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1951 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952)
70-84, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 736 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (70-84)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 465,469 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
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1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Joe Tipton 29 72 266 213 23 51 9 0 3 20 1 1 51 25 .239 .389 .324 .713 92 69 2 1 1
2 1B Ferris Fain* 30 117 511 425 63 146 30 3 6 57 0 3 80 20 .344 .451 .471 .921 147 200 10 3 3
3 2B Pete Suder 35 123 477 440 46 108 18 1 1 42 5 5 30 42 .245 .295 .298 .593 59 131 15 1 6
4 SS Eddie Joost 35 140 667 553 107 160 28 5 19 78 10 8 106 70 .289 .409 .461 .870 133 255 6 6 2
5 3B Hank Majeski 34 89 364 323 41 92 19 4 5 42 1 2 35 24 .285 .358 .415 .773 107 134 9 2 4
6 OF Gus Zernial 28 139 617 552 90 151 30 5 33 125 2 2 61 99 .274 .350 .525 .875 132 290 15 4 0
7 OF Elmer Valo* 30 123 530 444 75 134 27 8 7 55 11 6 75 20 .302 .412 .446 .858 130 198 12 8 3
8 OF Dave Philley# 31 125 538 468 71 123 18 7 7 59 9 6 63 38 .263 .354 .376 .730 96 176 4 3 4
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 Billy Hitchcock 34 77 249 222 27 68 10 4 1 36 2 0 21 23 .306 .371 .401 .772 107 89 2 2 4
10 1B Lou Limmer* 26 94 247 214 25 34 9 1 5 30 1 0 28 40 .159 .256 .280 .537 44 60 4 0 5
11 C Joe Astroth 28 64 205 187 30 46 10 2 2 19 0 1 18 13 .246 .312 .353 .665 78 66 4 0 0
12 OF Allie Clark 28 56 179 161 20 40 10 1 4 22 2 0 15 7 .248 .320 .398 .718 92 64 6 2 1
13 OF Wally Moses* 40 70 158 136 17 26 6 0 0 9 2 2 21 9 .191 .304 .235 .539 46 32 5 1 0
14 2B Lou Klein 32 49 156 144 22 33 7 0 5 17 0 0 10 12 .229 .279 .382 .661 76 55 4 0 2
15 C Ray Murray 33 40 138 122 10 26 6 0 0 13 0 0 14 8 .213 .294 .262 .556 50 32 5 0 2
16 OF Sam Chapman 35 18 78 65 7 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 12 12 .169 .299 .185 .483 32 12 2 0 1
17 3B Kermit Wahl 28 20 70 59 4 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 5 .186 .294 .220 .514 39 13 2 0 2
18 OF Paul Lehner* 30 9 30 28 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .172 .179 .351 -6 5 3 0 1
19 OF Barney McCosky* 34 12 30 27 4 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .296 .367 .481 .848 126 13 0 0 0
20 IF Tod Davis 26 11 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .067 .125 .067 .192 -48 1 1 0 0
21 2B Ed Samcoff 26 4 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 -76 0 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
22 P Bobby Shantz 25 36 86 72 11 18 4 0 0 9 1 0 6 7 .250 .308 .306 .613 65 22 1 0 8
23 P Alex Kellner 26 33 82 79 5 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 13 .228 .238 .266 .503 35 21 3 0 2
24 P Bob Hooper 29 38 75 72 8 15 3 0 1 8 0 0 1 19 .208 .219 .292 .511 36 21 1 0 2
25 P Morrie Martin* 28 35 57 50 12 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 11 .220 .264 .220 .484 31 11 0 0 4
26 P Carl Scheib 24 48 55 53 9 21 2 2 2 8 0 0 1 5 .396 .418 .623 1.041 176 33 1 1 0
27 P Dick Fowler 30 22 47 42 2 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .190 .261 .262 .523 40 11 1 0 1
28 P Sam Zoldak* 32 26 46 45 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .156 .156 .178 .333 -11 8 0 0 1
29 P Joe Coleman 28 28 30 27 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 .259 .310 .370 .681 82 10 0 0 1
30 P Johnny Kucab 31 30 20 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0
31 P Lou Brissie* 27 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0 1
32 P Hank Wyse 33 9 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0
33 P Moe Burtschy 29 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 1 0 0 0
34 P Bubba Harris 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31.1 154 6049 5277 736 1381 262 43 102 685 47 36 677 564 .262 .349 .386 .735 97 2035 118 34 61 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 3 6 1 5 5 4 5 2 4 6 2 4 3 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 Alex Kellner* 26 11 14 .440 4.46 33 29 3 11 1 2 209.2 218 118 104 20 93 94 4 0 9 909 96 1.483 9.4 0.9 4.0 4.0 1.01
2 SP Bobby Shantz* 25 18 10 .643 3.94 32 25 2 13 3 0 205.1 213 96 90 15 70 77 5 1 1 869 109 1.378 9.3 0.7 3.1 3.4 1.10
3 SP Bob Hooper 29 12 10 .545 4.38 38 23 8 9 0 5 189.0 192 98 92 13 61 64 3 0 4 790 98 1.339 9.1 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.05
4 SP Sam Zoldak* 32 6 10 .375 3.16 26 18 5 8 1 0 128.0 127 51 45 9 24 18 0 1 0 525 135 1.180 8.9 0.6 1.7 1.3 0.75
5 SP Dick Fowler 30 5 11 .313 5.62 22 22 0 4 0 0 125.0 141 89 78 11 72 29 1 0 0 568 76 1.704 10.2 0.8 5.2 2.1 0.40
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
6 CL Carl Scheib 24 1 12 .077 4.47 46 11 34 3 0 10 143.0 132 78 71 7 71 49 8 0 6 618 96 1.420 8.3 0.4 4.5 3.1 0.69
7 RP Morrie Martin* 28 11 4 .733 3.78 35 13 9 3 1 0 138.0 139 70 58 13 63 35 5 1 3 609 113 1.464 9.1 0.8 4.1 2.3 0.56
8 RP Joe Coleman 28 1 6 .143 5.98 28 9 8 1 0 1 96.1 117 69 64 12 59 34 3 0 3 452 72 1.827 10.9 1.1 5.5 3.2 0.58
9 RP Johnny Kucab 31 4 3 .571 4.22 30 1 21 0 0 4 74.2 76 37 35 9 23 23 1 0 1 315 102 1.326 9.2 1.1 2.8 2.8 1.00
10 RP Hank Wyse 33 1 2 .333 7.98 9 1 5 0 0 0 14.2 24 14 13 0 8 5 0 0 1 72 54 2.182 14.7 0.0 4.9 3.1 0.63
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
11 Moe Burtschy 29 0 0 5.29 7 0 6 0 0 0 17.0 18 11 10 0 12 4 1 0 2 79 81 1.765 9.5 0.0 6.4 2.1 0.33
12 Lou Brissie* 27 0 2 .000 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 20 10 10 0 8 3 0 0 0 64 64 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 2.0 0.38
13 Bubba Harris 25 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 0 5 2 1 0 0 22 48 2.250 9.0 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40
Team Totals 27.7 70 84 .455 4.47 154 154 102 52 6 22 1358.0 1421 745 674 109 569 437 32 3 30 5892 96 1.465 9.4 0.7 3.8 2.9 0.77
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 6 6 5 2 8 6 6 6 5 3 4596
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 28 57 248 228 18 2 2 .992 4.32 7 C
Lou Brissie 27 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Moe Burtschy 29 7 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.71 P
Sam Chapman 35 17 0 17 0 46 43 1 2 0 .957 2.59 OF
Allie Clark 28 42 1 1 30 95 69 22 4 4 .958 2.17 OF-3B
Joe Coleman 28 28 17 7 9 1 1 .941 0.57 P
Tod Davis 26 3 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 2B-3B
Ferris Fain 30 119 1 0 10 1071 942 115 14 125 .987 8.88 1B-OF
Dick Fowler 30 22 29 11 16 2 3 .931 1.23 P
Bubba Harris 25 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Billy Hitchcock 34 69 264 100 150 14 31 .947 3.62 3B-2B-1B
Bob Hooper 29 38 58 18 37 3 3 .948 1.45 P
Eddie Joost 35 140 767 325 422 20 115 .974 5.34 SS
Alex Kellner 26 33 48 15 31 2 3 .958 1.39 P
Lou Klein 32 42 197 85 107 5 32 .975 4.57 2B
Johnny Kucab 31 30 10 3 6 1 1 .900 0.30 P
Paul Lehner 30 6 6 0 0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.83 OF
Lou Limmer 26 58 496 450 40 6 54 .988 8.45 1B
Hank Majeski 34 88 307 82 217 8 17 .974 3.40 3B
Morrie Martin 28 35 41 6 33 2 5 .951 1.11 P
Barney McCosky 34 7 5 0 2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 OF
Wally Moses 40 27 0 0 27 64 62 1 1 1 .984 2.33 OF
Ray Murray 33 39 133 107 24 2 5 .985 3.36 4 C
Dave Philley 31 122 2 116 2 321 299 15 7 4 .978 2.57 OF-3B
Ed Samcoff 26 3 10 5 5 0 3 1.000 3.33 2B
Carl Scheib 24 46 58 14 43 1 3 .983 1.24 P
Bobby Shantz 25 32 66 20 44 2 7 .970 2.00 P
Pete Suder 35 124 687 321 355 11 107 .984 5.45 2B-SS-3B
Joe Tipton 29 72 291 230 52 9 12 .969 3.92 1 C
Elmer Valo 30 116 1 22 95 257 247 5 5 0 .981 2.17 OF
Kermit Wahl 28 18 60 21 37 2 4 .967 3.22 3B
Hank Wyse 33 9 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Gus Zernial 28 138 138 0 0 347 321 17 9 3 .974 2.45 OF
Sam Zoldak 32 26 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 0.88 P
Team Totals 30.7 154 6057 4073 1849 135 545 .978 3.66 12
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 1 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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