1936 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics and Roster

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1936 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1935/1937)
53-100, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 1045 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-102
Managed by Connie Mack

Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 285,173 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 105
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Frankie Hayes       21  144  505   59  137  25  2  10   67  46   58  .271  .335  .388   3   5       2   2           79
1B *Lou Finney          25  151  653  100  197  26 10   1   41  47   22  .302  .351  .377   7   9       3   0           81
2B  Rabbit Warstler     32   66  236   27   59   8  6   1   24  36   16  .250  .354  .347   0   0       2  17           75
3B  Pinky Higgins       27  146  550   89  159  32  2  12   80  67   61  .289  .366  .420   7   4       0   3           95
SS  Skeeter Newsome     25  127  471   41  106  15  2   0   46  25   27  .225  .266  .265  13   4       1  11           33
OF *Wally Moses         25  146  585   98  202  35 11   7   66  62   32  .345  .410  .479  12   6       2   6          120
OF  Bob Johnson         30  153  566   91  165  29 14  25  121  88   71  .292  .389  .525   6   6       2   1          125
OF  George Puccinelli   29  135  457   83  127  30  3  11   78  65   70  .278  .369  .429   2   3       1   1           98
   *Chubby Dean         19  111  342   41   98  21  3   1   48  24   24  .287  .337  .374   3   2       2   7           77
    Al Niemiec          25   69  203   22   40   3  2   1   20  26   16  .197  .291  .246   2   2       1   5           35
    Rusty Peters        21   45  119   12   26   3  2   3   16   4   28  .218  .244  .353   1   1       0   0           47
    Charlie Moss        25   33   44    2   11   1  1   0   10   6    5  .250  .340  .318   1   0       0   1           65
    Dick Culler         21    9   38    3    9   0  0   0    1   1    3  .237  .256  .237   0   0       0   1           23
    Hal Luby            23    9   38    3    7   1  0   0    3   0    7  .184  .205  .211   2   0       1   0            4
    Jack Peerson        25    8   34    7   11   1  1   0    5   0    3  .324  .324  .412   0   1       0   0           82
   *Emil Mailho         27   21   18    5    1   0  0   0    0   5    3  .056  .261  .056   0   0       0   0          -17
    Charlie Berry       33   13   17    0    1   1  0   0    1   6    2  .059  .304  .118   0   0       0   0            9
   *Bill Nicholson      21   11   12    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
   *Jim Oglesby         30    3   11    0    2   0  0   0    2   2    0  .182  .308  .182   0   0       0   0           25
    Bill Conroy         21    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0       0   0          150

    Harry Kelley        30   36   91    5   18   4  0   0    9   1    5  .198  .207  .242   0   0       0   7           11
    Gordon Rhodes       28   35   75    4   16   0  0   0    7   0   27  .213  .213  .213   0   0       0   2            6
    Buck Ross           21   30   71    4   12   4  0   0    4   2   30  .169  .203  .225   0   0       1   4            6
    Herman Fink         24   34   64    1    8   1  0   0    4   2   16  .125  .164  .141   0   0       1   0          -23
    Bill Dietrich       26   21   27    3    3   0  0   0    2   2    9  .111  .172  .111   0   0       0   1          -28
    Hod Lisenbee        37   19   25    3    3   0  0   0    2   3   14  .120  .214  .120   0   0       0   2          -15
    Randy Gumpert       18   22   22    1    6   0  0   0    1   0    8  .273  .273  .273   0   0       0   0           36
   *Fred Archer         26    6   15    1    4   0  0   0    1   1    3  .267  .313  .267   0   0       0   0           45
    Carl Doyle          23    8   15    2    4   0  1   0    3   1    8  .267  .313  .400   0   0       0   0           76
    Stu Flythe          24   17   15    4    4   0  0   0    0   1    6  .267  .313  .267   0   0       0   0           45
    George Turbeville   21   12   14    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .143  .200  .143   0   0       0   1          -13
   #Eddie Smith         22    2    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .125  .125  .125   0   0       0   0          -38
    Woody Upchurch      25    7    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0       0   0          -29
   *Pete Naktenis       22    7    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0       0   0            0
   *Red Bullock         24   12    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Hank Johnson        30    3    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0       0   1           25
   *Whitey Wilshere     23    5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0       0   0          -46
    Dutch Lieber        26    3    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Harry Matuzak       26    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6  154 5373  714 1443 240 60  72  663 524  590  .269  .334  .376  59  43      19  74           84
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    8    8   8  6   6        7    3     8     8     8   7   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Gordon Rhodes       28  35   5.74   9  20  1  28   4  13   1  216.3  266  162  138  26  102   61  997   3   2  0      89
SP  Harry Kelley        30  35   3.86  15  12  3  27   8  20   1  235.3  250  112  101  21   75   82 1002   8   2  0     132
SP  Buck Ross           21  30   5.83   9  14  0  27   1  12   1  200.7  253  146  130  17   83   47  927  10   0  0      87
SP  Herman Fink         24  34   5.39   8  16  3  24   7   9   0  188.7  222  126  113  18   78   53  849   2   0  2      94
SP  Carl Doyle          23   8  10.94   0   3  0   6   2   1   0   38.7   66   53   47   4   29   12  214   7   5  2      47
SP *Fred Archer         26   6   6.38   2   3  0   5   1   2   0   36.7   41   28   26   3   15    9  164   0   3  0      80

RP  Randy Gumpert       18  22   4.76   1   2  2   3  12   2   0   62.3   74   42   33   2   32    9  286   1   0  1     107
RP  Bill Dietrich       26  21   6.53   4   6  3   4  13   0   0   71.7   91   55   52   4   40   34  344   4   0  0      78
RP  Stu Flythe          24  17  13.04   0   0  0   3   9   0   0   39.3   49   63   57   4   61   14  229  16   3  1      39
RP  Hod Lisenbee        37  19   6.20   1   7  0   7  10   4   0   85.7  115   69   59   9   24   17  387   1   0  0      82

   *George Turbeville   21  12   6.39   2   5  0   6   6   2   0   43.7   42   36   31   6   32   10  202   5   6  0      80
   *Woody Upchurch      25   7   9.67   0   2  0   2   4   1   0   22.3   36   27   24   7   14    6  116   1   0  0      53
   *Eddie Smith         22   2   1.89   1   1  0   2   0   2   0   19.0   22   10    4   3    8    7   88   0   0  0     269
   *Pete Naktenis       22   7  12.54   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   18.7   24   26   26   2   27   18  104   2   2  0      41
   *Whitey Wilshere     23   5   6.87   1   2  0   3   0   0   0   18.3   21   17   14   1   19    4   94   1   0  1      74
   *Red Bullock         24  12  14.04   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   16.7   19   32   26   0   37    7  108   5   0  0      36
    Harry Matuzak       26   6   7.20   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   15.0   21   14   12   0    4    8   71   1   0  0      71
    Hank Johnson        30   3   7.71   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   11.7   16   16   10   4   10    6   65   0   1  0      66
    Dutch Lieber        26   3   7.71   0   1  0   0   0   0   0   11.7   17   11   10   0    6    1   54   0   0  0      66
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6 154   6.08  53 100 12 154  86  68   3 1352.0 1645 1045  913 131  696  405 6301  67  24  7      84
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   8   1  5           7   7      6    7    7        8    8    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FHayes 143 489 69 16 8 .972 17 CMoss 19 35 4 3 0 .929 2 CBerry 12 29 4 1 0 .971 2 BConroy 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 556 77 20 8 .969 21 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LFinney 78 782 34 8 70 .990 10.46 CDean 77 680 37 8 62 .989 9.31 JOglesby 3 23 2 0 2 1.000 8.33 BJohnson 1 5 0 0 2 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1490 73 16 136 .990 10.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 5.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWarstler 66 139 265 11 45 .973 6.12 ANiemiec 52 134 180 9 32 .972 6.04 BJohnson 22 51 69 7 20 .945 5.45 HLuby 9 16 28 6 3 .880 4.89 DCuller 7 20 15 2 4 .946 5.00 SNewsome 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 JPeerson 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 RPeters 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 363 558 35 104 .963 6.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .946 3.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 145 151 266 26 24 .941 2.88 RPeters 10 7 29 3 3 .923 3.60 SNewsome 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 158 296 29 27 .940 3.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SNewsome 123 273 417 31 87 .957 5.61 RPeters 25 44 53 11 12 .898 3.88 JPeerson 7 17 32 3 5 .942 7.00 ANiemiec 5 16 16 2 3 .941 6.40 DCuller 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 350 522 47 107 .949 5.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .968 2.29 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WMoses 144 396 12 11 3 .974 2.83 0 136 9 BJohnson 131 289 13 12 3 .962 2.31 131 1 0 GPuccinelli 117 245 11 14 1 .948 2.19 1 0 116 LFinney 73 179 3 5 1 .973 2.49 22 21 32 RPeters 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 2 0 0 EMailho 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 0 SNewsome 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 BNicholson 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1112 39 42 8 .965 2.55 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HKelley 35 5 36 3 3 .932 1.57 GRhodes 35 4 29 3 1 .917 1.37 BRoss 30 6 30 3 4 .923 1.61 HFink 34 3 28 3 0 .912 1.48 HLisenbee 19 2 15 2 0 .895 1.79 BDietrich 21 1 19 1 2 .952 2.51 RGumpert 22 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.30 GTurbeville 12 2 7 1 0 .900 1.85 SFlythe 17 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.83 CDoyle 8 1 2 1 0 .750 0.70 FArcher 6 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.72 WUpchurch 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.40 ESmith 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.89 PNaktenis 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.48 WWilshere 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.97 RBullock 12 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.23 HMatuzak 6 0 3 1 0 .750 1.80 HJohnson 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.54 DLieber 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 32 208 20 11 .923 1.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Moses .345

On-base % Moses .410

Slugging % Johnson .525

OPS Johnson .914

Games Johnson 153

At Bats Finney 653

Plate Appearances (approx.) Finney 703

Runs Finney 100

Hits Moses 202

Total Bases Johnson 297

Doubles Moses 35

Triples Johnson 14

Home Runs Johnson 25

RBI Johnson 121

Bases on Balls Johnson 88

Strikeouts Johnson 71

Stolen Bases Newsome 13

Singles Finney 160

Adjusted OPS+ Johnson 125

Runs Created Moses 114

Adjusted Batting Runs Johnson 21

Batting Wins Johnson 1.9

Extra-Base Hits Johnson 68

Times on Base Moses 266

Offensive Win% Moses .645

Hit By Pitch Finney 3

Sac. Hits Warstler 17

Caught Stealing Finney 9

Power/Speed Number Johnson 9.7

At Bats per Strikeout Finney 29.7

At Bats per Home Run Johnson 22.6

Outs Finney 465

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Kelley 3.86

Wins Kelley 15

Won-Loss % Kelley .556

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kelley 1.381

Hits Allowed/9IP Kelley 9.56

Bases on Balls/9IP Kelley 2.87

Strikeouts/9IP Kelley 3.14

Games Kelley and Rhodes 35

Saves Dietrich, Fink, and Kelley 3

Innings Kelley 235.3

Strikeouts Kelley 82

Games Started Rhodes 28

Comp. Games Kelley 20

Shutouts Kelley, Rhodes, and Ross 1

Home Runs Allow. Rhodes 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Rhodes 102

Hits Allowed Rhodes 266

SO to Walk Kelley 1.09

Losses Rhodes 20

Earned Runs Allow. Rhodes 138

Wild Pitches Flythe 16

Hit Batsmen Turbeville 6

Batters Faced Kelley 1002

Games Finished Dietrich 13

Adjusted ERA+ Kelley 132

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