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1903 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Columbia Park (Since 1901) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1903 Information
Owner(s)	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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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.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Notes
5 References

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	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Americans	91	47	3	--	.659
Philadelphia Athletics	75	60	2	14½	.556
Cleveland Naps	77	63	0	15	.550
New York Highlanders	72	62	2	17	.537
Detroit Tigers	65	71	1	25	.478
St. Louis Browns	65	74	0	26½	.468
Chicago White Stockings	60	77	1	30½	.438
Washington Senators	43	94	3	47½	.314

Roster

1903 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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	106	420	125	.298	6	55
OF	Pickering, OllieOllie Pickering	137	512	144	.281	1	36

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
Hoffman, DannyDanny Hoffman	74	248	61	.246	2	22
Callahan, JohnJohn Callahan	1	5	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
Bender, ChiefChief Bender	36	270	17	14	3.07	127

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
Coakley, AndyAndy Coakley	6	37.2	0	3	5.50	20
Fairbank, JimJim Fairbank	4	24	1	1	4.88	10

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
Quinn, TadTad Quinn	2	0	0	0	5.00	1
Hoffman, DannyDanny Hoffman	1	0	0	0	3.00	0

Notes

^ Ollie Pickering page at Baseball Reference

References

v t e 1903 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1903 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

1900s-1910s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s-1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s-2010s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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