1910 Philadelphia Athletics season

1910 Philadelphia Athletics
World Series Champions American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Record	102–48 (.680)
League place	1st
Owners	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers	Connie Mack

The 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season was their tenth as a franchise. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders. The A's then defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 1910 World Series 4 games to 1.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	102	48	.680	—	57‍–‍19	45‍–‍29
New York Highlanders	88	63	.583	14½	49‍–‍25	39‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers	86	68	.558	18	46‍–‍31	40‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	81	72	.529	22½	51‍–‍28	30‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps	71	81	.467	32	39‍–‍36	32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	68	85	.444	35½	41‍–‍37	27‍–‍48
Washington Senators	66	85	.437	36½	38‍–‍35	28‍–‍50
St. Louis Browns	47	107	.305	57	26‍–‍51	21‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1910 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	14–8–3	12–10	9–13–1	4–18	16–6	16–5–1
Chicago	12–10	—	10–12	9–13	8–13–2	8–14–1	12–10	9–13
Cleveland	8–14–3	12–10	—	9–13	8–13	7–14–4	18–4–1	9–13–1
Detroit	10–12	13–9	13–9	—	13–9	9–13	15–7	13–9–1
New York	13–9–1	13–8–2	13–8	9–13	—	9–12	16–6–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	18–4	14–8–1	14–7–4	13–9	12–9	—	17–5	14–6
St. Louis	6–16	10–12	4–18–1	7–15	6–16–1	5–17	—	9–13–2
Washington	5–16–1	13–9	13–9–1	9–13–1	7–15–1	6–14	13–9–2	—

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jack Lapp	71	192	45	.234	0	17
1B	Harry Davis	139	492	122	.248	1	41
2B	Eddie Collins	153	581	188	.324	3	81
3B	Frank Baker	146	561	159	.283	2	74
SS	Jack Barry	145	487	126	.259	3	60
OF	Bris Lord	70	279	78	.280	1	20
OF	Rube Oldring	134	546	168	.308	4	57
OF	Danny Murphy	151	560	168	.300	4	64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Topsy Hartsel	90	285	63	.221	0	22
Ira Thomas	60	180	50	.278	1	19
Paddy Livingston	37	120	25	.208	0	9
Heinie Heitmuller	31	111	27	.243	0	7
Stuffy McInnis	19	73	22	.301	0	12
Ben Houser	34	69	13	.188	0	7
Amos Strunk	16	48	16	.333	0	2
Pat Donahue	15	35	5	.143	0	4
Morrie Rath	18	26	4	.154	0	1
Earle Mack	1	4	2	.500	0	0
Claud Derrick	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Coombs	45	353.0	31	9	1.30	224
Cy Morgan	31	290.2	18	12	1.55	134
Eddie Plank	38	250.1	16	10	2.01	123
Chief Bender	30	250.0	23	5	1.58	155
Harry Krause	16	112.1	6	6	2.88	60

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jimmy Dygert	19	99.1	4	4	2.54	59
Tommy Atkins	15	57.0	3	2	2.68	29
Lefty Russell	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	5

Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series

The Athletics, as well as the Detroit Tigers, Habana club and the Almendares club, competed in the second Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series in 1910.

1910 World Series

Main article: 1910 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cubs – 1, Athletics – 4	October 17	Shibe Park	26,891
2	Cubs – 3, Athletics – 9	October 18	Shibe Park	24,597
3	Athletics – 12, Cubs – 5	October 20	West Side Park	26,210
4	Athletics – 3, Cubs – 4 (10 innings)	October 22	West Side Park	19,150
5	Athletics – 7, Cubs – 2	October 23	West Side Park	27,374

External links

• 1910 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1910 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com