1929 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 104-46 .693
Result: 1st in American League
Manager(s): Connie Mack
General Manager:
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 839,176
Playoffs: Won World Series (Cubs)

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jack Quinn (45)
Youngest Player: Eric McNair (20)
Longest Tenure: Cy Perkins (14)
Top Hitter: Jimmie Foxx (3)
Top Pitcher: Lefty Grove (1)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 87.04%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Philadelphia	104	46	.693	--
NY Yankees	88	66	.571	18.0
Cleveland	81	71	.533	24.0
St. Louis	79	73	.520	26.0
Washington	71	81	.467	34.0
Detroit	70	84	.455	36.0
Chi White Sox	59	93	.388	46.0
Boston	58	96	.377	48.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Al Simmons	of	10	27	-	MLB	143	581	114	212	41	9	34	157	4	2	31	38	1		16			.365	.000	.642	642	373			-	-
-	Mule Haas	of	9	25	-	MLB	139	578	115	181	41	9	16	82	0	4	34	38	4		40			.313	.000	.498	498	288			-	-
-	Bing Miller	of	18	34	-	MLB	147	556	84	184	32	16	8	93	24	9	40	25	4		13			.331	.000	.489	489	272			-	-
-	Jimmie Foxx	1b	3	21	UDFA: 1945	MLB	149	517	123	183	23	9	33	118	9	7	103	70	2		16			.354	.000	.625	625	323			-	-
-	Mickey Cochrane	c	20	26	-	MLB	135	514	113	170	37	8	7	95	7	6	69	8	2		21			.331	.000	.475	475	244			-	-
-	Max Bishop	2b	28	29	-	MLB	129	475	102	110	19	6	3	36	1	4	128	44	3		10			.232	.000	.316	316	150			-	-
-	Jimmy Dykes	3b-2b	37	32	-	MLB	119	401	76	131	34	6	13	79	8	3	51	25	7		17			.327	.000	.539	539	216			-	-
-	Sammy Hale	3b	45	32	-	MLB	101	379	51	105	14	3	1	40	6	2	12	18	2		23			.277	.000	.338	338	128			-	-
-	Joe Boley	ss	-	32	-	MLB	91	303	36	76	17	6	2	47	1	0	24	16	2		7			.251	.000	.366	366	111			-	-
-	Rube Walberg	p	-	32	-	MLB	40	103	11	23	2	0	1	11	0	0	3	17	0		6			.223	.000	.272	272	28			-	-
-	Lefty Grove	p	-	29	-	MLB	42	102	13	22	3	0	1	15	0	0	6	33	0		8			.216	.000	.275	275	28			-	-
-	George Earnshaw	p	-	29	-	MLB	44	87	6	15	2	0	1	10	0	0	2	21	1		10			.172	.000	.230	230	20			-	-
-	Homer Summa	of	-	30	-	MLB	37	81	12	22	4	0	0	10	1	1	2	1	1		4			.272	.000	.321	321	26			-	-
-	Cy Perkins	c	-	33	-	MLB	38	76	4	16	4	0	0	9	0	0	5	4	0		3			.211	.000	.263	263	20			-	-
-	Jack Quinn	p	-	45	-	MLB	35	60	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	0		4			.133	.000	.167	167	10			-	-
-	Jim Cronin	2b-ss	-	23	-	MLB	25	56	7	13	2	1	0	4	0	0	5	7	0		2			.232	.000	.304	304	17			-	-
-	Ossie Orwoll	p	-	28	-	MLB	30	51	6	13	2	1	0	6	0	0	2	11	0		0			.255	.000	.333	333	17			-	-
-	George Burns	1b	-	36	-	MLB	29	49	5	13	5	0	1	11	1	0	2	3	0		1			.265	.000	.429	429	21			-	-
-	Walter French	of	-	29	-	MLB	45	45	7	12	1	0	1	9	0	0	2	3	0		2			.267	.000	.356	356	16			-	-
-	Bill Shores	p	-	25	-	MLB	39	40	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	0		6			.125	.000	.125	125	5			-	-
-	Eddie Rommel	p	-	31	-	MLB	32	39	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	0		4			.205	.000	.231	231	9			-	-
-	Bud Morse	2b	-	24	-	MLB	8	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0			.074	.000	.074	74	2			-	-
-	Howard Ehmke	p	-	35	-	MLB	11	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0			.105	.000	.158	158	3			-	-
-	Bevo LeBourveau	of	-	34	-	MLB	12	16	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	1	0		1			.312	.000	.437	437	7			-	-
-	Carroll Yerkes	p	-	26	-	MLB	19	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Eric McNair	ss-2b	-	20	-	MLB	4	8	2	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0			.500	.000	.625	625	5			-	-
-	Eddie Collins	2b	-	42	-	MLB	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Cloy Mattox	c	-	26	-	MLB	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0			.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
-	Doc Cramer	of	-	23	-	MLB	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Rudy Miller	3b	-	28	-	MLB	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0			.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
-	Bill Breckinridge	p	-	21	-	MLB	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Joe Hassler	ss	-	24	-	MLB	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0			.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
-	Lefty Grove	1	29	-	MLB	20	6	2.81	42	37	19	2	5	4	275.1	278	104	86	8	81	170	8	0	1.30	9.09	0.26	2.65	5.56	0.48	--	--
-	Rube Walberg	4	32	-	MLB	18	11	3.60	40	33	20	3	6	4	267.2	256	115	107	22	99	94	4	0	1.33	8.61	0.74	3.33	3.16	1.05	--	--
-	George Earnshaw	3	29	-	MLB	24	8	3.29	44	33	13	3	5	1	254.2	233	110	93	8	125	149	8	0	1.41	8.23	0.28	4.42	5.27	0.84	--	--
-	Jack Quinn	30	45	-	MLB	11	9	3.97	35	18	7	0	9	2	161.0	182	87	71	8	39	41	3	1	1.37	10.17	0.45	2.18	2.29	0.95	--	--
-	Bill Shores	15	25	-	MLB	11	6	3.60	39	13	5	1	19	7	152.2	150	71	61	9	59	49	1	0	1.37	8.84	0.53	3.48	2.89	1.20	--	--
-	Eddie Rommel	35	31	-	MLB	12	2	2.85	32	6	4	0	16	4	113.2	135	52	36	10	34	25	1	1	1.49	10.69	0.79	2.69	1.98	1.36	--	--
-	Howard Ehmke	-	35	-	MLB	7	2	3.29	11	8	2	0	3	0	54.2	48	24	20	2	15	20	1	0	1.15	7.90	0.33	2.47	3.29	0.75	--	--
-	Carroll Yerkes	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	4.58	19	2	0	0	10	1	37.1	47	20	19	0	13	11	0	0	1.61	11.33	0.00	3.13	2.65	1.18	--	--
-	Ossie Orwoll	-	28	-	MLB	0	2	4.80	12	0	0	0	7	1	30.0	32	23	16	6	6	12	0	0	1.27	9.60	1.80	1.80	3.60	0.50	--	--
-	Bill Breckinridge	-	21	-	MLB	0	0	8.10	3	1	0	0	1	0	10.0	10	10	9	0	16	2	2	0	2.60	9.00	0.00	14.40	1.80	8.00	--	--
Totals: (32 players)						104	46	3.44	150	150	70	9	80	24	1,357	1371	616	518	122	487	573	28	2	1.53	9.09	0.48	3.23	3.80	0.85	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mickey Cochrane	C	135		659	77	13	9	.983	0.00
Cy Perkins	C	38		85	15	1	1	.990	0.00
Cloy Mattox	C	3		5	2	1	0	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jimmie Foxx	1B	142		1226	74	6	98	.995	0.00
George Burns	1B	19		99	5	0	9	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Max Bishop	2B	129		301	371	21	58	.970	0.00
Jimmy Dykes	2B	12		24	43	1	4	.985	0.00
Jim Cronin	2B	10		18	38	2	7	.966	0.00
Bud Morse	2B	8		17	22	1	3	.975	0.00
Sammy Hale	2B	1		4	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sammy Hale	3B	99		90	171	12	13	.956	0.00
Jimmy Dykes	3B	48		60	79	11	9	.927	0.00
Jimmie Foxx	3B	8		7	17	1	2	.960	0.00
Jim Cronin	3B	4		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rudy Miller	3B	2		3	3	2	0	.750	0.00
Joe Boley	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Boley	SS	88		161	229	15	50	.963	0.00
Jimmy Dykes	SS	60		119	151	21	27	.928	0.00
Jim Cronin	SS	9		9	12	2	4	.913	0.00
Eric McNair	SS	4		6	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Hassler	SS	2		1	2	2	0	.600	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bing Miller	OF	145		311	10	10	4	.970	0.00
Al Simmons	OF	142		349	19	4	2	.989	0.00
Mule Haas	OF	139		373	10	7	2	.982	0.00
Homer Summa	OF	24		48	1	1	0	.980	0.00
Walter French	OF	10		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ossie Orwoll	OF	9		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bevo LeBourveau	OF	3		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Doc Cramer	OF	1		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Earnshaw	P	44	254	12	38	6	1	.893	1.77
Lefty Grove	P	42	275	3	41	2	0	.957	1.44
Rube Walberg	P	40	267	11	49	0	1	1.000	2.02
Bill Shores	P	39	152	7	28	3	2	.921	2.07
Jack Quinn	P	35	161	3	38	1	1	.976	2.29
Eddie Rommel	P	32	113	9	26	1	3	.972	2.78
Carroll Yerkes	P	19	37	3	18	0	3	1.000	5.09
Ossie Orwoll	P	12	30	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.80
Howard Ehmke	P	11	54	7	10	1	0	.944	2.82
Bill Breckinridge	P	3	10	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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