# 1907 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1907 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 57 losses.

## Preseason
### 1907 Philadelphia City Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (0) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (4)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | April 3, 1907 | Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 | Columbia Park | 1:15 | - |
| 2 | April 4, 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:43 | 5,278 |
| 3 | April 5, 1907 | Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 | Columbia Park | 1:40 | 3,172 |
| 4 | April 6, 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 9 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:45 | 5,145 |
| 5 | April 8, 1907 | No Game - Wet Grounds | Columbia Park | - | - |
| 6 | April 9, 1907 | No Game - Rain | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | - |
The Phillies sweep dropped the Athletucs to 18-19 against the Phils all-time in the city series.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 58 | .613 | — | 50‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 57 | .607 | 1½ | 50‍–‍20 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 64 | .576 | 5½ | 48‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Cleveland Naps | 85 | 67 | .559 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍36 |
| New York Highlanders | 70 | 78 | .473 | 21 | 32‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 69 | 83 | .454 | 24 | 36‍–‍40 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Americans | 59 | 90 | .396 | 32½ | 34‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍49 |
| Washington Senators | 49 | 102 | .325 | 43½ | 26‍–‍48 | 23‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11–3 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 8–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 10–12 | 9–12 |
| Chicago | 11–10–3 | — | 10–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 16–6 | 15–6 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 11–10–1 | — | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 12–10–2 | 15–7–2 |
| Detroit | 16–6 | 9–13–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 13–8 | 11–8–1 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| New York | 12–8–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 8–13 | — | 10–9–1 | 8–14–1 | 15–7–1 |
| Philadelphia | 14–8–2 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 8–11–1 | 9–10–1 | — | 14–6 | 17–4 |
| St. Louis | 12–10 | 6–16 | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | 6–14 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 12–9 | 6–15 | 7–15–2 | 4–18 | 7–15–1 | 4–17 | 9–13 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 101 | 356 | 97 | .272 | 0 | 38 |
| 1B | Harry Davis | 149 | 582 | 155 | .266 | 8 | 87 |
| 2B | Danny Murphy | 124 | 469 | 127 | .271 | 2 | 57 |
| SS | Simon Nicholls | 124 | 460 | 139 | .302 | 0 | 23 |
| 3B | Jimmy Collins | 99 | 364 | 99 | .272 | 0 | 35 |
| OF | Topsy Hartsel | 143 | 507 | 142 | .280 | 3 | 29 |
| OF | Rube Oldring | 117 | 441 | 126 | .286 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Socks Seybold | 147 | 564 | 153 | .271 | 5 | 92 |

#### 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 |
| Monte Cross | 77 | 248 | 51 | .206 | 0 | 18 |
| Bris Lord | 57 | 170 | 31 | .182 | 1 | 11 |
| Doc Powers | 59 | 159 | 29 | .182 | 0 | 9 |
| John Knight | 40 | 139 | 29 | .209 | 0 | 12 |
| Eddie Collins | 14 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 2 |
| Claude Berry | 8 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 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 |
| Eddie Plank | 43 | 343.2 | 24 | 16 | 2.20 | 183 |
| Rube Waddell | 44 | 284.2 | 19 | 13 | 2.15 | 232 |
| Jimmy Dygert | 42 | 261.2 | 21 | 8 | 2.34 | 151 |
| Chief Bender | 33 | 219.1 | 16 | 8 | 2.05 | 112 |
| Jack Coombs | 23 | 132.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.12 | 73 |
| Charlie Fritz | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Bartley | 15 | 56.1 | 0 | 1 | 2.24 | 16 |
| Rube Vickers | 10 | 50.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.40 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| George Craig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |
| Bris Lord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Sam Hope | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |