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1953 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

59-95, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (59-95)
Scored 632 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-93

Ballparks: Connie Mack Stadium · Attendance: 362,113 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

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1952 / 1954 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 30 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 7 82 75 82 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.3
Loren Babe 25 L R 5' 10" 180 Jan 11, 1928 2 103 85 103 93 0 0 0 0 93 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 -1.2
Charlie Bishop 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1924 2 40 20 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
Harry Byrd 28 R R 6' 1" 188 Feb 3, 1925 3 40 37 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Allie Clark 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 16, 1923 7 20 17 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 2 0 -0.3
Joe Coleman 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 30, 1922 8 21 9 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Joe DeMaestri 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 3 111 103 111 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.6
Frank Fanovich 30 L L 5' 11" 180 Jan 11, 1923 2 26 3 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Marion Fricano 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 15, 1923 2 46 23 46 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.8
Tommy Giordano 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 9, 1925 1st 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Tom Hamilton 27 L R 6' 4" 213 Sep 29, 1925 2 58 2 58 9 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 49 1 -0.3
Bill Harrington 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Oct 3, 1927 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Eddie Joost 37 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 15 51 49 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Alex Kellner 28 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 6 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3
Walt Kellner 24 R R 6' 0" 200 Apr 26, 1929 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Don Kolloway 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 4, 1918 12 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
John Mackinson 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 29, 1923 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Morrie Martin 30 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 4 58 11 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Carmen Mauro 26 L R 6' 0" 167 Nov 10, 1926 4 64 37 64 49 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 38 7 49 17 6 -0.4
Ed McGhee 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 29, 1924 2 104 96 104 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 96 2 99 7 0 -0.1
Cass Michaels 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 4, 1926 11 117 109 117 110 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0
Rinty Monahan 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 28, 1928 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Ray Murray 35 R R 6' 3" 204 Oct 12, 1917 5 84 75 84 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.7
Bobo Newsom 45 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 20 17 2 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dave Philley 33 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 9 157 156 157 157 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 128 157 1 0 1.0
Eddie Robinson 32 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 9 156 155 156 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.3 All-Star
Dick Rozek 26 L L 6' 0" 190 Mar 27, 1927 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Carl Scheib 26 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 10 35 8 35 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.3
Bobby Shantz 27 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 5 21 16 21 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.7
Pete Suder 37 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 11 115 114 115 115 0 0 0 38 72 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Kite Thomas 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 27, 1923 2 24 7 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 9 15 9 0 -0.8
Bob Trice 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 28, 1926 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Elmer Valo 32 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 12 50 17 50 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 15 25 25 0 -0.1
Neal Watlington 30 L R 6' 0" 195 Dec 25, 1922 1st 21 7 21 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.5
Spider Wilhelm 24 R R 5' 9" 170 May 23, 1929 1st 7 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Gus Zernial 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 5 147 141 147 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 6 0 3.5 All-Star
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
Joe DeMaestri
Loren Babe
Tom Hamilton
Cass Michaels
Carmen Mauro
Kite Thomas
Allie Clark
Tommy Giordano
Spider Wilhelm
Eddie Robinson

Joe Astroth
Elmer Valo
Don Kolloway
Neal Watlington
Pete Suder
Ray Murray
Frank Fanovich
Ed McGhee
Dave Philley

Bill Harrington
Gus Zernial
Bobo Newsom
Walt Kellner
Alex Kellner
Dick Rozek
Bob Trice
Carl Scheib
Joe Coleman

Morrie Martin
Bobo Newsom
Bobby Shantz
Rinty Monahan
Tommy Giordano
John Mackinson
Marion Fricano
Charlie Bishop
Harry Byrd

John Mackinson
Bill Harrington
John Mackinson
Neal Watlington

1952 / 1954 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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