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1950 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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 Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Lou Brissie* 26 7 19 .269 4.02 46 31 13 15 2 8 246.0 237 127 110 22 117 101 4 0 7 1083 113 1.439 8.7 0.8 4.3 3.7 0.86
2 SP Alex Kellner* 25 8 20 .286 5.47 36 29 5 15 0 2 225.1 253 157 137 28 112 85 2 0 8 1023 83 1.620 10.1 1.1 4.5 3.4 0.76
3 SP Bobby Shantz* 24 8 14 .364 4.61 36 23 9 6 1 0 214.2 251 122 110 18 85 93 7 3 0 957 98 1.565 10.5 0.8 3.6 3.9 1.09
4 SP Hank Wyse 32 9 14 .391 5.85 41 23 9 4 0 0 170.2 192 121 111 16 87 33 8 0 0 772 77 1.635 10.1 0.8 4.6 1.7 0.38
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Bob Hooper 28 15 10 .600 5.02 45 20 22 3 0 5 170.1 181 108 95 15 91 58 1 1 4 763 90 1.597 9.6 0.8 4.8 3.1 0.64
6 RP Carl Scheib 23 3 10 .231 7.22 43 8 23 1 0 3 106.0 138 96 85 13 70 37 0 1 9 513 63 1.962 11.7 1.1 5.9 3.1 0.53
7 RP Joe Coleman 27 0 5 .000 8.50 15 6 7 2 0 0 54.0 74 54 51 9 50 12 0 0 2 278 53 2.296 12.3 1.5 8.3 2.0 0.24
8 RP Joe Murray* 29 0 3 .000 5.70 8 2 3 0 0 0 30.0 34 20 19 1 21 8 0 0 1 143 79 1.833 10.2 0.3 6.3 2.4 0.38
9 RP Moe Burtschy 28 0 1 .000 7.11 9 1 5 0 0 0 19.0 22 16 15 2 21 12 1 0 3 100 64 2.263 10.4 0.9 9.9 5.7 0.57
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Dick Fowler 29 1 5 .167 6.48 11 9 1 2 0 0 66.2 75 52 48 7 56 15 3 0 1 315 70 1.965 10.1 0.9 7.6 2.0 0.27
11 Johnny Kucab 30 1 1 .500 3.46 4 2 1 2 0 0 26.0 29 10 10 4 8 8 0 0 0 112 131 1.423 10.0 1.4 2.8 2.8 1.00
12 Harry Byrd 25 0 0 16.88 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 25 20 20 3 9 2 2 0 3 65 27 3.188 21.1 2.5 7.6 1.7 0.22
13 Ed Klieman 32 0 0 9.53 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 32 48 2.118 15.9 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.00
14 Les McCrabb 35 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 7 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 17 5.250 47.3 0.0 0.0 13.5
Team Totals 26.7 52 102 .338 5.49 154 154 104 50 3 18 1346.1 1528 913 821 138 729 466 31 5 39 6168 83 1.676 10.2 0.9 4.9 3.1 0.64
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 8 4 8 7 7 8 7 6 7
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 27 38 134 123 9 2 3 .985 3.47 4 C
Lou Brissie 26 46 50 7 41 2 6 .960 1.04 P
Moe Burtschy 28 9 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.56 P
Harry Byrd 25 6 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Sam Chapman 34 140 0 140 0 449 428 11 10 4 .978 3.14 OF
Joe Coleman 27 15 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
Bob Dillinger 31 84 277 92 173 12 18 .957 3.15 3B
Ferris Fain 29 151 1429 1286 124 19 192 .987 9.34 1B
Dick Fowler 29 11 18 6 11 1 2 .944 1.55 P
Mike Guerra 37 78 289 253 33 3 8 .990 3.67 2 C
Ben Guintini 30 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Billy Hitchcock 33 108 640 299 319 22 105 .966 5.72 2B-SS
Bob Hooper 28 45 58 19 37 2 10 .966 1.24 P
Eddie Joost 34 131 659 241 389 29 117 .956 4.81 SS
Alex Kellner 25 36 43 13 27 3 2 .930 1.11 P
Ed Klieman 32 5 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Johnny Kucab 30 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Paul Lehner 29 101 80 7 15 262 247 10 5 1 .981 2.54 OF
Gene Markland 30 5 21 12 9 0 1 1.000 4.20 2B
Barney McCosky 33 42 42 0 0 75 73 1 1 1 .987 1.76 OF
Les McCrabb 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Wally Moses 39 62 4 7 51 156 147 7 2 2 .987 2.48 OF
Joe Murray 29 8 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Roberto Ortiz 35 3 1 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 OF
Bob Rinker 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 C
Carl Scheib 23 43 19 3 16 0 2 1.000 0.44 P
Bobby Shantz 24 36 67 13 52 2 6 .970 1.81 P
Pete Suder 34 72 357 167 181 9 55 .975 4.83 2B-3B-SS-1B
Joe Tipton 28 59 228 201 24 3 3 .987 3.81 3 C
Elmer Valo 29 117 33 0 85 278 264 9 5 3 .982 2.33 OF
Kermit Wahl 27 81 325 111 197 17 29 .948 3.80 3B-SS-2B
Bob Wellman 24 2 0 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Hank Wyse 32 41 52 13 34 5 1 .904 1.15 P
Team Totals 30.7 154 5920 4033 1732 155 571 .974 3.64 9
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 1 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics