1st October 1878
The Athletics failed to capitalise on the indifferent form of the leading Orioles and could only close the gap to the leaders by 1 game. The team won 5 games during September while losing 3. This has left them 3 games behind the Baltimore Orioles with 4 to play. To win the pennant this year they will need to win all 4 of their remaining games and hope the Orioles manage to lose all theirs.
The batting put up some good games and some bad games during the month to score 49 runs. The batter in the best form in September was Second Baseman Paul Hines. Hines started all 8 games for 39 at bats. These at bats saw him claim 15 hits along with 7 runs and 9 RBI's for an average of .385. He picked up the AL Batter of the Month for these figures.
George Bradley had a steady month from the mound as he put up an ERA of 2.34 from 8 game starts. He pitched 69.1 innings to give up 58 hits and 18 earned runs. The team gave up 40 runs during the month
Full pitching stats for September
Full batting stats for September
The Athletics played 8 games in September
The team started by getting a 3-0 sweep of the St Louis Brown Stockings. 4-3, 9-4 and 3-2
The next series saw the team win 2-1 against the Cleveland Blues. 13-7, 6-8 and 11-10
The final 2 games of the series were lost against the Baltimore Orioles 0-2, 3-4
The team will be in action in the final 4 games of the regular season in October. We will bring you a full season round up after these have been played.