1910 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season was their tenth as a franchise. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders. The A's then defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 1910 World Series 4 games to 1.
1910 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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1910 World Series Champions 1910 American League Champions | |
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Results | |
Record | 102–48 (.680) |
League place | 1st |
Other information | |
Owners | Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough |
Managers | Connie Mack |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | 48 | 0.680 | — | 57–19 | 45–29 |
New York Highlanders | 88 | 63 | 0.583 | 14½ | 49–25 | 39–38 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 18 | 46–31 | 40–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 81 | 72 | 0.529 | 22½ | 51–28 | 30–44 |
Cleveland Naps | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 32 | 39–36 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 68 | 85 | 0.444 | 35½ | 41–37 | 27–48 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 85 | 0.437 | 36½ | 38–35 | 28–50 |
St. Louis Browns | 47 | 107 | 0.305 | 57 | 26–51 | 21–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 14–8–3 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 4–18 | 16–6 | 16–5–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–13–2 | 8–14–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14–3 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 8–13 | 7–14–4 | 18–4–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Detroit | 10–12 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | |||||
New York | 13–9–1 | 13–8–2 | 13–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–12 | 16–6–1 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–4 | 14–8–1 | 14–7–4 | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–16 | 10–12 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–2 | |||||
Washington | 5–16–1 | 13–9 | 13–9–1 | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 6–14 | 13–9–2 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jack Lapp | 71 | 192 | 45 | .234 | 0 | 17 |
1B | Harry Davis | 139 | 492 | 122 | .248 | 1 | 41 |
2B | Eddie Collins | 153 | 581 | 188 | .324 | 3 | 81 |
3B | Frank Baker | 146 | 561 | 159 | .283 | 2 | 74 |
SS | Jack Barry | 145 | 487 | 126 | .259 | 3 | 60 |
OF | Bris Lord | 70 | 279 | 78 | .280 | 1 | 20 |
OF | Rube Oldring | 134 | 546 | 168 | .308 | 4 | 57 |
OF | Danny Murphy | 151 | 560 | 168 | .300 | 4 | 64 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Topsy Hartsel | 90 | 285 | 63 | .221 | 0 | 22 |
Ira Thomas | 60 | 180 | 50 | .278 | 1 | 19 |
Paddy Livingston | 37 | 120 | 25 | .208 | 0 | 9 |
Heinie Heitmuller | 31 | 111 | 27 | .243 | 0 | 7 |
Stuffy McInnis | 19 | 73 | 22 | .301 | 0 | 12 |
Ben Houser | 34 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 0 | 7 |
Amos Strunk | 16 | 48 | 16 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Pat Donahue | 15 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 4 |
Morrie Rath | 18 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Earle Mack | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Claud Derrick | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Coombs | 45 | 353.0 | 31 | 9 | 1.30 | 224 |
Cy Morgan | 31 | 290.2 | 18 | 12 | 1.55 | 134 |
Eddie Plank | 38 | 250.1 | 16 | 10 | 2.01 | 55 |
Chief Bender | 30 | 250.0 | 23 | 5 | 1.58 | 155 |
Harry Krause | 16 | 112.1 | 6 | 6 | 2.88 | 60 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jimmy Dygert | 19 | 99.1 | 4 | 4 | 2.54 | 59 |
Tommy Atkins | 15 | 57.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.68 | 29 |
Lefty Russell | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series
The Athletics, as well as the Detroit Tigers, Habana club and the Almendares club, competed in the second Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series in 1910.[1]
1910 World Series
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Cubs – 1, Athletics – 4 | October 17 | Shibe Park | 26,891 |
2 | Cubs – 3, Athletics – 9 | October 18 | Shibe Park | 24,597 |
3 | Athletics – 12, Cubs – 5 | October 20 | West Side Park | 26,210 |
4 | Athletics – 3, Cubs – 4 (10 innings) | October 22 | West Side Park | 19,150 |
5 | Athletics – 7, Cubs – 2 | October 23 | West Side Park | 27,374 |
External links
- 1910 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1910 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com