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1953 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 104, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
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1952 / 1954 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 30 82 289 260 28 77 15 2 3 24 1 0 27 12 .296 .367 .404 .771 105 105 11 2 0
2 1B Eddie Robinson* 32 156 685 615 64 152 28 4 22 102 1 2 63 56 .247 .322 .413 .735 94 254 13 5 2
3 2B Cass Michaels 27 117 469 411 53 103 10 0 12 42 7 0 51 56 .251 .335 .363 .697 85 149 6 1 6
4 SS Joe DeMaestri 24 111 452 420 53 107 17 3 6 35 0 1 24 39 .255 .297 .352 .649 72 148 15 1 7
5 3B Loren Babe* 25 103 383 343 34 77 16 2 0 20 0 1 35 20 .224 .300 .283 .583 55 97 9 2 3
6 OF Gus Zernial 30 147 617 556 85 158 21 3 42 108 4 0 57 79 .284 .355 .559 .914 140 311 12 4 0
7 OF Ed McGhee 28 104 399 358 36 94 11 4 1 29 4 3 32 43 .263 .328 .324 .652 74 116 12 3 6
8 OF Dave Philley# 33 157 677 620 80 188 30 9 9 59 13 5 51 35 .303 .358 .424 .782 107 263 22 2 4
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 37 115 474 454 44 130 11 3 4 35 3 3 17 35 .286 .312 .350 .662 76 159 10 0 3
10 C Ray Murray 35 84 289 268 25 76 14 3 6 41 0 0 18 25 .284 .331 .425 .756 100 114 6 1 2
11 SS Eddie Joost 37 51 224 177 39 44 6 0 6 15 3 2 45 24 .249 .401 .384 .785 109 68 1 0 2
12 OF Carmen Mauro* 26 64 184 165 14 44 4 4 0 17 3 4 19 21 .267 .342 .339 .682 82 56 6 0 0
13 OF Elmer Valo* 32 50 107 85 15 19 3 0 0 9 0 1 22 7 .224 .383 .259 .642 73 22 2 0 0
14 OF Allie Clark 30 20 78 74 6 15 4 0 3 13 0 0 3 5 .203 .234 .378 .612 60 28 2 0 1
15 UT Tom Hamilton* 27 58 63 56 8 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 11 .196 .286 .232 .518 39 13 2 0 0
16 OF Kite Thomas 30 24 52 49 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .122 .173 .122 .296 -20 6 2 0 0
17 C Neal Watlington* 30 21 47 44 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 8 .159 .213 .182 .395 6 8 1 0 0
18 2B Tommy Giordano 27 11 45 40 6 7 2 0 2 5 0 1 5 6 .175 .267 .375 .642 69 15 0 0 0
19 SS Spider Wilhelm 24 7 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 88 3 0 0 0
20 3B Don Kolloway 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
21 P Harry Byrd 28 40 85 81 9 18 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 13 .222 .232 .222 .454 21 18 3 0 3
22 P Alex Kellner 28 25 79 69 4 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .217 .270 .246 .517 38 17 3 2 5
23 P Marion Fricano 29 46 76 69 6 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 30 .145 .192 .159 .351 -6 11 0 0 3
24 P Charlie Bishop 29 40 58 56 2 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 27 .089 .121 .125 .246 -35 7 0 0 0
25 P Morrie Martin* 30 58 44 42 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .095 .095 .095 .190 -49 4 1 0 2
26 P Carl Scheib 26 35 43 41 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .195 .233 .195 .428 15 8 1 0 0
27 P Bobby Shantz 27 21 41 38 6 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 .237 .275 .316 .591 57 12 0 0 1
28 P Joe Coleman 30 21 29 28 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .286 .310 .357 .667 77 10 0 0 0
29 P Frank Fanovich* 31 26 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -3 2 1 0 0
30 P Bob Trice 26 3 8 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .286 .536 42 2 0 1 0
31 P Bobo Newsom 45 17 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 1
32 P Dick Rozek* 26 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0 0
33 P Rinty Monahan 25 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill Harrington 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Walt Kellner 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P John Mackinson 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.2 157 6028 5455 632 1398 205 38 116 588 41 24 498 602 .256 .321 .372 .693 84 2027 141 24 51 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 4 7 5 3 3 8 7 6 7 7 5 7 4
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 Harry Byrd 28 11 20 .355 5.51 40 37 0 11 2 0 236.2 279 155 145 23 115 122 14 1 6 1090 78 1.665 10.6 0.9 4.4 4.6 1.06
2 SP Marion Fricano 29 9 12 .429 3.88 39 23 10 10 0 0 211.0 206 105 91 21 90 67 6 1 3 909 110 1.403 8.8 0.9 3.8 2.9 0.74
3 SP Alex Kellner* 28 11 12 .478 3.93 25 25 0 14 2 0 201.2 210 98 88 8 51 81 4 0 10 849 109 1.294 9.4 0.4 2.3 3.6 1.59
4 SP Charlie Bishop 29 3 14 .176 5.66 39 20 11 1 1 2 160.2 174 106 101 15 86 66 5 0 5 720 76 1.618 9.7 0.8 4.8 3.7 0.77
5 SP Bobby Shantz* 27 5 9 .357 4.09 16 16 0 6 0 0 105.2 107 52 48 10 26 58 0 0 3 437 105 1.259 9.1 0.9 2.2 4.9 2.23
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 Morrie Martin* 30 10 12 .455 4.43 58 11 41 2 0 7 156.1 158 85 77 12 59 64 8 0 7 679 96 1.388 9.1 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.08
7 RP Carl Scheib 26 3 7 .300 4.88 28 8 13 3 0 2 96.0 99 57 52 9 29 25 7 0 3 423 88 1.333 9.3 0.8 2.7 2.3 0.86
8 RP Joe Coleman 30 3 4 .429 4.00 21 9 9 2 1 0 90.0 85 46 40 8 49 18 1 0 3 388 107 1.489 8.5 0.8 4.9 1.8 0.37
9 RP Frank Fanovich* 31 0 3 .000 5.55 26 3 9 0 0 0 61.2 62 41 38 5 37 37 6 0 7 282 77 1.605 9.0 0.7 5.4 5.4 1.00
10 RP Bobo Newsom 45 2 1 .667 4.89 17 2 9 1 0 0 38.2 44 24 21 3 24 16 5 0 0 187 87 1.759 10.2 0.7 5.6 3.7 0.67
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 Bob Trice 26 2 1 .667 5.48 3 3 0 1 0 0 23.0 25 14 14 4 6 4 0 0 0 97 78 1.348 9.8 1.6 2.3 1.6 0.67
12 Dick Rozek* 26 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 6 6 3 9 2 0 0 0 46 84 1.594 6.8 2.5 7.6 1.7 0.22
13 Rinty Monahan 25 0 0 4.22 4 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 11 5 5 0 7 2 0 0 3 47 101 1.688 9.3 0.0 5.9 1.7 0.29
14 Walt Kellner 24 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 14 71 1.667 3.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.00
15 Bill Harrington 25 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 32 2.500 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 John Mackinson 29 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.9 59 95 .383 4.67 157 157 106 51 6 11 1409.0 1475 799 731 121 594 566 57 2 51 6186 92 1.468 9.4 0.8 3.8 3.6 0.95
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 4 7 7 2 7 7 7 7 7 7
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 30 79 393 341 47 5 13 .987 4.91 7 C
Loren Babe 25 94 322 114 192 16 24 .950 3.26 3B-SS
Charlie Bishop 29 39 41 5 36 0 3 1.000 1.05 P
Harry Byrd 28 40 43 6 35 2 1 .953 1.03 P
Allie Clark 30 19 0 0 19 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.84 OF
Joe Coleman 30 21 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 0.52 P
Joe DeMaestri 24 108 506 191 297 18 53 .964 4.52 SS
Frank Fanovich 31 26 12 2 8 2 0 .833 0.38 P
Marion Fricano 29 39 36 8 28 0 2 1.000 0.92 P
Tommy Giordano 27 11 64 31 32 1 11 .984 5.73 2B
Tom Hamilton 27 9 0 0 2 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.67 1B-OF
Bill Harrington 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Joost 37 51 260 102 147 11 33 .958 4.88 SS
Alex Kellner 28 25 35 5 28 2 2 .943 1.32 P
Walt Kellner 24 2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.50 P
Don Kolloway 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3B
John Mackinson 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Morrie Martin 30 58 28 2 26 0 4 1.000 0.48 P
Carmen Mauro 26 50 4 38 7 128 119 5 4 0 .969 2.48 OF-3B
Ed McGhee 28 99 1 97 1 329 319 4 6 0 .982 3.26 OF
Cass Michaels 27 110 625 304 302 19 81 .970 5.51 2B
Rinty Monahan 25 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Ray Murray 35 78 379 330 45 4 8 .989 4.81 8 C
Bobo Newsom 45 17 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.47 P
Dave Philley 33 158 0 31 129 320 296 18 6 0 .981 1.99 OF-3B
Eddie Robinson 32 155 1454 1366 71 17 135 .988 9.27 1B
Dick Rozek 26 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Carl Scheib 26 28 21 4 16 1 1 .952 0.71 P
Bobby Shantz 27 16 32 10 21 1 3 .969 1.94 P
Pete Suder 37 117 490 189 290 11 44 .978 4.09 3B-2B-SS
Kite Thomas 30 15 6 0 9 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 OF
Bob Trice 26 3 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.33 P
Elmer Valo 32 25 10 0 15 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 OF
Neal Watlington 30 9 45 37 7 1 2 .978 4.89 0 C
Spider Wilhelm 24 6 8 2 5 1 0 .875 1.17 SS
Gus Zernial 30 141 141 0 0 326 300 17 9 2 .972 2.25 OF
Team Totals 30.2 157 6066 4219 1710 137 428 .977 3.58 15
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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