1951 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 70-84 .455
Result: 6th in American League
Manager(s): Jimmy Dykes
General Manager: Art Ehlers
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 465,469
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Wally Moses (40)
Youngest Player: Carl Scheib (24)
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman (11)
Top Hitter: Eddie Joost (2)
Top Pitcher: Bobby Shantz (13)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 89.70%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Cleveland	93	61	.604	5.0
Boston	87	67	.565	11.0
Chi White Sox	81	73	.526	17.0
Detroit	73	81	.474	25.0
Philadelphia	70	84	.455	28.0
Washington	62	92	.403	36.0
St. Louis	52	102	.338	46.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
1	Eddie Joost	ss	2	35	-	MLB	140	553	107	160	28	5	19	78	10	8	106	70	6		2		6	.289	.000	.461	461	255			-	-
19	Gus Zernial	of	8	28	-	MLB	139	552	90	151	30	5	33	125	2	2	61	99	4		0		15	.274	.000	.525	525	290			-	-
17	Dave Philley	of	31	31	-	MLB	125	468	71	123	18	7	7	59	9	6	63	38	3		4		4	.263	.000	.376	376	176			-	-
10	Elmer Valo	of	20	30	-	MLB	123	444	75	134	27	8	7	55	11	6	75	20	8		3		12	.302	.000	.446	446	198			-	-
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	-	35	-	MLB	123	440	46	108	18	1	1	42	5	5	30	42	1		6		15	.245	.000	.298	298	131			-	-
8	Ferris Fain	1b	16	30	-	MLB	117	425	63	146	30	3	6	57	0	3	80	20	3		3		10	.344	.000	.471	471	200			-	-
5	Hank Majeski	3b	-	34	-	MLB	89	323	41	92	19	4	5	42	1	2	35	24	2		4		9	.285	.000	.415	415	134			-	-
11	Billy Hitchcock	3b-2b	-	34	-	MLB	77	222	27	68	10	4	1	36	2	0	21	23	2		4		2	.306	.000	.401	401	89			-	-
3	Lou Limmer	1b	-	26	-	MLB	94	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	0		5		4	.159	.000	.280	280	60			-	-
15	Joe Tipton	c	-	29	-	MLB	72	213	23	51	9	0	3	20	1	1	51	25	1		1		2	.239	.000	.324	324	69			-	-
9	Joe Astroth	c	-	28	-	MLB	64	187	30	46	10	2	2	19	0	1	18	13	0		0		4	.246	.000	.353	353	66			-	-
7	Allie Clark	of	-	28	-	MLB	56	161	20	40	10	1	4	22	2	0	15	7	2		1		6	.248	.000	.398	398	64			-	-
6	Lou Klein	2b	-	32	-	MLB	49	144	22	33	7	0	5	17	0	0	10	12	0		2		4	.229	.000	.382	382	55			-	-
2	Wally Moses	of	-	40	-	MLB	70	136	17	26	6	0	0	9	2	2	21	9	1		0		5	.191	.000	.235	235	32			-	-
14	Ray Murray	c	-	33	-	MLB	40	122	10	26	6	0	0	13	0	0	14	8	0		2		5	.213	.000	.262	262	32			-	-
22	Alex Kellner	p	-	26	-	MLB	33	79	5	18	3	0	0	9	0	0	1	13	0		2		3	.228	.000	.266	266	21			-	-
30	Bobby Shantz	p	57	25	-	MLB	36	72	11	18	4	0	0	9	1	0	6	7	0		8		1	.250	.000	.306	306	22			-	-
23	Bob Hooper	p	-	29	-	MLB	38	72	8	15	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	19	0		2		1	.208	.000	.292	292	21			-	-
4	Sam Chapman	of	-	35	-	MLB	18	65	7	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	12	12	0		1		2	.169	.000	.185	185	12			-	-
18	Kermit Wahl	3b-ss	-	28	-	MLB	20	59	4	11	2	0	0	6	0	0	9	5	0		2		2	.186	.000	.220	220	13			-	-
24	Carl Scheib	p	-	24	-	MLB	48	53	9	21	2	2	2	8	0	0	1	5	1		0		1	.396	.000	.623	623	33			-	-
26,42	Morrie Martin	p	-	28	-	MLB	35	50	12	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	11	0		4		0	.220	.000	.220	220	11			-	-
21	Sam Zoldak	p	-	32	-	MLB	26	45	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0		1		0	.156	.000	.178	178	8			-	-
25	Dick Fowler	p	-	30	-	MLB	22	42	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	0		1		1	.190	.000	.262	262	11			-	-
5	Paul Lehner	of	-	30	-	MLB	9	28	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		1		3	.143	.000	.179	179	5			-	-
20	Joe Coleman	p	-	28	-	MLB	28	27	2	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	12	0		1		0	.259	.000	.370	370	10			-	-
7	Barney McCosky	of	-	34	-	MLB	12	27	4	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	0		0		0	.296	.000	.481	481	13			-	-
37	Johnny Kucab	p	-	31	-	MLB	30	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
16	Tod Davis	ss-3b	-	26	-	MLB	11	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		0		1	.067	.000	.067	67	1			-	-
6	Ed Samcoff	2b	-	26	-	MLB	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
19	Lou Brissie	p	-	27	-	MLB	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.200	.000	.200	200	1			-	-
36	Hank Wyse	p	-	33	-	MLB	9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
38	Moe Burtschy	p	-	29	-	MLB	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.333	.000	.333	333	1			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Alex Kellner	18	26	-	MLB	11	14	4.46	33	29	11	1	3	2	209.2	218	118	104	20	93	94	9	0	1.48	9.36	0.86	3.99	4.03	0.99	--	0.96
30	Bobby Shantz	13	25	-	MLB	18	10	3.94	32	25	13	3	2	0	205.1	213	96	90	15	70	77	1	1	1.38	9.34	0.66	3.07	3.38	0.91	--	1.08
23	Bob Hooper	17	29	-	MLB	12	10	4.38	38	23	9	0	8	5	189.0	192	98	92	13	61	64	4	0	1.34	9.14	0.62	2.90	3.05	0.95	--	1.05
24	Carl Scheib	23	24	-	MLB	1	12	4.47	46	11	3	0	34	10	143.0	132	78	71	7	71	49	6	0	1.42	8.31	0.44	4.47	3.08	1.45	--	0.84
26,42	Morrie Martin	58	28	-	MLB	11	4	3.78	35	13	3	1	9	0	138.0	139	70	58	13	63	35	3	1	1.46	9.07	0.85	4.11	2.28	1.80	--	0.87
21	Sam Zoldak	-	32	-	MLB	6	10	3.16	26	18	8	1	5	0	128.0	127	51	45	9	24	18	0	1	1.18	8.93	0.63	1.69	1.27	1.33	--	0.90
25	Dick Fowler	60	30	-	MLB	5	11	5.62	22	22	4	0	0	0	125.0	141	89	78	11	72	29	0	0	1.70	10.15	0.79	5.18	2.09	2.48	--	1.11
20	Joe Coleman	-	28	-	MLB	1	6	5.98	28	9	1	0	8	1	96.1	117	69	64	12	59	34	3	0	1.83	10.93	1.12	5.51	3.18	1.74	--	0.94
37	Johnny Kucab	31	31	-	MLB	4	3	4.22	30	1	0	0	21	4	74.2	76	37	35	9	23	23	1	0	1.33	9.16	1.08	2.77	2.77	1.00	--	0.63
38	Moe Burtschy	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	5.29	7	0	0	0	6	0	17.0	18	11	10	0	12	4	2	0	1.76	9.53	0.00	6.35	2.12	3.00	--	1.44
36	Hank Wyse	-	33	-	MLB	1	2	7.98	9	1	0	0	5	0	14.2	24	14	13	0	8	5	1	0	2.18	14.73	0.00	4.91	3.07	1.60	--	1.13
19	Lou Brissie	25	27	-	MLB	0	2	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	20	10	10	0	8	3	0	0	2.10	13.50	0.00	5.40	2.03	2.67	--	0.79
17	Bubba Harris	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	5	2	0	0	2.25	9.00	0.00	11.25	4.50	2.50	--	1.50
Totals: (33 players)						70	84	4.47	154	154	52	6	102	22	1,358	1421	745	674	102	569	437	30	3	1.52	9.42	0.72	3.77	2.90	1.30	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Tipton	C	72		230	52	9	12	.969	0.00
Joe Astroth	C	57		228	18	2	2	.992	0.00
Ray Murray	C	39		107	24	2	5	.985	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ferris Fain	1B	108		931	113	11	124	.990	0.00
Lou Limmer	1B	58		450	40	6	54	.988	0.00
Billy Hitchcock	1B	1		8	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Suder	2B	103		274	313	8	93	.987	0.00
Lou Klein	2B	42		85	107	5	32	.975	0.00
Billy Hitchcock	2B	23		47	51	3	16	.970	0.00
Ed Samcoff	2B	3		5	5	0	3	1.000	0.00
Tod Davis	2B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Majeski	3B	88		82	217	8	17	.974	0.00
Billy Hitchcock	3B	45		45	99	11	14	.929	0.00
Kermit Wahl	3B	18		21	37	2	4	.967	0.00
Allie Clark	3B	10		9	20	3	3	.906	0.00
Pete Suder	3B	3		3	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dave Philley	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Tod Davis	3B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Joost	SS	140		325	422	20	115	.974	0.00
Pete Suder	SS	18		44	41	3	13	.966	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gus Zernial	OF	138		321	17	9	3	.974	0.00
Dave Philley	OF	120		299	15	7	4	.978	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	116		247	5	5	0	.981	0.00
Allie Clark	OF	32		60	2	1	1	.984	0.00
Wally Moses	OF	27		62	1	1	1	.984	0.00
Sam Chapman	OF	17		43	1	2	0	.957	0.00
Ferris Fain	OF	11		11	2	3	1	.812	0.00
Barney McCosky	OF	7		13	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Paul Lehner	OF	6		16	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carl Scheib	P	46	143	14	43	1	3	.983	3.59
Bob Hooper	P	38	189	18	37	3	3	.948	2.62
Morrie Martin	P	35	138	6	33	2	5	.951	2.54
Alex Kellner	P	33	209	15	31	2	3	.958	1.98
Bobby Shantz	P	32	205	20	44	2	7	.970	2.81
Johnny Kucab	P	30	74	3	6	1	1	.900	1.09
Joe Coleman	P	28	96	7	9	1	1	.941	1.50
Sam Zoldak	P	26	128	6	17	0	0	1.000	1.62
Dick Fowler	P	22	125	11	16	2	3	.931	1.94
Hank Wyse	P	9	14	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.90
Moe Burtschy	P	7	17	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.65
Bubba Harris	P	3	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50
Lou Brissie	P	2	13	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.37

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