Philadelphia Athletics 1953
59–95record
.383win pct
632runs
799allowed
-167run diff
116home runs
36players
The three rarest things in 1953
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | HBHarry Byrd | 1953-04-22 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | FFFrank Fanovich | 1953-06-21 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | RMRinty Monahan | 1953-08-30 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (36)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EREddie Robinson | 156 | 685 | 615 | 64 | 152 | 28 | 4 | 22 | 102 | 63 | 56 | 1 | 2 | .247 | .322 | .413 | .735 |
| DPDave Philley | 157 | 678 | 620 | 80 | 188 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 52 | 34 | 13 | 5 | .303 | .359 | .424 | .783 |
| GZGus Zernial | 147 | 617 | 556 | 85 | 158 | 21 | 3 | 42 | 108 | 57 | 81 | 4 | 0 | .284 | .355 | .559 | .914 |
| PSPete Suder | 115 | 474 | 454 | 44 | 130 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .312 | .350 | .662 |
| CMCass Michaels | 117 | 469 | 411 | 53 | 103 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 51 | 56 | 8 | 1 | .251 | .335 | .363 | .697 |
| JDJoe DeMaestri | 111 | 452 | 420 | 53 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 39 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .297 | .352 | .649 |
| EMEd McGhee | 104 | 399 | 358 | 36 | 94 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 32 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .263 | .328 | .324 | .652 |
| LBLoren Babe | 103 | 383 | 343 | 34 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .300 | .283 | .583 |
| JAJoe Astroth | 82 | 289 | 260 | 28 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .296 | .367 | .400 | .767 |
| RMRay Murray | 84 | 289 | 268 | 25 | 76 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .331 | .425 | .756 |
| EJEddie Joost | 51 | 224 | 177 | 39 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .249 | .401 | .384 | .785 |
| CMCarmen Mauro | 64 | 184 | 165 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .267 | .342 | .339 | .682 |
| EVElmer Valo | 50 | 107 | 85 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .383 | .259 | .642 |
| HBHarry Byrd | 40 | 85 | 81 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .232 | .222 | .454 |
| AKAlex Kellner | 25 | 79 | 69 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .270 | .246 | .517 |
| ACAllie Clark | 20 | 78 | 74 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .234 | .378 | .612 |
| MFMarion Fricano | 46 | 76 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .145 | .192 | .159 | .351 |
| THTom Hamilton | 58 | 62 | 56 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .274 | .232 | .506 |
| CBCharlie Bishop | 40 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .089 | .121 | .125 | .246 |
| KTKite Thomas | 24 | 52 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .173 | .122 | .296 |
| NWNeal Watlington | 21 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .213 | .182 | .395 |
| TGTommy Giordano | 11 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .267 | .375 | .642 |
| CSCarl Scheib | 35 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .233 | .195 | .428 |
| MMMorrie Martin | 58 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 |
| 21 | 41 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .237 | .275 | .316 | .591 | |
| JCJoe Coleman | 21 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .310 | .357 | .667 |
| FFFrank Fanovich | 26 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 |
| BTBob Trice | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 |
| BNBobo Newsom | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| SWSpider Wilhelm | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 |
| DRDick Rozek | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 |
| RMRinty Monahan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DKDon Kolloway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| BHBill Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| WKWalt Kellner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| JMJohn Mackinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (16)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBHarry Byrd | 40 | 11–20 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 279 | 155 | 145 | 115 | 122 | 23 | 236.2 | 5.51 | 1.66 |
| MFMarion Fricano | 39 | 9–12 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 206 | 105 | 92 | 90 | 67 | 21 | 211.0 | 3.92 | 1.40 |
| AKAlex Kellner | 25 | 11–12 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 210 | 98 | 88 | 51 | 81 | 8 | 201.2 | 3.93 | 1.29 |
| CBCharlie Bishop | 39 | 3–14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 174 | 106 | 101 | 86 | 66 | 15 | 160.2 | 5.66 | 1.62 |
| MMMorrie Martin | 58 | 10–12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 158 | 85 | 77 | 59 | 64 | 12 | 156.1 | 4.43 | 1.39 |
| 16 | 5–9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 52 | 48 | 26 | 58 | 10 | 105.2 | 4.09 | 1.26 | |
| CSCarl Scheib | 28 | 3–7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 99 | 57 | 52 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 96.0 | 4.88 | 1.33 |
| JCJoe Coleman | 21 | 3–4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 46 | 40 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 90.0 | 4.00 | 1.49 |
| FFFrank Fanovich | 26 | 0–3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 61.2 | 5.55 | 1.61 |
| BNBobo Newsom | 17 | 2–1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 38.2 | 4.89 | 1.76 |
| BTBob Trice | 3 | 2–1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23.0 | 5.48 | 1.35 |
| RMRinty Monahan | 4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10.2 | 4.22 | 1.69 |
| DRDick Rozek | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10.2 | 5.06 | 1.59 |
| WKWalt Kellner | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.00 | 1.67 |
| BHBill Harrington | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.50 | 2.50 |
| JMJohn Mackinson | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.00 | 2.25 |