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1929 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1928 Season 1930 Season

Record: 104-46-1, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Connie Mack (104-46-1)

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 839,176 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 100-50, 901 Runs, 615 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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		0
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		5
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		0
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		3
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		1
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		8
7	OF	Bing Miller	34	147	613	556	84	184	32	16	8	93	24	10	40	25	.331	.380	.489	.869	119	272		4	13		1
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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		2
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		0
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		1
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		0
13	OF	Ossie Orwoll*	28	30	53	51	6	13	2	1	0	6	0	0	2	11	.255	.283	.333	.616	56	17		0	0		0
14	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		0
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		0
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		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		0
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		1
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		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		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		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		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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		0
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		0
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		0
27	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		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		0
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		0
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		0
31	P	Carroll Yerkes	26	19	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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		0
		Team Totals	28.7	151	5991	5204	901	1537	288	75	122	845	63	42	540	440	.295	.365	.450	.815	105	2341		29	214		22
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	2	3	3	3	2		7	1	4	5	2	1	2	1		3		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.4	151	5415	4689	855	1441	275	74	119	796	63	42	519	308	.307	.380	.474	.853	115	2221		28	176		22
		Pitcher Totals	31.2	151	576	515	46	96	13	1	3	49	0	0	21	132	.186	.220	.233	.453	15	120		1	38		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Lefty Grove*	29	20	6	.769	2.81	42	37	5	19	2	4	275.1	278	104	86	8	81	2	170	3	0	8	1168	149	2.85	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	3	94	0	0	4	1139	117	4.27	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	0	149	5	0	8	1115	128	3.56	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	3	41	1	1	3	687	106	3.68	1.373	10.2	0.4	2.2	2.3	1.05
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Bill Shores	25	11	6	.647	3.60	39	13	19	5	1	7	152.2	150	71	61	9	59	0	49	3	0	1	653	117	4.14	1.369	8.8	0.5	3.5	2.9	0.83
6	RP	Eddie Rommel	31	12	2	.857	2.85	32	6	15	4	0	4	113.2	135	52	36	10	34	1	25	1	1	1	503	148	4.42	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	1	11	1	0	0	163	93	3.33	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	0	12	0	0	0	125	89	5.19	1.267	9.6	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.00
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
9		Howard Ehmke	35	7	2	.778	3.29	11	8	3	2	0	0	54.2	48	24	20	2	15	0	20	1	0	1	229	128	3.42	1.152	7.9	0.3	2.5	3.3	1.33
10		Bill Breckinridge	21	0	0		8.10	3	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	10	10	9	0	16	0	2	0	0	2	55	54	7.19	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	10	573	15	2	28	5837	122	3.76	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W