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1951 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 70-84, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 736 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Managed by Jimmie Dykes Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 465,469 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Tipton          29   72  213   23   51   9  0   3   20  51   25  .239  .389  .324   1   1   2   1   1           92
1B *Ferris Fain         30  117  425   63  146  30  3   6   57  80   20  .344  .451  .471   0   3  10   3   3          147
2B  Pete Suder          35  123  440   46  108  18  1   1   42  30   42  .245  .295  .298   5   5  15   1   6           59
3B  Hank Majeski        34   89  323   41   92  19  4   5   42  35   24  .285  .358  .415   1   2   9   2   4          107
SS  Eddie Joost         35  140  553  107  160  28  5  19   78 106   70  .289  .409  .461  10   8   6   6   2          133
OF  Gus Zernial         28  139  552   90  151  30  5  33  125  61   99  .274  .350  .525   2   2  15   4   0          132
OF #Dave Philley        31  125  468   71  123  18  7   7   59  63   38  .263  .354  .376   9   6   4   3   4           96
OF *Elmer Valo          30  123  444   75  134  27  8   7   55  75   20  .302  .412  .446  11   6  12   8   3          130
    Billy Hitchcock     34   77  222   27   68  10  4   1   36  21   23  .306  .371  .401   2   0   2   2   4          107
   *Lou Limmer          26   94  214   25   34   9  1   5   30  28   40  .159  .256  .280   1   0   4   0   5           44
    Joe Astroth         28   64  187   30   46  10  2   2   19  18   13  .246  .312  .353   0   1   4   0   0           78
    Allie Clark         28   56  161   20   40  10  1   4   22  15    7  .248  .320  .398   2   0   6   2   1           92
    Lou Klein           32   49  144   22   33   7  0   5   17  10   12  .229  .279  .382   0   0   4   0   2           76
   *Wally Moses         40   70  136   17   26   6  0   0    9  21    9  .191  .304  .235   2   2   5   1   0           46
    Ray Murray          33   40  122   10   26   6  0   0   13  14    8  .213  .294  .262   0   0   5   0   2           50
    Sam Chapman         35   18   65    7   11   1  0   0    5  12   12  .169  .299  .185   0   0   2   0   1           32
    Kermit Wahl         28   20   59    4   11   2  0   0    6   9    5  .186  .294  .220   0   0   2   0   2           39
   *Paul Lehner         30    9   28    1    4   1  0   0    1   1    1  .143  .172  .179   0   0   3   0   1           -6
   *Barney McCosky      34   12   27    4    8   2  0   1    1   3    4  .296  .367  .481   0   0   0   0   0          126
    Tod Davis           26   11   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .067  .125  .067   0   0   1   0   0          -48
    Ed Samcoff          26    4   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .083  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -76

    Alex Kellner        26   33   79    5   18   3  0   0    9   1   13  .228  .238  .266   0   0   3   0   2           35
    Bob Hooper          29   38   72    8   15   3  0   1    8   1   19  .208  .219  .292   0   0   1   0   2           36
    Bobby Shantz        25   36   72   11   18   4  0   0    9   6    7  .250  .308  .306   1   0   1   0   8           65
    Carl Scheib         24   48   53    9   21   2  2   2    8   1    5  .396  .418  .623   0   0   1   1   0          176
   *Morrie Martin       28   35   50   12   11   0  0   0    4   3   11  .220  .264  .220   0   0   0   0   4           31
   *Sam Zoldak          32   26   45    1    7   1  0   0    2   0    6  .156  .156  .178   0   0   0   0   1          -11
    Dick Fowler         30   22   42    2    8   3  0   0    2   4    6  .190  .261  .262   0   0   1   0   1           40
    Joe Coleman         28   28   27    2    7   3  0   0    5   2   12  .259  .310  .370   0   0   0   0   1           82
    Johnny Kucab        31   30   16    2    0   0  0   0    1   4    4  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -43
   *Lou Brissie         27    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   1            7
    Hank Wyse           33    9    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           34
    Moe Burtschy        29    7    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           79
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0  154 5277  736 1381 262 43 102  685 677  565  .262  .346  .386  47  36 118  34  61          101
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    3    6   1  5   5        2    4     6     2     4   4   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Alex Kellner        26  33   4.46  11  14  2  29   3  11   1  209.7  218  118  104  20   93   94  909   9   4  0      96
SP *Bobby Shantz        25  32   3.94  18  10  0  25   2  13   3  205.3  213   96   90  15   70   77  869   1   5  1     109
SP  Bob Hooper          29  38   4.38  12  10  5  23   8   9   0  189.0  192   98   92  13   61   64  790   4   3  0      98
SP  Dick Fowler         30  22   5.62   5  11  0  22   0   4   0  125.0  141   89   78  11   72   29  568   0   1  0      76
SP *Sam Zoldak          32  26   3.16   6  10  0  18   5   8   1  128.0  127   51   45   9   24   18  525   0   0  1     135

CL  Carl Scheib         24  46   4.47   1  12 10  11  34   3   0  143.0  132   78   71   7   71   49  618   6   8  0      96
RP  Johnny Kucab        31  30   4.22   4   3  4   1  21   0   0   74.7   76   37   35   9   23   23  315   1   1  0     102
RP *Morrie Martin       28  35   3.78  11   4  0  13   9   3   1  138.0  139   70   58  13   63   35  609   3   5  1     113
RP  Joe Coleman         28  28   5.98   1   6  1   9   8   1   0   96.3  117   69   64  12   59   34  452   3   3  0      72
RP  Hank Wyse           33   9   7.98   1   2  0   1   5   0   0   14.7   24   14   13   0    8    5   72   1   0  0      54

    Moe Burtschy        29   7   5.29   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   17.0   18   11   10   0   12    4   79   2   1  0      81
   *Lou Brissie         27   2   6.75   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   13.3   20   10   10   0    8    3   64   0   0  0      64
    Bubba Harris        25   3   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    4    4    4   0    5    2   22   0   1  0      48
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 154   4.47  70  84 22 154 102  52   7 1358.0 1421  745  674 109  569  437 5892  30  32  3      96
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   6   3  2           6   5      8    6    6        5    3    8

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JTipton 72 230 52 9 12 .969 1 JAstroth 57 228 18 2 2 .992 7 RMurray 39 107 24 2 5 .985 4 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 565 94 13 19 .981 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 108 931 113 11 124 .990 9.67 LLimmer 58 450 40 6 54 .988 8.45 BHitchcock 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1389 153 17 179 .989 10.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSuder 103 274 313 8 93 .987 5.70 LKlein 42 85 107 5 32 .975 4.57 BHitchcock 23 47 51 3 16 .970 4.26 ESamcoff 3 5 5 0 3 1.000 3.33 TDavis 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 412 476 16 144 .982 5.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HMajeski 88 82 217 8 17 .974 3.40 BHitchcock 45 45 99 11 14 .929 3.20 KWahl 18 21 37 2 4 .967 3.22 AClark 10 9 20 3 3 .906 2.90 PSuder 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.33 DPhilley 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TDavis 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 161 376 24 39 .957 3.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EJoost 140 325 422 20 115 .974 5.34 PSuder 18 44 41 3 13 .966 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 369 463 23 128 .973 5.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GZernial 138 321 17 9 3 .974 2.45 138 0 0 DPhilley 120 299 15 7 4 .978 2.62 2 116 2 EValo 116 247 5 5 0 .981 2.17 1 22 95 AClark 32 60 2 1 1 .984 1.94 1 1 30 WMoses 27 62 1 1 1 .984 2.33 0 0 27 SChapman 17 43 1 2 0 .957 2.59 0 17 0 FFain 11 11 2 3 1 .812 1.18 1 0 10 BMcCosky 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 5 0 2 PLehner 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.83 6 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1072 44 28 10 .976 2.47 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AKellner 33 15 31 2 3 .958 1.97 BShantz 32 20 44 2 7 .970 2.81 BHooper 38 18 37 3 3 .948 2.62 CScheib 46 14 43 1 3 .983 3.59 MMartin 35 6 33 2 5 .951 2.54 SZoldak 26 6 17 0 0 1.000 1.62 DFowler 22 11 16 2 3 .931 1.94 JColeman 28 7 9 1 1 .941 1.50 JKucab 30 3 6 1 1 .900 1.08 MBurtschy 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.65 HWyse 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.84 LBrissie 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 BHarris 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 105 243 14 26 .961 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Fain .344 On-base % Fain .451 Slugging % Zernial .525 OPS Fain .922 Games Joost 140 At Bats Joost 553 Plate Appearances (approx.) Joost 667 Runs Joost 107 Hits Joost 160 Total Bases Zernial 290 Doubles Fain and Zernial 30 Triples Valo 8 Home Runs Zernial 33 RBI Zernial 125 Bases on Balls Joost 106 Strikeouts Zernial 99 Stolen Bases Valo 11 Singles Joost 108 Adjusted OPS+ Fain 147 Runs Created Joost 102 Adjusted Batting Runs Fain 34 Batting Wins Fain 3.4 Extra-Base Hits Zernial 68 Times on Base Joost 272 Offensive Win% Fain .741 Hit By Pitch Valo 8 Sac. Hits Shantz 8 Grounded into Double Plays Suder and Zernial 15 Caught Stealing Joost 8 Power/Speed Number Joost 13.1 At Bats per Strikeout Valo 22.2 At Bats per Home Run Zernial 16.7 Outs Zernial 418

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Shantz 3.94 Wins Shantz 18 Won-Loss % Martin .733 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hooper 1.339 Hits Allowed/9IP Hooper 9.14 Bases on Balls/9IP Hooper 2.90 Strikeouts/9IP Kellner 4.03 Games Scheib 46 Saves Scheib 10 Innings Kellner 209.7 Strikeouts Kellner 94 Games Started Kellner 29 Comp. Games Shantz 13 Shutouts Shantz 3 Home Runs Allow. Kellner 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Kellner 93 Hits Allowed Kellner 218 SO to Walk Shantz 1.10 Losses Kellner 14 Earned Runs Allow. Kellner 104 Wild Pitches Kellner 9 Hit Batsmen Scheib 8 Batters Faced Kellner 909 Games Finished Scheib 34 Adjusted ERA+ Shantz 109

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