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1928 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 98-55, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 829 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-56 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 689,756 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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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  *Mickey Cochrane     25  131  468   92  137  26 12  10   57  76   25  .293  .395  .464   7   7       3  21          122
1B *Joe Hauser          29   95  300   61   78  19  5  16   59  52   45  .260  .369  .517   4   2       0  14          128
2B *Max Bishop          28  126  472  104  149  27  5   6   50  97   36  .316  .435  .432   9   9       3  14          126
3B  Sammy Hale          31   88  314   38   97  20  9   4   58   9   21  .309  .334  .468   2   0       3  10          106
SS  Joe Boley           31  132  425   49  112  20  3   0   49  32   11  .264  .317  .325   5   1       1  21           67
OF  Bing Miller         33  139  510   76  168  34  7   8   85  27   24  .329  .372  .471  10   6       8  19          117
OF  Al Simmons          26  119  464   78  163  33  9  15  107  31   30  .351  .396  .558   1   4       3  11          145
OF *Ty Cobb             41   95  353   54  114  27  4   1   40  34   16  .323  .389  .431   5   8       4   2          112
    Jimmie Foxx         20  118  400   85  131  29 10  13   79  60   43  .328  .416  .548   3   8       1  12          148
   *Mule Haas           24   91  332   41   93  21  4   6   39  23   20  .280  .331  .422   2   3       2   8           94
    Jimmie Dykes        31   85  242   39   67  11  0   5   30  27   21  .277  .361  .384   2   1       5  12           94
   *Tris Speaker        40   64  191   28   51  22  2   3   30  10    5  .267  .310  .450   5   1       2   9           95
   *Ossie Orwoll        27   64  170   28   52  13  2   0   22  16   24  .306  .366  .406   3   1       0   5          100
   *Walter French       28   48   74    9   19   4  0   0    7   2    5  .257  .286  .311   1   1       1   0           55
    Joe Hassler         23   28   34    5    9   2  0   0    3   2    4  .265  .306  .324   0   1       0   4           63
   *Eddie Collins       41   36   33    3   10   3  0   0    7   4    4  .303  .378  .394   0   0       0   0          101
    Cy Perkins          32   19   29    1    5   0  0   0    1   1    1  .172  .200  .172   0   1       0   1           -3

   *Lefty Grove         28   39   88   10   15   2  1   1    6  10   41  .170  .263  .250   0   0       1   5           34
   *Rube Walberg        31   38   86   10   18   4  0   1    7   3   13  .209  .236  .291   1   0       0   3           36
    Jack Quinn          44   31   79    3   13   2  0   0   12   3   23  .165  .195  .190   0   0       0   6            0
    George Earnshaw     28   26   57    3   14   2  0   0    6   1    7  .246  .259  .281   1   0       0   5           40
    Eddie Rommel        30   43   47    5   12   1  1   0    1   7    5  .255  .352  .319   0   0       0   4           75
    Howard Ehmke        34   23   46    6   11   3  1   0    5   1    3  .239  .255  .348   0   0       0  10           55
    Joe Bush            35   15   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .067  .125  .067   0   0       0   0          -49
    Bill Shores         24    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Jing Johnson        33    3    4    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .750   0   0       0   0          220
    Carroll Yerkes      25    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6  153 5226  829 1540 323 75  89  760 533  442  .295  .360  .436  59  48      37 196          113
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    2    2   1  6   2        3    5     2     2     2   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

    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 *Lefty Grove         28  39   2.58  24   8  4  31   6  24   4  261.7  228   93   75  10   64  183 1075   4   1  0     155
SP *Rube Walberg        31  38   3.55  17  12  1  30   6  15   3  235.7  236  111   93  19   64  112  993   1   3  0     113
SP  Jack Quinn          44  31   2.90  18   7  1  28   2  18   4  211.3  239   92   68   3   34   43  910   0   7  0     138
SP  George Earnshaw     28  26   3.81   7   7  1  22   4   7   3  158.3  143   81   67   7  100  117  728   7   1  0     105
SP  Howard Ehmke        34  23   3.62   9   8  0  18   3   5   1  139.3  135   65   56   6   44   34  597   0   4  0     111

RP  Eddie Rommel        30  43   3.06  13   5  4  11  18   6   0  173.7  177   70   59  11   26   37  711   2   2  0     131
RP *Ossie Orwoll        27  27   4.58   6   5  2   8  15   3   0  106.0  110   59   54   7   50   53  479   3   2  0      87
RP  Joe Bush            35  11   5.09   2   1  1   2   7   1   0   35.3   39   21   20   1   18   15  165   1   1  0      78
RP  Ike Powers          22   9   4.50   1   0  2   0   7   0   0   12.0    8    6    6   1   10    4   51   0   1  0      89

    Bill Shores         24   3   3.21   1   1  0   2   0   1   0   14.0   13    7    5   0    7    5   61   1   0  0     124
    Jing Johnson        33   3   5.06   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.7   13    8    6   1    5    3   49   0   0  0      79
   *Carroll Yerkes      25   2   2.08   0   1  0   1   1   1   0    8.7    7    2    2   0    2    1   36   0   0  0     192
    Art Daney           23   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0    4   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.9 153   3.36  98  55 16 153  72  81  15 1367.0 1349  615  510  66  424  607 5859  19  22  0     119
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   2   7  2           3   1      7    1    1        6    1    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MCochrane 130 645 71 25 8 .966 8 JFoxx 19 84 20 3 4 .972 1 CPerkins 19 47 7 1 0 .982 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 776 98 29 12 .968 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHauser 88 811 41 12 51 .986 9.68 OOrwoll 34 322 21 6 32 .983 10.09 JFoxx 30 273 6 2 19 .993 9.30 JDykes 8 38 4 1 0 .977 5.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1444 72 21 102 .986 9.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .963 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBishop 125 284 371 15 62 .978 5.24 JDykes 32 76 92 3 15 .982 5.25 ECollins 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 360 463 18 77 .979 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 3.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHale 79 86 189 20 17 .932 3.48 JFoxx 60 59 129 12 9 .940 3.13 JDykes 20 21 30 1 4 .981 2.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 166 348 33 30 .940 3.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .938 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBoley 132 244 320 30 51 .949 4.27 JHassler 28 26 32 8 5 .879 2.07 JDykes 22 33 42 4 2 .949 3.41 ECollins 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 303 395 42 58 .943 4.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .973 2.22 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMiller 133 298 8 10 2 .968 2.30 28 43 66 ASimmons 114 231 10 3 2 .988 2.11 114 0 0 TCobb 85 154 7 6 0 .964 1.89 0 0 85 MHaas 82 175 9 5 1 .974 2.24 10 69 4 TSpeaker 50 111 8 3 1 .975 2.38 1 49 0 WFrench 19 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 8 0 11 JBush 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 JDykes 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 1003 43 27 6 .975 2.30 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 2.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LGrove 39 6 40 1 0 .979 1.58 RWalberg 38 9 56 4 3 .942 2.48 JQuinn 31 7 55 1 2 .984 2.64 ERommel 43 8 51 0 5 1.000 3.06 GEarnshaw 26 6 27 4 0 .892 1.88 HEhmke 23 6 35 2 2 .953 2.65 OOrwoll 27 6 20 1 0 .963 2.21 JBush 11 5 10 0 1 1.000 3.82 BShores 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 IPowers 9 2 4 0 3 1.000 4.50 JJohnson 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.36 CYerkes 2 0 5 0 1 1.000 5.17 ADaney 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 56 309 13 18 .966 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Simmons .351 On-base % Bishop .435 Slugging % Simmons .558 OPS Foxx .964 Games Miller 139 At Bats Miller 510 Plate Appearances (approx.) Bishop 586 Runs Bishop 104 Hits Miller 168 Total Bases Simmons 259 Doubles Miller 34 Triples Cochrane 12 Home Runs Hauser 16 RBI Simmons 107 Bases on Balls Bishop 97 Strikeouts Hauser 45 Stolen Bases Miller 10 Singles Miller 119 Adjusted OPS+ Foxx 148 Runs Created Simmons 100 Adjusted Batting Runs Foxx and Simmons 29 Batting Wins Foxx and Simmons 2.8 Extra-Base Hits Simmons 57 Times on Base Bishop 249 Offensive Win% Simmons .742 Hit By Pitch Miller 8 Sac. Hits Boley and Cochrane 21 Caught Stealing Bishop 9 Power/Speed Number Miller 8.9 At Bats per Strikeout Boley 38.6 At Bats per Home Run Foxx 30.8 Outs Miller 367

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grove 2.58 Wins Grove 24 Won-Loss % Grove .750 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grove 1.116 Hits Allowed/9IP Grove 7.84 Bases on Balls/9IP Rommel 1.35 Strikeouts/9IP Earnshaw 6.65 Games Rommel 43 Saves Grove and Rommel 4 Innings Grove 261.7 Strikeouts Grove 183 Games Started Grove 31 Comp. Games Grove 24 Shutouts Grove and Quinn 4 Home Runs Allow. Walberg 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Earnshaw 100 Hits Allowed Quinn 239 SO to Walk Grove 2.86 Losses Walberg 12 Earned Runs Allow. Walberg 93 Wild Pitches Earnshaw 7 Hit Batsmen Quinn 7 Batters Faced Grove 1075 Games Finished Rommel 18 Adjusted ERA+ Grove 155

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