# 1933 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1933 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses. Jimmie Foxx became the first player to win two American League MVP Awards.

## Regular season

* August 14, 1933: Jimmie Foxx hit for the cycle. Part of the cycle included hitting a grand slam. During a two-week span, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx and Pinky Higgins all hit for the cycle during the season.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍23 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 4–17 |
| Chicago | 7–11 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 7–13 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 14–7–1 | 8–14 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 9–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 7–14–1 | 6–14 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 17–4 | 15–7 | 13–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — |

### 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 | Mickey Cochrane | 130 | 429 | 138 | .322 | 15 | 60 |
| 1B | Jimmie Foxx | 149 | 573 | 204 | .356 | 48 | 163 |
| 2B | Max Bishop | 117 | 391 | 115 | .294 | 4 | 42 |
| SS | Dib Williams | 115 | 408 | 118 | .289 | 11 | 73 |
| 3B | Pinky Higgins | 152 | 567 | 178 | .314 | 13 | 99 |
| OF | Doc Cramer | 152 | 661 | 195 | .295 | 8 | 75 |
| OF | Ed Coleman | 102 | 388 | 109 | .281 | 6 | 68 |
| OF | Bob Johnson | 142 | 535 | 155 | .290 | 21 | 93 |

#### 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 |
| Eric McNair | 89 | 310 | 81 | .261 | 7 | 48 |
| Lou Finney | 74 | 240 | 64 | .267 | 3 | 32 |
| Ed Madjeski | 51 | 142 | 40 | .282 | 0 | 17 |
| Bing Miller | 67 | 120 | 33 | .275 | 2 | 17 |
| Ed Cihocki | 33 | 97 | 14 | .144 | 0 | 9 |
| Frankie Hayes | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Zapustas | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
| Lefty Grove | 45 | 275.1 | 24 | 8 | 3.20 | 114 |
| Sugar Cain | 38 | 218.0 | 13 | 12 | 4.25 | 43 |
| Roy Mahaffey | 33 | 179.1 | 13 | 10 | 5.17 | 66 |
| George Earnshaw | 21 | 117.2 | 5 | 10 | 5.97 | 37 |
| Johnny Marcum | 5 | 37.0 | 3 | 2 | 1.95 | 14 |
| Emil Roy | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Rube Walberg | 40 | 201.0 | 9 | 13 | 4.88 | 68 |
| Jim Peterson | 32 | 90.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.96 | 18 |
| Dick Barrett | 15 | 70.1 | 4 | 4 | 5.76 | 26 |
| Tony Freitas | 19 | 64.1 | 2 | 4 | 7.27 | 15 |
| Bill Dietrich | 8 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.82 | 4 |
| Hank McDonald | 4 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.11 | 1 |
| Tim McKeithan | 3 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Coombs | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7.47 | 8 |
| Gowell Claset | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 1 |
| Hank Winston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Spencer Abbott |
| A | Williamsport Grays | New York–Pennsylvania League | Mike McNally |