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1952 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1952
image	Philadelphia Athletics Cap Logo (1951 to 1953).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Shibe Park
city	Philadelphia
record
league_place	4th
owners	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
general_managers	Arthur Ehlers
managers	Jimmy Dykes
television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
radio	WIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring, George Walsh)

(By Saam, Claude Haring) (By Saam, Claude Haring, George Walsh) |}} The 1952 Philadelphia Athletics season saw the A's finish fourth and in the first division of the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses. They finished 16 games behind the eventual World Series champion New York Yankees. Managed by Jimmy Dykes, they attracted 627,100 fans to Shibe Park, seventh among the Junior Circuit's eight teams.

The Athletics' 1952 campaign would be their final winning season in Philadelphia; only two years later, in November 1954, the franchise would move to Kansas City; 1952 would also be the Athletics' only winning season of the 1950s. They would have to wait until 1968, their first season in Oakland, for their next winning record.

Offseason

January 21, 1952: Wally Moses was released as an active player by the Athletics; he then joined the club's coaching staff.

Regular season

The Athletics improved nine games from their 70–84 record in 1951 and improved to fourth in the American League. A Most Valuable Player season was turned in by left-handed pitcher Bobby Shantz and the A.L. batting championship was won by Ferris Fain with a .320 average.

Gus Zernial hit 29 home runs and drove in 100 RBI while Eddie Joost chipped in 20 HRs and 75 RBI. However, outside Shantz, who went 24–7, their best pitcher record-wise was Harry Byrd, with a 15–15 record.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 10, 1952: Marion Fricano was purchased by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Roster

1952 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

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 Astroth	104	337	84	.249	1	36
1B		145	538	176	.327	2	59
2B		75	213	47	.221	0	17
SS		146	540	132	.244	20	75
3B	Billy Hitchcock	119	407	100	.246	1	56
OF		145	549	144	.262	29	100
OF	Elmer Valo	129	388	109	.281	5	47
OF	Dave Philley	151	586	154	.263	7	71

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
Pete Suder	74	228	55	.241	1	20
Cass Michaels	55	200	50	.250	1	18
Allie Clark	71	186	51	.274	7	29
Ray Murray	44	136	28	.206	1	10
Hank Majeski	34	117	30	.256	2	20
Kite Thomas	75	116	29	.250	6	18
Joe Tipton	23	68	13	.191	3	8
Sherry Robertson	43	60	12	.200	0	5
Hal Bevan	8	17	6	.353	0	4
	9	10	2	.200	0	1
Jack Littrell	4	2	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
	33	279.2	24	7	2.48	152
Alex Kellner	34	231.1	12	14	4.36	105
	37	228.1	15	15	3.31	116
	6	30.2	2	2	6.46	17
Morrie Martin	5	25.1	0	2	6.39	13

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
Carl Scheib	30	158.0	11	7	4.39	42
Bob Hooper	43	144.1	8	15	5.18	40
Bobo Newsom	14	47.2	3	3	3.59	22
Charlie Bishop	6	30.2	2	2	6.46	17

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	25	0	1	2	5.26	17
Ed Wright	24	2	1	1	6.53	9
	18	1	2	0	6.44	14
Tex Hoyle	3	0	0	0	27.00	1
	2	0	0	0	1.80	0
Walt Kellner	1	0	0	0	6.75	2
Len Matarazzo	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Bobby Shantz, American League MVP

Farm system

Carl Campbell and Cliff Bolton

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moseswa01.shtml Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fricama01.shtml Marion Fricano page at Baseball Reference]

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