1921 Philadelphia (A) Athletics
Record: 83-71
Finish: 2nd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 858
Runs Allowed: 786
Exp W-L: 83-71
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,803,990
Manager: Mark Goercke

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-61, 4th in the American League
AA: 58-73, 6th in the American League
A: 64-67, 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
CF *Heinie Mueller 21 130 480 70 145 19 11 6 78 1 1 27 38 .302 .343 .425 .768 63.2 11.1 2.5
CF *Beals Becker 34 124 446 74 142 15 9 2 60 15 6 39 38 .318 .373 .406 .779 65.4 12.7 2.5
RF  George Burns 31 128 432 90 125 27 6 6 56 20 10 54 21 .289 .367 .421 .788 63.9 11.7 2.9
C  Hank Severeid 30 112 415 55 126 21 8 2 62 0 1 22 9 .304 .340 .407 .747 52.4 8.4 5.2
3B *Frank Baker 35 111 388 64 118 16 6 5 67 0 1 44 31 .304 .374 .415 .789 61.4 11.8 4.6
1B *Charlie Grimm 22 109 376 55 127 16 6 5 57 0 1 34 17 .338 .386 .452 .838 62.6 12.9 2.4
LF  Howie Shanks 30 73 281 48 101 14 6 3 43 15 7 21 14 .359 .401 .484 .885 50.1 11.1 1.8
3B  Fred Thomas 28 90 257 47 78 7 8 11 47 10 8 25 21 .304 .366 .521 .888 44.5 8.8 2.0
1B  George Kelly 25 84 257 43 84 13 4 2 39 4 0 14 28 .327 .364 .432 .796 37.5 7.6 1.6
3B  Ray Chapman 30 69 236 26 61 9 2 5 39 15 11 25 27 .258 .330 .377 .707 28.2 3.5 1.8
RF *Turner Barber 27 67 215 29 72 9 4 0 33 0 1 12 10 .335 .375 .414 .789 30.9 6.2 0.9
2B  Del Pratt 33 49 208 39 70 9 5 1 35 15 9 17 9 .337 .385 .442 .827 31.9 6.4 0.9
C #Johnny Gooch 23 58 197 29 55 5 3 2 30 0 0 16 11 .279 .330 .365 .696 23.2 3.3 3.2
SS  Ike Davis 26 55 167 31 63 11 5 1 25 2 5 5 12 .377 .384 .521 .905 27.8 5.7 1.3
2B  Hal Janvrin 28 66 143 19 40 7 0 3 29 0 0 6 11 .280 .313 .392 .705 17.1 2.6 0.6
P  Red Causey 27 37 106 16 27 2 1 1 10 0 0 3 25 .255 .273 .321 .593 9.8 0.5 0.0
P  Jesse Haines 27 36 109 16 22 4 0 1 10 0 0 2 26 .202 .214 .266 .480 6.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Rabbit Maranville 29 48 112 15 18 2 1 0 17 5 7 10 5 .161 .226 .196 .422 2.8 0.0 1.7
2B *Jack Mills 31 44 92 11 29 2 1 0 15 1 0 6 6 .315 .350 .359 .709 11.0 1.6 0.7
P *Bill Sherdel 24 28 83 9 23 7 0 0 9 0 0 5 5 .277 .318 .361 .680 9.7 1.4 0.0
2B  Gene Paulette 30 23 65 12 18 5 1 0 6 1 0 5 5 .277 .338 .385 .723 8.2 1.4 0.5
LF  Billy Zitzmann 25 16 54 7 14 3 1 1 7 3 1 3 1 .259 .298 .407 .706 6.8 1.1 0.2
P  Dick Rudolph 33 12 38 10 13 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 11 .342 .375 .395 .770 5.2 0.9 0.0
P *Roy Hitt 34 19 37 5 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 .324 .342 .351 .693 4.3 0.7 0.0
P  Bert Gallia 29 18 23 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .217 .250 .261 .511 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 28 12 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .048 .000 .048 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Doak 30 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
3B *Hal Leathers 22 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Sammy Vick 26 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Ables 36 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  John Raleigh 31 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *John Sullivan 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1645 5265 824 1589 227 88 57 786 108 70 401 406 .302 .351 .411 .762 722.3 131.4 37.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 2 2 7 4 3 2 7 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 2  
* - 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
 Jesse Haines 27 23 8 .742 36 36 0 303.3 342 117 2 53 98 3.47 25.3
 Red Causey 27 18 17 .514 37 37 0 302.3 354 149 5 75 74 4.44 17.4
*Bill Sherdel 24 13 10 .565 28 28 0 238.3 278 123 11 80 65 4.64 12.9
 Dick Rudolph 33 7 2 .778 12 12 0 100.7 110 44 3 19 25 3.93 7.5
*Roy Hitt 34 6 6 .500 19 10 1 96.7 90 44 0 49 37 4.10 6.8
 Bert Gallia 29 4 3 .571 18 8 0 79.0 99 45 7 26 25 5.13 3.1
 Sam Jones 28 2 6 .250 12 10 1 65.3 78 39 2 20 17 5.37 1.2
 Bill Doak 30 1 3 .250 6 5 0 34.0 43 22 2 17 10 5.82 0.0
 Oscar Tuero 22 4 5 .444 24 0 4 24.3 32 17 2 8 11 6.29 1.4
 Dick McCabe 25 1 3 .250 26 0 5 22.7 31 7 0 2 7 2.78 2.9
*John Raleigh 31 0 0 .000 8 0 0 13.3 9 4 0 7 4 2.70 1.1
*Harry Ables 36 1 0 1.000 6 1 0 11.0 20 13 2 6 4 10.64 0.0
 Eddie Higgins 33 0 1 .000 4 0 0 5.0 7 4 0 4 0 7.20 0.0
*John Sullivan 27 0 1 .000 1 1 0 3.7 3 1 1 1 1 2.46 0.3
 Jack Scott 29 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 3 2 0 0 1 54.55 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 80 65 .552 238 148 11 1300.0 1499 631 37 367 379 4.37 79.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 3 2 6 2 3 4 3 7 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 .971 35.0
H.Severeid 889.7 99 107 258 64 11 0 .967 33.3
J.Gooch 410.3 46 46 131 44 3 1 .983 49.2
Team Total 1300.0 145 153 389 108 14 1 .973 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 13.09
C.Grimm 776.7 88 96 1073 92 12 90 .990 13.50
G.Kelly 487.0 55 61 710 56 1 57 .999 14.16
H.Mueller 34.7 2 9 50 4 0 3 1.000 14.02
H.Janvrin 1.7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1300.0 145 169 1835 152 13 150 .994 13.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.95
H.Janvrin 258.0 32 33 59 139 10 22 .952 6.91
F.Thomas 246.7 25 35 71 132 3 21 .985 7.41
D.Pratt 169.4 17 20 50 79 3 18 .977 6.85
J.Mills 132.3 15 23 47 67 1 13 .991 7.75
I.Davis 110.0 13 15 24 70 1 8 .989 7.69
G.Paulette 78.0 9 10 17 43 0 4 1.000 6.92
R.Chapman 42.4 3 9 10 23 1 6 .971 7.00
R.Maranville 21.7 2 6 4 8 0 0 1.000 4.99
H.Leathers 14.0 1 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.14
H.Shanks 0.6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1073.1 117 156 285 567 19 92 .978 7.15
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.97
F.Baker 858.7 96 105 65 234 18 17 .943 3.13
R.Maranville 187.3 20 26 10 65 2 7 .974 3.60
F.Thomas 162.0 19 20 15 40 6 6 .902 3.06
H.Shanks 145.4 16 17 7 29 5 4 .878 2.23
R.Chapman 38.2 3 6 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.59
G.Paulette 36.3 5 6 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.22
J.Mills 27.0 3 3 4 10 2 0 .875 4.67
H.Janvrin 13.7 1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.29
Team Total 1468.6 163 188 106 402 33 37 .939 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 5.87
R.Chapman 474.5 46 52 84 226 19 31 .942 5.88
I.Davis 287.7 37 39 63 138 12 18 .944 6.29
F.Thomas 165.7 17 29 31 84 2 18 .983 6.25
H.Shanks 79.0 9 11 22 47 3 11 .958 7.86
R.Maranville 61.0 5 11 6 21 1 5 .964 3.98
J.Mills 40.7 4 8 3 18 1 1 .955 4.65
G.Paulette 25.7 2 6 7 6 2 1 .867 4.56
H.Janvrin 23.7 2 5 4 5 4 2 .692 3.42
B.Zitzmann 22.0 3 3 4 11 2 0 .882 6.14
J.Gooch 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1181.5 125 165 224 556 46 87 .944 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 1.94
G.Burns 423.3 47 50 89 3 3 2 .968 1.96
H.Shanks 388.6 45 46 78 1 3 1 .963 1.83
H.Mueller 263.0 29 31 56 3 1 1 .983 2.02
B.Zitzmann 68.7 8 8 11 0 1 0 .917 1.44
D.Pratt 44.1 5 5 8 0 2 0 .800 1.63
B.Becker 34.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.Paulette 19.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
T.Barber 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Grimm 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1254.0 140 153 255 7 10 4 .963 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.52
B.Becker 838.3 99 103 208 5 15 2 .934 2.29
H.Mueller 259.0 29 36 62 2 2 1 .970 2.22
G.Burns 163.7 14 26 39 3 1 0 .977 2.31
B.Zitzmann 20.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Grimm 9.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Barber 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Kelly 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1300.0 145 173 313 11 18 3 .947 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.91
T.Barber 469.7 58 58 91 0 6 0 .938 1.74
H.Mueller 444.7 49 53 83 2 6 0 .934 1.72
G.Burns 319.0 34 44 86 7 3 2 .969 2.62
D.Pratt 224.5 23 24 49 1 4 0 .926 2.00
B.Becker 32.0 2 8 5 0 1 0 .833 1.41
S.Vick 12.3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
C.Grimm 9.7 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
B.Zitzmann 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Shanks 2.8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.21
Team Total 1522.6 168 195 322 11 20 3 .943 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.56
J.Haines 303.3 36 36 17 69 1 4 .989 2.55
R.Causey 302.3 37 37 28 64 4 3 .958 2.74
B.Sherdel 238.3 28 28 18 49 1 4 .985 2.53
D.Rudolph 100.7 12 12 6 21 1 2 .964 2.41
R.Hitt 96.7 10 19 6 17 1 3 .958 2.14
B.Gallia 79.0 8 18 7 16 2 1 .920 2.62
S.Jones 65.3 10 12 7 11 1 0 .947 2.48
B.Doak 34.0 5 6 2 11 2 1 .867 3.44
O.Tuero 24.3 0 24 0 1 1 0 .500 0.37
D.McCabe 22.7 0 26 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.79
J.Raleigh 13.3 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35
H.Ables 11.0 1 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Higgins 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Sullivan 3.7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
J.Scott 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1300.0 148 238 93 268 14 18 .963 2.50
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Becker .310
On-Base Pct Becker .365
Slugging Pct Mueller .425
OPS Mueller .768
XR Becker 65.4
Games Mueller 130
At-Bats Mueller 480
Runs Burns 90
Hits Mueller 145
Total Bases Mueller 204
Singles Becker 116
Doubles Burns 27
Triples Mueller 11
Homeruns Thomas 11
RBIs Mueller 78
Stolen Bases Burns 20
Caught Stealing Chapman 11
Walks Burns 54
Strikeouts Mueller, Becker 38
ERA Haines 3.47
Wins Haines 23
Losses Causey 17
Winning Pct Haines .742
Saves McCabe 5
Games Pitched Causey 37
Games Started Causey 37
Complete Games Haines 26
Shutouts Haines 4
Innings Pitched Haines 303.3
Hits Allowed Causey 354
Homeruns Allowed Sherdel 11
Strikeouts Haines 98
Walks Allowed Sherdel 80
Walks per 9IP Haines 1.6
Hits per 9IP Haines 10.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Haines 2.9
WHiP Haines 1.30
OAVG Haines .285
OOBP Haines .314
OSLG Haines .371
OOPS Haines .685
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Del Pratt $ 15,555,550
Dick Rudolph $ 12,700,000
Beals Becker $ 9,890,000
Frank Baker $ 9,800,000
George Burns $ 9,800,000
Harry Ables $ 8,400,000
Howie Shanks $ 4,000,000
Hank Severeid $ 2,380,000
Gene Paulette $ 1,980,000
George Kelly $ 1,880,000
Roy Hitt $ 528,000
Jack Mills $ 350,000
Carson Bigbee $ 350,000
Turner Barber $ 300,000
Red Causey $ 300,000
Ike Davis $ 300,000
Bert Gallia $ 300,000
Johnny Gooch $ 300,000
Charlie Grimm $ 300,000
Jesse Haines $ 300,000
Eddie Higgins $ 300,000
Hal Janvrin $ 300,000
Rabbit Maranville $ 300,000
Billy Zitzmann $ 300,000
Dick McCabe $ 300,000
Heinie Mueller $ 300,000
John Raleigh $ 300,000
Jack Scott $ 300,000
Bill Sherdel $ 300,000
John Sullivan $ 300,000
Fred Thomas $ 300,000
Oscar Tuero $ 300,000
Sammy Vick $ 300,000
Hal Leathers $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     Gene Paulette
2/15 Traded Bing Miller Philadelphia (N) Red Sox Trade Bait
2/16 Signed     Ray Chapman
2/22 Traded Red Sox Trade Bait Philadelphia (N) George Stueland
2/22 Released Paddy Baumann    
2/27 Signed     Beals Becker
3/12 Traded Trade E Bait Philadelphia (N) Rusty Pence
4/13 Released George Kahler    
4/13 Released Ollie O'Mara    
6/16 Traded Bill Doak Chicago (A) Howie Shanks
6/16 Traded Sam Jones New York (A) Carson Bigbee
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
6/16 Signed     Eddie Higgins
7/31 Traded Ray Chapman
Round Draft Pick.
Brooklyn Del Pratt
7/31 Traded Trade L Bait
Round Draft Pick.
Philadelphia (N) Dick Rudolph