1933 Philadelphia Athletics season

Summary

The 1933 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses. Jimmie Foxx became the first player to win two American League MVP Awards.[1]

1933 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1932
1934 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 99 53 0.651 46–30 53–23
New York Yankees 91 59 0.607 7 51–23 40–36
Philadelphia Athletics 79 72 0.523 19½ 46–29 33–43
Cleveland Indians 75 76 0.497 23½ 45–32 30–44
Detroit Tigers 75 79 0.487 25 43–35 32–44
Chicago White Sox 67 83 0.447 31 35–41 32–42
Boston Red Sox 63 86 0.423 34½ 32–40 31–46
St. Louis Browns 55 96 0.364 43½ 30–46 25–50

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 11–7 6–16 11–11 8–14 14–8 9–13 4–17
Chicago 7–11 9–13 10–12 7–15–1 12–10 15–7 7–15
Cleveland 16–6 13–9 10–12 7–13 6–16 15–7 8–13
Detroit 11–11 12–10 12–10 7–15 11–11 14–8–1 8–14
New York 14–8 15–7–1 13–7 15–7 12–9 14–7–1 8–14
Philadelphia 8–14 10–12 16–6 11–11 9–12 14–6 11–11–1
St. Louis 13–9 7–15 7–15 8–14–1 7–14–1 6–14 7–15
Washington 17–4 15–7 13–8 14–8 14–8 11–11–1 15–7


Roster edit

1933 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 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 batters edit

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
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

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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 system edit

Level Team League Manager
AA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Spencer Abbott
A Williamsport Grays New York–Pennsylvania League Mike McNally

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References edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Hitting for the Cycle Records | Baseball Almanac".
  3. ^ 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 links edit

  • 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com