Philadelphia Athletics Yearly Starters

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Year and record in Bold indicates they won pennant.

Shading is not used to differentiate the players' performances. It is merely used to quickly illustrate long strings of games/years played by a single player. When a player in the column changes, so does the color of the shading.

Most Common Starters

Year	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
Most Years	Clapp	Fisler	Fisler	Sutton	McGeary	Cuthbert	McMullin	Fisher
Most Games	Clapp 130 gms McGeary 65 gms Malone 51 gms Anson 17 gms Coon 4 gms	Fisler 110 gms Anson 92 gms Mack 26 gms Malone 17 gms Murnane 13 gms	Fisler 99 gms Craver 54 gms Battin 41 gms Reach 35 gms Richmond 17 gms	Sutton 152 gms Anson 82 gms Meyerle 27 gms Bechtel 3 gms Force 2 gms	McGeary 92 gms Force 77 gms Sutton 29 gms Radcliff 28 gms Mack 21 gms	Cuthbert 74 gms Hall 74 gms McMullin 56 gms Gedney 51 gms Richmond 2 gms	Eggler 65 gms McMullin 51 gms Treacey 47 gms Sensenderfer 45 gms Murnane 25 gms	Fisher 43 gms Bechtel 40 gms Reach 39 gms Anson 31 gms Meyerle 26 gms
1875 (53-20)	Clapp	Fisler	Craver	Sutton	Force	Hall	Eggler	Bechtel
1874 (33-22)	McGeary	Fisler	Battin	Sutton	Anson	Gedney	McMullin	Clapp
1873 (28-23)	Clapp	Anson	Fisler	Sutton	McGeary	McMullin	Murnane	Fisher
1872 (30-14)	Malone	Mack	Fisler	Anson	McGeary	Cuthbert	Treacey	Meyerle
1871 (21-7)	Malone	Fisler	Reach	Meyerle	Radcliff	Cuthbert	Sensenderfer	Heubel
5 years	3 players	3 players	4 players	3 players	4 players	4 players	5 players	5 players

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