1951 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1950 Season 1952 Season

Record: 70-84-0, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (70-84)

General Manager: Art Ehlers

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 465,469 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 76-78, 736 Runs, 745 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Joe Tipton	29	C	1.7	72	266	213	23	51	9	0	3	20	1	1	51	25	.239	.389	.324	.713	93	.344	97	69	2	1	1	6	2
2	Ferris Fain*	30	1B	4.6	117	512	425	63	146	30	3	6	57	0	3	80	20	.344	.451	.471	.921	148	.430	158	200	10	3	3	2	*39/7	AS,MVP-6
3	Pete Suder	35	2B	-0.4	123	477	440	46	108	18	1	1	42	5	5	30	42	.245	.295	.298	.593	60	.280	55	131	15	1	6	2	*46/H5
4	Eddie Joost	35	SS	6.1	140	667	553	107	160	28	5	19	78	10	8	106	70	.289	.409	.461	.870	134	.404	139	255	6	6	2	1	*6	MVP-14
5	Hank Majeski	34	3B	2.3	89	364	323	41	92	19	4	5	42	1	2	35	24	.285	.358	.415	.773	108	.359	109	134	9	2	4	2	5/H
6	Gus Zernial	28	OF	3.2	139	617	552	90	151	30	5	33	125	2	2	61	99	.274	.350	.525	.875	133	.393	130	290	15	4	0	3	*7/H	MVP-20
7	Dave Philley#	31	OF	1.3	125	538	468	71	123	18	7	7	59	9	6	63	38	.263	.354	.376	.730	97	.346	99	176	4	3	4	1	*8/H579
8	Elmer Valo*	30	OF	3.9	123	530	444	75	134	27	8	7	55	11	6	75	20	.302	.412	.446	.858	131	.404	138	198	12	8	3	1	*98H/7
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Billy Hitchcock	34	IF	1.0	77	249	222	27	68	10	4	1	36	2	0	21	23	.306	.371	.401	.772	108	.364	110	89	2	2	4	0	54H/3
10	Lou Limmer*	26	1B	-1.3	94	247	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	.159	.256	.280	.537	44	.257	37	60	4	0	5	1	3H
11	Joe Astroth	28	C	-0.3	64	205	187	30	46	10	2	2	19	0	1	18	13	.246	.312	.353	.665	79	.309	75	66	4	0	0	2	2/H
12	Allie Clark	28	OF	0.2	56	179	161	20	40	10	1	4	22	2	0	15	7	.248	.320	.398	.718	92	.342	93	64	6	2	1	0	9H5
13	Wally Moses*	40	OF	-0.4	70	158	136	17	26	6	0	0	9	2	2	21	9	.191	.304	.235	.539	47	.272	51	32	5	1	0	0	H9
14	Lou Klein	32	2B	0.4	49	156	144	22	33	7	0	5	17	0	0	10	12	.229	.279	.382	.661	77	.308	73	55	4	0	2	0	4/H
15	Ray Murray	33	C	-0.3	40	138	122	10	26	6	0	0	13	0	0	14	8	.213	.294	.262	.556	51	.269	45	32	5	0	2	2	2/H
16	Sam Chapman	35	OF	-0.5	18	78	65	7	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	12	12	.169	.299	.185	.483	32	.246	30	12	2	0	1	1	8/H
17	Kermit Wahl	28	3B	-0.3	20	70	59	4	11	2	0	0	6	0	0	9	5	.186	.294	.220	.514	40	.255	41	13	2	0	2	0	5/H
18	Barney McCosky*	34	OF	0.2	12	30	27	4	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	.296	.367	.481	.848	127	.390	127	13	0	0	0	0	/H79
19	Paul Lehner*	30	OF	-0.4	9	30	28	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.143	.172	.179	.351	-5	.173	-21	5	3	0	1	0	/7H
20	Tod Davis	26	IF	-0.3	11	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.067	.192	-47	.103	-64	1	1	0	0	0	/H45
21	Ed Samcoff	26	2B	-0.2	4	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	.060	-91	0	0	0	0	0	/4H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
22	Bobby Shantz	25	P	0.7	36	86	72	11	18	4	0	0	9	1	0	6	7	.250	.308	.306	.613	65	.298	61	22	1	0	8	0	1/H	AS,MVP-21
23	Alex Kellner	26	P	0.0	33	82	79	5	18	3	0	0	9	0	0	1	13	.228	.238	.266	.503	35	.234	22	21	3	0	2	0	1
24	Bob Hooper	29	P	0.1	38	75	72	8	15	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	19	.208	.219	.292	.511	37	.230	19	21	1	0	2	0	1
25	Morrie Martin*	28	P	0.0	35	57	50	12	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	11	.220	.264	.220	.484	31	.233	18	11	0	0	4	0	1
26	Carl Scheib	24	P	1.1	48	56	53	9	21	2	2	2	8	0	0	1	5	.396	.418	.623	1.041	178	.472	183	33	1	1	0	0	1/H
27	Dick Fowler	30	P	0.1	22	47	42	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.190	.261	.262	.523	41	.253	35	11	1	0	1	0	1
28	Sam Zoldak*	32	P	-0.2	26	46	45	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.156	.156	.178	.333	-10	.155	-32	8	0	0	1	0	1
29	Joe Coleman	28	P	0.2	28	30	27	2	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	12	.259	.310	.370	.681	83	.305	70	10	0	0	1	0	1
30	Johnny Kucab	31	P	-0.1	30	20	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43	.145	-36	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	Lou Brissie*	27	P	0.0	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.185	-31	1	0	0	1	0	/1
32	Hank Wyse	33	P	0.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	.229	21	1	0	0	0	0	/1
33	Moe Burtschy	29	P	0.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	.289	60	1	0	0	0	0	/1
34	Bubba Harris	25	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			22.3	154	6051	5277	736	1381	262	43	102	685	47	36	677	564	.262	.349	.386	.735	98	.345	98	2035	118	34	61	24
	Non-Pitcher Totals			20.4		5539	4809	683	1273	243	41	99	637	46	36	655	477	.265	.357	.394	.751	102	.352	104	1895	111	33	41	24
	Pitcher Totals			1.8		512	468	53	108	19	2	3	48	1	0	22	87	.231	.267	.299	.566	52	.265	42	140	7	1	20	0

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	Alex Kellner*	26	11	14	.440	4.46	33	29	3	11	1	2	209.2	218	118	104	20	93	9	94	4	0	9	909	95	4.21	1.483	9.4	0.9	4.0	4.0	1.01
2	SP	Bobby Shantz*	25	18	10	.643	3.94	32	25	2	13	3	0	205.1	213	96	90	15	70	5	77	5	1	1	869	108	3.77	1.378	9.3	0.7	3.1	3.4	1.10
3	SP	Bob Hooper	29	12	10	.545	4.38	38	23	8	9	0	5	189.0	192	98	92	13	61	2	64	3	0	4	790	97	3.71	1.339	9.1	0.6	2.9	3.0	1.05
4	SP	Sam Zoldak*	32	6	10	.375	3.16	26	18	5	8	1	0	128.0	127	51	45	9	24	1	18	0	1	0	525	135	3.67	1.180	8.9	0.6	1.7	1.3	0.75
5	SP	Dick Fowler	30	5	11	.313	5.62	22	22	0	4	0	0	125.0	141	89	78	11	72	4	29	1	0	0	568	76	4.91	1.704	10.2	0.8	5.2	2.1	0.40
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	Carl Scheib	24	1	12	.077	4.47	46	11	34	3	0	11	143.0	132	78	71	7	71	2	49	8	0	6	618	95	4.09	1.420	8.3	0.4	4.5	3.1	0.69
7	RP	Morrie Martin*	28	11	4	.733	3.78	35	13	9	3	1	0	138.0	139	70	58	13	63	2	35	5	1	3	609	113	4.67	1.464	9.1	0.8	4.1	2.3	0.56
8	RP	Joe Coleman	28	1	6	.143	5.98	28	9	8	1	0	0	96.1	117	69	64	12	59	2	34	3	0	3	452	71	5.32	1.827	10.9	1.1	5.5	3.2	0.58
9	RP	Johnny Kucab	31	4	3	.571	4.22	30	1	21	0	0	3	74.2	76	37	35	9	23	0	23	1	0	1	315	101	4.39	1.326	9.2	1.1	2.8	2.8	1.00
10	RP	Hank Wyse	33	1	2	.333	7.98	9	1	5	0	0	0	14.2	24	14	13	0	8	1	5	0	0	1	72	55	3.43	2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	3.1	0.63
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		Moe Burtschy	29	0	0		5.29	7	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	18	11	10	0	12	0	4	1	0	2	79	82	4.30	1.765	9.5	0.0	6.4	2.1	0.33
12		Lou Brissie*	27	0	2	.000	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	20	10	10	0	8	1	3	0	0	0	64	65	3.83	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.0	0.38
13		Bubba Harris	25	0	0		9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	22	51	5.98	2.250	9.0	0.0	11.3	4.5	0.40
		Team Totals	27.7	70	84	.455	4.47	154	154	102	52	6	21	1358.0	1421	745	674	109	569	30	437	32	3	30	5892	95	4.21	1.465	9.4	0.7	3.8	2.9	0.77
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		6				6	5	3	8	6	6	6	5	3		8
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