1919 Philadelphia (A) Athletics
Record: 75-65
Finish: 3rd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 588
Runs Allowed: 518
Exp W-L: 78-62
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,647,081
Manager: Mark Goercke

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-66, 7th in the American League
AA: 66-53, 2nd in the American League
A: 60-59, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
RF  George Burns 29 133 549 106 181 28 8 7 51 39 28 56 17 .330 .390 .448 .838 91.8 23.0 3.0
CF *Ray Powell 30 134 518 68 164 25 3 5 61 0 5 42 38 .317 .368 .405 .774 69.0 15.9 2.6
C  Hank Severeid 28 123 486 65 156 21 6 1 67 0 0 29 19 .321 .367 .395 .762 63.4 14.1 5.9
2B  Paddy Baumann 33 116 417 41 117 5 3 0 46 4 3 22 34 .281 .318 .307 .625 36.6 4.5 4.0
3B *Frank Baker 33 107 403 59 118 23 5 7 67 1 1 26 11 .293 .336 .427 .762 52.0 11.5 3.7
1B *Charlie Grimm 20 98 355 51 107 11 5 5 40 2 0 21 20 .301 .341 .403 .744 42.9 8.9 1.4
SS  George Perring 34 81 297 28 87 12 3 0 39 3 1 18 23 .293 .330 .354 .684 32.1 5.7 4.2
RF *Turner Barber 25 81 280 25 76 7 3 1 36 1 0 7 11 .271 .291 .329 .619 25.4 3.8 1.8
SS  Rabbit Maranville 27 72 231 34 56 7 2 1 18 23 10 20 7 .242 .300 .303 .603 21.9 2.4 3.2
1B  George Kelly 23 63 223 28 72 8 1 0 33 2 1 18 17 .323 .369 .368 .737 29.6 6.8 0.7
2B *Jack Mills 29 70 230 16 70 5 0 0 26 0 0 12 34 .304 .336 .326 .662 23.8 4.4 2.8
RF  Bill Dam 34 41 128 6 32 7 1 0 13 0 0 1 25 .250 .254 .320 .574 9.1 0.6 0.9
P  Jesse Haines 25 37 119 5 22 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 29 .185 .205 .193 .398 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Ables 34 38 121 6 8 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 45 .066 .073 .083 .156 -6.0 0.0 0.0
RF *Tommy Griffith 29 34 87 11 20 4 1 0 12 0 0 6 5 .230 .280 .299 .578 6.7 0.8 0.1
LF  Hal Janvrin 26 25 83 7 25 3 0 0 8 1 0 5 6 .301 .348 .337 .686 9.2 1.9 0.4
P  Red Causey 25 33 80 6 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 .125 .157 .150 .307 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Buck Herzog 33 41 61 13 19 5 1 0 11 0 2 7 4 .311 .391 .426 .818 7.9 1.6 0.7
P  Sam Jones 26 25 56 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .161 .190 .161 .350 1.2 0.0 0.0
C  Lew McCarty 30 14 38 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .184 .184 .289 .474 1.6 0.0 0.6
P *John Sullivan 25 20 36 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .056 .056 .056 .111 -2.1 0.0 0.0
C  Chief Meyers 38 6 23 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 .174 .208 .304 .513 0.6 0.0 0.3
LF  Billy Zitzmann 23 6 17 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 .294 .333 .294 .627 0.7 0.0 0.1
C  Bob O'Farrell 22 5 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.5 0.0 0.2
CF #Earl Smith 28 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Doak 28 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Rube Marquard 32 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Witherup 32 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1427 4879 588 1372 179 43 28 553 78 54 298 429 .281 .324 .353 .676 519.5 106.1 36.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 5 2 7 3 4 5 8 1 6 2 2 4 4 3 4  
* - 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
*Harry Ables 34 17 14 .548 38 38 0 324.0 308 100 2 92 148 2.78 19.8
 Jesse Haines 25 20 15 .571 37 37 0 322.7 339 95 1 34 119 2.65 25.4
 Red Causey 25 14 14 .500 33 27 1 238.3 230 80 1 55 97 3.02 15.1
 Sam Jones 26 9 11 .450 25 20 3 174.7 197 62 4 41 61 3.19 9.3
*John Sullivan 25 8 5 .615 20 14 3 119.7 118 38 1 35 53 2.86 9.1
 Bill Doak 28 1 2 .333 8 2 1 28.7 41 19 0 10 9 5.97 0.0
*Rube Marquard 32 3 1 .750 8 2 0 22.3 18 11 0 7 12 4.43 1.2
*Roy Hitt 32 3 1 .750 12 0 3 13.3 21 4 0 3 2 2.70 1.5
 Roy Witherup 32 0 1 .000 5 0 0 6.0 8 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.7
 Lou Fiene 34 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0.7 3 3 0 1 0 40.91 0.0
Team Totals 29.3 75 65 .536 187 140 11 1250.3 1283 412 9 282 501 2.97 82.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 3 7 2 1 1 2 3 1  
* - 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 .973 35.9
H.Severeid 1073.3 120 120 450 108 21 0 .964 36.6
L.McCarty 88.0 10 10 46 12 1 0 .983 43.5
C.Meyers 54.0 6 6 19 6 0 0 1.000 50.0
B.O'Farrell 35.0 4 4 13 4 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1250.3 140 140 528 130 22 0 .968 38.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 13.15
C.Grimm 787.0 88 89 1083 84 6 85 .995 13.35
G.Kelly 460.3 52 54 619 40 7 56 .989 12.88
G.Perring 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 145 1706 124 13 142 .993 13.17
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.73
P.Baumann 857.7 97 97 251 410 25 73 .964 6.94
J.Mills 246.7 30 33 70 128 5 30 .975 7.22
B.Herzog 86.7 7 15 29 51 4 11 .952 8.31
R.Maranville 58.7 6 8 14 26 0 6 1.000 6.14
R.Powell 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 154 364 615 34 120 .966 7.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.91
F.Baker 882.0 98 102 54 244 22 14 .931 3.04
R.Maranville 143.0 16 18 13 43 0 4 1.000 3.52
P.Baumann 120.7 14 14 12 24 4 2 .900 2.69
G.Perring 52.0 6 6 1 19 1 1 .952 3.46
H.Janvrin 34.0 4 4 2 12 1 1 .933 3.71
B.Herzog 9.7 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.73
J.Mills 9.0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 147 83 350 28 23 .939 3.12
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.70
G.Perring 633.7 73 74 122 317 28 53 .940 6.24
R.Maranville 335.7 36 43 67 157 10 28 .957 6.01
J.Mills 254.3 29 31 34 116 2 19 .987 5.31
B.Herzog 15.0 1 3 5 7 1 2 .923 7.20
B.Dam 8.7 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.16
B.Zitzmann 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Janvrin 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 154 231 600 41 102 .953 5.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 1.89
R.Powell 942.3 105 106 174 5 5 2 .973 1.71
H.Janvrin 172.7 20 20 26 1 4 0 .871 1.41
B.Dam 55.7 6 6 10 2 0 0 1.000 1.94
T.Barber 36.0 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Zitzmann 34.7 4 4 8 1 2 0 .818 2.34
E.Smith 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 142 230 9 11 2 .956 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.38
G.Burns 958.0 106 107 214 6 10 2 .957 2.07
R.Powell 217.3 25 25 48 0 3 0 .941 1.99
T.Barber 66.0 8 8 26 1 0 1 1.000 3.68
E.Smith 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 141 291 7 13 3 .958 2.15
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 1.79
T.Barber 554.0 61 63 107 3 6 1 .948 1.79
B.Dam 252.0 30 30 48 2 0 0 1.000 1.79
G.Burns 207.7 24 24 33 1 1 1 .971 1.47
T.Griffith 187.7 20 26 25 1 6 0 .813 1.25
P.Baumann 36.0 4 4 3 1 1 0 .800 1.00
E.Smith 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
R.Powell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Grimm 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 150 218 8 14 2 .942 1.63
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.72
H.Ables 324.0 38 38 18 74 2 6 .979 2.56
J.Haines 322.7 37 37 32 68 2 5 .980 2.79
R.Causey 238.3 27 33 13 59 2 2 .973 2.72
S.Jones 174.7 20 25 8 39 6 4 .887 2.42
J.Sullivan 119.7 14 20 8 19 1 2 .964 2.03
B.Doak 28.7 2 8 3 5 0 2 1.000 2.51
R.Marquard 22.3 2 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.21
R.Hitt 13.3 0 12 1 5 1 2 .857 4.05
R.Witherup 6.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Fiene 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1250.3 140 187 83 274 14 23 .962 2.57
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Burns .330
On-Base Pct Burns .390
Slugging Pct Burns .448
OPS Burns .838
XR Burns 91.8
Games Powell 134
At-Bats Burns 549
Runs Burns 106
Hits Burns 181
Total Bases Burns 246
Singles Burns 138
Doubles Burns 28
Triples Burns 8
Homeruns Baker, Burns 7
RBIs Severeid, Baker 67
Stolen Bases Burns 39
Caught Stealing Burns 28
Walks Burns 56
Strikeouts Ables 45
ERA Haines 2.65
Wins Haines 20
Losses Haines 15
Winning Pct Haines .571
Saves Hitt, Jones, Sullivan 3
Games Pitched Ables 38
Games Started Ables 38
Complete Games Haines 33
Shutouts Haines 5
Innings Pitched Ables 324.0
Hits Allowed Haines 339
Homeruns Allowed Jones 4
Strikeouts Ables 148
Walks Allowed Ables 92
Walks per 9IP Haines 0.9
Hits per 9IP Ables 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Ables 4.1
WHiP Haines 1.16
OAVG Ables .253
OOBP Haines .294
OSLG Causey .313
OOPS Causey .612
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Frank Baker $ 9,800,000
Harry Ables $ 8,400,000
George Burns $ 7,790,000
Lew Moren $ 3,980,000
Hank Severeid $ 3,940,000
Sam Jones $ 3,814,286
Ray Powell $ 2,907,143
Tommy Griffith $ 2,685,714
George Perring $ 2,300,000
Bill Doak $ 2,278,571
George Kelly $ 1,342,857
Paddy Baumann $ 890,000
Rabbit Maranville $ 803,571
Buck Herzog $ 750,000
Roy Witherup $ 738,000
Hal Janvrin $ 415,000
Roy Hitt $ 350,000
Jesse Haines $ 300,000
Turner Barber $ 300,000
John Sullivan $ 300,000
Red Causey $ 300,000
Earl Smith $ 300,000
Charlie Grimm $ 300,000
Dick McCabe $ 300,000
Bob O'Farrell $ 300,000
Jack Mills $ 300,000
Billy Zitzmann $ 300,000
Rube Marquard $ 300,000
Bill Sherdel $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Traded Rube Kroh
$5,000,000
Boston (A) Dick Mccabe
Bill Sherdel
2/21 Signed     Paddy Baumann
3/16 Traded Trade D Bait Boston (A) Ike Davis
3/16 Traded Lena Styles Boston (A) Trade E Bait
7/1 Released Lou Fiene    
7/16 Traded Sailor Stroud
Round Draft Pick.
New York (A) Bob O'Farrell
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Released Chief Meyers    
10/4 Released Lew Mccarty    
10/4 Released Bill Dam