1951 Philadelphia Athletics

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952

70-84, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (70-84)
Scored 736 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 465,469 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

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1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Joe Astroth	28	R	R	5' 9"	187	Sep 1, 1922	5	64	50	64	57	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0.2
Lou Brissie	27	L	L	6' 4"	210	Jun 5, 1924	5	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Moe Burtschy	29	R	R	6' 3"	208	Apr 18, 1922	2	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Sam Chapman	35	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 11, 1916	11	18	17	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	17	1	0	-0.5
Allie Clark	28	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jun 16, 1923	5	56	39	56	43	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	33	33	15	0	0.2
Joe Coleman	28	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 30, 1922	7	28	9	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Tod Davis	26	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jul 24, 1924	2	11	2	11	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	-0.3
Ferris Fain	30	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 29, 1921	5	117	117	117	117	0	0	108	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	0	0	4.1	All-Star
Dick Fowler	30	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 30, 1921	9	22	22	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1
Bubba Harris	25	R	R	6' 4"	204	Feb 15, 1926	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Billy Hitchcock	34	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 31, 1916	7	77	54	77	66	0	0	1	23	45	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1.0
Bob Hooper	29	R	R	5' 11"	195	May 30, 1922	2	38	23	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Eddie Joost	35	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 5, 1916	13	140	140	140	140	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.7
Alex Kellner	26	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	4	33	29	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Lou Klein	32	R	R	5' 11"	167	Oct 22, 1918	5	49	37	49	42	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.3
Johnny Kucab	31	R	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 17, 1919	2	30	1	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Paul Lehner	30	L	L	5' 9"	160	Jul 1, 1920	6	9	6	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	3	0	-0.3
Lou Limmer	26	L	L	6' 2"	190	Mar 10, 1925	1st	94	46	94	58	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	-1.3
Hank Majeski	34	R	R	5' 9"	174	Dec 13, 1916	9	89	86	89	88	0	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.0
Morrie Martin	28	L	L	6' 0"	173	Sep 3, 1922	2	35	13	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Barney McCosky	34	L	R	6' 1"	184	Apr 11, 1917	9	12	5	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	7	5	1	0.2
Wally Moses	40	L	L	5' 10"	160	Oct 8, 1910	17	70	27	70	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	27	41	2	-0.5
Ray Murray	33	R	R	6' 3"	204	Oct 12, 1917	3	40	35	40	39	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.4
Dave Philley	31	B	R	6' 0"	188	May 16, 1920	7	125	118	125	120	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	117	1	120	5	1	0.7
Ed Samcoff	26	R	R	5' 10"	165	Sep 1, 1924	1st	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.3
Carl Scheib	24	R	R	6' 1"	192	Jan 1, 1927	8	48	11	48	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2.1
Bobby Shantz	25	R	L	5' 6"	139	Sep 26, 1925	3	36	25	36	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.4	All-Star
Pete Suder	35	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 16, 1916	9	123	114	123	120	0	0	0	103	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	4	-0.6
Joe Tipton	29	R	R	5' 11"	185	Feb 18, 1922	4	72	69	72	72	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Elmer Valo	30	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	10	123	112	123	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	91	116	9	0	3.4
Kermit Wahl	28	R	R	5' 11"	170	Nov 18, 1922	5	20	17	20	18	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3
Hank Wyse	33	R	R	5' 11"	185	Mar 1, 1918	8	9	1	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Gus Zernial	28	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 27, 1923	3	139	138	139	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	138	1	0	3.1
Sam Zoldak	32	L	L	5' 11"	185	Dec 8, 1918	8	26	18	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Eddie Joost	Wally Moses	Lou Limmer	Sam Chapman	Paul Lehner Hank Majeski Dave Philley	Lou Klein Ed Samcoff Gus Zernial	Allie Clark Barney McCosky	Ferris Fain
Joe Astroth	Elmer Valo	Billy Hitchcock	Pete Suder	Ray Murray	Joe Tipton	Tod Davis	Bubba Harris Dave Philley
Kermit Wahl	Lou Brissie Gus Zernial	Joe Coleman	Sam Zoldak	Alex Kellner	Carl Scheib	Dick Fowler	Morrie Martin
Bobby Shantz	Bob Hooper	Hank Wyse	Johnny Kucab	Moe Burtschy

1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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