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1950 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949/1951) 52-102, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 670 runs, Allowed 913 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-98 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 309,805 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 90, Pitching - 93   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 Stats (1949/1951) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Mike Guerra         37   87  252   25   71  10  4   2   26  16   12  .282  .325  .377   1   0   6   0   5           81
1B *Ferris Fain         29  151  522   83  147  25  4  10   83 133   26  .282  .430  .402   8   5  18   3   0          116
2B  Billy Hitchcock     33  115  399   35  109  22  5   1   54  45   32  .273  .347  .361   3   1  30   0   3           83
3B  Bob Dillinger       31   84  356   55  110  21  9   3   41  31   20  .309  .366  .444   5   3  11   1   1          108
SS  Eddie Joost         34  131  476   79  111  12  3  18   58 103   68  .233  .373  .384   5   1  11   3  10           96
OF  Sam Chapman         34  144  553   93  139  20  6  23   95  68   79  .251  .338  .434   3   3  14   4   2           98
OF *Elmer Valo          29  129  446   62  125  16  5  10   46  82   22  .280  .400  .406  12   7   7   7   7          108
OF *Paul Lehner         29  114  427   48  132  17  5   9   52  32   33  .309  .357  .436   1   1  12   0   8          104
    Kermit Wahl         27   89  280   26   72  12  3   2   27  30   30  .257  .331  .343   1   1   9   1   7           74
   *Wally Moses         39   88  265   47   70  16  5   2   21  40   17  .264  .365  .385   0   1   6   2   2           94
    Pete Suder          34   77  248   34   61  10  0   8   35  23   31  .246  .310  .383   2   2   8   0   3           78
    Joe Tipton          28   64  184   15   49   5  1   6   20  19   16  .266  .335  .402   0   0   3   0   2           90
   *Barney McCosky      33   66  179   19   43  10  1   0   11  22   12  .240  .323  .307   0   0   4   0   6           63
    Joe Astroth         27   39  110   11   36   3  1   1   18  18    3  .327  .422  .400   0   0   7   0   0          113
    Bob Wellman         24   11   15    1    5   0  0   1    1   0    3  .333  .333  .533   0   0   0   0   0          121
    Roberto Ortiz       35    6   14    1    1   0  0   0    3   0    3  .071  .071  .071   0   0   1   0   1          -63
    Gene Markland       30    5    8    2    1   0  0   0    0   3    0  .125  .364  .125   0   0   0   0   2           30
    Ben Guintini        30    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Bob Rinker          29    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           72

   *Lou Brissie         26   46   87    5   15   1  0   0    7   3    4  .172  .200  .184   0   0   3   0   1            0
    Alex Kellner        25   36   80    5   16   1  0   0    3   4   13  .200  .238  .213   0   0   4   0   0           17
    Bobby Shantz        24   37   66    4   11   1  0   1    4   6   10  .167  .236  .227   1   0   2   0   6           20
    Hank Wyse           32   41   59    4    9   0  0   0    4   1   14  .153  .167  .153   0   0   4   0   3          -17
    Bob Hooper          28   45   56    4    7   2  0   1    8   0   21  .125  .155  .214   0   0   2   2   4           -5
    Carl Scheib         23   50   52    6   13   0  1   1    6   1    9  .250  .264  .346   0   0   2   0   0           57
    Dick Fowler         29   11   26    2    5   0  0   0    2   0    1  .192  .192  .192   0   0   3   0   0           -1
    Joe Coleman         27   15   17    2    1   0  0   1    1   2    5  .059  .158  .235   0   0   1   0   0            0
   *Joe Murray          29    8   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
    Johnny Kucab        30    4    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   0          -18
    Moe Burtschy        28    9    5    2    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .286  .000   0   0   1   0   0          -21
    Harry Byrd          25    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Ed Klieman          32    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.2  154 5212  670 1361 204 53 100  627 685  493  .261  .347  .378  42  25 170  23  73           96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    7    7   6  3   6        6    6     5     5     5   1   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Lou Brissie         26  46   4.02   7  19  8  31  13  15   2  246.0  237  127  110  22  117  101 1083   7   4  0     113
SP *Alex Kellner        25  36   5.47   8  20  2  29   5  15   0  225.3  253  157  137  28  112   85 1023   8   2  0      83
SP *Bobby Shantz        24  36   4.61   8  14  0  23   9   6   1  214.7  251  122  110  18   85   93  957   0   7  3      98
SP  Hank Wyse           32  41   5.85   9  14  0  23   9   4   0  170.7  192  121  111  16   87   33  772   0   8  0      77
SP  Dick Fowler         29  11   6.48   1   5  0   9   1   2   0   66.7   75   52   48   7   56   15  315   1   3  0      70

CL  Bob Hooper          28  45   5.02  15  10  5  20  22   3   0  170.3  181  108   95  15   91   58  763   4   1  1      90
RP  Carl Scheib         23  43   7.22   3  10  3   8  23   1   0  106.0  138   96   85  13   70   37  513   9   0  1      63
RP  Joe Coleman         27  15   8.50   0   5  0   6   7   2   0   54.0   74   54   51   9   50   12  278   2   0  0      53
RP  Moe Burtschy        28   9   7.11   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   19.0   22   16   15   2   21   12  100   3   1  0      64
RP  Harry Byrd          25   6  16.88   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.7   25   20   20   3    9    2   65   3   2  0      27

   *Joe Murray          29   8   5.70   0   3  0   2   3   0   0   30.0   34   20   19   1   21    8  143   1   0  0      79
    Johnny Kucab        30   4   3.46   1   1  0   2   1   2   0   26.0   29   10   10   4    8    8  112   0   0  0     131
    Ed Klieman          32   5   9.53   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    5.7   10    6    6   0    2    0   32   1   2  0      48
    Les McCrabb         35   2  27.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    7    4    4   0    0    2   12   0   1  0      17
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.8 154   5.49  52 102 18 154 104  50   3 1346.0 1528  913  821 138  729  466 6168  39  31  5      83
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   8   1  4           8   8      8    7    7        7    6    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MGuerra 78 253 33 3 8 .990 2 JTipton 59 201 24 3 3 .987 3 JAstroth 38 123 9 2 3 .985 4 BRinker 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 577 66 8 14 .988 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 151 1286 124 19 192 .987 9.34 PSuder 4 28 4 0 2 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1314 128 19 194 .987 9.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHitchcock 107 297 319 21 105 .967 5.76 PSuder 47 112 126 5 47 .979 5.06 GMarkland 5 12 9 0 1 1.000 4.20 KWahl 2 3 4 1 2 .875 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 424 458 27 155 .970 5.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDillinger 84 92 173 12 18 .957 3.15 KWahl 61 70 141 12 11 .946 3.46 PSuder 11 14 21 1 4 .972 3.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 176 335 25 33 .953 3.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EJoost 131 241 389 29 117 .956 4.81 KWahl 18 38 52 4 16 .957 5.00 PSuder 10 13 30 3 2 .935 4.30 BHitchcock 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 294 471 37 135 .954 5.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.34 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SChapman 140 428 11 10 4 .978 3.14 0 140 0 EValo 117 264 9 5 3 .982 2.33 33 0 85 PLehner 101 247 10 5 1 .981 2.54 80 7 15 WMoses 62 147 7 2 2 .987 2.48 4 7 51 BMcCosky 42 73 1 1 1 .987 1.76 42 0 0 ROrtiz 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 1 0 3 BWellman 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 2 BGuintini 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1168 39 23 11 .981 2.69 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBrissie 46 7 41 2 6 .960 1.76 AKellner 36 13 27 3 2 .930 1.60 BShantz 36 13 52 2 6 .970 2.72 HWyse 41 13 34 5 1 .904 2.48 BHooper 45 19 37 2 10 .966 2.96 CScheib 43 3 16 0 2 1.000 1.61 DFowler 11 6 11 1 2 .944 2.29 JColeman 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50 JMurray 8 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.00 JKucab 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.04 MBurtschy 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.37 HByrd 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.68 EKlieman 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 LMcCrabb 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 80 235 16 29 .952 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Lehner .309 On-base % Fain .430 Slugging % Lehner .436 OPS Fain .832 Games Fain 151 At Bats Chapman 553 Plate Appearances (approx.) Fain 658 Runs Chapman 93 Hits Fain 147 Total Bases Chapman 240 Doubles Fain 25 Triples Dillinger 9 Home Runs Chapman 23 RBI Chapman 95 Bases on Balls Fain 133 Strikeouts Chapman 79 Stolen Bases Valo 12 Singles Fain 108 Adjusted OPS+ Fain 116 Runs Created Fain 90 Adjusted Batting Runs Fain 22 Batting Wins Fain 2.0 Extra-Base Hits Chapman 49 Times on Base Fain 283 Offensive Win% Fain .586 Hit By Pitch Valo 7 Sac. Hits Joost 10 Grounded into Double Plays Hitchcock 30 Caught Stealing Valo 7 Power/Speed Number Valo 10.9 At Bats per Strikeout Valo 20.3 At Bats per Home Run Chapman 24.0 Outs Chapman 433

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Brissie 4.02 Wins Hooper 15 Won-Loss % Hooper .600 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Brissie 1.439 Hits Allowed/9IP Brissie 8.67 Bases on Balls/9IP Shantz 3.56 Strikeouts/9IP Shantz 3.90 Games Brissie 46 Saves Brissie 8 Innings Brissie 246.0 Strikeouts Brissie 101 Games Started Brissie 31 Comp. Games Brissie and Kellner 15 Shutouts Brissie 2 Home Runs Allow. Kellner 28 Bases On Balls Allow. Brissie 117 Hits Allowed Kellner 253 SO to Walk Shantz 1.09 Losses Kellner 20 Earned Runs Allow. Kellner 137 Wild Pitches Scheib 9 Hit Batsmen Wyse 8 Batters Faced Brissie 1083 Games Finished Scheib 23 Adjusted ERA+ Brissie 113

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