1890 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1889 Season

Record: 54-78-0, Finished 8th in American Association (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Sharsig (54-78)

Ballparks: Gloucester Point Grounds and Jefferson Street Grounds

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 48-84, 702 Runs, 945 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Apr 17, PHA vs. ROC
Apr 18, PHA vs. ROC
Apr 19, PHA vs. ROC
Apr 21, PHA vs. ROC
Apr 22, PHA vs. SYR
Apr 23, PHA vs. SYR
Apr 27, PHA vs. SYR
Apr 28, PHA @ SYR
Apr 30, PHA @ SYR

May 2, PHA @ ROC
May 3, PHA @ ROC
May 5, PHA @ ROC
May 7, PHA @ BRG
May 9, PHA @ BRG
May 10, PHA vs. BRG
May 11, PHA vs. BRG
May 12, PHA vs. BRG
May 16, PHA vs. LOU
May 17, PHA vs. LOU
May 18, PHA vs. LOU
May 19, PHA vs. LOU
May 21, PHA vs. TOL
May 22, PHA vs. TOL
May 23, PHA vs. TOL
May 23, PHA vs. TOL
May 24, PHA vs. STL
May 25, PHA vs. STL
May 27, PHA vs. STL
May 27, PHA vs. STL
May 30, PHA @ COL
May 30, PHA @ COL
May 31, PHA @ COL

Jun 1, PHA @ COL
Jun 3, PHA @ SYR
Jun 5, PHA @ SYR
Jun 7, PHA @ ROC
Jun 8, PHA @ ROC
Jun 9, PHA @ ROC
Jun 10, PHA @ ROC
Jun 13, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 14, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 15, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 16, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 17, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 18, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 18, PHA vs. BRG
Jun 19, PHA vs. SYR
Jun 20, PHA vs. SYR
Jun 22, PHA vs. SYR
Jun 23, PHA vs. SYR
Jun 23, PHA vs. SYR
Jun 24, PHA vs. ROC
Jun 25, PHA vs. ROC
Jun 26, PHA vs. ROC
Jun 28, PHA @ TOL
Jun 30, PHA @ TOL

Jul 1, PHA @ TOL
Jul 2, PHA @ TOL
Jul 4, PHA vs. COL
Jul 4, PHA vs. COL
Jul 5, PHA vs. COL
Jul 6, PHA vs. COL
Jul 8, PHA @ LOU
Jul 9, PHA @ LOU
Jul 10, PHA @ LOU
Jul 12, PHA @ LOU
Jul 13, PHA @ STL
Jul 15, PHA @ STL
Jul 16, PHA @ STL
Jul 17, PHA @ STL
Jul 19, PHA vs. STL
Jul 20, PHA vs. STL
Jul 21, PHA vs. STL
Jul 22, PHA vs. STL
Jul 23, PHA vs. LOU
Jul 24, PHA vs. LOU
Jul 26, PHA vs. LOU
Jul 27, PHA vs. TOL
Jul 28, PHA vs. TOL
Jul 29, PHA vs. TOL
Jul 30, PHA vs. TOL
Jul 31, PHA vs. COL

Aug 2, PHA vs. COL
Aug 3, PHA @ COL
Aug 5, PHA @ COL
Aug 6, PHA @ COL
Aug 9, PHA @ TOL
Aug 10, PHA @ TOL
Aug 11, PHA @ TOL
Aug 14, PHA @ STL
Aug 16, PHA @ STL
Aug 17, PHA @ STL
Aug 21, PHA @ LOU
Aug 23, PHA @ ROC
Aug 25, PHA @ ROC
Aug 26, PHA @ ROC
Aug 27, PHA vs. COL
Aug 28, PHA vs. COL
Aug 30, PHA vs. COL
Aug 30, PHA vs. COL
Aug 31, PHA vs. STL

Sep 1, PHA vs. STL
Sep 3, PHA vs. LOU
Sep 4, PHA vs. LOU
Sep 6, PHA vs. LOU
Sep 7, PHA vs. TOL
Sep 8, PHA vs. TOL
Sep 13, PHA @ BAL
Sep 13, PHA @ BAL
Sep 14, PHA vs. BAL
Sep 16, PHA vs. BAL
Sep 19, PHA @ LOU
Sep 20, PHA @ LOU
Sep 20, PHA @ LOU
Sep 21, PHA @ LOU
Sep 21, PHA @ LOU
Sep 23, PHA @ STL
Sep 26, PHA @ STL
Sep 26, PHA @ STL
Sep 27, PHA @ TOL
Sep 28, PHA @ TOL
Sep 28, PHA @ TOL
Sep 30, PHA @ COL

Oct 1, PHA @ COL
Oct 2, PHA @ COL
Oct 4, PHA @ SYR
Oct 4, PHA @ SYR
Oct 8, PHA vs. ROC
Oct 9, PHA vs. ROC
Oct 11, PHA vs. SYR
Oct 11, PHA vs. SYR
Oct 12, PHA vs. SYR

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Wilbert Robinson	26	82	348	329	32	78	13	4	4	42	20		16		.237	.279	.337	.616	82	111		3
2	1B	Jack O'Brien	30	109	497	433	80	113	24	14	4	80	31		52		.261	.356	.409	.765	126	177		12
3	2B	Taylor Shafer*	23	69	291	261	28	45	3	4	0	21	19		28		.172	.258	.215	.472	39	56		2
4	SS	Ben Conroy?	19	117	454	404	45	69	13	1	0	21	17		45		.171	.262	.208	.470	39	84		5
5	3B	Denny Lyons	24	88	406	339	79	120	29	5	7	73	21		57		.354	.461	.531	.992	193	180		10
6	OF	Orator Shafer*	38	100	442	390	55	110	15	5	1	58	29		47		.282	.367	.354	.720	113	138		5
7	OF	Curt Welch	28	103	477	396	100	106	21	4	2	40	64		49		.268	.392	.356	.748	121	141		32
8	OF	Blondie Purcell	36	110	510	463	110	128	28	3	2	59	48		43		.276	.343	.363	.706	108	168		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Joe Kappel	33	56	229	208	29	50	8	1	1	22	12		20		.240	.310	.303	.613	81	63		1
10	UT	John Riddle	26	27	103	85	7	7	0	1	0	2	4		17		.082	.243	.106	.349	3	9		1
11	UT	George Carman?	24	27	102	93	9	16	2	0	0	7	5		8		.172	.245	.194	.439	30	18		1
12	C	Kid Baldwin	25	24	95	90	5	21	1	2	0	12	2		4		.233	.274	.289	.563	66	26		1
13	1B	Andy Knox	26	21	84	75	6	19	3	0	0	8	5		9		.253	.333	.293	.627	85	22		0
14	UT	Joe Daly?	21	21	78	75	8	21	4	1	0	7	1		3		.280	.308	.360	.668	97	27		0
15	SS	Henry Easterday	25	19	78	68	17	10	1	0	1	3	4		10		.147	.256	.206	.462	37	14		0
16	UT	Pete Sweeney	26	14	57	49	5	8	1	1	0	0	0		7		.163	.281	.224	.505	49	11		1
17	UT	Al Sauter?	21	14	52	41	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		11		.098	.288	.098	.386	14	4		0
18	UT	Charles Snyder	17	9	35	33	5	9	1	0	0	4	0		2		.273	.314	.303	.617	82	10		0
19	UT	Ed O'Neil?	20	10	34	31	0	5	0	0	0	2	0		3		.161	.235	.161	.397	17	5		0
20	OF	Ed Pabst?	22	8	30	25	7	10	2	0	0	3	3		5		.400	.500	.480	.980	189	12		0
21	C	Bart Cantz	30	5	22	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.045	.045	.045	.091	-73	1		0
22	3B	George Meyers?	25	5	21	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	2		1		.158	.238	.158	.396	17	3		1
23	UT	George Crawford?		5	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	3	1		0		.118	.118	.118	.235	-31	2		0
24	OF	Pete Hasney?	26	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.143	.250	.143	.393	16	1		0
25	SS	Dennis Fitzgerald?	25	2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	48	2		0
26	2B	Sam Campbell?		2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0		0
27	SS	Ed Carfrey?	26	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	48	1		0
28	OF	Sweigert?		1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0		0
29	OF	Stafford?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
30	OF	McBride?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
31	SS	Bill Collins	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
32	C	Macey?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
33	P	Sadie McMahon	22	49	184	175	27	40	5	1	2	19	2		7		.229	.266	.303	.569	68	53		2
34	P	Ed Green?	30	39	142	126	15	15	1	1	0	5	7		13		.119	.218	.143	.361	7	18		3
35	P	Ed Seward?	23	26	82	72	7	10	4	0	0	2	3		8		.139	.244	.194	.438	29	14		2
36	P	Duke Esper?	22	18	63	61	11	18	2	2	0	11	1		2		.295	.317	.393	.711	110	24		0
37	P	William Stecher?	20	10	31	29	3	7	0	1	0	0	0		1		.241	.290	.310	.601	77	9		1
38	P	Jim Whitney*	32	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		1		.238	.273	.238	.511	51	5		0
39	P	Mickey Hughes	23	6	18	16	2	2	0	0	0	1	2		2		.125	.222	.125	.347	3	2		0
40	P	Bill Price?	27	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	48	1		0
41	P	William Stein?	22	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0		0
42	P	Horace Helmbold?	22	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
43	P	John Sterling?	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
44	P	William Lackey?	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	27.6	132	5052	4490	702	1057	181	51	24	508	305		475		.235	.320	.314	.635	87	1412		87
		Rank in 9 AA teams				6	6	7	1	7	3		6		3	7	7	6	7	6		7		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.0	132	4462	3946	633	954	169	46	22	467	289		437		.242	.329	.325	.654	93	1281		79
		Pitcher Totals	24.3	132	590	544	69	103	12	5	2	41	16		38		.189	.253	.241	.493	46	131		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Sadie McMahon	22	29	18	.617	3.34	48	46	2	44	0	1	410.0	414	238	152	5	133		225	20	0	21	1781	116	3.10	1.334	9.1	0.1	2.9	4.9	1.69
2	SP	Ed Green?	30	7	15	.318	5.80	25	22	3	20	1	1	191.0	267	184	123	4	94		56	6	0	19	933	67	4.17	1.890	12.6	0.2	4.4	2.6	0.60
3	SP	Ed Seward	23	6	12	.333	4.73	21	19	2	15	1	0	154.0	165	105	81	4	72		55	7	0	8	700	82	4.08	1.539	9.6	0.2	4.2	3.2	0.76
4	SP	Duke Esper*	22	8	9	.471	4.89	18	16	2	14	1	0	143.2	176	99	78	1	67		61	5	0	1	674	79	3.66	1.691	11.0	0.1	4.2	3.8	0.91
5	SP	William Stecher	20	0	10	.000	10.32	10	10	0	9	0	0	68.0	111	110	78	1	60		18	14	0	12	386	38	5.84	2.515	14.7	0.1	7.9	2.4	0.30
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6		Ed O'Neil	20	0	6	.000	9.69	6	6	0	6	0	0	52.0	84	77	56	0	32		17	7	0	11	277	40	4.51	2.231	14.5	0.0	5.5	2.9	0.53
7		Mickey Hughes	23	1	3	.250	5.44	6	5	0	4	0	0	41.1	64	56	25	0	21		15	5	0	5	212	72	4.08	2.056	13.9	0.0	4.6	3.3	0.71
8		Jim Whitney	32	2	2	.500	5.18	6	4	2	3	0	0	40.0	61	27	23	1	11		6	1	0	0	191	75	3.84	1.800	13.7	0.2	2.5	1.4	0.55
9		Bill Price?	27	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	7		1	1	0	0	41	202	5.36	1.444	6.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	0.14
10		William Stein*	22	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	17	9	8	0	4		1	0	0	2	45	45	4.17	2.625	19.1	0.0	4.5	1.1	0.25
11		Horace Helmbold?	22	0	1	.000	14.14	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	17	15	11	0	6		3	0	0	1	44	29	4.63	3.286	21.9	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
12		John Sterling	24	0	1	.000	21.60	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	16	12	12	1	4		1	1	0	0	36	19	8.12	4.000	28.8	1.8	7.2	1.8	0.25
13		William Lackey?	19	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	4	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	10	51	6.42	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
14		Curt Welch	28	0	0		54.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	6	6	6	0	0		1	0	0	0	9	10	0.92	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	23.7	54	78	.409	5.22	132	132	13	119	3	2	1132.0	1405	945	657	17	514		461	67	0	80	5339	74	3.84	1.695	11.2	0.1	4.1	3.7	0.90
		Rank in 9 AA teams		7	1		9				4	7	3	6	9	9	9	2	7		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W