1953 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location: Philadelphia,PA
Team Record: 59-95 .383
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Jimmy Dykes
General Manager: Art Ehlers
Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium
Attendance: 362,113
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bobo Newsom (45)
Youngest Player: Spider Wilhelm (24)
Longest Tenure: Elmer Valo (12)
Top Hitter: Dave Philley (9)
Top Pitcher: Harry Byrd (13)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 67.59%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland	92	62	.597	8.5
Chi White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5
Boston	84	69	.549	16.0
Washington	76	76	.500	23.5
Detroit	60	94	.390	40.5
Philadelphia	59	95	.383	41.5
St. Louis	54	100	.351	46.5

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
17	Dave Philley	of	9	33	-	MLB	157	620	80	188	30	9	9	59	13	5	51	35	2		4		22	.303	.000	.424	424	263			-	-
8	Eddie Robinson	1b	18	32	-	MLB	156	615	64	152	28	4	22	102	1	2	63	56	5		2		13	.247	.000	.413	413	254			-	-
19	Gus Zernial	of	14	30	-	MLB	147	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	4	0	57	79	4		0		12	.284	.000	.559	559	311			-	-
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	-	37	-	MLB	115	454	44	130	11	3	4	35	3	3	17	35	0		3		10	.286	.000	.350	350	159			-	-
2	Joe DeMaestri	ss	-	24	-	MLB	111	420	53	107	17	3	6	35	0	1	24	39	1		7		15	.255	.000	.352	352	148			-	-
5	Cass Michaels	2b-ss	47	27	-	MLB	117	411	53	103	10	0	12	42	7	0	51	56	1		6		6	.251	.000	.363	363	149			-	-
16	Ed McGhee	of	-	28	-	MLB	104	358	36	94	11	4	1	29	4	3	32	43	3		6		12	.263	.000	.324	324	116			-	-
3	Loren Babe	3b	-	25	-	MLB	103	343	34	77	16	2	0	20	0	1	35	20	2		3		9	.224	.000	.283	283	97			-	-
14	Ray Murray	c	-	35	-	MLB	84	268	25	76	14	3	6	41	0	0	18	25	1		2		6	.284	.000	.425	425	114			-	-
9	Joe Astroth	c	-	30	-	MLB	82	260	28	77	15	2	3	24	1	0	27	12	2		0		11	.296	.000	.404	404	105			-	-
1	Eddie Joost	ss	-	37	-	MLB	51	177	39	44	6	0	6	15	3	2	45	24	0		2		1	.249	.000	.384	384	68			-	-
6	Carmen Mauro	of	63	26	-	MLB	64	165	14	44	4	4	0	17	3	4	19	21	0		0		6	.267	.000	.339	339	56			-	-
10	Elmer Valo	of	-	32	-	MLB	50	85	15	19	3	0	0	9	0	1	22	7	0		0		2	.224	.000	.259	259	22			-	-
39	Harry Byrd	p	-	28	-	MLB	40	81	9	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	13	0		3		3	.222	.000	.222	222	18			-	-
7	Allie Clark	of	-	30	-	MLB	20	74	6	15	4	0	3	13	0	0	3	5	0		1		2	.203	.000	.378	378	28			-	-
37	Marion Fricano	p	-	29	-	MLB	46	69	6	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	30	0		3		0	.145	.000	.159	159	11			-	-
22	Alex Kellner	p	-	28	-	MLB	25	69	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2		5		3	.217	.000	.246	246	17			-	-
38	Charlie Bishop	p	-	29	-	MLB	40	56	2	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	27	0		0		0	.089	.000	.125	125	7			-	-
4	Tom Hamilton	1b	-	27	-	MLB	58	56	8	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	11	0		0		2	.196	.000	.232	232	13			-	-
6	Kite Thomas	of	-	30	-	MLB	24	49	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0		0		2	.122	.000	.122	122	6			-	-
45	Neal Watlington	c	-	30	-	MLB	21	44	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	8	0		0		1	.159	.000	.182	182	8			-	-
26	Morrie Martin	p	-	30	-	MLB	58	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0		2		1	.095	.000	.095	95	4			-	-
24	Carl Scheib	p	-	26	-	MLB	35	41	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	0		0		1	.195	.000	.195	195	8			-	-
7,36	Tommy Giordano	2b	-	27	-	MLB	11	40	6	7	2	0	2	5	0	1	5	6	0		0		0	.175	.000	.375	375	15			-	-
30	Bobby Shantz	p	-	27	-	MLB	21	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	0		1		0	.237	.000	.316	316	12			-	-
25	Joe Coleman	p	-	30	-	MLB	21	28	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0		0		0	.286	.000	.357	357	10			-	-
15	Frank Fanovich	p	-	31	-	MLB	26	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		1	.182	.000	.182	182	2			-	-
23	Bob Trice	p	-	26	-	MLB	3	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0		0	.143	.000	.286	286	2			-	-
7	Spider Wilhelm	ss	-	24	-	MLB	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.286	.000	.429	429	3			-	-
20	Bobo Newsom	p	-	45	-	MLB	17	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
23	Dick Rozek	p	-	26	-	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
34	Rinty Monahan	p	-	25	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
11	Don Kolloway	2b-1b	-	34	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

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
39	Harry Byrd	13	28	-	MLB	11	20	5.51	40	37	11	2	0	0	236.2	279	155	145	23	115	122	6	1	1.66	10.61	0.87	4.37	4.64	0.94	--	0.80
37	Marion Fricano	26	29	-	MLB	9	12	3.88	39	23	10	0	10	0	211.0	206	105	91	21	90	67	3	1	1.40	8.79	0.90	3.84	2.86	1.34	--	0.80
22	Alex Kellner	15	28	-	MLB	11	12	3.93	25	25	14	2	0	0	201.2	210	98	88	8	51	81	10	0	1.29	9.37	0.36	2.28	3.61	0.63	--	0.84
38	Charlie Bishop	37	29	-	MLB	3	14	5.66	39	20	1	1	11	2	160.2	174	106	101	15	86	66	5	0	1.62	9.75	0.84	4.82	3.70	1.30	--	0.87
26	Morrie Martin	19	30	-	MLB	10	12	4.43	58	11	2	0	41	7	156.1	158	85	77	12	59	64	7	0	1.39	9.10	0.69	3.40	3.68	0.92	--	0.74
30	Bobby Shantz	-	27	-	MLB	5	9	4.09	16	16	6	0	0	0	105.2	107	52	48	10	26	58	3	0	1.26	9.11	0.85	2.21	4.94	0.45	--	1.05
24	Carl Scheib	54	26	-	MLB	3	7	4.88	28	8	3	0	13	2	96.0	99	57	52	9	29	25	3	0	1.33	9.28	0.84	2.72	2.34	1.16	--	0.62
25	Joe Coleman	-	30	-	MLB	3	4	4.00	21	9	2	1	9	0	90.0	85	46	40	8	49	18	3	0	1.49	8.50	0.80	4.90	1.80	2.72	--	0.98
15	Frank Fanovich	-	31	-	MLB	0	3	5.55	26	3	0	0	9	0	61.2	62	41	38	5	37	37	7	0	1.61	9.05	0.73	5.40	5.40	1.00	--	1.06
20	Bobo Newsom	-	45	-	MLB	2	1	4.89	17	2	1	0	9	0	38.2	44	24	21	3	24	16	0	0	1.76	10.24	0.70	5.59	3.72	1.50	--	0.84
23	Bob Trice	-	26	-	MLB	2	1	5.48	3	3	1	0	0	0	23.0	25	14	14	4	6	4	0	0	1.35	9.78	1.57	2.35	1.57	1.50	--	0.91
34	Rinty Monahan	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	4.22	4	0	0	0	2	0	10.2	11	5	5	0	7	2	3	0	1.69	9.28	0.00	5.91	1.69	3.50	--	0.93
23	Dick Rozek	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	8	6	6	3	9	2	0	0	1.59	6.75	2.53	7.59	1.69	4.50	--	0.93
21	Walt Kellner	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	6.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.0	1	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	1.67	3.00	0.00	12.00	12.00	1.00	--	1.00
18	Bill Harrington	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	22.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	1.00
41	John Mackinson	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2.25	6.75	0.00	13.50	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (33 players)						59	95	4.67	154	154	51	6	103	11	1,409	1475	799	731	116	594	566	51	2	1.35	9.42	0.77	3.79	3.62	1.05	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Astroth	C	79		341	47	5	13	.987	0.00
Ray Murray	C	78		330	45	4	8	.989	0.00
Neal Watlington	C	9		37	7	1	2	.978	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Robinson	1B	155		1366	71	17	135	.988	0.00
Tom Hamilton	1B	7		22	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cass Michaels	2B	110		304	302	19	81	.970	0.00
Pete Suder	2B	38		89	105	3	23	.985	0.00
Tommy Giordano	2B	11		31	32	1	11	.984	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Loren Babe	3B	93		114	192	16	24	.950	0.00
Pete Suder	3B	72		89	174	7	19	.974	0.00
Don Kolloway	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Carmen Mauro	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dave Philley	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe DeMaestri	SS	108		191	297	18	53	.964	0.00
Eddie Joost	SS	51		102	147	11	33	.958	0.00
Pete Suder	SS	7		11	11	1	2	.957	0.00
Spider Wilhelm	SS	6		2	5	1	0	.875	0.00
Loren Babe	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Philley	OF	157		296	18	6	0	.981	0.00
Gus Zernial	OF	141		300	17	9	2	.972	0.00
Ed McGhee	OF	99		319	4	6	0	.982	0.00
Carmen Mauro	OF	49		119	5	4	0	.969	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	25		46	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Allie Clark	OF	19		33	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kite Thomas	OF	15		31	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Hamilton	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Morrie Martin	P	58	156	2	26	0	4	1.000	1.61
Harry Byrd	P	40	236	6	35	2	1	.953	1.56
Charlie Bishop	P	39	160	5	36	0	3	1.000	2.30
Marion Fricano	P	39	211	8	28	0	2	1.000	1.54
Carl Scheib	P	28	96	4	16	1	1	.952	1.88
Frank Fanovich	P	26	61	2	8	2	0	.833	1.47
Alex Kellner	P	25	201	5	28	2	2	.943	1.48
Joe Coleman	P	21	90	1	10	0	1	1.000	1.10
Bobo Newsom	P	17	38	1	7	0	1	1.000	1.88
Bobby Shantz	P	16	105	10	21	1	3	.969	2.65
Rinty Monahan	P	4	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.88
Bob Trice	P	3	23	2	8	0	2	1.000	3.91
Walt Kellner	P	2	3	0	1	0	1	1.000	3.00
Dick Rozek	P	2	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.88
Bill Harrington	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
John Mackinson	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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