1951 Philadelphia Athletics

70-84 • 0.455 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
84 Losses
0.455 Win %
6th Rank
736 R 745 RA
Diff -9

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⚡ Quick Stats

736 Runs Scored
745 Runs Allowed
-9 Run Diff
462K Attendance

📈 vs. 1951 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 equal to the 1951 league average (.262)
OBP .345 2% above the 1951 league average (.338)
SLG .319 1% below the 1951 league average (.321)
Team ERA 4.47 8% worse than the 1951 league average (4.13)
Runs Scored 736 3% above the 1951 league average (714 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 462,250
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Avg per Game 5,851

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Carl Scheib 0.396 2 Ferris Fain 0.344 3 Billy Hitchcock 0.306 4 Elmer Valo 0.302 5 Eddie Joost 0.289

Home Runs

1 Gus Zernial 33 2 Eddie Joost 19 3 Dave Philley 7 4 Elmer Valo 7 5 Ferris Fain 6

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 125 2 Eddie Joost 78 3 Dave Philley 59 4 Ferris Fain 57 5 Elmer Valo 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Joost 140 553 107 160 0 0 19 78 106 70 10 0.289
Gus Zernial 139 552 90 151 0 0 33 125 61 99 2 0.274
Dave Philley 125 468 71 123 0 0 7 59 63 38 9 0.263
Elmer Valo 123 444 75 134 0 0 7 55 75 20 11 0.302
Pete Suder 123 440 46 108 0 0 1 42 30 42 5 0.245
Ferris Fain 117 425 63 146 0 0 6 57 80 20 0 0.344
Hank Majeski 89 323 41 92 0 0 5 42 35 24 1 0.285
Billy Hitchcock 77 222 27 68 0 0 1 36 21 23 2 0.306
Lou Limmer 94 214 25 34 0 0 5 30 28 40 1 0.159
Joe Tipton 72 213 23 51 0 0 3 20 51 25 1 0.239
Joe Astroth 64 187 30 46 0 0 2 19 18 13 0 0.246
Allie Clark 56 161 20 40 0 0 4 22 15 7 2 0.248
Lou Klein 49 144 22 33 0 0 5 17 10 12 0 0.229
Wally Moses 70 136 17 26 0 0 0 9 21 9 2 0.191
Ray Murray 40 122 10 26 0 0 0 13 14 8 0 0.213
Alex Kellner 33 79 5 18 0 0 0 9 1 13 0 0.228
Bob Hooper 38 72 8 15 0 0 1 8 1 19 0 0.208
Bobby Shantz 36 72 11 18 0 0 0 9 6 7 1 0.250
Sam Chapman 18 65 7 11 0 0 0 5 12 12 0 0.169
Kermit Wahl 20 59 4 11 0 0 0 6 9 5 0 0.186
Carl Scheib 48 53 9 21 0 0 2 8 1 5 0 0.396
Morrie Martin 35 50 12 11 0 0 0 4 3 11 0 0.220
Sam Zoldak 26 45 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.156
Dick Fowler 22 42 2 8 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0.190
Paul Lehner 9 28 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.143
Joe Coleman 28 27 2 7 0 0 0 5 2 12 0 0.259
Barney McCosky 12 27 4 8 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 0.296
Johnny Kucab 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0.000
Tod Davis 11 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.067
Ed Samcoff 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Lou Brissie 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Hank Wyse 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Moe Burtschy 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Bubba Harris 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Sam Zoldak 3.16 2 Morrie Martin 3.78 3 Bobby Shantz 3.94 4 Johnny Kucab 4.22 5 Bob Hooper 4.38

Wins

1 Bobby Shantz 18 2 Bob Hooper 12 3 Alex Kellner 11 4 Morrie Martin 11 5 Sam Zoldak 6

Strikeouts

1 Alex Kellner 94 2 Bobby Shantz 77 3 Bob Hooper 64 4 Carl Scheib 49 5 Morrie Martin 35
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Alex Kellner 11 14 4.46 33 29 2 209.2 93 94
Bobby Shantz 18 10 3.94 32 25 0 205.1 70 77
Bob Hooper 12 10 4.38 38 23 5 189.0 61 64
Carl Scheib 1 12 4.47 46 11 10 143.0 71 49
Morrie Martin 11 4 3.78 35 13 0 138.0 63 35
Sam Zoldak 6 10 3.16 26 18 0 128.0 24 18
Dick Fowler 5 11 5.62 22 22 0 125.0 72 29
Joe Coleman 1 6 5.98 28 9 1 96.1 59 34
Johnny Kucab 4 3 4.22 30 1 4 74.2 23 23
Moe Burtschy 0 0 5.29 7 0 0 17.0 12 4
Hank Wyse 1 2 7.98 9 1 0 14.2 8 5
Lou Brissie 0 2 6.75 2 2 0 13.1 8 3
Bubba Harris 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 5 2

👥 Roster (34)

Joe Astroth Lou Brissie Moe Burtschy Sam Chapman Allie Clark Joe Coleman Tod Davis Ferris Fain Dick Fowler Bubba Harris Billy Hitchcock Bob Hooper +22 more

34 players

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