The 1933 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses. Jimmie Foxx became the first player to win two American League MVP Awards.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Regular season On August 14, 1933, Jimmie Foxx hit for the cycle. Part of the cycle included hitting a grand slam. During a two-week span, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx and Pinky Higgins all hit for the cycle during the season.
The Athletics played their first ever night game on September 22, 1933 in a mid-season exhibition at the 44th and Parkside Ballpark in West Philadelphia, defeating a team of the city league's best semi-professional players by a score of 7 to 2. It was estimated that 6,000 fans packed the ballpark, and another 5,000 were turned away at the gate. Foxx went 1 for 3 for the A's before leaving the game in the fifth inning.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1933 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 130 429 138 .322 15 60 1B 149 573 204 .356 48 163 2B Max Bishop 117 391 115 .294 4 42 SS Dib Williams 115 408 118 .289 11 73 3B 152 567 178 .314 13 99 OF Doc Cramer 152 661 195 .295 8 75 OF Ed Coleman 102 388 109 .281 6 68 OF 142 535 155 .290 21 93
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Eric McNair 89 310 81 .261 7 48 Lou Finney 74 240 64 .267 3 32 51 142 40 .282 0 17 Bing Miller 67 120 33 .275 2 17 Ed Cihocki 33 97 14 .144 0 9 Frankie Hayes 3 5 0 .000 0 0 Joe Zapustas 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Lefty Grove 45 275.1 24 8 3.20 114 38 218.0 13 12 4.25 43 Roy Mahaffey 33 179.1 13 10 5.17 66 George Earnshaw 21 117.2 5 10 5.97 37 Johnny Marcum 5 37.0 3 2 1.95 14 Emil Roy 1 2.1 0 1 27.00 3
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Rube Walberg 40 201.0 9 13 4.88 68 Jim Peterson 32 90.2 2 5 4.96 18 15 70.1 4 4 5.76 26 Tony Freitas 19 64.1 2 4 7.27 15 Bill Dietrich 8 17.0 0 1 5.82 4 Hank McDonald 4 12.1 1 1 5.11 1 Tim McKeithan 3 9.0 1 0 4.00 3
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Bobby Coombs 21 0 1 2 7.47 8 8 2 0 0 9.53 1 Hank Winston 1 0 0 0 6.75 2
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1933 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com