1952 Philadelphia Athletics Roster (40-man)

1951 Season 1953 Season

Record: 79-75-1, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (79-75-1)

General Manager: Art Ehlers

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 627,100 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 107
One-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 112

Pythagorean W-L: 71-83, 664 Runs, 723 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Joe Astroth	29	us US	R	R	5' 9"	187	Sep 1, 1922	6	104	92	104	102	0	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.4	$9,000
Hal Bevan	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	198	Nov 15, 1930	1st	8	4	8	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Charlie Bishop	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jan 1, 1924	1st	6	5	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$5,000
Harry Byrd	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	188	Feb 3, 1925	2	37	28	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	$4,000
Allie Clark	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jun 16, 1923	6	71	43	71	49	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	2	41	48	23	1	0.0
Ferris Fain	31	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 29, 1921	6	145	144	145	144	0	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.8		All-Star
Dick Fowler	31	ca CA	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 30, 1921	10	18	3	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0	$11,500
Marion Fricano	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Jul 15, 1923	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Tom Hamilton	26	us US	L	R	6' 4"	213	Sep 29, 1925	1st	9	0	9	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.1
Billy Hitchcock	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 31, 1916	8	119	112	119	116	0	0	13	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.7
Bob Hooper	30	ca CA	R	R	5' 11"	195	May 30, 1922	3	43	14	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2.2	$10,000
Tex Hoyle	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	170	Jul 17, 1921	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Eddie Joost	36	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 5, 1916	14	146	146	146	146	0	0	0	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1		All-Star
Skeeter Kell	22	us US	R	R	5' 9"	160	Oct 11, 1929	1st	75	55	75	68	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	-0.8
Alex Kellner	27	us US	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	5	34	33	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Walt Kellner	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Apr 26, 1929	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Johnny Kucab	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 17, 1919	3	28	0	28	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-1.0
Jack Littrell	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	179	Jan 22, 1929	1st	4	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Hank Majeski	35	us US	R	R	5' 9"	174	Dec 13, 1916	10	34	33	34	34	0	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Morrie Martin	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	173	Sep 3, 1922	3	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Len Matarazzo	23	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Sep 12, 1928	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Cass Michaels	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Mar 4, 1926	10	55	55	55	55	0	0	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Ray Murray	34	us US	R	R	6' 3"	204	Oct 12, 1917	4	44	40	44	42	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3
Bobo Newsom	44	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Aug 11, 1907	19	14	5	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Dave Philley	32	us US	B	R	6' 0"	188	May 16, 1920	8	151	149	151	151	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	148	0	148	0	0	1.5	$13,000
Sherry Robertson	33	ca CA	L	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 1, 1919	10	43	13	43	16	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	7	7	28	1	0.2
Carl Scheib	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	192	Jan 1, 1927	9	44	19	44	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0.9
Bobby Shantz	26	us US	R	L	5' 6"	139	Sep 26, 1925	4	34	33	34	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.4	$12,000	All-Star
Pete Suder	36	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 16, 1916	10	74	61	74	74	0	0	0	43	16	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$12,000
Kite Thomas	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Apr 27, 1923	1st	75	19	75	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	17	29	48	2	0.4
Joe Tipton	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Feb 18, 1922	5	23	23	23	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Elmer Valo	31	sk SK	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	11	129	110	129	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	110	121	14	0	2.9	$16,500
Ed Wright	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	May 15, 1919	5	24	0	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1
Gus Zernial	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 27, 1923	4	145	141	145	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	141	0	0	141	4	0	2.0
Sam Zoldak	33	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Dec 8, 1918	9	16	10	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$14,000
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jimmy Dykes	55	us US	Nov 10, 1896	Manager	Apr 16	Sep 28
Charles Bender	68	us US	May 5, 1884		Apr 16	Sep 28
Bing Miller	57	us US	Aug 30, 1894	Coach	Apr 16	Sep 28
Wally Moses	41	us US	Oct 8, 1910	Coach	Apr 16	Sep 28
Tom Oliver	49	us US	Jan 15, 1903	Coach	Apr 16	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date