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1951 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1951
image	Philadelphia Athletics Cap Logo (1951 to 1953).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Shibe Park
city	Philadelphia
record
league_place	6th
owners	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
general_managers	Arthur Ehlers
managers	Jimmy Dykes
television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
radio	WIBG
(Ray Walton, By Saam, Claude Haring)

(Ray Walton, By Saam, Claude Haring) |}} The 1951 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

November 16, 1950: Morrie Martin was drafted by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

Regular season

Ferris Fain won the American League batting championship with a .344 batting average.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 30, 1951: Lou Brissie was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians, and Paul Lehner was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox as part of a 3-team trade. The White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to the Athletics, and the Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Athletics. The Indians sent Minnie Miñoso to the White Sox.
June 4, 1951: Kermit Wahl was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Hank Majeski.

Roster

1951 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

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	Joe Tipton	72	213	51	.239	3	20
1B		117	425	146	.344	6	57
2B	Pete Suder	123	440	108	.245	1	42
SS	Eddie Joost	140	553	160	.289	19	78
3B	Hank Majeski	89	323	92	.285	5	42
OF		139	552	151	.274	33	125
OF	Elmer Valo	123	444	134	.302	7	55
OF		125	468	123	.263	7	59

Other batters

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
Billy Hitchcock	77	222	68	.306	1	36
	94	213	34	.159	5	30
Joe Astroth	64	187	46	.246	2	19
Allie Clark	56	161	40	.248	4	22
Lou Klein	49	144	33	.229	5	17
Wally Moses	70	136	26	.191	0	9
Ray Murray	40	122	26	.213	0	13
Sam Chapman	18	65	11	.169	0	5
	20	59	11	.186	0	6
	9	28	4	.143	0	1
Barney McCosky	12	27	8	.296	1	1
	11	15	1	.067	0	0
Ed Samcoff	4	11	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Alex Kellner	33	209.2	11	14	4.46	94
Bobby Shantz	32	205.1	18	10	3.94	77
Sam Zoldak	26	128.0	6	10	3.16	18
	22	125.0	5	11	5.62	29
	2	13.1	0	2	6.75	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	38	189.0	12	10	4.38	64
Carl Scheib	46	143.0	1	12	4.47	49
	35	138.0	11	4	3.78	35
	28	96.1	1	6	5.98	34

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Johnny Kucab	30	4	3	3	4.22	23
Hank Wyse	9	1	2	0	7.98	5
	7	0	0	0	5.29	4
	3	0	0	0	9.00	2

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wahlke01.shtml Kermit Wahl page at Baseball Reference]

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