1919 Philadelphia Athletics season

1919  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
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The 1919 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing last in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 104 losses. It was their fifth consecutive season in the cellar after owner-manager Connie Mack sold off his star players.

Philadelphia led the AL in fewest runs scored and most runs allowed, and they did so by wide margins. Their team ERA was 4.26, nearly a full run higher than the second worst team in the league that year. ^[1] The A's team batting average of .244 was the lowest in both leagues. ^[1] The pitching staff pitched only one shutout in the entire season. ^[1]

In July 1919, a newspaper reported, "Veteran Harry Davis has been coaxed out of his retirement and has been made assistant manager of the Athletics." ^[2] Although Connie Mack was the team's manager, the report said, "Mack hereafter will devote most of his time to business affairs of the club" and that the understanding was that Davis "really is in full charge of the team." ^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	88	52	0.629	—	48–22	40–30
Cleveland Indians	84	55	0.604	3½	44–25	40–30
New York Yankees	80	59	0.576	7½	46–25	34–34
Detroit Tigers	80	60	0.571	8	46–24	34–36
St. Louis Browns	67	72	0.482	20½	40–30	27–42
Boston Red Sox	66	71	0.482	20½	35–30	31–41
Washington Senators	56	84	0.400	32	32–40	24–44
Philadelphia Athletics	36	104	0.257	52	21–49	15–55

Record vs. opponents

1919 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	9–11	4–15	9–11	10–9	14–6	9–10–1	11–9
Chicago	11–9	—	12–8	11–9	12–8	17–3	11–9	14–6
Cleveland	15–4	8–12	—	8–12	13–7	16–4	11–9	13–7
Detroit	11–9	9–11	12–8	—	8–12	14–6	14–6	12–8
New York	9–10	8–12	7–13	12–8	—	18–2	12–8	14–6–2
Philadelphia	6–14	3–17	4–16	6–14	2–18	—	7–13	8–12
St. Louis	10–9–1	9–11	9–11	6–14	8–12	13–7	—	12–8
Washington	9–11	6–14	7–13	8–12	6–14–2	12–8	8–12	—

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1919: Roy Grover was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Harry Thompson. ^[3]

Roster

1919 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Willie Adams Walter Anderson Dan Boone Charlie Eckert Bob Geary Bill Grevell Bob Hasty Jing Johnson Dave Keefe Walt Kinney Mike Kircher Pat Martin Rollie Naylor Win Noyes Scott Perry William Pierson Ray Roberts Tom Rogers Socks Seibold Harry Thompson Mule Watson Lefty York Jimmy Zinn		Catchers Wickey McAvoy Cy Perkins Lena Styles Johnny Walker Infielders George Burns Dick Burrus Snooks Dowd Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Art Ewoldt Chick Galloway Ivy Griffin Lew Groh Roy Grover Red Shannon Fred Thomas Terry Turner		Outfielders Bob Allen Charlie High Merlin Kopp Braggo Roth Amos Strunk Tilly Walker Frank Welch Al Wingo Whitey Witt		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Cy Perkins	101	305	77	.252	2	29
1B	George Burns	126	470	139	.296	8	57
2B	Red Shannon	39	155	42	.271	0	14
3B	Fred Thomas	124	453	96	.212	2	23
SS	Joe Dugan	104	387	105	.271	1	30
OF	Tilly Walker	125	456	133	.292	10	64
OF	Merlin Kopp	75	235	53	.226	1	12
OF	Whitey Witt	122	460	123	.267	0	33

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
Braggo Roth	48	195	63	.323	5	29
Amos Strunk	60	194	41	.211	0	13
Dick Burrus	70	194	50	.258	0	8
Wickey McAvoy	62	170	24	.141	0	11
Terry Turner	38	127	24	.189	0	6
Ivy Griffin	17	68	20	.294	0	6
Chick Galloway	17	63	9	.143	0	4
Al Wingo	15	59	18	.305	0	2
Roy Grover	22	56	13	.232	0	2
Frank Welch	15	54	9	.167	2	7
Jimmy Dykes	17	49	9	.184	0	1
Art Ewoldt	9	32	7	.219	0	2
Charlie High	11	29	2	.069	0	1
Bob Allen	9	22	3	.136	0	0
Lena Styles	8	22	6	.273	0	5
Snooks Dowd	13	18	3	.167	0	6
Johnny Walker	3	9	0	.000	0	0
Lew Groh	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Rollie Naylor	31	204.2	5	18	3.34	68
Jing Johnson	34	202.0	9	15	3.61	67
Scott Perry	25	183.2	4	17	3.58	38
Tom Rogers	23	140.0	4	12	4.31	37
Bob Hasty	2	12.0	0	2	5.25	5
Pat Martin	2	11.0	0	2	4.09	6
Dave Keefe	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	5
Lefty York	2	4.1	0	2	24.92	2

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
Walt Kinney	43	202.2	9	15	3.64	97
Win Noyes	10	49.0	1	5	5.69	20
Socks Seibold	14	45.2	2	3	5.32	19
Bob Geary	9	32.1	0	3	4.73	9
Jimmy Zinn	5	25.2	1	3	6.31	9
Charlie Eckert	2	16.0	0	1	3.94	6
Dan Boone	3	14.2	0	1	6.75	1
Mule Watson	4	14.1	0	1	6.91	6
Ray Roberts	3	14.0	0	2	7.71	2
Bill Grevell	5	12.0	0	0	14.25	3
William Pierson	2	7.2	0	0	3.52	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Walter Anderson	3	1	0	0	3.86	10
Harry Thompson	3	0	1	0	6.75	1
Mike Kircher	2	0	0	0	7.88	2
Willie Adams	1	0	0	0	3.86	0

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Rollie Naylor

• #3 in AL in losses (18)

Scott Perry

• #4 in AL in losses (17)

See also

• List of worst Major League Baseball season records

References

1. Hollingsworth, Harry (1994). The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present!. United States: SPI Books. p. 187. ISBN   1561713082.
2. "Harry Davis Has Been Made Assistant Manager of Philadelphia Athletics". Iowa, Iowa City. Iowa City Press-Citizen. July 14, 1919. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
3. Roy Grover page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1919 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1919 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com