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1952 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Astroth 29 104 370 337 24 84 7 2 1 36 2 2 25 27 .249 .305 .291 .596 62 98 18 2 6
2 1B Ferris Fain* 31 145 648 538 82 176 43 3 2 59 3 5 105 26 .327 .438 .429 .867 136 231 19 1 4
3 2B Skeeter Kell 22 75 236 213 24 47 8 3 0 17 5 1 14 18 .221 .275 .286 .561 53 61 4 2 7
4 SS Eddie Joost 36 146 669 540 94 132 26 3 20 75 5 8 122 94 .244 .388 .415 .803 118 224 6 5 2
5 3B Billy Hitchcock 35 119 460 407 45 100 8 4 1 56 1 1 39 45 .246 .318 .292 .610 66 119 8 4 10
6 OF Gus Zernial 29 145 621 549 76 144 15 1 29 100 5 1 70 87 .262 .347 .452 .799 116 248 13 1 1
7 OF Elmer Valo* 31 129 495 388 69 109 26 4 5 47 12 11 101 16 .281 .432 .407 .839 129 158 10 2 4
8 OF Dave Philley# 32 151 666 586 80 154 25 4 7 71 11 4 59 35 .263 .334 .355 .689 87 208 29 4 17
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 Pete Suder 36 74 252 228 22 55 7 2 1 20 1 1 16 17 .241 .291 .303 .594 61 69 4 0 8
10 2B Cass Michaels 26 55 228 200 22 50 4 5 1 18 3 0 23 11 .250 .330 .335 .665 81 67 5 1 4
11 OF Allie Clark 29 71 200 186 23 51 12 0 7 29 0 2 10 19 .274 .315 .452 .766 106 84 7 1 3
12 C Ray Murray 34 44 146 136 14 28 5 0 1 10 0 0 9 13 .206 .255 .265 .520 41 36 3 0 1
13 3B Hank Majeski 35 34 139 117 14 30 2 2 2 20 0 1 19 10 .256 .365 .359 .724 97 42 7 1 2
14 OF Kite Thomas 29 75 137 116 24 29 6 1 6 18 0 1 20 27 .250 .365 .474 .839 127 55 4 1 0
15 C Joe Tipton 30 23 85 68 6 13 4 0 3 8 0 0 15 10 .191 .337 .382 .720 95 26 1 0 2
16 UT Sherry Robertson* 33 43 81 60 8 12 3 0 0 5 1 2 21 15 .200 .407 .250 .657 81 15 1 0 0
17 3B Hal Bevan 21 8 17 17 1 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 .353 .353 .353 .706 92 6 1 0 0
18 1B Tom Hamilton* 26 9 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 55 3 0 0 0
19 IF Jack Littrell 23 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -4 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
20 P Bobby Shantz 26 34 116 96 13 19 4 1 0 12 0 2 5 9 .198 .252 .260 .513 39 25 0 2 13
21 P Alex Kellner 27 34 87 82 6 17 2 0 1 10 0 0 1 9 .207 .217 .268 .485 31 22 2 0 4
22 P Harry Byrd 27 37 84 75 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .133 .167 .160 .327 -11 12 0 0 6
23 P Carl Scheib 25 44 83 82 4 18 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 9 .220 .220 .220 .439 19 18 4 0 1
24 P Bob Hooper 30 43 45 41 3 8 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 10 .195 .214 .366 .580 55 15 1 0 3
25 P Sam Zoldak* 33 16 25 23 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .174 .382 5 4 1 0 1
26 P Bobo Newsom 44 14 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -27 2 2 0 1
27 P Dick Fowler 31 18 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .063 .000 .063 -82 0 1 0 0
28 P Charlie Bishop 28 6 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 -14 1 0 0 1
29 P Johnny Kucab 32 28 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 2 0 0 0
30 P Morrie Martin* 29 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0
31 P Ed Wright 33 24 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 14 2 1 0 0
32 P Marion Fricano 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 P Walt Kellner 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Len Matarazzo 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Tex Hoyle 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31.1 155 5975 5163 664 1305 212 35 89 632 52 43 683 558 .253 .343 .359 .702 91 1854 152 27 102 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 4 6 5 7 5 3 2 1 7 4 1 4 4 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 Bobby Shantz* 26 24 7 .774 2.48 33 33 0 27 5 0 279.2 230 87 77 21 63 152 4 0 0 1103 159 1.048 7.4 0.7 2.0 4.9 2.41
2 SP Alex Kellner* 27 12 14 .462 4.36 34 33 1 14 2 0 231.1 223 124 112 21 86 105 4 0 3 990 90 1.336 8.7 0.8 3.3 4.1 1.22
3 SP Harry Byrd 27 15 15 .500 3.31 37 28 7 15 3 2 228.1 244 100 84 12 98 116 7 0 4 1008 119 1.498 9.6 0.5 3.9 4.6 1.18
4 SP Carl Scheib 25 11 7 .611 4.39 30 19 11 8 1 2 158.0 153 82 77 21 50 42 4 1 4 667 90 1.285 8.7 1.2 2.8 2.4 0.84
5 SP Sam Zoldak* 33 0 6 .000 4.06 16 10 2 2 0 1 75.1 86 41 34 3 25 12 0 0 0 325 97 1.473 10.3 0.4 3.0 1.4 0.48
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 Bob Hooper 30 8 15 .348 5.18 43 14 21 4 0 6 144.1 158 100 83 13 68 40 4 1 2 649 76 1.566 9.9 0.8 4.2 2.5 0.59
7 RP Dick Fowler 31 1 2 .333 6.44 18 3 8 1 0 0 58.2 71 43 42 4 28 14 4 0 2 273 61 1.688 10.9 0.6 4.3 2.1 0.50
8 RP Johnny Kucab 32 0 1 .000 5.26 25 0 13 0 0 2 51.1 64 37 30 5 20 17 1 0 1 231 75 1.636 11.2 0.9 3.5 3.0 0.85
9 RP Bobo Newsom 44 3 3 .500 3.59 14 5 3 1 0 1 47.2 38 19 19 2 23 22 2 0 2 201 110 1.280 7.2 0.4 4.3 4.2 0.96
10 RP Ed Wright 33 2 1 .667 6.53 24 0 11 0 0 1 41.1 55 36 30 6 20 9 3 0 1 199 60 1.815 12.0 1.3 4.4 2.0 0.45
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 Charlie Bishop 28 2 2 .500 6.46 6 5 1 1 0 0 30.2 29 24 22 2 24 17 0 0 1 148 61 1.728 8.5 0.6 7.0 5.0 0.71
12 Morrie Martin* 29 0 2 .000 6.39 5 5 0 0 0 0 25.1 32 19 18 1 15 13 2 0 1 123 61 1.855 11.4 0.4 5.3 4.6 0.87
13 Marion Fricano 28 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 218 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00
14 Walt Kellner 23 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 1 4.0 4 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 19 58 1.750 9.0 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
15 Tex Hoyle 30 0 0 27.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 9 7 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 15 4.286 34.7 7.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
16 Len Matarazzo 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.4 79 75 .513 4.15 155 155 82 73 11 16 1384.1 1402 723 639 113 526 562 35 2 21 5981 95 1.393 9.1 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.07
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 7 3 4 6 6 7 6 6 8 1 5155
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 29 102 476 436 36 4 9 .992 4.63 7 C
Hal Bevan 21 6 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.33 3B
Charlie Bishop 28 6 11 3 7 1 0 .909 1.67 P
Harry Byrd 27 37 62 26 32 4 5 .935 1.57 P
Allie Clark 29 50 7 2 39 85 82 2 1 0 .988 1.68 OF-1B
Ferris Fain 31 144 1417 1245 150 22 124 .984 9.69 1B
Dick Fowler 31 18 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.06 P
Marion Fricano 28 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Tom Hamilton 26 5 11 11 0 0 1 1.000 2.20 1B
Billy Hitchcock 35 117 459 202 235 22 34 .952 3.74 3B-1B
Bob Hooper 30 43 55 22 32 1 5 .982 1.26 P
Tex Hoyle 30 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Eddie Joost 36 146 737 278 431 28 81 .962 4.86 SS
Alex Kellner 27 34 45 17 28 0 4 1.000 1.32 P
Walt Kellner 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Skeeter Kell 22 68 324 143 169 12 35 .963 4.59 2B
Johnny Kucab 32 25 14 3 9 2 1 .857 0.48 P
Jack Littrell 23 3 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.67 SS-3B
Hank Majeski 35 34 123 33 87 3 9 .976 3.53 3B
Morrie Martin 29 5 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Len Matarazzo 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Cass Michaels 26 55 286 151 133 2 30 .993 5.16 2B
Ray Murray 34 42 211 175 35 1 3 .995 5.00 4 C
Bobo Newsom 44 14 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.86 P
Dave Philley 32 151 0 149 0 465 445 16 4 3 .991 3.05 OF-3B
Sherry Robertson 33 17 0 0 7 40 26 12 2 2 .950 2.24 2B-OF-3B
Carl Scheib 25 30 47 19 26 2 3 .957 1.50 P
Bobby Shantz 26 33 78 29 49 0 3 1.000 2.36 P
Pete Suder 36 76 323 136 179 8 40 .975 4.14 2B-SS-3B
Kite Thomas 29 29 12 0 17 47 44 1 2 0 .957 1.55 OF
Joe Tipton 30 23 97 80 16 1 1 .990 4.17 0 C
Elmer Valo 31 121 2 11 108 239 223 7 9 1 .962 1.90 OF
Ed Wright 33 24 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.29 P
Gus Zernial 29 141 141 0 0 317 302 6 9 0 .972 2.18 OF
Sam Zoldak 33 16 28 6 22 0 2 1.000 1.75 P
Team Totals 31.0 155 6056 4150 1766 140 399 .977 3.65 11
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 6 4
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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