1953 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 59-95
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 362,113, Avg. 5,937
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (59-95)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1953 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1953 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Athletics scored 632 runs and gave up 799 runs. Gus Zernial walloped 42 home runs for Philadelphia, while Eddie Robinson swatted 20 or more also. Gus Zernial drove in 108 runs. Dave Philley led hitters with significant playing time with a .303 average. Harry Byrd and Alex Kellner topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Marion Fricano registered a 3.88 earned run average, best 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
Alex Kellner	11	12	.478	3.93	25	25	0	14	2	0	201.7	210	98	88	8	51	81	4	0	10	849
Harry Byrd	11	20	.355	5.51	40	37	0	11	2	0	236.7	279	155	145	23	115	122	14	1	6	1090
Morrie Martin	10	12	.455	4.43	58	11	41	2	0	7	156.3	158	85	77	12	59	64	8	0	7	679
Marion Fricano	9	12	.429	3.88	39	23	10	10	0	0	211.0	206	105	91	21	90	67	6	1	3	909
Bobby Shantz	5	9	.357	4.09	16	16	0	6	0	0	105.7	107	52	48	10	26	58	0	0	3	437
Joe Coleman	3	4	.429	4.00	21	9	9	2	1	0	90.0	85	46	40	8	49	18	1	0	3	388
Carl Scheib	3	7	.300	4.88	28	8	13	3	0	2	96.0	99	57	52	9	29	25	7	0	3	423
Charlie Bishop	3	14	.176	5.66	39	20	11	1	1	2	160.7	174	106	101	15	86	66	5	0	5	720
Bobo Newsom	2	1	.667	4.89	17	2	9	1	0	0	38.7	44	24	21	3	24	16	5	0	0	187
Bob Trice	2	1	.667	5.48	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.0	25	14	14	4	6	4	0	0	0	97
John Mackinson	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7
Rinty Monahan	0	0		4.22	4	0	2	0	0	0	10.7	11	5	5	0	7	2	0	0	3	47
Dick Rozek	0	0		5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	8	6	6	3	9	2	0	0	0	46
Walt Kellner	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	0	4	4	1	0	0	14
Bill Harrington	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Frank Fanovich	0	3	.000	5.55	26	3	9	0	0	0	61.7	62	41	38	5	37	37	6	0	7	282
Totals	59	95	.383	4.67	322	157	106	51	6	11	1409.0	1475	799	731	121	594	566	57	2	51	6186

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Dave Philley	157	677	620	80	188	30	9	9	59	13	5	51	35	.303	.358	.424	.782	263	22	2	4
Gus Zernial	147	617	556	85	158	21	3	42	108	4	0	57	79	.284	.355	.559	.914	311	12	4	0
Eddie Robinson	156	685	615	64	152	28	4	22	102	1	2	63	56	.247	.322	.413	.735	254	13	5	2
Pete Suder	115	474	454	44	130	11	3	4	35	3	3	17	35	.286	.312	.350	.662	159	10	0	3
Joe DeMaestri	111	452	420	53	107	17	3	6	35	0	1	24	39	.255	.297	.352	.649	148	15	1	7
Cass Michaels	117	469	411	53	103	10	0	12	42	7	0	51	56	.251	.335	.363	.697	149	6	1	6
Ed McGhee	104	399	358	36	94	11	4	1	29	4	3	32	43	.263	.328	.324	.652	116	12	3	6
Joe Astroth	82	289	260	28	77	15	2	3	24	1	0	27	12	.296	.367	.404	.771	105	11	2	0
Loren Babe	103	383	343	34	77	16	2	0	20	0	1	35	20	.224	.300	.283	.583	97	9	2	3
Ray Murray	84	289	268	25	76	14	3	6	41	0	0	18	25	.284	.331	.425	.756	114	6	1	2
Carmen Mauro	64	184	165	14	44	4	4	0	17	3	4	19	21	.267	.342	.339	.682	56	6	0	0
Eddie Joost	51	224	177	39	44	6	0	6	15	3	2	45	24	.249	.401	.384	.785	68	1	0	2
Elmer Valo	50	107	85	15	19	3	0	0	9	0	1	22	7	.224	.383	.259	.642	22	2	0	0
Harry Byrd	40	85	81	9	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	13	.222	.232	.222	.454	18	3	0	3
Alex Kellner	25	79	69	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.217	.270	.246	.517	17	3	2	5
Allie Clark	20	78	74	6	15	4	0	3	13	0	0	3	5	.203	.234	.378	.612	28	2	0	1
Tom Hamilton	58	63	56	8	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	11	.196	.286	.232	.518	13	2	0	0
Marion Fricano	46	76	69	6	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	30	.145	.192	.159	.351	11	0	0	3
Bobby Shantz	21	41	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	.237	.275	.316	.591	12	0	0	1
Joe Coleman	21	29	28	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.286	.310	.357	.667	10	0	0	0
Carl Scheib	35	43	41	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	.195	.233	.195	.428	8	1	0	0
Tommy Giordano	11	45	40	6	7	2	0	2	5	0	1	5	6	.175	.267	.375	.642	15	0	0	0
Neal Watlington	21	47	44	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	8	.159	.213	.182	.395	8	1	0	0
Kite Thomas	24	52	49	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.122	.173	.122	.296	6	2	0	0
Charlie Bishop	40	58	56	2	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	27	.089	.121	.125	.246	7	0	0	0
Morrie Martin	58	44	42	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.095	.095	.095	.190	4	1	0	2
Spider Wilhelm	7	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0
Frank Fanovich	26	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	0	0
Bobo Newsom	17	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1
Bob Trice	3	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.250	.286	.536	2	0	1	0
Dick Rozek	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Rinty Monahan	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Don Kolloway	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
John Mackinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Walt Kellner	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bill Harrington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1826	6028	5455	632	1398	205	38	116	588	41	24	498	602	.256	.321	.372	.693	2027	141	24	51

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Robinson	1B	155	1366	71	17	135	.988	9.271	0
Tom Hamilton	1B	7	22	2	0	0	1.000	3.429	0
Pete Suder	2B	38	89	105	3	23	.985	5.105	0
Cass Michaels	2B	110	304	302	19	81	.970	5.509	0
Tommy Giordano	2B	11	31	32	1	11	.984	5.727	0
Pete Suder	3B	72	89	174	7	19	.974	3.653	0
Dave Philley	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Carmen Mauro	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Don Kolloway	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Loren Babe	3B	93	114	192	16	24	.950	3.290	0
Neal Watlington	C	9	37	7	1	2	.978	4.889	0
Ray Murray	C	78	330	45	4	8	.989	4.808	8
Joe Astroth	C	79	341	47	5	13	.987	4.911	7
Gus Zernial	OF	141	300	17	9	2	.972	2.248	0
Elmer Valo	OF	25	46	1	0	1	1.000	1.880	0
Kite Thomas	OF	15	31	0	0	0	1.000	2.067	0
Dave Philley	OF	157	296	18	6	0	.981	2.000	0
Ed McGhee	OF	99	319	4	6	0	.982	3.263	0
Carmen Mauro	OF	49	119	5	4	0	.969	2.531	0
Tom Hamilton	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Allie Clark	OF	19	33	2	0	0	1.000	1.842	0
Bob Trice	P	3	2	8	0	2	1.000	3.333	0
Bobby Shantz	P	16	10	21	1	3	.969	1.938	0
Carl Scheib	P	28	4	16	1	1	.952	.714	0
Dick Rozek	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Bobo Newsom	P	17	1	7	0	1	1.000	.471	0
Rinty Monahan	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Morrie Martin	P	58	2	26	0	4	1.000	.483	0
John Mackinson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Walt Kellner	P	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Alex Kellner	P	25	5	28	2	2	.943	1.320	0
Bill Harrington	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Marion Fricano	P	39	8	28	0	2	1.000	.923	0
Frank Fanovich	P	26	2	8	2	0	.833	.385	0
Joe Coleman	P	21	1	10	0	1	1.000	.524	0
Harry Byrd	P	40	6	35	2	1	.953	1.025	0
Charlie Bishop	P	39	5	36	0	3	1.000	1.051	0
Spider Wilhelm	SS	6	2	5	1	0	.875	1.167	0
Pete Suder	SS	7	11	11	1	2	.957	3.143	0
Eddie Joost	SS	51	102	147	11	33	.958	4.882	0
Joe DeMaestri	SS	108	191	297	18	53	.964	4.519	0
Loren Babe	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Totals		1657	4219	1710	137	428	.977	3.578	15

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