1915 Philadelphia Athletics
[edit] Summary
The 1915 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a record of 43-109. They scored 545 runs and belted 16 home runs to go along with a .237 batting average. Rube Oldring led the team in home runs with 6. Nap Lajoie was the best run producer with 61 RBI. Amos Strunk led the team with 144 hits for a .297 average.
The team allowed 888 runs and had a team ERA of 4.29. Weldon Wyckoff led the pitching staff with 10 wins and 157 strikeouts.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Jack Barry | SS | 54 | 194 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .284 | .273 | .557 | .222 |
| Henry Bostick | 3B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .000 | .125 | .000 |
| Owen Conway | 3B | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .134 | .067 |
| Art Corcoran | 3B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Sam Crane | SS | 8 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .087 | .174 | .261 | .087 |
| Harry Damrau | 3B | 16 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .262 | .214 | .476 | .196 |
| Buck Danner | SS | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
| Harry Davis | 1B | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .666 | .333 |
| Ralph Edwards | 2B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Thomas Healy | 3B | 23 | 77 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .310 | .234 | .544 | .221 |
| Larry Kopf | SS | 118 | 386 | 39 | 87 | 1 | 33 | 5 | .314 | .269 | .583 | .225 |
| Nap Lajoie | 2B | 129 | 490 | 40 | 137 | 1 | 61 | 10 | .301 | .355 | .656 | .280 |
| Fred Lear | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Lew Malone | 2B | 76 | 201 | 17 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 7 | .283 | .279 | .562 | .204 |
| Sam McConnell | 3B | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .273 | .523 | .182 |
| Stuffy McInnis | 1B | 119 | 456 | 44 | 143 | 0 | 49 | 8 | .337 | .362 | .699 | .314 |
| Wally Schang | 3B | 116 | 359 | 64 | 89 | 1 | 44 | 18 | .385 | .343 | .728 | .248 |
| Socks Seibold | SS | 10 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .233 | .154 | .387 | .115 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Bill Bankston | OF | 11 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .205 | .306 | .511 | .139 |
| Chick Davies | OF | 56 | 132 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 2 | .270 | .265 | .535 | .182 |
| Eddie Murphy | OF | 68 | 260 | 37 | 60 | 0 | 17 | 13 | .315 | .273 | .588 | .231 |
| Rube Oldring | OF | 107 | 408 | 49 | 101 | 6 | 42 | 11 | .293 | .363 | .656 | .248 |
| Amos Strunk | OF | 132 | 485 | 76 | 144 | 1 | 45 | 17 | .371 | .427 | .798 | .297 |
| Shag Thompson | OF | 17 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .405 | .394 | .799 | .333 |
| Jimmy Walsh | OF | 117 | 417 | 48 | 86 | 1 | 20 | 22 | .306 | .278 | .584 | .206 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Bill Haeffner | C | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
| Jack Lapp | C | 112 | 312 | 26 | 85 | 2 | 31 | 5 | .340 | .375 | .715 | .272 |
| Wickey McAvoy | C | 68 | 184 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .236 | .250 | .486 | .190 |
| Cy Perkins | C | 7 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .250 | .554 | .200 |
| Ira Thomas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5081 | 545 | 1204 | 16 | 440 | 127 | .297 | .311 | .608 | .237 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Ancker | 4 | 1 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3.57 | 2.034 | |||
| Rube Bressler | 32 | 20 | 178.3 | 4 | 17 | .190 | 0 | 69 | 118 | 5.20 | 1.688 | |||
| Bullet Joe Bush | 25 | 18 | 145.7 | 5 | 15 | .250 | 0 | 89 | 89 | 4.14 | 1.551 | |||
| Bob Cone | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 7.143 | |||
| Cap Crowell | 10 | 8 | 54.3 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 5.47 | 1.897 | |||
| Chick Davies | 4 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8.80 | 2.092 | |||
| Bud Davis | 18 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 18 | 59 | 4.05 | 1.859 | |||
| Harry Eccles | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4.71 | 1.143 | |||
| Dana Fillingim | 8 | 4 | 39.3 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 17 | 32 | 3.43 | 1.883 | |||
| Bruno Haas | 6 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 11.93 | 3.566 | |||
| Jack Harper | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.12 | 0.690 | |||
| Tom Knowlson | 18 | 9 | 100.7 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 24 | 60 | 3.49 | 1.579 | |||
| Bill Meehan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11.25 | 2.500 | |||
| Bill Morrisette | 4 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1.35 | 1.000 | |||
| Elmer Myers | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 12 | 5 | .00 | 0.778 | |||
| Jack Nabors | 10 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 18 | 35 | 5.50 | 1.722 | |||
| Herb Pennock | 11 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 24 | 29 | 5.32 | 1.705 | |||
| Bob Pepper | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.80 | 2.000 | |||
| Squiz Pillion | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 2.264 | |||
| Carl Ray | 2 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4.91 | 2.329 | |||
| Jack Richardson | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 2.62 | 1.458 | |||
| Bob Shawkey | 17 | 13 | 100 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 56 | 38 | 4.05 | 1.410 | |||
| Tom Sheehan | 15 | 13 | 102 | 4 | 9 | .308 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 4.15 | 1.657 | |||
| Joe Sherman | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.40 | 1.067 | |||
| Tink Turner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.50 | 4.000 | |||
| Harry Weaver | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3.00 | 1.556 | |||
| Weldon Wyckoff | 43 | 34 | 276 | 10 | 22 | .313 | 0 | 157 | 165 | 3.52 | 1.460 | |||
| Team Totals | 249 | 154 | 1348.3 | 43 | 109 | .283 | 2 | 588 | 827 | 4.29 | 1.621 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Amos Strunk | 132 |
| At Bats | Nap Lajoie | 490 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Amos Strunk | 565 |
| Batting Average | Stuffy McInnis | .314 |
| On-Base % | Amos Strunk | .371 |
| Slugging % | Amos Strunk | .427 |
| OPS | Amos Strunk | .798 |
| Runs | Amos Strunk | 76 |
| Hits | Amos Strunk | 144 |
| Total Bases | Amos Strunk | 207 |
| Doubles | Amos Strunk | 28 |
| Triples | Amos Strunk | 16 |
| Home Runs | Rube Oldring | 6 |
| RBI | Nap Lajoie | 61 |
| Walks | Wally Schang | 66 |
| Strikeouts | Jimmy Walsh | 64 |
| Stolen Bases | Jimmy Walsh | 22 |
| Caught Stealing | Amos Strunk | 19 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Amos Strunk | 23 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Weldon Wyckoff | 10 |
| Losses | Weldon Wyckoff | 22 |
| Saves | Harry Eccles and Herb Pennock | 1 |
| Won-Loss % | Weldon Wyckoff | .313 |
| ERA | Weldon Wyckoff | 3.52 |
| WHIP | Weldon Wyckoff | 1.460 |
| Innings Pitched | Weldon Wyckoff | 276 |
| Games | Weldon Wyckoff | 43 |
| Games Started | Weldon Wyckoff | 34 |
| Strikeouts | Weldon Wyckoff | 157 |
| Complete Games | Weldon Wyckoff | 20 |
| Shutouts | Rube Bressler, Elmer Myers, Herb Pennock, Bob Shawkey, Tom Sheehan, and Weldon Wyckoff | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Weldon Wyckoff | 1137 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Weldon Wyckoff | 108 |
| Hits Allowed | Weldon Wyckoff | 238 |
| Walks Allowed | Weldon Wyckoff | 165 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Rube Bressler, Bullet Joe Bush, and Bob Shawkey | 3 |
| Wild Pitches | Weldon Wyckoff | 14 |
| Hit Batsmen | Rube Bressler | 7 |
