1953 Philadelphia Athletics

59-95 • 0.383 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
95 Losses
0.383 Win %
7th Rank
632 R 799 RA
Diff -167

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⚡ Quick Stats

632 Runs Scored
799 Runs Allowed
-167 Run Diff
368K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 AL Average

Batting Avg .256 2% below the 1953 league average (.262)
OBP .318 4% below the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .320 1% below the 1953 league average (.324)
Team ERA 4.67 17% worse than the 1953 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 632 8% below the 1953 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 368,114
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Avg per Game 4,719

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Philley 0.303 2 Joe Astroth 0.296 3 Pete Suder 0.286 4 Gus Zernial 0.284 5 Ray Murray 0.284

Home Runs

1 Gus Zernial 42 2 Eddie Robinson 22 3 Cass Michaels 12 4 Dave Philley 9 5 Joe DeMaestri 6

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 108 2 Eddie Robinson 102 3 Dave Philley 59 4 Cass Michaels 42 5 Ray Murray 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Philley 157 620 80 188 0 0 9 59 51 35 13 0.303
Eddie Robinson 156 615 64 152 0 0 22 102 63 56 1 0.247
Gus Zernial 147 556 85 158 0 0 42 108 57 79 4 0.284
Pete Suder 115 454 44 130 0 0 4 35 17 35 3 0.286
Joe DeMaestri 111 420 53 107 0 0 6 35 24 39 0 0.255
Cass Michaels 117 411 53 103 0 0 12 42 51 56 7 0.251
Ed McGhee 104 358 36 94 0 0 1 29 32 43 4 0.263
Loren Babe 103 343 34 77 0 0 0 20 35 20 0 0.224
Ray Murray 84 268 25 76 0 0 6 41 18 25 0 0.284
Joe Astroth 82 260 28 77 0 0 3 24 27 12 1 0.296
Eddie Joost 51 177 39 44 0 0 6 15 45 24 3 0.249
Carmen Mauro 64 165 14 44 0 0 0 17 19 21 3 0.267
Elmer Valo 50 85 15 19 0 0 0 9 22 7 0 0.224
Harry Byrd 40 81 9 18 0 0 0 6 1 13 0 0.222
Allie Clark 20 74 6 15 0 0 3 13 3 5 0 0.203
Marion Fricano 46 69 6 10 0 0 0 1 4 30 1 0.145
Alex Kellner 25 69 4 15 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.217
Charlie Bishop 40 56 2 5 0 0 0 6 2 27 0 0.089
Tom Hamilton 58 56 8 11 0 0 0 5 7 11 0 0.196
Kite Thomas 24 49 1 6 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0.122
Neal Watlington 21 44 4 7 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.159
Morrie Martin 58 42 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 16 0 0.095
Carl Scheib 35 41 4 8 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0.195
Tommy Giordano 11 40 6 7 0 0 2 5 5 6 0 0.175
Bobby Shantz 21 38 6 9 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 0.237
Joe Coleman 21 28 1 8 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.286
Frank Fanovich 26 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.182
Bob Trice 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.143
Spider Wilhelm 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.286
Bobo Newsom 17 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Rinty Monahan 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Rozek 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Don Kolloway 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Harrington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Walt Kellner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Mackinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Marion Fricano 3.88 2 Alex Kellner 3.93 3 Joe Coleman 4.00 4 Bobby Shantz 4.09 5 Morrie Martin 4.43

Wins

1 Harry Byrd 11 2 Alex Kellner 11 3 Morrie Martin 10 4 Marion Fricano 9 5 Bobby Shantz 5

Strikeouts

1 Harry Byrd 122 2 Alex Kellner 81 3 Marion Fricano 67 4 Charlie Bishop 66 5 Morrie Martin 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harry Byrd 11 20 5.51 40 37 0 236.2 115 122
Marion Fricano 9 12 3.88 39 23 0 211.0 90 67
Alex Kellner 11 12 3.93 25 25 0 201.2 51 81
Charlie Bishop 3 14 5.66 39 20 2 160.2 86 66
Morrie Martin 10 12 4.43 58 11 7 156.1 59 64
Bobby Shantz 5 9 4.09 16 16 0 105.2 26 58
Carl Scheib 3 7 4.88 28 8 2 96.0 29 25
Joe Coleman 3 4 4.00 21 9 0 90.0 49 18
Frank Fanovich 0 3 5.55 26 3 0 61.2 37 37
Bobo Newsom 2 1 4.89 17 2 0 38.2 24 16
Bob Trice 2 1 5.48 3 3 0 23.0 6 4
Rinty Monahan 0 0 4.22 4 0 0 10.2 7 2
Dick Rozek 0 0 5.06 2 0 0 10.2 9 2
Walt Kellner 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 4 4
Bill Harrington 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 0
John Mackinson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 2 0

👥 Roster (36)

Joe Astroth Loren Babe Charlie Bishop Harry Byrd Allie Clark Joe Coleman Joe DeMaestri Frank Fanovich Marion Fricano Tommy Giordano Tom Hamilton Bill Harrington +24 more

36 players

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