1908 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 68-85
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 455,062, Avg. 6,116
Ballpark: Columbia Park
Manager: Connie Mack (68-85)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1908 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1908 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1908 season with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Athletics plated 486 runs and allowed 562 runs. Danny Murphy drove in 66 runs and topped all regular batters with a .265 average. Rube Vickers led the team with 18 wins, while Charles Bender registered a 1.75 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Connie Mack coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Rube Vickers	18	19	.486	2.21	53	34	17	21	6	1	317.0	264	114	78	0	71	156	11	0	6	1226
Eddie Plank	14	16	.467	2.17	34	28	5	21	4	1	244.7	202	71	59	1	46	135	9	0	7	956
Jimmy Dygert	11	15	.423	2.87	41	28	9	15	5	1	238.7	184	95	76	3	97	164	11	1	5	944
Charles Bender	8	9	.471	1.75	18	17	1	14	2	1	138.7	121	48	27	1	21	85	3	2	2	537
Jack Coombs	7	5	.583	2.00	26	18	6	10	4	0	153.0	130	63	34	1	64	80	3	0	5	624
Victor Schlitzer	6	8	.429	3.16	24	18	3	11	2	0	131.0	110	56	46	1	45	57	2	0	4	518
Nick Carter	2	5	.286	2.97	14	4	6	2	0	0	60.7	58	26	20	1	17	17	2	0	2	234
Harry Krause	1	1	.500	2.57	4	2	1	2	0	0	21.0	20	11	6	0	4	10	3	0	2	88
Jack Flater	1	3	.250	2.06	5	3	2	3	0	0	39.3	35	15	9	0	12	8	2	0	1	153
Eddie Files	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	8	7	6	0	3	6	2	0	2	33
Bert Maxwell	0	0		11.08	4	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	23	21	16	0	9	7	2	0	0	77
Gus Salve	0	1	.000	4.11	2	1	1	1	0	0	15.3	17	7	7	1	9	6	1	0	1	74
Doc Martin	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	4	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	11
Al Kellogg	0	2	.000	5.82	3	3	0	2	0	0	17.0	20	19	11	1	9	8	1	0	4	78
Totals	68	85	.444	2.56	231	157	55	102	23	4	1400.3	1194	557	398	10	410	741	53	3	41	5553

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Danny Murphy	142	582	525	51	139	28	7	4	66	16	32	37	.265	.309	.368	.677	193	2	23
Harry Davis	147	599	513	65	127	23	9	5	62	20	61	56	.248	.332	.357	.689	183	4	21
Simon Nicholls	150	617	550	58	119	17	3	4	31	14	35	47	.216	.265	.280	.545	154	1	31
Topsy Hartsel	129	561	460	73	112	16	6	4	29	15	93	55	.243	.371	.330	.701	152	0	8
Rube Oldring	116	480	434	38	96	14	2	1	39	13	18	50	.221	.267	.270	.536	117	9	19
Jimmy Collins	115	470	433	34	94	14	3	0	30	5	20	23	.217	.258	.263	.521	114	4	13
Eddie Collins	102	364	330	39	90	18	7	1	40	8	16	30	.273	.312	.379	.691	125	3	15
Jack Coombs	78	239	220	24	56	9	5	1	23	6	9	34	.255	.287	.355	.642	78	1	9
Ossee Schrecongost	71	220	207	16	46	7	1	0	16	1	6	12	.222	.248	.266	.513	55	1	6
Doc Powers	62	186	172	8	31	6	1	0	7	1	5	35	.180	.217	.227	.443	39	3	6
Jack Barry	40	150	135	13	30	4	3	0	8	5	10	11	.222	.291	.296	.587	40	3	2
Socks Seybold	48	146	130	5	28	2	0	0	3	2	12	16	.215	.287	.231	.517	30	1	3
Syd Smith	46	137	128	8	26	8	0	1	10	0	4	10	.203	.233	.289	.522	37	1	4
Rube Vickers	53	120	106	4	17	3	0	0	4	0	10	23	.160	.233	.189	.421	20	0	4
Eddie Plank	36	92	89	4	16	4	0	0	4	1	2	11	.180	.198	.225	.423	20	0	1
Frank Manush	23	82	77	6	12	2	1	0	0	2	2	12	.156	.188	.208	.395	16	1	2
Charles Bender	20	61	50	5	11	1	0	0	2	1	10	13	.220	.350	.240	.590	12	0	1
Shag Shaughnessy	8	33	29	2	9	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	.310	.355	.310	.665	9	0	2
Home Run Baker	9	33	31	5	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	.290	.290	.387	.677	12	0	2
Victor Schlitzer	24	48	46	1	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	.196	.213	.196	.408	9	0	1
Herbie Moran	19	68	59	4	9	0	0	0	4	1	6	8	.153	.242	.153	.395	9	1	2
Amos Strunk	12	40	34	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	.235	.316	.265	.580	9	0	2
Scotty Barr	19	61	56	4	8	2	0	0	1	0	3	10	.143	.200	.179	.379	10	1	1
Jack Fox	9	31	30	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	0	1
Jimmy Dygert	41	81	75	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	.080	.092	.080	.172	6	0	5
Jack Lapp	13	42	35	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	5	8	.143	.268	.200	.468	7	1	1
Bert Blue	6	18	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	0	0
Shoeless Joe Jackson	5	23	23	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	.130	.130	.130	.261	3	0	0
Jack Flater	5	16	15	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	7	.133	.133	.267	.400	4	0	1
Nick Carter	14	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	0	0
Ben Egan	2	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.333	.619	2	0	0
Al Kellogg	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0
Gus Salve	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Eddie Files	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bert Maxwell	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Doc Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Harry Krause	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals	1580	5656	5065	487	1131	183	50	21	392	116	368	595	.223	.281	.292	.572	1477	37	186

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Harry Davis	1B	147	147	1292.0	1410	86	22	44	.986	1.421	1.177	0	0	0
Syd Smith	1B	6	6	57.0	57	4	2	0	.968	9.632	1.167	0	0	0
Danny Murphy	1B	2	2	20.0	19	0	1	1	.950	8.550	9.500	0	0	0
Charles Bender	1B	1	1	11.0	13	3	0	1	1.000	13.091	16.000	0	0	0
Scotty Barr	1B	2	1	8.0	11	2	1	1	.929	14.625	6.500	0	0	0
Jack Coombs	1B	1	0	7.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Ossee Schrecongost	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0
Doc Powers	1B	2	0	2.0	6	2	0	0	1.000	36.000	4.000	0	0	0
Danny Murphy	2B	56	55	493.0	144	162	11	13	.965	5.586	5.464	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	2B	47	47	414.0	111	127	14	5	.944	5.174	5.064	0	0	0
Simon Nicholls	2B	23	24	220.0	51	58	6	6	.948	4.459	4.739	0	0	0
Jack Barry	2B	20	19	167.0	29	56	3	3	.966	4.581	4.250	0	0	0
Scotty Barr	2B	11	11	92.0	15	21	3	0	.923	3.522	3.273	0	0	0
Frank Manush	2B	2	1	9.0	1	0	2	1	.333	1.000	.500	0	0	0
Jimmy Collins	3B	115	115	1036.0	117	216	26	14	.928	2.893	2.896	0	0	0
Frank Manush	3B	20	19	170.0	27	29	4	2	.933	2.965	2.800	0	0	0
Home Run Baker	3B	9	9	72.0	12	22	0	0	1.000	4.250	3.778	0	0	0
Simon Nicholls	3B	7	7	58.0	8	6	1	1	.933	2.172	2.000	0	0	0
Scotty Barr	3B	4	4	33.0	2	4	1	0	.857	1.636	1.500	0	0	0
Jack Barry	3B	3	3	25.0	5	2	1	0	.875	2.520	2.333	0	0	0
Ossee Schrecongost	C	65	58	530.0	352	91	10	3	.978	7.523	6.815	6	80	63	44.1
Doc Powers	C	60	55	471.0	303	74	13	3	.967	7.204	6.283	3	80	51	38.9
Syd Smith	C	31	24	233.0	158	39	5	6	.975	7.609	6.355	0	40	27	40.3
Jack Lapp	C	13	12	97.0	55	16	4	0	.947	6.588	5.462	8	23	11	32.4
Bert Blue	C	6	6	47.0	32	8	0	0	1.000	7.660	6.667	3	11	6	35.3
Ben Egan	C	2	2	16.0	11	3	1	0	.933	7.875	7.000	0	0	2	100.0
Topsy Hartsel	OF	129	129	1144.0	211	6	9	2	.960	1.707	1.682	0	0	0
Rube Oldring	OF	116	116	1029.0	246	9	16	3	.941	2.230	2.198	0	0	0
Danny Murphy	OF	84	85	756.0	145	11	6	4	.963	1.857	1.857	0	0	0
Jack Coombs	OF	47	45	409.0	92	6	1	3	.990	2.156	2.085	0	0	0
Socks Seybold	OF	34	34	284.0	32	3	3	0	.921	1.109	1.029	0	0	0
Herbie Moran	OF	19	16	157.0	39	1	2	0	.952	2.293	2.105	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	OF	10	15	123.0	13	0	1	0	.929	.951	1.300	0	0	0
Amos Strunk	OF	11	9	80.0	27	1	3	1	.903	3.150	2.545	0	0	0
Jack Fox	OF	8	8	71.0	12	0	1	0	.923	1.521	1.500	0	0	0
Shag Shaughnessy	OF	8	8	69.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.696	1.625	0	0	0
Shoeless Joe Jackson	OF	5	5	44.0	6	1	1	0	.875	1.432	1.400	0	0	0
Scotty Barr	OF	2	1	12.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Syd Smith	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rube Vickers	P	53	34	317.0	10	83	7	0	.930	2.640	1.755	0	0	0
Eddie Plank	P	34	28	245.0	17	45	2	1	.969	2.278	1.824	0	0	0
Jimmy Dygert	P	41	28	239.0	8	79	2	0	.978	3.276	2.122	0	0	0
Jack Coombs	P	26	18	153.0	13	42	3	1	.948	3.235	2.115	0	0	0
Charles Bender	P	18	17	139.0	12	28	3	0	.930	2.590	2.222	0	0	0
Victor Schlitzer	P	24	18	131.0	2	30	1	0	.970	2.198	1.333	0	0	0
Nick Carter	P	14	4	61.0	7	22	1	1	.967	4.279	2.071	0	0	0
Jack Flater	P	5	3	39.0	6	19	3	2	.893	5.769	5.000	0	0	0
Harry Krause	P	4	2	21.0	3	1	2	0	.667	1.714	1.000	0	0	0
Al Kellogg	P	3	3	17.0	0	8	2	0	.800	4.235	2.667	0	0	0
Gus Salve	P	2	1	15.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.200	1.000	0	0	0
Bert Maxwell	P	4	0	13.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.769	1.000	0	0	0
Eddie Files	P	2	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	.500	0	0	0
Doc Martin	P	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Simon Nicholls	SS	120	119	1051.0	221	370	56	26	.913	5.061	4.925	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	SS	28	24	226.0	60	61	10	7	.924	4.819	4.321	0	0	0
Jack Barry	SS	14	14	117.0	20	28	6	0	.889	3.692	3.429	0	0	0
Totals		1523	1413	12557.0	4168	1890	272	156	.957	4.342	3.978	20	234	160	40.6

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