Max Bishop Max Frederick Bishop Bats Left Throws Right Height 5'8.5 Weight 165 Born September 5, 1899 Waynesboro, PA Died February 24, 1962 Waynesboro, PA

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 28 PAW       165   44  11   1   1   24   26                     6      .267  .278  .364  .376   60 
 1929 29 PAW        19    2   1   0   0    4    1                     0      .105  .265  .158  .391    3 
 1930 30 PAW        90   17   1   0   0   10    9                     3      .189  .280  .267  .430   24 
 1931 31 PAW  137  484  130  20   9  12   61   48                    19   4  .269  .263  .421  .388  204
 1932 32 PAW   11   34    6   3   0   0    4    1                     0   0  .176  .244  .265  .366    9 

 1933 33 PAW   97   89   28   6   0   1   14   11   19   11   0   2   0   0  .315  .286  .416  .411   37 
 1934 34 NDA   25   36    9   0   0   0    5    2   10    0   0   0   0   0  .250  .292  .250  .429    9 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  7 Seasons   270  917  236  42  10  16  122   98   29   11   0   2  28   4  .257  .274  .377  .400  346
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  367   99  17   5   7   48   35   37   14   0   3  11   2  .257  ----  .377  ----  148
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Yrs.  PAW  245  881  227  42  10  16  117   96   19   11   0   2   0   0  .258  .272  .383  .398  337 
 1 Yr.   NDA   25   36    9   0   0   0    5    2   10    0   0   0   0   0  .250  .292  .250  .429    9 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1931

Triples 1932-9-4

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 15th round (114th overall) by Pawtucket. March 23, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent by North Dallas.

Biography Reprinted from The New York Times, Monday, February 26th, 1962 Max Bishop, leadoff batter and second baseman for the last three pennant winning baseball teams of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics, died in his sleep today. He was 62 years old. Mr. Bishop, coach of the baseball team at the United States Naval Academy since 1938, was scheduled to retire next Thursday. A long-time resident of Baltimore, he returned to his hometown of Waynesboro to attend the funeral today of his mother, Mrs. Lulu Bishop, 93, who died Thursday. Mr. Bishop's brother, Mark, found him dead in bed. The cause of death was not determined, but he had been under treatment for a heart condition. His batting average during ten years with the Athletics and two with the Boston Red Sox was only .271, but he was a key member of the Philadelphia team that won American League championships in 1929-30-31 and the world series in the first two of those years. Max Bishop was rated as one of the best fielders and lead-off batters during his major league career. He led American League second basemen in four times in fielding and played eighteen world series games without an error. A left-handed hitter with an unusual ability to judge pitches, Bishop twice received eight bases on balls in a doubleheader. He led the league in 1929 with 128 walks. His best batting average was .316 in 1928. His teammates on the Athletics included such stars as Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons, Mule Haas, Mickey Cochrane, George Earnshaw and Rube Walberg. George Earnshaw and shortstop Joe Boley were Bishop's teammates with the Baltimore Orioles when they started their string of seven consecutive International League pennants (1919-25) under Jack Dunn. Bishop left high school in 1918 to join the Orioles. When Mack broke up the Athletics in 1933, he sold Bishop, Grove and Walberg to the Boston Red Sox for $150,000. After two years with Boston, Bishop wound up his playing career with the Orioles in 1936 and then scouted for a year with the Detroit Tigers. During his twenty-four years as Navy coach, the midshipmen won 306 games and lost 148, including an academy seasonal record of 24 victories and 2 defeats last year.