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1954 Philadelphia Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955)
51-103, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 542 runs, Allowed 875 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-109
Manager: Eddie Joost (51-103)
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 304,666 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 104
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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Joe Astroth 31 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 8 77 64 77 77 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Charlie Bishop 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1924 3 22 12 22 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Bollweg 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 12, 1921 4 103 66 103 103 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
Moe Burtschy 32 R R 6' 3" 208 Apr 18, 1922 3 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe DeMaestri 25 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 9, 1928 4 146 139 146 146 0 0 0 1 1 142 0 0 0 0 3 0
Art Ditmar 25 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 3, 1929 1st 14 5 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sonny Dixon 29 B R 205 Nov 5, 1924 2 38 6 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Finigan 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 1st 136 133 136 136 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Marion Fricano 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 15, 1923 3 42 20 42 42 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Johnny Gray 27 R R 6' 4" 226 Dec 11, 1926 1st 19 16 19 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Spook Jacobs 28 R R 155 Nov 4, 1925 1st 132 131 132 132 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Eddie Joost 38 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 16 19 12 19 19 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 4 0
Alex Kellner 29 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 7 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Limmer 29 L L 6' 2" 190 Mar 10, 1925 2 115 73 115 115 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
Jack Littrell 25 R R 6' 0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 2 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morrie Martin 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 3, 1922 5 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed McGhee 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 29, 1924 3 21 11 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 13 8 0
Bill Oster 21 L L 6' 3" 198 Jan 2, 1933 1st 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arnie Portocarrero 22 R R 6' 3" 196 Jul 5, 1931 1st 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Power 26 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 1, 1927 1st 127 114 127 127 0 0 21 0 1 1 33 56 12 101 8 0
Hal Raether 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 10, 1932 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Renna 29 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 2 123 113 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 114 115 10 0
Jim Robertson 26 R R 5' 9" 183 Jan 29, 1928 1st 63 43 63 63 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Dutch Romberger 27 R R 6' 0" 185 May 26, 1927 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Rozek 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Mar 27, 1927 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Scheib 27 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 11 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Shantz 26 R R 6' 1" 160 Jul 31, 1927 1st 51 49 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Shantz 28 R L 5' 6" 142 Sep 26, 1925 6 7 1 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Al Sima 32 R L 6' 0" 187 Oct 7, 1921 4 29 7 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Suder 38 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 12 69 44 69 69 0 0 0 35 20 2 0 0 0 0 14 0
Joe Taylor 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1926 1st 18 13 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 8 16 3 1
Bob Trice 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 28, 1926 2 20 18 20 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Upton 25 R R 6' 0" 167 Jun 18, 1929 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Valo 33 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 13 95 56 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 30 62 33 1
Ozzie Van Brabant 27 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 28, 1926 1st 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Wheat 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 15, 1929 1st 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Wilson 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 6, 1928 3 94 91 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 91 3 0
Gus Zernial 31 R R 210 Jun 27, 1923 6 97 87 97 97 0 0 2 0 0 0 90 0 0 90 7 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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