1908 Philadelphia Athletics

68-85 • 0.444 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
85 Losses
0.444 Win %
6th Rank
486 R 562 RA
Diff -76

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⚡ Quick Stats

486 Runs Scored
562 Runs Allowed
-76 Run Diff
440K Attendance

📈 vs. 1908 AL Average

Batting Avg .223 7% below the 1908 league average (.238)
OBP .275 4% below the 1908 league average (.288)
SLG .235 5% below the 1908 league average (.247)
Team ERA 2.56 7% worse than the 1908 league average (2.39)
Runs Scored 486 9% below the 1908 league average (536 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCentennial Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 440,381
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Avg per Game 5,645

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Eddie Collins 0.273 2 Danny Murphy 0.265 3 Jack Coombs 0.255 4 Harry Davis 0.248 5 Topsy Hartsel 0.243

Home Runs

1 Harry Davis 5 2 Topsy Hartsel 4 3 Danny Murphy 4 4 Simon Nicholls 4 5 Eddie Collins 1

RBI

1 Danny Murphy 66 2 Harry Davis 62 3 Eddie Collins 40 4 Rube Oldring 39 5 Simon Nicholls 31
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Simon Nicholls 150 550 58 119 0 0 4 31 35 47 14 0.216
Danny Murphy 142 525 51 139 0 0 4 66 32 37 16 0.265
Harry Davis 147 513 65 127 0 0 5 62 61 56 20 0.248
Topsy Hartsel 129 460 73 112 0 0 4 29 93 55 15 0.243
Rube Oldring 116 434 38 96 0 0 1 39 18 50 13 0.221
Jimmy Collins 115 433 34 94 0 0 0 30 20 23 5 0.217
Eddie Collins 102 330 39 90 0 0 1 40 16 30 8 0.273
Jack Coombs 78 220 24 56 0 0 1 23 9 34 6 0.255
Ossee Schrecongost 71 207 16 46 0 0 0 16 6 12 1 0.222
Doc Powers 62 172 8 31 0 0 0 7 5 35 1 0.180
Jack Barry 40 135 13 30 0 0 0 8 10 11 5 0.222
Socks Seybold 48 130 5 28 0 0 0 3 12 16 2 0.215
Syd Smith 46 128 8 26 0 0 1 10 4 10 0 0.203
Rube Vickers 53 106 4 17 0 0 0 4 10 23 0 0.160
Eddie Plank 36 89 4 16 0 0 0 4 2 11 1 0.180
Frank Manush 23 77 6 12 0 0 0 0 2 12 2 0.156
Jimmy Dygert 41 75 5 6 0 0 0 1 1 23 0 0.080
Herbie Moran 19 59 4 9 0 0 0 4 6 8 1 0.153
Scotty Barr 19 56 4 8 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 0.143
Charles Bender 20 50 5 11 0 0 0 2 10 13 1 0.220
Victor Schlitzer 24 46 1 9 0 0 0 1 1 16 0 0.196
Jack Lapp 13 35 4 5 0 0 0 1 5 8 0 0.143
Amos Strunk 12 34 4 8 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0.235
Home Run Baker 9 31 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.290
Jack Fox 9 30 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.200
Shag Shaughnessy 8 29 2 9 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0.310
Shoeless Joe Jackson 5 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.130
Nick Carter 14 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.100
Bert Blue 6 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Jack Flater 5 15 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0.133
Al Kellogg 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.125
Harry Krause 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ben Egan 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.167
Bert Maxwell 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Gus Salve 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Eddie Files 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Doc Martin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Charles Bender 1.75 2 Jack Coombs 2.00 3 Jack Flater 2.06 4 Eddie Plank 2.17 5 Rube Vickers 2.21

Wins

1 Rube Vickers 18 2 Eddie Plank 14 3 Jimmy Dygert 11 4 Charles Bender 8 5 Jack Coombs 7

Strikeouts

1 Jimmy Dygert 164 2 Rube Vickers 156 3 Eddie Plank 135 4 Charles Bender 85 5 Jack Coombs 80
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rube Vickers 18 19 2.21 53 34 1 317.0 71 156
Eddie Plank 14 16 2.17 34 28 1 244.2 46 135
Jimmy Dygert 11 15 2.87 41 28 1 238.2 97 164
Jack Coombs 7 5 2.00 26 18 0 153.0 64 80
Charles Bender 8 9 1.75 18 17 1 138.2 21 85
Victor Schlitzer 6 8 3.16 24 18 0 131.0 45 57
Nick Carter 2 5 2.97 14 4 0 60.2 17 17
Jack Flater 1 3 2.06 5 3 0 39.1 12 8
Harry Krause 1 1 2.57 4 2 0 21.0 4 10
Al Kellogg 0 2 5.82 3 3 0 17.0 9 8
Gus Salve 0 1 4.11 2 1 0 15.1 9 6
Bert Maxwell 0 0 11.08 4 0 0 13.0 9 7
Eddie Files 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 9.0 3 6
Doc Martin 0 1 13.50 1 1 0 2.0 3 2

👥 Roster (37)

Home Run Baker Scotty Barr Jack Barry Charles Bender Bert Blue Nick Carter Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Jack Coombs Harry Davis Jimmy Dygert Ben Egan +25 more

37 players

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