1953 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 59-95-3, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (59-95-3)

General Manager: Art Ehlers

Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium

Attendance: 362,113 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 107
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 61-93, 632 Runs, 799 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Ray Murray	35	84	289	268	25	76	14	3	6	41	0	0	18	25	.284	.331	.425	.756	101	114	6	1	2		7
2	1B	Eddie Robinson*	32	156	685	615	64	152	28	4	22	102	1	2	63	56	.247	.322	.413	.735	95	254	13	5	2		7
3	2B	Cass Michaels	27	117	469	411	53	103	10	0	12	42	7	0	51	56	.251	.335	.363	.697	86	149	6	1	6		2
4	SS	Joe DeMaestri	24	111	452	420	53	107	17	3	6	35	0	1	24	39	.255	.297	.352	.649	73	148	15	1	7		1
5	3B	Loren Babe*	25	103	383	343	34	77	16	2	0	20	0	1	35	20	.224	.300	.283	.583	56	97	9	2	3		1
6	OF	Gus Zernial	30	147	617	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	4	0	57	79	.284	.355	.559	.914	141	311	12	4	0		11
7	OF	Ed McGhee	28	104	399	358	36	94	11	4	1	29	4	3	32	43	.263	.328	.324	.652	75	116	12	3	6		0
8	OF	Dave Philley#	33	157	678	620	80	188	30	9	9	59	13	5	51	35	.303	.358	.424	.782	108	263	22	2	4		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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	IF	Pete Suder	37	115	474	454	44	130	11	3	4	35	3	3	17	35	.286	.312	.350	.662	76	159	10	0	3		0
10	C	Joe Astroth	30	82	289	260	28	77	15	2	3	24	1	0	27	12	.296	.367	.404	.771	105	105	11	2	0		3
11	SS	Eddie Joost	37	51	224	177	39	44	6	0	6	15	3	2	45	24	.249	.401	.384	.785	110	68	1	0	2		0
12	OF	Carmen Mauro*	26	64	184	165	14	44	4	4	0	17	3	4	19	21	.267	.342	.339	.682	82	56	6	0	0		0
13	OF	Elmer Valo*	32	50	107	85	15	19	3	0	0	9	0	1	22	7	.224	.383	.259	.642	74	22	2	0	0		0
14	OF	Allie Clark	30	20	78	74	6	15	4	0	3	13	0	0	3	5	.203	.234	.378	.612	61	28	2	0	1		0
15	UT	Tom Hamilton*	27	58	63	56	8	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	11	.196	.286	.232	.518	39	13	2	0	0		0
16	OF	Kite Thomas	30	24	52	49	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.122	.173	.122	.296	-20	6	2	0	0		0
17	C	Neal Watlington*	30	21	47	44	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	8	.159	.213	.182	.395	6	8	1	0	0		0
18	2B	Tommy Giordano	27	11	46	40	6	7	2	0	2	5	0	1	5	6	.175	.267	.375	.642	70	15	0	0	0		0
19	SS	Spider Wilhelm	24	7	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	0	0	0		0
20	3B	Don Kolloway	34	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
21	P	Harry Byrd	28	40	85	81	9	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	13	.222	.232	.222	.454	22	18	3	0	3		0
22	P	Alex Kellner	28	25	79	69	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.217	.270	.246	.517	39	17	3	2	5		0
23	P	Marion Fricano	29	46	76	69	6	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	30	.145	.192	.159	.351	-5	11	0	0	3		0
24	P	Charlie Bishop	29	40	58	56	2	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	27	.089	.121	.125	.246	-34	7	0	0	0		0
25	P	Morrie Martin*	30	58	44	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.095	.095	.095	.190	-49	4	1	0	2		0
26	P	Carl Scheib	26	35	43	41	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	.195	.233	.195	.428	15	8	1	0	0		0
27	P	Bobby Shantz	27	21	41	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	.237	.275	.316	.591	57	12	0	0	1		0
28	P	Joe Coleman	30	21	29	28	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.286	.310	.357	.667	78	10	0	0	0		0
29	P	Frank Fanovich*	30	26	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3	2	1	0	0		0
30	P	Bob Trice	26	3	9	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.250	.286	.536	43	2	0	1	0		0
31	P	Bobo Newsom	45	17	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	0	0	1		0
32	P	Dick Rozek*	26	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Rinty Monahan	25	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Bill Harrington	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Walt Kellner	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
36	P	John Mackinson	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	30.3	157	6031	5455	632	1398	205	38	116	588	41	24	498	602	.256	.321	.372	.693	84	2027	141	24	51		33
		Rank in 8 AL teams				2	7	4	7	5	3		3	1	7	3	7	7	5	7		4		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.5	157	5544	5003	596	1317	196	37	116	564	39	24	482	492	.263	.331	.387	.717	91	1935	132	21	36		33
		Pitcher Totals	28.5	157	487	452	36	81	9	1	0	24	2	0	16	110	.179	.212	.204	.416	11	92	9	3	15		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Harry Byrd	28	11	20	.355	5.51	40	37	0	11	2	0	236.2	279	155	145	23	115	2	122	14	1	6	1090	78	4.46	1.665	10.6	0.9	4.4	4.6	1.06
2	SP	Marion Fricano	29	9	12	.429	3.88	39	23	10	10	0	0	211.0	206	105	91	21	90	7	67	6	1	3	909	110	4.62	1.403	8.8	0.9	3.8	2.9	0.74
3	SP	Alex Kellner*	28	11	12	.478	3.93	25	25	0	14	2	0	201.2	210	98	88	8	51	2	81	4	0	10	849	109	3.12	1.294	9.4	0.4	2.3	3.6	1.59
4	SP	Charlie Bishop	29	3	14	.176	5.66	39	20	11	1	1	2	160.2	174	106	101	15	86	4	66	5	0	5	720	76	4.68	1.618	9.7	0.8	4.8	3.7	0.77
5	SP	Bobby Shantz*	27	5	9	.357	4.09	16	16	0	6	0	0	105.2	107	52	48	10	26	1	58	0	0	3	437	105	3.46	1.259	9.1	0.9	2.2	4.9	2.23
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Morrie Martin*	30	10	12	.455	4.43	58	11	41	2	0	7	156.1	158	85	77	12	59	1	64	8	0	7	679	97	4.06	1.388	9.1	0.7	3.4	3.7	1.08
7	RP	Carl Scheib	26	3	7	.300	4.88	28	8	13	3	0	2	96.0	99	57	52	9	29	2	25	7	0	3	423	88	4.42	1.333	9.3	0.8	2.7	2.3	0.86
8	RP	Joe Coleman	30	3	4	.429	4.00	21	9	9	2	1	0	90.0	85	46	40	8	49	0	18	1	0	3	388	107	5.02	1.489	8.5	0.8	4.9	1.8	0.37
9	RP	Frank Fanovich*	30	0	3	.000	5.55	26	3	9	0	0	0	61.2	62	41	38	5	37	1	37	6	0	7	282	78	4.54	1.605	9.0	0.7	5.4	5.4	1.00
10	RP	Bobo Newsom	45	2	1	.667	4.89	17	2	9	1	0	0	38.2	44	24	21	3	24	1	16	5	0	0	187	88	5.02	1.759	10.2	0.7	5.6	3.7	0.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Bob Trice	26	2	1	.667	5.48	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.0	25	14	14	4	6	0	4	0	0	0	97	79	5.29	1.348	9.8	1.6	2.3	1.6	0.67
12		Rinty Monahan	25	0	0		4.22	4	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	11	5	5	0	7	0	2	0	0	3	47	105	4.19	1.688	9.3	0.0	5.9	1.7	0.29
13		Dick Rozek*	26	0	0		5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	8	6	6	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	46	87	8.41	1.594	6.8	2.5	7.6	1.7	0.22
14		Walt Kellner	24	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	14	80	4.93	1.667	3.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
15		Bill Harrington	24	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	37	2.59	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
16		John Mackinson	29	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7		7.09	2.250	6.8	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.9	59	95	.383	4.67	157	157	106	51	6	11	1409.0	1475	799	731	121	594	21	566	57	2	51	6186	92	4.29	1.468	9.4	0.8	3.8	3.6	0.95
		Rank in 8 AL teams		7	2		7				4	7	7	2	7	7	7	7	7		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W