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1953 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
59-95, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 632 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-93
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (59-95)
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 362,113 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
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1952 / 1954 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 59-95, Final Rank:7, GB: 41.5
Days in First1last on Tuesday, Apr 14, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 2last on Apr 14, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind43.5last on Friday, Sep 25, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5003last on Sunday, May 3
Most Games under .50038last on Friday, Sep 25
Longest Winning Streak7Wednesday, Jun 10 to Tuesday, Jun 16
Longest Losing Streak8Tuesday, Jun 30 to Monday, Jul 6 and Tuesday, Sep 1 to Wednesday, Sep 9
Most Runs Allowed13Sunday, Jul 19 and Monday, Sep 7
Most Runs Scored13Sunday, Sep 20
Times Shutout by Opponent15 
Times Opponent Shutout7 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 59 95 632 799 .383
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 27 50 299 447 .351
Road 32 45 333 352 .416
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 6 50 43 .538
May 11 18 101 143 .379
June 14 15 127 132 .483
July 11 17 128 155 .393
August 9 23 131 200 .281
September 7 16 95 126 .304
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 34 51 321 398 .400
Second Half 25 44 311 401 .362
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 16 18 113 115 .471
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 17 31 205 297 .354
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 7 15 83 91 .318
CHW 12 10 94 100 .545
CLE 3 19 71 133 .136
DET 11 11 134 145 .500
NYY 5 17 67 126 .227
SLB 13 9 89 79 .591
WSH 8 14 94 125 .364

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 Tuesday, Apr 14 PHA @ NYY W 5 0 1-0 1 Tied Kellner 2:23 23,534 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 15 PHA @ NYY L 1 4 1-1 3 0.5 Reynolds 2:20 8,196 -
3 3 Thursday, Apr 16 PHA BOS L 6 11 1-2 6 1.5 Holcombe 2:42 5,599 --
4 4 Friday, Apr 17 PHA BOS W 5 0 2-2 4 1.0 Bishop 2:13 2,400 +
5 5 Sunday, Apr 19 PHA NYY L 2 5 2-3 3 2.0 Blackwell -
6 6 Sunday, Apr 19 PHA NYY W 3 0 3-3 3 2.0 Kellner 1:47 24,730 +
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 21 PHA @ WSH L 1 5 3-4 6 2.0 Stobbs 2:37 3,742 -
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 22 PHA @ WSH W 7 4 4-4 5 2.0 Byrd 2:20 6,637 +
9 9 Thursday, Apr 23 PHA @ WSH W 6 4 5-4 3 2.0 Shantz 2:11 3,519 ++
10 10 Friday, Apr 24 PHA @ BOS W 7 2 6-4 2 2.0 Kellner 2:16 5,991 +++
11 11 Saturday, Apr 25 PHA @ BOS L 3 4 6-5 4 3.0 Parnell 2:16 6,214 -
12 12 Tuesday, Apr 28 PHA @ CLE W 3 2 7-5 4 2.5 Shantz 2:44 9,165 +
13 13 Wednesday, Apr 29 PHA @ CLE L 1 2 7-6 4 3.0 Wynn 1:49 2,949 -
14 14 Friday, May 1 PHA @ DET L 3 7 7-7 5 3.5 Garver 2:35 2,086 --
15 15 Saturday, May 2 PHA @ DET W 4 1 8-7 5 2.5 Martin 2:05 4,629 +
16 16 Sunday, May 3 PHA @ CHW W 4 2 9-7 3 2.0 Shantz 2:18 26,134 ++
17 17 Sunday, May 3 PHA @ CHW W 10 6 10-7 3 2.0 Kellner 2:46 26,134 +++
18 18 Tuesday, May 5 PHA @ SLB L 1 2 10-8 4 2.5 Trucks 2:15 3,315 -
19 19 Wednesday, May 6 PHA @ SLB L 0 6 10-9 5 3.0 Holloman 2:09 2,473 --
20 20 Friday, May 8 PHA WSH L 7 10 10-10 5 3.0 Moreno 2:48 5,599 ---
21 21 Saturday, May 9 PHA WSH L 0 6 10-11 5 4.0 Masterson 2:10 2,990 ----
22 22 Sunday, May 10 PHA WSH L 0 8 10-12 7 5.5 Porterfield 1:55 8,937 -----
23 23 Sunday, May 10 PHA WSH L 2 6 10-13 7 5.5 Stobbs 2:14 8,937 ------
24 24 Tuesday, May 12 PHA SLB L 3 7 10-14 7 6.5 Larsen 2:11 7,483 -------
25 25 Wednesday, May 13 PHA SLB W 2 1 11-14 7 6.5 Kellner 1:54 3,108 +
26 26 Thursday, May 14 PHA DET W 5 3 12-14 6 5.5 Byrd 2:01 2,746 ++
27 27 Friday, May 15 PHA DET L 6 7 12-15 7 6.0 Houtteman 2:02 1,699 -
28 28 Saturday, May 16 PHA DET L 3 6 12-16 7 6.0 Hoeft 2:21 1,980 --
29 29 Sunday, May 17 PHA CLE L 3 7 12-17 7 7.5 Wynn 2:26 0 ---
30 30 Sunday, May 17 PHA CLE L 1 9 12-18 7 7.5 Garcia 2:35 16,221 ----
31 31 Tuesday, May 19 PHA CHW W 2 1 13-18 6 7.5 Byrd 1:53 5,291 +
32 32 Wednesday, May 20 PHA CHW W 2 1 14-18 6 7.5 Martin 2:16 5,938 ++
33 33 Thursday, May 21 PHA @ BOS W 9 0 15-18 6 7.5 Scheib 2:32 5,816 +++
34 34 Friday, May 22 PHA @ BOS L 2 3 15-19 6 8.0 Parnell 2:08 4,690 -
35 35 Friday, May 22 PHA @ BOS L 2 3 15-20 6 8.0 Freeman 3:23 4,690 --
36 36 Saturday, May 23 PHA @ WSH W 8 6 16-20 6 8.0 Byrd 2:50 8,820 +
37 37 Sunday, May 24 PHA @ WSH L 3 6 16-21 6 9.0 Marrero 2:15 9,222 -
38 38 Monday, May 25 PHA @ WSH L 1 6 16-22 6 9.0 Moreno 1:50 5,462 --
39 39 Wednesday, May 27 PHA BOS W 4 3 17-22 6 9.0 Kellner 2:35 4,734 +
40 40 Thursday, May 28 PHA BOS W 6 1 18-22 6 9.0 Fricano 2:21 1,262 ++
41 41 Friday, May 29 PHA NYY L 7 12 18-23 6 10.0 Scarborough 2:31 3,594 -
42 42 Sunday, May 31 PHA @ NYY L 1 7 18-24 6 11.0 Sain 2:12 20,307 --
43 43 Tuesday, Jun 2 PHA @ DET T 7 7 18-24 7 11.5 4:28 11,971 --
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 3 PHA @ DET W 10 7 19-24 6 11.5 Bishop 2:28 2,458 +
45 45 Thursday, Jun 4 PHA @ DET W 11 2 20-24 6 11.0 Fricano 2:06 0 ++
46 46 Thursday, Jun 4 PHA @ DET W 9 6 21-24 6 11.0 Bishop 2:49 3,112 +++
47 47 Friday, Jun 5 PHA @ CLE L 2 3 21-25 6 12.0 Gromek 2:53 16,789 -
48 48 Saturday, Jun 6 PHA @ CLE L 0 2 21-26 6 13.0 Garcia 2:05 5,801 --
49 49 Sunday, Jun 7 PHA @ CLE L 4 8 21-27 6 15.0 Feller 2:35 0 ---
50 50 Sunday, Jun 7 PHA @ CLE L 3 4 21-28 6 15.0 Hoskins 2:43 20,681 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 9 PHA @ CHW L 1 5 21-29 6 16.0 Pierce 2:06 16,154 -----
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 10 PHA @ CHW W 2 1 22-29 6 16.0 Byrd 2:17 3,370 +
53 53 Thursday, Jun 11 PHA @ CHW W 6 5 23-29 6 16.0 Martin 2:49 3,916 ++
54 54 Friday, Jun 12 PHA @ SLB W 5 3 24-29 6 16.0 Fricano 2:08 2,414 +++
55 55 Saturday, Jun 13 PHA @ SLB W 8 3 25-29 6 16.0 Kellner 2:10 1,340 ++++
56 56 Sunday, Jun 14 PHA @ SLB W 4 1 26-29 6 16.0 Byrd 2:12 +++++
57 57 Sunday, Jun 14 PHA @ SLB W 3 1 27-29 6 16.0 Scheib 2:06 4,542 ++++++
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 16 PHA CLE W 9 7 28-29 6 15.0 Fricano 3:00 24,143 +++++++
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 17 PHA CLE L 6 9 28-30 6 16.0 Wight 3:02 7,121 -
60 60 Thursday, Jun 18 PHA CLE L 4 6 28-31 6 17.5 Lemon 3:20 3,770 --
61 61 Friday, Jun 19 PHA CHW L 2 5 28-32 6 17.5 Consuegra 2:25 5,023 ---
62 62 Saturday, Jun 20 PHA CHW L 4 6 28-33 6 18.5 Dorish 2:40 2,922 ----
63 63 Sunday, Jun 21 PHA CHW W 5 0 29-33 6 18.5 Byrd 2:00 +
64 64 Sunday, Jun 21 PHA CHW L 4 9 29-34 6 18.5 Keegan 2:18 9,949 -
65 65 Tuesday, Jun 23 PHA DET L 0 5 29-35 6 18.5 Gromek 1:50 2,463 --
66 66 Wednesday, Jun 24 PHA DET L 3 6 29-36 6 18.5 Garver 2:09 2,298 ---
67 67 Thursday, Jun 25 PHA DET W 5 2 30-36 6 17.5 Byrd 1:53 2,368 +
68 68 Friday, Jun 26 PHA SLB W 6 5 31-36 6 16.5 Martin 2:15 2,608 ++
69 69 Saturday, Jun 27 PHA SLB L 1 6 31-37 6 16.5 Pillette 2:02 2,126 -
70 70 Sunday, Jun 28 PHA SLB L 1 4 31-38 6 16.0 Larsen 2:41 --
71 71 Sunday, Jun 28 PHA SLB W 2 1 32-38 6 16.0 Scheib 2:50 4,517 +
72 72 Tuesday, Jun 30 PHA WSH L 0 3 32-39 6 16.0 Porterfield 2:05 3,676 -
73 73 Wednesday, Jul 1 PHA WSH L 3 5 32-40 6 16.0 Stobbs 2:20 2,303 --
74 74 Friday, Jul 3 PHA @ NYY L 0 4 32-41 6 17.5 Ford 2:29 11,833 ---
75 75 Saturday, Jul 4 PHA @ NYY L 3 6 32-42 6 19.5 Gorman 2:40 ----
76 76 Saturday, Jul 4 PHA @ NYY L 0 4 32-43 6 19.5 McDonald 2:07 33,314 -----
77 77 Sunday, Jul 5 PHA BOS L 2 10 32-44 6 19.0 Parnell 2:06 4,554 ------
78 78 Monday, Jul 6 PHA NYY L 5 10 32-45 6 21.0 Sain 2:31 -------
79 79 Monday, Jul 6 PHA NYY L 3 5 32-46 6 21.0 Reynolds 2:52 22,297 --------
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 7 PHA NYY W 5 4 33-46 6 20.0 Martin 2:13 9,474 +
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 8 PHA @ WSH L 4 7 33-47 6 21.0 Dixon 2:15 4,923 -
82 82 Thursday, Jul 9 PHA @ WSH L 4 8 33-48 6 21.0 Shea 2:26 2,383 --
83 83 Friday, Jul 10 PHA @ BOS L 2 3 33-49 6 22.0 Kinder 3:26 22,657 ---
84 84 Saturday, Jul 11 PHA @ BOS L 3 4 33-50 6 23.0 Kinder 2:33 11,692 ----
85 85 Sunday, Jul 12 PHA @ BOS L 5 9 33-51 6 23.5 Brown 2:09 -----
86 86 Sunday, Jul 12 PHA @ BOS W 4 1 34-51 6 23.5 Byrd 2:10 23,916 +
87 87 Thursday, Jul 16 PHA @ CLE L 3 5 34-52 6 24.0 Garcia 2:10 13,718 -
88 88 Friday, Jul 17 PHA @ CLE L 0 5 34-53 6 25.0 Lemon 2:53 13,681 --
89 89 Saturday, Jul 18 PHA @ CLE W 9 3 35-53 6 25.0 Byrd 2:21 6,326 +
90 90 Sunday, Jul 19 PHA @ DET L 3 13 35-54 6 26.5 Branca 2:24 -
91 91 Sunday, Jul 19 PHA @ DET T 8 8 35-54 6 26.5 2:54 15,300 -
92 92 Wednesday, Jul 22 PHA @ SLB W 11 1 36-54 6 25.0 Shantz 2:28 2,817 +
93 93 Thursday, Jul 23 PHA @ SLB W 7 4 37-54 6 24.0 Martin 3:34 2,278 ++
94 94 Friday, Jul 24 PHA @ CHW W 4 2 38-54 6 23.0 Newsom 3:24 32,487 +++
95 95 Saturday, Jul 25 PHA @ CHW W 7 2 39-54 6 23.0 Kellner 2:35 9,516 ++++
96 96 Sunday, Jul 26 PHA @ CHW W 4 3 40-54 6 23.0 Shantz 2:05 0 +++++
97 97 Sunday, Jul 26 PHA @ CHW L 0 4 40-55 6 23.0 Trucks 2:10 21,149 -
98 98 Tuesday, Jul 28 PHA SLB W 9 7 41-55 6 23.0 Martin 2:26 2,511 +
99 99 Wednesday, Jul 29 PHA SLB W 9 3 42-55 6 23.0 Kellner 2:25 2,247 ++
100 100 Thursday, Jul 30 PHA SLB W 5 3 43-55 6 22.0 Fricano 1:56 1,905 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Friday, Jul 31 PHA CLE L 6 12 43-56 6 23.0 Hoskins 2:31 7,163 -
102 102 Saturday, Aug 1 PHA CLE L 2 5 43-57 6 23.0 Feller 2:25 3,771 --
103 103 Sunday, Aug 2 PHA CLE L 1 10 43-58 6 24.0 Lemon 2:11 0 ---
104 104 Sunday, Aug 2 PHA CLE L 1 7 43-59 6 24.0 Wynn 2:14 6,923 ----
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 4 PHA CHW L 3 8 43-60 6 25.5 Trucks 2:17 4,321 -----
106 106 Wednesday, Aug 5 PHA CHW L 7 9 43-61 6 26.5 Pierce 4:00 3,460 ------
107 107 Thursday, Aug 6 PHA CHW L 4 6 43-62 6 27.5 Bearden 2:17 3,196 -------
108 108 Friday, Aug 7 PHA DET W 3 1 44-62 6 27.5 Kellner 1:42 2,708 +
109 109 Saturday, Aug 8 PHA DET W 9 5 45-62 6 28.0 Fricano 2:11 2,552 ++
110 110 Sunday, Aug 9 PHA DET W 4 3 46-62 6 27.0 Martin 2:40 +++
111 111 Sunday, Aug 9 PHA DET T 8 8 46-62 6 27.0 2:45 3,558 +++
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 11 PHA BOS L 6 7 46-63 6 27.5 Parnell 2:52 12,306 -
113 113 Tuesday, Aug 11 PHA BOS L 5 7 46-64 6 27.5 Brown 2:27 12,306 --
114 114 Wednesday, Aug 12 PHA BOS L 2 3 46-65 6 28.5 McDermott 2:37 2,988 ---
115 115 Thursday, Aug 13 PHA BOS W 1 0 47-65 6 28.5 Coleman 1:38 4,281 +
116 116 Saturday, Aug 15 PHA NYY W 9 8 48-65 6 27.5 Martin 3:02 7,502 ++
117 117 Sunday, Aug 16 PHA NYY L 0 8 48-66 6 29.5 Raschi 2:25 -
118 118 Sunday, Aug 16 PHA NYY L 3 7 48-67 6 29.5 Sain 2:30 24,903 --
119 119 Monday, Aug 17 PHA NYY L 3 10 48-68 6 31.5 Ford 2:49 13,595 ---
120 120 Monday, Aug 17 PHA NYY L 0 9 48-69 6 31.5 Kuzava 2:16 13,595 ----
121 121 Tuesday, Aug 18 PHA @ BOS L 1 2 48-70 6 31.5 McDermott 2:24 28,024 -----
122 122 Wednesday, Aug 19 PHA @ BOS L 4 6 48-71 6 32.5 Kinder 2:27 12,084 ------
123 123 Friday, Aug 21 PHA @ NYY L 4 5 48-72 6 34.0 Kuzava 3:07 21,492 -------
124 124 Saturday, Aug 22 PHA @ NYY W 10 4 49-72 6 33.0 Fricano 2:17 34,574 +
125 125 Sunday, Aug 23 PHA @ NYY L 0 4 49-73 6 34.0 Raschi 2:32 22,071 -
126 126 Tuesday, Aug 25 PHA @ CHW W 4 2 50-73 6 34.0 Martin 2:14 22,358 +
127 127 Wednesday, Aug 26 PHA @ CHW W 10 8 51-73 6 34.0 Kellner 2:46 21,423 ++
128 128 Thursday, Aug 27 PHA @ SLB L 4 5 51-74 6 34.5 Littlefield 2:17 -
129 129 Thursday, Aug 27 PHA @ SLB L 1 3 51-75 6 34.5 Stuart 2:58 2,843 --
130 130 Friday, Aug 28 PHA @ SLB L 3 8 51-76 6 34.5 Pillette 2:07 2,024 ---
131 131 Sunday, Aug 30 PHA @ DET L 1 10 51-77 6 35.0 Gromek 2:01 0 ----
132 132 Sunday, Aug 30 PHA @ DET L 1 9 51-78 6 35.0 Aber 2:02 12,617 -----
133 133 Monday, Aug 31 PHA @ DET L 7 9 51-79 6 35.0 Marlowe 2:44 0 ------
134 134 Monday, Aug 31 PHA @ DET W 10 4 52-79 6 35.0 Newsom 2:28 15,584 +
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 1 PHA @ DET L 5 7 52-80 6 36.0 Herbert 2:34 1,915 -
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 2 PHA @ CLE L 3 6 52-81 6 37.0 Houtteman 1:55 8,226 --
137 137 Thursday, Sep 3 PHA @ CLE L 4 9 52-82 6 38.0 Hoskins 2:20 2,647 ---
138 138 Sunday, Sep 6 PHA BOS L 4 8 52-83 6 39.0 Delock 2:24 ----
139 139 Sunday, Sep 6 PHA BOS L 0 4 52-84 6 39.0 McDermott 2:01 5,825 -----
140 140 Monday, Sep 7 PHA WSH L 2 13 52-85 7 40.0 Masterson 2:28 ------
141 141 Monday, Sep 7 PHA WSH L 3 6 52-86 7 40.0 Porterfield 2:07 6,057 -------
142 142 Wednesday, Sep 9 PHA DET L 2 8 52-87 7 40.5 Branca 2:23 0 --------
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 9 PHA DET W 7 1 53-87 7 40.5 Fricano 1:43 2,014 +
144 144 Friday, Sep 11 PHA CHW L 4 9 53-88 7 41.0 Trucks 2:54 3,597 -
145 145 Saturday, Sep 12 PHA CHW L 5 6 53-89 7 42.0 Rogovin 2:05 1,969 --
146 146 Sunday, Sep 13 PHA SLB L 2 5 53-90 7 42.5 Larsen 2:53 ---
147 147 Sunday, Sep 13 PHA SLB W 2 0 54-90 7 42.5 Byrd 2:36 8,477 +
148 148 Wednesday, Sep 16 PHA CLE L 2 7 54-91 7 43.0 Feller 2:28 2,561 -
149 149 Thursday, Sep 17 PHA CLE L 4 5 54-92 7 43.0 Houtteman 2:10 1,925 --
150 150 Saturday, Sep 19 PHA WSH W 6 5 55-92 7 42.0 Coleman 2:55 1,057 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Sunday, Sep 20 PHA WSH W 13 9 56-92 7 41.5 Trice 2:11 4,468 ++
152 152 Sunday, Sep 20 PHA WSH W 4 3 57-92 7 41.5 Fricano 2:02 4,468 +++
153 153 Tuesday, Sep 22 PHA @ NYY L 2 7 57-93 7 42.5 Reynolds 2:29 10,004 -
154 154 Wednesday, Sep 23 PHA @ NYY L 1 3 57-94 7 43.5 Lopat 2:14 3,277 --
155 155 Friday, Sep 25 PHA @ WSH L 0 1 57-95 7 43.5 Porterfield 1:37 2,403 ---
156 156 Saturday, Sep 26 PHA @ WSH W 11 2 58-95 7 42.5 Trice 1:58 2,252 +
157 157 Sunday, Sep 27 PHA @ WSH W 9 2 59-95 7 41.5 Coleman 2:03 3,740 ++
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.

1952 / 1954 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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