1923 Philadelphia Athletics season

1923 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1923 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 83 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	54	0.645	—	46–30	52–24
Detroit Tigers	83	71	0.539	16	45–32	38–39
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	16½	42–36	40–35
Washington Senators	75	78	0.490	23½	43–34	32–44
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	24	40–36	34–42
Philadelphia Athletics	69	83	0.454	29	34–41	35–42
Chicago White Sox	69	85	0.448	30	30–45	39–40
Boston Red Sox	61	91	0.401	37	37–40	24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	10–12	10–12–1	8–14	13–7	4–18–1	7–15
Chicago	13–9	—	9–13	9–13	7–15	10–12	11–11–1	10–12–1
Cleveland	12–10	13–9	—	9–13	12–10	12–10	14–8	10–11
Detroit	12–10–1	13–9	13–9	—	10–12	12–10	12–10	11–11
New York	14–8	15–7	10–12	12–10	—	16–6	15–5	16–6
Philadelphia	7–13	12–10	10–12	10–12	6–16	—	9–13	15–7–1
St. Louis	18–4–1	11–11–1	8–14	10–12	5–15	13–9	—	9–13
Washington	15–7	12–10–1	11–10	11–11	6–16	7–15–1	13–9	—

Roster

1923 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Dennis Burns Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Hank Hulvey Al Kellett Ren Kelly Walt Kinney Roy Meeker Rollie Naylor Harry O'Neill Curly Ogden Doc Ozmer Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg Chuck Wolfe		Catchers Frank Bruggy Cy Perkins Chuck Rowland Infielders Jimmy Dykes Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Hauser Harry Riconda Heinie Scheer Doc Wood		Outfielders Walter French John Jones Wid Matthews Beauty McGowan Bing Miller Tilly Walker Frank Welch		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
2B	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	124	416	105	.252	4	43
OF	Welch, FrankFrank Welch	125	421	125	.297	4	55

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
French, WalterWalter French	16	39	9	.231	0	2
Jones, JohnJohn Jones	1	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Hasty, BobBob Hasty	44	243.1	13	15	4.44	56

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
Harriss, SlimSlim Harriss	46	209.1	10	16	4.00	89
Heimach, FredFred Heimach	40	208.1	6	12	4.32	63
Walberg, RubeRube Walberg	26	115	4	8	5.32	38
Burns, DennisDennis Burns	4	27	2	1	2.00	8

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
Wolfe, ChuckChuck Wolfe	3	0	0	0	3.72	1
O'Neill, HarryHarry O'Neill	3	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

External links

• 1923 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1923 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com