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1954 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 51-103, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 542 runs, Allowed 875 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-109 Managed by Eddie Joost Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 304,666 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 105   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Astroth         31   77  226   22   50   8  1   1   23  21   19  .221  .296  .279   0   0   2   3   2   0       59
1B *Lou Limmer          29  115  316   41   73  10  3  14   32  35   37  .231  .305  .415   2   3   6   0   2   3       96
2B  Spook Jacobs        28  132  508   63  131  11  1   0   26  60   22  .258  .336  .283  17   3   5   0   6   1       72
3B  Jim Finigan         25  136  487   57  147  25  6   7   51  64   66  .302  .381  .421   2   8  17   0   6   3      120
SS  Joe DeMaestri       25  146  539   49  124  16  3   8   40  20   63  .230  .258  .315   1   4  10   3   3   7       57
OF  Bill Renna          29  123  422   52   98  15  4  13   53  41   60  .232  .302  .379   1   3   7   3   4   4       86
OF  Vic Power           26  127  462   36  118  17  5   8   38  19   19  .255  .287  .366   2   1  16   2   0   2       78
OF  Bill Wilson         25   94  323   43   77  10  1  15   33  39   59  .238  .334  .415   1   2   4   8   0   1      105
    Gus Zernial         31   97  336   42   84   8  2  14   62  30   60  .250  .316  .411   0   0   8   4   0   3       99
   *Don Bollweg         33  103  268   35   60  15  3   5   24  35   33  .224  .319  .358   1   0   4   3   0   1       86
   *Elmer Valo          33   95  224   28   48  11  6   1   33  51   18  .214  .356  .330   2   1   2   0   3   3       90
    Pete Suder          38   69  205    8   41  11  1   0   16   7   16  .200  .225  .263   0   0   6   0   2   1       34
    Billy Shantz        26   51  164   13   42   9  3   1   17  17   23  .256  .326  .366   0   0   5   0   0   0       90
    Jim Robertson       26   63  147    9   27   8  0   0    8  23   25  .184  .298  .238   0   0   2   1   2   0       49
    Joe Taylor          28   18   58    5   13   1  1   1    8   2    9  .224  .250  .328   0   1   2   0   0   0       58
    Ed McGhee           29   21   53    5   11   2  0   2    9   4    8  .208  .259  .358   0   1   0   0   0   1       68
    Eddie Joost         38   19   47    7   17   3  0   1    9  10   10  .362  .474  .489   0   1   4   0   0   0      165
    Jack Littrell       25    9   30    7    9   2  0   1    3   6    3  .300  .417  .467   1   0   2   0   0   0      143

    Arnie Portocarrero  22   34   75    3    8   0  1   1    2   5   30  .107  .163  .173   0   0   0   0   7   0       -8
    Alex Kellner        29   27   55    2   10   2  0   0    6   2    8  .182  .207  .218   0   0   1   0   5   1       17
    Bob Trice           27   20   42    6   12   3  0   1    5   3   10  .286  .348  .429   0   0   0   1   0   0      113
    Marion Fricano      30   42   41    3    4   0  0   0    0   1   12  .098  .119  .098   0   1   1   0   6   0      -40
    Johnny Gray         27   19   34    0    1   0  0   0    0   1   15  .029  .057  .029   0   0   0   0   1   0      -76
    Charlie Bishop      30   22   33    1    4   1  0   0    0   0   15  .121  .121  .152   0   0   0   0   1   0      -25
   #Sonny Dixon         29   38   28    2    7   2  0   0    2   2    9  .250  .300  .321   0   0   0   0   0   0       71
    Al Sima             32   29   20    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    7  .050  .050  .050   0   0   0   0   2   0      -72
    Moe Burtschy        32   46   17    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .118  .167  .118   0   0   1   0   0   0      -21
   *Morrie Martin       31   13   17    0    4   1  0   0    0   0    4  .235  .235  .294   0   0   0   0   1   0       45
    Art Ditmar          25   14    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .125  .300  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0       20
    Lee Wheat           24    8    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .125  .125  .125   0   0   1   0   0   0      -31
    Ozzie Van Brabant   27    9    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    2  .200  .429  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0       77
   *Bill Oster          21    8    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0       84
    Bobby Shantz        28    7    3    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0       84
    Dutch Romberger     27   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0       -2
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  156 5206  542 1228 191 41  94  503 504  677  .236  .303  .342  30  29 106  28  54  31       84
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    7    8   6  5   4        6    2     8     8     7   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Arnie Portocarrero  22  34   4.06   9  18  0  33   0  16   1  248.0  233  124  112  25  114  132 1086   9   5  0      96
SP *Alex Kellner        29  27   5.39   6  17  0  27   0   8   1  173.7  204  118  104  16   88   69  793   4   6  0      73
SP  Marion Fricano      30  37   5.16   5  11  1  20  10   4   0  151.7  163   98   87  17   64   43  672   3   4  1      76
SP  Bob Trice           27  19   5.60   7   8  0  18   1   8   1  119.0  146   86   74  14   48   22  540   1   0  1      70
SP  Johnny Gray         27  18   6.51   3  12  0  16   1   5   0  105.0  111   83   76  10   91   51  501   4   0  0      60
SP  Charlie Bishop      30  20   4.41   4   6  1  12   4   4   0   96.0   98   49   47  10   50   34  427   0   5  0      89

RP  Moe Burtschy        32  46   3.80   5   4  4   0  30   0   0   94.7   80   45   40   7   53   54  413   7   8  0     103
RP  Sonny Dixon         29  38   4.86   5   7  4   6  23   1   0  107.3  136   63   58   8   27   42  483   1   3  1      80
RP *Al Sima             32  29   5.22   2   5  2   7  11   1   0   79.3  101   51   46   9   32   36  362   2   0  0      75
RP  Dutch Romberger     27  10  11.49   1   1  0   0   2   0   0   15.7   28   20   20   3   12    6   83   0   0  0      34

   *Morrie Martin       31  13   5.47   2   4  0   6   3   2   0   52.7   57   32   32   9   19   24  232   0   2  0      71
    Art Ditmar          25  14   6.41   1   4  0   5   8   0   0   39.3   50   35   28   4   36   14  199   3   1  0      61
    Lee Wheat           24   8   5.72   0   2  0   1   5   0   0   28.3   38   18   18   1    9    7  137   0   1  1      68
    Ozzie Van Brabant   27   9   7.09   0   2  0   2   2   0   0   26.7   35   23   21   3   18   10  124   2   1  1      55
   *Bill Oster          21   8   6.32   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   15.7   19   15   11   2   12    5   75   1   0  0      62
   *Bobby Shantz        28   2   7.88   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    8.0   12    7    7   2    3    3   38   0   1  0      50
    Bill Upton          25   2   1.80   0   0  1   0   2   0   0    5.0    6    1    1   1    1    2   22   2   0  0     217
    Hal Raether         21   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1    1    1   0    4    0    9   0   0  1      87
    Carl Scheib         27   1  22.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.0    5    5    5   0    1    1   12   0   1  0      17
   *Dick Rozek          27   2   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    0    1    1   0    3    0    9   1   1  0      58
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7 156   5.18  51 103 13 156 107  49   3 1371.0 1523  875  789 141  685  555 6217  40  39  6      75
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   8   1  5           7   8      8    8    8        8    7    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JAstroth 71 300 39 4 5 .988 4 BShantz 51 170 28 5 1 .975 5 JRobertson 50 207 18 6 6 .974 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 677 85 15 12 .981 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LLimmer 79 597 56 8 63 .988 8.27 DBollweg 71 530 51 13 55 .978 8.18 VPower 21 150 12 2 17 .988 7.71 GZernial 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1282 119 23 135 .984 9.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SJacobs 131 347 300 17 98 .974 4.94 PSuder 35 71 75 6 23 .961 4.17 JDeMaestri 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 EJoost 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 419 380 23 122 .972 5.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFinigan 136 151 305 25 34 .948 3.35 PSuder 20 26 59 2 2 .977 4.25 EJoost 5 4 11 0 1 1.000 3.00 JDeMaestri 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 VPower 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 181 377 27 37 .954 3.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDeMaestri 142 285 406 25 90 .965 4.87 EJoost 9 9 17 1 3 .963 2.89 JLittrell 9 19 22 1 8 .976 4.56 PSuder 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 VPower 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 316 445 28 101 .965 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BRenna 115 226 13 7 5 .972 2.08 1 1 114 VPower 101 256 13 4 3 .985 2.66 33 56 12 BWilson 91 270 7 3 4 .989 3.04 0 91 0 GZernial 90 180 4 9 1 .953 2.04 90 0 0 EValo 62 135 3 5 1 .965 2.23 34 0 30 JTaylor 16 32 1 2 0 .943 2.06 9 0 8 EMcGhee 13 42 0 3 0 .933 3.23 2 11 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1141 41 33 14 .973 2.59 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .959 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- APortocarre 34 15 22 4 0 .902 1.34 AKellner 27 6 32 0 2 1.000 1.97 MFricano 37 9 20 3 2 .906 1.72 BTrice 19 11 21 3 4 .914 2.42 SDixon 38 10 30 1 1 .976 3.36 JGray 18 11 14 1 2 .962 2.14 CBishop 20 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.41 MBurtschy 46 7 15 3 2 .880 2.09 ASima 29 1 12 2 0 .867 1.48 MMartin 13 3 8 1 1 .917 1.88 ADitmar 14 4 5 1 1 .900 2.06 LWheat 8 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.91 OVan Braban 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.03 BOster 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.72 DRomberger 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 BShantz 2 1 2 1 0 .750 3.38 BUpton 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 CScheib 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HRaether 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 DRozek 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 88 208 20 17 .937 1.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Finigan .302 On-base % Finigan .381 Slugging % Finigan .421 OPS Finigan .802 Games DeMaestri 146 At Bats DeMaestri 539 Plate Appearances (approx.) Jacobs 575 Runs Jacobs 63 Hits Finigan 147 Total Bases Finigan 205 Doubles Finigan 25 Triples Finigan and Valo 6 Home Runs Wilson 15 RBI Zernial 62 Bases on Balls Finigan 64 Strikeouts Finigan 66 Stolen Bases Jacobs 17 Singles Jacobs 119 Adjusted OPS+ Finigan 120 Runs Created Finigan 76 Adjusted Batting Runs Finigan 15 Batting Wins Finigan 1.5 Extra-Base Hits Finigan 38 Times on Base Finigan 211 Offensive Win% Finigan .611 Hit By Pitch Wilson 8 Sac. Hits Portocarrero 7 Sac. Flies DeMaestri 7 Grounded into Double Plays Finigan 17 Caught Stealing Finigan 8 Power/Speed Number Limmer 3.5 At Bats per Strikeout Power 24.3 At Bats per Home Run Power 57.8 Outs DeMaestri 439

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Portocarrero 4.06 Wins Portocarrero 9 Won-Loss % Trice .467 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Portocarrero 1.399 Hits Allowed/9IP Portocarrero 8.46 Bases on Balls/9IP Portocarrero 4.14 Strikeouts/9IP Portocarrero 4.79 Games Burtschy 46 Saves Burtschy and Dixon 4 Innings Portocarrero 248.0 Strikeouts Portocarrero 132 Games Started Portocarrero 33 Comp. Games Portocarrero 16 Shutouts Kellner, Portocarrero, and Trice 1 Home Runs Allow. Portocarrero 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Portocarrero 114 Hits Allowed Portocarrero 233 SO to Walk Portocarrero 1.16 Losses Portocarrero 18 Earned Runs Allow. Portocarrero 112 Wild Pitches Portocarrero 9 Hit Batsmen Burtschy 8 Batters Faced Portocarrero 1086 Games Finished Burtschy 30 Adjusted ERA+ Portocarrero 96

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