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1919 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1919 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1919 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing last in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 104 losses. It was their fifth consecutive season in the cellar after owner-manager Connie Mack sold off his star players.

Philadelphia led the AL in fewest runs scored and most runs allowed, and they did so by wide margins. Their team ERA was 4.26, nearly a full run higher than the second worst team in the league that year.[1] The A's team batting average of .244 was the lowest in both leagues.[1] The pitching staff pitched only one shutout in the entire season.[1]

In July 1919, a newspaper reported, "Veteran Harry Davis has been coaxed out of his retirement and has been made assistant manager of the Athletics."[2] Although Connie Mack was the team's manager, the report said, "Mack hereafter will devote most of his time to business affairs of the club" and that the understanding was that Davis "really is in full charge of the team."[2]

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 88 52 .629 — 48‍–‍22 40‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 84 55 .604 3½ 44‍–‍25 40‍–‍30
New York Yankees 80 59 .576 7½ 46‍–‍25 34‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers 80 60 .571 8 46‍–‍24 34‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 67 72 .482 20½ 40‍–‍30 27‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 66 71 .482 20½ 35‍–‍30 31‍–‍41
Washington Senators 56 84 .400 32 32‍–‍40 24‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics 36 104 .257 52 21‍–‍49 15‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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1919 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 9–11 4–15 9–11 10–9 14–6 9–10–1 11–9
Chicago 11–9 — 12–8 11–9 12–8 17–3 11–9 14–6
Cleveland 15–4 8–12 — 8–12 13–7 16–4 11–9 13–7
Detroit 11–9 9–11 12–8 — 8–12 14–6 14–6 12–8
New York 9–10 8–12 7–13 12–8 — 18–2 12–8 14–6–2
Philadelphia 6–14 3–17 4–16 6–14 2–18 — 7–13 8–12
St. Louis 10–9–1 9–11 9–11 6–14 8–12 13–7 — 12–8
Washington 9–11 6–14 7–13 8–12 6–14–2 12–8 8–12 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1919 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Cy Perkins 101 305 77 .252 2 29
1B George Burns 126 470 139 .296 8 57
2B Red Shannon 39 155 42 .271 0 14
3B Fred Thomas 124 453 96 .212 2 23
SS Joe Dugan 104 387 105 .271 1 30
OF Tilly Walker 125 456 133 .292 10 64
OF Merlin Kopp 75 235 53 .226 1 12
OF Whitey Witt 122 460 123 .267 0 33

Other batters

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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
Braggo Roth 48 195 63 .323 5 29
Amos Strunk 60 194 41 .211 0 13
Dick Burrus 70 194 50 .258 0 8
Wickey McAvoy 62 170 24 .141 0 11
Terry Turner 38 127 24 .189 0 6
Ivy Griffin 17 68 20 .294 0 6
Chick Galloway 17 63 9 .143 0 4
Al Wingo 15 59 18 .305 0 2
Roy Grover 22 56 13 .232 0 2
Frank Welch 15 54 9 .167 2 7
Jimmy Dykes 17 49 9 .184 0 1
Art Ewoldt 9 32 7 .219 0 2
Charlie High 11 29 2 .069 0 1
Bob Allen 9 22 3 .136 0 0
Lena Styles 8 22 6 .273 0 5
Snooks Dowd 13 18 3 .167 0 6
Johnny Walker 3 9 0 .000 0 0
Lew Groh 2 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rollie Naylor 31 204.2 5 18 3.34 68
Jing Johnson 34 202.0 9 15 3.61 67
Scott Perry 25 183.2 4 17 3.58 38
Tom Rogers 23 140.0 4 12 4.31 37
Bob Hasty 2 12.0 0 2 5.25 5
Pat Martin 2 11.0 0 2 4.09 6
Dave Keefe 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 5
Lefty York 2 4.1 0 2 24.92 2

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Walt Kinney 43 202.2 9 15 3.64 97
Win Noyes 10 49.0 1 5 5.69 20
Socks Seibold 14 45.2 2 3 5.32 19
Bob Geary 9 32.1 0 3 4.73 9
Jimmy Zinn 5 25.2 1 3 6.31 9
Charlie Eckert 2 16.0 0 1 3.94 6
Dan Boone 3 14.2 0 1 6.75 1
Mule Watson 4 14.1 0 1 6.91 6
Ray Roberts 3 14.0 0 2 7.71 2
Bill Grevell 5 12.0 0 0 14.25 3
William Pierson 2 7.2 0 0 3.52 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Walter Anderson 3 1 0 0 3.86 10
Harry Thompson 3 0 1 0 6.75 1
Mike Kircher 2 0 0 0 7.88 2
Willie Adams 1 0 0 0 3.86 0

Awards and honors

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League top ten finishers

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Rollie Naylor

  • #3 in AL in losses (18)

Scott Perry

  • #4 in AL in losses (17)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hollingsworth, Harry (1994). The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present!. United States: SPI Books. p. 187. ISBN 1561713082.
  2. ^ a b "Harry Davis Has Been Made Assistant Manager of Philadelphia Athletics". Iowa, Iowa City. Iowa City Press-Citizen. July 14, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Roy Grover page at Baseball Reference
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