🏆 World Series Champions

1929 Philadelphia Athletics

104-46 • 0.693 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

104 Wins
46 Losses
0.693 Win %
1st Rank
901 R 615 RA
Diff +286

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⚡ Quick Stats

901 Runs Scored
615 Runs Allowed
+286 Run Diff
1,087K Attendance

📈 vs. 1929 AL Average

Batting Avg .295 4% above the 1929 league average (.283)
OBP .362 4% above the 1929 league average (.346)
SLG .366 12% above the 1929 league average (.326)
Team ERA 3.44 19% better than the 1929 league average (4.24)
Runs Scored 901 17% above the 1929 league average (767 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 74
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Total Attendance 1,087,000
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Avg per Game 14,689

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Al Simmons 0.365 2 Jimmie Foxx 0.354 3 Bing Miller 0.331 4 Mickey Cochrane 0.331 5 Jimmy Dykes 0.327

Home Runs

1 Al Simmons 34 2 Jimmie Foxx 33 3 Mule Haas 16 4 Jimmy Dykes 13 5 Bing Miller 8

RBI

1 Al Simmons 157 2 Jimmie Foxx 118 3 Mickey Cochrane 95 4 Bing Miller 93 5 Mule Haas 82
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Simmons 143 581 114 212 0 0 34 157 31 38 4 0.365
Mule Haas 139 578 115 181 0 0 16 82 34 38 0 0.313
Bing Miller 147 556 84 184 0 0 8 93 40 25 24 0.331
Jimmie Foxx 149 517 123 183 0 0 33 118 103 70 9 0.354
Mickey Cochrane 135 514 113 170 0 0 7 95 69 8 7 0.331
Max Bishop 129 475 102 110 0 0 3 36 128 44 1 0.232
Jimmy Dykes 119 401 76 131 0 0 13 79 51 25 8 0.327
Sammy Hale 101 379 51 105 0 0 1 40 12 18 6 0.277
Joe Boley 91 303 36 76 0 0 2 47 24 16 1 0.251
Rube Walberg 40 103 11 23 0 0 1 11 3 17 0 0.223
Lefty Grove 42 102 13 22 0 0 1 15 6 33 0 0.216
George Earnshaw 44 87 6 15 0 0 1 10 2 21 0 0.172
Homer Summa 37 81 12 22 0 0 0 10 2 1 1 0.272
Cy Perkins 38 76 4 16 0 0 0 9 5 4 0 0.211
Jack Quinn 35 60 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 20 0 0.133
Jim Cronin 25 56 7 13 0 0 0 4 5 7 0 0.232
Ossie Orwoll 30 51 6 13 0 0 0 6 2 11 0 0.255
George Burns 29 49 5 13 0 0 1 11 2 3 1 0.265
Walt French 45 45 7 12 0 0 1 9 2 3 0 0.267
Bill Shores 39 40 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 0.125
Eddie Rommel 32 39 2 8 0 0 0 4 2 7 0 0.205
Bud Morse 8 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.074
Howard Ehmke 11 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.105
Bevo LeBourveau 12 16 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0.312
Carroll Yerkes 19 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Eric McNair 4 8 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.500
Eddie Collins 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Doc Cramer 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Cloy Mattox 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.167
Bill Breckinridge 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Hassler 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rudy Miller 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.250

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Grove 2.81 2 Eddie Rommel 2.85 3 George Earnshaw 3.29 4 Howard Ehmke 3.29 5 Bill Shores 3.60

Wins

1 George Earnshaw 24 2 Lefty Grove 20 3 Rube Walberg 18 4 Eddie Rommel 12 5 Jack Quinn 11

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Grove 170 2 George Earnshaw 149 3 Rube Walberg 94 4 Bill Shores 49 5 Jack Quinn 41
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lefty Grove 20 6 2.81 42 37 4 275.1 81 170
Rube Walberg 18 11 3.60 40 33 4 267.2 99 94
George Earnshaw 24 8 3.29 44 33 1 254.2 125 149
Jack Quinn 11 9 3.97 35 18 2 161.0 39 41
Bill Shores 11 6 3.60 39 13 7 152.2 59 49
Eddie Rommel 12 2 2.85 32 6 4 113.2 34 25
Howard Ehmke 7 2 3.29 11 8 0 54.2 15 20
Carroll Yerkes 1 0 4.58 19 2 1 37.1 13 11
Ossie Orwoll 0 2 4.80 12 0 1 30.0 6 12
Bill Breckinridge 0 0 8.10 3 1 0 10.0 16 2

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
PHA def. CHN 4-1

👥 Roster (32)

Max Bishop Joe Boley Bill Breckinridge George Burns Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Doc Cramer Jim Cronin Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Howard Ehmke Jimmie Foxx +20 more

32 players

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