1st September 1881
The athletics again gave their fans a poor month to support. They picked up only 6 wins during the month of August to go with 8 losses. They continue to sit bottom of the AL table and are now 9 games adrift of the leaders.
The batting was up and down all month on its way to 55 runs. The star with the hot bat was Right Fielder Curry Foley. Foley picked up 20 hits from 63 at bats in 14 game starts. He scored 10 runs with 3 RBI's for an average of .317
The batting was also a mixed bag this month as 3 different players started games. The best from the mound was Pud Galvin who picked up 3 wins from 7 starts while pitching 56 innings. He gave up 61 hits and 15 earned runs for an ERA of 2.41. The team gave up a total of 62 runs.
George Derby missed 2 weeks of the month with a finger blister.
The rumours about what the MLB will do at the end of the season have intensified as the consultation period has completed. A spokesman for the MLB said they would have an announcement in due course once all contributions had been assessed and a final decision made.
Full pitching stats for August
Full batting stats for August
The team played 14 games in August
lost final game of home series to the Baltimore Orioles 3-6
2-1 on the road to the Cleveland Blues 6-4, 6-4 and 1-7
1-2 on the road to the St Louis Brown Stockings 8-3, 3-6 and 3-5
0-3 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles 0-1, 3-4 and 2-4
2-1 at home to the Cleveland Blues 6-8, 6-5 and 4-3
won first game of home series to the St Louis Brown Stockings 4-2
The team will be facing another tough 13 games next month. We will bring you all the news once these games have been played.