1st June 1874
The fans of the Athletics saw their team fall back to having a losing month in May. The team went 4-6 for the month to fall back to joint second place in the AL table. This leaves them 1 game behind the leaders.
The batting scored 70 runs during the month of May. The best of the batting came in the form of First Baseman Everett Mills. Mills started all 10 games and had 47 at bats. These at bats earned him 18 hits along with 4 runs and 10 RBI's. This gave him an average of .383 for the month. These figures meant he was voted the AL Batter of the Month for May.
John Peters claimed his second AL Rookie of the Month award for an average of .298
The pitching of Dick McBride continues to show solid form as he started all 10 games in May. He pitched 79 innings and gave up 97 hits along with 21 earned runs. This gave him an ERA of 2.39 for the month. The team gave up a total of 79 runs.
Full pitching stats for May
Full batting stats for May
The Athletics played 10 games in May
They started with a 1-2 loss to the Baltimore Canaries. The scores were 5-6, 9-16 and 5-3
The next series saw the team lose 1-2 against the Cleveland Blues. The scores were 3-9, 10-9 and 5-6
The third series saw the team lose another series 1-2 against the St. Louis Brown Stockings. The scores were 5-9, 14-11 and 5-6
The final game was won 9-4 against the Baltimore Canaries.
The team will play 10 games in June. The full report will be here next month.