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1952 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953) 79-75, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 664 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83 Managed by Jimmie Dykes Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 627,100 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 107   (one-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 112   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 Stats (1951/1953) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Astroth         29  104  337   24   84   7  2   1   36  25   27  .249  .305  .291   2   2  18   2   6           62
1B *Ferris Fain         31  145  538   82  176  43  3   2   59 105   26  .327  .438  .429   3   5  19   1   4          136
2B  Skeeter Kell        22   75  213   24   47   8  3   0   17  14   18  .221  .275  .286   5   1   4   2   7           53
3B  Billy Hitchcock     35  119  407   45  100   8  4   1   56  39   45  .246  .318  .292   1   1   8   4  10           66
SS  Eddie Joost         36  146  540   94  132  26  3  20   75 122   94  .244  .388  .415   5   8   6   5   2          118
OF #Dave Philley        32  151  586   80  154  25  4   7   71  59   35  .263  .334  .355  11   4  29   4  17           87
OF  Gus Zernial         29  145  549   76  144  15  1  29  100  70   87  .262  .347  .452   5   1  13   1   1          116
OF *Elmer Valo          31  129  388   69  109  26  4   5   47 101   16  .281  .432  .407  12  11  10   2   4          129
    Pete Suder          36   74  228   22   55   7  2   1   20  16   17  .241  .291  .303   1   1   4   0   8           61
    Cass Michaels       26   55  200   22   50   4  5   1   18  23   11  .250  .330  .335   3   0   5   1   4           81
    Allie Clark         29   71  186   23   51  12  0   7   29  10   19  .274  .315  .452   0   2   7   1   3          106
    Ray Murray          34   44  136   14   28   5  0   1   10   9   13  .206  .255  .265   0   0   3   0   1           41
    Hank Majeski        35   34  117   14   30   2  2   2   20  19   10  .256  .365  .359   0   1   7   1   2           97
    Kite Thomas         29   75  116   24   29   6  1   6   18  20   27  .250  .365  .474   0   1   4   1   0          127
    Joe Tipton          30   23   68    6   13   4  0   3    8  15   10  .191  .337  .382   0   0   1   0   2           95
   *Sherry Robertson    33   43   60    8   12   3  0   0    5  21   15  .200  .407  .250   1   2   1   0   0           81
    Hal Bevan           21    8   17    1    6   0  0   0    4   0    1  .353  .353  .353   2   0   1   0   0           92
   *Tom Hamilton        26    9   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    1  .200  .273  .300   0   0   0   0   0           55
    Jack Littrell       23    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -4

    Bobby Shantz        26   34   96   13   19   4  1   0   12   5    9  .198  .252  .260   0   2   0   2  13           39
    Alex Kellner        27   34   82    6   17   2  0   1   10   1    9  .207  .217  .268   0   0   2   0   4           31
    Carl Scheib         25   44   82    4   18   0  0   0    7   0    9  .220  .220  .220   1   0   4   0   1           19
    Harry Byrd          27   37   75    4   10   2  0   0    2   3   21  .133  .167  .160   0   0   0   0   6          -11
    Bob Hooper          30   43   41    3    8   1  0   2    3   1   10  .195  .214  .366   0   0   1   0   3           55
   *Sam Zoldak          33   16   23    1    4   0  0   0    1   1    5  .174  .208  .174   0   0   1   0   1            5
    Dick Fowler         31   18   15    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .063  .000   0   1   1   0   0          -82
    Bobo Newsom         44   14   15    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    5  .133  .133  .133   0   0   2   0   1          -27
    Johnny Kucab        32   28   10    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0            9
    Charlie Bishop      28    6    9    2    1   0  0   0    2   1    4  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   1          -14
   *Morrie Martin       29    5    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0          -40
    Ed Wright           33   24    7    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .286   0   0   1   0   0           14
    Walt Kellner        23    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Marion Fricano      28    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0  155 5163  664 1305 212 35  89  632 683  561  .253  .340  .359  52  43 152  27 102           98
    Rank among 8 AL teams          8    4    6   5  7   5        1    7     4     1     4   3   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Alex Kellner        27  34   4.36  12  14  0  33   1  14   2  231.3  223  124  112  21   86  105  990   3   4  0      90
SP *Bobby Shantz        26  33   2.48  24   7  0  33   0  27   5  279.7  230   87   77  21   63  152 1103   0   4  0     159
SP  Harry Byrd          27  37   3.31  15  15  2  28   7  15   3  228.3  244  100   84  12   98  116 1008   4   7  0     119
SP  Carl Scheib         25  30   4.39  11   7  2  19  11   8   1  158.0  153   82   77  21   50   42  667   4   4  1      90
SP *Sam Zoldak          33  16   4.06   0   6  1  10   2   2   0   75.3   86   41   34   3   25   12  325   0   0  0      97
SP  Charlie Bishop      28   6   6.46   2   2  0   5   1   1   0   30.7   29   24   22   2   24   17  148   1   0  0      61
SP *Morrie Martin       29   5   6.39   0   2  0   5   0   0   0   25.3   32   19   18   1   15   13  123   1   2  0      61

CL  Bob Hooper          30  43   5.18   8  15  6  14  21   4   0  144.3  158  100   83  13   68   40  649   2   4  1      76
RP  Johnny Kucab        32  25   5.26   0   1  2   0  13   0   0   51.3   64   37   30   5   20   17  231   1   1  0      75
RP  Ed Wright           33  24   6.53   2   1  1   0  11   0   0   41.3   55   36   30   6   20    9  199   1   3  0      60
RP  Dick Fowler         31  18   6.44   1   2  0   3   8   1   0   58.7   71   43   42   4   28   14  273   2   4  0      61
RP  Bobo Newsom         44  14   3.59   3   3  1   5   3   1   0   47.7   38   19   19   2   23   22  201   2   2  0     110

    Marion Fricano      28   2   1.80   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    5    1    1   0    1    0   23   0   0  0     218
    Walt Kellner        23   1   6.75   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    4.0    4    3    3   0    3    2   19   0   0  0      58
    Tex Hoyle           30   3  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.3    9    7    7   2    1    1   17   0   0  0      15
    Len Matarazzo       23   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    0    5   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 155   4.15  79  75 16 155  82  73  11 1384.0 1402  723  638 113  526  562 5981  21  35  2      95
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   4   5  6           3   4      6    7    6        8    1    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JAstroth 102 436 36 4 9 .992 7 RMurray 42 175 35 1 3 .995 4 JTipton 23 80 16 1 1 .990 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 691 87 6 13 .992 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .988 8.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 144 1245 150 22 124 .984 9.69 BHitchcock 13 97 13 2 8 .982 8.46 THamilton 5 11 0 0 1 1.000 2.20 AClark 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1357 163 24 133 .984 9.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SKell 68 143 169 12 35 .963 4.59 CMichaels 55 151 133 2 30 .993 5.16 PSuder 43 104 109 2 32 .991 4.95 SRobertson 8 11 12 1 2 .958 2.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 409 423 17 99 .980 5.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHitchcock 104 105 222 20 26 .942 3.14 HMajeski 34 33 87 3 9 .976 3.53 PSuder 16 13 31 4 2 .917 2.75 HBevan 6 5 9 0 0 1.000 2.33 DPhilley 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 SRobertson 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JLittrell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 159 352 27 37 .950 3.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .962 4.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EJoost 146 278 431 28 81 .962 4.86 PSuder 17 19 39 2 6 .967 3.41 JLittrell 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 297 472 30 88 .962 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DPhilley 149 442 13 4 3 .991 3.05 0 149 0 GZernial 141 302 6 9 0 .972 2.18 141 0 0 EValo 121 223 7 9 1 .962 1.90 2 11 108 AClark 48 78 2 1 0 .988 1.67 7 2 39 KThomas 29 44 1 2 0 .957 1.55 12 0 17 SRobertson 7 15 0 1 0 .937 2.14 0 0 7 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1104 29 26 4 .978 2.46 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BShantz 33 29 49 0 3 1.000 2.51 AKellner 34 17 28 0 4 1.000 1.75 HByrd 37 26 32 4 5 .935 2.29 CScheib 30 19 26 2 3 .957 2.56 BHooper 43 22 32 1 5 .982 3.37 SZoldak 16 6 22 0 2 1.000 3.35 DFowler 18 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.91 JKucab 25 3 9 2 1 .857 2.11 BNewsom 14 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.26 EWright 24 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.53 CBishop 6 3 7 1 0 .909 2.93 MMartin 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.07 MFricano 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 WKellner 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 THoyle 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 LMatarazzo 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 133 240 10 25 .974 2.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Fain .327 On-base % Fain .438 Slugging % Zernial .452 OPS Fain .867 Games Philley 151 At Bats Philley 586 Plate Appearances (approx.) Joost 669 Runs Joost 94 Hits Fain 176 Total Bases Zernial 248 Doubles Fain 43 Triples Michaels 5 Home Runs Zernial 29 RBI Zernial 100 Bases on Balls Joost 122 Strikeouts Joost 94 Stolen Bases Valo 12 Singles Fain 128 Adjusted OPS+ Fain 136 Runs Created Fain 100 Adjusted Batting Runs Fain 35 Batting Wins Fain 3.6 Extra-Base Hits Joost 49 Times on Base Fain 282 Offensive Win% Fain .718 Hit By Pitch Joost 5 Sac. Hits Philley 17 Grounded into Double Plays Philley 29 Caught Stealing Valo 11 Power/Speed Number Philley 8.6 At Bats per Strikeout Valo 24.3 At Bats per Home Run Zernial 18.9 Outs Philley 482

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Shantz 2.48 Wins Shantz 24 Won-Loss % Shantz .774 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Shantz 1.048 Hits Allowed/9IP Shantz 7.40 Bases on Balls/9IP Shantz 2.03 Strikeouts/9IP Shantz 4.89 Games Hooper 43 Saves Hooper 6 Innings Shantz 279.7 Strikeouts Shantz 152 Games Started Kellner and Shantz 33 Comp. Games Shantz 27 Shutouts Shantz 5 Home Runs Allow. Kellner, Scheib, and Shantz 21 Bases On Balls Allow. Byrd 98 Hits Allowed Byrd 244 SO to Walk Shantz 2.41 Losses Byrd and Hooper 15 Earned Runs Allow. Kellner 112 Wild Pitches Byrd and Scheib 4 Hit Batsmen Byrd 7 Batters Faced Shantz 1103 Games Finished Hooper 21 Adjusted ERA+ Shantz 159

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Ferris Fain
Eddie Joost
Bobby Shantz

1951/1953

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