1919 Philadelphia Phillies season

1919 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Baker Bowl (since 1887) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	William F. Baker
Manager(s)	Jack Coombs, Gavvy Cravath
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The following lists the events of the 1919 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	96	44	0.686	—	51–19	45–25
New York Giants	87	53	0.621	9	46–23	41–30
Chicago Cubs	75	65	0.536	21	40–31	35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	68	0.511	24½	39–31	32–37
Brooklyn Robins	69	71	0.493	27	36–34	33–37
Boston Braves	57	82	0.410	38½	29–38	28–44
St. Louis Cardinals	54	83	0.394	40½	34–35	20–48
Philadelphia Phillies	47	90	0.343	47½	26–44	21–46

Record vs. opponents[]

1919 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–13	7–13	4–16	6–14	15–5	8–11	10–10–1
Brooklyn	13–7	—	9–11	7–13	8–12	12–8–1	9–11	11–9
Chicago	13–7	11–9	—	8–12	6–14	13–7	11–9	13–7
Cincinnati	16–4	13–7	12–8	—	12–8	15–5	14–6	14–6
New York	14–6	12–8	14–6	8–12	—	14–6	11–9	14–6
Philadelphia	5–15	8–12–1	7–13	5–15	6–14	—	6–14	10–7
Pittsburgh	11–8	11–9	9–11	6–14	9–11	14–6	—	11–9
St. Louis	10–10–1	9–11	7–13	6–14	6–14	7–10	9–11	—

Roster[]

1919 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Mike Cantwell Larry Cheney Rags Faircloth Brad Hogg Elmer Jacobs Lee Meadows Pat Murray Joe Oeschger Gene Packard Mike Prendergast Eppa Rixey George Smith Milt Watson Lefty Weinert Frank Woodward		Catchers Bert Adams Hick Cady Nig Clarke Walt Tragesser Infielders Doug Baird Dave Bancroft Lena Blackburne John Cavanaugh Fred Luderus Mike Pasquella Gene Paulette Harry Pearce Lou Raymond Ed Sicking Doc Wallace		Outfielders Leo Callahan Gavvy Cravath Bevo LeBourveau Irish Meusel Possum Whitted Cy Williams Other batters Bert Yeabsley		Manager Jack Coombs Gavvy Cravath

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	Bert Adams	78	232	54	.233	1	17
1B	Fred Luderus	138	509	149	.293	5	49
2B	Gene Paulette	67	243	63	.259	1	31
SS	Dave Bancroft	92	335	91	.272	0	25
3B	Lena Blackburne	72	291	58	.199	2	19
OF	Leo Callahan	81	235	54	.230	1	9
OF	Cy Williams	109	435	121	.278	9	39
OF	Irish Meusel	135	521	159	.305	5	59

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
Possum Whitted	78	289	72	.249	3	32
Harry Pearce	68	244	44	.180	0	9
Doug Baird	66	242	61	.252	2	30
Gavvy Cravath	83	214	73	.341	12	45
Ed Sicking	61	185	40	.216	0	15
Walt Tragesser	35	114	27	.237	0	8
Hick Cady	34	98	21	.214	1	19
Bevo LeBourveau	17	63	17	.270	0	0
Nig Clarke	26	62	15	.242	0	2
Doc Wallace	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Lou Raymond	1	2	1	.500	0	0
John Cavanaugh	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Mike Pasquella	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
Bert Yeabsley	3	0	0	---	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
Lee Meadows	18	158.1	8	10	2.33	88
Eppa Rixey	23	154	6	12	3.97	63
Brad Hogg	22	150.1	5	12	4.43	48
Gene Packard	21	134.1	6	8	4.15	24
Elmer Jacobs	17	128.2	6	10	3.85	37
Frank Woodward	17	100.2	6	9	4.74	27
Larry Cheney	9	57.1	2	5	4.55	25
Joe Oeschger	5	38	0	1	5.92	5

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
George Smith	31	184.2	5	11	3.22	42
Milt Watson	8	47	2	4	5.17	12
Pat Murray	8	34.1	0	2	6.29	11
Mike Cantwell	5	27.1	1	3	5.60	6
Red Ames	3	16	0	2	6.19	4
Mike Prendergast	5	15	0	2	8.40	5

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
Rags Faircloth	2	0	0	0	9.00	0
Lefty Weinert	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

External links[]

• 1919 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference