The 1919
Philadelphia Athletics
The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ...
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.
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 Harry Davis may refer to:
Sports
* Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) (1873–1947), Major League Baseball first baseman
* Harry Davis (1930s first baseman) (1908–1997), played for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns (1932–1937)
* Harry Da ...
has been coaxed out of his retirement and has been made assistant manager of the Athletics."
[ ] 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."
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Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
* June 13, 1919: Roy Grover
Roy Arthur Grover (January 17, 1892 – February 7, 1978) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between and , for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators (1901–60), Was ...
was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators for Harry Thompson.Roy Grover page at Baseball Reference
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Roster
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''
Other batters
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
Pitching
Starting pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Other pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Relief pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Awards and honors
League top ten finishers
Rollie Naylor
Roleine Cecil "Rollie" Naylor (February 4, 1892 – June 18, 1966) was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1917 until 1924. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics
The Philadelphia Athletics were a ...
* #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 Reference1919 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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Oakland Athletics seasons
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Oakland
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