1950 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 52-102
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 309,805, Avg. 5,481
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (52-102)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1950 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 52-102
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 309,805, Avg. 5,481
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (52-102)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1950 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1950 season with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Athletics scored 670 runs and surrendered 913 runs. Sam Chapman led Philadelphia with 23 home runs, while Eddie Joost walloped 20 or more, too. Sam Chapman drove in 95 runs. Paul Lehner paced all regular batters with a .309 average. Bob Hooper topped the team with 15 wins, and Lou Brissie recorded a 4.02 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hooper | 15 | 10 | .600 | 5.02 | 45 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 170.3 | 181 | 108 | 95 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 763 |
| Hank Wyse | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.85 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 170.7 | 192 | 121 | 111 | 16 | 87 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 772 |
| Bobby Shantz | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.61 | 36 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 214.7 | 251 | 122 | 110 | 18 | 85 | 0 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 957 |
| Alex Kellner | 8 | 20 | .286 | 5.47 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 225.3 | 253 | 157 | 137 | 28 | 112 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1023 |
| Lou Brissie | 7 | 19 | .269 | 4.02 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 246.0 | 237 | 127 | 110 | 22 | 117 | 0 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1083 |
| Carl Scheib | 3 | 10 | .231 | 7.22 | 43 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 106.0 | 138 | 96 | 85 | 13 | 70 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 513 |
| Johnny Kucab | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| Dick Fowler | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.48 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 75 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 315 |
| Ed Klieman | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Harry Byrd | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 65 | |
| Les McCrabb | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Moe Burtschy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
| Joe Murray | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.70 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 143 |
| Joe Coleman | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8.50 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 74 | 54 | 51 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 278 |
| Totals | 52 | 102 | .338 | 5.49 | 307 | 154 | 104 | 50 | 3 | 18 | 1346.3 | 1528 | 913 | 821 | 138 | 729 | 0 | 466 | 31 | 5 | 39 | 6168 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris Fain | 151 | 658 | 522 | 83 | 147 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 83 | 8 | 5 | 133 | 26 | .282 | .430 | .402 | .832 | 210 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Chapman | 144 | 627 | 553 | 93 | 139 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 95 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 79 | .251 | .338 | .434 | .772 | 240 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lehner | 114 | 467 | 427 | 48 | 132 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 33 | .309 | .357 | .436 | .793 | 186 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Valo | 129 | 542 | 446 | 62 | 125 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 82 | 22 | .280 | .400 | .406 | .806 | 181 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Joost | 131 | 592 | 476 | 79 | 111 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 68 | .233 | .373 | .384 | .757 | 183 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dillinger | 84 | 389 | 356 | 55 | 110 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 20 | .309 | .366 | .444 | .810 | 158 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hitchcock | 115 | 447 | 399 | 35 | 109 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 32 | .273 | .347 | .361 | .708 | 144 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kermit Wahl | 89 | 318 | 280 | 26 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30 | .257 | .331 | .343 | .674 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Guerra | 87 | 273 | 252 | 25 | 71 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .282 | .325 | .377 | .702 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Moses | 88 | 309 | 265 | 47 | 70 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 17 | .264 | .365 | .385 | .750 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Suder | 77 | 274 | 248 | 34 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .246 | .310 | .383 | .693 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tipton | 64 | 205 | 184 | 15 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | .266 | .335 | .402 | .737 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney McCosky | 66 | 207 | 179 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | .240 | .323 | .307 | .631 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Astroth | 39 | 128 | 110 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | .327 | .422 | .400 | .822 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Kellner | 36 | 84 | 80 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .200 | .238 | .213 | .451 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Brissie | 46 | 91 | 87 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .172 | .200 | .184 | .384 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Scheib | 50 | 53 | 52 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .250 | .264 | .346 | .610 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Shantz | 37 | 78 | 66 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .167 | .236 | .227 | .463 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Wyse | 41 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .153 | .167 | .153 | .319 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hooper | 45 | 62 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .125 | .155 | .214 | .369 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Wellman | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .533 | .867 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Fowler | 11 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Rinker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Markland | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Kucab | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Ortiz | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Coleman | 15 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .059 | .158 | .235 | .393 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Murray | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Guintini | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Klieman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Byrd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moe Burtschy | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les McCrabb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1721 | 5993 | 5212 | 670 | 1361 | 204 | 53 | 100 | 627 | 42 | 25 | 685 | 491 | .261 | .349 | .378 | .728 | 1971 | 170 | 23 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Suder | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ferris Fain | 1B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 1286 | 124 | 19 | 192 | .987 | 9.338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kermit Wahl | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | 2B | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 112 | 126 | 5 | 47 | .979 | 5.064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Markland | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hitchcock | 2B | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 319 | 21 | 105 | .967 | 5.757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kermit Wahl | 3B | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 141 | 12 | 11 | .946 | 3.459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .972 | 3.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dillinger | 3B | 84 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 173 | 12 | 18 | .957 | 3.155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Tipton | C | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 201 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 3.814 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rinker | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Guerra | C | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 253 | 33 | 3 | 8 | .990 | 3.667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Astroth | C | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .985 | 3.474 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wellman | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Valo | OF | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 264 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .982 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Ortiz | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Moses | OF | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 2.484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney McCosky | OF | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Lehner | OF | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .981 | 2.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Guintini | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Chapman | OF | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 428 | 11 | 10 | 4 | .978 | 3.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Wyse | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 1.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Shantz | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 52 | 2 | 6 | .970 | 1.806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Scheib | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Murray | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les McCrabb | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Kucab | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Klieman | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Kellner | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hooper | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 37 | 2 | 10 | .966 | 1.244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Fowler | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Coleman | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Byrd | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Burtschy | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Brissie | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 6 | .960 | 1.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kermit Wahl | SS | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 52 | 4 | 16 | .957 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 4.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Joost | SS | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 389 | 29 | 117 | .956 | 4.809 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hitchcock | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1583 | 0 | 0.0 | 4033 | 1732 | 155 | 571 | .974 | 3.642 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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