# 1923 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1923 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 83 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 52‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 16½ | 42‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 78 | .490 | 23½ | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | .487 | 24 | 40‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 83 | .454 | 29 | 34‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 30 | 30‍–‍45 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 61 | 91 | .401 | 37 | 37‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 13–7 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–11 |
| Detroit | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 15–5 | 16–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7–13 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 18–4–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–15 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — |

### 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 | Cy Perkins | 143 | 500 | 135 | .270 | 2 | 65 |
| 1B | Joe Hauser | 146 | 537 | 165 | .307 | 17 | 94 |
| 2B | Jimmy Dykes | 124 | 416 | 105 | .252 | 4 | 43 |
| SS | Chick Galloway | 134 | 504 | 140 | .278 | 2 | 62 |
| 3B | Sammy Hale | 115 | 434 | 125 | .288 | 3 | 51 |
| OF | Bing Miller | 123 | 458 | 137 | .299 | 12 | 64 |
| OF | Wid Matthews | 129 | 485 | 133 | .274 | 1 | 25 |
| OF | Frank Welch | 125 | 421 | 125 | .297 | 4 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Beauty McGowan | 95 | 287 | 73 | .254 | 1 | 19 |
| Heinie Scheer | 69 | 210 | 50 | .238 | 2 | 21 |
| Harry Riconda | 55 | 175 | 46 | .263 | 0 | 12 |
| Tillie Walker | 52 | 109 | 30 | .275 | 2 | 16 |
| Frank Bruggy | 54 | 105 | 22 | .210 | 1 | 6 |
| Walter French | 16 | 39 | 9 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Chuck Rowland | 5 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Jones | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Doc Wood | 3 | 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 Rommel | 56 | 297.2 | 18 | 19 | 3.27 | 76 |
| Bob Hasty | 44 | 243.1 | 13 | 15 | 4.44 | 56 |
| Rollie Naylor | 26 | 143.0 | 12 | 7 | 3.46 | 27 |
| Hank Hulvey | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Slim Harriss | 46 | 209.1 | 10 | 16 | 4.00 | 89 |
| Fred Heimach | 40 | 208.1 | 6 | 12 | 4.32 | 63 |
| Rube Walberg | 26 | 115.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.32 | 38 |
| Dennis Burns | 4 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 8 |
| Roy Meeker | 5 | 25.2 | 3 | 0 | 3.60 | 12 |
| Walt Kinney | 5 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Curly Ogden | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 14 |
| Al Kellett | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.30 | 1 |
| Chuck Wolfe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 1 |
| Harry O'Neill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Ren Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 1 |
| Doc Ozmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |