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1953 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1953
image	Philadelphia Athletics Cap Logo (1951 to 1953).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Connie Mack Stadium
city	Philadelphia
record
league_place	7th
owners	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
general_managers	Arthur Ehlers
managers	Jimmy Dykes
television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
radio	WIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)

(By Saam, Claude Haring) |}} The 1953 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, 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

January 27, 1953: Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson.
February 2, 1953: Sam Zoldak was released by the Athletics.

Regular season

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1953 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	Ray Murray	84	268	76	.284	6	41
1B		156	615	152	.247	22	102
2B	Cass Michaels	117	411	103	.251	12	42
SS		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		104	358	94	.263	1	29
OF	Dave Philley	157	620	188	.303	9	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
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
	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

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
	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
	3	23.0	2	1	5.48	4

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
	39	211.0	9	12	3.88	67
	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
	21	90.0	3	4	4.00	18

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
	26	0	3	5.55	37
Bobo Newsom	17	2	1	4.89	16
Rinty Monahan	4	0	0	4.22	2
Dick Rozek	2	0	0	5.06	2
Walt Kellner	2	0	0	6.00	4
Bill Harrington	1	0	0	13.50	0
John Mackinson	1	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Bob Eiziminger and Kemp Wicker LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Welch

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/demaejo01.shtml Joe DeMaestri] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zoldasa01.shtml Sam Zoldak] at ''Baseball 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

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