 3 4 267.2 256 115 107 22 99 94 0 0 4 1139 117 1.326 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.95
3 SP George Earnshaw 29 24 8 .750 3.29 44 33 5 13 3 1 254.2 233 110 93 8 125 149 5 0 8 1115 128 1.406 8.2 0.3 4.4 5.3 1.19
4 SP Jack Quinn 45 11 9 .550 3.97 35 18 9 7 0 2 161.0 182 87 71 8 39 41 1 1 3 687 106 1.373 10.2 0.4 2.2 2.3 1.05
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
5 CL Bill Shores 25 11 6 .647 3.60 39 13 19 5 1 7 152.2 150 71 61 9 59 49 3 0 1 653 117 1.369 8.8 0.5 3.5 2.9 0.83
6 RP Eddie Rommel 31 12 2 .857 2.85 32 6 16 4 0 4 113.2 135 52 36 10 34 25 1 1 1 503 148 1.487 10.7 0.8 2.7 2.0 0.74
7 RP Carroll Yerkes* 26 1 0 1.000 4.58 19 2 10 0 0 1 37.1 47 20 19 0 13 11 1 0 0 163 93 1.607 11.3 0.0 3.1 2.7 0.85
8 RP Ossie Orwoll* 28 0 2 .000 4.80 12 0 7 0 0 1 30.0 32 23 16 6 6 12 0 0 0 125 88 1.267 9.6 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00
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
9 Howard Ehmke 35 7 2 .778 3.29 11 8 3 2 0 0 54.2 48 24 20 2 15 20 1 0 1 229 128 1.152 7.9 0.3 2.5 3.3 1.33
10 Bill Breckinridge 21 0 0 8.10 3 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 10 9 0 16 2 0 0 2 55 54 2.600 9.0 0.0 14.4 1.8 0.13
Team Totals 31.3 104 46 .693 3.44 151 151 81 70 9 24 1357.0 1371 616 518 73 487 573 15 2 28 5837 122 1.369 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.8 1.18
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 1 6 3 1 6 1 1 1 3 3 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Max Bishop 29 129 129 122 693 301 371 21 58 .970 5.21 2B
Joe Boley 32 89 87 79 406 162 229 15 50 .963 4.39 SS-3B
Bill Breckinridge 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
George Burns 36 19 9 9 104 99 5 0 9 1.000 5.47 1B
Mickey Cochrane 26 135 134 112 749 659 77 13 9 .983 5.45 9 71 39 35% 44% C
Doc Cramer 23 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 OF
Jim Cronin 23 23 13 12 86 29 53 4 11 .953 3.57 2B-SS-3B
Jimmy Dykes 32 117 114 104 509 203 273 33 40 .935 3.97 SS-3B-2B
George Earnshaw 29 44 33 13 56 12 38 6 1 .893 1.14 P
Howard Ehmke 35 11 8 2 18 7 10 1 0 .944 1.55 P
Jimmie Foxx 21 149 149 139 1331 1233 91 7 100 .995 8.83 1B-3B
Walt French 29 10 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 OF
Lefty Grove 29 42 37 19 46 3 41 2 0 .957 1.05 P
Mule Haas 25 139 139 135 390 373 10 7 2 .982 2.76 OF
Sammy Hale 32 100 94 89 278 94 172 12 14 .957 2.66 3B-2B
Joe Hassler 24 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 .600 1.50 SS
Bevo LeBourveau 32 3 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 OF
Cloy Mattox 26 3 2 1 8 5 2 1 0 .875 2.33 0 3 0 0% 44% C
Eric McNair 20 4 1 1 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.75 SS
Bing Miller 34 145 145 140 331 311 10 10 4 .970 2.21 OF
Rudy Miller 28 2 2 1 8 3 3 2 0 .750 3.00 3B
Bud Morse 24 8 5 5 40 17 22 1 3 .975 4.88 2B
Ossie Orwoll 28 21 7 7 24 18 6 0 1 1.000 1.14 P-OF
Cy Perkins 33 38 15 13 101 85 15 1 1 .990 2.63 1 15 5 25% 44% C
Jack Quinn 45 35 18 7 42 3 38 1 1 .976 1.17 P
Eddie Rommel 31 32 6 4 36 9 26 1 3 .972 1.09 P
Bill Shores 25 39 13 5 38 7 28 3 2 .921 0.90 P
Al Simmons 27 142 142 129 372 349 19 4 2 .989 2.59 OF
Homer Summa 30 24 15 15 50 48 1 1 0 .980 2.04 OF
Rube Walberg 32 40 33 20 60 11 49 0 1 1.000 1.50 P
Carroll Yerkes 26 19 2 0 21 3 18 0 3 1.000 1.11 P
Team Totals 28.9 151 1359 1188 5835 4073 1614 148 315 .975 3.62 10 89 44 33% 44%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Max Bishop* 29 129 617 -5 -0 0 -1 4 -2 -0.3 20 17 1.7 .498 .499 1.7 0.3 18 $15,000 Purchased *4
Joe Boley 32 91 336 -14 1 0 -2 6 -9 -0.9 11 1 0.2 .490 .495 0.3 0.3 3 $12,000 Purchased 6/5
Bill Breckinridge 21 3 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .474 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
George Burns 36 29 51 -2 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .494 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ Purchased 3
Mickey Cochrane* 26 135 606 23 -0 0 -1 4 26 2.4 19 45 4.3 .518 .515 4.4 0.3 46 $16,000 Traded *2
Eddie Collins* 42 9 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Free Agency
Doc Cramer* 23 2 6 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .403 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /7O
Jim Cronin# 23 25 63 -4 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 2 -0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 4/65
Jimmy Dykes 32 119 476 25 1 0 -8 6 24 2.2 15 39 3.8 .519 .514 4.5 -0.2 47 $12,000 Rule 5 Draft 654
George Earnshaw 29 44 100 -14 0 0 0 11 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .494 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $10,000 1
Howard Ehmke 35 11 19 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .484 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ Traded 1
Jimmie Foxx 21 149 638 61 0 0 4 -6 58 5.4 20 78 7.4 .537 .534 7.0 -0.2 74 $5,000 Purchased *3/5
Walt French* 29 45 51 -3 0 0 -1 -0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .492 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ O/798
Lefty Grove* 29 42 116 -12 0 0 0 13 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $20,000 Purchased 1
Mule Haas* 25 139 655 11 -1 0 -1 -3 6 0.6 21 27 2.6 .504 .504 2.7 -0.4 28 $ *8O/7
Sammy Hale 32 101 416 -22 1 0 3 3 -16 -1.5 13 -2 -0.2 .485 .491 -0.6 0.6 -5 $ Purchased 5/4
Joe Hassler 24 4 4 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .447 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /6
Bevo LeBourveau* 32 12 22 1 -0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /O89
Cloy Mattox* 26 3 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
Eric McNair 20 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .530 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ /6
Bing Miller 34 147 613 15 2 0 4 -7 14 1.3 19 34 3.3 .509 .509 2.8 -0.3 30 $ Traded *O9/78
Rudy Miller 28 2 7 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .477 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /5
Bud Morse* 24 8 27 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .422 .496 -0.5 0.0 -5 $ /4
Ossie Orwoll* 28 30 53 -4 0 0 -1 5 0 0.1 2 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.1 3 $ Traded 1/O87
Cy Perkins 33 38 84 -8 0 0 0 1 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .482 .496 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ 2
Jack Quinn 45 35 64 -13 0 0 0 7 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .485 .497 -0.5 0.0 -3 $ Waivers 1
Eddie Rommel 31 32 45 -5 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
Bill Shores 25 39 52 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
Al Simmons 27 143 629 49 1 0 16 -7 59 5.5 20 79 7.5 .539 .534 5.9 0.9 63 $18,000 Traded *7O
Homer Summa* 30 37 88 -5 -0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 3 -4 -0.3 .483 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -4 $ Purchased O9/7
Rube Walberg* 32 40 112 -12 0 0 0 13 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $10,000 Purchased 1
Carroll Yerkes 26 19 10 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
Team Total 28.6 1666 5988 37 6 0 11 64 117 10.5 189 307 27.7 .507 .502 26.0 1.1 296 $118,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Bill Breckinridge 21 10.0 3 1 10 9.00 5.26 0.08 0.00 99.1 5.14 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .377 .498 $
George Earnshaw 29 254.2 44 33 110 3.89 5.01 0.07 0.00 98.9 4.89 29 2.9 1.0 -0.1 5.0 58 .565 .518 $10,000
Howard Ehmke 35 54.2 11 8 24 3.95 5.07 0.07 0.00 97.9 4.89 6 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.0 12 .552 .504 $ Traded
Lefty Grove* 29 275.0 42 37 104 3.40 4.87 0.07 0.00 99.3 4.77 42 4.3 1.0 -0.1 6.6 74 .602 .526 $20,000 Purchased
Ossie Orwoll* 28 29.2 12 0 23 6.98 5.68 0.07 0.00 99.8 5.60 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .465 .497 $ Traded
Jack Quinn 45 161.0 35 18 87 4.86 5.29 0.08 0.00 97.2 5.06 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.7 23 .510 .502 $ Waivers
Eddie Rommel 31 113.2 32 6 52 4.12 4.65 0.08 0.00 99.0 4.52 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.5 19 .516 .503 $
Bill Shores 25 152.2 39 13 71 4.19 4.79 0.07 0.00 100.1 4.72 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.2 27 .523 .506 $
Rube Walberg* 32 268.0 40 33 115 3.86 5.06 0.07 0.00 99.4 4.96 33 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.5 64 .583 .520 $10,000 Purchased
Carroll Yerkes* 26 37.1 19 2 20 4.82 4.74 0.08 0.00 101.0 4.71 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .498 .500 $
Team Total 31.3 1356.2 277 151 616 4.09 4.98 0.07 0.00 99.1 4.86 118 12.0 1.0 -0.6 23.3 277 .543 .507 $40,000
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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