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1929 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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
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Won World Series (4-1) over Chicago Cubs

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1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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

* - 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	151	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	118	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	129	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	107	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	118	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	149	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	129	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	52	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	123	1.369	9.1	0.5	3.2	3.8	1.18
		Rank in 8 AL teams		1	8		1				6	3	1	5	1	1	1	3	3		3567
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	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Max Bishop	29	129				693	301	371	21	58	.970	5.21		2B
Joe Boley	32	89				406	162	229	15	50	.963	4.39		SS-3B
Bill Breckinridge	21	3				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
George Burns	36	19				104	99	5	0	9	1.000	5.47		1B
Mickey Cochrane	26	135				749	659	77	13	9	.983	5.45	9	C
Doc Cramer	23	1	1	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.00		OF
Jim Cronin	23	23				86	29	53	4	11	.953	3.57		2B-SS-3B
Jimmie Dykes	32	120				509	203	273	33	40	.935	3.97		SS-3B-2B
George Earnshaw	29	44				56	12	38	6	1	.893	1.14		P
Howard Ehmke	35	11				18	7	10	1	0	.944	1.55		P
Jimmie Foxx	21	150				1331	1233	91	7	100	.995	8.83		1B-3B
Walter French	29	10	6	1	3	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0.80		OF
Lefty Grove	29	42				46	3	41	2	0	.957	1.05		P
Mule Haas	25	139	1	139	0	390	373	10	7	2	.982	2.76		OF
Sammy Hale	32	100				278	94	172	12	14	.957	2.66		3B-2B
Joe Hassler	24	2				5	1	2	2	0	.600	1.50		SS
Bevo LeBourveau	32	3	0	2	1	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.67		OF
Cloy Mattox	26	3				8	5	2	1	0	.875	2.33	0	C
Eric McNair	20	4				11	6	5	0	0	1.000	2.75		SS
Bing Miller	34	145	9	4	133	331	311	10	10	4	.970	2.21		OF
Rudy Miller	28	2				8	3	3	2	0	.750	3.00		3B
Bud Morse	24	8				40	17	22	1	3	.975	4.88		2B
Ossie Orwoll	28	21	1	8	0	24	18	6	0	1	1.000	1.14		P-OF
Cy Perkins	33	38				101	85	15	1	1	.990	2.63	1	C
Jack Quinn	45	35				42	3	38	1	1	.976	1.17		P
Eddie Rommel	31	32				36	9	26	1	3	.972	1.09		P
Bill Shores	25	39				38	7	28	3	2	.921	0.90		P
Al Simmons	27	142	142	0	0	372	349	19	4	2	.989	2.59		OF
Homer Summa	30	24	18	0	16	50	48	1	1	0	.980	2.04		OF
Rube Walberg	32	40				60	11	49	0	1	1.000	1.50		P
Carroll Yerkes	26	19				21	3	18	0	3	1.000	1.11		P
Team Totals	28.9	151				5835	4073	1614	148	315	.975	3.62	10
Rank in 8 AL teams									8	8	1
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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