1903 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1903 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished 2nd in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 60 losses, 14½ games behind the Boston Americans.

1903 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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Offseason

• February 1903: Ollie Pickering was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Naps.[1]

Regular season

The 1903 Philadelphia Athletics

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	91	47	0.659	—	49–20	42–27
Philadelphia Athletics	75	60	0.556	14½	44–21	31–39
Cleveland Naps	77	63	0.550	15	49–25	28–38
New York Highlanders	72	62	0.537	17	41–26	31–36
Detroit Tigers	65	71	0.478	25	37–28	28–43
St. Louis Browns	65	74	0.468	26½	38–32	27–42
Chicago White Stockings	60	77	0.438	30½	41–28	19–49
Washington Senators	43	94	0.314	47½	29–40	14–54

Record vs. opponents

1903 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	14–6	12–8	10–9–1	13–7	13–6	14–6	15–5–2
Chicago	6–14	—	10–10	10–9	7–11–1	6–14	9–11	12–8
Cleveland	8–12	10–10	—	9–11	14–6	9–11	11–9	16–4
Detroit	9–10–1	9–10	11–9	—	10–9	11–9	6–14	9–10
New York	7–13	11–7–1	6–14	9–10	—	10–8–1	15–5	14–5
Philadelphia	6–13	14–6	11–9	9–11	8–10–1	—	11–8	16–3–1
St. Louis	6–14	11–9	9–11	14–6	5–15	8–11	—	12–8
Washington	5–15–2	8–12	4–16	10–9	5–14	3–16–1	8–12	—

Roster

1903 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jim Fairbank Weldon Henley Connie McGeehan Ed Pinnance Eddie Plank Tad Quinn Rube Waddell		Catchers John Callahan Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Lave Cross Monte Cross Bert Daly Harry Davis Ed Hilley Danny Murphy		Outfielders Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Ollie Pickering 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
C	Ossee Schrecongost	92	306	78	.255	3	30
1B	Harry Davis	106	420	125	.298	6	55
2B	Danny Murphy	133	513	140	.273	1	60
SS	Monte Cross	137	470	116	.247	3	45
3B	Lave Cross	137	559	163	.292	2	90
OF	Topsy Hartsel	98	373	116	.311	5	26
OF	Ollie Pickering	137	512	144	.281	1	36
OF	Socks Seybold	137	522	156	.299	8	84

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
Doc Powers	75	247	56	.227	0	23
Danny Hoffman	74	248	61	.246	2	22
Bert Daly	10	21	4	.190	0	4
John Callahan	1	5	0	.000	0	0
Ed Hilley	1	3	1	.333	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
Eddie Plank	43	336	23	16	2.38	176
Rube Waddell	39	324	21	16	2.44	302
Chief Bender	36	270	17	14	3.07	127
Weldon Henley	29	186.1	12	10	3.91	86

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
Andy Coakley	6	37.2	0	3	5.50	20
Jim Fairbank	4	24	1	1	4.88	10
Ed Pinnance	2	7	0	0	2.57	2

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
Connie McGeehan	3	1	0	0	4.50	4
Tad Quinn	2	0	0	0	5.00	1
Danny Hoffman	1	0	0	0	3.00	0

Notes

1. Ollie Pickering page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1903 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1903 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com