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Al Simmons and the 1929–1931 Athletics were the subject of an August 19, 1996, cover story in Sports Illustrated with the teaser, "The Team that Time Forgot". Author William Nack wrote, "according to most old-timers who played in that era, the 1927 and '28 Yankees and the 1929 and '30 Athletics matched up so closely that they were nearly ...
Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs: First season since 1912 that both pennant winners won by more than 10 games. [ 22 ] Philadelphia Athletics: On October 12, during Game 4 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics scored ten runs in the seventh inning to come back from an 8–0 deficit.
September 21 – Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics win their 100th game of the season, 10–7, over the Detroit Tigers. October 5 – The Philadelphia Phillies' Lefty O'Doul goes six-for-nine in a double header with the New York Giants on the last day of the season for the Phillies, ending the season with a .398 batting average.
This was the first World Series game ever played at Wrigley Field.. Because seven of the eight regulars in the Cubs' lineup hit right-handed, Athletics manager Connie Mack started only right-handed pitchers during the series and kept all his left-handed pitchers in the bullpen, even though two of his best starters, Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg, were left-handed.
While the 1927 New York Yankees, whose batting order was known as the Murderers' Row, are remembered as one of the best teams in baseball history, the Athletics teams of the late 1920s and early 1930s are largely forgotten. [5]
In his senior year on the baseball team, he had a .441 batting average. [1] Miller played a total of 448 games in minor league baseball across four seasons from 1925–1929. [2] Primarily a second baseman, he also played four games as an outfielder. [2] During the 1929 season, Miller played two games with the Philadelphia Athletics. [3]
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July 4, 1929, for the Philadelphia Athletics: Last MLB appearance; September 20, 1929, for the Philadelphia Athletics: MLB statistics (through 1929) Batting average.232: Hits: 13: Runs batted in: 4: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; Philadelphia Athletics