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1885 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884/1886) 55-57, Finished 4th in American Association View League Standings and Leaders Scored 764 runs, Allowed 691 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-51 Managed by Harry Stovey Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885 Stats (1884/1886) / Schedule

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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   Jocko Milligan      23   67  265   35   71  15  4   2   39   7       .268  .289  .377   0           1              104
1B  Harry Stovey        28  112  486  130  153  27  9  13   75  39       .315  .371  .488   0           4              163
2B  Cub Stricker        25  106  398   71   93   9  3   1   41  21       .234  .284  .279   0           7               74
3B  Fred Corey          30   94  384   61   94  14  8   1   38  17       .245  .282  .331   0           3               88
SS  Sadie Houck         29   93  388   74   99  10  9   0   54  10       .255  .286  .327   0           7               89
OF  Henry Larkin        25  108  453  114  149  37 14   8   88  26       .329  .372  .525   0           5              174
OF *John Coleman        22   96  398   71  119  15 11   3   70  25       .299  .345  .415   0           3              133
OF  Blondie Purcell     31   66  304   71   90  15  5   0   22  16       .296  .337  .378   0           3              120
    Jack O'Brien        25   62  225   35   60   9  1   2   30  20       .267  .340  .342   0           5              111
    George Strief       28   44  175   19   48   8  5   0   27   9       .274  .310  .377   0           0              111
    Lon Knight          32   29  119   17   25   1  1   0   14   9       .210  .271  .235   0           1               57
   ?Jim Powell          25   19   75    5   12   0  3   0    5   1       .160  .192  .240   0           2               33
   ?Marshall Quinton    33    7   29    6    6   1  0   0    4   1       .207  .258  .241   0           1               55
   ?Eddie Fusselback    28    5   19    2    6   1  0   0    2   0       .316  .316  .368   0           0              110
   *Bill Hughes         18    4   16    3    3   1  1   0    1   1       .188  .278  .375   0           1              100
   ?Frank Siffell       25    3   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .100  .100  .100   0           0              -38
   *Orator Shaffer      33    2    9    1    2   0  1   0    1   1       .222  .300  .444   0           0              127

    Bobby Mathews       33   48  179   22   30   3  0   0   12  10       .168  .212  .184   0           0               23
    Tom Lovett          21   16   58    9   13   0  1   0    3   3       .224  .262  .259   0           0               61
    Ed Knouff           17   14   48    5    9   0  0   0    2   2       .188  .220  .188   0           0               26
    Ed Cushman          33   10   37    5    7   1  0   0    2   1       .189  .211  .216   0           0               32
    Bill Vinton         20    7   26    5    4   2  0   0    4   3       .154  .241  .231   0           0               46
    Billy Taylor        30    6   21    0    4   0  0   0    2   0       .190  .190  .190   0           0               18
    Bob Emslie          26    4   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   0       .083  .083  .083   0           0              -49
   ?Jim Conway          26    2    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   1       .000  .250  .000   0           1              -18
   *Phenomenal Smith    20    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0             -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  113 4142  764 1099 169 76  30  536 223  410  .265  .303  .365              44              115
    Rank among 8 AA teams          1    1    1   1  4   1        4    6     1     1     1                            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Bobby Mathews       33  48   2.43  30  17  0  48   0  46   2  422.3  394  229  114   3   57  286 1766  20  20  0     142
SP ?Tom Lovett          21  16   3.70   7   8  0  16   0  15   1  138.7  130   96   57   3   38   56  594  18   5  0      93
SP  Ed Knouff           17  14   3.65   7   6  0  13   2  12   0  106.0  103   76   43   0   44   43  505  15   9  0      94
SP *Ed Cushman          33  10   3.52   3   7  0  10   0  10   0   87.0  101   77   34   1   17   37  396  13   3  0      98
SP  Bill Vinton         20   7   2.45   4   3  0   7   0   6   2   55.0   46   41   15   1   15   34  249   2   4  0     140
SP  Billy Taylor        30   6   3.27   1   5  0   6   0   6   0   52.3   68   35   19   0    9   11  208   6   1  0     105

RP  John Coleman        22   8   3.43   2   2  0   3   4   3   0   60.3   82   46   23   0    5   12  229   5   0  0     100

    Bob Emslie          26   4   6.28   0   4  0   4   0   3   0   28.7   37   30   20   1    6    9  145   3   0  0      55
   *Bill Hughes         18   2   4.86   0   2  0   2   0   2   0   16.7   18   17    9   0   10    4   79   3   2  0      71
    Jim Conway          26   2   7.30   0   1  0   2   0   1   0   12.3   19   16   10   0    2    0   55   2   0  0      47
    Fred Corey          30   1   7.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0   18    9    7   2    1    3   44   2   0  0      49
    Blondie Purcell     31   1   6.00   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    6.0   11    9    4   0    2    3   28   2   0  0      57
    Lon Knight          32   1   1.80   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    4    1    1   0    2    1   21   1   0  0     191
   *Phenomenal Smith    20   1   9.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.0    7    9    4   0    4    7   24   3   1  0      38
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 113   3.23  55  57  0 113   8 105   5 1003.0 1038  691  360  11  212  506 4343  95  45  0     106
    Rank among 8 AA teams           4   4   5  5           4   4      2    7    8        1    5    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JMilligan 61 419 84 35 11 .935 50 JO'Brien 43 193 58 27 3 .903 48 MQuinton 7 40 13 8 0 .869 28 EFusselback 5 30 11 4 0 .911 15 FSiffell 2 9 0 3 1 .750 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 113 691 166 77 15 .918 144 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .966 10.46 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HStovey 82 877 28 31 47 .967 11.04 JPowell 19 178 3 5 6 .973 9.53 JO'Brien 7 66 2 0 4 1.000 9.71 JMilligan 6 59 1 2 3 .968 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 113 1180 34 38 60 .970 10.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .901 6.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CStricker 106 284 304 81 41 .879 5.55 GStrief 7 20 16 4 5 .900 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 113 304 320 85 46 .880 5.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .860 2.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FCorey 92 102 184 42 14 .872 3.11 GStrief 19 18 35 11 0 .828 2.79 JO'Brien 2 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 113 123 225 53 15 .868 3.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .879 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHouck 93 121 362 77 34 .862 5.19 GStrief 10 11 27 4 5 .905 3.80 JO'Brien 9 8 29 8 2 .822 4.11 FCorey 1 2 3 1 1 .833 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 113 142 421 90 42 .862 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .879 1.83 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HLarkin 108 208 23 31 9 .882 2.14 48 61 0 JColeman 93 128 23 28 5 .844 1.62 1 17 76 BPurcell 66 78 13 15 1 .858 1.38 66 1 0 HStovey 30 50 8 13 2 .817 1.93 0 30 0 LKnight 29 49 9 5 3 .921 2.00 0 0 29 GStrief 8 13 4 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 4 4 JO'Brien 3 6 0 3 0 .667 2.00 0 0 3 BHughes 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 2 JMilligan 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 OShaffer 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 2 0 JConway 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 BEmslie 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 EKnouff 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 TLovett 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 0 0 1 BMathews 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 FSiffell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 BVinton 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 113 539 80 96 20 .866 1.85 113 113 113 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .878 1.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMathews 48 7 67 10 1 .881 1.58 TLovett 16 8 20 12 0 .700 1.82 EKnouff 14 4 22 4 2 .867 2.21 ECushman 10 2 11 5 0 .722 1.34 JColeman 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.64 BVinton 7 2 9 6 0 .647 1.80 BTaylor 6 0 5 4 0 .556 0.86 BEmslie 4 1 9 2 0 .833 3.14 BHughes 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.62 JConway 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.46 FCorey 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 BPurcell 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 LKnight 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 PSmith 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 113 29 162 43 3 .816 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Larkin .329 On-base % Larkin .372 Slugging % Larkin .525 OPS Larkin .897 Games Stovey 112 At Bats Stovey 486 Plate Appearances (approx.) Stovey 529 Runs Stovey 130 Hits Stovey 153 Total Bases Larkin 238 Doubles Larkin 37 Triples Larkin 14 Home Runs Stovey 13 RBI Larkin 88 Bases on Balls Stovey 39 Singles Stovey 104 Adjusted OPS+ Larkin 174 Runs Created Larkin and Stovey 87 Adjusted Batting Runs Larkin 39 Batting Wins Larkin 4.3 Extra-Base Hits Larkin 59 Times on Base Stovey 196 Offensive Win% Larkin .812 Hit By Pitch Houck and Stricker 7 At Bats per Home Run Stovey 37.4 Outs Stovey 333

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Mathews 2.43 Wins Mathews 30 Won-Loss % Mathews .638 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Mathews 1.068 Hits Allowed/9IP Mathews 8.40 Bases on Balls/9IP Mathews 1.21 Strikeouts/9IP Mathews 6.09 Games Mathews 48 Innings Mathews 422.3 Strikeouts Mathews 286 Games Started Mathews 48 Comp. Games Mathews 46 Shutouts Mathews and Vinton 2 Home Runs Allow. Lovett and Mathews 3 Bases On Balls Allow. Mathews 57 Hits Allowed Mathews 394 SO to Walk Mathews 5.02 Losses Mathews 17 Earned Runs Allow. Mathews 114 Wild Pitches Mathews 20 Hit Batsmen Mathews 20 Batters Faced Mathews 1766 Games Finished Coleman 4 Adjusted ERA+ Mathews 142

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