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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953
87-67, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Sawyer (28-35) and Steve O'Neill (59-32)
Scored 657 runs, Allowed 552 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65
Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 755,417 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
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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 | WAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn HOF | 25 | L | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Mar 19, 1927 | 5 | 154 | 152 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 2.8 | |
| Tommy Brown | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 170 | Dec 6, 1927 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Smoky Burgess | 25 | L | R | 5' 8" | 185 | Feb 6, 1927 | 3 | 110 | 102 | 110 | 104 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.3 | |
| Putsy Caballero | 24 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Nov 5, 1927 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | -0.1 | |
| Bubba Church | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Sep 12, 1924 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | |
| Mel Clark | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Jul 7, 1926 | 2 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1.2 | |
| Karl Drews | 32 | R | R | 6' 4" | 192 | Feb 22, 1920 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | |
| Del Ennis | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Jun 8, 1925 | 7 | 151 | 149 | 151 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 31 | 149 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Howie Fox | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Mar 1, 1921 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.2 | |
| Granny Hamner | 25 | R | R | 5' 10" | 163 | Apr 26, 1927 | 9 | 151 | 150 | 151 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | All-Star |
| Andy Hansen | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 185 | Nov 12, 1924 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | |
| Ken Heintzelman | 36 | R | L | 5' 11" | 185 | Oct 14, 1915 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | |
| Nippy Jones | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jun 29, 1925 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | |
| Willie Jones | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 188 | Aug 16, 1925 | 6 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Jim Konstanty | 35 | R | R | 6' 1" | 202 | Mar 2, 1917 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | |
| Jack Lohrke | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Feb 25, 1924 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | -0.1 | |
| Stan Lopata | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Sep 12, 1925 | 5 | 57 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.9 | |
| Jackie Mayo | 26 | L | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Jul 26, 1925 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 50 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Russ Meyer | 28 | B | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Oct 25, 1923 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | |
| Bob Miller | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Jun 16, 1926 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | |
| Bill Nicholson | 37 | L | R | 6' 0" | 205 | Dec 11, 1914 | 15 | 55 | 13 | 55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 0.9 | |
| Kent Peterson | 26 | R | L | 5' 10" | 170 | Dec 21, 1925 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | |
| Lou Possehl | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Apr 12, 1926 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | |
| Steve Ridzik | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Apr 29, 1929 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Robin Roberts HOF | 25 | B | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Sep 30, 1926 | 5 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | All-Star |
| Connie Ryan | 32 | R | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Feb 27, 1920 | 10 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Curt Simmons | 23 | L | L | 5' 11" | 175 | May 19, 1929 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | All-Star |
| Paul Stuffel | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Mar 22, 1927 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | |
| Eddie Waitkus | 32 | L | L | 6' 0" | 170 | Sep 4, 1919 | 8 | 146 | 139 | 146 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Del Wilber | 33 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Feb 24, 1919 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.1 | |
| Johnny Wyrostek | 32 | L | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Jul 12, 1919 | 9 | 98 | 85 | 98 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Dick Young | 24 | L | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Jun 3, 1928 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |