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1951 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Joe Tipton 29 72 266 213 23 51 9 0 3 20 1 1 51 25 .239 .389 .324 .713 93 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 .921 148 200 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 60 131 15 1 6
4 SS Eddie Joost 35 140 667 553 107 160 28 5 19 78 10 8 106 70 .289 .409 .461 .870 134 255 6 6 2
5 3B Hank Majeski 34 89 364 323 41 92 19 4 5 42 1 2 35 24 .285 .358 .415 .773 108 134 9 2 4
6 OF Gus Zernial 28 139 617 552 90 151 30 5 33 125 2 2 61 99 .274 .350 .525 .875 133 290 15 4 0
7 OF Elmer Valo* 30 123 530 444 75 134 27 8 7 55 11 6 75 20 .302 .412 .446 .858 131 198 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 97 176 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 .772 108 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 79 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 77 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 51 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 40 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 -5 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 .848 127 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 -47 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 37 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 1.041 177 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 41 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 -10 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 83 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 8 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 35 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 80 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
Team Totals 31.1 154 6049 5277 736 1381 262 43 102 685 47 36 677 564 .262 .349 .386 .735 98 2035 118 34 61
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 3 6 1 5 5 4 5 2 4 6 2 4 3 5 3 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
* - 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 95 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 1 869 108 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 97 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 95 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 71 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 1 315 101 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 55 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 82 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 65 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 51 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 95 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 8
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 CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 28 57 50 50 248 228 18 2 2 .992 4.32 7 12 19 10 34% 0 C
Lou Brissie 27 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 P
Moe Burtschy 29 7 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.71 0 1 100% 0 P
Sam Chapman 35 17 17 17 46 43 1 2 0 .957 2.59 OF
Allie Clark 28 43 39 32 95 69 22 4 4 .958 2.17 OF-3B
Joe Coleman 28 28 9 1 17 7 9 1 1 .941 0.57 2 4 67% 0 P
Tod Davis 26 3 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 2B-3B
Ferris Fain 30 117 117 104 1071 942 115 14 125 .987 8.88 1B-OF
Dick Fowler 30 22 22 4 29 11 16 2 3 .931 1.23 2 8 80% 0 P
Bubba Harris 25 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 0 P
Billy Hitchcock 34 66 54 49 264 100 150 14 31 .947 3.62 3B-2B-1B
Bob Hooper 29 38 23 9 58 18 37 3 3 .948 1.45 3 8 73% 2 P
Eddie Joost 35 140 140 136 767 325 422 20 115 .974 5.34 SS
Alex Kellner 26 33 29 11 48 15 31 2 3 .958 1.39 5 7 58% 4 P
Lou Klein 32 42 37 30 197 85 107 5 32 .975 4.57 2B
Johnny Kucab 31 30 1 0 10 3 6 1 1 .900 0.30 1 4 80% 0 P
Paul Lehner 30 6 6 6 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.83 OF
Lou Limmer 26 58 46 45 496 450 40 6 54 .988 8.45 1B
Hank Majeski 34 88 86 84 307 82 217 8 17 .974 3.40 3B
Morrie Martin 28 35 13 3 41 6 33 2 5 .951 1.11 1 2 67% 0 P
Barney McCosky 34 7 5 5 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 OF
Wally Moses 40 27 27 25 64 62 1 1 1 .984 2.33 OF
Ray Murray 33 39 35 31 133 107 24 2 5 .985 3.36 4 11 8 15 65% 2 C
Dave Philley 31 120 118 115 321 299 15 7 4 .978 2.57 OF-3B
Ed Samcoff 26 3 3 3 10 5 5 0 3 1.000 3.33 2B
Carl Scheib 24 46 11 3 58 14 43 1 3 .983 1.24 11 6 35% 0 P
Bobby Shantz 25 32 25 13 66 20 44 2 7 .970 2.00 8 3 27% 1 P
Pete Suder 35 120 114 103 687 321 355 11 107 .984 5.45 2B-SS-3B
Joe Tipton 29 72 69 59 291 230 52 9 12 .969 3.92 1 6 10 25 71% 6 C
Elmer Valo 30 116 112 108 257 247 5 5 0 .981 2.17 OF
Kermit Wahl 28 18 17 15 60 21 37 2 4 .967 3.22 3B
Hank Wyse 33 9 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 1 100% 0 P
Gus Zernial 28 138 138 138 347 321 17 9 3 .974 2.45 OF
Sam Zoldak 32 26 18 8 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 0.88 1 2 67% 1 P
Team Totals 30.7 154 1386 1209 6057 4073 1849 135 545 .978 3.66 12 29 37 50 57% 16
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 1 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 28 205 -6 1 0 0 -1 2 6 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Lou Brissie* 27 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Moe Burtschy 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Unknown /1
Sam Chapman 35 78 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 8O
Allie Clark 28 179 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 9O5
Joe Coleman 28 30 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tod Davis 26 16 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /45
Ferris Fain* 30 511 32 -3 0 0 3 -5 13 40 4.1 37 3.8 0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft *3O9/7
Dick Fowler 30 47 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Billy Hitchcock 34 249 2 1 0 0 -1 1 7 10 1.0 11 1.1 -0.1 $ Traded 54/3
Bob Hooper 29 75 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Eddie Joost 35 667 27 0 0 0 4 9 16 56 5.7 52 5.3 0.4 $ Purchased *6
Alex Kellner 26 82 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Lou Klein 32 156 -6 1 0 0 2 2 4 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ Traded 4
Johnny Kucab 31 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Paul Lehner* 30 30 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded /7O
Lou Limmer* 26 247 -18 1 0 0 0 -3 7 -13 -1.3 -13 -1.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Hank Majeski 34 364 3 -1 0 0 8 0 10 20 2.0 12 1.2 0.8 $ Traded 5
Morrie Martin* 28 57 -5 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Barney McCosky* 34 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded /O79
Wally Moses* 40 158 -10 0 0 0 2 -1 5 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ Free Agency O9
Ray Murray 33 138 -9 0 0 0 0 1 4 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 2
Dave Philley# 31 538 -3 1 0 0 -4 -1 14 7 0.7 11 1.1 -0.4 $ Traded *O8/579
Ed Samcoff 26 12 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /4
Carl Scheib 24 55 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bobby Shantz 25 86 -4 1 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Pete Suder 35 477 -26 -1 0 0 2 6 14 -5 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft *46/5
Joe Tipton 29 266 0 -1 0 0 1 2 8 10 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ Traded 2
Elmer Valo* 30 530 21 1 0 0 2 -5 14 33 3.4 31 3.2 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *O98/7
Kermit Wahl 28 70 -5 0 0 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 5
Hank Wyse 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Gus Zernial 28 617 20 0 0 0 1 -6 16 31 3.1 30 3.1 0.0 $ Traded *7O
Sam Zoldak* 32 46 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 31.1 6049 -30 2 0 0 18 32 163 185 18.5 167 17.1 1.4 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Lou Brissie* 27 13.1 2 10 8 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Moe Burtschy 29 17.0 0 11 10 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Unknown
Joe Coleman 28 96.1 9 69 58 1 1.0 -11 -0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Fowler 30 125.0 22 89 76 1 1.0 -13 -1.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Bubba Harris 25 4.0 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $ Unknown
Bob Hooper 29 189.0 23 98 114 2 1.0 16 1.9 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Alex Kellner* 26 209.2 29 118 127 2 1.0 9 1.1 $ Free Agency
Johnny Kucab 31 74.2 1 37 45 1 1.0 8 0.9 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Morrie Martin* 28 138.0 13 70 83 1 1.0 13 1.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Carl Scheib 24 143.0 11 78 86 1 1.0 8 1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bobby Shantz* 25 205.1 25 96 124 2 1.0 28 3.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hank Wyse 33 14.2 1 14 9 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Sam Zoldak* 32 128.0 18 51 77 1 1.0 26 2.8 $ Traded
Team Total 27.7 1358.0 154 745 819 12 1.0 74 9.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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