1919 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1919 Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 36 104 y 8th Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1919 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing last in the American League with a record of 36 wins and 104 losses. It was their fifth consecutive season in the cellar after owner-manager Connie Mack sold off his star players. Philadelphia led the AL in fewest runs scored and most runs allowed, and they did so by wide margins. Their team ERA was 4.26, nearly a full run higher than the second worst team in the league that year.Hollingsworth Harry The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present! 1994 SPI Books United States 1561713082 187 The A's team batting average of .244 was the lowest in both leagues. The pitching staff pitched only one shutout in the entire season. In July 1919, a newspaper reported, "Veteran Harry Davis has been coaxed out of his retirement and has been made assistant manager of the Athletics."Harry Davis Has Been Made Assistant Manager of Philadelphia Athletics https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4717590/iowa_city_presscitizen/ Iowa City Press-Citizen July 14, 1919 Iowa, Iowa City 5 Newspapers.com March 23, 2016 Although Connie Mack was the team's manager, the report said, "Mack hereafter will devote most of his time to business affairs of the club" and that the understanding was that Davis "really is in full charge of the team." Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions June 13, 1919: Roy Grover was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Harry Thompson.Roy Grover page at Baseball Reference Roster 1919 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Willie Adams Walter Anderson Dan Boone Charlie Eckert Bob Geary Bill Grevell Bob Hasty Jing Johnson Dave Keefe Walt Kinney Mike Kircher Pat Martin Rollie Naylor Win Noyes Scott Perry William Pierson Ray Roberts Tom Rogers Socks Seibold Harry Thompson Mule Watson Lefty York Jimmy Zinn Catchers Wickey McAvoy Cy Perkins Lena Styles Johnny Walker Infielders George Burns Dick Burrus Snooks Dowd Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Art Ewoldt Chick Galloway Ivy Griffin Lew Groh Roy Grover Red Shannon Fred Thomas Terry Turner Outfielders Bob Allen Charlie High Merlin Kopp Braggo Roth Amos Strunk Tilly Walker Frank Welch Al Wingo Whitey Witt 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 Cy Perkins 101 305 77 .252 2 29 1B George Burns George Burns (first baseman) 126 470 139 .296 8 57 2B Red Shannon 39 155 42 .271 0 14 3B Fred Thomas Fred Thomas (third baseman) 124 453 96 .212 2 23 SS Joe Dugan 104 387 105 .271 1 30 OF Tilly Walker 125 456 133 .292 10 64 OF Merlin Kopp 75 235 53 .226 1 12 OF Whitey Witt 122 460 123 .267 0 33 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 Braggo Roth 48 195 63 .323 5 29 Amos Strunk 60 194 41 .211 0 13 Dick Burrus 70 194 50 .258 0 8 Wickey McAvoy 62 170 24 .141 0 11 Terry Turner 38 127 24 .189 0 6 Ivy Griffin 17 68 20 .294 0 6 Chick Galloway 17 63 9 .143 0 4 Al Wingo 15 59 18 .305 0 2 Roy Grover 22 56 13 .232 0 2 Frank Welch Frank Welch (baseball) 15 54 9 .167 2 7 Jimmy Dykes 17 49 9 .184 0 1 Art Ewoldt 9 32 7 .219 0 2 Charlie High 11 29 2 .069 0 1 Bob Allen Bob Allen (outfielder) 9 22 3 .136 0 0 Lena Styles 8 22 6 .273 0 5 Snooks Dowd 13 18 3 .167 0 6 Johnny Walker Johnny Walker (baseball) 3 9 0 .000 0 0 Lew Groh 2 4 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 Rollie Naylor 31 204.2 5 18 3.34 68 Jing Johnson 34 202.0 9 15 3.61 67 Scott Perry Scott Perry (baseball) 25 183.2 4 17 3.58 38 Tom Rogers 23 140.0 4 12 4.31 37 Bob Hasty 2 12.0 0 2 5.25 5 Pat Martin 2 11.0 0 2 4.09 6 Dave Keefe 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 5 Lefty York 2 4.1 0 2 24.92 2 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 Walt Kinney 43 202.2 9 15 3.64 97 Win Noyes 10 49.0 1 5 5.69 20 Socks Seibold 14 45.2 2 3 5.32 19 Bob Geary Bob Geary (baseball) 9 32.1 0 3 4.73 9 Jimmy Zinn 5 25.2 1 3 6.31 9 Charlie Eckert 2 16.0 0 1 3.94 6 Dan Boone Dan Boone (baseball) 3 14.2 0 1 6.75 1 Mule Watson 4 14.1 0 1 6.91 6 Ray Roberts 3 14.0 0 2 7.71 2 Bill Grevell 5 12.0 0 0 14.25 3 William Pierson 2 7.2 0 0 3.52 4 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 Walter Anderson Walter Anderson (baseball) 3 1 0 0 3.86 10 Harry Thompson Harry Thompson (baseball) 3 0 1 0 6.75 1 Mike Kircher 2 0 0 0 7.88 2 Willie Adams Willie Adams (1910s pitcher) 1 0 0 0 3.86 0 Awards and honors League top ten finishers Rollie Naylor #3 in AL in losses (18) Scott Perry #4 in AL in losses (17) See also List of worst Major League Baseball season records References External links 1919 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1919 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland