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1931 Oakland Athletics
Record: 87-73
Finish: 2nd in AL AL West Division
Runs Scored: 823
Runs Allowed: 766
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,335,712
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 10th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 10th in the AL
A: 73-64, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Houston Astros
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Middletown Mansfields
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Del Bissonette 31 154 593 120 190 30 7 24 117 0 2 85 43 .320 .401 .516 .917 108.7 23.9 2.7
CF  Ben Chapman 22 153 614 88 167 41 10 4 72 6 2 58 33 .272 .334 .391 .725 76.0 12.9 4.1
RF *Butch Weis 30 155 555 90 160 29 2 5 55 5 5 108 87 .288 .405 .375 .780 87.3 17.4 4.2
3B  Ossie Bluege 30 152 580 93 184 28 11 5 61 12 4 68 27 .317 .393 .429 .822 92.4 19.6 4.0
LF *Ike Boone 34 153 586 81 173 34 3 13 90 0 0 54 15 .295 .354 .430 .784 79.3 14.4 4.3
2B  Jimmie Dykes 34 139 506 84 155 24 2 16 96 0 0 53 56 .306 .374 .457 .830 82.6 16.5 5.0
C *Glenn Myatt 33 131 465 62 130 17 3 12 58 0 1 17 65 .280 .305 .406 .712 54.5 8.2 6.2
C  Moe Berg 29 133 440 60 152 24 5 10 88 0 0 25 8 .345 .378 .491 .869 64.5 13.5 4.6
2B #Billy Rogell 26 115 319 40 68 17 4 4 47 4 0 36 23 .213 .291 .329 .620 32.1 3.3 4.0
2B  Babe Ellison 35 116 311 44 94 7 1 5 47 0 3 22 33 .302 .347 .379 .727 37.9 6.0 2.5
CF *Denver Grigsby 30 96 133 16 32 5 0 1 13 0 1 15 13 .241 .322 .301 .623 11.3 0.5 0.5
P  Tim McNamara 32 42 113 8 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 4 32 .159 .195 .212 .407 3.5 0.0 0.0
P *Hugh Canavan 34 43 103 12 23 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 23 .223 .238 .243 .481 5.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Harris 31 42 100 3 15 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 10 .150 .167 .180 .347 1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Bunny Hearn 27 33 64 4 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 21 .156 .188 .203 .392 2.7 0.0 0.0
3B *Pat Crawford 29 41 67 10 16 5 2 0 8 0 0 3 2 .239 .271 .373 .645 4.9 0.3 0.7
LF  Homer Peel 28 55 55 7 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .255 .268 .291 .559 3.7 0.1 0.0
P *Bobby Burke 24 16 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Hal Haid 33 67 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Rhodes 23 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Osborn 28 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 1940 5621 823 1605 271 50 101 779 27 18 556 494 .286 .350 .405 .755 749.6 136.9 42.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 3 5 10 4 6 3 5 9 1 8 4 1 4 4 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Tim McNamara 32 19 17 .528 42 42 0 337.7 427 163 21 65 61 4.34 15.9
*Hugh Canavan 34 18 12 .600 43 43 0 310.3 336 152 18 84 119 4.41 15.3
 Bill Harris 31 17 17 .500 42 42 0 301.3 344 135 17 65 94 4.03 15.9
*Bunny Hearn 27 12 11 .522 33 33 0 207.0 201 113 9 126 110 4.91 7.8
 Hal Haid 33 5 4 .556 67 0 1 81.0 97 32 7 24 14 3.56 6.3
 Bob Osborn 28 7 5 .583 62 0 8 78.3 80 40 1 44 18 4.60 6.4
 Sam Gibson 31 3 2 .600 46 0 1 50.0 50 19 4 12 11 3.42 4.4
 Gordon Rhodes 23 5 4 .556 42 0 23 47.0 49 13 3 21 5 2.49 8.4
*Bobby Burke 24 1 1 .500 16 0 2 26.3 33 13 1 12 9 4.44 0.9
Team Totals 29.2 87 73 .544 393 160 35 1439.0 1617 680 81 453 441 4.25 81.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 1 3 5 7 8 7 3 8 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 33.8
G.Myatt 1055.0 118 121 349 39 4 2 .990 32.5
M.Berg 381.0 42 48 120 9 0 0 1.000 18.2
B.Weis 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1439.0 160 170 471 48 4 2 .992 29.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 12.80
D.Bissonette 1328.0 147 153 1625 121 21 177 .988 11.83
B.Ellison 106.0 13 14 144 9 1 15 .994 12.99
P.Crawford 5.0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1439.0 160 168 1777 130 22 192 .989 11.93
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.64
J.Dykes 1095.0 124 128 254 478 19 110 .975 6.02
B.Ellison 323.0 35 39 88 153 4 39 .984 6.72
P.Crawford 12.0 0 4 1 7 0 1 1.000 6.00
I.Boone 9.0 1 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1439.0 160 172 344 643 23 150 .977 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.14
O.Bluege 1303.3 150 152 97 317 27 34 .939 2.86
P.Crawford 104.7 9 14 10 26 0 3 1.000 3.10
J.Dykes 31.0 1 9 1 5 1 1 .857 1.74
Team Total 1439.0 160 175 108 348 28 38 .942 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 5.85
B.Rogell 811.0 95 99 148 339 23 73 .955 5.40
M.Berg 596.0 65 77 96 247 23 50 .937 5.18
P.Crawford 31.0 0 15 4 17 1 5 .955 6.10
B.Ellison 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.0 160 192 248 603 47 128 .948 5.32
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.09
I.Boone 1304.3 148 148 372 14 3 4 .992 2.66
B.Ellison 79.0 9 9 20 0 1 0 .952 2.28
D.Grigsby 46.7 3 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
H.Peel 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.0 160 170 397 14 4 4 .990 2.57
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.65
B.Chapman 1285.0 144 147 395 14 22 5 .949 2.86
D.Grigsby 144.0 16 20 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
H.Peel 10.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1439.0 160 172 442 14 22 5 .954 2.85
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.20
B.Weis 1295.7 147 154 378 7 1 5 .997 2.67
B.Ellison 104.3 12 17 23 2 0 2 1.000 2.16
G.Myatt 13.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Grigsby 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Chapman 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
I.Boone 6.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1439.0 160 184 409 9 1 7 .998 2.61
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.48
T.McNamara 337.7 42 42 23 74 2 12 .980 2.59
H.Canavan 310.3 43 43 18 61 9 6 .898 2.29
B.Harris 301.3 42 42 16 51 2 3 .971 2.00
B.Hearn 207.0 33 33 12 41 1 1 .981 2.30
H.Haid 81.0 0 67 6 19 2 2 .926 2.78
B.Osborn 78.3 0 62 6 24 1 2 .968 3.45
S.Gibson 50.0 0 46 6 11 0 2 1.000 3.06
G.Rhodes 47.0 0 42 6 13 1 1 .950 3.64
B.Burke 26.3 0 16 1 7 1 0 .889 2.73
Team Total 1439.0 160 393 94 301 19 29 .954 2.47
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Berg .321
On-Base Pct Weis .405
Slugging Pct Bissonette .516
OPS Bissonette .917
XR Bissonette 108.7
Games Weis 155
At-Bats Chapman 614
Runs Bissonette 120
Hits Bissonette 190
Total Bases Bissonette 306
Singles Bluege 140
Doubles Chapman 41
Triples Bluege 11
Homeruns Bissonette 24
RBIs Bissonette 117
Stolen Bases Bluege 12
Caught Stealing Weis 5
Walks Weis 108
Strikeouts Weis 87
ERA Harris 4.03
Wins McNamara 19
Losses Harris, McNamara 17
Winning Pct Canavan .600
Saves Rhodes 23
Games Pitched Haid 67
Games Started Canavan 43
Complete Games McNamara 21
Shutouts Canavan, Harris, McNamara 2
Innings Pitched McNamara 337.7
Hits Allowed McNamara 427
Homeruns Allowed McNamara 21
Strikeouts Canavan 119
Walks Allowed Hearn 126
Walks per 9IP McNamara 1.7
Hits per 9IP Hearn 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Hearn 4.8
WHiP Canavan 1.35
OAVG Hearn .256
OOBP Harris .319
OSLG Hearn .361
OOPS Harris .701
Team All-Stars
Del Bissonette
Ossie Bluege
Hugh Canavan
Jimmie Dykes
Bill Harris
Player Salaries
Hugh Canavan $ 9,740,000
Tim McNamara $ 8,000,000
Bunny Hearn $ 8,000,000
Ossie Bluege $ 6,000,000
Del Bissonette $ 5,514,286
Jimmie Dykes $ 5,148,000
Butch Weis $ 4,812,700
Bill Harris $ 4,556,200
Ike Boone $ 4,280,000
Glenn Myatt $ 3,500,000
Moe Berg $ 3,135,714
Babe Ellison $ 2,500,001
Denver Grigsby $ 2,500,000
Billy Rogell $ 1,500,000
Hal Haid $ 627,600
Bob Osborn $ 500,000
Tink Riviere $ 500,000
Sam Gibson $ 450,000
Harry Kelley $ 350,000
Homer Peel $ 350,000
Bobby Burke $ 350,000
Luke Sewell $ 350,000
Pat Crawford $ 300,000
Ben Chapman $ 300,000
Gordon Rhodes $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Babe Ellison
2/14 Signed     Bob Osborn
 
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