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Amos Strunk

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Amos Strunk

Full name Amos Aaron Strunk
Born January 22, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died July 22, 1979, Llanerch, Pennsylvania
Buried at Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First Game: September 24, 1908; Final Game: June 28, 1924
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 175
Ejections: 1917 (1), 1922 (1). Total: 2
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1908 PHI A    Daily Splits   12    34    4    8   1   0   0    0    4        9   0   2   0            0      .235  .316  .265  -0.1 1908 PHI A
1909 PHI A    Daily Splits   11    35    1    4   0   0   0    2    1        8   0   0   0            2      .114  .139  .114  -0.6 1909 PHI A
1910 PHI A    Daily Splits   16    48    9   16   0   1   0    2    3        7   0   1   0            4      .333  .373  .375   0.2 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily Splits   74   215   42   55   7   2   1   21   35       37   1  18   0           13      .256  .363  .321  -0.2 1911 PHI A
1912 PHI A    Daily Splits  122   412   58  119  13  12   3   63   47       61   3  25   0           29      .289  .366  .400   1.5 1912 PHI A
1913 PHI A    Daily Splits   94   292   30   89  11  12   0   46   29   0i  23   0  13   0   4i  2i  14   8i .305  .368  .425   0.4 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A    Daily Splits  122   404   58  111  15   3   2   45   57   1i  38   0  20   0   9i  2i  25  22  .275  .364  .342   0.7 1914 PHI A
1915 PHI A    Daily Splits  132   485   76  144  28  16   1   45   56   0i  45   1  23   0  15i  6i  17  19  .297  .371  .427   2.7 1915 PHI A
1916 PHI A    Daily Splits  150   544   71  172  30   9   3   49   66   0i  59   3  21   0i  6i  3i  21  23  .316  .393  .421   2.6 1916 PHI A
1917 PHI A    Daily Splits  148   540   83  152  26   7   1   45   68   2i  37   1  25   0i 16i  3i  16  15i .281  .363  .361   0.2 1917 PHI A
1918 BOS A    Daily Splits  114   413   50  106  18   9   0   35   36   0i  13   0  22   0i 11i  6i  20  10i .257  .316  .344  -1.7 1918 BOS A
1919 BOS A    Daily Splits   48   184   27   50  11   3   0   16   13   0   13   1   8   0   8   0    3   7  .272  .323  .364  -0.7 1919 BOS A
1919 PHI A    Daily Splits   60   194   15   41   6   4   0   13   23   1   15   1   6   0   4   2    3   3  .211  .298  .284  -1.3 1919 PHI A
1919 TOT A                  108   378   42   91  17   7   0   29   36   1   28   2  14   0  12   2    6  10  .241  .310  .323  -2.0 1919 TOT A
1920 PHI A    Daily Splits   58   202   23   60   9   3   0   20   21   0    9   0   9   0   6   1    0   6  .297  .363  .371  -1.3 1920 PHI A
1920 CHI A    Daily Splits   53   188   33   45   8   1   1   16   28   0   15   0   2   0   1   4    1   0  .239  .338  .309  -1.0 1920 CHI A
1920 TOT A                  111   390   56  105  17   4   1   36   49   0   24   0  11   0   7   5    1   6  .269  .351  .341  -2.3 1920 TOT A
1921 CHI A    Daily Splits  121   401   68  133  19  10   3   69   38   1   27   1  13   0   8   4    7  10  .332  .391  .451  -0.6 1921 CHI A
1922 CHI A    Daily Splits   92   311   36   90  11   4   0   33   33   0   28   0   8   0   6   1    9   6  .289  .358  .350  -0.8 1922 CHI A
1923 CHI A    Daily Splits   54    54    7   17   0   0   0    8    8   0    5   0   3   0   0   0    1   0  .315  .403  .315   0.0 1923 CHI A
1924 CHI A    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1924 CHI A
1924 PHI A    Daily Splits   30    42    5    6   0   0   0    1    7   0    4   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .143  .265  .143  -0.8 1924 PHI A
1924 TOT A                   31    43    5    6   0   0   0    1    7   0    4   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .140  .260  .140  -0.8 1924 TOT A
Total    (17 Years) Splits 1512  4999  696 1418 213  96  15  529  573   5i 453  12 219   0i 94i 35i 185 143i .284  .359  .374  -0.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1910 PHI A    Daily Splits    4    18    2    5   1   1   0    2    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   1  .278  .350  .444 1910 PHI A
1911 PHI A    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1911 PHI A
1913 PHI A    Daily Splits    5    17    3    2   0   0   0    0    2   0    2   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .118  .211  .118 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A    Daily Splits    2     7    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .286  .286 1914 PHI A
1918 BOS A    Daily Splits    6    23    1    4   1   1   0    0    0   0    5   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .174  .174  .304 1918 BOS A
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits   18    65    6   13   2   2   0    2    4   0   14   0   2   0   0   2   0    0   1  .200  .246  .292 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1908 PHI A Daily Splits  OF   11    9    9    74      27    1    3    1   0  .903     1   10    0 
1908 PHI A               CF   10    9    9    74  i   26    1    3    1   0  .900
1908 PHI A               LF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1909 PHI A Daily Splits  OF    9    9    8    70      10    2    0    0   0 1.000     1    8    0 
1909 PHI A               CF    8    8    7    61  i    9    2    0    0   0 1.000
1909 PHI A               LF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1910 PHI A Daily Splits  OF   14   11   10    93      33    1    0    0   0 1.000     1   13    0 
1910 PHI A               CF   13   10    9    84  i   29    1    0    0   0 1.000
1910 PHI A               LF    1    1    1     9       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1911 PHI A Daily Splits  OF   62   54   50   445     127   11    6    4   0  .958    23   39    0 
1911 PHI A               CF   39   32   31   279  i   79    9    2    2   0  .978
1911 PHI A               LF   23   22   19   166  i   48    2    1    0   0  .980
1911 PHI A               1B    2    2    2    18      18    0    3    1   0  .857
1912 PHI A Daily Splits  OF  116  115  108   977     278   16    3    3   0  .990    58   60    0 
1912 PHI A               CF   60   59   55   494.2i  147   11    3    3   0  .981
1912 PHI A               LF   58   56   53   482.1i  126    5    0    0   0 1.000
1913 PHI A Daily Splits  OF   81   77   67   637.1   168    9    7    3   0  .962     4   75    2 
1913 PHI A               CF   75   74   66   617.1i  159    5    6    3   0  .965
1913 PHI A               LF    4    3    1    20  i    7    1    0    0   0 1.000
1913 PHI A               RF    2    0    0             1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1914 PHI A Daily Splits  OF  120  118  111  1038     280   14    4    3   0  .987    13  108    1 
1914 PHI A               CF  108  108  101   937  i  247   14    4    2   0  .985
1914 PHI A               LF   13   10   10    99      30    0    0    0   0 1.000
1914 PHI A               RF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1915 PHI A Daily Splits  OF  111  111  108   967.2   225   24    5    4   0  .980     0   59   53 
1915 PHI A               CF   59   58   56   491     137   17    4    3   0  .975
1915 PHI A               RF   53   53   52   476.2    89    8    1    2   0  .990
1915 PHI A               1B   19   19   18   149.1i  188    8    4   17   0  .980
1916 PHI A Daily Splits  OF  143  143  139  1224.2   291   20    7    5   0  .978     7  121   19 
1916 PHI A               CF  121  121  117  1026.1i  265   17    6    4   0  .979
1916 PHI A               RF   19   17   17   154.1i   21    2    1    1   0  .958
1916 PHI A               LF    7    5    5    44  i    7    1    0    0   0 1.000
1916 PHI A               1B    7    7    7    64      77    4    1    9   0  .988
1917 PHI A Daily Splits  OF  146  146  143  1286     346   13    5    5   0  .986     0  146    0 
1917 PHI A               CF  146  146  143  1286     346   13    4    6   0  .989
1918 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  113  112  109   974.1   230   13    3    4   0  .988     1  112    0 
1918 BOS A               CF  112  112  109   974  i  232   13    3    4   0  .988
1918 BOS A               LF    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1919 BOS A Daily Splits  OF   48   48   48   423.1   118    4    4    0   0  .968     0   48    0 
1919 BOS A               CF   48   48   48   423.1   117    3    4    0   0  .968
1919 PHI A Daily Splits  OF   52   51   49   453.1    98    7    2    0   0  .981     0    9   43 
1919 PHI A               RF   43   42   40   372.1    77    7    1    0   0  .988
1919 PHI A               CF    9    9    9    81      22    0    1    0   0  .957
1919 TOT A               CF   57   57   57   504.1   139    3    5    0   0  .966
1919 TOT A               OF  100   99   97   876.2   216   11    6    0   0  .974     0   57   43 
1920 PHI A Daily Splits  OF   54   53   51   465.1    97    2    1    1   0  .990     9   27   19 
1920 PHI A               CF   27   27   26   231.2    51    0    0    0   0 1.000
1920 PHI A               RF   19   18   18   169.2    28    2    0    0   0 1.000
1920 PHI A               LF    9    8    7    64      13    1    1    1   0  .933
1920 CHI A Daily Splits  OF   49   46   44   417.2    98    3    2    1   0  .981     5    7   37 
1920 CHI A               RF   37   36   35   326      67    3    2    0   0  .972
1920 CHI A               CF    7    5    4    47.2    18    0    0    0   0 1.000
1920 CHI A               LF    5    5    5    44      17    1    0    1   0 1.000
1920 TOT A               LF   14   13   12   108      30    2    1    2   0  .970
1920 TOT A               CF   34   32   30   279.1    69    0    0    0   0 1.000
1920 TOT A               RF   56   54   53   495.2    95    5    2    0   0  .980
1920 TOT A               OF  103   99   95   883     195    5    3    2   0  .985    14   34   56 
1921 CHI A Daily Splits  OF  112  103   97   926     214   10    7    2   0  .970     8   71   33 
1921 CHI A               CF   71   67   63   598.1   142    5    4    3   0  .974
1921 CHI A               RF   33   30   29   273.2    53    3    3    0   0  .949
1921 CHI A               LF    8    6    5    54      14    0    0    0   0 1.000
1922 CHI A Daily Splits  OF   75   70   66   620.1   170    9    2    2   0  .989    14   51   10 
1922 CHI A               CF   51   51   47   443.1   136    7    3    1   0  .979
1922 CHI A               LF   14   13   13   116      27    2    0    1   0 1.000
1922 CHI A               RF   10    6    6    61       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1922 CHI A               1B    8    6    6    62.1    73    4    0    4   0 1.000
1923 CHI A Daily Splits  OF    5    2    1    26      13    0    0    0   0 1.000     3    3    0 
1923 CHI A               LF    3    1    1    15       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1923 CHI A               CF    3    1    0    11       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1923 CHI A               1B    2    0    0     2.2     5    0    1    0   0  .833
1924 PHI A Daily Splits  OF    8    7    4    50.2     7    0    0    0   0 1.000     5    1    3 
1924 PHI A               LF    5    4    3    35.2     5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1924 PHI A               RF    3    3    1    14       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1924 PHI A               CF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total (17 Years) Splits  OF 1329 1285 1222 11169.2  2830  159   61   38   0  .980   153  968  220 
Total (17 Years)         CF  968  945  900  8161.2i 2170  118   47   32   0  .980
Total ( 9 Years)         RF  220  205  198  1849.2i  344   25    8    3   0  .979
Total (14 Years)         LF  153  135  124  1158.1i  304   13    2    3   0  .994
Total ( 5 Years)         1B   38   34   33   296.1i  361   16    9   31   0  .977
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1910 PHI A Daily Splits  OF    4    4    4    36.2    10    0    1    0   0  .909     0    4    0 
1910 PHI A               CF    4    4    4    36.2    10    0    1    0   0  .909
1913 PHI A Daily Splits  OF    5    5    5    46      14    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    5    0 
1913 PHI A               CF    5    5    5    46      14    0    0    0   0 1.000
1914 PHI A Daily Splits  OF    2    2    2    18       4    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    2    0 
1914 PHI A               CF    2    2    2    18       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1918 BOS A Daily Splits  OF    6    6    6    53       8    2    0    0   0 1.000     0    6    0 
1918 BOS A               CF    6    6    6    53       8    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  OF   17   17   17   153.2    36    2    1    0   0  .974     0   17    0 
Total ( 4 Years)         CF   17   17   17   153.2    36    2    1    0   0  .974
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5- 3-1917     BOX  PHI A  Tommy Connolly      Call at 1B
 8-20-1922     BOX  CHI A  George Hildebrand   Call at HP (Threw dirt)

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (September, 1908).

Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Bullet Joe Bush and Wally Schang to Boston Red
Sox in exchange for Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas and $60000 (December 14,
1917).

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jack Barry to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for
Braggo Roth and Red Shannon (June 27, 1919).

Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Philadelphia Athletics (July 23, 1920).

Released by Chicago White Sox (April 21, 1924).

Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (May 2, 1924).

Released by Philadelphia Athletics (January 21, 1925).
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