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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 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
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 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
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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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