1952 Philadelphia Athletics

79-75 • 0.513 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
75 Losses
0.513 Win %
4th Rank
664 R 723 RA
Diff -59

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664 Runs Scored
723 Runs Allowed
-59 Run Diff
631K Attendance

📈 vs. 1952 AL Average

Batting Avg .252 equal to the 1952 league average (.252)
OBP .340 4% above the 1952 league average (.326)
SLG .304 1% below the 1952 league average (.308)
Team ERA 4.15 13% worse than the 1952 league average (3.67)
Runs Scored 664 2% above the 1952 league average (649 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 631,416
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Avg per Game 8,095

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ferris Fain 0.327 2 Elmer Valo 0.281 3 Allie Clark 0.274 4 Dave Philley 0.263 5 Gus Zernial 0.262

Home Runs

1 Gus Zernial 29 2 Eddie Joost 20 3 Allie Clark 7 4 Dave Philley 7 5 Kite Thomas 6

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 100 2 Eddie Joost 75 3 Dave Philley 71 4 Ferris Fain 59 5 Billy Hitchcock 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Philley 151 586 80 154 0 0 7 71 59 35 11 0.263
Gus Zernial 145 549 76 144 0 0 29 100 70 87 5 0.262
Eddie Joost 146 540 94 132 0 0 20 75 122 94 5 0.244
Ferris Fain 145 538 82 176 0 0 2 59 105 26 3 0.327
Billy Hitchcock 119 407 45 100 0 0 1 56 39 45 1 0.246
Elmer Valo 129 388 69 109 0 0 5 47 101 16 12 0.281
Joe Astroth 104 337 24 84 0 0 1 36 25 27 2 0.249
Pete Suder 74 228 22 55 0 0 1 20 16 17 1 0.241
Skeeter Kell 75 213 24 47 0 0 0 17 14 18 5 0.221
Cass Michaels 55 200 22 50 0 0 1 18 23 11 3 0.250
Allie Clark 71 186 23 51 0 0 7 29 10 19 0 0.274
Ray Murray 44 136 14 28 0 0 1 10 9 13 0 0.206
Hank Majeski 34 117 14 30 0 0 2 20 19 10 0 0.256
Kite Thomas 75 116 24 29 0 0 6 18 20 27 0 0.250
Bobby Shantz 34 96 13 19 0 0 0 12 5 9 0 0.198
Alex Kellner 34 82 6 17 0 0 1 10 1 9 0 0.207
Carl Scheib 44 82 4 18 0 0 0 7 0 9 1 0.220
Harry Byrd 37 75 4 10 0 0 0 2 3 21 0 0.133
Joe Tipton 23 68 6 13 0 0 3 8 15 10 0 0.191
Sherry Robertson 43 60 8 12 0 0 0 5 21 15 1 0.200
Bob Hooper 43 41 3 8 0 0 2 3 1 10 0 0.195
Sam Zoldak 16 23 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.174
Hal Bevan 8 17 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0.353
Dick Fowler 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Bobo Newsom 14 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.133
Tom Hamilton 9 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.200
Johnny Kucab 28 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Charlie Bishop 6 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.111
Morrie Martin 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.111
Ed Wright 24 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Jack Littrell 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Walt Kellner 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Marion Fricano 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tex Hoyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Matarazzo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bobby Shantz 2.48 2 Harry Byrd 3.31 3 Bobo Newsom 3.59 4 Sam Zoldak 4.06 5 Alex Kellner 4.36

Wins

1 Bobby Shantz 24 2 Harry Byrd 15 3 Alex Kellner 12 4 Carl Scheib 11 5 Bob Hooper 8

Strikeouts

1 Bobby Shantz 152 2 Harry Byrd 116 3 Alex Kellner 105 4 Carl Scheib 42 5 Bob Hooper 40
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobby Shantz 24 7 2.48 33 33 0 279.2 63 152
Alex Kellner 12 14 4.36 34 33 0 231.1 86 105
Harry Byrd 15 15 3.31 37 28 2 228.1 98 116
Carl Scheib 11 7 4.39 30 19 2 158.0 50 42
Bob Hooper 8 15 5.18 43 14 6 144.1 68 40
Sam Zoldak 0 6 4.06 16 10 1 75.1 25 12
Dick Fowler 1 2 6.44 18 3 0 58.2 28 14
Johnny Kucab 0 1 5.26 25 0 2 51.1 20 17
Bobo Newsom 3 3 3.59 14 5 1 47.2 23 22
Ed Wright 2 1 6.53 24 0 1 41.1 20 9
Charlie Bishop 2 2 6.46 6 5 0 30.2 24 17
Morrie Martin 0 2 6.39 5 5 0 25.1 15 13
Marion Fricano 1 0 1.80 2 0 0 5.0 1 0
Walt Kellner 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 4.0 3 2
Tex Hoyle 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 2.1 1 1
Len Matarazzo 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

👥 Roster (35)

Joe Astroth Hal Bevan Charlie Bishop Harry Byrd Allie Clark Ferris Fain Dick Fowler Marion Fricano Tom Hamilton Billy Hitchcock Bob Hooper Tex Hoyle +23 more

35 players

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