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1952 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

79-75, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (79-75)
Scored 664 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 627,100 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 112

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1951 / 1953 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 29 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 6 104 92 104 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.4
Hal Bevan 21 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 15, 1930 1st 8 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.1
Charlie Bishop 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1924 1st 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Harry Byrd 27 R R 6' 1" 188 Feb 3, 1925 2 37 28 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3
Allie Clark 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 16, 1923 6 71 43 71 49 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2 41 48 23 1 0.2
Ferris Fain 31 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 29, 1921 6 145 144 145 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.5 All-Star
Dick Fowler 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 30, 1921 10 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Marion Fricano 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 15, 1923 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Tom Hamilton 26 L R 6' 4" 213 Sep 29, 1925 1st 9 0 9 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1
Billy Hitchcock 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 31, 1916 8 119 112 119 116 0 0 13 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.6
Bob Hooper 30 R R 5' 11" 195 May 30, 1922 3 43 14 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Tex Hoyle 30 R R 6' 4" 170 Jul 17, 1921 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Eddie Joost 36 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 14 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 All-Star
Skeeter Kell 22 R R 5' 9" 160 Oct 11, 1929 1st 75 55 75 68 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 -0.7
Alex Kellner 27 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 5 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Walt Kellner 23 R R 6' 0" 200 Apr 26, 1929 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Johnny Kucab 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 17, 1919 3 28 0 28 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.6
Jack Littrell 23 R R 6' 0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 1st 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
Hank Majeski 35 R R 5' 9" 174 Dec 13, 1916 10 34 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Morrie Martin 29 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 3 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Len Matarazzo 23 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 12, 1928 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Cass Michaels 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 10 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ray Murray 34 R R 6' 3" 204 Oct 12, 1917 4 44 40 44 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6
Bobo Newsom 44 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 19 14 5 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Dave Philley 32 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 8 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 148 0 148 0 0 1.3
Sherry Robertson 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 1, 1919 10 43 13 43 16 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 7 7 27 1 0.0
Carl Scheib 25 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 9 44 19 44 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1.0
Bobby Shantz 26 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 4 34 33 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.4 All-Star
Pete Suder 36 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 10 74 61 74 74 0 0 0 43 16 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Kite Thomas 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 27, 1923 1st 75 19 75 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 17 29 48 1 0.5
Joe Tipton 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 18, 1922 5 23 23 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Elmer Valo 31 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 11 129 110 129 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 110 121 14 0 2.8
Ed Wright 33 R R 6' 1" 180 May 15, 1919 5 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Gus Zernial 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 4 145 141 145 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 4 0 2.0
Sam Zoldak 33 L L 5' 11" 185 Dec 8, 1918 9 16 10 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
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
Skeeter Kell
Hal Bevan
Tom Hamilton
Hank Majeski
Cass Michaels
Kite Thomas
Allie Clark
Ferris Fain

Joe Astroth
Elmer Valo
Billy Hitchcock
Pete Suder
Ray Murray
Joe Tipton
Jack Littrell
Sherry Robertson
Dave Philley

Tex Hoyle
Gus Zernial
Bobo Newsom
Walt Kellner
Sam Zoldak
Alex Kellner
Carl Scheib
Dick Fowler
Morrie Martin

Bobby Shantz
Bob Hooper
Ed Wright
Len Matarazzo
Marion Fricano
Johnny Kucab
Charlie Bishop
Harry Byrd

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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