1890 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics and Roster

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1890 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889)
54-78, Finished 8th in American Association
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Scored 702 runs, Allowed 945 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-84
Managed by Bill Sharsig

Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds

Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Wilbert Robinson    27   82  329   32   78  13  4   4   42  16       .237  .279  .337  20           3               83
1B  Jack O'Brien        30  109  433   80  113  24 14   4   80  52       .261  .356  .409  31          12              127
2B ?Taylor Shafer       23   69  261   28   45   3  4   0   21  28       .172  .258  .215  19           2               40
3B  Denny Lyons         24   88  339   79  120  29  5   7   73  57       .354  .461  .531  21          10              194
SS ?Ben Conroy          19  117  404   45   69  13  1   0   21  45       .171  .262  .208  17           5               39
OF  Blondie Purcell     36  110  463  110  128  28  3   2   59  43       .276  .343  .363  48           4              109
OF  Curt Welch          28  103  396  100  106  21  4   2   40  49       .268  .392  .356  64          32              122
OF *Orator Shaffer      38  100  390   55  110  15  5   1   58  47       .282  .367  .354  29           5              114
    Joe Kappel          33   56  208   29   50   8  1   1   22  20       .240  .310  .303  12           1               82
   ?George Carman       24   28   93    9   16   2  0   0    7   8       .172  .245  .194   5           1               30
    Kid Baldwin         25   24   90    5   21   1  2   0   12   4       .233  .274  .289   2           1               67
    John Riddle         26   27   85    7    7   0  1   0    2  17       .082  .243  .106   4           1                4
   ?Joe Daly            21   21   75    8   21   4  1   0    7   3       .280  .308  .360   1           0               98
    Andy Knox           26   21   75    6   19   3  0   0    8   9       .253  .333  .293   5           0               86
    Henry Easterday     25   19   68   17   10   1  0   1    3  10       .147  .256  .206   4           0               37
    Pete Sweeney        26   14   49    5    8   1  1   0    0   7       .163  .281  .224   0           1               50
   ?Al Sauters          21   14   41    1    4   0  0   0    0  11       .098  .288  .098   0           0               15
    Charles Snyder      17    9   33    5    9   1  0   0    4   2       .273  .314  .303   0           0               83
   ?Ed Pabst            22    8   25    7   10   2  0   0    3   5       .400  .500  .480   3           0              191
   ?Bart Cantz          30    5   22    1    1   0  0   0    1   0       .045  .045  .045   0           0              -73
   ?Henry Meyers        30    5   19    2    3   0  0   0    1   1       .158  .238  .158   2           1               17
   ?George Crawford           5   17    1    2   0  0   0    3   0       .118  .118  .118   1           0              -30
   ?Dennis Fitzgerald   25    2    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0       .250  .250  .250   0           0               48
   ?Pete Hasney         25    2    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   1       .143  .250  .143   0           0               17
   ?Sam Campbell              2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .167  .000   0           0              -50
   ?Ed Carfrey          26    1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .250  .250  .250   0           0               48
   ?John McBride              1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Bob Stafford        18    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
    Bill Collins        27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Macey                     1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?Ham Sweigert              1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .500  .000   1           0               49

    Sadie McMahon       22   49  175   27   40   5  1   2   19   7       .229  .266  .303   2           2               69
   ?Ed Green            40   39  126   15   15   1  1   0    5  13       .119  .218  .143   7           3                7
   ?Ed Seward           23   26   72    7   10   4  0   0    2   8       .139  .244  .194   3           2               30
   ?Duke Esper          21   18   61   11   18   2  2   0   11   2       .295  .317  .393   1           0              111
   ?Ed O'Neil           31   10   31    0    5   0  0   0    2   3       .161  .235  .161   0           0               18
   ?Charlie Stecher          10   29    3    7   0  1   0    0   1       .241  .290  .310   0           1               78
   *Jim Whitney         32    7   21    3    5   0  0   0    1   1       .238  .273  .238   0           0               51
   ?Mickey Hughes       23    6   16    2    2   0  0   0    1   2       .125  .222  .125   2           0                3
   ?Bill Price                1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .250  .250  .250   0           0               48
   ?Horace Helmbold           1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   1           0             -100
   ?Harry Stine         26    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .250  .000   0           0              -26
   ?John Sterling             1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
   ?William Lackey      19    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  132 4490  702 1057 181 51  24  508 475  540  .235  .309  .314 305          87               94
    Rank among 9 AA teams          6    6    7   1  7   3        3    3     7     6     7   6                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Sadie McMahon       22  48   3.34  29  18  1  46   2  44   0  410.0  414  238  152   5  133  225 2084   0   0  0     115
SP ?Ed Green            40  25   5.80   7  15  1  22   3  20   1  191.0  267  184  123   4   94   56  775  11   9  0      66
SP  Ed Seward           23  21   4.73   6  12  0  19   2  15   1  154.0  165  105   81   4   72   55  657   8   8  0      81
SP *Duke Esper          21  18   4.89   8   9  0  16   2  14   1  143.7  176   99   78   1   67   61  685   2   5  0      78
SP ?Charlie Stecher         10  10.32   0  10  0  10   0   9   0   68.0  111  110   78   1   60   18    0   0   0  0      37
SP  Ed O'Neil           31   6   9.69   0   6  0   6   0   6   0   52.0   84   77   56   0   32   17  278  10   5  0      39
SP  Mickey Hughes       23   6   5.44   1   3  0   5   0   4   0   41.3   64   56   25   0   21   15    0   0   0  0      70


    Jim Whitney         32   6   5.18   2   2  0   4   2   3   0   40.0   61   27   23   1   11    6    0   0   0  0      74
   ?Bill Price               1   2.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    6    3    2   0    7    1    7   0   0  0     191
   *Harry Stine         26   1   9.00   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0   17    9    8   0    4    1    0   0   0  0      42
   ?Horace Helmbold          1  14.14   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    7.0   17   15   11   0    6    3    0   0   0  0      27
   ?John Sterling            1  21.60   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    5.0   16   12   12   1    4    1   34   0   1  0      18
   ?William Lackey      19   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    4    2   0    3    1    3   0   0  0      42
    Curt Welch          28   1  54.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    6    6    6   0    0    1    0   0   0  0       7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 132   5.22  54  78  2 132  13 119   3 1132.0 1405  945  657  17  514  461 4523  31  28  0      73
    Rank among 9 AA teams           9   7   1  3           4   7      6    9    9        2    7    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WRobinson 82 412 103 39 10 .930 22 KBaldwin 19 100 33 17 3 .887 8 JRiddle 13 50 14 6 0 .914 9 JDaly 9 24 16 11 0 .784 7 BCantz 5 15 10 3 1 .893 6 CSnyder 5 15 4 6 0 .760 4 JKappel 3 8 2 1 0 .909 3 Macey 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4 JO'Brien 1 2 2 1 1 .800 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 132 627 184 84 15 .906 65 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .973 10.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JO'Brien 109 1018 52 26 61 .976 9.82 AKnox 21 205 5 8 8 .963 10.00 OShaffer 3 26 2 1 1 .966 9.33 SMcMahon 1 11 1 1 1 .923 12.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 132 1260 60 36 71 .973 10.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .925 5.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TShafer 69 214 195 35 39 .921 5.93 BConroy 42 101 94 11 13 .947 4.64 PSweeney 9 24 19 4 1 .915 4.78 SCampbell 2 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 GCarman 2 4 3 1 0 .875 3.50 EGreen 2 1 5 3 0 .667 3.00 JKappel 2 3 7 4 0 .714 5.00 JRiddle 2 3 5 3 1 .727 4.00 ASauters 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 132 354 330 63 54 .916 5.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .864 3.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLyons 88 147 203 35 14 .909 3.98 JKappel 11 10 14 5 3 .828 2.18 ASauters 11 15 19 6 0 .850 3.09 EGreen 10 17 23 4 1 .909 4.00 KBaldwin 5 6 14 5 1 .800 4.00 HMeyers 5 6 7 6 0 .684 2.60 PSweeney 2 5 3 2 1 .800 4.00 GCarman 1 1 3 2 9 .667 4.00 EO'Neil 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 JRiddle 1 2 3 3 0 .625 5.00 CStecher 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 132 212 290 68 29 .881 3.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .885 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BConroy 74 119 257 45 26 .893 5.08 HEasterday 19 33 59 15 7 .860 4.84 JKappel 18 20 63 14 5 .856 4.61 GCarman 15 23 40 19 4 .768 4.20 EGreen 3 7 3 3 0 .769 3.33 DFitzgerald 2 2 4 3 0 .667 3.00 ECarfrey 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 BCollins 1 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 GCrawford 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 132 208 432 102 42 .863 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .916 1.79 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BPurcell 110 170 17 10 3 .949 1.70 104 0 7 CWelch 103 225 24 22 8 .919 2.42 0 103 0 OShaffer 98 143 17 7 6 .958 1.63 0 0 98 JKappel 23 34 6 7 0 .851 1.74 11 8 5 JDaly 14 15 3 2 0 .900 1.29 3 8 3 JRiddle 12 21 3 3 1 .889 2.00 9 3 0 GCarman 10 5 0 3 0 .625 0.50 0 0 10 EPabst 8 22 4 1 0 .963 3.25 8 0 0 ESeward 6 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 6 0 CSnyder 5 6 1 5 0 .583 1.40 1 0 4 GCrawford 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 4 PSweeney 4 2 0 1 0 .667 0.50 0 4 0 EO'Neil 3 3 0 3 0 .500 1.00 0 3 0 PHasney 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 ASauters 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 0 2 0 BConroy 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 0 MHughes 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 JMcBride 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 0 JO'Brien 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 BStafford 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 HSweigert 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 0 JWhitney 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 132 664 79 67 18 .917 1.97 132 132 132 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .907 2.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SMcMahon 48 29 112 8 6 .946 3.10 EGreen 25 8 53 4 1 .938 2.87 ESeward 21 17 26 10 2 .811 2.51 DEsper 18 5 34 2 2 .951 2.44 CStecher 10 3 23 3 0 .897 3.44 EO'Neil 6 3 14 2 0 .895 2.94 MHughes 6 1 6 3 1 .700 1.53 JWhitney 6 1 8 1 1 .900 2.02 BPrice 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 HStine 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HHelmbold 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86 JSterling 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WLackey 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CWelch 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 132 68 282 34 13 .911 2.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Lyons .354

On-base % Lyons .461

Slugging % Lyons .531

OPS Lyons .992

Games Conroy 117

At Bats Purcell 463

Plate Appearances (approx.) Purcell 510

Runs Purcell 110

Hits Purcell 128

Total Bases Lyons 180

Doubles Lyons 29

Triples O'Brien 14

Home Runs Lyons 7

RBI O'Brien 80

Bases on Balls Lyons 57

Stolen Bases Welch 64

Singles Purcell 95

Adjusted OPS+ Lyons 194

Runs Created Lyons 80

Adjusted Batting Runs Lyons 44

Batting Wins Lyons 4.5

Extra-Base Hits O'Brien 42

Times on Base Lyons and Welch 187

Offensive Win% Lyons .842

Hit By Pitch Welch 32

Power/Speed Number Lyons 10.5

At Bats per Home Run Lyons 48.4

Outs Conroy and Purcell 335

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA McMahon 3.34

Wins McMahon 29

Won-Loss % McMahon .617

BB + H per IP (WHIP) McMahon 1.334

Hits Allowed/9IP McMahon 9.09

Bases on Balls/9IP McMahon 2.92

Strikeouts/9IP McMahon 4.94

Games McMahon 48

Saves Green and McMahon 1

Innings McMahon 410.0

Strikeouts McMahon 225

Games Started McMahon 46

Comp. Games McMahon 44

Shutouts Esper, Green, and Seward 1

Home Runs Allow. McMahon 5

Bases On Balls Allow. McMahon 133

Hits Allowed McMahon 414

SO to Walk McMahon 1.69

Losses McMahon 18

Earned Runs Allow. McMahon 152

Wild Pitches Green 11

Hit Batsmen Green 9

Batters Faced McMahon 2084

Games Finished Green 3

Adjusted ERA+ McMahon 115

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