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Starters

1B - Jimmie Foxx
2B - Eddie Collins
SS - Bert Campaneris
3B - Frank Baker
C - Mickey Cochrane
OF - Rickey Henderson, Bob Johnson, Reggie Jackson
SP - Lefty Grove, Eddie Plank, Vida Blue, Catfish Hunter, Eddie Rommel

Reserves

Bench - Al Simmons (OF), Jose Canseco (OF), Jason Giambi (1B/OF), Mark McGwire (1B), Sal Bando (3B), Eddie Joost (IF), Terry Steinbach (C)
Bullpen - Dennis Eckersley (CL), Rollie Fingers (SU), Barry Zito, Chief Bender, Rube Waddell, Tim Hudson

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1871-2020 (Regular Season)
Batting and Pitching.



BATTING

Rank Nane First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR HR RBI H AVE
1 Foxx Jimmie 1935 PHA AL 215.477 11 19.589 302 1075 1492 0.339
2 Henderson Rickey 1998 OAK AL 214.434 14 15.317 167 648 1768 0.288
3 Johnson Bob 1942 PHA AL 181.433 10 18.143 252 1040 1617 0.298
4 McGwire Mark 1997 OAK AL 169.899 12 14.158 363 941 1157 0.260
5 Jackson Reggie 1987 OAK AL 164.741 10 16.474 269 776 1228 0.262
6 Simmons Al 1944 PHA AL 163.521 12 13.627 209 1178 1827 0.356
7 Collins Eddie 1930 PHA AL 161.283 13 12.406 16 496 1308 0.337
8 Bando Sal 1976 OAK AL 158.997 11 14.454 192 796 1311 0.255
9 Baker Frank 1914 PHA AL 144.082 7 20.583 48 612 1103 0.321
10 Cochrane Mickey 1933 PHA AL 138.530 9 15.392 108 680 1317 0.321
11 Canseco Jose 1997 OAK AL 130.460 9 14.496 254 793 1048 0.264
12 Giambi Jason 2009 OAK AL 117.960 8 14.745 198 715 1100 0.300
13 Davis Harry 1917 PHA AL 113.195 16 7.075 69 761 1500 0.279
14 Campaneris Bert 1976 OAK AL 111.655 13 8.589 70 529 1882 0.262
15 Murphy Dwayne 1987 OAK AL 108.184 10 10.818 153 563 999 0.247
16 Chapman Sam 1951 PHA AL 99.023 11 9.002 174 737 1273 0.268
17 Murphy Danny 1913 PHA AL 98.297 12 8.191 40 664 1489 0.290
18 Chavez Eric 2010 OAK AL 97.252 13 7.481 230 787 1276 0.267
19 Joost Eddie 1954 PHA AL 92.011 8 11.501 116 435 840 0.249
20 Hartsel Topsy 1911 PHA AL 89.716 10 8.972 21 266 1087 0.266


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PITCHING

Rank Name First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR W L SV ER IP ERA
1 Grove Lefty 1933 PHA AL 251.486 9 27.943 195 79 51 768 2401.0 2.88
2 Plank Eddie 1914 PHA AL 148.985 14 10.642 284 162 16 1025 3860.7 2.39
3 Blue Vida 1977 OAK AL 120.100 9 13.344 124 86 2 638 1945.7 2.95
4 Hunter Catfish 1974 OAK AL 119.807 10 11.981 161 113 1 853 2456.3 3.13
5 Rommel Eddie 1932 PHA AL 107.495 13 8.269 171 119 29 1006 2556.3 3.54
6 Zito Barry 2006 OAK AL 106.442 7 15.206 102 63 0 564 1430.3 3.55
7 Bender Chief 1914 PHA AL 99.665 12 8.305 193 102 28 670 2602.0 2.32
8 Stewart Dave 1995 OAK AL 97.757 8 12.220 119 78 0 712 1717.3 3.73
9 Waddell Rube 1907 PHA AL 95.353 6 15.892 131 82 0 409 1869.3 1.97
10 Hudson Tim 2004 OAK AL 93.684 6 15.614 92 39 0 455 1240.7 3.30
11 Eckersley Dennis 1995 OAK AL 92.686 9 10.298 41 31 320 194 637.0 2.74
12 Walberg Rube 1933 PHA AL 78.745 11 7.159 134 114 27 999 2186.7 4.11
13 Mulder Mark 2004 OAK AL 67.653 5 13.531 81 42 0 437 1003.0 3.92
14 Earnshaw George 1933 PHA AL 66.290 6 11.048 98 58 10 629 1353.7 4.18
15 Coombs Jack 1914 PHA AL 61.912 9 6.879 115 67 8 470 1629.7 2.60
16 Fingers Rollie 1976 OAK AL 61.804 9 6.867 67 61 136 328 1016.0 2.91
17 Welch Bob 1994 OAK AL 61.494 7 8.785 96 60 0 556 1271.3 3.94
18 Moore Mike 1992 OAK AL 53.509 4 13.377 66 46 0 344 874.0 3.54
19 Holtzman Ken 1975 OAK AL 52.037 4 13.009 77 55 0 352 1084.3 2.92
20 Haren Danny 2007 OAK AL 49.646 3 16.549 43 34 0 268 662.7 3.64

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    PEVA Scale

    64.000 - Maximum
    32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
    20.000 - All League
    15.000 - All-Star Level
    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum


Notes: Photo/Image Credits: Schibe Park, Jimmie Foxx; Library of Congress. Rickey Henderson; Wikipedia Commons.

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