1933 Philadelphia Athletics season

1933  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1932 1934  →

The 1933 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses. Jimmie Foxx became the first player to win two American League MVP Awards. ^[1]

Regular season

• August 14, 1933: Jimmie Foxx hit for the cycle. Part of the cycle included hitting a grand slam. ^[2] During a two-week span, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx and Pinky Higgins all hit for the cycle during the season.

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 20 Dick Barrett 16 Sugar Cain 14 Gowell Claset 18 Bobby Coombs 20 Bill Dietrich 11 George Earnshaw 19 Tony Freitas 10 Lefty Grove 15 Roy Mahaffey 46 Johnny Marcum 21 Hank McDonald 17 Tim McKeithan 27 Jim Peterson -- Emil Roy 12 Rube Walberg -- Hank Winston		Catchers  2 Mickey Cochrane -- Frankie Hayes 21 Ed Madjeski Infielders  4 Max Bishop 24 Ed Cihocki  3 Jimmie Foxx  5 Pinky Higgins  6 Eric McNair 23 Dib Williams		Outfielders 25 Ed Coleman  8 Doc Cramer  7 Lou Finney 26 Bob Johnson  9 Bing Miller -- Joe Zapustas		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 33 Lena Blackburne 32 Earle Mack 31 Eddie Rommel

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	Mickey Cochrane	130	429	138	.322	15	60
1B	Jimmie Foxx	149	573	204	.356	48	163
2B	Max Bishop	117	391	115	.294	4	42
SS	Dib Williams	115	408	118	.289	11	73
3B	Pinky Higgins	152	567	178	.314	13	99
OF	Doc Cramer	152	661	195	.295	8	75
OF	Ed Coleman	102	388	109	.281	6	68
OF	Bob Johnson	142	535	155	.290	21	93

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
Eric McNair	89	310	81	.261	7	48
Lou Finney	74	240	64	.267	3	32
Ed Madjeski	51	142	40	.282	0	17
Bing Miller	67	120	33	.275	2	17
Ed Cihocki	33	97	14	.144	0	9
Frankie Hayes	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Joe Zapustas	2	5	1	.200	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
Lefty Grove	45	275.1	24	8	3.20	114
Sugar Cain	38	218.0	13	12	4.25	43
Roy Mahaffey	33	179.1	13	10	5.17	66
George Earnshaw	21	117.2	5	10	5.97	37
Johnny Marcum	5	37.0	3	2	1.95	14
Emil Roy	1	2.1	0	1	27.00	3

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
Rube Walberg	40	201.0	9	13	4.88	68
Jim Peterson	32	90.2	2	5	4.96	18
Dick Barrett	15	70.1	4	4	5.76	26
Tony Freitas	19	64.1	2	4	7.27	15
Bill Dietrich	8	17.0	0	1	5.82	4
Hank McDonald	4	12.1	1	1	5.11	1
Tim McKeithan	3	9.0	1	0	4.00	3

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
Bobby Coombs	21	0	1	2	7.47	8
Gowell Claset	8	2	0	0	9.53	1
Hank Winston	1	0	0	0	6.75	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Spencer Abbott
A	Williamsport Grays	New York–Pennsylvania League	Mike McNally

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References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
2. "Hitting for the Cycle Records | Baseball Almanac".
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com