1954 Philadelphia Athletics | |
---|---|
Major League affiliations | |
| |
Location | |
| |
Other information | |
Owner(s) | Earle Mack, Roy Mack |
Manager(s) | Eddie Joost |
Local television | WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring) |
Local radio | WIBG/WIP (By Saam, Claude Haring, Herb Carneal) |
< Previous season Next season > |
The 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 60 games behind AL Champion Cleveland in their 54th and final season in Philadelphia, before moving to Kansas City, Missouri for the following season.
The Athletics played the Philadelphia Phillies for the last time in their Philadelphia City Series on June 28, 1954 in the seventh annual Junior Baseball Federation of Philadelphia benefit exhibition game.[2] The Phillies beat the Athletics 3 to 2 in 7 innings in front of 15,993 fans.[3]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland Indians | 111 | 43 | 0.721 | — | 59–18 | 52–25 |
New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | 0.669 | 8 | 54–23 | 49–28 |
Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 17 | 45–32 | 49–28 |
Boston Red Sox | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 42 | 38–39 | 31–46 |
Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 43 | 35–42 | 33–44 |
Washington Senators | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 45 | 37–41 | 29–47 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 57 | 32–45 | 22–55 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 60 | 29–47 | 22–56 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Boston | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 2–20–2 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–5 | 15–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 20–2–2 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 18–4 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 18–4–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 4–18–1 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | — |
1954 Philadelphia Athletics | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
|
Manager
Coaches
|
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 | 77 | 226 | 50 | .221 | 1 | 23 |
1B | Lou Limmer | 115 | 316 | 73 | .231 | 14 | 32 |
2B | Spook Jacobs | 132 | 508 | 131 | .258 | 0 | 26 |
SS | Joe DeMaestri | 146 | 539 | 124 | .230 | 8 | 40 |
3B | Jim Finigan | 136 | 487 | 147 | .302 | 7 | 51 |
LF | Gus Zernial | 97 | 336 | 84 | .250 | 14 | 62 |
CF | Bill Wilson | 94 | 323 | 77 | .238 | 15 | 33 |
RF | Bill Renna | 123 | 422 | 98 | .232 | 13 | 53 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Power | 127 | 462 | 118 | .255 | 8 | 38 |
Don Bollweg | 103 | 268 | 60 | .224 | 5 | 24 |
Elmer Valo | 95 | 224 | 48 | .214 | 1 | 33 |
Pete Suder | 69 | 205 | 41 | .200 | 0 | 16 |
Billy Shantz | 51 | 164 | 42 | .256 | 1 | 17 |
Jim Robertson | 63 | 147 | 27 | .184 | 0 | 8 |
Joe Taylor | 18 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 1 | 8 |
Ed McGhee | 21 | 53 | 11 | .208 | 2 | 9 |
Eddie Joost | 19 | 47 | 17 | .362 | 1 | 9 |
Jack Littrell | 9 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 1 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arnie Portocarrero | 34 | 248.0 | 9 | 18 | 4.06 | 132 |
Alex Kellner | 27 | 173.2 | 6 | 17 | 5.39 | 69 |
Bob Trice | 19 | 119.0 | 7 | 8 | 5.60 | 22 |
Johnny Gray | 18 | 105.0 | 3 | 12 | 6.51 | 51 |
Carl Scheib | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 1 |
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 | 37 | 151.2 | 5 | 11 | 5.16 | 43 |
Charlie Bishop | 20 | 96.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.41 | 34 |
Al Sima | 29 | 79.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.22 | 36 |
Morrie Martin | 13 | 52.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.47 | 24 |
Art Ditmar | 14 | 39.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.41 | 14 |
Lee Wheat | 8 | 28.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.72 | 7 |
Ozzie Van Brabant | 9 | 26.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.09 | 10 |
Bill Oster | 8 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.32 | 5 |
Bobby Shantz | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 7.88 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moe Burtschy | 46 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3.80 | 54 |
Sonny Dixon | 38 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4.86 | 42 |
Dutch Romberger | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.49 | 6 |
Bill Upton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 |
Dick Rozek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Hal Raether | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
---|---|---|---|
AAA | Ottawa Athletics | International League | Les Bell and Taft Wright |
A | Savannah Indians | Sally League | Clyde Kluttz |
B | Lancaster Red Roses | Piedmont League | Kemp Wicker, Lena Blackburne and Buddy Walker |
C | Drummondville A's | Provincial League | Hank Biasatti |
D | Welch Miners | Appalachian League | Jack Crosswhite |
D | Hopkinsville Hoppers | KITTY League | Ed Wright, Bearl Brooks and Paul Ramsey |