1903 Philadelphia Athletics season
1903 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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Ballpark | Columbia Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough |
Managers | Connie Mack |
The 1903 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 60 losses, 14½ games behind the Boston Americans.
Offseason
- February 1903: Ollie Pickering was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Naps.[1]
1903 Philadelphia City Series
The A's had begun play in 1901 but National League and American League teams did not play each other in 1901 or 1902 as the leagues warred over markets and customers.
The leagues made peace after 1902 and the Phillies and Athletics scheduled a preseason [[series for the local championship. The Player League’s Philadelphia Athletics and American Association Athletics had contested the local championship with the Phillies.
The Phillies and Athletics played five of nine scheduled games; the Phillies defeated the Athletics, 4 games to 1.
Prior to the start of the series, the Athletics players threatened not to play unless they were paid a percentage of the gate receipts. Connie Mack refused his players on the grounds that while their contracts stipulated they receive gate receipts from mid-season exhibition games, the games against the Phillies would be prior to the start of the official season and unpaid exhibition games as much as any preseason contest.
The series was scheduled to begin on April 4, 1903 at the Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park but was called off due to rain.[2] Games scheduled for April 7, 1903[3] at the Phillies’ park and April 8, 1903 at the Athletics’ Columbia Park were also canceled due to rain and wet grounds,[4] along with the final scheduled game of the series on April 14, 1903 at the Phillies’ park.[5]
AL Philadelphia Athletics (1) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | April 6, 1903 | Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 (10) | Columbia Park | 1:55 | 6,543[6] |
2 | April 9, 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 6 (10) | Philadelphia Ball Park | 2:10 | 6,640[7] |
3 | April 10, 1903 | Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 3 | Columbia Park | 1:40 | 8,771[8] |
4 | April 11, 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics – 7, Philadelphia Phillies – 1 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:38 | 13,050[9] |
5 | April 13, 1903 | Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 (10) | Columbia Park | 1:40 | 5,843[10] |
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Americans | 91 | 47 | .659 | — | 49–20 | 42–27 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | .556 | 14½ | 44–21 | 31–39 |
Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | .550 | 15 | 49–25 | 28–38 |
New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | .537 | 17 | 41–26 | 31–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | .478 | 25 | 37–28 | 28–43 |
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | .468 | 26½ | 38–32 | 27–42 |
Chicago White Stockings | 60 | 77 | .438 | 30½ | 41–28 | 19–49 |
Washington Senators | 43 | 94 | .314 | 47½ | 29–40 | 14–54 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–6 | 12–8 | 10–9–1 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 14–6 | 15–5–2 | |||||
Chicago | 6–14 | — | 10–10 | 10–9 | 7–11–1 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 12–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–12 | 10–10 | — | 9–11 | 14–6 | 9–11 | 11–9 | 16–4 | |||||
Detroit | 9–10–1 | 9–10 | 11–9 | — | 10–9 | 11–9 | 6–14 | 9–10 | |||||
New York | 7–13 | 11–7–1 | 6–14 | 9–10 | — | 10–8–1 | 15–5 | 14–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 8–10–1 | — | 11–8 | 16–3–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–14 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 14–6 | 5–15 | 8–11 | — | 12–8 | |||||
Washington | 5–15–2 | 8–12 | 4–16 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 3–16–1 | 8–12 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Postseason
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 |
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C | Ossee Schrecongost | 92 | 306 | 78 | .255 | 3 | 30 |
1B | Harry Davis | 106 | 420 | 125 | .298 | 6 | 55 |
2B | Danny Murphy | 133 | 513 | 140 | .273 | 1 | 60 |
SS | Monte Cross | 137 | 470 | 116 | .247 | 3 | 45 |
3B | Lave Cross | 137 | 559 | 163 | .292 | 2 | 90 |
OF | Topsy Hartsel | 98 | 373 | 116 | .311 | 5 | 26 |
OF | Ollie Pickering | 137 | 512 | 144 | .281 | 1 | 36 |
OF | Socks Seybold | 137 | 522 | 156 | .299 | 8 | 84 |
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 |
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Doc Powers | 75 | 247 | 56 | .227 | 0 | 23 |
Danny Hoffman | 74 | 248 | 61 | .246 | 2 | 22 |
Bert Daly | 10 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 4 |
John Callahan | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Hilley | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
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Eddie Plank | 43 | 336.0 | 23 | 16 | 2.38 | 176 |
Rube Waddell | 39 | 324.0 | 21 | 16 | 2.44 | 302 |
Chief Bender | 36 | 270.0 | 17 | 14 | 3.07 | 127 |
Weldon Henley | 29 | 186.1 | 12 | 10 | 3.91 | 86 |
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 |
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Andy Coakley | 6 | 37.2 | 0 | 3 | 5.50 | 20 |
Jim Fairbank | 4 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.88 | 10 |
Ed Pinnance | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 |
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 |
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Connie McGeehan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
Tad Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 1 |
Danny Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ Ollie Pickering page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Athletics Will Be Good Fellows". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1903. p. 12.
- ^ "Phillies and Athletics To-Day". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1903. p. 10.
- ^ "Damp Day Diamond Dust". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1903. p. 10.
- ^ "National League Lines Up To-Day". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1903. p. 10.
- ^ "Athletics Lose First Game to Phillies, 2 to 0". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1903. p. 10.
- ^ "Monte Cross Benched; Athletics Lose 6-5". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1903. p. 6.
- ^ "Phillies Outplay Those Champions". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1903. p. 10.
- ^ "Athletics Finally Secure a Victory". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1903. p. 12.
- ^ "Nationals Cinch the Local Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1903. p. 10.
References
- 1903 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1903 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com