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1950 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951)
52-102, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 670 runs, Allowed 913 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-98
Manager: Connie Mack (52-102)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 309,805 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 93
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1949 / 1951 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Mike Guerra 37 87 273 252 25 71 10 4 2 26 1 0 16 12 .282 .325 .377 .702 81 95 6 0 5
2 1B Ferris Fain* 29 151 658 522 83 147 25 4 10 83 8 5 133 26 .282 .430 .402 .832 116 210 18 3 0
3 2B Billy Hitchcock 33 115 447 399 35 109 22 5 1 54 3 1 45 32 .273 .347 .361 .708 83 144 30 0 3
4 SS Eddie Joost 34 131 592 476 79 111 12 3 18 58 5 1 103 68 .233 .373 .384 .757 96 183 11 3 10
5 3B Bob Dillinger 31 84 389 356 55 110 21 9 3 41 5 3 31 20 .309 .366 .444 .810 108 158 11 1 1
6 OF Elmer Valo* 29 129 542 446 62 125 16 5 10 46 12 7 82 22 .280 .400 .406 .806 108 181 7 7 7
7 OF Paul Lehner* 29 114 467 427 48 132 17 5 9 52 1 1 32 33 .309 .357 .436 .793 104 186 12 0 8
8 OF Sam Chapman 34 144 627 553 93 139 20 6 23 95 3 3 68 79 .251 .338 .434 .772 98 240 14 4 2
Rk Pos 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 IF Kermit Wahl 27 89 318 280 26 72 12 3 2 27 1 1 30 30 .257 .331 .343 .674 74 96 9 1 7
10 OF Wally Moses* 39 88 309 265 47 70 16 5 2 21 0 1 40 17 .264 .365 .385 .750 94 102 6 2 2
11 2B Pete Suder 34 77 274 248 34 61 10 0 8 35 2 2 23 31 .246 .310 .383 .693 78 95 8 0 3
12 OF Barney McCosky* 33 66 207 179 19 43 10 1 0 11 0 0 22 12 .240 .323 .307 .631 63 55 4 0 6
13 C Joe Tipton 28 64 205 184 15 49 5 1 6 20 0 0 19 16 .266 .335 .402 .737 90 74 3 0 2
14 C Joe Astroth 27 39 128 110 11 36 3 1 1 18 0 0 18 3 .327 .422 .400 .822 113 44 7 0 0
15 OF Bob Wellman 24 11 15 15 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .533 .867 121 8 0 0 0
16 OF Roberto Ortiz 35 6 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 1 0 1
17 2B Gene Markland 30 5 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .125 .364 .125 .489 30 1 0 0 2
18 OF Ben Guintini 30 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
19 C Bob Rinker 29 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 72 1 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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 Lou Brissie* 26 46 91 87 5 15 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 4 .172 .200 .184 .384 -0 16 3 0 1
21 P Alex Kellner 25 36 84 80 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 13 .200 .238 .213 .451 17 17 4 0 0
22 P Bobby Shantz 24 37 78 66 4 11 1 0 1 4 1 0 6 10 .167 .236 .227 .463 20 15 2 0 6
23 P Hank Wyse 32 41 63 59 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .153 .167 .153 .319 -17 9 4 0 3
24 P Bob Hooper 28 45 62 56 4 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 21 .125 .155 .214 .369 -5 12 2 2 4
25 P Carl Scheib 23 50 53 52 6 13 0 1 1 6 0 0 1 9 .250 .264 .346 .610 57 18 2 0 0
26 P Dick Fowler 29 11 26 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .192 .192 .192 .385 -1 5 3 0 0
27 P Joe Coleman 27 15 19 17 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 .059 .158 .235 .393 0 4 1 0 0
28 P Joe Murray* 29 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
29 P Johnny Kucab 30 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -18 1 0 0 0
30 P Moe Burtschy 28 9 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -21 0 1 0 0
31 P Harry Byrd 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Ed Klieman 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Les McCrabb 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31.3 154 5993 5212 670 1361 204 53 100 627 42 25 685 491 .261 .349 .378 .728 88 1971 170 23 73 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 7 6 3 6 1 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 27 128 81 19 6.2 112 .330 .327 .276 .422 .363 .400 .414 .822 .776 113 .602 3.1 0.3 .765 .236 .073 .0 2
*Lou Brissie 26 91 76 3 1.0 112 .181 .172 .276 .200 .363 .184 .414 .384 .776 -0 .055 -13.5 -1.3 .253 .046 .011 1
Moe Burtschy 28 7 6 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .286 .363 .000 .414 .286 .776 -21 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .400 .000 /1
Harry Byrd 25 2 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .000 .363 .000 .414 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Sam Chapman 34 627 433 79 4.8 112 .257 .251 .276 .338 .363 .434 .414 .772 .776 98 .489 -4.2 -0.4 .724 .306 .183 5.3 *O
Joe Coleman 27 19 17 1 1.6 112 .000 .059 .276 .158 .363 .235 .414 .393 .776 0 .108 -2.8 -0.3 .353 .294 .176 .0 1
Bob Dillinger 31 389 261 57 5.8 112 .321 .309 .276 .366 .363 .444 .414 .810 .776 108 .570 3.4 0.3 .738 .228 .135 3.8 5
*Ferris Fain 29 658 398 90 6.0 112 .282 .282 .276 .430 .363 .402 .414 .832 .776 116 .586 21.5 2.0 .877 .381 .121 8.9 *3
Dick Fowler 29 26 24 1 1.1 112 .200 .192 .276 .192 .363 .192 .414 .385 .776 -1 .060 -4.0 -0.4 .208 .000 .000 1
Mike Guerra 37 273 192 31 4.3 112 .290 .282 .276 .325 .363 .377 .414 .702 .776 81 .433 -8.4 -0.8 .599 .163 .095 1.3 2
Ben Guintini 30 4 4 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .000 .363 .000 .414 .000 .776 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /O
Billy Hitchcock 33 447 324 50 4.1 112 .295 .273 .276 .347 .363 .361 .414 .708 .776 83 .413 -9.8 -0.9 .595 .206 .088 1.5 *4/6
Bob Hooper 28 62 55 2 1.0 112 .176 .125 .276 .155 .363 .214 .414 .369 .776 -5 .047 -9.2 -0.9 .275 .089 .089 .0 1
Eddie Joost 34 592 387 68 4.7 112 .238 .233 .276 .373 .363 .384 .414 .757 .776 96 .472 -0.5 -0.1 .777 .376 .151 7.8 *6
Alex Kellner 25 84 68 4 1.6 112 .239 .200 .276 .238 .363 .213 .414 .451 .776 17 .108 -10.2 -1.0 .309 .063 .013 1
Ed Klieman 32 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .000 .363 .000 .414 .000 .777 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Johnny Kucab 30 10 8 0 0.0 112 .125 .111 .276 .200 .363 .111 .414 .311 .776 -18 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .000 /1
*Paul Lehner 29 467 316 66 5.5 112 .319 .309 .276 .357 .363 .436 .414 .793 .776 104 .550 0.8 0.1 .708 .201 .126 1.8 O
Gene Markland 30 13 9 0 0.0 112 .125 .125 .276 .364 .363 .125 .414 .489 .776 30 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .375 .000 /4
*Barney McCosky 33 207 146 18 3.3 112 .257 .240 .276 .323 .363 .307 .414 .631 .776 63 .318 -9.4 -0.9 .550 .190 .067 O
Les McCrabb 35 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Wally Moses 39 309 204 36 4.7 112 .276 .264 .276 .365 .363 .385 .414 .750 .776 94 .473 -1.6 -0.2 .708 .268 .121 .0 O
*Joe Murray 29 11 12 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .276 .000 .363 .000 .414 .000 .776 -100 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /1
Roberto Ortiz 35 15 15 0 0.0 112 .091 .071 .276 .071 .363 .071 .414 .143 .776 -63 .000 -3.5 -0.3 .071 .000 .000 /O
Bob Rinker 29 3 2 0 0.0 112 .333 .333 .276 .333 .363 .333 .414 .667 .776 72 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /2
Carl Scheib 23 53 41 5 3.2 112 .286 .250 .276 .264 .363 .346 .414 .610 .776 57 .313 -3.9 -0.4 .463 .115 .096 .0 1
Bobby Shantz 24 78 63 4 1.7 112 .182 .167 .276 .236 .363 .227 .414 .463 .776 20 .121 -8.2 -0.8 .386 .167 .061 1.0 1
Pete Suder 34 274 200 29 3.8 112 .254 .246 .276 .310 .363 .383 .414 .693 .776 78 .385 -9.2 -0.9 .599 .230 .137 3.2 456/3
Joe Tipton 28 205 140 25 4.7 112 .265 .266 .276 .335 .363 .402 .414 .737 .776 90 .478 -3.6 -0.3 .674 .239 .136 .0 2
*Elmer Valo 29 542 342 71 5.5 112 .278 .280 .276 .400 .363 .406 .414 .806 .776 108 .547 9.1 0.8 .821 .321 .126 10.9 *O
Kermit Wahl 27 318 225 31 3.6 112 .282 .257 .276 .331 .363 .343 .414 .674 .776 74 .363 -10.9 -1.0 .583 .193 .086 1.3 56/4
Bob Wellman 24 15 10 3 8.0 112 .364 .333 .276 .333 .363 .533 .414 .867 .776 121 .703 0.2 0.0 .800 .200 .200 .0 /O
Hank Wyse 32 63 57 2 0.9 112 .200 .153 .276 .167 .363 .153 .414 .319 .776 -17 .045 -10.6 -1.0 .185 .017 .000 1
League Average 4.9 113 .284 .269 .278 .355 .366 .399 .417 .754 .783 93 .492 .699 .259 .130
Team Total 5993 4119 695 4.5 112 .273 .261 .276 .349 .363 .378 .414 .728 .776 88 .453 -94.3 -9.1 .666 .252 .117 59.2
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Joe Astroth 27 41 131 113 11 36 3 1 1 17 0 18 3 .319 .412 .389 .802 18 39 39
*Lou Brissie 26 48 93 90 5 15 1 0 0 7 0 3 4 .167 .194 .178 .371 3 46 46
Moe Burtschy 28 9 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 9 9
Harry Byrd 25 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
Sam Chapman 34 151 638 568 87 135 19 6 22 89 3 66 83 .238 .321 .408 .730 74 144 144
Joe Coleman 27 16 20 18 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 .056 .150 .222 .372 1 15 15
Bob Dillinger 31 148 637 593 73 171 28 11 4 47 9 43 44 .288 .338 .393 .730 78 142 142
*Ferris Fain 29 158 669 536 78 144 24 4 10 78 8 130 27 .269 .414 .384 .798 85 151 151
Dick Fowler 29 11 27 27 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 11 11
Mike Guerra 37 91 275 259 24 70 10 4 2 25 1 16 13 .270 .313 .363 .676 29 87 87
Ben Guintini 30 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Billy Hitchcock 33 120 454 410 33 107 22 5 1 51 3 44 33 .261 .333 .346 .679 47 115 115
Bob Hooper 28 47 61 59 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 22 .000 .033 .000 .033 1 45 45
Eddie Joost 34 137 594 490 74 109 12 3 18 54 5 101 71 .222 .359 .369 .728 64 131 131
Alex Kellner 25 38 88 84 5 17 1 0 0 3 0 4 14 .202 .239 .214 .453 4 36 36
Ed Klieman 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Johnny Kucab 30 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 4 4
*Paul Lehner 29 119 467 436 45 128 16 5 9 48 1 31 34 .294 .340 .415 .756 62 114 114
Gene Markland 30 5 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .273 .000 .273 0 5 5
*Barney McCosky 33 69 205 184 18 42 10 1 0 10 0 21 13 .228 .307 .293 .601 17 66 66
*Wally Moses 39 92 313 272 44 68 16 5 2 20 0 39 18 .250 .348 .368 .716 34 88 88
*Joe Murray 29 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Roberto Ortiz 35 47 101 93 5 19 2 1 0 11 0 7 16 .204 .267 .247 .515 6 45 45
Bob Rinker 29 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Carl Scheib 23 52 54 53 5 12 0 1 1 5 0 1 9 .226 .241 .321 .561 4 50 50
Bobby Shantz 24 39 72 67 3 10 1 0 1 3 1 5 10 .149 .208 .209 .417 3 37 37
Pete Suder 34 80 276 254 32 59 10 0 8 33 2 22 32 .232 .293 .366 .660 27 77 77
Joe Tipton 28 67 208 189 14 48 5 1 6 19 0 19 17 .254 .322 .386 .708 23 64 64
*Elmer Valo 29 135 546 458 58 123 16 5 10 43 12 81 23 .269 .386 .391 .777 67 129 129
Kermit Wahl 27 93 317 287 24 70 12 3 2 25 1 29 31 .244 .315 .328 .643 29 89 89
Bob Wellman 24 11 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 11 11
Hank Wyse 32 43 61 60 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 15 .133 .148 .133 .281 1 41 41
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Joe Astroth 27 4 323 108 323 282 30 74 7 2 1 31 1 0 39 19 .262 .354 .312 .666 78 88 14 1 1
*Lou Brissie 26 4 273 120 273 255 15 57 4 1 0 23 0 0 6 21 .224 .241 .247 .488 29 63 10 0 12
Moe Burtschy 28 1 7 9 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .286 .000 .286 -21 0 1 0 0
Harry Byrd 25 1 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Sam Chapman 34 10 5248 1256 5248 4677 723 1262 200 51 174 732 38 38 523 638 .270 .345 .446 .791 109 2086 129 15 33
Joe Coleman 27 6 259 118 259 227 11 33 7 0 2 14 0 0 16 92 .145 .202 .203 .404 9 46 8 0 16
Bob Dillinger 31 5 2837 652 2837 2562 359 788 114 43 10 193 99 42 235 184 .308 .368 .397 .766 103 1018 73 11 29
*Ferris Fain 29 4 2541 582 2541 2028 315 565 101 21 27 320 30 16 477 148 .279 .418 .389 .807 116 789 65 8 28
Dick Fowler 29 8 439 186 439 415 20 80 7 1 1 30 0 1 10 60 .193 .214 .222 .435 19 92 13 1 13
Mike Guerra 37 8 1480 483 1480 1335 147 334 40 13 8 146 20 8 109 100 .250 .307 .318 .625 72 424 40 1 35
Ben Guintini 30 2 7 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Billy Hitchcock 33 6 1752 485 1752 1582 151 371 49 14 3 165 12 10 143 159 .235 .300 .289 .588 59 457 68 4 23
Bob Hooper 28 1 62 45 62 56 4 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 21 .125 .155 .214 .369 -5 12 2 2 4
Eddie Joost 34 12 5028 1163 5028 4170 612 963 173 27 83 407 43 12 743 608 .231 .350 .345 .695 92 1439 64 21 94
Alex Kellner 25 3 192 87 192 177 12 36 2 0 0 13 0 0 11 29 .203 .250 .215 .465 23 38 6 0 4
Ed Klieman 32 8 160 222 160 144 4 21 2 0 1 8 0 0 9 51 .146 .196 .181 .377 8 26 4 0 7
Johnny Kucab 30 1 10 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -18 1 0 0 0
*Paul Lehner 29 5 1724 472 1724 1585 161 422 71 20 21 188 6 10 107 106 .266 .314 .376 .690 83 596 51 4 28
Gene Markland 30 1 13 5 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .125 .364 .125 .489 30 1 0 0 2
*Barney McCosky 33 8 4496 1026 4496 3933 633 1243 200 69 21 374 56 30 473 241 .316 .391 .418 .809 112 1644 58 10 80
Les McCrabb 35 5 77 38 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -29 11 0 0 3 0 0
*Wally Moses 39 16 8095 1942 8095 7220 1107 2112 429 110 89 670 172 79 800 448 .293 .365 .419 .784 110 3028 53 20 55
*Joe Murray 29 1 11 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
Roberto Ortiz 35 6 718 213 718 659 67 168 18 10 8 78 4 3 43 95 .255 .310 .349 .659 83 230 11 10 6
Bob Rinker 29 1 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 72 1 0 0 0
Carl Scheib 23 7 310 196 310 290 34 70 12 4 3 40 0 0 18 44 .241 .286 .341 .627 67 99 10 0 2
Bobby Shantz 24 2 124 70 124 103 6 18 1 0 1 6 1 0 11 16 .175 .261 .214 .474 25 22 2 1 9
Pete Suder 34 8 3972 1014 3972 3677 346 917 159 36 43 427 10 18 216 333 .249 .292 .347 .639 75 1277 122 6 73
Joe Tipton 28 3 521 178 521 465 46 114 13 4 10 52 1 1 50 43 .245 .322 .355 .677 79 165 8 3 3
*Elmer Valo 29 9 3467 843 3467 2875 453 814 112 46 31 308 73 49 518 142 .283 .396 .386 .783 114 1111 57 21 53
Kermit Wahl 27 4 630 203 630 556 52 125 20 5 3 41 3 1 59 64 .225 .301 .295 .596 60 164 13 2 13
Bob Wellman 24 2 28 15 28 25 2 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 .280 .357 .480 .837 117 12 0 0 0
Hank Wyse 32 7 467 241 467 427 32 70 7 1 0 32 1 0 7 80 .164 .179 .185 .364 2 79 13 1 32
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1949 / 1951 Batting Statistics