1950 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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
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
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	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

* - 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	8	4	8	7	7	8	7	6		4559
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	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

1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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