1951 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 465,469, Avg. 7,704
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (70-84)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1951 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1951 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1951 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Athletics plated 736 runs and yielded 745 runs. Gus Zernial walloped 33 home runs for Philadelphia, while Eddie Joost swatted 20 or more, too. Gus Zernial drove in 125 runs. Ferris Fain led all regular hitters with a .344 average. Bobby Shantz topped the team with 18 wins, and Sam Zoldak recorded a 3.16 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Jimmy Dykes 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bobby Shantz	18	10	.643	3.94	32	25	2	13	3	0	205.3	213	96	90	15	70	77	5	1	1	869
Bob Hooper	12	10	.545	4.38	38	23	8	9	0	5	189.0	192	98	92	13	61	64	3	0	4	790
Morrie Martin	11	4	.733	3.78	35	13	9	3	1	0	138.0	139	70	58	13	63	35	5	1	3	609
Alex Kellner	11	14	.440	4.46	33	29	3	11	1	2	209.7	218	118	104	20	93	94	4	0	9	909
Sam Zoldak	6	10	.375	3.16	26	18	5	8	1	0	128.0	127	51	45	9	24	18	0	1	0	525
Dick Fowler	5	11	.313	5.62	22	22	0	4	0	0	125.0	141	89	78	11	72	29	1	0	0	568
Johnny Kucab	4	3	.571	4.22	30	1	21	0	0	4	74.7	76	37	35	9	23	23	1	0	1	315
Hank Wyse	1	2	.333	7.98	9	1	5	0	0	0	14.7	24	14	13	0	8	5	0	0	1	72
Joe Coleman	1	6	.143	5.98	28	9	8	1	0	1	96.3	117	69	64	12	59	34	3	0	3	452
Carl Scheib	1	12	.077	4.47	46	11	34	3	0	10	143.0	132	78	71	7	71	49	8	0	6	618
Moe Burtschy	0	0		5.29	7	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	18	11	10	0	12	4	1	0	2	79
Bubba Harris	0	0		9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	5	2	1	0	0	22
Lou Brissie	0	2	.000	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.3	20	10	10	0	8	3	0	0	0	64
Totals	70	84	.455	4.47	311	154	102	52	6	22	1358.0	1421	745	674	109	569	437	32	3	30	5892

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Eddie Joost	140	667	553	107	160	28	5	19	78	10	8	106	70	.289	.409	.461	.870	255	6	6	2
Gus Zernial	139	617	552	90	151	30	5	33	125	2	2	61	99	.274	.350	.525	.875	290	15	4	0
Ferris Fain	117	511	425	63	146	30	3	6	57	0	3	80	20	.344	.451	.471	.921	200	10	3	3
Elmer Valo	123	530	444	75	134	27	8	7	55	11	6	75	20	.302	.412	.446	.858	198	12	8	3
Dave Philley	125	538	468	71	123	18	7	7	59	9	6	63	38	.263	.354	.376	.730	176	4	3	4
Pete Suder	123	477	440	46	108	18	1	1	42	5	5	30	42	.245	.295	.298	.593	131	15	1	6
Hank Majeski	89	364	323	41	92	19	4	5	42	1	2	35	24	.285	.358	.415	.773	134	9	2	4
Billy Hitchcock	77	249	222	27	68	10	4	1	36	2	0	21	23	.306	.371	.401	.772	89	2	2	4
Joe Tipton	72	266	213	23	51	9	0	3	20	1	1	51	25	.239	.389	.324	.713	69	2	1	1
Joe Astroth	64	205	187	30	46	10	2	2	19	0	1	18	13	.246	.312	.353	.665	66	4	0	0
Allie Clark	56	179	161	20	40	10	1	4	22	2	0	15	7	.248	.320	.398	.718	64	6	2	1
Lou Limmer	94	247	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	.159	.256	.280	.537	60	4	0	5
Lou Klein	49	156	144	22	33	7	0	5	17	0	0	10	12	.229	.279	.382	.661	55	4	0	2
Ray Murray	40	138	122	10	26	6	0	0	13	0	0	14	8	.213	.294	.262	.556	32	5	0	2
Wally Moses	70	158	136	17	26	6	0	0	9	2	2	21	9	.191	.304	.235	.539	32	5	1	0
Carl Scheib	48	55	53	9	21	2	2	2	8	0	0	1	5	.396	.418	.623	1.041	33	1	1	0
Bobby Shantz	36	86	72	11	18	4	0	0	9	1	0	6	7	.250	.308	.306	.613	22	1	0	8
Alex Kellner	33	82	79	5	18	3	0	0	9	0	0	1	13	.228	.238	.266	.503	21	3	0	2
Bob Hooper	38	75	72	8	15	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	19	.208	.219	.292	.511	21	1	0	2
Morrie Martin	35	57	50	12	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	11	.220	.264	.220	.484	11	0	0	4
Kermit Wahl	20	70	59	4	11	2	0	0	6	0	0	9	5	.186	.294	.220	.514	13	2	0	2
Sam Chapman	18	78	65	7	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	12	12	.169	.299	.185	.483	12	2	0	1
Barney McCosky	12	30	27	4	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	.296	.367	.481	.848	13	0	0	0
Dick Fowler	22	47	42	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.190	.261	.262	.523	11	1	0	1
Joe Coleman	28	30	27	2	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	12	.259	.310	.370	.681	10	0	0	1
Sam Zoldak	26	46	45	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.156	.156	.178	.333	8	0	0	1
Paul Lehner	9	30	28	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.143	.172	.179	.351	5	3	0	1
Moe Burtschy	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Hank Wyse	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Lou Brissie	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1
Tod Davis	11	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	1	0	0
Ed Samcoff	4	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	0	0
Johnny Kucab	30	20	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0
Bubba Harris	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1769	6049	5277	736	1381	262	43	102	685	47	36	677	564	.262	.349	.386	.735	2035	118	34	61

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Lou Limmer	1B	58	450	40	6	54	.988	8.448	0
Billy Hitchcock	1B	1	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.000	0
Ferris Fain	1B	108	931	113	11	124	.990	9.667	0
Pete Suder	2B	103	274	313	8	93	.987	5.699	0
Ed Samcoff	2B	3	5	5	0	3	1.000	3.333	0
Lou Klein	2B	42	85	107	5	32	.975	4.571	0
Billy Hitchcock	2B	23	47	51	3	16	.970	4.261	0
Tod Davis	2B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Kermit Wahl	3B	18	21	37	2	4	.967	3.222	0
Pete Suder	3B	3	3	1	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Dave Philley	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hank Majeski	3B	88	82	217	8	17	.974	3.398	0
Billy Hitchcock	3B	45	45	99	11	14	.929	3.200	0
Tod Davis	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Allie Clark	3B	10	9	20	3	3	.906	2.900	0
Joe Tipton	C	72	230	52	9	12	.969	3.917	1
Ray Murray	C	39	107	24	2	5	.985	3.359	4
Joe Astroth	C	57	228	18	2	2	.992	4.316	7
Gus Zernial	OF	138	321	17	9	3	.974	2.449	0
Elmer Valo	OF	116	247	5	5	0	.981	2.172	0
Dave Philley	OF	120	299	15	7	4	.978	2.617	0
Wally Moses	OF	27	62	1	1	1	.984	2.333	0
Barney McCosky	OF	7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.857	0
Paul Lehner	OF	6	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.833	0
Ferris Fain	OF	11	11	2	3	1	.813	1.182	0
Allie Clark	OF	32	60	2	1	1	.984	1.938	0
Sam Chapman	OF	17	43	1	2	0	.957	2.588	0
Sam Zoldak	P	26	6	17	0	0	1.000	.885	0
Hank Wyse	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bobby Shantz	P	32	20	44	2	7	.970	2.000	0
Carl Scheib	P	46	14	43	1	3	.983	1.239	0
Morrie Martin	P	35	6	33	2	5	.951	1.114	0
Johnny Kucab	P	30	3	6	1	1	.900	.300	0
Alex Kellner	P	33	15	31	2	3	.958	1.394	0
Bob Hooper	P	38	18	37	3	3	.948	1.447	0
Bubba Harris	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Dick Fowler	P	22	11	16	2	3	.931	1.227	0
Joe Coleman	P	28	7	9	1	1	.941	.571	0
Moe Burtschy	P	7	3	2	0	0	1.000	.714	0
Lou Brissie	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Pete Suder	SS	18	44	41	3	13	.966	4.722	0
Eddie Joost	SS	140	325	422	20	115	.974	5.336	0
Totals		1618	4073	1849	135	545	.978	3.660	12

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