1950 Philadelphia Athletics

52-102 • 0.338 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

52 Wins
102 Losses
0.338 Win %
8th Rank
670 R 913 RA
Diff -243

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670 Runs Scored
913 Runs Allowed
-243 Run Diff
323K Attendance

📈 vs. 1950 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 3% below the 1950 league average (.270)
OBP .346 2% below the 1950 league average (.353)
SLG .318 6% below the 1950 league average (.339)
Team ERA 5.49 20% worse than the 1950 league average (4.58)
Runs Scored 670 14% below the 1950 league average (782 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 323,395
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Avg per Game 4,199

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Joe Astroth 0.327 2 Paul Lehner 0.309 3 Bob Dillinger 0.309 4 Mike Guerra 0.282 5 Ferris Fain 0.282

Home Runs

1 Sam Chapman 23 2 Eddie Joost 18 3 Ferris Fain 10 4 Elmer Valo 10 5 Paul Lehner 9

RBI

1 Sam Chapman 95 2 Ferris Fain 83 3 Eddie Joost 58 4 Billy Hitchcock 54 5 Paul Lehner 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sam Chapman 144 553 93 139 0 0 23 95 68 79 3 0.251
Ferris Fain 151 522 83 147 0 0 10 83 133 26 8 0.282
Eddie Joost 131 476 79 111 0 0 18 58 103 68 5 0.233
Elmer Valo 129 446 62 125 0 0 10 46 82 22 12 0.280
Paul Lehner 114 427 48 132 0 0 9 52 32 33 1 0.309
Billy Hitchcock 115 399 35 109 0 0 1 54 45 32 3 0.273
Bob Dillinger 84 356 55 110 0 0 3 41 31 20 5 0.309
Kermit Wahl 89 280 26 72 0 0 2 27 30 30 1 0.257
Wally Moses 88 265 47 70 0 0 2 21 40 17 0 0.264
Mike Guerra 87 252 25 71 0 0 2 26 16 12 1 0.282
Pete Suder 77 248 34 61 0 0 8 35 23 31 2 0.246
Joe Tipton 64 184 15 49 0 0 6 20 19 16 0 0.266
Barney McCosky 66 179 19 43 0 0 0 11 22 12 0 0.240
Joe Astroth 39 110 11 36 0 0 1 18 18 3 0 0.327
Lou Brissie 46 87 5 15 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 0.172
Alex Kellner 36 80 5 16 0 0 0 3 4 13 0 0.200
Bobby Shantz 37 66 4 11 0 0 1 4 6 10 1 0.167
Hank Wyse 41 59 4 9 0 0 0 4 1 14 0 0.153
Bob Hooper 45 56 4 7 0 0 1 8 0 21 0 0.125
Carl Scheib 50 52 6 13 0 0 1 6 1 9 0 0.250
Dick Fowler 11 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.192
Joe Coleman 15 17 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 0.059
Bob Wellman 11 15 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.333
Roberto Ortiz 6 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.071
Joe Murray 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Johnny Kucab 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.111
Gene Markland 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.125
Moe Burtschy 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Ben Guintini 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Rinker 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Harry Byrd 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ed Klieman 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Les McCrabb 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lou Brissie 4.02 2 Bobby Shantz 4.61 3 Bob Hooper 5.02 4 Alex Kellner 5.47 5 Joe Murray 5.70

Wins

1 Bob Hooper 15 2 Hank Wyse 9 3 Alex Kellner 8 4 Bobby Shantz 8 5 Lou Brissie 7

Strikeouts

1 Lou Brissie 101 2 Bobby Shantz 93 3 Alex Kellner 85 4 Bob Hooper 58 5 Carl Scheib 37
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lou Brissie 7 19 4.02 46 31 8 246.0 117 101
Alex Kellner 8 20 5.47 36 29 2 225.1 112 85
Bobby Shantz 8 14 4.61 36 23 0 214.2 85 93
Hank Wyse 9 14 5.85 41 23 0 170.2 87 33
Bob Hooper 15 10 5.02 45 20 5 170.1 91 58
Carl Scheib 3 10 7.22 43 8 3 106.0 70 37
Dick Fowler 1 5 6.48 11 9 0 66.2 56 15
Joe Coleman 0 5 8.50 15 6 0 54.0 50 12
Joe Murray 0 3 5.70 8 2 0 30.0 21 8
Johnny Kucab 1 1 3.46 4 2 0 26.0 8 8
Moe Burtschy 0 1 7.11 9 1 0 19.0 21 12
Harry Byrd 0 0 16.88 6 0 0 10.2 9 2
Ed Klieman 0 0 9.53 5 0 0 5.2 2 0
Les McCrabb 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 1.1 0 2

👥 Roster (33)

Joe Astroth Lou Brissie Moe Burtschy Harry Byrd Sam Chapman Joe Coleman Bob Dillinger Ferris Fain Dick Fowler Mike Guerra Ben Guintini Billy Hitchcock +21 more

33 players

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