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

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)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1April 3, 1907Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0Columbia Park1:15-[1] 
2April 4, 1907Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4Philadelphia Ball Park1:435,278[2] 
3April 5, 1907Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0Columbia Park1:403,172[3] 
4April 6, 1907Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 9Philadelphia Ball Park1:455,145[4] 
5April 8, 1907No Game - Wet GroundsColumbia Park--[5] 
6April 9, 1907No Game - RainPhiladelphia 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 9258 0.613 — 50–27 42–31
Philadelphia Athletics 8857 0.607 1½ 50–20 38–37
Chicago White Sox 8764 0.576 5½ 48–29 39–35
Cleveland Naps 8567 0.559 8 46–31 39–36
New York Highlanders 7078 0.473 21 32–41 38–37
St. Louis Browns 6983 0.454 24 36–40 33–43
Boston Americans 5990 0.396 32½ 34–41 25–49
Washington Senators 49102 0.325 43½ 26–48 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–11–38–136–168–12–18–14–210–129–12
Chicago 11–10–3—10–11–113–9–112–1010–12–116–615–6
Cleveland 13–811–10–1—11–11–115–78–1412–10–215–7–2
Detroit 16–69–13–111–11–1—13–811–8–114–818–4
New York 12–8–110–127–158–13—10–9–18–14–115–7–1
Philadelphia 14–8–212–10–114–88–11–19–10–1—14–617–4
St. Louis 12–106–1610–12–28–1414–8–16–14—13–9
Washington 12–96–157–15–24–187–15–14–179–13—

Roster

1907 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
COssee Schrecongost10135697.272038
1BHarry Davis149582155.266887
2BDanny Murphy124469127.271257
SSSimon Nicholls124460139.302023
3BJimmy Collins9936499.272035
OFTopsy Hartsel143507142.280329
OFRube Oldring117441126.286140
OFSocks Seybold147564153.271592

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 Cross7724851.206018
Bris Lord5717031.182111
Doc Powers5915929.18209
John Knight4013929.209012
Eddie Collins14238.34802
Claude Berry8194.21101

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 Plank43343.224162.20183
Rube Waddell44284.219132.15232
Jimmy Dygert42261.22182.34151
Chief Bender33219.11682.05112
Jack Coombs23132.2693.1273
Charlie Fritz13.0003.001

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 Bartley1556.1012.2416
Rube Vickers1050.1223.4021

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 Craig200010.800
Bris Lord10009.000
Sam Hope10000.000

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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