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1952 Philadelphia Athletics (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
Managed by Jimmie Dykes

Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 627,100 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 112
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 Stats / Schedule (1951/1953) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   79-75 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   16.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           9 (last on September 1)
Most Games under .500:           7 (last on July 13)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       17.0 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (August 17 to August 22)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (April 18 to April 29)

Most Runs Allowed:              21 (April 29)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (May 2)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        79  75     664     723    .513

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           45  32     382     403    .584
Road           34  43     282     320    .442

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     31  37     283     344    .456
Second Half    48  38     381     379    .558
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        32  20     212     200    .615

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        20  25     244     295    .444

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 16     PHA  NYY  L   1-8        0-1     6     1.5  2:45 V Raschi                   11,771 -
  2 Thu, Apr 17     PHA  NYY  W   3-1        1-1     4     1.5  2:10 B Shantz                    3,860 +
  3 Fri, Apr 18     PHA @BOS  L   4-5        1-2     5     2.5  3:10 B Wight                    12,338 -
  4 Sat, Apr 19     PHA @BOS  L   2-11       1-3     6     4.0  2:15 H Taylor                    8,598 --
  5                 PHA @BOS  L   1-6        1-4     6     4.0  2:25 M McDermott                23,541 ---
  6 Sun, Apr 20     PHA @NYY  L   6-9        1-5     7     5.5  2:00 B Hogue                    21,659 ----
  7 Mon, Apr 21     PHA @NYY  L   1-5        1-6     7     6.0  2:17 V Raschi                    8,294 -----
  8 Tue, Apr 22     PHA @NYY  L   1-3        1-7     7     6.0  2:10 J Sain                      7,597 ------
  9 Tue, Apr 29     PHA  CLE  L   9-21       1-8     8     7.0  3:25 B Feller                    7,858 -------
 10 Wed, Apr 30     PHA  CLE  W   3-1        2-8     7     7.0  2:15 B Shantz                    5,807 +
 11 Thu, May  1     PHA  CHW  L   0-3        2-9     8     7.0  2:56 J Dobson                    3,023 -
 12 Fri, May  2     PHA  CHW  W  13-12       3-9     7     7.0  3:25 C Scheib                    3,679 +
 13 Sat, May  3     PHA  CHW  W   7-1        4-9     7     7.0  2:05 A Kellner                   2,842 ++
 14 Sun, May  4     PHA  DET  W  10-6        5-9     7     5.5  2:25 B Shantz                          +++
 15                 PHA  DET  W   6-5        6-9     7     5.5  2:37 C Scheib                   12,655 ++++
 16 Tue, May  6     PHA  SLB  L   1-5        6-10    7     6.0  2:10 D Pillette                  7,381 -
 17 Wed, May  7     PHA  SLB  W   1-0        7-10    6     6.0  2:56 A Kellner                   3,479 +
 18 Thu, May  8     PHA  SLB  L   8-9        7-11    7     6.0       S Paige                     1,267 -
 19 Fri, May  9     PHA  WSH  W   9-3        8-11    7     5.5  2:55 B Shantz                    5,538 +
 20 Sat, May 10     PHA  WSH  L   1-3        8-12    7     5.5  2:25 S Shea                      8,579 -
 21 Sun, May 11     PHA  WSH  L   2-5        8-13    7     7.0  2:45 B Porterfiel                7,561 --
 22 Tue, May 13     PHA @SLB  W   5-1        9-13    7     7.0  2:05 B Shantz                    7,301 +
 23 Wed, May 14     PHA @SLB  L   7-12       9-14    7     7.0  2:41 G Bearden                   4,829 -
 24 Thu, May 15     PHA @SLB  W   6-0       10-14    7     6.5  2:05 A Kellner                   5,613 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 18     PHA @CLE  W   2-0       11-14    7     6.5  2:05 B Shantz                        0 ++
 26                 PHA @CLE  L   0-6       11-15    7     6.5  2:09 M Garcia                   20,200 -
 27 Wed, May 21     PHA @DET  L   1-5       11-16    7     7.5  2:07 V Trucks                    3,718 --
 28 Sun, May 25     PHA @WSH  W   2-1       12-16    7     8.0  1:54 B Shantz                        0 +
 29                 PHA @WSH  L   0-1       12-17    7     8.0  1:53 L Sleater                  15,657 -
 30 Mon, May 26     PHA @WSH  L   3-5       12-18    7     8.5  2:09 S Hudson                    2,514 --
 31 Tue, May 27     PHA @BOS  W   7-3       13-18    6     7.5  2:45 H Byrd                     13,839 +
 32 Thu, May 29     PHA @NYY  L   2-3       13-19    7     8.0  2:32 V Raschi                    6,692 -
 33 Fri, May 30     PHA @NYY  W   2-1       14-19    6     6.0  3:44 B Shantz                          +
 34                 PHA @NYY  W   4-2       15-19    6     6.0  2:36 B Hooper                   30,005 ++
 35 Mon, Jun  2     PHA  SLB  W   2-1       16-19    6     5.0  2:12 H Byrd                      5,153 +++
 36 Tue, Jun  3     PHA  DET  W   3-1       17-19    6     5.0  2:55 A Kellner                   5,733 ++++
 37 Wed, Jun  4     PHA  DET  W   4-3       18-19    6     4.0  2:02 B Shantz                    7,827 +++++
 38 Thu, Jun  5     PHA  DET  L   2-12      18-20    6     5.0  2:05 M Stuart                    2,616 -
 39 Fri, Jun  6     PHA  CLE  L   4-11      18-21    6     6.0  2:18 B Lemon                    24,431 --
 40 Sat, Jun  7     PHA  CLE  L   0-14      18-22    6     7.0  2:12 M Garcia                    4,873 ---
 41 Sun, Jun  8     PHA  CLE  W  12-4       19-22    6     5.0  2:15 B Shantz                          +
 42                 PHA  CLE  W  11-3       20-22    6     5.0  2:27 A Kellner                  21,949 ++
 43 Tue, Jun 10     PHA  CHW  L   4-15      20-23    6     6.0  2:30 B Pierce                    7,449 -
 44 Wed, Jun 11     PHA  CHW  W   5-3       21-23    6     5.5  2:19 B Hooper                    4,645 +
 45 Thu, Jun 12     PHA  CHW  L   4-10      21-24    6     6.5  2:39 C Stobbs                    2,819 -
 46 Sat, Jun 14     PHA @SLB  W   9-2       22-24    6     6.0  2:14 B Shantz                    3,738 +
 47 Sun, Jun 15     PHA @SLB  L   3-6       22-25    6     8.0  2:27 N Garver                          -
 48                 PHA @SLB  L   6-7       22-26    6     8.0  3:11 E Harrist                  15,600 --
 49 Tue, Jun 17     PHA @CHW  L   1-13      22-27    6     8.5  2:10 B Pierce                        0 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 PHA @CHW  L   1-2       22-28    6     8.5  2:37 M Grissom                  38,948 ----
 51 Thu, Jun 19     PHA @CHW  W   4-1       23-28    6     9.5  2:19 B Shantz                          +
 52                 PHA @CHW  L   4-5       23-29    6     9.5  2:35 J Dobson                   19,936 -
 53 Fri, Jun 20     PHA @DET  W   3-1       24-29    6     8.5  2:23 H Byrd                     13,944 +
 54 Sun, Jun 22     PHA @DET  L   3-4       24-30    6     8.0  2:50 H Newhouser                       -
 55                 PHA @DET  W  10-0       25-30    6     8.0  2:20 C Scheib                   13,958 +
 56 Tue, Jun 24     PHA @CLE  L   1-2       25-31    6     9.5  1:51 E Wynn                     18,540 -
 57 Wed, Jun 25     PHA @CLE  W  11-9       26-31    6     8.5  2:44 H Byrd                      6,261 +
 58 Fri, Jun 27     PHA @NYY  L   0-10      26-32    6     9.5  2:34 E Lopat                    26,749 -
 59 Sat, Jun 28     PHA @NYY  W  12-0       27-32    6     8.5  2:21 B Shantz                   13,779 +
 60 Mon, Jun 30     PHA  WSH  L   2-6       27-33    6     9.5  2:22 S Shea                      3,473 -
 61 Tue, Jul  1     PHA  WSH  L   5-6       27-34    6    10.5  2:24 S Consuegra                 4,668 --
 62 Wed, Jul  2     PHA  WSH  W   4-1       28-34    6     9.5  1:40 B Shantz                   13,501 +
 63 Thu, Jul  3     PHA  BOS  W   4-3       29-34    6     9.0  2:28 C Scheib                    2,086 ++
 64 Fri, Jul  4     PHA  BOS  L   5-10      29-35    6    10.0  2:24 M Parnell                         -
 65                 PHA  BOS  W   4-3       30-35    6    10.0  2:30 H Byrd                     16,175 +
 66 Sat, Jul  5     PHA  NYY  L   1-3       30-36    6    11.0  2:40 V Raschi                    9,111 -
 67 Sun, Jul  6     PHA  NYY  L   2-5       30-37    6    11.0  2:20 T Morgan                          --
 68                 PHA  NYY  W   7-6       31-37    6    11.0  2:49 B Hooper                   31,935 +
 69 Thu, Jul 10     PHA  CLE  W  11-1       32-37    6    11.0  2:32 A Kellner                   9,817 ++
 70 Fri, Jul 11     PHA  CLE  L   7-8       32-38    6    11.0  2:46 M Garcia                    8,677 -
 71 Sat, Jul 12     PHA  CLE  L   1-5       32-39    6    12.0  2:25 B Lemon                     5,175 --
 72 Sun, Jul 13     PHA  CHW  W   6-0       33-39    6    13.0  2:34 B Shantz                          +
 73                 PHA  CHW  L   4-7       33-40    6    13.0  2:13 M Grissom                  12,119 -
 74 Mon, Jul 14     PHA  CHW  W   2-1       34-40    6    12.0  2:31 H Byrd                      3,216 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul 15     PHA  SLB  W   7-6       35-40    6    10.5  2:23 E Wright                          ++
 76                 PHA  SLB  W  11-3       36-40    6    10.5  2:20 B Newsom                    6,891 +++
 77 Thu, Jul 17     PHA  SLB  L   5-9       36-41    6    11.5  2:29 T Byrne                           -
 78                 PHA  SLB  W   3-1       37-41    6    11.5  2:15 B Shantz                    9,750 +
 79 Fri, Jul 18     PHA  DET  L   1-2       37-42    6    12.5  1:36 A Houtteman                 8,846 -
 80 Sat, Jul 19     PHA  DET  W   5-4       38-42    6    12.5  2:21 B Hooper                    1,963 +
 81 Sun, Jul 20     PHA  DET  W   8-7       39-42    6    11.5  2:52 E Wright                          ++
 82                 PHA  DET  -   3-3       39-42    6    11.5  2:42                             7,103 ++
 83 Tue, Jul 22     PHA @SLB  W   3-2       40-42    6    12.0  1:54 B Shantz                    7,174 +++
 84 Wed, Jul 23     PHA @SLB  W   3-2       41-42    6    11.0  2:04 B Hooper                    4,337 ++++
 85 Thu, Jul 24     PHA @SLB  L   3-4       41-43    6    11.0  2:06 N Garver                    3,411 -
 86 Fri, Jul 25     PHA @CHW  L   0-5       41-44    6    10.5  2:15 B Pierce                        0 --
 87                 PHA @CHW  W   5-4       42-44    6    10.5  2:38 C Scheib                   26,300 +
 88 Sat, Jul 26     PHA @CHW  L   3-9       42-45    6    10.5  2:49 C Stobbs                    7,570 -
 89 Sun, Jul 27     PHA @CHW  W   3-1       43-45    6     9.5  2:18 B Shantz                        0 +
 90                 PHA @CHW  W   9-3       44-45    6     9.5  2:38 A Kellner                  26,916 ++
 91 Tue, Jul 29     PHA @DET  W   5-0       45-45    6     9.5  2:58 H Byrd                            +++
 92                 PHA @DET  L   8-10      45-46    6     9.5  2:34 M Stuart                   30,654 -
 93 Wed, Jul 30     PHA @DET  W   4-3       46-46    6     8.5  1:59 D Fowler                    4,490 +
 94 Thu, Jul 31     PHA @DET  W   2-1       47-46    5     8.0  1:49 B Shantz                          ++
 95                 PHA @DET  W   3-2       48-46    5     8.0  2:02 A Kellner                  13,180 +++
 96 Fri, Aug  1     PHA @CLE  L   5-6       48-47    5     8.0  2:40 L Brissie                  22,024 -
 97 Sat, Aug  2     PHA @CLE  W   6-4       49-47    5     7.0  2:43 H Byrd                     10,549 +
 98 Sun, Aug  3     PHA @CLE  L   1-4       49-48    5     8.0  2:35 B Feller                        0 -
 99                 PHA @CLE  W   9-2       50-48    5     8.0  2:09 C Scheib                   31,584 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  5     PHA  BOS  W   5-3       51-48    5     8.5  2:29 B Shantz                   35,673 ++
101 Thu, Aug  7     PHA  BOS  W   7-5       52-48    5     8.0  2:30 H Byrd                          0 +++
102                 PHA  BOS  L   4-8       52-49    5     8.0  2:50 A Benton                    5,227 -
103 Sun, Aug 10     PHA @WSH  L   2-4       52-50    6     7.5  1:43 C Marrero                       0 --
104                 PHA @WSH  W   4-2       53-50    6     7.5  2:36 H Byrd                     22,878 +
105 Mon, Aug 11     PHA @WSH  L   5-6       53-51    6     8.0  2:14 S Consuegra                     0 -
106                 PHA @WSH  W   2-1       54-51    6     8.0  2:04 A Kellner                   8,740 +
107 Tue, Aug 12     PHA @BOS  W   4-3       55-51    5     7.5  3:07 C Scheib                   17,156 ++
108 Wed, Aug 13     PHA @BOS  L   0-4       55-52    6     8.0  1:56 M Parnell                   9,561 -
109 Thu, Aug 14     PHA @BOS  L   4-5       55-53    6     9.5  2:33 M McDermott                     0 --
110                 PHA @BOS  L   2-4       55-54    6     9.5  2:12 W Nixon                    17,322 ---
111 Fri, Aug 15     PHA  WSH  W  11-7       56-54    6     8.5  2:44 B Shantz                   14,322 +
112 Sat, Aug 16     PHA  WSH  L   3-10      56-55    6     9.5  2:28 W Masterson                 3,414 -
113 Sun, Aug 17     PHA  WSH  L   2-7       56-56    6    10.0  2:08 B Porterfiel                    0 --
114                 PHA  WSH  W  12-5       57-56    6    10.0  2:20 B Hooper                   11,748 +
115 Tue, Aug 19     PHA  DET  W   4-3       58-56    5     9.0  2:10 H Byrd                            ++
116                 PHA  DET  W   6-5       59-56    5     9.0  2:06 B Hooper                    8,982 +++
117 Wed, Aug 20     PHA  DET  W   4-3       60-56    5     8.0  2:27 C Scheib                    1,487 ++++
118 Fri, Aug 22     PHA  SLB  W   5-2       61-56    4     6.0  2:25 C Bishop                          +++++
119                 PHA  SLB  W   9-0       62-56    4     6.0  2:02 B Shantz                   21,423 ++++++
120 Sat, Aug 23     PHA  SLB  L  11-12      62-57    4     7.0  3:26 S Paige                     3,321 -
121 Sun, Aug 24     PHA  CHW  L   7-11      62-58    4     7.5  2:37 M Grissom                         --
122                 PHA  CHW  W   5-1       63-58    4     7.5  2:31 C Scheib                   17,188 +
123 Tue, Aug 26     PHA  CLE  L   3-6       63-59    5     8.0  3:04 L Brissie                  35,092 -
124 Wed, Aug 27     PHA  CLE  W   6-5       64-59    4     8.0  2:20 A Kellner                   5,230 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Aug 28     PHA  BOS  W   6-4       65-59    4     7.5  2:29 H Byrd                      4,808 ++
126 Fri, Aug 29     PHA  BOS  W   6-1       66-59    4     6.0  1:55 C Scheib                          +++
127                 PHA  BOS  W   7-5       67-59    4     6.0  2:53 C Bishop                   13,089 ++++
128 Sun, Aug 31     PHA  BOS  L   1-11      67-60    4     7.0  2:20 M McDermott                       -
129                 PHA  BOS  W   2-0       68-60    4     7.0  2:04 H Byrd                     20,923 +
130 Mon, Sep  1     PHA @WSH  W   9-8       69-60    4     7.5  2:55 B Hooper                          ++
131                 PHA @WSH  L   2-4       69-61    4     7.5  2:03 J Moreno                   13,159 -
132 Tue, Sep  2     PHA @WSH  L   2-3       69-62    5     9.5  2:37 W Masterson                     0 --
133                 PHA @WSH  L   0-5       69-63    5     9.5  1:58 M Fornieles                 6,413 ---
134 Wed, Sep  3     PHA  NYY  W   3-0       70-63    4     8.5  2:20 H Byrd                     16,271 +
135 Thu, Sep  4     PHA  NYY  L   2-12      70-64    5     9.5  2:39 A Reynolds                 31,424 -
136 Fri, Sep  5     PHA  NYY  W   3-2       71-64    4     8.5  2:23 A Kellner                   5,120 +
137 Sat, Sep  6     PHA @BOS  L   4-6       71-65    6    10.0  2:16 M Parnell                       0 -
138                 PHA @BOS  L   2-10      71-66    6    10.0  2:25 W Nixon                    17,905 --
139 Sun, Sep  7     PHA @BOS  L   5-12      71-67    6    11.0  2:24 E Kinder                   15,658 ---
140 Tue, Sep  9     PHA @CLE  L   1-6       71-68    6    11.0  2:20 E Wynn                     22,175 ----
141 Wed, Sep 10     PHA @CLE  L   3-5       71-69    6    12.0  2:15 B Lemon                    16,337 -----
142 Thu, Sep 11     PHA @CLE  L   0-1       71-70    6    12.5  1:45 M Garcia                    7,903 ------
143 Fri, Sep 12     PHA @DET  W   7-6       72-70    6    12.5  2:42 M Fricano                   1,826 +
144 Sat, Sep 13     PHA @DET  W  11-5       73-70    5    12.5  2:47 B Newsom                    5,985 ++
145 Sun, Sep 14     PHA @SLB  W  10-5       74-70    4    12.0  2:15 B Shantz                          +++
146                 PHA @SLB  W   2-1       75-70    4    12.0  1:37 A Kellner                   6,829 ++++
147 Tue, Sep 16     PHA @CHW  W   2-1       76-70    4    12.5  4:00 H Byrd                          0 +++++
148                 PHA @CHW  L   1-7       76-71    4    12.5  2:09 J Dobson                   20,027 -
149 Fri, Sep 19     PHA @NYY  W   2-0       77-71    4    12.0  2:35 B Shantz                   37,688 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sat, Sep 20     PHA @NYY  L   0-2       77-72    4    13.0  2:21 E Lopat                    34,828 -
151 Sun, Sep 21     PHA @NYY  L   0-1       77-73    4    14.0  2:50 A Reynolds                 47,362 --
152 Tue, Sep 23     PHA  WSH  W   4-3       78-73    4    13.5  2:11 B Newsom                    2,116 +
153 Fri, Sep 26     PHA  NYY  L   2-5       78-74    4    16.0  2:50 J Sain                     21,696 -
154 Sat, Sep 27     PHA  NYY  L   0-3       78-75    4    17.0  2:30 R Scarboroug               10,212 --
155 Sun, Sep 28     PHA  NYY  W   9-4       79-75    4    16.0  2:03 C Scheib                   11,893 +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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