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1929 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928/1930)
104-46, Finished 1st in American League
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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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 Stats / Schedule (1928/1930) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary  104-46 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up18.0
Days in First:                 116 (last on October 6, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          58 (last on October 6)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                 18.0 (last on October 6)
Farthest Behind Leader:        1.5 (last on May 10)

Longest Winning Streak:         11 (May 17 to May 26)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (August 20 to August 23)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (June 7)
Most Runs Scored:               24 (May 1)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall       104  46     901     615    .693

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           57  16     484     302    .781
Road           47  30     417     313    .610

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   4      71      39    .636
May            22   5     188     103    .815
June           19   8     178     119    .704
July           24   9     198     116    .727
August         15  14     150     144    .517
September      15   6     103      88    .714
October         2   0      13       6   1.000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     55  21     496     305    .724
Second Half    49  25     405     310    .662
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  14     186     176    .632

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        34  10     372     175    .773

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            18   4     153      72    .818
CHW            13   9     110      76    .591
CLE            14   7     112      81    .667
DET            18   4     147     100    .818
NYY            14   8     129      94    .636
SLB            11  10     119      93    .524
WSH            16   4     131      99    .800

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 17     PHA @WSH  W  13-4        1-0     2     0.5       E Rommel                          +
  2 Thu, Apr 18     PHA @WSH  W   8-2        2-0     2     0.5       R Walberg                         ++
  3 Fri, Apr 19     PHA @NYY  L   1-2        2-1     4     0.5       W Hoyt                            -
  4 Sun, Apr 21     PHA @NYY  W   7-4        3-1     1    Tied       L Grove                           +
  5 Tue, Apr 23     PHA  WSH  L   3-4        3-2     3     0.5       G Braxton                         -
  6 Wed, Apr 24     PHA  WSH  W   9-4        4-2     1    Tied       G Earnshaw                        +
  7 Fri, Apr 26     PHA  NYY  W   5-2        5-2     2     0.5       J Quinn                           ++
  8 Sat, Apr 27     PHA  NYY  L   7-9        5-3     2     0.5       W Moore                           -
  9 Sun, Apr 28     PHA @BOS  W   7-3        6-3     2     0.5       E Rommel                          +
 10 Mon, Apr 29     PHA  NYY  W  10-1        7-3     2     0.5       R Walberg                         ++
 11 Tue, Apr 30     PHA @BOS  L   1-4        7-4     2     1.5       E Morris                          -
 12 Wed, May  1     PHA @BOS  W  24-6        8-4     2     1.5       L Grove                           +
 13 Thu, May  2     PHA @BOS  W   5-1        9-4     2     1.0       L Grove                           ++
 14 Sun, May  5     PHA @SLB  W   2-0       10-4     1    Tied       R Walberg                         +++
 15 Tue, May  7     PHA @CHW  L   2-4       10-5     2     0.5       T Thomas                          -
 16 Wed, May  8     PHA @CHW  W   5-4       11-5     2     0.5       B Shores                          +
 17 Thu, May  9     PHA @CHW  W   9-2       12-5     2     0.5       G Earnshaw                        ++
 18 Fri, May 10     PHA @CLE  L   0-9       12-6     2     1.5       J Miller                          -
 19 Sat, May 11     PHA @CLE  W   4-2       13-6     2     0.5       L Grove                           +
 20 Mon, May 13     PHA @DET  L   3-5       13-7     1    Tied       G Uhle                            -
 21 Tue, May 14     PHA @DET  W  10-8       14-7     1  up 0.5       J Quinn                           +
 22 Wed, May 15     PHA @DET  L   5-6       14-8     1  up 0.5       V Sorrell                         -
 23 Fri, May 17     PHA @WSH  W   4-1       15-8     1  up 0.5       L Grove                           +
 24 Sat, May 18     PHA @WSH  W   5-4       16-8     1  up 1.5       E Rommel                          ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25                 PHA @WSH  W   7-5       17-8     1  up 1.5       J Quinn                           +++
 26 Sun, May 19     PHA @WSH  W   7-0       18-8     1  up 1.5       R Walberg                         ++++
 27 Mon, May 20     PHA  BOS  W   5-1       19-8     1  up 2.0       E Rommel                          +++++
 28 Wed, May 22     PHA  BOS  W  16-2       20-8     1  up 2.0       L Grove                           ++++++
 29 Thu, May 23     PHA  WSH  W   9-8       21-8     1  up 3.0       H Ehmke                           +++++++
 30                 PHA  WSH  W   9-8       22-8     1  up 3.0       R Walberg                         ++++++++
 31 Fri, May 24     PHA  WSH  W  10-3       23-8     1  up 3.0       G Earnshaw                        +++++++++
 32 Sat, May 25     PHA  WSH  W   5-4       24-8     1  up 4.0       B Shores                          ++++++++++
 33 Sun, May 26     PHA @WSH  W   4-3       25-8     1  up 4.0       E Rommel                          +++++++++++
 34 Tue, May 28     PHA @BOS  L   4-5       25-9     1  up 2.5       M Gaston                          -
 35 Wed, May 29     PHA @BOS  W   7-1       26-9     1  up 3.5       G Earnshaw                        +
 36 Thu, May 30     PHA @BOS  W   9-2       27-9     1  up 4.5       L Grove                           ++
 37                 PHA @BOS  W   9-3       28-9     1  up 4.5       J Quinn                           +++
 38 Fri, May 31     PHA  DET  W   9-6       29-9     1  up 5.0       H Ehmke                           ++++
 39 Sat, Jun  1     PHA  DET  W  11-2       30-9     1  up 5.0       G Earnshaw                        +++++
 40 Mon, Jun  3     PHA  DET  W   3-2       31-9     1  up 5.5       L Grove                           ++++++
 41 Tue, Jun  4     PHA  DET  L   4-8       31-10    1  up 5.5       V Sorrell                         -
 42 Wed, Jun  5     PHA  SLB  W   5-2       32-10    1  up 6.5       R Walberg                         +
 43 Thu, Jun  6     PHA  SLB  W  15-4       33-10    1  up 7.5       G Earnshaw                        ++
 44 Fri, Jun  7     PHA  SLB  L   6-15      33-11    1  up 6.5       D Gray                            -
 45 Mon, Jun 10     PHA  CHW  W   3-1       34-11    1  up 7.0       L Grove                           +
 46 Tue, Jun 11     PHA  CHW  W  14-3       35-11    1  up 7.0       G Earnshaw                        ++
 47 Wed, Jun 12     PHA  CHW  W   7-3       36-11    1  up 8.0       R Walberg                         +++
 48 Thu, Jun 13     PHA  CLE  W  10-3       37-11    1  up 8.0       E Rommel                          ++++
 49 Fri, Jun 14     PHA  CLE  W   9-0       38-11    1  up 8.0       L Grove                           +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun 15     PHA  CLE  W   1-0       39-11    1  up 9.0       G Earnshaw                        ++++++
 51 Sun, Jun 16     PHA @CLE  L   9-10      39-12    1  up 8.0       W Ferrell                         -
 52 Mon, Jun 17     PHA  CHW  L   4-6       39-13    1  up 7.5       R Faber                           --
 53 Tue, Jun 18     PHA @WSH  W   7-6       40-13    1  up 8.0       R Walberg                         +
 54 Fri, Jun 21     PHA @NYY  W  11-1       41-13    1  up 7.5       L Grove                           ++
 55                 PHA @NYY  L   3-8       41-14    1  up 7.5       W Hoyt                            -
 56 Sat, Jun 22     PHA @NYY  W   7-3       42-14    1  up 7.5       R Walberg                         +
 57                 PHA @NYY  L   3-4       42-15    1  up 7.5       G Pipgras                         -
 58 Sun, Jun 23     PHA @NYY  W   7-4       43-15    1  up 8.5       H Ehmke                           +
 59 Mon, Jun 24     PHA  BOS  W   5-4       44-15    1  up 9.0       E Rommel                          ++
 60 Tue, Jun 25     PHA  BOS  W   7-1       45-15    1  up10.0       L Grove                           +++
 61                 PHA  BOS  W   8-2       46-15    1  up10.0       B Shores                          ++++
 62 Wed, Jun 26     PHA  BOS  W   6-5       47-15    1  up10.5       G Earnshaw                        +++++
 63 Thu, Jun 27     PHA  NYY  W   6-3       48-15    1  up10.5       R Walberg                         ++++++
 64 Sat, Jun 29     PHA  NYY  L   5-7       48-16    1  up 8.5       G Pipgras                         -
 65 Sun, Jun 30     PHA @WSH  L   2-12      48-17    1  up 8.0       F Marberry                        --
 66 Tue, Jul  2     PHA  WSH  W   7-4       49-17    1  up 9.5       R Walberg                         +
 67                 PHA  WSH  W   4-1       50-17    1  up 9.5       G Earnshaw                        ++
 68 Wed, Jul  3     PHA  WSH  W   9-7       51-17    1  up 9.5       B Shores                          +++
 69 Thu, Jul  4     PHA  BOS  W   3-1       52-17    1  up 9.5       L Grove                           ++++
 70                 PHA  BOS  W   8-1       53-17    1  up 9.5       J Quinn                           +++++
 71 Sat, Jul  6     PHA @CHW  L   4-5       53-18    1  up 8.5       T Thomas                          -
 72 Sun, Jul  7     PHA @CHW  L   3-9       53-19    1  up 8.5       T Lyons                           --
 73 Mon, Jul  8     PHA @CHW  W   8-2       54-19    1  up 8.5       L Grove                           +
 74 Tue, Jul  9     PHA @CHW  L   4-6       54-20    1  up 7.5       R Faber                           -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Jul 10     PHA @SLB  W   4-1       55-20    1  up 8.0       H Ehmke                           +
 76                 PHA @SLB  L   5-7       55-21    1  up 8.0       G Blaeholder                      -
 77 Fri, Jul 12     PHA @SLB  W  10-0       56-21    1  up 8.5       L Grove                           +
 78                 PHA @SLB  W   8-2       57-21    1  up 8.5       G Earnshaw                        ++
 79 Sat, Jul 13     PHA @SLB  L   1-3       57-22    1  up 7.5       R Collins                         -
 80                 PHA @SLB  W   4-0       58-22    1  up 7.5       B Shores                          +
 81 Sun, Jul 14     PHA @CLE  W   5-3       59-22    1  up 8.5       J Quinn                           ++
 82 Mon, Jul 15     PHA @CLE  L   5-8       59-23    1  up 8.0       W Ferrell                         -
 83                 PHA @CLE  W   4-0       60-23    1  up 8.0       G Earnshaw                        +
 84 Tue, Jul 16     PHA @CLE  W   7-5       61-23    1  up 8.0       J Quinn                           ++
 85 Wed, Jul 17     PHA @CLE  L   2-5       61-24    1  up 8.0       J Miller                          -
 86 Thu, Jul 18     PHA @DET  W   8-4       62-24    1  up 8.5       R Walberg                         +
 87 Fri, Jul 19     PHA @DET  W   4-2       63-24    1  up 9.0       G Earnshaw                        ++
 88 Sat, Jul 20     PHA @DET  W   6-2       64-24    1  up 9.5       L Grove                           +++
 89 Sun, Jul 21     PHA @DET  W  10-7       65-24    1  up10.5       G Earnshaw                        ++++
 90 Tue, Jul 23     PHA  CLE  W   4-1       66-24    1  up10.0       R Walberg                         +++++
 91                 PHA  CLE  L   3-9       66-25    1  up10.0       W Ferrell                         -
 92 Wed, Jul 24     PHA  CLE  W   5-3       67-25    1  up10.0       G Earnshaw                        +
 93 Thu, Jul 25     PHA  CLE  W  21-3       68-25    1  up10.5       L Grove                           ++
 94 Fri, Jul 26     PHA  CHW  W   3-1       69-25    1  up10.5       H Ehmke                           +++
 95 Sat, Jul 27     PHA  CHW  W   8-1       70-25    1  up10.5       R Walberg                         ++++
 96 Mon, Jul 29     PHA  CHW  L   6-8       70-26    1  up 9.5       R Faber                           -
 97 Tue, Jul 30     PHA  DET  W   5-4       71-26    1  up 9.5       G Earnshaw                        +
 98 Wed, Jul 31     PHA  DET  W  10-1       72-26    1  up 9.5       R Walberg                         ++
 99 Thu, Aug  1     PHA  DET  W   7-4       73-26    1  up10.5       G Earnshaw                        +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug  2     PHA  DET  W  11-10      74-26    1  up11.5       B Shores                          ++++
101 Sat, Aug  3     PHA  SLB  -   8-8       74-26    1  up11.5                                         ++++
102 Mon, Aug  5     PHA  SLB  L   4-6       74-27    1  up11.5       D Gray                            -
103                 PHA  SLB  W   8-7       75-27    1  up11.5       J Quinn                           +
104 Tue, Aug  6     PHA  SLB  L   3-8       75-28    1  up11.5       A Crowder                         -
105                 PHA  SLB  W  11-3       76-28    1  up11.5       E Rommel                          +
106 Wed, Aug  7     PHA  NYY  L   1-13      76-29    1  up11.5       G Pipgras                         -
107                 PHA  NYY  W   4-2       77-29    1  up11.5       G Earnshaw                        +
108 Thu, Aug  8     PHA  NYY  L   4-6       77-30    1  up10.5       H Pennock                         -
109 Sat, Aug 10     PHA @DET  W   6-5       78-30    1  up10.5       B Shores                          +
110 Sun, Aug 11     PHA @DET  L   8-9       78-31    1  up10.5       E Whitehill                       -
111 Mon, Aug 12     PHA @DET  W   6-0       79-31    1  up11.5       R Walberg                         +
112 Tue, Aug 13     PHA @DET  W   4-3       80-31    1  up12.5       J Quinn                           ++
113 Wed, Aug 14     PHA @CLE  W   5-3       81-31    1  up13.5       L Grove                           +++
114 Fri, Aug 16     PHA @CLE  W   6-5       82-31    1  up14.0       G Earnshaw                        ++++
115 Sat, Aug 17     PHA @CLE  L   1-2       82-32    1  up13.0       W Ferrell                         -
116 Sun, Aug 18     PHA @SLB  L   3-4       82-33    1  up13.0       D Gray                            --
117 Mon, Aug 19     PHA @SLB  W   8-2       83-33    1  up13.0       B Shores                          +
118 Tue, Aug 20     PHA @SLB  L   1-2       83-34    1  up12.0       A Crowder                         -
119 Wed, Aug 21     PHA @SLB  L   5-7       83-35    1  up12.0       R Collins                         --
120 Thu, Aug 22     PHA @CHW  L   3-4       83-36    1  up12.0       T Lyons                           ---
121 Fri, Aug 23     PHA @CHW  L   1-3       83-37    1  up12.0       H McKain                          ----
122 Sat, Aug 24     PHA @CHW  W   5-2       84-37    1  up13.0       R Walberg                         +
123 Sun, Aug 25     PHA @CHW  L   0-3       84-38    1  up13.0       T Thomas                          -
124 Tue, Aug 27     PHA @NYY  L   0-2       84-39    1  up12.0       G Pipgras                         --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Aug 28     PHA @NYY  W   9-7       85-39    1  up13.0       E Rommel                          +
126 Thu, Aug 29     PHA  BOS  W   7-6       86-39    1  up13.5       J Quinn                           ++
127 Fri, Aug 30     PHA  BOS  L   2-4       86-40    1  up13.0       J Russell                         -
128 Sat, Aug 31     PHA  BOS  W   9-4       87-40    1  up12.5       L Grove                           +
129 Sun, Sep  1     PHA @WSH  L   3-12      87-41    1  up11.5       S Jones                           -
130 Mon, Sep  2     PHA  NYY  W  10-3       88-41    1  up13.5       J Quinn                           +
131                 PHA  NYY  W   6-5       89-41    1  up13.5       H Ehmke                           ++
132 Tue, Sep  3     PHA  NYY  W  10-2       90-41    1  up14.5       G Earnshaw                        +++
133 Sat, Sep  7     PHA  CLE  W   5-1       91-41    1  up14.5       L Grove                           ++++
134                 PHA  CLE  L   0-4       91-42    1  up14.5       W Hudlin                          -
135 Tue, Sep 10     PHA  CLE  W   6-5       92-42    1  up14.5       E Rommel                          +
136 Wed, Sep 11     PHA  CHW  W   7-4       93-42    1  up15.5       B Shores                          ++
137 Thu, Sep 12     PHA  CHW  W   4-3       94-42    1  up15.5       E Rommel                          +++
138 Fri, Sep 13     PHA  CHW  W   5-2       95-42    1  up16.0       H Ehmke                           ++++
139 Sat, Sep 14     PHA  CHW  W   5-0       96-42    1  up16.5       G Earnshaw                        +++++
140 Mon, Sep 16     PHA  SLB  L   2-3       96-43    1  up16.5       A Crowder                         -
141 Wed, Sep 18     PHA  SLB  L   2-6       96-44    1  up15.5       D Gray                            --
142                 PHA  SLB  W   4-3       97-44    1  up15.5       G Earnshaw                        +
143 Thu, Sep 19     PHA  DET  W   5-4       98-44    1  up16.5       R Walberg                         ++
144 Fri, Sep 20     PHA  DET  W   2-1       99-44    1  up17.0       B Shores                          +++
145 Sat, Sep 21     PHA  DET  W  10-7      100-44    1  up17.0       C Yerkes                          ++++
146 Sun, Sep 22     PHA @WSH  L   6-7      100-45    1  up16.5       F Marberry                        -
147 Thu, Sep 26     PHA @BOS  W   5-3      101-45    1  up15.5       G Earnshaw                        +
148 Sat, Sep 28     PHA @BOS  W   6-3      102-45    1  up17.0       B Shores                          ++
149 Sun, Sep 29     PHA @BOS  L   0-10     102-46    1  up16.0       R Ruffing                         -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sat, Oct  5     PHA @NYY  W   8-4      103-46    1  up17.0       G Earnshaw                        +
151 Sun, Oct  6     PHA @NYY  W   5-2      104-46    1  up18.0       E Rommel                          ++

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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