1952 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 79-75-1, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (79-75-1)

General Manager: Art Ehlers

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 627,100 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 107
One-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 112

Pythagorean W-L: 71-83, 664 Runs, 723 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Joe Astroth	29	104	370	337	24	84	7	2	1	36	2	2	25	27	.249	.305	.291	.596	62	98	18	2	6		3
2	1B	Ferris Fain*	31	145	648	538	82	176	43	3	2	59	3	5	105	26	.327	.438	.429	.867	136	231	19	1	4		3
3	2B	Skeeter Kell	22	75	236	213	24	47	8	3	0	17	5	1	14	18	.221	.275	.286	.561	53	61	4	2	7		0
4	SS	Eddie Joost	36	146	669	540	94	132	26	3	20	75	5	8	122	94	.244	.388	.415	.803	118	224	6	5	2		2
5	3B	Billy Hitchcock	35	119	460	407	45	100	8	4	1	56	1	1	39	45	.246	.318	.292	.610	66	119	8	4	10		4
6	OF	Gus Zernial	29	145	621	549	76	144	15	1	29	100	5	1	70	87	.262	.347	.452	.799	116	248	13	1	1		11
7	OF	Elmer Valo*	31	129	495	388	69	109	26	4	5	47	12	11	101	16	.281	.432	.407	.839	129	158	10	2	4		6
8	OF	Dave Philley#	32	151	666	586	80	154	25	4	7	71	11	4	59	35	.263	.334	.355	.689	87	208	29	4	17		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	2B	Pete Suder	36	74	252	228	22	55	7	2	1	20	1	1	16	17	.241	.291	.303	.594	61	69	4	0	8		1
10	2B	Cass Michaels	26	55	228	200	22	50	4	5	1	18	3	0	23	11	.250	.330	.335	.665	81	67	5	1	4		1
11	OF	Allie Clark	29	71	200	186	23	51	12	0	7	29	0	2	10	19	.274	.315	.452	.766	106	84	7	1	3		1
12	C	Ray Murray	34	44	146	136	14	28	5	0	1	10	0	0	9	13	.206	.255	.265	.520	41	36	3	0	1		3
13	3B	Hank Majeski	35	34	139	117	14	30	2	2	2	20	0	1	19	10	.256	.365	.359	.724	97	42	7	1	2		0
14	OF	Kite Thomas	29	75	137	116	24	29	6	1	6	18	0	1	20	27	.250	.365	.474	.839	127	55	4	1	0		2
15	C	Joe Tipton	30	23	85	68	6	13	4	0	3	8	0	0	15	10	.191	.337	.382	.720	95	26	1	0	2		1
16	UT	Sherry Robertson*	33	43	81	60	8	12	3	0	0	5	1	2	21	15	.200	.407	.250	.657	81	15	1	0	0		0
17	3B	Hal Bevan	21	8	17	17	1	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	.353	.353	.353	.706	92	6	1	0	0		0
18	1B	Tom Hamilton*	26	9	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.273	.300	.573	55	3	0	0	0		0
19	IF	Jack Littrell	23	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Bobby Shantz	26	34	116	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	0	2	5	9	.198	.252	.260	.513	39	25	0	2	13		0
21	P	Alex Kellner	27	34	87	82	6	17	2	0	1	10	0	0	1	9	.207	.217	.268	.485	31	22	2	0	4		0
22	P	Harry Byrd	27	37	84	75	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	21	.133	.167	.160	.327	-11	12	0	0	6		0
23	P	Carl Scheib	25	44	83	82	4	18	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	9	.220	.220	.220	.439	19	18	4	0	1		0
24	P	Bob Hooper	30	43	45	41	3	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	10	.195	.214	.366	.580	56	15	1	0	3		0
25	P	Sam Zoldak*	33	16	25	23	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.174	.208	.174	.382	5	4	1	0	1		0
26	P	Bobo Newsom	44	14	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	2	0	1		0
27	P	Dick Fowler	31	18	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.063	.000	.063	-82	0	1	0	0		0
28	P	Charlie Bishop	28	6	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	-14	1	0	0	1		0
29	P	Johnny Kucab	32	28	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0		0
30	P	Morrie Martin*	29	5	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	0	0	0		0
31	P	Ed Wright	33	24	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	14	2	1	0	0		0
32	P	Marion Fricano	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1		0
33	P	Walt Kellner	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Len Matarazzo	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Tex Hoyle	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	31.2	155	5976	5163	664	1305	212	35	89	632	52	43	683	558	.253	.343	.359	.702	91	1854	152	27	102		42
		Rank in 8 AL teams				8	4	6	5	7	5		3	7	1	2	4	1	4	4		5		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.5	155	5465	4698	629	1222	202	34	86	594	51	40	670	474	.260	.355	.372	.728	98	1750	140	25	71		42
		Pitcher Totals	27.9	155	511	465	35	83	10	1	3	38	1	3	13	84	.178	.204	.224	.428	16	104	12	2	31		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bobby Shantz*	26	24	7	.774	2.48	33	33	0	27	5	0	279.2	230	87	77	21	63	6	152	4	0	0	1103	159	3.00	1.048	7.4	0.7	2.0	4.9	2.41
2	SP	Alex Kellner*	27	12	14	.462	4.36	34	33	1	14	2	1	231.1	223	124	112	21	86	6	105	4	0	3	990	90	3.83	1.336	8.7	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.22
3	SP	Harry Byrd	27	15	15	.500	3.31	37	28	7	15	3	2	228.1	244	100	84	12	98	10	116	7	0	4	1008	119	3.44	1.498	9.6	0.5	3.9	4.6	1.18
4	SP	Carl Scheib	25	11	7	.611	4.39	30	19	11	8	1	2	158.0	153	82	77	21	50	5	42	4	1	4	667	90	4.61	1.285	8.7	1.2	2.8	2.4	0.84
5	SP	Sam Zoldak*	33	0	6	.000	4.06	16	10	2	2	0	1	75.1	86	41	34	3	25	5	12	0	0	0	325	97	3.59	1.473	10.3	0.4	3.0	1.4	0.48
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Bob Hooper	30	8	15	.348	5.18	43	14	21	4	0	6	144.1	158	100	83	13	68	9	40	4	1	2	649	76	4.50	1.566	9.9	0.8	4.2	2.5	0.59
7	RP	Dick Fowler	31	1	2	.333	6.44	18	3	8	1	0	0	58.2	71	43	42	4	28	1	14	4	0	2	273	61	4.44	1.688	10.9	0.6	4.3	2.1	0.50
8	RP	Johnny Kucab	32	0	1	.000	5.26	25	0	13	0	0	2	51.1	64	37	30	5	20	4	17	1	0	1	231	75	4.22	1.636	11.2	0.9	3.5	3.0	0.85
9	RP	Bobo Newsom	44	3	3	.500	3.59	14	5	3	1	0	1	47.2	38	19	19	2	23	2	22	2	0	2	201	110	3.59	1.280	7.2	0.4	4.3	4.2	0.96
10	RP	Ed Wright	33	2	1	.667	6.53	24	0	11	0	0	1	41.1	55	36	30	6	20	1	9	3	0	1	199	61	5.51	1.815	12.0	1.3	4.4	2.0	0.45
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Charlie Bishop	28	2	2	.500	6.46	6	5	1	1	0	0	30.2	29	24	22	2	24	2	17	0	0	1	148	62	4.48	1.728	8.5	0.6	7.0	5.0	0.71
12		Morrie Martin*	29	0	2	.000	6.39	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.1	32	19	18	1	15	2	13	2	0	1	123	62	3.89	1.855	11.4	0.4	5.3	4.6	0.87
13		Marion Fricano	28	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	235	2.99	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.00
14		Walt Kellner	23	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	64	3.64	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
15		Tex Hoyle	30	0	0		27.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	9	7	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	17	13.96	4.286	34.7	7.7	3.9	3.9	1.00
16		Len Matarazzo	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5		5.39	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.4	79	75	.513	4.15	155	155	82	73	11	16	1384.1	1402	723	639	113	526	53	562	35	2	21	5981	95	3.86	1.393	9.1	0.7	3.4	3.7	1.07
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		7				3	4	6	6	7	6	6	8	1		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W