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1953 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 59-95, Finished 7th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 632 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-93 Managed by Jimmie Dykes Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 362,113 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 107   (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 105   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: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / 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         30   82  260   28   77  15  2   3   24  27   12  .296  .367  .404   1   0  11   2   0          105
1B *Eddie Robinson      32  156  615   64  152  28  4  22  102  63   56  .247  .322  .413   1   2  13   5   2           94
2B  Cass Michaels       27  117  411   53  103  10  0  12   42  51   56  .251  .335  .363   7   0   6   1   6           85
3B *Loren Babe          25  103  343   34   77  16  2   0   20  35   20  .224  .300  .283   0   1   9   2   3           55
SS  Joe DeMaestri       24  111  420   53  107  17  3   6   35  24   39  .255  .297  .352   0   1  15   1   7           72
OF #Dave Philley        33  157  620   80  188  30  9   9   59  51   35  .303  .358  .424  13   5  22   2   4          107
OF  Gus Zernial         30  147  556   85  158  21  3  42  108  57   79  .284  .355  .559   4   0  12   4   0          140
OF  Ed McGhee           28  104  358   36   94  11  4   1   29  32   43  .263  .328  .324   4   3  12   3   6           74
    Pete Suder          37  115  454   44  130  11  3   4   35  17   35  .286  .312  .350   3   3  10   0   3           76
    Ray Murray          35   84  268   25   76  14  3   6   41  18   25  .284  .331  .425   0   0   6   1   2          100
    Eddie Joost         37   51  177   39   44   6  0   6   15  45   24  .249  .401  .384   3   2   1   0   2          109
   *Carmen Mauro        26   64  165   14   44   4  4   0   17  19   21  .267  .342  .339   3   4   6   0   0           82
   *Elmer Valo          32   50   85   15   19   3  0   0    9  22    7  .224  .383  .259   0   1   2   0   0           73
    Allie Clark         30   20   74    6   15   4  0   3   13   3    5  .203  .234  .378   0   0   2   0   1           60
   *Tom Hamilton        27   58   56    8   11   2  0   0    5   7   11  .196  .286  .232   0   0   2   0   0           39
    Kite Thomas         30   24   49    1    6   0  0   0    2   3    6  .122  .173  .122   0   0   2   0   0          -20
   *Neal Watlington     30   21   44    4    7   1  0   0    3   3    8  .159  .213  .182   0   1   1   0   0            6
    Tommy Giordano      27   11   40    6    7   2  0   2    5   5    6  .175  .267  .375   0   1   0   0   0           69
    Spider Wilhelm      24    7    7    1    2   1  0   0    0   0    3  .286  .286  .429   0   0   0   0   0           88
    Don Kolloway        34    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Harry Byrd          28   40   81    9   18   0  0   0    6   1   13  .222  .232  .222   0   0   3   0   3           21
    Marion Fricano      29   46   69    6   10   1  0   0    1   4   30  .145  .192  .159   1   0   0   0   3           -6
    Alex Kellner        28   25   69    4   15   2  0   0    0   3    8  .217  .270  .246   0   0   3   2   5           38
    Charlie Bishop      29   40   56    2    5   2  0   0    6   2   27  .089  .121  .125   0   0   0   0   0          -35
   *Morrie Martin       30   58   42    0    4   0  0   0    1   0   16  .095  .095  .095   0   0   1   0   2          -49
    Carl Scheib         26   35   41    4    8   0  0   0    4   2    1  .195  .233  .195   0   0   1   0   0           15
    Bobby Shantz        27   21   38    6    9   1  1   0    4   2    3  .237  .275  .316   1   0   0   0   1           57
    Joe Coleman         30   21   28    1    8   2  0   0    1   1    7  .286  .310  .357   0   0   0   0   0           77
   *Frank Fanovich      31   26   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .182  .182  .182   0   0   1   0   0           -3
    Bob Trice           26    3    7    2    1   1  0   0    1   0    1  .143  .250  .286   0   0   0   1   0           42
    Bobo Newsom         45   17    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   1          -11
    Rinty Monahan       25    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Dick Rozek          26    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -5
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2  157 5455  632 1398 205 38 116  588 498  602  .256  .318  .372  41  24 141  24  51           90
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    7    4   7  5   3        7    6     7     7     5   3   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Harry Byrd          28  40   5.51  11  20  0  37   0  11   2  236.7  279  155  145  23  115  122 1090   6  14  1      78
SP *Alex Kellner        28  25   3.93  11  12  0  25   0  14   2  201.7  210   98   88   8   51   81  849  10   4  0     109
SP  Marion Fricano      29  39   3.88   9  12  0  23  10  10   0  211.0  206  105   91  21   90   67  909   3   6  1     110
SP  Charlie Bishop      29  39   5.66   3  14  2  20  11   1   1  160.7  174  106  101  15   86   66  720   5   5  0      76
SP *Bobby Shantz        27  16   4.09   5   9  0  16   0   6   0  105.7  107   52   48  10   26   58  437   3   0  0     105

CL *Morrie Martin       30  58   4.43  10  12  7  11  41   2   0  156.3  158   85   77  12   59   64  679   7   8  0      96
RP *Frank Fanovich      31  26   5.55   0   3  0   3   9   0   0   61.7   62   41   38   5   37   37  282   7   6  0      77
RP  Carl Scheib         26  28   4.88   3   7  2   8  13   3   0   96.0   99   57   52   9   29   25  423   3   7  0      88
RP  Bobo Newsom         45  17   4.89   2   1  0   2   9   1   0   38.7   44   24   21   3   24   16  187   0   5  0      87
RP  Joe Coleman         30  21   4.00   3   4  0   9   9   2   1   90.0   85   46   40   8   49   18  388   3   1  0     107

    Bob Trice           26   3   5.48   2   1  0   3   0   1   0   23.0   25   14   14   4    6    4   97   0   0  0      78
   *Dick Rozek          26   2   5.06   0   0  0   0   0   0   0   10.7    8    6    6   3    9    2   46   0   0  0      84
    Rinty Monahan       25   4   4.22   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.7   11    5    5   0    7    2   47   3   0  0     101
    Walt Kellner        24   2   6.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    1    2    2   0    4    4   14   0   1  0      71
    Bill Harrington     25   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    3    3   0    0    0   11   0   0  0      32
    John Mackinson      29   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    1    0    0   0    2    0    7   1   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 157   4.67  59  95 11 157 106  51   7 1409.0 1475  799  731 121  594  566 6186  51  57  2      92
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   7   2  7           4   7      2    7    7        7    7    7

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JAstroth 79 341 47 5 13 .987 7 RMurray 78 330 45 4 8 .989 8 NWatlington 9 37 7 1 2 .978 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 708 99 10 23 .988 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ERobinson 155 1366 71 17 135 .988 9.27 THamilton 7 22 2 0 0 1.000 3.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1388 73 17 135 .988 9.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMichaels 110 304 302 19 81 .970 5.51 PSuder 38 89 105 3 23 .985 5.11 TGiordano 11 31 32 1 11 .984 5.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 424 439 23 115 .974 5.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBabe 93 114 192 16 24 .950 3.29 PSuder 72 89 174 7 19 .974 3.65 DKolloway 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CMauro 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DPhilley 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 203 366 23 43 .961 3.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDeMaestri 108 191 297 18 53 .964 4.52 EJoost 51 102 147 11 33 .958 4.88 PSuder 7 11 11 1 2 .957 3.14 SWilhelm 6 2 5 1 0 .875 1.17 LBabe 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 306 460 31 88 .961 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DPhilley 157 296 18 6 0 .981 2.00 0 31 129 GZernial 141 300 17 9 2 .972 2.25 141 0 0 EMcGhee 99 319 4 6 0 .982 3.26 1 97 1 CMauro 49 119 5 4 0 .969 2.53 4 38 7 EValo 25 46 1 0 1 1.000 1.88 10 0 15 AClark 19 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 19 KThomas 15 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 6 0 9 THamilton 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1144 47 25 3 .979 2.54 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HByrd 40 6 35 2 1 .953 1.56 MFricano 39 8 28 0 2 1.000 1.54 AKellner 25 5 28 2 2 .943 1.47 CBishop 39 5 36 0 3 1.000 2.30 MMartin 58 2 26 0 4 1.000 1.61 BShantz 16 10 21 1 3 .969 2.64 CScheib 28 4 16 1 1 .952 1.88 JColeman 21 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.10 FFanovich 26 2 8 2 0 .833 1.46 BNewsom 17 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.86 BTrice 3 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.91 RMonahan 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 DRozek 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 WKellner 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 BHarrington 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMackinson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 46 226 8 21 .971 1.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Philley .303 On-base % Philley .358 Slugging % Zernial .559 OPS Zernial .914 Games Philley 157 At Bats Philley 620 Plate Appearances (approx.) Robinson 685 Runs Zernial 85 Hits Philley 188 Total Bases Zernial 311 Doubles Philley 30 Triples Philley 9 Home Runs Zernial 42 RBI Zernial 108 Bases on Balls Robinson 63 Strikeouts Zernial 79 Stolen Bases Philley 13 Singles Philley 140 Adjusted OPS+ Zernial 140 Runs Created Zernial 110 Adjusted Batting Runs Zernial 27 Batting Wins Zernial 2.7 Extra-Base Hits Zernial 66 Times on Base Philley 241 Offensive Win% Zernial .706 Hit By Pitch Robinson 5 Sac. Hits DeMaestri 7 Grounded into Double Plays Philley 22 Caught Stealing Philley 5 Power/Speed Number Philley 10.6 At Bats per Strikeout Philley 17.7 At Bats per Home Run Zernial 13.2 Outs Robinson 480

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Fricano 3.88 Wins Byrd and Kellner 11 Won-Loss % Kellner .478 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kellner 1.294 Hits Allowed/9IP Fricano 8.79 Bases on Balls/9IP Kellner 2.28 Strikeouts/9IP Byrd 4.64 Games Martin 58 Saves Martin 7 Innings Byrd 236.7 Strikeouts Byrd 122 Games Started Byrd 37 Comp. Games Kellner 14 Shutouts Byrd and Kellner 2 Home Runs Allow. Byrd 23 Bases On Balls Allow. Byrd 115 Hits Allowed Byrd 279 SO to Walk Kellner 1.59 Losses Byrd 20 Earned Runs Allow. Byrd 145 Wild Pitches Kellner 10 Hit Batsmen Byrd 14 Batters Faced Byrd 1090 Games Finished Martin 41 Adjusted ERA+ Fricano 110

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