1876 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 14-45
Finished 7th in the NL
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Al Wright (14-45)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1876 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 14-45
Finished 7th in the NL
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Al Wright (14-45)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1876 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the National League ended the 1876 season with a record of 14 wins and 45 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Athletics plated 378 runs and surrendered 534 runs. George Hall drove in 45 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .366 average. Lon Knight led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.62 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Al Wright 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lon Knight | 10 | 22 | .313 | 2.62 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 282.0 | 383 | 288 | 82 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1324 |
| George Zettlein | 4 | 20 | .167 | 3.88 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 234.0 | 358 | 212 | 101 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1089 |
| William Coon | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Flip Lafferty | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Levi Meyerle | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84 |
| Totals | 14 | 45 | .237 | 3.22 | 67 | 60 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 550.0 | 783 | 534 | 197 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2565 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hall | 60 | 276 | 268 | 51 | 98 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .366 | .384 | .545 | .929 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levi Meyerle | 55 | 259 | 256 | 46 | 87 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .340 | .347 | .449 | .797 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Fisler | 59 | 280 | 278 | 42 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .288 | .293 | .360 | .653 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezra Sutton | 54 | 239 | 236 | 45 | 70 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .297 | .305 | .419 | .725 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davy Force | 60 | 289 | 284 | 48 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .232 | .246 | .254 | .499 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Knight | 55 | 242 | 240 | 32 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .256 | .313 | .569 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Eggler | 39 | 176 | 174 | 28 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .299 | .307 | .322 | .629 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Coon | 54 | 222 | 220 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .227 | .234 | .259 | .493 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Zettlein | 32 | 128 | 128 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .242 | .453 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fergy Malone | 22 | 96 | 96 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .250 | .479 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitey Ritterson | 16 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .308 | .558 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fouser | 21 | 89 | 89 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .157 | .292 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Curran | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ward | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Paul | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Bushong | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nealy Phelps | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mullin | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flip Lafferty | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bergh | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 544 | 2414 | 2387 | 378 | 646 | 79 | 35 | 7 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 36 | .271 | .279 | .342 | .621 | 816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra Sutton | 1B | 29 | 0 | 283.0 | 324 | 11 | 31 | 6 | .915 | 1.654 | 11.552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Fisler | 1B | 14 | 0 | 123.0 | 141 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .980 | 1.610 | 1.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | 1B | 13 | 0 | 85.0 | 91 | 3 | 8 | 6 | .922 | 9.953 | 7.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Zettlein | 1B | 7 | 0 | 53.0 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .928 | 1.868 | 9.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fouser | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Fisler | 2B | 21 | 0 | 186.0 | 45 | 65 | 22 | 7 | .833 | 5.323 | 5.238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fouser | 2B | 14 | 0 | 132.0 | 34 | 52 | 18 | 3 | .827 | 5.864 | 6.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ezra Sutton | 2B | 15 | 0 | 128.0 | 47 | 32 | 16 | 7 | .832 | 5.555 | 5.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | 2B | 6 | 0 | 45.0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 3 | .656 | 4.200 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Coon | 2B | 4 | 0 | 36.0 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .692 | 4.500 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Levi Meyerle | 2B | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 5.760 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Zettlein | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Levi Meyerle | 3B | 49 | 0 | 451.0 | 84 | 101 | 49 | 4 | .791 | 3.692 | 3.776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ezra Sutton | 3B | 8 | 0 | 54.0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .679 | 3.167 | 2.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Coon | 3B | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Force | 3B | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 3.214 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Ritterson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fergy Malone | C | 20 | 0 | 190.0 | 78 | 30 | 31 | 0 | .777 | 5.116 | 5.400 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Coon | C | 18 | 0 | 130.0 | 50 | 10 | 27 | 0 | .690 | 4.154 | 3.333 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Ritterson | C | 14 | 0 | 103.0 | 41 | 6 | 23 | 1 | .671 | 4.107 | 3.357 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Bushong | C | 5 | 0 | 52.0 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .769 | 5.192 | 6.000 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Paul | C | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Curran | C | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 4.737 | 5.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ward | C | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 5.400 | 6.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nealy Phelps | C | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 3.600 | 4.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mullin | C | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bergh | C | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hall | OF | 60 | 0 | 556.0 | 150 | 7 | 39 | 3 | .801 | 2.541 | 2.617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Eggler | OF | 39 | 0 | 371.0 | 109 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .913 | 2.790 | 2.949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Coon | OF | 29 | 0 | 268.0 | 43 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .761 | 1.713 | 1.759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Fisler | OF | 24 | 0 | 202.0 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .911 | 2.272 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | OF | 9 | 0 | 68.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.985 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fouser | OF | 7 | 0 | 66.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.909 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ezra Sutton | OF | 4 | 0 | 41.0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.976 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Levi Meyerle | OF | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.588 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Curran | OF | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .400 | 1.059 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Warner | OF | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.929 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fergy Malone | OF | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Zettlein | OF | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.636 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Ritterson | OF | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bergh | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | P | 34 | 0 | 282.0 | 33 | 41 | 18 | 1 | .804 | 2.362 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Zettlein | P | 28 | 0 | 234.0 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 2 | .896 | 1.654 | 1.536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Levi Meyerle | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flip Lafferty | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Coon | P | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Force | SS | 60 | 0 | 541.0 | 108 | 237 | 39 | 11 | .898 | 5.739 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fergy Malone | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Fisler | SS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 573 | 0 | 4972.0 | 1657 | 724 | 456 | 68 | .839 | 4.310 | 4.155 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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