1st September 1871
The Athletics fans saw a spark in their teams August performance that they will hopefully have a better season next year as they went 3-2 for the month. They moved up to third in the AL table but are no longer in the pennant race.
The batting was solid as it gained 46 runs in August. For the second month running the star was Right Fielder Gat Stires. He had an average of .478 from 23 at bats. This gave him 11 hits, 8 runs and 2 RBI's.
The pitching of Dickie McBride was slightly poorer in the month of August as he posted an ERA of 4.02. He pitched 47 innings in the 5 games and gave up 56 hits and 21 earned runs. The team gave up 28 runs in total.
Everett Mills was placed on waivers mid month but had no takers so stayed with the club.
The full pitching stats for the month of August
The full batting stats for the month of August
The full game scores for the month of August
St. Louis Brown Stockings 1 Philadelphia Athletics 10
St. Louis Brown Stockings 4 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Philadelphia Athletics 9 Baltimore Canaries 8
Philadelphia Athletics 6 Baltimore Canaries 7
Philadelphia Athletics 7 Baltimore Canaries 8
Up next for the Athletics is a home series against Cleveland and then the first 2 games of a home game against St. Louis.
We will give you the round up from these games next month.