The Philadelphia Athletics

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 season involved the A's finishing last in the American League

American League

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 with a record of 36 wins and 104 losses. It was their fifth consecutive season in the cellar after owner-manager Connie Mack

Connie Mack

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 sold off his star players.

Philadelphia led the AL in fewest runs scored and most runs allowed, and they did so by wide margins. Their team ERA was more than one run above average.

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1919: Roy Grover
  Roy Grover
  Roy Arthur Grover was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between and , for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators....
  
   was traded by the Athletics to the Washington Senators
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   for Harry Thompson
  Harry Thompson (baseball)
  Harold "Harry" Thompson was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...
  
  .

Roster

1919 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
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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		101	305	77	.252	2	29
1B		126	470	139	.296	8	57
2B		39	155	42	.271	0	14
3B		124	453	96	.212	2	23
SS		104	387	105	.271	1	30
OF		125	456	133	.292	10	64
OF		75	235	53	.226	1	12
OF		122	460	123	.267	0	33

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
	60	194	41	.211	0	13
	22	56	13	.232	0	2
	15	54	9	.167	2	7
	9	22	3	.136	0	0
	3	9	0	.000	0	0

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
	31	204.2	5	18	3.34	68
	25	183.2	4	17	3.58	38
	2	12	0	2	5.25	5
	1	9	0	1	4.00	5

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
	14	45.2	2	3	5.32	19
	9	32.1	0	3	4.73	9
	2	16	0	1	3.94	6
	3	14.2	0	1	6.75	1
	5	12	0	0	14.25	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
	3	1	0	0	3.86	10
	3	0	1	0	6.75	1
	2	0	0	0	7.88	2
	1	0	0	0	3.86	0

League top ten finishers

Rollie Naylor

Rollie Naylor

Roleine Cecil "Rollie" Naylor , was a professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from -. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics.-External links:...

• #3 in AL in losses (18)

Scott Perry

• #4 in AL in losses (17)