1954 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location: Philadelphia,PA
Team Record: 51-103 .331
Result: 8th in American League
Manager(s): Eddie Joost
General Manager:
Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium
Attendance: 304,666
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Pete Suder (38)
Youngest Player: Bill Oster (21)
Longest Tenure: Elmer Valo (13)
Top Hitter: Jim Finigan (20)
Top Pitcher: Arnie Portocarrero (13)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 53.94%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	111	43	.721	--
NY Yankees	103	51	.669	8.0
Chi White Sox	94	60	.610	17.0
Boston	69	85	.448	42.0
Detroit	68	86	.442	43.0
Washington	66	88	.429	45.0
Baltimore	54	100	.351	57.0
Philadelphia	51	103	.331	60.0

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
2	Joe DeMaestri	ss	29	25	-	MLB	146	539	49	124	16	3	8	40	1	4	20	63	3		3	7	10	.230	.258	.315	574	170	572	439	-	-	.244
6	Spook Jacobs	2b	23	28	-	MLB	132	508	63	131	11	1	0	26	17	3	60	22	0		6	1	5	.258	.336	.283	619	144	575	392	-	-	.269
15	Jim Finigan	3b-2b	20	25	-	MLB	136	487	57	147	25	6	7	51	2	8	64	66	0		6	3	17	.302	.381	.421	802	205	560	374	-	-	.336
5	Vic Power	1b	-	26	-	MLB	127	462	36	118	17	5	8	38	2	1	19	19	2		0	2	16	.255	.287	.366	652	169	485	363	-	-	.252
8	Bill Renna	of	56	29	-	MLB	123	422	52	98	15	4	13	53	1	3	41	60	3		4	4	7	.232	.302	.379	681	160	474	342	-	-	.241
19	Gus Zernial	of	35	31	-	MLB	97	336	42	84	8	2	14	62	0	0	30	60	4		0	3	8	.250	.316	.411	727	138	373	263	-	-	.264
40	Bill Wilson	of	27	25	-	MLB	94	323	43	77	10	1	15	33	1	2	39	59	8		0	1	4	.238	.334	.415	749	134	371	253	-	-	.248
14,48	Lou Limmer	1b	63	29	-	MLB	115	316	41	73	10	3	14	32	2	3	35	37	0		2	3	6	.231	.305	.415	720	131	356	257	-	-	.220
4	Don Bollweg	1b	-	33	-	MLB	103	268	35	60	15	3	5	24	1	0	35	33	3		0	1	4	.224	.319	.358	677	96	307	213	-	-	.238
9	Joe Astroth	c	-	31	-	MLB	77	226	22	50	8	1	1	23	0	0	21	19	3		2	0	2	.221	.296	.279	575	63	252	180	-	-	.238
10	Elmer Valo	of	-	33	-	MLB	95	224	28	48	11	6	1	33	2	1	51	18	0		3	3	2	.214	.356	.330	686	74	281	185	-	-	.226
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	-	38	-	MLB	69	205	8	41	11	1	0	16	0	0	7	16	0		2	1	6	.200	.225	.263	489	54	215	173	-	-	.216
11	Billy Shantz	c	-	26	-	MLB	51	164	13	42	9	3	1	17	0	0	17	23	0		0	0	5	.256	.326	.366	692	60	181	127	-	-	.293
18	Jim Robertson	c	-	26	-	MLB	63	147	9	27	8	0	0	8	0	0	23	25	1		2	0	2	.184	.298	.238	536	35	173	124	-	-	.221
25	Arnie Portocarrero	p	-	22	-	MLB	34	75	3	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	30	0		7	0	0	.107	.162	.173	336	13	87	74	-	-	.159
20	Joe Taylor	of	-	28	-	MLB	18	58	5	13	1	1	1	8	0	1	2	9	0		0	0	2	.224	.250	.328	578	19	60	48	-	-	.250
22	Alex Kellner	p	-	29	-	MLB	27	55	2	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	8	0		5	1	1	.182	.207	.218	425	12	63	52	-	-	.208
16	Ed McGhee	of	71	29	-	MLB	21	53	5	11	2	0	2	9	0	1	4	8	0		0	1	0	.208	.259	.358	617	19	58	44	-	-	.205
1	Eddie Joost	ss	-	38	-	MLB	19	47	7	17	3	0	1	9	0	1	10	10	0		0	0	4	.362	.474	.489	963	23	57	35	-	-	.444
23	Bob Trice	p	-	27	-	MLB	20	42	6	12	3	0	1	5	0	0	3	10	1		0	0	0	.286	.348	.429	776	18	46	30	-	-	.355
37	Marion Fricano	p	-	30	-	MLB	42	41	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0		6	0	1	.098	.119	.098	217	4	48	45	-	-	.138
32	Johnny Gray	p	-	26	-	MLB	19	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0		1	0	0	.029	.057	.029	87	1	36	34	-	-	.053
38	Charlie Bishop	p	-	30	-	MLB	22	33	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0		1	0	0	.121	.121	.152	273	5	34	30	-	-	.222
3	Jack Littrell	ss	-	25	-	MLB	9	30	7	9	2	0	1	3	1	0	6	3	0		0	0	2	.300	.417	.467	883	14	36	23	-	-	.308
24	Sonny Dixon	p	-	29	-	MLB	38	28	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	0		0	0	0	.250	.300	.321	621	9	30	21	-	-	.368
26	Al Sima	p	-	32	-	MLB	29	20	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0		2	0	0	.050	.050	.050	100	1	22	21	-	-	.077
33	Moe Burtschy	p	-	32	-	MLB	46	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0		0	0	1	.118	.167	.118	284	2	18	16	-	-	.154
26	Morrie Martin	p	-	31	-	MLB	13	17	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		1	0	0	.235	.235	.294	529	5	18	14	-	-	.308
40	Lee Wheat	p	-	24	-	MLB	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	250	1	8	8	-	-	.333
20,34	Art Ditmar	p	-	25	-	MLB	14	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		1	0	0	.125	.300	.125	425	1	11	8	-	-	.250
42	Ozzie Van Brabant	p	-	27	-	MLB	9	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	629	1	7	4	-	-	.333
30	Bobby Shantz	p	-	28	-	MLB	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	-	-	.333
17	Bill Oster	p	-	21	-	MLB	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	-	-	.500
49	Dutch Romberger	p	-	27	-	MLB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							154	5206	542	1228	191	41	94	503	30	29	504	677	28	0	54	31	106	.236	.305	.342	647	1783	5823	4198	--	--	.254

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
25	Arnie Portocarrero	13	22	-	MLB	9	18	4.06	34	33	16	1	0	0	248.0	233	124	112	25	114	132	9	0	1.40	8.46	0.91	4.14	4.79	0.86	--	0.51
22	Alex Kellner	36	29	-	MLB	6	17	5.39	27	27	8	1	0	0	173.2	204	118	104	16	88	69	4	0	1.68	10.57	0.83	4.56	3.58	1.28	--	0.91
37	Marion Fricano	45	30	-	MLB	5	11	5.16	37	20	4	0	10	1	151.2	163	98	87	17	64	43	3	1	1.50	9.67	1.01	3.80	2.55	1.49	--	0.83
23	Bob Trice	-	27	-	MLB	7	8	5.60	19	18	8	1	1	0	119.0	146	86	74	14	48	22	1	1	1.63	11.04	1.06	3.63	1.66	2.18	--	0.84
24	Sonny Dixon	31	29	-	MLB	5	7	4.86	38	6	1	0	23	4	107.1	136	63	58	8	27	42	1	1	1.52	11.40	0.67	2.26	3.52	0.64	--	0.90
32	Johnny Gray	55	26	-	MLB	3	12	6.51	18	16	5	0	1	0	105.0	111	83	76	10	91	51	4	0	1.92	9.51	0.86	7.80	4.37	1.78	--	1.24
38	Charlie Bishop	-	30	-	MLB	4	6	4.41	20	12	4	0	4	1	96.0	98	49	47	10	50	34	0	0	1.54	9.19	0.94	4.69	3.19	1.47	--	0.77
33	Moe Burtschy	33	32	-	MLB	5	4	3.80	46	0	0	0	30	4	94.2	80	45	40	7	53	54	7	0	1.40	7.61	0.67	5.04	5.13	0.98	--	1.12
26	Al Sima	56	32	-	MLB	2	5	5.22	29	7	1	0	11	2	79.1	101	51	46	9	32	36	2	0	1.68	11.46	1.02	3.63	4.08	0.89	--	1.03
26	Morrie Martin	32	31	-	MLB	2	4	5.47	13	6	2	0	3	0	52.2	57	32	32	9	19	24	0	0	1.44	9.74	1.54	3.25	4.10	0.79	--	0.86
20,34	Art Ditmar	-	25	-	MLB	1	4	6.41	14	5	0	0	8	0	39.1	50	35	28	4	36	14	3	0	2.19	11.44	0.92	8.24	3.20	2.57	--	0.96
40	Lee Wheat	-	24	-	MLB	0	2	5.72	8	1	0	0	5	0	28.1	38	18	18	1	9	7	0	1	1.66	12.07	0.32	2.86	2.22	1.29	--	1.16
42	Ozzie Van Brabant	-	27	-	MLB	0	2	7.09	9	2	0	0	2	0	26.2	35	23	21	3	18	10	2	1	1.99	11.81	1.01	6.07	3.37	1.80	--	1.36
17	Bill Oster	-	21	-	MLB	0	1	6.32	8	1	0	0	4	0	15.2	19	15	11	2	12	5	1	0	1.98	10.91	1.15	6.89	2.87	2.40	--	0.83
49	Dutch Romberger	-	27	-	MLB	1	1	11.49	10	0	0	0	2	0	15.2	28	20	20	3	12	6	0	0	2.55	16.09	1.72	6.89	3.45	2.00	--	1.05
30	Bobby Shantz	-	28	-	MLB	1	0	7.88	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	7	7	2	3	3	0	0	1.88	13.50	2.25	3.38	3.38	1.00	--	2.00
17	Bill Upton	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	1.80	2	0	0	0	2	1	5.0	6	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1.40	10.80	1.80	1.80	3.60	0.50	--	0.30
43	Hal Raether	-	21	-	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	2.50	4.50	0.00	18.00	0.00	--	--	3.00
24	Carl Scheib	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	22.50	0.00	4.50	4.50	1.00	--	1.00
49	Dick Rozek	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	2.25	0.00	0.00	20.25	0.00	--	--	0.33
Totals: (34 players)						51	103	5.18	154	154	49	3	105	13	1,371	1523	875	789	94	685	555	40	6	1.26	10.00	0.93	4.50	3.64	1.23	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Astroth	C	71		300	39	4	5	.988	0.00
Billy Shantz	C	51		170	28	5	1	.975	0.00
Jim Robertson	C	50		207	18	6	6	.974	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lou Limmer	1B	79		597	56	8	63	.988	0.00
Don Bollweg	1B	71		530	51	13	55	.978	0.00
Vic Power	1B	21		150	12	2	17	.988	0.00
Gus Zernial	1B	2		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Spook Jacobs	2B	131		347	300	17	98	.974	0.00
Pete Suder	2B	35		71	75	6	23	.961	0.00
Joe DeMaestri	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eddie Joost	2B	1		1	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Finigan	3B	136		151	305	25	34	.948	0.00
Pete Suder	3B	20		26	59	2	2	.977	0.00
Eddie Joost	3B	5		4	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe DeMaestri	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vic Power	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe DeMaestri	SS	142		285	406	25	90	.965	0.00
Eddie Joost	SS	9		9	17	1	3	.963	0.00
Jack Littrell	SS	9		19	22	1	8	.976	0.00
Pete Suder	SS	2		3	0	1	0	.750	0.00
Vic Power	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Renna	OF	115		226	13	7	5	.972	0.00
Vic Power	OF	101		256	13	4	3	.985	0.00
Bill Wilson	OF	91		270	7	3	4	.989	0.00
Gus Zernial	OF	90		180	4	9	1	.953	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	62		135	3	5	1	.965	0.00
Joe Taylor	OF	16		32	1	2	0	.943	0.00
Ed McGhee	OF	13		42	0	3	0	.933	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Moe Burtschy	P	46	94	7	15	3	2	.880	2.10
Sonny Dixon	P	38	107	10	30	1	1	.976	3.36
Marion Fricano	P	37	151	9	20	3	2	.906	1.73
Arnie Portocarrero	P	34	248	15	22	4	0	.902	1.34
Al Sima	P	29	79	1	12	2	0	.867	1.48
Alex Kellner	P	27	173	6	32	0	2	1.000	1.97
Charlie Bishop	P	20	96	6	9	0	0	1.000	1.41
Bob Trice	P	19	119	11	21	3	4	.914	2.42
Johnny Gray	P	18	105	11	14	1	2	.962	2.14
Art Ditmar	P	14	39	4	5	1	1	.900	2.07
Morrie Martin	P	13	52	3	8	1	1	.917	1.90
Dutch Romberger	P	10	15	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.18
Ozzie Van Brabant	P	9	26	1	8	0	0	1.000	3.09
Bill Oster	P	8	15	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.78
Lee Wheat	P	8	28	3	3	0	1	1.000	1.92
Dick Rozek	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bobby Shantz	P	2	8	1	2	1	0	.750	3.38
Bill Upton	P	2	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Hal Raether	P	1	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	4.50
Carl Scheib	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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