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1917 Philadelphia (A) Athletics
Record: 85-69
Finish: 4th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 661
Runs Allowed: 628
Exp W-L: 81-73
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,792,218
Manager: Mark Goercke

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-77, 8th in the American League
AA: 71-60, 1st in the American League
A: 79-52, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  George Burns 27 147 566 104 185 26 10 4 51 44 25 85 28 .327 .414 .429 .844 98.7 27.3 3.7
LF *Ray Powell 28 142 548 95 153 22 8 7 61 4 11 71 62 .279 .362 .387 .748 74.6 17.0 2.9
3B *Frank Baker 31 145 563 88 181 38 8 12 110 1 0 46 16 .321 .372 .481 .853 90.7 24.8 4.9
RF *Tommy Griffith 27 137 505 64 143 19 7 5 77 1 1 58 10 .283 .353 .378 .731 67.3 15.5 2.4
SS  George Perring 32 123 468 60 131 25 6 3 61 4 1 34 29 .280 .328 .378 .706 53.9 11.7 4.4
C  Hank Severeid 26 125 456 42 117 9 5 1 55 4 2 28 16 .257 .299 .305 .604 39.7 5.0 5.0
1B *Rebel Oakes 33 92 342 39 95 9 4 0 32 13 7 16 23 .278 .310 .327 .638 30.4 4.5 1.2
2B  Rabbit Maranville 25 89 256 26 66 7 1 2 30 9 6 16 6 .258 .298 .316 .615 23.4 2.8 3.4
2B  Buck Herzog 31 74 229 27 59 3 5 0 33 21 3 16 13 .258 .306 .314 .620 26.7 4.5 3.2
1B  George Kelly 21 67 236 33 69 16 2 1 23 1 0 14 37 .292 .333 .390 .723 26.6 6.1 0.8
2B  Art Griggs 33 49 183 16 52 8 1 1 18 0 0 10 23 .284 .323 .355 .678 19.8 4.2 1.3
LF  Joe Birmingham 32 61 139 21 34 4 1 2 18 0 1 9 4 .245 .291 .331 .622 12.9 1.6 0.8
P *Rube Kroh 30 41 123 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 51 .057 .087 .073 .160 -5.5 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Moren 33 39 122 5 10 2 0 0 8 0 1 3 54 .082 .104 .098 .202 -4.1 0.0 0.0
C  Lew McCarty 28 32 104 6 24 4 0 1 10 0 0 7 14 .231 .279 .298 .577 7.6 0.7 1.4
P  Sam Jones 24 33 98 5 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 32 .092 .119 .122 .241 -2.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Mickey Doolan 37 31 86 8 18 3 1 0 7 2 2 7 7 .209 .277 .267 .544 4.2 0.0 0.9
LF *Jack Lelivelt 31 29 85 11 18 2 3 0 10 0 0 8 17 .212 .280 .306 .585 6.6 0.8 0.4
P  Cy Falkenberg 36 20 61 5 5 0 1 0 6 2 0 3 30 .082 .149 .115 .264 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Aldridge 23 15 43 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .116 .116 .140 .256 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Grover Land 32 8 25 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .080 .115 .080 .195 -1.1 0.0 0.2
RF  Bill Dam 32 12 24 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .042 .042 .083 .125 -1.4 0.0 0.2
P  Sailor Stroud 32 17 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Doak 26 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
LF  Hal Janvrin 24 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Roy Witherup 30 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Fred Anderson 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Tift 33 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1563 5296 661 1386 202 64 39 620 106 60 440 503 .262 .318 .346 .664 566.7 126.7 37.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 4 5 4 5 2 4 7 1 4 3 5 5 4 4 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Rube Kroh 30 18 17 .514 41 41 0 353.7 353 108 1 54 144 2.75 24.1
 Lew Moren 33 20 14 .588 39 39 0 333.0 326 114 2 89 96 3.08 22.8
 Sam Jones 24 15 11 .577 33 31 2 269.3 270 103 0 66 122 3.44 15.5
 Cy Falkenberg 36 12 7 .632 20 17 0 172.3 170 67 4 51 50 3.50 9.3
 Vic Aldridge 23 8 4 .667 15 14 0 122.0 127 40 2 35 38 2.95 9.5
 Sailor Stroud 32 4 9 .308 17 6 2 64.7 75 33 1 20 23 4.59 1.1
*Roy Hitt 30 4 6 .400 19 0 0 24.0 24 12 0 13 11 4.50 1.3
 Bill Doak 26 3 0 1.000 3 2 0 21.0 19 1 0 6 9 0.43 3.0
 Roy Witherup 30 1 1 .500 8 1 0 15.0 15 5 1 7 4 3.00 0.5
*Ray Tift 33 0 0 .000 16 0 11 14.0 11 2 0 1 2 1.29 4.1
 Lou Fiene 32 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.0 5 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.1
 Fred Anderson 31 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.0 4 3 1 1 1 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 30.0 85 69 .552 219 151 15 1397.0 1399 488 12 345 502 3.14 91.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 2 4 3 7 1 4 2 6 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 32.9
H.Severeid 1063.0 117 119 388 95 14 0 .972 28.9
L.McCarty 272.0 30 31 112 26 4 0 .972 36.7
G.Land 61.0 7 7 22 6 4 0 .875 33.3
J.Birmingham 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1397.0 154 158 522 127 22 0 .967 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.89
R.Oakes 704.0 78 79 1008 64 21 74 .981 13.70
G.Kelly 524.3 57 59 720 69 11 58 .986 13.54
A.Griggs 166.3 19 19 233 27 2 20 .992 14.07
H.Janvrin 1.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.30
G.Perring 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1397.0 154 159 1965 160 34 152 .984 13.69
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 6.46
R.Maranville 680.0 73 82 175 341 15 54 .972 6.83
B.Herzog 493.7 56 57 140 260 13 55 .969 7.29
A.Griggs 222.3 25 25 62 110 11 20 .940 6.96
M.Doolan 1.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1397.0 154 166 378 712 39 130 .965 7.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
F.Baker 1273.3 141 143 80 353 28 22 .939 3.06
J.Birmingham 87.0 10 10 3 26 0 5 1.000 3.00
B.Herzog 29.0 3 4 3 10 1 2 .929 4.03
R.Maranville 7.7 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.52
Team Total 1397.0 154 160 87 391 29 29 .943 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.59
G.Perring 1092.0 121 121 208 503 54 86 .929 5.86
M.Doolan 216.0 24 28 35 108 11 15 .929 5.96
B.Herzog 57.0 6 8 15 26 2 7 .953 6.47
B.Dam 26.0 3 3 6 12 0 2 1.000 6.23
R.Maranville 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Oakes 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1397.0 154 163 265 650 67 111 .932 5.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.83
R.Powell 1146.7 127 128 209 9 3 2 .986 1.71
J.Birmingham 180.3 20 21 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Lelivelt 50.0 5 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
A.Griggs 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
G.Burns 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1397.0 154 159 248 9 3 2 .988 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.35
G.Burns 1268.0 140 142 301 5 16 2 .950 2.17
J.Lelivelt 66.0 7 7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.05
R.Oakes 58.0 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
R.Powell 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1397.0 154 157 333 5 17 2 .952 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .942 1.88
T.Griffith 1202.3 133 135 228 5 21 1 .917 1.74
R.Powell 99.0 11 11 17 0 2 0 .895 1.55
J.Lelivelt 72.0 8 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
A.Griggs 14.7 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Dam 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1397.0 154 162 265 6 23 1 .922 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.73
R.Kroh 353.7 41 41 32 85 5 1 .959 2.98
L.Moren 333.0 39 39 20 91 0 5 1.000 3.00
S.Jones 269.3 31 33 23 49 7 1 .911 2.41
C.Falkenberg 172.3 17 20 11 41 2 3 .963 2.72
V.Aldridge 122.0 14 15 8 27 0 2 1.000 2.58
S.Stroud 64.7 6 17 9 19 0 2 1.000 3.90
R.Hitt 24.0 0 19 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.63
B.Doak 21.0 2 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71
R.Witherup 15.0 1 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Tift 14.0 0 16 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.14
L.Fiene 4.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
F.Anderson 4.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1397.0 151 219 108 332 14 16 .969 2.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Burns .327
On-Base Pct Burns .414
Slugging Pct Baker .481
OPS Baker .853
XR Burns 98.7
Games Burns 147
At-Bats Burns 566
Runs Burns 104
Hits Burns 185
Total Bases Baker 271
Singles Burns 145
Doubles Baker 38
Triples Burns 10
Homeruns Baker 12
RBIs Baker 110
Stolen Bases Burns 44
Caught Stealing Burns 25
Walks Burns 85
Strikeouts Powell 62
ERA Kroh 2.75
Wins Moren 20
Losses Kroh 17
Winning Pct Falkenberg .632
Saves Tift 11
Games Pitched Kroh 41
Games Started Kroh 41
Complete Games Kroh 31
Shutouts Moren 6
Innings Pitched Kroh 353.7
Hits Allowed Kroh 353
Homeruns Allowed Falkenberg 4
Strikeouts Kroh 144
Walks Allowed Moren 89
Walks per 9IP Kroh 1.4
Hits per 9IP Moren 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Jones 4.1
WHiP Kroh 1.15
OAVG Falkenberg .254
OOBP Kroh .291
OSLG Falkenberg .315
OOPS Kroh .610
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rube Kroh $ 16,650,000
Frank Baker $ 9,800,000
Art Griggs $ 5,600,000
George Burns $ 4,150,000
Lew Moren $ 3,980,000
Rebel Oakes $ 3,100,000
Tommy Griffith $ 2,685,714
Hank Severeid $ 2,442,857
Sailor Stroud $ 1,900,000
Bill Doak $ 1,790,000
George Perring $ 1,780,000
Joe Birmingham $ 1,450,000
Ray Tift $ 1,314,286
Buck Herzog $ 1,100,000
Jack Lelivelt $ 722,000
Hal Janvrin $ 415,000
Roy Witherup $ 350,000
Fred Anderson $ 350,000
Bill Dam $ 300,000
Lou Fiene $ 300,000
Bert Gallia $ 300,000
Roy Hitt $ 300,000
Vic Aldridge $ 300,000
George Kelly $ 300,000
Grover Land $ 300,000
Rabbit Maranville $ 300,000
Lew McCarty $ 300,000
Ray Powell $ 300,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Signed     Lew Moren
2/25 Signed     Mickey Doolan
3/3 Traded Bill Piercy Brooklyn Sammy Vick
3/5 Signed     Rube Kroh
3/6 Signed     Hal Janvrin
7/1 Traded Wally Gerber New York (N) Jack Scott
7/16 Traded Cy Falkenberg Chicago (A) Whitesox Tradebait
7/16 Traded Whitesox Tradebait Chicago (A) Joe Tradebait
Round Draft Pick.
9/3 Released Mickey Doolan    
 
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