Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951
52-102, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (52-102)
Scored 670 runs, Allowed 913 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-98
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | |||
| 7 | 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 | |||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4559 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Markland | 30 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.20 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Les McCrabb | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Murray | 29 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Kermit Wahl | 27 | 81 | 325 | 111 | 197 | 17 | 29 | .948 | 3.80 | 3B-SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |