1933 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe |
Managers | Connie Mack |
The 1933 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the: A's finishing third in theββAmerican League with a record of 79 wins. And 72 losses. Jimmie Foxx became the first playerββto win two American League MVP Awards.
Regular seasonβ»
- August 14, 1933: Jimmie Foxx hit for the "cycle." Part of the cycle included hitting grand slam. During two-week span, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx and Pinky Higgins all hit for the cycle during the season.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | β | 46β30 | 53β23 |
New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51β23 | 40β36 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19Β½ | 46β29 | 33β43 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23Β½ | 45β32 | 30β44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43β35 | 32β44 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35β41 | 32β42 |
Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34Β½ | 32β40 | 31β46 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43Β½ | 30β46 | 25β50 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 11β7 | 6β16 | 11β11 | 8β14 | 14β8 | 9β13 | 4β17 | |||||
Chicago | 7β11 | β | 9β13 | 10β12 | 7β15β1 | 12β10 | 15β7 | 7β15 | |||||
Cleveland | 16β6 | 13β9 | β | 10β12 | 7β13 | 6β16 | 15β7 | 8β13 | |||||
Detroit | 11β11 | 12β10 | 12β10 | β | 7β15 | 11β11 | 14β8β1 | 8β14 | |||||
New York | 14β8 | 15β7β1 | 13β7 | 15β7 | β | 12β9 | 14β7β1 | 8β14 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8β14 | 10β12 | 16β6 | 11β11 | 9β12 | β | 14β6 | 11β11β1 | |||||
St. Louis | 13β9 | 7β15 | 7β15 | 8β14β1 | 7β14β1 | 6β14 | β | 7β15 | |||||
Washington | 17β4 | 15β7 | 13β8 | 14β8 | 14β8 | 11β11β1 | 15β7 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by, positionβ»
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 | Mickey Cochrane | 130 | 429 | 138 | .322 | 15 | 60 |
1B | Jimmie Foxx | 149 | 573 | 204 | .356 | 48 | 163 |
2B | Max Bishop | 117 | 391 | 115 | .294 | 4 | 42 |
SS | Dib Williams | 115 | 408 | 118 | .289 | 11 | 73 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 152 | 567 | 178 | .314 | 13 | 99 |
OF | Doc Cramer | 152 | 661 | 195 | .295 | 8 | 75 |
OF | Ed Coleman | 102 | 388 | 109 | .281 | 6 | 68 |
OF | Bob Johnson | 142 | 535 | 155 | .290 | 21 | 93 |
Other battersβ»
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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Eric McNair | 89 | 310 | 81 | .261 | 7 | 48 |
Lou Finney | 74 | 240 | 64 | .267 | 3 | 32 |
Ed Madjeski | 51 | 142 | 40 | .282 | 0 | 17 |
Bing Miller | 67 | 120 | 33 | .275 | 2 | 17 |
Ed Cihocki | 33 | 97 | 14 | .144 | 0 | 9 |
Frankie Hayes | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Zapustas | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Lefty Grove | 45 | 275.1 | 24 | 8 | 3.20 | 114 |
Sugar Cain | 38 | 218.0 | 13 | 12 | 4.25 | 43 |
Roy Mahaffey | 33 | 179.1 | 13 | 10 | 5.17 | 66 |
George Earnshaw | 21 | 117.2 | 5 | 10 | 5.97 | 37 |
Johnny Marcum | 5 | 37.0 | 3 | 2 | 1.95 | 14 |
Emil Roy | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 3 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Rube Walberg | 40 | 201.0 | 9 | 13 | 4.88 | 68 |
Jim Peterson | 32 | 90.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.96 | 18 |
Dick Barrett | 15 | 70.1 | 4 | 4 | 5.76 | 26 |
Tony Freitas | 19 | 64.1 | 2 | 4 | 7.27 | 15 |
Bill Dietrich | 8 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.82 | 4 |
Hank McDonald | 4 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.11 | 1 |
Tim McKeithan | 3 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 3 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Bobby Coombs | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7.47 | 8 |
Gowell Claset | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 1 |
Hank Winston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |
Farm systemβ»
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Spencer Abbott |
A | Williamsport Grays | New YorkβPennsylvania League | Mike McNally |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, "p." 151, David Nemec and "Scott Flatow," A Signet Book, "Penguin Group," New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ "Hitting for the Cycle Records | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External linksβ»
- 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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