1907 Philadelphia Athletics season

1907  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Columbia Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1906 1908  →

The 1907 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 57 losses.

Preseason

1907 Philadelphia City Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (0) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (4)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	April 3, 1907	Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0	Columbia Park	1:15	- [1]
2	April 4, 1907	Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4	Philadelphia Ball Park	1:43	5,278 [2]
3	April 5, 1907	Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0	Columbia Park	1:40	3,172 [3]
4	April 6, 1907	Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 9	Philadelphia Ball Park	1:45	5,145 [4]
5	April 8, 1907	No Game - Wet Grounds	Columbia Park	-	- [5]
6	April 9, 1907	No Game - Rain	Philadelphia Ball Park	-	- [6]

The Phillies sweep dropped the Athletucs to 18-19 against the Phils all-time in the city series.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	0.613	—	50–27	42–31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	0.607	1½	50–20	38–37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	0.576	5½	48–29	39–35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	0.559	8	46–31	39–36
New York Highlanders	70	78	0.473	21	32–41	38–37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	0.454	24	36–40	33–43
Boston Americans	59	90	0.396	32½	34–41	25–49
Washington Senators	49	102	0.325	43½	26–48	23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–11–3	8–13	6–16	8–12–1	8–14–2	10–12	9–12
Chicago	11–10–3	—	10–11–1	13–9–1	12–10	10–12–1	16–6	15–6
Cleveland	13–8	11–10–1	—	11–11–1	15–7	8–14	12–10–2	15–7–2
Detroit	16–6	9–13–1	11–11–1	—	13–8	11–8–1	14–8	18–4
New York	12–8–1	10–12	7–15	8–13	—	10–9–1	8–14–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	14–8–2	12–10–1	14–8	8–11–1	9–10–1	—	14–6	17–4
St. Louis	12–10	6–16	10–12–2	8–14	14–8–1	6–14	—	13–9
Washington	12–9	6–15	7–15–2	4–18	7–15–1	4–17	9–13	—

Roster

1907 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bartley Chief Bender Jack Coombs George Craig Jimmy Dygert Charlie Fritz Sam Hope Eddie Plank Rube Vickers Rube Waddell		Catchers Claude Berry Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Monte Cross Harry Davis John Knight Danny Murphy Simon Nicholls		Outfielders Topsy Hartsel Bris Lord Rube Oldring Socks Seybold		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	Ossee Schrecongost	101	356	97	.272	0	38
1B	Harry Davis	149	582	155	.266	8	87
2B	Danny Murphy	124	469	127	.271	2	57
SS	Simon Nicholls	124	460	139	.302	0	23
3B	Jimmy Collins	99	364	99	.272	0	35
OF	Topsy Hartsel	143	507	142	.280	3	29
OF	Rube Oldring	117	441	126	.286	1	40
OF	Socks Seybold	147	564	153	.271	5	92

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
Monte Cross	77	248	51	.206	0	18
Bris Lord	57	170	31	.182	1	11
Doc Powers	59	159	29	.182	0	9
John Knight	40	139	29	.209	0	12
Eddie Collins	14	23	8	.348	0	2
Claude Berry	8	19	4	.211	0	1

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
Eddie Plank	43	343.2	24	16	2.20	183
Rube Waddell	44	284.2	19	13	2.15	232
Jimmy Dygert	42	261.2	21	8	2.34	151
Chief Bender	33	219.1	16	8	2.05	112
Jack Coombs	23	132.2	6	9	3.12	73
Charlie Fritz	1	3.0	0	0	3.00	1

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
Bill Bartley	15	56.1	0	1	2.24	16
Rube Vickers	10	50.1	2	2	3.40	21

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
George Craig	2	0	0	0	10.80	0
Bris Lord	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Sam Hope	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

1. "Phillies Defeat Athletics in First Game of Inter-Club Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1907. p. 13.
2. "Phillies Take Game By 4 to 1". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1907. p. 10.
3. "Phillies Take to Vickers' Curves". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1907. p. 10.
4. "Philies with Four Straight Victories Capture Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1907. p. 14b.
5. "Wet Grounds Too Much for Teams". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1907. p. 10.
6. "Here's Hoping for Fine Weather for the Opening of the Base Ball Season Tomorrow". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1907. p. 10.

• 1907 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1907 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com