1954 Philadelphia Athletics

51-103 • 0.331 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

51 Wins
103 Losses
0.331 Win %
8th Rank
542 R 875 RA
Diff -333

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⚡ Quick Stats

542 Runs Scored
875 Runs Allowed
-333 Run Diff
305K Attendance

📈 vs. 1954 AL Average

Batting Avg .235 8% below the 1954 league average (.256)
OBP .303 8% below the 1954 league average (.330)
SLG .290 8% below the 1954 league average (.315)
Team ERA 5.18 39% worse than the 1954 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 542 17% below the 1954 league average (650 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 305,526
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Avg per Game 3,967

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jim Finigan 0.302 2 Spook Jacobs 0.258 3 Billy Shantz 0.256 4 Vic Power 0.255 5 Gus Zernial 0.250

Home Runs

1 Bill Wilson 15 2 Lou Limmer 14 3 Gus Zernial 14 4 Bill Renna 13 5 Joe DeMaestri 8

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 62 2 Bill Renna 53 3 Jim Finigan 51 4 Joe DeMaestri 40 5 Vic Power 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Joe DeMaestri 146 539 49 124 0 0 8 40 20 63 1 0.230
Spook Jacobs 132 508 63 131 0 0 0 26 60 22 17 0.258
Jim Finigan 136 487 57 147 0 0 7 51 64 66 2 0.302
Vic Power 127 462 36 118 0 0 8 38 19 19 2 0.255
Bill Renna 123 422 52 98 0 0 13 53 41 60 1 0.232
Gus Zernial 97 336 42 84 0 0 14 62 30 60 0 0.250
Bill Wilson 94 323 43 77 0 0 15 33 39 59 1 0.238
Lou Limmer 115 316 41 73 0 0 14 32 35 37 2 0.231
Don Bollweg 103 268 35 60 0 0 5 24 35 33 1 0.224
Joe Astroth 77 226 22 50 0 0 1 23 21 19 0 0.221
Elmer Valo 95 224 28 48 0 0 1 33 51 18 2 0.214
Pete Suder 69 205 8 41 0 0 0 16 7 16 0 0.200
Billy Shantz 51 164 13 42 0 0 1 17 17 23 0 0.256
Jim Robertson 63 147 9 27 0 0 0 8 23 25 0 0.184
Arnie Portocarrero 34 75 3 8 0 0 1 2 5 30 0 0.107
Joe Taylor 18 58 5 13 0 0 1 8 2 9 0 0.224
Alex Kellner 27 55 2 10 0 0 0 6 2 8 0 0.182
Ed McGhee 21 53 5 11 0 0 2 9 4 8 0 0.208
Eddie Joost 19 47 7 17 0 0 1 9 10 10 0 0.362
Bob Trice 20 42 6 12 0 0 1 5 3 10 0 0.286
Marion Fricano 42 41 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.098
Johnny Gray 19 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.029
Charlie Bishop 22 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.121
Jack Littrell 9 30 7 9 0 0 1 3 6 3 1 0.300
Sonny Dixon 38 28 2 7 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0.250
Al Sima 29 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0.050
Moe Burtschy 46 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.118
Morrie Martin 13 17 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.235
Art Ditmar 14 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.125
Lee Wheat 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Ozzie Van Brabant 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.200
Bill Oster 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Bobby Shantz 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Dutch Romberger 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Hal Raether 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Rozek 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carl Scheib 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Upton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Moe Burtschy 3.80 2 Arnie Portocarrero 4.06 3 Charlie Bishop 4.41 4 Sonny Dixon 4.86 5 Marion Fricano 5.16

Wins

1 Arnie Portocarrero 9 2 Bob Trice 7 3 Alex Kellner 6 4 Moe Burtschy 5 5 Sonny Dixon 5

Strikeouts

1 Arnie Portocarrero 132 2 Alex Kellner 69 3 Moe Burtschy 54 4 Johnny Gray 51 5 Marion Fricano 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Arnie Portocarrero 9 18 4.06 34 33 0 248.0 114 132
Alex Kellner 6 17 5.39 27 27 0 173.2 88 69
Marion Fricano 5 11 5.16 37 20 1 151.2 64 43
Bob Trice 7 8 5.60 19 18 0 119.0 48 22
Sonny Dixon 5 7 4.86 38 6 4 107.1 27 42
Johnny Gray 3 12 6.51 18 16 0 105.0 91 51
Charlie Bishop 4 6 4.41 20 12 1 96.0 50 34
Moe Burtschy 5 4 3.80 46 0 4 94.2 53 54
Al Sima 2 5 5.22 29 7 2 79.1 32 36
Morrie Martin 2 4 5.47 13 6 0 52.2 19 24
Art Ditmar 1 4 6.41 14 5 0 39.1 36 14
Lee Wheat 0 2 5.72 8 1 0 28.1 9 7
Ozzie Van Brabant 0 2 7.09 9 2 0 26.2 18 10
Bill Oster 0 1 6.32 8 1 0 15.2 12 5
Dutch Romberger 1 1 11.49 10 0 0 15.2 12 6
Bobby Shantz 1 0 7.88 2 1 0 8.0 3 3
Bill Upton 0 0 1.80 2 0 1 5.0 1 2
Hal Raether 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 4 0
Carl Scheib 0 1 22.50 1 1 0 2.0 1 1
Dick Rozek 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 1.1 3 0

👥 Roster (38)

Joe Astroth Charlie Bishop Don Bollweg Moe Burtschy Joe DeMaestri Art Ditmar Sonny Dixon Jim Finigan Marion Fricano Johnny Gray Spook Jacobs Eddie Joost +26 more

38 players

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