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1929 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928/1930) 104-46, Finished 1st in American League View League Standings and Leaders World Series Champs Scored 901 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-50 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 839,176 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Won World Series (4-1) over Chicago Cubs 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: 1929 Stats (1928/1930) / 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     26  135  514  113  170  37  8   7   95  69    8  .331  .412  .475   7   6       2  21          124
1B  Jimmie Foxx         21  149  517  123  183  23  9  33  118 103   70  .354  .463  .625   9   7       2  16          173
2B *Max Bishop          29  129  475  102  110  19  6   3   36 128   44  .232  .398  .316   1   4       3  10           83
3B  Sammy Hale          32  101  379   51  105  14  3   1   40  12   18  .277  .303  .338   6   2       2  23           62
SS  Joe Boley           32   91  303   36   76  17  6   2   47  24   16  .251  .310  .366   1   0       2   7           71
OF  Bing Miller         34  147  556   84  184  32 16   8   93  40   25  .331  .380  .489  24   9       4  13          119
OF  Al Simmons          27  143  581  114  212  41  9  34  157  31   38  .365  .398  .642   4   2       1  16          159
OF *Mule Haas           25  139  578  115  181  41  9  16   82  34   38  .313  .356  .498   0   4       4  40          114
    Jimmie Dykes        32  119  401   76  131  34  6  13   79  51   25  .327  .412  .539   8   3       7  17          139
   *Homer Summa         30   37   81   12   22   4  0   0   10   2    1  .272  .298  .321   1   1       1   4           57
    Cy Perkins          33   38   76    4   16   4  0   0    9   5    4  .211  .259  .263   0   0       0   3           33
   #Jim Cronin          23   25   56    7   13   2  1   0    4   5    7  .232  .295  .304   0   0       0   2           52
    George Burns        36   29   49    5   13   5  0   1   11   2    3  .265  .294  .429   1   0       0   1           81
   *Walter French       29   45   45    7   12   1  0   1    9   2    3  .267  .298  .356   0   0       0   2           65
   *Bud Morse           24    8   27    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .074  .074  .074   0   0       0   0          -62
   *Bevo LeBourveau     32   12   16    1    5   0  1   0    2   5    1  .313  .476  .438   0   1       0   1          133
    Eric McNair         20    4    8    2    4   1  0   0    3   0    0  .500  .500  .625   1   0       0   0          183
   *Eddie Collins       42    9    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .222  .000   0   0       0   0          -39
   *Doc Cramer          23    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
   *Cloy Mattox         26    3    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0   0       0   0           17
    Joe Hassler         24    4    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Rudy Miller         28    2    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   3    0  .250  .571  .250   0   0       0   0          115

   *Rube Walberg        32   40  103   11   23   2  0   1   11   3   17  .223  .245  .272   0   0       0   6           31
   *Lefty Grove         29   42  102   13   22   3  0   1   15   6   33  .216  .259  .275   0   0       0   8           35
    George Earnshaw     29   44   87    6   15   2  0   1   10   2   21  .172  .200  .230   0   0       1  10            9
    Jack Quinn          45   35   60    2    8   2  0   0    3   0   20  .133  .133  .167   0   0       0   4          -24
   *Ossie Orwoll        28   30   51    6   13   2  1   0    6   2   11  .255  .283  .333   0   0       0   0           56
    Bill Shores         25   39   40    5    5   0  0   0    0   6   16  .125  .239  .125   0   0       0   6           -5
    Eddie Rommel        31   32   39    2    8   1  0   0    4   2    7  .205  .244  .231   0   0       0   4           21
    Howard Ehmke        35   11   19    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .105  .105  .158   0   0       0   0          -34
    Carroll Yerkes      26   19   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Bill Breckinridge   21    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  151 5204  901 1539 288 76 122  845 543  440  .296  .362  .451  61  38      29 214          115
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    2    3   3  3   2        4    4     2     1     2   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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         29  42   2.81  20   6  4  37   5  19   2  275.3  278  104   86   8   81  170 1168   8   3  0     151
SP  George Earnshaw     29  44   3.29  24   8  1  33   5  13   3  254.7  233  110   93   8  125  149 1115   8   5  0     129
SP *Rube Walberg        32  40   3.60  18  11  4  33   6  20   3  267.7  256  115  107  22   99   94 1139   4   0  0     118
SP  Jack Quinn          45  35   3.97  11   9  2  18   9   7   0  161.0  182   87   71   8   39   41  687   3   1  1     107
SP  Howard Ehmke        35  11   3.29   7   2  0   8   3   2   0   54.7   48   24   20   2   15   20  229   1   1  0     129

CL  Bill Shores         25  39   3.60  11   6  7  13  19   5   1  152.7  150   71   61   9   59   49  653   1   3  0     118
RP  Eddie Rommel        31  32   2.85  12   2  4   6  16   4   0  113.7  135   52   36  10   34   25  503   1   1  1     149
RP *Carroll Yerkes      26  19   4.58   1   0  1   2  10   0   0   37.3   47   20   19   0   13   11  163   0   1  0      93
RP *Ossie Orwoll        28  12   4.80   0   2  1   0   7   0   0   30.0   32   23   16   6    6   12  125   0   0  0      88

    Bill Breckinridge   21   3   8.10   0   0  0   1   1   0   0   10.0   10   10    9   0   16    2   55   2   0  0      52
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.3 151   3.44 104  46 24 151  81  70   9 1357.0 1371  615  519  73  487  573 5837  28  15  2     123
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  1           6   3      5    1    1        3    3    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MCochrane 135 659 77 13 9 .983 9 CPerkins 38 85 15 1 1 .990 1 CMattox 3 5 2 1 0 .875 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 151 749 94 15 10 .983 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .993 9.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFoxx 142 1226 74 6 98 .995 9.15 GBurns 19 99 5 0 9 1.000 5.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 151 1325 79 6 107 .996 9.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .968 5.48 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBishop 129 301 371 21 58 .970 5.21 JDykes 12 24 43 1 4 .985 5.58 JCronin 10 18 38 2 7 .966 5.60 BMorse 8 17 22 1 3 .975 4.88 SHale 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 151 364 475 25 73 .971 5.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHale 99 90 171 12 13 .956 2.64 JDykes 48 60 79 11 9 .927 2.90 JFoxx 8 7 17 1 2 .960 3.00 JCronin 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.25 RMiller 2 3 3 2 0 .750 3.00 JBoley 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 151 163 273 26 24 .944 2.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .937 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBoley 88 161 229 15 50 .963 4.43 JDykes 60 119 151 21 27 .928 4.50 JCronin 9 9 12 2 4 .913 2.33 EMcNair 4 6 5 0 0 1.000 2.75 JHassler 2 1 2 2 0 .600 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 151 296 399 40 81 .946 4.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .966 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMiller 145 311 10 10 4 .970 2.21 9 4 133 ASimmons 142 349 19 4 2 .989 2.59 142 0 0 MHaas 139 373 10 7 2 .982 2.76 1 139 0 HSumma 24 48 1 1 0 .980 2.04 18 0 16 WFrench 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 6 1 3 OOrwoll 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 8 0 BLeBourveau 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 2 1 DCramer 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 151 1121 40 22 8 .981 2.57 151 151 151 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .958 2.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LGrove 42 3 41 2 0 .957 1.44 RWalberg 40 11 49 0 1 1.000 2.02 GEarnshaw 44 12 38 6 1 .893 1.77 JQuinn 35 3 38 1 1 .976 2.29 BShores 39 7 28 3 2 .921 2.06 ERommel 32 9 26 1 3 .972 2.77 HEhmke 11 7 10 1 0 .944 2.80 CYerkes 19 3 18 0 3 1.000 5.07 OOrwoll 12 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.80 BBreckinrid 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 151 55 254 14 12 .957 2.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .365 On-base % Foxx .463 Slugging % Simmons .642 OPS Foxx 1.088 Games Foxx 149 At Bats Simmons 581 Plate Appearances (approx.) Haas 656 Runs Foxx 123 Hits Simmons 212 Total Bases Simmons 373 Doubles Haas and Simmons 41 Triples Miller 16 Home Runs Simmons 34 RBI Simmons 157 Bases on Balls Bishop 128 Strikeouts Foxx 70 Stolen Bases Miller 24 Singles Miller and Simmons 128 Adjusted OPS+ Foxx 173 Runs Created Foxx and Simmons 148 Adjusted Batting Runs Foxx 61 Batting Wins Foxx 5.6 Extra-Base Hits Simmons 84 Times on Base Foxx 288 Offensive Win% Foxx .813 Hit By Pitch Dykes 7 Sac. Hits Haas 40 Caught Stealing Miller 9 Power/Speed Number Foxx 14.1 At Bats per Strikeout Cochrane 64.3 At Bats per Home Run Foxx 15.7 Outs Haas 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Grove 2.81 Wins Earnshaw 24 Won-Loss % Rommel .857 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grove 1.304 Hits Allowed/9IP Earnshaw 8.23 Bases on Balls/9IP Quinn 2.18 Strikeouts/9IP Grove 5.56 Games Earnshaw 44 Saves Shores 7 Innings Grove 275.3 Strikeouts Grove 170 Games Started Grove 37 Comp. Games Walberg 20 Shutouts Earnshaw and Walberg 3 Home Runs Allow. Walberg 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Earnshaw 125 Hits Allowed Grove 278 SO to Walk Grove 2.10 Losses Walberg 11 Earned Runs Allow. Walberg 107 Wild Pitches Earnshaw and Grove 8 Hit Batsmen Earnshaw 5 Batters Faced Grove 1168 Games Finished Shores 19 Adjusted ERA+ Grove 151

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