1907 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
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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

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

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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.


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