1910 Philadelphia Athletics season

1910 Philadelphia Athletics
1910 World Series Champions 1910 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
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 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 48 losses, winning the pennant by 14½ games over the New York Highlanders. The A's then defeated the Chicago Cubs in the 1910 World Series 4 games to 1.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	102	48	0.680	—	57–19	45–29
New York Highlanders	88	63	0.583	14½	49–25	39–38
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	18	46–31	40–37
Boston Red Sox	81	72	0.529	22½	51–28	30–44
Cleveland Naps	71	81	0.467	32	39–36	32–45
Chicago White Sox	68	85	0.444	35½	41–37	27–48
Washington Senators	66	85	0.437	36½	38–35	28–50
St. Louis Browns	47	107	0.305	57	26–51	21–56

Record vs. opponents

1910 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	14–8–3	12–10	9–13–1	4–18	16–6	16–5–1
Chicago	12–10	—	10–12	9–13	8–13–2	8–14–1	12–10	9–13
Cleveland	8–14–3	12–10	—	9–13	8–13	7–14–4	18–4–1	9–13–1
Detroit	10–12	13–9	13–9	—	13–9	9–13	15–7	13–9–1
New York	13–9–1	13–8–2	13–8	9–13	—	9–12	16–6–1	15–7–1
Philadelphia	18–4	14–8–1	14–7–4	13–9	12–9	—	17–5	14–6
St. Louis	6–16	10–12	4–18–1	7–15	6–16–1	5–17	—	9–13–2
Washington	5–16–1	13–9	13–9–1	9–13–1	7–15–1	6–14	13–9–2	—

Roster

1910 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Atkins Chief Bender Jack Coombs Jimmy Dygert Harry Krause Cy Morgan Eddie Plank Lefty Russell		Catchers Pat Donahue Jack Lapp Paddy Livingston Earle Mack Ira Thomas Infielders Frank Baker Jack Barry Eddie Collins Harry Davis Claud Derrick Ben Houser Stuffy McInnis Morrie Rath		Outfielders Topsy Hartsel Heinie Heitmuller Bris Lord Danny Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk		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	139	492	122	.248	1	41
3B	Baker, FrankFrank Baker	146	561	159	.283	2	74
OF	Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy	151	560	168	.300	4	64

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

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
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	45	353	31	9	1.30	224
Bender, ChiefChief Bender	30	250	23	5	1.58	155

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
Dygert, JimmyJimmy Dygert	19	99.1	4	4	2.54	59
Atkins, TommyTommy Atkins	15	57	3	2	2.68	29

Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series

The Athletics, as well as the Detroit Tigers, Habana club and the Almendares club, competed in the second Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series in 1910.^[1]

1910 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cubs – 1, Athletics – 4	October 17	Shibe Park	26,891
2	Cubs – 3, Athletics – 9	October 18	Shibe Park	24,597
3	Athletics – 12, Cubs – 5	October 20	West Side Park	26,210
4	Athletics – 3, Cubs – 4 (10 innings)	October 22	West Side Park	19,150
5	Athletics – 7, Cubs – 2	October 23	West Side Park	27,374

References

1. 1910 Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series

External links

• 1910 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1910 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com