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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 References  




6 External links  













1953 Philadelphia Athletics season






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1953 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkConnie Mack Stadium
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersEarle Mack & Roy Mack
General managersArthur Ehlers
ManagersJimmy Dykes
TelevisionWPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
RadioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
← 1952
1954 →

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.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

During the season, Bob Trice became the first black player in the history of the Athletics.[3]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • American League     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    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

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1953 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
    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 —


    Roster[edit]

    1953 Philadelphia Athletics
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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
    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

    Other batters[edit]

    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
    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

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    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

    Other pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    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

    Relief pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    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

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Ottawa Athletics International League Frank Skaff
    A Williamsport Athletics Eastern League George Staller
    A Savannah Indians Sally League Les Bell
    B Fayetteville Athletics Carolina League Buck Etchison, Bill Bergeron,
    Bob Eiziminger and Kemp Wicker
    C St. Hyacinthe A's Provincial League John Sosh and Joe Rullo
    D Welch Miners Appalachian League Jack Crosswhite
    D Cordele A's Georgia–Florida League Joe Rullo and Lew Richardson
    D Hopkinsville Hoppers KITTY League Norm Wilson and Ed Wright

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Welch

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Joe DeMaestriatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Sam ZoldakatBaseball Reference
  • ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

    • External links[edit]


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