1928 Philadelphia Athletics

98-55 • 0.641 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

98 Wins
55 Losses
0.641 Win %
2nd Rank
829 R 615 RA
Diff +214

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⚡ Quick Stats

829 Runs Scored
615 Runs Allowed
+214 Run Diff
917K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 AL Average

Batting Avg .294 5% above the 1928 league average (.280)
OBP .359 6% above the 1928 league average (.340)
SLG .345 10% above the 1928 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.36 17% better than the 1928 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 829 13% above the 1928 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 917,500
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Avg per Game 11,915

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Al Simmons 0.351 2 Bing Miller 0.329 3 Jimmie Foxx 0.328 4 Ty Cobb 0.323 5 Max Bishop 0.316

Home Runs

1 Joe Hauser 16 2 Al Simmons 15 3 Jimmie Foxx 13 4 Mickey Cochrane 10 5 Bing Miller 8

RBI

1 Al Simmons 107 2 Bing Miller 85 3 Jimmie Foxx 79 4 Joe Hauser 59 5 Sammy Hale 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bing Miller 139 510 76 168 0 0 8 85 27 24 10 0.329
Max Bishop 126 472 104 149 0 0 6 50 97 36 9 0.316
Mickey Cochrane 131 468 92 137 0 0 10 57 76 25 7 0.293
Al Simmons 119 464 78 163 0 0 15 107 31 30 1 0.351
Joe Boley 132 425 49 112 0 0 0 49 32 11 5 0.264
Jimmie Foxx 118 400 85 131 0 0 13 79 60 43 3 0.328
Ty Cobb 95 353 54 114 0 0 1 40 34 16 5 0.323
Mule Haas 91 332 41 93 0 0 6 39 23 20 2 0.280
Sammy Hale 88 314 38 97 0 0 4 58 9 21 2 0.309
Joe Hauser 95 300 61 78 0 0 16 59 52 45 4 0.260
Jimmy Dykes 85 242 39 67 0 0 5 30 27 21 2 0.277
Tris Speaker 64 191 28 51 0 0 3 30 10 5 5 0.267
Ossie Orwoll 64 170 28 52 0 0 0 22 16 24 3 0.306
Lefty Grove 39 88 10 15 0 0 1 6 10 41 0 0.170
Rube Walberg 38 86 10 18 0 0 1 7 3 13 1 0.209
Jack Quinn 31 79 3 13 0 0 0 12 3 23 0 0.165
Walt French 48 74 9 19 0 0 0 7 2 5 1 0.257
George Earnshaw 26 57 3 14 0 0 0 6 1 7 1 0.246
Eddie Rommel 43 47 5 12 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 0.255
Howard Ehmke 23 46 6 11 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0.239
Joe Hassler 28 34 5 9 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0.265
Eddie Collins 36 33 3 10 0 0 0 7 4 4 0 0.303
Cy Perkins 19 29 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.172
Bullet Joe Bush 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.067
Bill Shores 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jing Johnson 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Carroll Yerkes 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Art Daney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ike Powers 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Grove 2.58 2 Jack Quinn 2.90 3 Eddie Rommel 3.06 4 Rube Walberg 3.55 5 Howard Ehmke 3.62

Wins

1 Lefty Grove 24 2 Jack Quinn 18 3 Rube Walberg 17 4 Eddie Rommel 13 5 Howard Ehmke 9

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Grove 183 2 George Earnshaw 117 3 Rube Walberg 112 4 Ossie Orwoll 53 5 Jack Quinn 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lefty Grove 24 8 2.58 39 31 4 261.2 64 183
Rube Walberg 17 12 3.55 38 30 1 235.2 64 112
Jack Quinn 18 7 2.90 31 28 1 211.1 34 43
Eddie Rommel 13 5 3.06 43 11 4 173.2 26 37
George Earnshaw 7 7 3.81 26 22 1 158.1 100 117
Howard Ehmke 9 8 3.62 23 18 0 139.1 44 34
Ossie Orwoll 6 5 4.58 27 8 2 106.0 50 53
Bullet Joe Bush 2 1 5.09 11 2 1 35.1 18 15
Bill Shores 1 1 3.21 3 2 0 14.0 7 5
Ike Powers 1 0 4.50 9 0 2 12.0 10 4
Jing Johnson 0 0 5.06 3 0 0 10.2 5 3
Carroll Yerkes 0 1 2.08 2 1 0 8.2 2 1
Art Daney 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (29)

Max Bishop Joe Boley Bullet Joe Bush Ty Cobb Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Art Daney Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Howard Ehmke Jimmie Foxx Walt French +17 more

29 players

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