
1952 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 79-75
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 627,100, Avg. 10,022
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (79-75)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1952 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1952 season with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Athletics scored 664 runs and surrendered 723 runs. Gus Zernial led Philadelphia with 29 home runs, and Eddie Joost walloped 20 or more, too. Gus Zernial drove in 100 runs. Ferris Fain paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Bobby Shantz earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Harry Byrd, too added 15 or more wins, too Bobby Shantz recorded a 2.48 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Shantz | 24 | 7 | .774 | 2.48 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 279.7 | 230 | 87 | 77 | 21 | 63 | 0 | 152 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1103 |
Harry Byrd | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.31 | 37 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 228.3 | 244 | 100 | 84 | 12 | 98 | 0 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1008 |
Alex Kellner | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.36 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 231.3 | 223 | 124 | 112 | 21 | 86 | 0 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 990 |
Carl Scheib | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.39 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 158.0 | 153 | 82 | 77 | 21 | 50 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 667 |
Bob Hooper | 8 | 15 | .348 | 5.18 | 43 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 144.3 | 158 | 100 | 83 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 649 |
Bobo Newsom | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.59 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.7 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 201 |
Ed Wright | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.53 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 55 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 199 |
Charlie Bishop | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.46 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 148 |
Marion Fricano | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Dick Fowler | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.44 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.7 | 71 | 43 | 42 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 273 |
Len Matarazzo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Walt Kellner | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
Tex Hoyle | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
Johnny Kucab | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.26 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51.3 | 64 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 231 |
Morrie Martin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 123 |
Sam Zoldak | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.06 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75.3 | 86 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
Totals | 79 | 75 | .513 | 4.15 | 292 | 155 | 82 | 73 | 11 | 16 | 1384.3 | 1402 | 723 | 639 | 113 | 526 | 0 | 562 | 35 | 2 | 21 | 5981 |
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 | 145 | 648 | 538 | 82 | 176 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 105 | 26 | .327 | .438 | .429 | .867 | 231 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Philley | 151 | 666 | 586 | 80 | 154 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 59 | 35 | .263 | .334 | .355 | .689 | 208 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Gus Zernial | 145 | 621 | 549 | 76 | 144 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 87 | .262 | .347 | .452 | .799 | 248 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Joost | 146 | 669 | 540 | 94 | 132 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 122 | 94 | .244 | .388 | .415 | .803 | 224 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Valo | 129 | 495 | 388 | 69 | 109 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 12 | 11 | 101 | 16 | .281 | .432 | .407 | .839 | 158 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Hitchcock | 119 | 460 | 407 | 45 | 100 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 45 | .246 | .318 | .292 | .610 | 119 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Astroth | 104 | 370 | 337 | 24 | 84 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 27 | .249 | .305 | .291 | .596 | 98 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Suder | 74 | 252 | 228 | 22 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | .241 | .291 | .303 | .594 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Allie Clark | 71 | 200 | 186 | 23 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 19 | .274 | .315 | .452 | .766 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Cass Michaels | 55 | 228 | 200 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 11 | .250 | .330 | .335 | .665 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Skeeter Kell | 75 | 236 | 213 | 24 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 18 | .221 | .275 | .286 | .561 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Majeski | 34 | 139 | 117 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | .256 | .365 | .359 | .724 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kite Thomas | 75 | 137 | 116 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 27 | .250 | .365 | .474 | .839 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Murray | 44 | 146 | 136 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .206 | .255 | .265 | .520 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Shantz | 34 | 116 | 96 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .198 | .252 | .260 | .513 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Carl Scheib | 44 | 83 | 82 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .220 | .220 | .220 | .439 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Kellner | 34 | 87 | 82 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .207 | .217 | .268 | .485 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Tipton | 23 | 85 | 68 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | .191 | .337 | .382 | .720 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sherry Robertson | 43 | 81 | 60 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | .200 | .407 | .250 | .657 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Byrd | 37 | 84 | 75 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .133 | .167 | .160 | .327 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Hooper | 43 | 45 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .195 | .214 | .366 | .580 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Bevan | 8 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .353 | .353 | .706 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Zoldak | 16 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .174 | .208 | .174 | .382 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Kucab | 28 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Hamilton | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobo Newsom | 14 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Wright | 24 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morrie Martin | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Bishop | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Littrell | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Kellner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Fowler | 18 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .063 | .000 | .063 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marion Fricano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tex Hoyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Len Matarazzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1764 | 5975 | 5163 | 664 | 1305 | 212 | 35 | 89 | 632 | 52 | 43 | 683 | 558 | .253 | .343 | .359 | .702 | 1854 | 152 | 27 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Billy Hitchcock | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 8 | .982 | 8.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Hamilton | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ferris Fain | 1B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 1245 | 150 | 22 | 124 | .984 | 9.688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Allie Clark | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Suder | 2B | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 109 | 2 | 32 | .991 | 4.953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sherry Robertson | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 2.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cass Michaels | 2B | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 151 | 133 | 2 | 30 | .993 | 5.164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Skeeter Kell | 2B | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 143 | 169 | 12 | 35 | .963 | 4.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Suder | 3B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sherry Robertson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dave Philley | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Majeski | 3B | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 87 | 3 | 9 | .976 | 3.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Littrell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Billy Hitchcock | 3B | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 105 | 222 | 20 | 26 | .942 | 3.144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Bevan | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Tipton | C | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 4.174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Murray | C | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Astroth | C | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 436 | 36 | 4 | 9 | .992 | 4.627 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gus Zernial | OF | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .972 | 2.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elmer Valo | OF | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 223 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .962 | 1.901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kite Thomas | OF | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sherry Robertson | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Philley | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 442 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .991 | 3.054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Allie Clark | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Zoldak | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Wright | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Shantz | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Scheib | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobo Newsom | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Len Matarazzo | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Morrie Martin | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Kucab | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walt Kellner | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Alex Kellner | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tex Hoyle | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Hooper | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 5 | .982 | 1.256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marion Fricano | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Fowler | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Byrd | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .935 | 1.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Bishop | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Suder | SS | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 3.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Littrell | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Joost | SS | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 278 | 431 | 28 | 81 | .962 | 4.856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1622 | 0 | 0.0 | 4150 | 1766 | 140 | 399 | .977 | 3.647 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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