1910 Philadelphia Athletics season

1910 Philadelphia Athletics
1910 World Series Champions 1910 American League Champions
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Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers	Connie Mack

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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	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	—

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
C	Jack Lapp	71	192	45	.234	0	17
1B	Harry Davis	139	492	122	.248	1	41
2B	Eddie Collins	153	581	188	.324	3	81
3B	Frank Baker	146	561	159	.283	2	74
SS	Jack Barry	145	487	126	.259	3	60
OF	Bris Lord	70	279	78	.280	1	20
OF	Rube Oldring	134	546	168	.308	4	57
OF	Danny 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
Topsy Hartsel	90	285	63	.221	0	22
Ira Thomas	60	180	50	.278	1	19
Paddy Livingston	37	120	25	.208	0	9
Heinie Heitmuller	31	111	27	.243	0	7
Ben Houser	34	69	13	.188	0	7
Stuffy McInnis	19	73	22	.301	0	12
Amos Strunk	16	48	16	.333	0	2
Pat Donahue	15	35	5	.143	0	4
Morrie Rath	18	26	4	.154	0	1
Earle Mack	1	4	2	.500	0	0
Claud Derrick	2	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Jack Coombs	45	353	31	9	1.30	224
Cy Morgan	31	290.2	18	12	1.55	134
Eddie Plank	38	250.1	16	10	2.01	55
Chief Bender	30	250	23	5	1.58	155
Harry Krause	16	112.1	6	6	2.88	60

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
Jimmy Dygert	19	99.1	4	4	2.54	59
Tommy Atkins	15	57	3	2	2.68	29
Lefty Russell	1	9	1	0	0.00	5

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.

1910 World Series

Main article: 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

External links

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