1907 Philadelphia Athletics season

1907 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Columbia Park (since 1901)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1907 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 57 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	92	58	0.613	—	50–27	42–31
Philadelphia Athletics	88	57	0.607	1½	50–20	38–37
Chicago White Sox	87	64	0.576	5½	48–29	39–35
Cleveland Naps	85	67	0.559	8	46–31	39–36
New York Highlanders	70	78	0.473	21	32–41	38–37
St. Louis Browns	69	83	0.454	24	36–40	33–43
Boston Americans	59	90	0.396	32½	34–41	25–49
Washington Senators	49	102	0.325	43½	26–48	23–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–11–3	8–13	6–16	8–12–1	8–14–2	10–12	9–12
Chicago	11–10–3	—	10–11–1	13–9–1	12–10	10–12–1	16–6	15–6
Cleveland	13–8	11–10–1	—	11–11–1	15–7	8–14	12–10–2	15–7–2
Detroit	16–6	9–13–1	11–11–1	—	13–8	11–8–1	14–8	18–4
New York	12–8–1	10–12	7–15	8–13	—	10–9–1	8–14–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	14–8–2	12–10–1	14–8	8–11–1	9–10–1	—	14–6	17–4
St. Louis	12–10	6–16	10–12–2	8–14	14–8–1	6–14	—	13–9
Washington	12–9	6–15	7–15–2	4–18	7–15–1	4–17	9–13	—

Roster

1907 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bartley Chief Bender Jack Coombs George Craig Jimmy Dygert Charlie Fritz Sam Hope Eddie Plank Rube Vickers Rube Waddell		Catchers Claude Berry Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Monte Cross Harry Davis John Knight Danny Murphy Simon Nicholls		Outfielders Topsy Hartsel Bris Lord Rube Oldring Socks Seybold		Manager Connie Mack

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
1B	Davis, HarryHarry Davis	149	582	155	.266	8	87
SS	Nicholls, SimonSimon Nicholls	124	460	139	.302	0	23

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
Lord, BrisBris Lord	57	170	31	.182	1	11
Knight, JohnJohn Knight	40	139	29	.209	0	12

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
Bender, ChiefChief Bender	33	219.1	16	8	2.05	112
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	23	132.2	6	9	3.12	73

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
Bartley, BillBill Bartley	15	56.1	0	1	2.24	16

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
Lord, BrisBris Lord	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Notes

References

• 1907 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1907 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com