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1926 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925/1927)
83-67, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 677 runs, Allowed 570 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-63
Managed by Connie Mack

Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 714,508 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 117, Pitching - 115
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 Stats (1925/1927) / 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     23  120  370   50  101   8  9   8   47  56   15  .273  .369  .408   5   2       0  26           98
1B *Jim Poole           31  112  361   49  106  23  5   8   63  23   25  .294  .339  .452   4   3       2   8          100
2B *Max Bishop          26  122  400   77  106  20  2   0   33 116   41  .265  .431  .325   4   5       1  12           95
3B  Jimmie Dykes        29  124  429   54  123  32  5   1   44  49   34  .287  .370  .392   6   2       8  13           94
SS  Chick Galloway      29  133  408   37   98  13  6   0   49  31   20  .240  .295  .301   8   7       1  19           52
OF  Al Simmons          24  147  583   90  199  53 10  19  109  48   49  .341  .392  .564  11   3       1  10          142
OF *Bill Lamar          29  116  419   62  119  17  6   5   50  18   15  .284  .315  .389   4   5       1  19           79
OF *Walter French       26  112  397   51  121  18  7   1   36  18   24  .305  .340  .393   2   3       3  23           86
    Sammy Hale          29  111  327   49   92  22  9   4   43  13   36  .281  .311  .440   1   4       1  12           90
   *Joe Hauser          27   91  229   31   44  10  0   8   36  39   35  .192  .312  .341   1   1       1   6           66
    Frank Welch         28   75  174   26   49   8  1   4   23  26    9  .282  .381  .408   2   5       2  11          101
    Cy Perkins          30   63  148   14   43   6  0   0   19  18    7  .291  .371  .331   0   2       1  14           80
    Bing Miller         31   38  110   13   32   6  2   2   13  11    6  .291  .355  .436   4   1       0   8          101
   *Alex Metzler        23   20   67    8   16   3  0   0   12   7    5  .239  .311  .284   1   0       0   1           52
    Bill Wambsganss     32   54   54   11   19   3  0   0    1   8    8  .352  .444  .407   1   1       1   3          118
    Dave Barbee         21   19   47    7    8   1  1   1    5   2    4  .170  .220  .298   0   0       1   0           31
    Frank Sigafoos      22   13   43    4   11   0  0   0    2   0    3  .256  .256  .256   0   0       0   1           31
    Jimmie Foxx         18   26   32    8   10   2  1   0    5   1    6  .313  .333  .438   1   0       0   2           95
   *Tom Jenkins         28    6   23    3    4   2  0   0    0   0    2  .174  .174  .261   0   0       0   1           10
    Charlie Engle       22   19   19    7    2   0  0   0    0  10    6  .105  .433  .105   0   0       1   1           42

   *Lefty Grove         26   45   81    6    8   1  1   0    6   5   42  .099  .151  .136   0   0       0   9          -27
    Eddie Rommel        28   37   61    6    6   1  0   0    2   6    8  .098  .179  .115   0   0       0  10          -24
    Dolly Gray          28   38   51    6   11   3  0   0    2   5   10  .216  .286  .275   0   0       0   5           43
    Howard Ehmke        32   21   46    2    7   1  0   0    5   2    6  .152  .188  .174   1   0       0   9           -8
    Jack Quinn          42   31   46    4    8   2  0   0    3   3    9  .174  .240  .217   0   0       1   6           17
   *Rube Walberg        29   40   46    0    7   0  0   0    4   2   13  .152  .188  .152   0   0       0   5          -13
   *Joe Pate            34   47   27    1    4   2  0   0    4   3    3  .148  .233  .222   0   0       0   2           16
    Slim Harriss        29   12   17    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    6  .059  .111  .059   0   0       0   1          -56
   *Fred Heimach        25   14   10    0    1   1  0   0    1   0    4  .100  .100  .200   0   0       0   0          -25
   *Lefty Willis        20   13    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0       0   0           13
   *Stan Baumgartner    31   10    3    0    1   1  0   0    2   0    0  .333  .333  .667   0   0       0   1          150
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  150 5046  677 1359 259 65  61  619 523  452  .269  .338  .383  56  46      26 238           92
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    7    7   5  5   3        5    3     7     6     7   7   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.
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 *Lefty Grove         26  45   2.51  13  13  6  33   9  20   1  258.0  227   97   72   6  101  194 1072   5   6  0     166
SP  Eddie Rommel        28  37   3.08  11  11  0  26   7  12   3  219.0  225   91   75  10   54   52  926   3   2  0     136
SP  Jack Quinn          42  31   3.41  10  11  1  21   6   8   3  163.7  191   74   62   4   36   58  709   1   4  0     123
SP  Howard Ehmke        32  20   2.81  12   4  0  18   2  10   1  147.3  125   54   46   1   50   55  612   4   4  0     149
SP  Slim Harriss        29  12   4.11   3   5  0  10   2   2   0   57.0   66   34   26   0   22   13  261   3   0  0     102

CL *Joe Pate            34  47   2.71   9   0  6   2  34   0   0  113.0  109   38   34   3   51   24  489   1   2  0     154
RP *Rube Walberg        29  40   2.80  12  10  2  19   8   5   2  151.0  168   67   47   4   60   72  653   1   6  0     149
RP  Dolly Gray          28  38   3.64  11  12  0  18   7   5   0  150.7  164   81   61   9   50   82  657   3   4  1     115
RP *Fred Heimach        25  13   2.84   1   0  0   1   7   0   0   31.7   28   14   10   1    5    8  125   0   0  0     147
RP *Lefty Willis        20  13   1.39   0   0  1   1   4   0   0   32.3   31    9    5   0   12   13  133   1   1  0     300

   *Stan Baumgartner    31  10   4.03   1   1  0   1   3   0   0   22.3   28   10   10   0   10    0  103   0   2  0     104
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 150   3.00  83  67 16 150  88  62  10 1346.0 1362  570  449  38  451  571 5740  22  31  1     139
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   3   6  4           6   3      8    1    1        1    2    1

    * - 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
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
MCochrane   115  502   90  15   9  .975   8            
CPerkins     55  205   38   4   5  .984   2            
JFoxx        12   19    5   0   0 1.000   0            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  150  726  133  19  14  .978  10   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .990 10.31
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JPoole      101  881   55   8  71  .992  9.27
JHauser      65  630   35   3  39  .996 10.23
BMiller       1    1    0   0   1 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  150 1512   90  11 111  .993 10.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .967  5.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MBishop     119  235  365   8  55  .987  5.04
JDykes       44  100  136   5  26  .979  5.36
BWambsganss   8    4    5   0   0 1.000  1.12
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  150  339  506  13  81  .985  5.65
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .951  3.14
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JDykes       82   95  188  15  16  .950  3.45
SHale        77   82  152  13  16  .947  3.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  150  177  340  28  32  .949  3.46
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .944  4.64
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CGalloway   133  274  315  41  49  .935  4.43
BWambsganss  17   10   26   3   5  .923  2.12
CEngle       16   13   27   3   6  .930  2.50
FSigafoos    12   12   31   4   5  .915  3.58
JDykes        1    1    0   0   1 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  150  310  399  51  66  .933  4.74
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .966  2.23  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
ASimmons    147  333   11   9   5  .975  2.34   0 147   0
BLamar      107  199   10  10   2  .954  1.95 107   0   0
WFrench      99  186   12   6   7  .971  2.00   0   1  98
FWelch       49   75    4   2   1  .975  1.61  28   3  20
BMiller      34   53    1   0   0 1.000  1.59  10   0  26
AMetzler     17   34    3   0   1 1.000  2.18  15   1   1
DBarbee      10   18    1   0   0 1.000  1.90   0   0  10
TJenkins      6   14    0   0   0 1.000  2.33   5   0   1
JFoxx         3    7    0   0   0 1.000  2.33   0   0   3
SHale         1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00   0   0   1
JPoole        1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00   0   0   1
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  150  920   42  27  16  .973  2.14 150 150 150
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .957  2.66
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LGrove       45    6   53   3   3  .952  2.06
ERommel      37   15   67   3   1  .965  3.37
JQuinn       31    8   47   4   3  .932  3.02
RWalberg     40    4   35   4   2  .907  2.32
DGray        38    5   29   7   2  .829  2.03
HEhmke       20    7   37   3   2  .936  2.69
JPate        47    4   46   0   2 1.000  3.98
SHarriss     12    1   17   0   0 1.000  2.84
LWillis      13    1    6   1   1  .875  1.95
FHeimach     13    5   14   0   0 1.000  5.39
SBaumgartne  10    2    8   0   0 1.000  4.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  150   58  359  25  16  .943  2.79
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 AverageSimmons.341
On-base %Bishop.431
Slugging %Simmons.564
OPSSimmons.956
GamesSimmons147
At BatsSimmons583
Plate Appearances (approx.)Simmons642
RunsSimmons90
HitsSimmons199
Total BasesSimmons329
DoublesSimmons53
TriplesSimmons10
Home RunsSimmons19
RBISimmons109
Bases on BallsBishop116
StrikeoutsSimmons49
Stolen BasesSimmons11
SinglesSimmons117
Adjusted OPS+Simmons142
Runs CreatedSimmons130
Adjusted Batting RunsSimmons34
Batting WinsSimmons3.2
Extra-Base HitsSimmons82
Times on BaseSimmons248
Offensive Win%Simmons.757
Hit By PitchDykes8
Sac. HitsCochrane26
Caught StealingGalloway7
Power/Speed NumberSimmons13.9
At Bats per StrikeoutLamar27.9
At Bats per Home RunSimmons30.7
OutsSimmons397

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAGrove2.51
WinsGrove13
Won-Loss %Ehmke.750
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Grove1.271
Hits Allowed/9IPGrove7.92
Bases on Balls/9IPQuinn1.98
Strikeouts/9IPGrove6.77
GamesPate47
SavesGrove and Pate6
InningsGrove258.0
StrikeoutsGrove194
Games StartedGrove33
Comp. GamesGrove20
ShutoutsQuinn and Rommel3
Home Runs Allow.Rommel10
Bases On Balls Allow.Grove101
Hits AllowedGrove227
SO to WalkGrove1.92
LossesGrove13
Earned Runs Allow.Rommel75
Wild PitchesGrove5
Hit BatsmenGrove and Walberg6
Batters FacedGrove1072
Games FinishedPate34
Adjusted ERA+Grove166

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