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1954 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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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1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 31 77 252 226 22 50 8 1 1 23 0 0 21 19 .221 .296 .279 .575 59 63 2 3 2 0
2 1B Lou Limmer* 29 115 356 316 41 73 10 3 14 32 2 3 35 37 .231 .305 .415 .720 96 131 6 0 2 3
3 2B Spook Jacobs 28 132 575 508 63 131 11 1 0 26 17 3 60 22 .258 .336 .283 .619 72 144 5 0 6 1
4 SS Joe DeMaestri 25 146 572 539 49 124 16 3 8 40 1 4 20 63 .230 .258 .315 .574 57 170 10 3 3 7
5 3B Jim Finigan 25 136 560 487 57 147 25 6 7 51 2 8 64 66 .302 .381 .421 .802 120 205 17 0 6 3
6 LF Gus Zernial 31 97 373 336 42 84 8 2 14 62 0 0 30 60 .250 .316 .411 .727 99 138 8 4 0 3
7 CF Bill Wilson 25 94 371 323 43 77 10 1 15 33 1 2 39 59 .238 .334 .415 .749 105 134 4 8 0 1
8 RF Bill Renna 29 123 474 422 52 98 15 4 13 53 1 3 41 60 .232 .302 .379 .681 86 160 7 3 4 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 UT Vic Power 26 127 485 462 36 118 17 5 8 38 2 1 19 19 .255 .287 .366 .652 78 169 16 2 0 2
10 1B Don Bollweg* 33 103 307 268 35 60 15 3 5 24 1 0 35 33 .224 .319 .358 .677 86 96 4 3 0 1
11 OF Elmer Valo* 33 95 281 224 28 48 11 6 1 33 2 1 51 18 .214 .356 .330 .686 90 74 2 0 3 3
12 IF Pete Suder 38 69 215 205 8 41 11 1 0 16 0 0 7 16 .200 .225 .263 .489 34 54 6 0 2 1
13 C Billy Shantz 26 51 181 164 13 42 9 3 1 17 0 0 17 23 .256 .326 .366 .692 90 60 5 0 0 0
14 C Jim Robertson 26 63 173 147 9 27 8 0 0 8 0 0 23 25 .184 .298 .238 .536 49 35 2 1 2 0
15 OF Joe Taylor 28 18 60 58 5 13 1 1 1 8 0 1 2 9 .224 .250 .328 .578 58 19 2 0 0 0
16 OF Ed McGhee 29 21 58 53 5 11 2 0 2 9 0 1 4 8 .208 .259 .358 .617 68 19 0 0 0 1
17 IF Eddie Joost 38 19 57 47 7 17 3 0 1 9 0 1 10 10 .362 .474 .489 .963 165 23 4 0 0 0
18 SS Jack Littrell 25 9 36 30 7 9 2 0 1 3 1 0 6 3 .300 .417 .467 .883 143 14 2 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
19 P Arnie Portocarrero 22 34 87 75 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 30 .107 .163 .173 .336 -8 13 0 0 7 0
20 P Alex Kellner 29 27 63 55 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 .182 .207 .218 .425 17 12 1 0 5 1
21 P Marion Fricano 30 42 48 41 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 .098 .119 .098 .217 -40 4 1 0 6 0
22 P Bob Trice 27 20 46 42 6 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 10 .286 .348 .429 .776 113 18 0 1 0 0
23 P Johnny Gray 27 19 36 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .029 .057 .029 .087 -76 1 0 0 1 0
24 P Charlie Bishop 30 22 34 33 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .121 .121 .152 .273 -25 5 0 0 1 0
25 P Sonny Dixon# 29 38 30 28 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .250 .300 .321 .621 71 9 0 0 0 0
26 P Al Sima 32 29 22 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .050 .050 .050 .100 -72 1 0 0 2 0
27 P Morrie Martin* 31 13 18 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .294 .529 45 5 0 0 1 0
28 P Moe Burtschy 32 46 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .118 .167 .118 .284 -21 2 1 0 0 0
29 P Art Ditmar 25 14 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .125 .300 .125 .425 20 1 0 0 1 0
30 P Lee Wheat 24 8 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 1 0 0 0
31 P Ozzie Van Brabant 27 9 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .200 .629 77 1 0 0 0 0
32 P Dutch Romberger 27 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bill Oster* 21 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0
34 P Bobby Shantz 28 7 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 156 5823 5206 542 1228 191 41 94 503 30 29 504 677 .236 .305 .342 .648 78 1783 106 28 54 31 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 8 6 5 4 6 7 6 2 8 8 7 8 7
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 Arnie Portocarrero 22 9 18 .333 4.06 34 33 0 16 1 0 248.0 233 124 112 25 114 132 5 0 9 1086 96 1.399 8.5 0.9 4.1 4.8 1.16
2 SP Alex Kellner* 29 6 17 .261 5.39 27 27 0 8 1 0 173.2 204 118 104 16 88 69 6 0 4 793 73 1.681 10.6 0.8 4.6 3.6 0.78
3 SP Marion Fricano 30 5 11 .313 5.16 37 20 10 4 0 1 151.2 163 98 87 17 64 43 4 1 3 672 76 1.497 9.7 1.0 3.8 2.6 0.67
4 SP Bob Trice 27 7 8 .467 5.60 19 18 1 8 1 0 119.0 146 86 74 14 48 22 0 1 1 540 70 1.630 11.0 1.1 3.6 1.7 0.46
5 SP Johnny Gray 27 3 12 .200 6.51 18 16 1 5 0 0 105.0 111 83 76 10 91 51 0 0 4 501 60 1.924 9.5 0.9 7.8 4.4 0.56
6 SP Charlie Bishop 30 4 6 .400 4.41 20 12 4 4 0 1 96.0 98 49 47 10 50 34 5 0 0 427 89 1.542 9.2 0.9 4.7 3.2 0.68
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
7 RP Sonny Dixon 29 5 7 .417 4.86 38 6 23 1 0 4 107.1 136 63 58 8 27 42 3 1 1 483 80 1.519 11.4 0.7 2.3 3.5 1.56
8 RP Moe Burtschy 32 5 4 .556 3.80 46 0 30 0 0 4 94.2 80 45 40 7 53 54 8 0 7 413 103 1.405 7.6 0.7 5.0 5.1 1.02
9 RP Al Sima* 32 2 5 .286 5.22 29 7 11 1 0 2 79.1 101 51 46 9 32 36 0 0 2 362 75 1.676 11.5 1.0 3.6 4.1 1.13
10 RP Art Ditmar 25 1 4 .200 6.41 14 5 8 0 0 0 39.1 50 35 28 4 36 14 1 0 3 199 61 2.186 11.4 0.9 8.2 3.2 0.39
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 Morrie Martin* 31 2 4 .333 5.47 13 6 3 2 0 0 52.2 57 32 32 9 19 24 2 0 0 232 71 1.443 9.7 1.5 3.2 4.1 1.26
12 Lee Wheat 24 0 2 .000 5.72 8 1 5 0 0 0 28.1 38 18 18 1 9 7 1 1 0 137 68 1.659 12.1 0.3 2.9 2.2 0.78
13 Ozzie Van Brabant 27 0 2 .000 7.09 9 2 2 0 0 0 26.2 35 23 21 3 18 10 1 1 2 124 55 1.988 11.8 1.0 6.1 3.4 0.56
14 Dutch Romberger 27 1 1 .500 11.49 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 28 20 20 3 12 6 0 0 0 83 34 2.553 16.1 1.7 6.9 3.4 0.50
15 Bill Oster* 21 0 1 .000 6.32 8 1 4 0 0 0 15.2 19 15 11 2 12 5 0 0 1 75 62 1.979 10.9 1.1 6.9 2.9 0.42
16 Bobby Shantz* 28 1 0 1.000 7.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 7 7 2 3 3 1 0 0 38 50 1.875 13.5 2.3 3.4 3.4 1.00
17 Bill Upton 25 0 0 1.80 2 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 6 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 22 217 1.400 10.8 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00
18 Hal Raether 21 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 87 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
19 Carl Scheib 27 0 1 .000 22.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 12 17 3.000 22.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
20 Dick Rozek* 27 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 58 2.250 0.0 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.6 51 103 .331 5.18 156 156 107 49 3 13 1371.1 1523 875 789 141 685 555 39 6 40 6217 75 1.610 10.0 0.9 4.5 3.6 0.81
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 7 8 5 8 8 8 8 8 7 8
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 GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 31 71 64 583.0 343 300 39 4 5 .988 -4.0 -8.2 -4 5.23 4.77 4 19 23 16 41% C
Charlie Bishop 30 20 12 95.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.42 0.75 P
Don Bollweg 33 71 66 573.0 594 530 51 13 55 .978 -3.2 -6.7 -3.2 -2.2 -1.0 0 9.13 8.18 1B
Moe Burtschy 32 46 0 94.2 25 7 15 3 2 .880 0.0 0.0 2.09 0.48 P
Joe DeMaestri 25 144 139 1230.0 718 285 408 25 90 .965 -5.1 -5.0 -3.1 0.6 -3.6 -2 5.07 4.81 SS-3B-2B
Art Ditmar 25 14 5 39.1 10 4 5 1 1 .900 0.0 0.0 2.06 0.64 P
Sonny Dixon 29 38 6 108.1 41 10 30 1 1 .976 0.0 0.0 3.32 1.05 P
Jim Finigan 25 136 133 1158.1 481 151 305 25 34 .948 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 3.54 3.35 3B
Marion Fricano 30 37 20 151.2 32 9 20 3 2 .906 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.78 P
Johnny Gray 27 18 16 105.0 26 11 14 1 2 .962 0.0 0.0 2.14 1.39 P
Spook Jacobs 28 131 131 1126.1 664 347 300 17 98 .974 -15.5 -16.5 -13.5 -4.2 -9.3 -2 5.17 4.94 2B
Eddie Joost 38 15 12 104.2 47 14 32 1 5 .979 -1.8 -20.6 -1.8 -1.4 -0.3 0 3.96 3.07 SS-3B-2B
Alex Kellner 29 27 27 173.2 38 6 32 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.97 1.41 P
Lou Limmer 29 79 73 636.0 661 597 56 8 63 .988 -3.2 -6.0 -3.2 -2.8 -0.5 0 9.24 8.27 1B
Jack Littrell 25 9 9 79.0 42 19 22 1 8 .976 -1.9 -28.9 -1.9 -0.8 -1.1 0 4.67 4.56 SS
Morrie Martin 31 13 6 52.2 12 3 8 1 1 .917 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.85 P
Ed McGhee 29 13 11 106.2 45 42 0 3 0 .933 -3.3 -37.1 -2.3 0.6 -2.9 -1 3.54 3.23 CF-LF
Bill Oster 21 8 1 15.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.38 P
Arnie Portocarrero 22 34 33 248.0 41 15 22 4 0 .902 0.0 0.0 1.34 1.09 P
Vic Power 26 125 114 996.1 438 406 26 6 20 .986 5.6 6.7 1.6 -2.6 4.3 4 0 3.90 3.46 CF-LF-1B-RF-3B-SS
Hal Raether 21 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 P
Bill Renna 29 116 113 977.0 243 223 13 7 5 .971 -2.7 -3.3 -3.7 -1.0 -2.7 1 2.17 2.03 RF-LF-CF
Jim Robertson 26 50 43 381.0 231 207 18 6 6 .974 -5.0 -15.7 -5 5.31 4.50 3 15 18 7 28% C
Dutch Romberger 27 10 0 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.15 0.20 P
Dick Rozek 27 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Carl Scheib 27 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Billy Shantz 26 51 49 407.1 203 170 28 5 1 .975 4.0 11.8 4 4.37 3.88 5 7 7 18 72% C
Bobby Shantz 28 2 1 8.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 3.38 1.50 P
Al Sima 32 29 7 79.1 15 1 12 2 0 .867 0.0 0.0 1.47 0.45 P
Pete Suder 38 57 44 410.1 243 100 134 9 25 .963 3.0 8.8 3.0 3.6 -0.7 0 5.13 4.11 2B-3B-SS
Joe Taylor 28 17 13 132.0 35 32 1 2 0 .943 -1.4 -12.7 -0.4 -0.8 0.3 -1 2.25 1.94 LF-RF
Bob Trice 27 19 18 119.0 35 11 21 3 4 .914 0.0 0.0 2.42 1.68 P
Bill Upton 25 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.50 P
Elmer Valo 33 64 56 507.1 144 136 3 5 1 .965 0.2 0.5 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 1 2.47 2.17 LF-RF
Ozzie Van Brabant 27 9 2 26.2 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.04 1.00 P
Lee Wheat 24 8 1 28.1 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.91 0.75 P
Bill Wilson 25 91 91 802.0 276 266 7 3 4 .989 -6.2 -9.3 -11.2 -7.3 -3.9 5 3.06 3.00 CF
Gus Zernial 31 92 87 760.1 197 184 4 9 1 .954 -10.4 -16.4 -7.4 -0.8 -6.6 -3 0 2.23 2.04 LF-1B
Team Totals 28.4 156 1404 12342.0 5928 4104 1655 169 438 .971 -51.9 -5.0 -48.9 -19.5 -29.4 6 -4 -5 4.20 3.46 12 41 48 41 46%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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