1953 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Connie Mack Stadium |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Earle Mack & Roy Mack |
General managers | Arthur Ehlers |
Managers | Jimmy Dykes |
Television | WPTZ/ WCAU/ WFIL |
Radio |
WIBG ( By Saam, Claude Haring) |
The 1953 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, 41+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who would win their fifth consecutive World Series Championship. It was also the penultimate season for the franchise in Philadelphia.
During the season, Bob Trice became the first black player in the history of the Athletics. [3]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 52 | 0.656 | — | 50–27 | 49–25 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 8½ | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 11½ | 41–36 | 48–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 38–38 | 46–31 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 23½ | 39–36 | 37–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 40½ | 30–47 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 41½ | 27–50 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 46½ | 23–54 | 31–46 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 10–11 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 11–11–1 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 11–11–3 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 12–10 | 3–19 | 11–11–3 | 5–17 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 5–17 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — |
1953 Philadelphia Athletics | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Ray Murray | 84 | 268 | 76 | .284 | 6 | 41 |
1B | Eddie Robinson | 156 | 615 | 152 | .247 | 22 | 102 |
2B | Cass Michaels | 117 | 411 | 103 | .251 | 12 | 42 |
SS | Joe DeMaestri | 111 | 420 | 107 | .255 | 6 | 35 |
3B | Loren Babe | 103 | 343 | 77 | .224 | 0 | 20 |
OF | Gus Zernial | 147 | 556 | 158 | .284 | 42 | 108 |
OF | Ed McGhee | 104 | 358 | 94 | .263 | 1 | 29 |
OF | Dave Philley | 157 | 620 | 188 | .303 | 9 | 59 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Pete Suder | 115 | 454 | 130 | .286 | 4 | 35 |
Joe Astroth | 82 | 260 | 77 | .296 | 3 | 24 |
Eddie Joost | 51 | 177 | 44 | .249 | 6 | 15 |
Carmen Mauro | 64 | 165 | 44 | .267 | 0 | 17 |
Elmer Valo | 50 | 85 | 19 | .224 | 0 | 9 |
Allie Clark | 20 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 3 | 13 |
Tom Hamilton | 58 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 0 | 5 |
Kite Thomas | 24 | 49 | 6 | .122 | 0 | 2 |
Neal Watlington | 21 | 44 | 7 | .159 | 0 | 3 |
Tommy Giordano | 11 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 2 | 5 |
Spider Wilhelm | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Don Kolloway | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Harry Byrd | 40 | 236.2 | 11 | 20 | 5.51 | 122 |
Alex Kellner | 25 | 201.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.93 | 81 |
Bobby Shantz | 16 | 105.2 | 5 | 9 | 4.09 | 58 |
Bob Trice | 3 | 23.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.48 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Marion Fricano | 39 | 211.0 | 9 | 12 | 3.88 | 67 |
Charlie Bishop | 39 | 160.2 | 3 | 14 | 5.66 | 66 |
Morrie Martin | 58 | 156.1 | 10 | 12 | 4.43 | 64 |
Carl Scheib | 28 | 96.0 | 3 | 7 | 4.88 | 25 |
Joe Coleman | 21 | 90.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 | 18 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Frank Fanovich | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.55 | 37 |
Bobo Newsom | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.89 | 16 |
Rinty Monahan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 2 |
Dick Rozek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |
Walt Kellner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 |
Bill Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
John Mackinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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