1885 Philadelphia Athletics

55-57 • 0.491 Win% • 4th in AA

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
57 Losses
0.491 Win %
4th Rank
764 R 691 RA
Diff +73

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⚡ Quick Stats

764 Runs Scored
691 Runs Allowed
+73 Run Diff
30 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1885 AA Average

Batting Avg .265 8% above the 1885 league average (.246)
OBP .302 6% above the 1885 league average (.284)
SLG .287 10% above the 1885 league average (.260)
Team ERA 3.23 1% better than the 1885 league average (3.25)
Runs Scored 764 25% above the 1885 league average (611 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumJefferson Street Grounds
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Home Games 57

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Henry Larkin 0.329 2 Harry Stovey 0.315 3 John Coleman 0.299 4 Blondie Purcell 0.296 5 George Strief 0.274

Home Runs

1 Harry Stovey 13 2 Henry Larkin 8 3 John Coleman 3 4 John Milligan 2 5 Jack O'Brien 2

RBI

1 Henry Larkin 88 2 Harry Stovey 75 3 John Coleman 70 4 Sadie Houck 54 5 Cub Stricker 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Harry Stovey 112 486 130 153 0 0 13 75 39 0 0 0.315
Henry Larkin 108 453 114 149 0 0 8 88 26 0 0 0.329
John Coleman 96 398 71 119 0 0 3 70 25 0 0 0.299
Cub Stricker 106 398 71 93 0 0 1 41 21 0 0 0.234
Sadie Houck 93 388 74 99 0 0 0 54 10 0 0 0.255
Fred Corey 94 384 61 94 0 0 1 38 17 0 0 0.245
Blondie Purcell 66 304 71 90 0 0 0 22 16 0 0 0.296
John Milligan 67 265 35 71 0 0 2 39 7 0 0 0.268
Jack O'Brien 62 225 35 60 0 0 2 30 20 0 0 0.267
Bobby Mathews 48 179 22 30 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 0.168
George Strief 44 175 19 48 0 0 0 27 9 0 0 0.274
Lon Knight 29 119 17 25 0 0 0 14 9 0 0 0.210
Jim Powell 19 75 5 12 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.160
Tom Lovett 16 58 9 13 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0.224
Ed Knouff 14 48 5 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.188
Ed Cushman 10 37 5 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.189
Marshall Quinton 7 29 6 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.207
Bill Vinton 7 26 5 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.154
Billy Taylor 6 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.190
Eddie Fusselback 5 19 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.316
Bill Hughes 4 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.188
Bob Emslie 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.083
Frank Siffell 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.100
Orator Shafer 2 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.222
Jim Conway 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Phenomenal Smith 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bobby Mathews 2.43 2 Bill Vinton 2.45 3 Billy Taylor 3.27 4 John Coleman 3.43 5 Ed Cushman 3.52

Wins

1 Bobby Mathews 30 2 Ed Knouff 7 3 Tom Lovett 7 4 Bill Vinton 4 5 Ed Cushman 3

Strikeouts

1 Bobby Mathews 286 2 Tom Lovett 56 3 Ed Knouff 43 4 Ed Cushman 37 5 Bill Vinton 34
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobby Mathews 30 17 2.43 48 48 0 422.1 57 286
Tom Lovett 7 8 3.70 16 16 0 138.2 38 56
Ed Knouff 7 6 3.65 14 13 0 106.0 44 43
Ed Cushman 3 7 3.52 10 10 0 87.0 17 37
John Coleman 2 2 3.43 8 3 0 60.1 5 12
Bill Vinton 4 3 2.45 7 7 0 55.0 15 34
Billy Taylor 1 5 3.27 6 6 0 52.1 9 11
Bob Emslie 0 4 6.28 4 4 0 28.2 6 9
Bill Hughes 0 2 4.86 2 2 0 16.2 10 4
Jim Conway 0 1 7.30 2 2 0 12.1 2 0
Fred Corey 1 0 7.00 1 1 0 9.0 1 3
Blondie Purcell 0 1 6.00 1 0 0 6.0 2 3
Lon Knight 0 0 1.80 1 0 0 5.0 2 1
Phenomenal Smith 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 4.0 4 7

👥 Roster (26)

John Coleman Jim Conway Fred Corey Ed Cushman Bob Emslie Eddie Fusselback Sadie Houck Bill Hughes Lon Knight Ed Knouff Henry Larkin Tom Lovett +14 more

26 players

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