1928 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 98-55
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 689,756, Avg. 15,041
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (98-55)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1928 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1928 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1928 season with a record of 98 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Athletics yielded 615 runs, fewest in the league. Philadelphia tallied 829 runs. Joe Hauser paced the team with 16 home runs, and Al Simmons walloped 20 or more, too. Al Simmons drove in 107 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .351 average. Lefty Grove recorded 24 wins on the mound for the squad, while Rube Walberg and Jack Quinn added 15 or more victories also Lefty Grove recorded a 2.58 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Connie Mack coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Lefty Grove	24	8	.750	2.58	39	31	6	24	4	4	261.7	228	93	75	10	64	183	1	4	1075
Jack Quinn	18	7	.720	2.90	31	28	2	18	4	1	211.3	239	92	68	3	34	43	7	0	910
Rube Walberg	17	12	.586	3.55	38	30	6	15	3	1	235.7	236	111	93	19	64	112	3	1	993
Eddie Rommel	13	5	.722	3.06	43	11	18	6	0	4	173.7	177	70	59	11	26	37	2	2	711
Howard Ehmke	9	8	.529	3.62	23	18	3	5	1	0	139.3	135	65	56	6	44	34	4	0	597
George Earnshaw	7	7	.500	3.81	26	22	4	7	3	1	158.3	143	81	67	7	100	117	1	7	728
Ossie Orwoll	6	5	.545	4.58	27	8	15	3	0	2	106.0	110	59	54	7	50	53	2	3	479
Bullet Joe Bush	2	1	.667	5.09	11	2	7	1	0	1	35.3	39	21	20	1	18	15	1	1	165
Ike Powers	1	0	1.000	4.50	9	0	7	0	0	2	12.0	8	6	6	1	10	4	1	0	51
Bill Shores	1	1	.500	3.21	3	2	0	1	0	0	14.0	13	7	5	0	7	5	0	1	61
Art Daney	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jing Johnson	0	0		5.06	3	0	2	0	0	0	10.7	13	8	6	1	5	3	0	0	49
Carroll Yerkes	0	1	.000	2.08	2	1	1	1	0	0	8.7	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	36
Totals	98	55	.641	3.36	256	153	72	81	15	16	1367.7	1349	615	511	66	424	607	22	19	5859

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Bing Miller	139	564	510	76	168	34	7	8	85	10	6	27	24	.329	.372	.471	.843	240	8	19
Al Simmons	119	509	464	78	163	33	9	15	107	1	4	31	30	.351	.396	.558	.954	259	3	11
Max Bishop	126	586	472	104	149	27	5	6	50	9	9	97	36	.316	.435	.432	.868	204	3	14
Mickey Cochrane	131	568	468	92	137	26	12	10	57	7	7	76	25	.293	.395	.464	.859	217	3	21
Jimmie Foxx	118	473	400	85	131	29	10	13	79	3	8	60	43	.328	.416	.548	.964	219	1	12
Ty Cobb	95	393	353	54	114	27	4	1	40	5	8	34	16	.323	.389	.431	.819	152	4	2
Joe Boley	132	479	425	49	112	20	3	0	49	5	1	32	11	.264	.317	.325	.641	138	1	21
Sammy Hale	88	336	314	38	97	20	9	4	58	2	0	9	21	.309	.334	.468	.803	147	3	10
Mule Haas	91	365	332	41	93	21	4	6	39	2	3	23	20	.280	.331	.422	.752	140	2	8
Joe Hauser	95	366	300	61	78	19	5	16	59	4	2	52	45	.260	.369	.517	.886	155	0	14
Jimmy Dykes	85	286	242	39	67	11	0	5	30	2	1	27	21	.277	.361	.384	.746	93	5	12
Ossie Orwoll	64	191	170	28	52	13	2	0	22	3	1	16	24	.306	.366	.406	.771	69	0	5
Tris Speaker	64	212	191	28	51	22	2	3	30	5	1	10	5	.267	.310	.450	.761	86	2	9
Walt French	48	77	74	9	19	4	0	0	7	1	1	2	5	.257	.286	.311	.597	23	1	0
Rube Walberg	38	92	86	10	18	4	0	1	7	1	0	3	13	.209	.236	.291	.527	25	0	3
Lefty Grove	39	104	88	10	15	2	1	1	6	0	0	10	41	.170	.263	.250	.513	22	1	5
George Earnshaw	26	63	57	3	14	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	7	.246	.259	.281	.539	16	0	5
Jack Quinn	31	88	79	3	13	2	0	0	12	0	0	3	23	.165	.195	.190	.385	15	0	6
Eddie Rommel	43	58	47	5	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	5	.255	.352	.319	.671	15	0	4
Howard Ehmke	23	57	46	6	11	3	1	0	5	0	0	1	3	.239	.255	.348	.603	16	0	10
Eddie Collins	36	37	33	3	10	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	4	.303	.378	.394	.772	13	0	0
Joe Hassler	28	40	34	5	9	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	4	.265	.306	.324	.629	11	0	4
Cy Perkins	19	31	29	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	.172	.200	.172	.372	5	0	1
Jing Johnson	3	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0
Bullet Joe Bush	15	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	0
Bill Shores	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Carroll Yerkes	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ike Powers	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Art Daney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1711	6003	5241	828	1541	326	75	89	760	61	54	529	435	.294	.363	.436	.799	2284	37	196

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ossie Orwoll	1B	34	322	21	6	32	.983	1.088	0
Joe Hauser	1B	88	811	41	12	51	.986	9.682	0
Jimmie Foxx	1B	30	273	6	2	19	.993	9.300	0
Jimmy Dykes	1B	8	38	4	1	0	.977	5.250	0
Jimmy Dykes	2B	32	76	92	3	15	.982	5.250	0
Eddie Collins	2B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Max Bishop	2B	125	284	371	15	62	.978	5.240	0
Sammy Hale	3B	79	86	189	20	17	.932	3.481	0
Jimmie Foxx	3B	60	59	129	12	9	.940	3.133	0
Jimmy Dykes	3B	20	21	30	1	4	.981	2.550	0
Cy Perkins	C	19	47	7	1	0	.982	2.842	1
Jimmie Foxx	C	19	84	20	3	4	.972	5.474	1
Mickey Cochrane	C	130	645	71	25	8	.966	5.508	8
Tris Speaker	OF	50	111	8	3	1	.975	2.380	0
Al Simmons	OF	114	231	10	3	2	.988	2.114	0
Bing Miller	OF	133	298	8	10	2	.968	2.301	0
Mule Haas	OF	82	175	9	5	1	.974	2.244	0
Walt French	OF	19	33	1	0	0	1.000	1.789	0
Jimmy Dykes	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ty Cobb	OF	85	154	7	6	0	.964	1.894	0
Bullet Joe Bush	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Carroll Yerkes	P	2	0	5	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Rube Walberg	P	38	9	56	4	3	.942	1.711	0
Bill Shores	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Eddie Rommel	P	43	8	51	0	5	1.000	1.372	0
Jack Quinn	P	31	7	55	1	2	.984	2.000	0
Ike Powers	P	9	2	4	0	3	1.000	.667	0
Ossie Orwoll	P	27	6	20	1	0	.963	.963	0
Jing Johnson	P	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Lefty Grove	P	39	6	40	1	0	.979	1.179	0
Howard Ehmke	P	23	6	35	2	2	.953	1.783	0
George Earnshaw	P	26	6	27	4	0	.892	1.269	0
Art Daney	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bullet Joe Bush	P	11	5	10	0	1	1.000	1.364	0
Joe Hassler	SS	28	26	32	8	5	.879	2.071	0
Jimmy Dykes	SS	22	33	42	4	2	.949	3.409	0
Eddie Collins	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Joe Boley	SS	132	244	320	30	51	.949	4.273	0
Totals		1570	4108	1728	183	303	.970	3.717	10

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