1910 Philadelphia Athletics
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
Record102–48 (.680)
League place1st
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1910 American League record

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

1910 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
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 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
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

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
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
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

Main article: 1910 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
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

References

  1. ^ 1910 Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series

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