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Amos Aaron Strunk 5’11”, 175 lbs., Batted Left, Threw Left Debut: September 24, 1908 |
Amos Strunk was scouted and signed by Philadelphia Athletics’ manager Connie Mack. He debuted in 1908 but did not get much playing time until 1911. Strunk was dependable and speedy, both on the basepaths and in the field; Mack called him “the most underrated outfielder in baseball.”
Strunk was traded to the Red Sox in January 1918 and turned in a dismal season, posting a poor batting average and his worse on-base and slugging averages since 1911. During the World Series, Strunk admitted his dissatisfaction with his new team: his salary remained the same, but Boston was an expensive city and he was paying for a new house in Philadelphia that he was hardly seeing.
When Strunk got off to a slow start in 1919, he was traded back to the Athletics. He also played parts of five seasons with the White Sox. After his baseball career, Strunk spent fifty years in the insurance business.
Batting Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP 1908 19 PHA AL 12 34 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .316 .265 9 2 0 1909 20 PHA AL 11 35 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 .114 .139 .114 4 0 0 1910 21 PHA AL 16 48 9 16 0 1 0 2 4 3 .333 .373 .375 18 1 0 1911 22 PHA AL 74 215 42 55 7 2 1 21 13 35 .256 .363 .321 69 18 1 1912 23 PHA AL 122 412 58 119 13 12 3 63 29 47 .289 .366 .400 165 25 3 1913 24 PHA AL 94 292 30 89 11 12 0 46 14 29 23 .305 .368 .425 124 13 0 1914 25 PHA AL 122 404 58 111 15 3 2 45 25 22 57 38 .275 .364 .342 138 20 0 1915 26 PHA AL 132 485 76 144 28 16 1 45 17 19 56 45 .297 .371 .427 207 23 1 1916 27 PHA AL 150 544 71 172 30 9 3 49 21 23 66 59 .316 .393 .421 229 21 3 1917 28 PHA AL 148 540 83 152 26 7 1 45 16 68 37 .281 .363 .361 195 25 1 1918 29 BOS AL 114 413 50 106 18 9 0 35 20 36 13 .257 .316 .344 142 22 0 1919 30 BOS AL 48 184 27 50 11 3 0 17 3 13 13 .272 .323 .364 67 8 1 PHA AL 60 194 15 41 6 4 0 13 3 23 15 .211 .298 .284 55 6 1 TOT AL 108 378 42 91 17 7 0 30 6 0 36 28 .241 .310 .323 122 14 2 1920 31 CHW AL 53 188 33 45 8 1 1 16 1 0 28 15 .239 .338 .309 58 2 0 PHA AL 58 202 23 60 9 3 0 20 0 6 21 9 .297 .363 .371 75 9 0 TOT AL 111 390 56 105 17 4 1 36 1 6 49 24 .269 .351 .341 133 11 0 1921 32 CHW AL 121 401 68 133 19 10 3 69 7 10 38 27 .332 .391 .451 181 13 1 1922 33 CHW AL 92 311 36 90 11 4 0 33 9 6 33 28 .289 .358 .350 109 8 0 1923 34 CHW AL 54 54 7 17 0 0 0 8 1 0 8 5 .315 .403 .315 17 3 0 1924 35 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 PHA AL 30 42 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 .143 .265 .143 6 0 0 TOT AL 31 43 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 .140 .260 .140 6 0 0 17 Seasons 1512 4999 696 1418 213 96 15 530 185 86 573 331 .284 .359 .374 1868 219 12 Fielding Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF LF CF RF 1908 19 PHA AL OF 11 27 1 3 1 .903 .954 2.55 1.80 1 10 0 1909 20 PHA AL OF 9 10 2 0 0 1.000 .951 1.33 1.80 1 8 0 1910 21 PHA AL OF 14 33 1 0 0 1.000 .954 2.43 1.77 0 14 0 1911 22 PHA AL OF 62 127 11 6 4 .958 .950 2.23 1.93 19 43 0 1B 2 18 0 3 1 .857 .978 9.00 9.97 1912 23 PHA AL OF 116 278 16 3 3 .990 .951 2.53 1.98 65 51 0 1913 24 PHA AL OF 81 168 9 7 3 .962 .953 2.19 1.95 0 80 0 1914 25 PHA AL OF 120 280 14 4 3 .987 .956 2.45 1.92 12 108 0 1915 26 PHA AL OF 111 225 24 5 4 .980 .958 2.24 1.98 0 59 52 1B 19 188 8 4 17 .980 .987 10.32 10.27 1916 27 PHA AL OF 143 291 20 7 5 .978 .963 2.17 2.03 6 119 18 1B 7 77 4 1 9 .988 .988 11.57 10.45 1917 28 PHA AL OF 146 346 13 5 5 .986 .967 2.46 2.14 0 146 0 1918 29 BOS AL OF 113 230 13 3 4 .988 .962 2.15 2.17 1 112 0 1919 30 BOS AL OF 48 118 4 4 0 .968 .958 2.54 2.16 0 48 0 PHA AL OF 52 98 7 2 0 .981 .958 2.02 2.16 0 10 42 TOT AL OF 100 216 11 6 0 .974 .958 2.27 2.16 1920 31 CHW AL OF 49 98 3 2 0 .981 .962 2.06 2.16 3 7 38 PHA AL OF 54 97 2 1 0 .990 .962 1.83 2.16 6 10 38 TOT AL OF 103 195 5 3 0 .985 .962 1.94 2.16 1921 32 CHW AL OF 111 214 10 7 2 .970 .960 2.02 2.21 9 69 33 1922 33 CHW AL OF 74 170 9 2 2 .989 .964 2.42 2.22 14 56 4 1B 7 73 4 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 10.55 1923 34 CHW AL OF 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 .965 2.60 2.26 2 3 0 1B 2 5 0 1 0 .833 .990 2.50 10.22 1924 35 PHA AL OF 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 .970 0.88 2.27 4 1 3 Position Total OF 1327 2830 159 61 36 .980 .959 2.25 2.07 1B 37 361 16 9 27 .977 .987 10.19 10.35 Overall Total 1364 3191 175 70 63 .980 .962 2.47 2.29 World Series Batting Year Tm Opp G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB 1910 PHA CHC 4 18 2 5 1 1 0 2 2 5 .278 .350 .444 0 1911 PHA NYG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 1913 PHA NYG 5 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .118 .211 .118 0 1914 PHA BSN 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 0 1918 BOS CHC 6 23 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 .174 .174 .304 0 5 World Series 18 65 6 13 2 2 0 2 4 14 .200 .246 .292 0 Minor League Batting TM LG POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB BB SO BA SLG 1908 Shamokin ATL OF/3B 109 422 73 118 26 12 2 174 36 .280 .412 1909 Milwaukee AA OF 112 434 47 106 10 6 3 137 14 .244 .316 1925 Shamokin NYP OF 44 164 32 65 16 4 2 36 95 0 20 4 .396 .579 TOTALS 265 1020 152 289 52 22 7 36 406 50 20 4 .283 .398 Minor Leagues: ATL - Atlantic League; AA - American Association; NYP - New York-Pennsylvania League.
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