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1951 Philadelphia Athletics Roster (40-man)

1950 Season 1952 Season

Record: 70-84-0, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jimmy Dykes (70-84)

General Manager: Art Ehlers

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 465,469 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 76-78, 736 Runs, 745 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Joe Astroth	28	us US	R	R	5' 9"	187	Sep 1, 1922	5	64	50	64	57	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	-0.3	$8,000
Lou Brissie	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Jun 5, 1924	5	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$15,200
Moe Burtschy	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	208	Apr 18, 1922	2	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$4,000
Sam Chapman	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 11, 1916	11	18	17	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	17	1	0	-0.5	$16,500
Allie Clark	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jun 16, 1923	5	56	39	56	43	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	33	33	15	0	0.2
Joe Coleman	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 30, 1922	7	28	9	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$10,000
Tod Davis	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jul 24, 1924	2	11	2	11	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	-0.3
Ferris Fain	30	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 29, 1921	5	117	117	117	117	0	0	108	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	0	0	4.6		All-Star
Dick Fowler	30	ca CA	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 30, 1921	9	22	22	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.4	$11,500
Bubba Harris	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	204	Feb 15, 1926	3	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Billy Hitchcock	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 31, 1916	7	77	54	77	66	0	0	1	23	45	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1.0
Bob Hooper	29	ca CA	R	R	5' 11"	195	May 30, 1922	2	38	23	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$7,500
Eddie Joost	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 5, 1916	13	140	140	140	140	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.1
Alex Kellner	26	us US	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	4	33	29	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Lou Klein	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	167	Oct 22, 1918	5	49	37	49	42	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.4
Johnny Kucab	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 17, 1919	2	30	1	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Paul Lehner	30	us US	L	L	5' 9"	160	Jul 1, 1920	6	9	6	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	3	0	-0.4
Lou Limmer	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Mar 10, 1925	1st	94	46	94	58	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	2	-1.3
Hank Majeski	34	us US	R	R	5' 9"	174	Dec 13, 1916	9	89	86	89	88	0	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.3
Morrie Martin	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	173	Sep 3, 1922	2	35	13	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
Barney McCosky	34	us US	L	R	6' 1"	184	Apr 11, 1917	9	12	5	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	7	5	1	0.2
Wally Moses	40	us US	L	L	5' 10"	160	Oct 8, 1910	17	70	27	70	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	27	41	2	-0.4	$9,000
Ray Murray	33	us US	R	R	6' 3"	204	Oct 12, 1917	3	40	35	40	39	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.3
Dave Philley	31	us US	B	R	6' 0"	188	May 16, 1920	7	125	118	125	120	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	117	1	120	5	1	1.3
Ed Samcoff	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Sep 1, 1924	1st	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.2
Carl Scheib	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	192	Jan 1, 1927	8	48	11	48	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1.7
Bobby Shantz	25	us US	R	L	5' 6"	139	Sep 26, 1925	3	36	25	36	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.1	$7,000	All-Star
Pete Suder	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 16, 1916	9	123	114	123	120	0	0	0	103	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	-0.4	$11,000
Joe Tipton	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Feb 18, 1922	4	72	69	72	72	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Elmer Valo	30	sk SK	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	10	123	112	123	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	91	116	10	0	3.9	$15,000
Kermit Wahl	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Nov 18, 1922	5	20	17	20	18	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3
Hank Wyse	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Mar 1, 1918	8	9	1	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Gus Zernial	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 27, 1923	3	139	138	139	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	138	1	0	3.2
Sam Zoldak	32	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Dec 8, 1918	8	26	18	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$13,000
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jimmy Dykes	54	us US	Nov 10, 1896	Manager	Apr 17	Sep 30
Charles Bender	67	us US	May 5, 1884		Apr 17	Sep 30
Bing Miller	56	us US	Aug 30, 1894	Coach	Apr 17	Sep 30
Tom Oliver	48	us US	Jan 15, 1903	Coach	Apr 17	Sep 30
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date