1954 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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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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
35	P	Hal Raether	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Dick Rozek*	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Carl Scheib	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Bill Upton	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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		8				7	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	7		5130
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

* - 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									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									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									2.06	0.64						P
Sonny Dixon	29	38	6	108.1	41	10	30	1	1	.976									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									1.72	0.78						P
Johnny Gray	27	18	16	105.0	26	11	14	1	2	.962									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									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									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									1.72	0.38						P
Arnie Portocarrero	22	34	33	248.0	41	15	22	4	0	.902									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									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									1.15	0.20						P
Dick Rozek	27	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Carl Scheib	27	1	1	2.0	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									3.38	1.50						P
Al Sima	32	29	7	79.1	15	1	12	2	0	.867									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									2.42	1.68						P
Bill Upton	25	2	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									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									3.04	1.00						P
Lee Wheat	24	8	1	28.1	6	3	3	0	1	1.000									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

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