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1954 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

51-103, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Joost (51-103)
Scored 542 runs, Allowed 875 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-109

Ballparks: Connie Mack Stadium · Attendance: 304,666 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 104

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1953 / 1955 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 31 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 8 77 64 77 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.6
Charlie Bishop 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1924 3 22 12 22 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.6
Don Bollweg 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 12, 1921 4 103 66 103 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 -0.1
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 1.2
Joe DeMaestri 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 4 146 139 146 144 0 0 0 1 1 142 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.9
Art Ditmar 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 1st 14 5 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Sonny Dixon 29 B R 6' 2" 205 Nov 5, 1924 2 38 6 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
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 2.3 All-Star
Marion Fricano 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 15, 1923 3 42 20 42 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -1.1
Johnny Gray 26 R R 6' 4" 226 Dec 11, 1927 1st 19 16 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2.5
Spook Jacobs 28 R R 5' 8" 155 Nov 4, 1925 1st 132 131 132 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.2
Eddie Joost 38 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 16 19 12 19 15 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4
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 -1.1
Lou Limmer 29 L L 6' 2" 190 Mar 10, 1925 2 115 73 115 79 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 -0.4
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 0.2
Morrie Martin 31 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 5 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Ed McGhee 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 29, 1924 3 21 11 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 13 8 0 -0.5
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 -0.3
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 2.8
Vic Power 26 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 1st 127 114 127 120 0 0 21 0 1 1 34 56 12 102 8 0 -0.2
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 0.0
Bill Renna 29 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 2 123 113 123 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 114 115 10 0 -0.4
Jim Robertson 26 R R 5' 9" 183 Jan 29, 1928 1st 63 43 63 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -1.0
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 -0.9
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 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 -0.3
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 0.6
Bobby Shantz 28 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 6 7 1 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.2
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 -0.7
Pete Suder 38 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 12 69 44 69 56 0 0 0 35 20 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 -1.1
Joe Taylor 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1926 1st 18 13 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 8 16 3 1 -0.6
Bob Trice 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 28, 1926 2 20 18 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
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 0.2
Elmer Valo 33 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 13 95 56 95 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 30 62 33 1 0.1
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 -0.5
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 -0.1
Bill Wilson 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 6, 1928 3 94 91 94 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 91 3 0 0.7
Gus Zernial 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 6 97 87 97 91 0 0 2 0 0 0 90 0 0 90 7 0 -1.0
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
1

Eddie Joost
2

Joe DeMaestri
3

Jack Littrell
4

Don Bollweg
5

Vic Power
6

Spook Jacobs
8

Bill Renna
9

Joe Astroth
10

Elmer Valo
11

Billy Shantz
12

Pete Suder
14

Lou Limmer
15

Jim Finigan
16

Ed McGhee
17

Bill Oster
Bill Upton
18

Jim Robertson
19

Gus Zernial
20

Art Ditmar
Joe Taylor
22

Alex Kellner
23

Dick Rozek
Bob Trice
24

Sonny Dixon
Carl Scheib
25

Arnie Portocarrero
26

Morrie Martin
Al Sima
30

Bobby Shantz
32

Johnny Gray
33

Moe Burtschy
34

Johnny Gray
36

Hal Raether
37

Marion Fricano
38

Charlie Bishop
40

Lee Wheat
Bill Wilson
42

Ozzie Van Brabant
48

Lou Limmer
49

Dutch Romberger
Dick Rozek

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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