1903 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack

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

Offseason

Preseason

1903 Philadelphia City Series

The 1903 Philadelphia Athletics

The A's had begun play in 1901 but National League and American League teams did not play each other in 1901 or 1902 as the leagues battled to expand their markets and customers.

After the leagues made peace after 1902, the Phillies and Athletics scheduled a preseason series for the local championship. The Player League’s Philadelphia Athletics and American Association Athletics had contested the local championship with the Phillies between 1883 and 1890.

Prior to the start of the series, the Athletics players threatened not to play unless they were paid a percentage of the gate receipts. Connie Mack refused his players on the grounds that while their contracts stipulated they receive gate receipts from mid-season exhibition games, the games against the Phillies would occur prior to the start of the official season and would be unpaid exhibition games as much as any preseason contest.

The Phillies and Athletics played five of nine scheduled games; the Phillies defeated the Athletics, 4 games to 1.

The series was scheduled to begin on April 4, 1903 at the Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park but was called off due to rain.[2] Games scheduled for April 7, 1903[3] at the Phillies’ park and April 8, 1903 at the Athletics’ Columbia Park were also canceled due to rain and wet grounds,[4] along with the final scheduled game of the series on April 14, 1903 at the Phillies’ park.[5]

AL Philadelphia Athletics (1) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1April 6, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 (10)Columbia Park1:556,543[6] 
2April 9, 1903Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 6 (10)Philadelphia Ball Park2:106,640[7] 
3April 10, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 3Columbia Park1:408,771[8] 
4April 11, 1903Philadelphia Athletics – 7, Philadelphia Phillies – 1Philadelphia Ball Park1:3813,050[9] 
5April 13, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 (10)Columbia Park1:405,843[10]

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9147 0.659 — 49–20 42–27
Philadelphia Athletics 7560 0.556 14½ 44–21 31–39
Cleveland Naps 7763 0.550 15 49–25 28–38
New York Highlanders 7262 0.537 17 41–26 31–36
Detroit Tigers 6571 0.478 25 37–28 28–43
St. Louis Browns 6574 0.468 26½ 38–32 27–42
Chicago White Stockings 6077 0.438 30½ 41–28 19–49
Washington Senators 4394 0.314 47½ 29–40 14–54

Record vs. opponents

1903 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —14–612–810–9–113–713–614–615–5–2
Chicago 6–14—10–1010–97–11–16–149–1112–8
Cleveland 8–1210–10—9–1114–69–1111–916–4
Detroit 9–10–19–1011–9—10–911–96–149–10
New York 7–1311–7–16–149–10—10–8–115–514–5
Philadelphia 6–1314–611–99–118–10–1—11–816–3–1
St. Louis 6–1411–99–1114–65–158–11—12–8
Washington 5–15–28–124–1610–95–143–16–18–12—

Roster

1903 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Postseason

1903 Philadelphia City Series (Fall)

The Philadelphia Phillies and Athletics played a postseason series for the local championship in addition to the preseason series played in April. The teams played seven of ten games scheduled;[11] games scheduled for October 8, 1903; October 9, 1903; and October 10, 1903 were canceled due to rain. The Athletics won the series, 4 games to 3.

All of the series games were played at the Athletics’ Columbia Park with each team alternating as the home team. The Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park’s had collapsed on August 8 1903 leaving four dead, and closing the ballpark for the balance of the season.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 30, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 7Columbia Park1:352,008[12] 
2October 1, 1903Philadelphia Athletics – 6, Philadelphia Phillies – 0Columbia Park1:452,439[13] 
3October 2, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 5, Philadelphia Athletics – 1Columbia Park1:401,438[14] 
4October 3, 1903Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0Columbia Park1:353,896[15] 
5October 5, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 6Columbia Park1:40-[16] 
6October 6, 1903Philadelphia Athletics – 2, Philadelphia Phillies – 14 (8)Columbia Park1:501,084[17] 
7October 7, 1903Philadelphia Phillies – 13, Philadelphia Athletics – 3Columbia Park2:00992[18]

After the 1903 season, the Phillies had won 7 and the Athletics had won 5 of the 12 total games played in the city series.

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
COssee Schrecongost9230678.255330
1BHarry Davis106420125.298655
2BDanny Murphy133513140.273160
SSMonte Cross137470116.247345
3BLave Cross137559163.292290
OFTopsy Hartsel98373116.311526
OFOllie Pickering137512144.281136
OFSocks Seybold137522156.299884

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
Danny Hoffman7424861.246222
Doc Powers7524756.227023
Bert Daly10214.19004
John Callahan150.00000
Ed Hilley131.33300

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 Plank43336.023162.38176
Rube Waddell39324.021162.44302
Chief Bender36270.017143.07127
Weldon Henley29186.112103.9186

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 Coakley637.2035.5020
Jim Fairbank424.0114.8810
Ed Pinnance27.0002.572

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 McGeehan31004.504
Tad Quinn20005.001
Danny Hoffman10003.000

Notes

  1. ↑ Ollie Pickering page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Athletics Will Be Good Fellows". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1903. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Phillies and Athletics To-Day". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1903. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Damp Day Diamond Dust". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1903. p. 10.
  5. ↑ "National League Lines Up To-Day". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1903. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Athletics Lose First Game to Phillies, 2 to 0". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1903. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Monte Cross Benched; Athletics Lose 6-5". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1903. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Phillies Outplay Those Champions". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1903. p. 10.
  9. ↑ "Athletics Finally Secure a Victory". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1903. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Nationals Cinch the Local Series". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1903. p. 10.
  11. ↑ "Passed Balls". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1903. p. 10.
  12. ↑ "Athletics Bunch Hits in Eighth". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 1, 1903. p. 10.
  13. ↑ "Henley Too Deep for the Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1903. p. 10.
  14. ↑ "Sparks Ties Up Athletics Into Very Hard Knots". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 3, 1903. p. 10.
  15. ↑ "The Phillies Are Again Shut Out". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1903. p. 12.
  16. ↑ "Phillies at the Mercy of Plank". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1903. p. 10.
  17. ↑ "Mitchell Again Downs Athletics". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 7, 1903. p. 10.
  18. ↑ "Phillies Put The Game Away On Ice". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1903. p. 10.

References

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