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1952 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953)
79-75, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 664 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (79-75)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 627,100 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 112
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1951 / 1953 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 79-75, Final Rank:4, GB: 16.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind17last on Saturday, Sep 27, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5009last on Monday, Sep 1
Most Games under .5007last on Sunday, Jul 13
Longest Winning Streak6Sunday, Aug 17 to Friday, Aug 22
Longest Losing Streak7Friday, Apr 18 to Tuesday, Apr 29
Most Runs Allowed21Tuesday, Apr 29
Most Runs Scored13Friday, May 2
Times Shutout by Opponent12 
Times Opponent Shutout11 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 79 75 664 723 .513
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 45 32 382 403 .584
Road 34 43 282 320 .442
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 2 8 31 70 .200
May 13 11 99 92 .542
June 12 14 121 145 .462
July 21 13 157 140 .618
August 20 14 170 159 .588
September 11 15 86 117 .423
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 31 37 283 344 .456
Second Half 48 38 381 379 .558
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 32 20 212 200 .615
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 20 25 244 295 .444
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 10 12 86 122 .455
CHW 11 11 90 115 .500
CLE 9 13 106 124 .409
DET 17 5 113 91 .773
NYY 9 13 63 85 .409
SLB 14 8 120 90 .636
WSH 9 13 86 96 .409

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Wednesday, Apr 16 PHA NYY L 1 8 0-1 6 1.5 Raschi 2:45 11,771 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 17 PHA NYY W 3 1 1-1 4 1.5 Shantz 2:10 3,860 +
3 3 Friday, Apr 18 PHA @ BOS L 4 5 1-2 5 2.5 Wight 3:10 12,338 -
4 4 Saturday, Apr 19 PHA @ BOS L 2 11 1-3 6 4.0 Taylor 2:15 8,598 --
5 5 Saturday, Apr 19 PHA @ BOS L 1 6 1-4 6 4.0 McDermott 2:25 23,541 ---
6 6 Sunday, Apr 20 PHA @ NYY L 6 9 1-5 7 5.5 Hogue 2:00 21,659 ----
7 7 Monday, Apr 21 PHA @ NYY L 1 5 1-6 7 6.0 Raschi 2:17 8,294 -----
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 22 PHA @ NYY L 1 3 1-7 7 6.0 Sain 2:10 7,597 ------
9 9 Tuesday, Apr 29 PHA CLE L 9 21 1-8 8 7.0 Feller 3:25 7,858 -------
10 10 Wednesday, Apr 30 PHA CLE W 3 1 2-8 7 7.0 Shantz 2:15 5,807 +
11 11 Thursday, May 1 PHA CHW L 0 3 2-9 8 7.0 Dobson 2:56 3,023 -
12 12 Friday, May 2 PHA CHW W 13 12 3-9 7 7.0 Scheib 3:25 3,679 +
13 13 Saturday, May 3 PHA CHW W 7 1 4-9 7 7.0 Kellner 2:05 2,842 ++
14 14 Sunday, May 4 PHA DET W 10 6 5-9 7 5.5 Shantz 2:25 +++
15 15 Sunday, May 4 PHA DET W 6 5 6-9 7 5.5 Scheib 2:37 12,655 ++++
16 16 Tuesday, May 6 PHA SLB L 1 5 6-10 7 6.0 Pillette 2:10 7,381 -
17 17 Wednesday, May 7 PHA SLB W 1 0 7-10 6 6.0 Kellner 2:56 3,479 +
18 18 Thursday, May 8 PHA SLB L 8 9 7-11 7 6.0 Paige 1,267 -
19 19 Friday, May 9 PHA WSH W 9 3 8-11 7 5.5 Shantz 2:55 5,538 +
20 20 Saturday, May 10 PHA WSH L 1 3 8-12 7 5.5 Shea 2:25 8,579 -
21 21 Sunday, May 11 PHA WSH L 2 5 8-13 7 7.0 Porterfield 2:45 7,561 --
22 22 Tuesday, May 13 PHA @ SLB W 5 1 9-13 7 7.0 Shantz 2:05 7,301 +
23 23 Wednesday, May 14 PHA @ SLB L 7 12 9-14 7 7.0 Bearden 2:41 4,829 -
24 24 Thursday, May 15 PHA @ SLB W 6 0 10-14 7 6.5 Kellner 2:05 5,613 +
25 25 Sunday, May 18 PHA @ CLE W 2 0 11-14 7 6.5 Shantz 2:05 0 ++
26 26 Sunday, May 18 PHA @ CLE L 0 6 11-15 7 6.5 Garcia 2:09 20,200 -
27 27 Wednesday, May 21 PHA @ DET L 1 5 11-16 7 7.5 Trucks 2:07 3,718 --
28 28 Sunday, May 25 PHA @ WSH W 2 1 12-16 7 8.0 Shantz 1:54 0 +
29 29 Sunday, May 25 PHA @ WSH L 0 1 12-17 7 8.0 Sleater 1:53 15,657 -
30 30 Monday, May 26 PHA @ WSH L 3 5 12-18 7 8.5 Hudson 2:09 2,514 --
31 31 Tuesday, May 27 PHA @ BOS W 7 3 13-18 6 7.5 Byrd 2:45 13,839 +
32 32 Thursday, May 29 PHA @ NYY L 2 3 13-19 7 8.0 Raschi 2:32 6,692 -
33 33 Friday, May 30 PHA @ NYY W 2 1 14-19 6 6.0 Shantz 3:44 +
34 34 Friday, May 30 PHA @ NYY W 4 2 15-19 6 6.0 Hooper 2:36 30,005 ++
35 35 Monday, Jun 2 PHA SLB W 2 1 16-19 6 5.0 Byrd 2:12 5,153 +++
36 36 Tuesday, Jun 3 PHA DET W 3 1 17-19 6 5.0 Kellner 2:55 5,733 ++++
37 37 Wednesday, Jun 4 PHA DET W 4 3 18-19 6 4.0 Shantz 2:02 7,827 +++++
38 38 Thursday, Jun 5 PHA DET L 2 12 18-20 6 5.0 Stuart 2:05 2,616 -
39 39 Friday, Jun 6 PHA CLE L 4 11 18-21 6 6.0 Lemon 2:18 24,431 --
40 40 Saturday, Jun 7 PHA CLE L 0 14 18-22 6 7.0 Garcia 2:12 4,873 ---
41 41 Sunday, Jun 8 PHA CLE W 12 4 19-22 6 5.0 Shantz 2:15 +
42 42 Sunday, Jun 8 PHA CLE W 11 3 20-22 6 5.0 Kellner 2:27 21,949 ++
43 43 Tuesday, Jun 10 PHA CHW L 4 15 20-23 6 6.0 Pierce 2:30 7,449 -
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 11 PHA CHW W 5 3 21-23 6 5.5 Hooper 2:19 4,645 +
45 45 Thursday, Jun 12 PHA CHW L 4 10 21-24 6 6.5 Stobbs 2:39 2,819 -
46 46 Saturday, Jun 14 PHA @ SLB W 9 2 22-24 6 6.0 Shantz 2:14 3,738 +
47 47 Sunday, Jun 15 PHA @ SLB L 3 6 22-25 6 8.0 Garver 2:27 -
48 48 Sunday, Jun 15 PHA @ SLB L 6 7 22-26 6 8.0 Harrist 3:11 15,600 --
49 49 Tuesday, Jun 17 PHA @ CHW L 1 13 22-27 6 8.5 Pierce 2:10 0 ---
50 50 Tuesday, Jun 17 PHA @ CHW L 1 2 22-28 6 8.5 Grissom 2:37 38,948 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Thursday, Jun 19 PHA @ CHW W 4 1 23-28 6 9.5 Shantz 2:19 +
52 52 Thursday, Jun 19 PHA @ CHW L 4 5 23-29 6 9.5 Dobson 2:35 19,936 -
53 53 Friday, Jun 20 PHA @ DET W 3 1 24-29 6 8.5 Byrd 2:23 13,944 +
54 54 Sunday, Jun 22 PHA @ DET L 3 4 24-30 6 8.0 Newhouser 2:50 -
55 55 Sunday, Jun 22 PHA @ DET W 10 0 25-30 6 8.0 Scheib 2:20 13,958 +
56 56 Tuesday, Jun 24 PHA @ CLE L 1 2 25-31 6 9.5 Wynn 1:51 18,540 -
57 57 Wednesday, Jun 25 PHA @ CLE W 11 9 26-31 6 8.5 Byrd 2:44 6,261 +
58 58 Friday, Jun 27 PHA @ NYY L 0 10 26-32 6 9.5 Lopat 2:34 26,749 -
59 59 Saturday, Jun 28 PHA @ NYY W 12 0 27-32 6 8.5 Shantz 2:21 13,779 +
60 60 Monday, Jun 30 PHA WSH L 2 6 27-33 6 9.5 Shea 2:22 3,473 -
61 61 Tuesday, Jul 1 PHA WSH L 5 6 27-34 6 10.5 Consuegra 2:24 4,668 --
62 62 Wednesday, Jul 2 PHA WSH W 4 1 28-34 6 9.5 Shantz 1:40 13,501 +
63 63 Thursday, Jul 3 PHA BOS W 4 3 29-34 6 9.0 Scheib 2:28 2,086 ++
64 64 Friday, Jul 4 PHA BOS L 5 10 29-35 6 10.0 Parnell 2:24 -
65 65 Friday, Jul 4 PHA BOS W 4 3 30-35 6 10.0 Byrd 2:30 16,175 +
66 66 Saturday, Jul 5 PHA NYY L 1 3 30-36 6 11.0 Raschi 2:40 9,111 -
67 67 Sunday, Jul 6 PHA NYY L 2 5 30-37 6 11.0 Morgan 2:20 --
68 68 Sunday, Jul 6 PHA NYY W 7 6 31-37 6 11.0 Hooper 2:49 31,935 +
69 69 Thursday, Jul 10 PHA CLE W 11 1 32-37 6 11.0 Kellner 2:32 9,817 ++
70 70 Friday, Jul 11 PHA CLE L 7 8 32-38 6 11.0 Garcia 2:46 8,677 -
71 71 Saturday, Jul 12 PHA CLE L 1 5 32-39 6 12.0 Lemon 2:25 5,175 --
72 72 Sunday, Jul 13 PHA CHW W 6 0 33-39 6 13.0 Shantz 2:34 +
73 73 Sunday, Jul 13 PHA CHW L 4 7 33-40 6 13.0 Grissom 2:13 12,119 -
74 74 Monday, Jul 14 PHA CHW W 2 1 34-40 6 12.0 Byrd 2:31 3,216 +
75 75 Tuesday, Jul 15 PHA SLB W 7 6 35-40 6 10.5 Wright 2:23 ++
76 76 Tuesday, Jul 15 PHA SLB W 11 3 36-40 6 10.5 Newsom 2:20 6,891 +++
77 77 Thursday, Jul 17 PHA SLB L 5 9 36-41 6 11.5 Byrne 2:29 -
78 78 Thursday, Jul 17 PHA SLB W 3 1 37-41 6 11.5 Shantz 2:15 9,750 +
79 79 Friday, Jul 18 PHA DET L 1 2 37-42 6 12.5 Houtteman 1:36 8,846 -
80 80 Saturday, Jul 19 PHA DET W 5 4 38-42 6 12.5 Hooper 2:21 1,963 +
81 81 Sunday, Jul 20 PHA DET W 8 7 39-42 6 11.5 Wright 2:52 ++
82 82 Sunday, Jul 20 PHA DET T 3 3 39-42 6 11.5 2:42 7,103 ++
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 22 PHA @ SLB W 3 2 40-42 6 12.0 Shantz 1:54 7,174 +++
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 23 PHA @ SLB W 3 2 41-42 6 11.0 Hooper 2:04 4,337 ++++
85 85 Thursday, Jul 24 PHA @ SLB L 3 4 41-43 6 11.0 Garver 2:06 3,411 -
86 86 Friday, Jul 25 PHA @ CHW L 0 5 41-44 6 10.5 Pierce 2:15 0 --
87 87 Friday, Jul 25 PHA @ CHW W 5 4 42-44 6 10.5 Scheib 2:38 26,300 +
88 88 Saturday, Jul 26 PHA @ CHW L 3 9 42-45 6 10.5 Stobbs 2:49 7,570 -
89 89 Sunday, Jul 27 PHA @ CHW W 3 1 43-45 6 9.5 Shantz 2:18 0 +
90 90 Sunday, Jul 27 PHA @ CHW W 9 3 44-45 6 9.5 Kellner 2:38 26,916 ++
91 91 Tuesday, Jul 29 PHA @ DET W 5 0 45-45 6 9.5 Byrd 2:58 +++
92 92 Tuesday, Jul 29 PHA @ DET L 8 10 45-46 6 9.5 Stuart 2:34 30,654 -
93 93 Wednesday, Jul 30 PHA @ DET W 4 3 46-46 6 8.5 Fowler 1:59 4,490 +
94 94 Thursday, Jul 31 PHA @ DET W 2 1 47-46 5 8.0 Shantz 1:49 ++
95 95 Thursday, Jul 31 PHA @ DET W 3 2 48-46 5 8.0 Kellner 2:02 13,180 +++
96 96 Friday, Aug 1 PHA @ CLE L 5 6 48-47 5 8.0 Brissie 2:40 22,024 -
97 97 Saturday, Aug 2 PHA @ CLE W 6 4 49-47 5 7.0 Byrd 2:43 10,549 +
98 98 Sunday, Aug 3 PHA @ CLE L 1 4 49-48 5 8.0 Feller 2:35 0 -
99 99 Sunday, Aug 3 PHA @ CLE W 9 2 50-48 5 8.0 Scheib 2:09 31,584 +
100 100 Tuesday, Aug 5 PHA BOS W 5 3 51-48 5 8.5 Shantz 2:29 35,673 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Thursday, Aug 7 PHA BOS W 7 5 52-48 5 8.0 Byrd 2:30 0 +++
102 102 Thursday, Aug 7 PHA BOS L 4 8 52-49 5 8.0 Benton 2:50 5,227 -
103 103 Sunday, Aug 10 PHA @ WSH L 2 4 52-50 6 7.5 Marrero 1:43 0 --
104 104 Sunday, Aug 10 PHA @ WSH W 4 2 53-50 6 7.5 Byrd 2:36 22,878 +
105 105 Monday, Aug 11 PHA @ WSH L 5 6 53-51 6 8.0 Consuegra 2:14 0 -
106 106 Monday, Aug 11 PHA @ WSH W 2 1 54-51 6 8.0 Kellner 2:04 8,740 +
107 107 Tuesday, Aug 12 PHA @ BOS W 4 3 55-51 5 7.5 Scheib 3:07 17,156 ++
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 13 PHA @ BOS L 0 4 55-52 6 8.0 Parnell 1:56 9,561 -
109 109 Thursday, Aug 14 PHA @ BOS L 4 5 55-53 6 9.5 McDermott 2:33 0 --
110 110 Thursday, Aug 14 PHA @ BOS L 2 4 55-54 6 9.5 Nixon 2:12 17,322 ---
111 111 Friday, Aug 15 PHA WSH W 11 7 56-54 6 8.5 Shantz 2:44 14,322 +
112 112 Saturday, Aug 16 PHA WSH L 3 10 56-55 6 9.5 Masterson 2:28 3,414 -
113 113 Sunday, Aug 17 PHA WSH L 2 7 56-56 6 10.0 Porterfield 2:08 0 --
114 114 Sunday, Aug 17 PHA WSH W 12 5 57-56 6 10.0 Hooper 2:20 11,748 +
115 115 Tuesday, Aug 19 PHA DET W 4 3 58-56 5 9.0 Byrd 2:10 ++
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 19 PHA DET W 6 5 59-56 5 9.0 Hooper 2:06 8,982 +++
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 20 PHA DET W 4 3 60-56 5 8.0 Scheib 2:27 1,487 ++++
118 118 Friday, Aug 22 PHA SLB W 5 2 61-56 4 6.0 Bishop 2:25 +++++
119 119 Friday, Aug 22 PHA SLB W 9 0 62-56 4 6.0 Shantz 2:02 21,423 ++++++
120 120 Saturday, Aug 23 PHA SLB L 11 12 62-57 4 7.0 Paige 3:26 3,321 -
121 121 Sunday, Aug 24 PHA CHW L 7 11 62-58 4 7.5 Grissom 2:37 --
122 122 Sunday, Aug 24 PHA CHW W 5 1 63-58 4 7.5 Scheib 2:31 17,188 +
123 123 Tuesday, Aug 26 PHA CLE L 3 6 63-59 5 8.0 Brissie 3:04 35,092 -
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 27 PHA CLE W 6 5 64-59 4 8.0 Kellner 2:20 5,230 +
125 125 Thursday, Aug 28 PHA BOS W 6 4 65-59 4 7.5 Byrd 2:29 4,808 ++
126 126 Friday, Aug 29 PHA BOS W 6 1 66-59 4 6.0 Scheib 1:55 +++
127 127 Friday, Aug 29 PHA BOS W 7 5 67-59 4 6.0 Bishop 2:53 13,089 ++++
128 128 Sunday, Aug 31 PHA BOS L 1 11 67-60 4 7.0 McDermott 2:20 -
129 129 Sunday, Aug 31 PHA BOS W 2 0 68-60 4 7.0 Byrd 2:04 20,923 +
130 130 Monday, Sep 1 PHA @ WSH W 9 8 69-60 4 7.5 Hooper 2:55 ++
131 131 Monday, Sep 1 PHA @ WSH L 2 4 69-61 4 7.5 Moreno 2:03 13,159 -
132 132 Tuesday, Sep 2 PHA @ WSH L 2 3 69-62 5 9.5 Masterson 2:37 0 --
133 133 Tuesday, Sep 2 PHA @ WSH L 0 5 69-63 5 9.5 Fornieles 1:58 6,413 ---
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 3 PHA NYY W 3 0 70-63 4 8.5 Byrd 2:20 16,271 +
135 135 Thursday, Sep 4 PHA NYY L 2 12 70-64 5 9.5 Reynolds 2:39 31,424 -
136 136 Friday, Sep 5 PHA NYY W 3 2 71-64 4 8.5 Kellner 2:23 5,120 +
137 137 Saturday, Sep 6 PHA @ BOS L 4 6 71-65 6 10.0 Parnell 2:16 0 -
138 138 Saturday, Sep 6 PHA @ BOS L 2 10 71-66 6 10.0 Nixon 2:25 17,905 --
139 139 Sunday, Sep 7 PHA @ BOS L 5 12 71-67 6 11.0 Kinder 2:24 15,658 ---
140 140 Tuesday, Sep 9 PHA @ CLE L 1 6 71-68 6 11.0 Wynn 2:20 22,175 ----
141 141 Wednesday, Sep 10 PHA @ CLE L 3 5 71-69 6 12.0 Lemon 2:15 16,337 -----
142 142 Thursday, Sep 11 PHA @ CLE L 0 1 71-70 6 12.5 Garcia 1:45 7,903 ------
143 143 Friday, Sep 12 PHA @ DET W 7 6 72-70 6 12.5 Fricano 2:42 1,826 +
144 144 Saturday, Sep 13 PHA @ DET W 11 5 73-70 5 12.5 Newsom 2:47 5,985 ++
145 145 Sunday, Sep 14 PHA @ SLB W 10 5 74-70 4 12.0 Shantz 2:15 +++
146 146 Sunday, Sep 14 PHA @ SLB W 2 1 75-70 4 12.0 Kellner 1:37 6,829 ++++
147 147 Tuesday, Sep 16 PHA @ CHW W 2 1 76-70 4 12.5 Byrd 4:00 0 +++++
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 16 PHA @ CHW L 1 7 76-71 4 12.5 Dobson 2:09 20,027 -
149 149 Friday, Sep 19 PHA @ NYY W 2 0 77-71 4 12.0 Shantz 2:35 37,688 +
150 150 Saturday, Sep 20 PHA @ NYY L 0 2 77-72 4 13.0 Lopat 2:21 34,828 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Sunday, Sep 21 PHA @ NYY L 0 1 77-73 4 14.0 Reynolds 2:50 47,362 --
152 152 Tuesday, Sep 23 PHA WSH W 4 3 78-73 4 13.5 Newsom 2:11 2,116 +
153 153 Friday, Sep 26 PHA NYY L 2 5 78-74 4 16.0 Sain 2:50 21,696 -
154 154 Saturday, Sep 27 PHA NYY L 0 3 78-75 4 17.0 Scarborough 2:30 10,212 --
155 155 Sunday, Sep 28 PHA NYY W 9 4 79-75 4 16.0 Scheib 2:03 11,893 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1951 / 1953 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits