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1953 Oakland Athletics
Record: 69-93
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 679
Runs Allowed: 790
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,668,079
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 2nd in the AL
AA: 66-71, 7th in the AL
A: 76-61, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Larry Doby 29 157 572 80 169 29 1 29 95 1 0 86 118 .295 .387 .502 .889 106.9 20.7 3.4
2B #Jim Gilliam 24 155 535 91 134 28 9 6 47 21 10 90 23 .250 .356 .370 .726 76.2 10.8 4.9
3B  Bob Dillinger 34 155 518 80 156 21 7 3 49 49 16 42 30 .301 .352 .386 .738 67.6 9.4 4.7
SS  Jim Brideweser 26 145 516 52 124 13 0 5 30 23 5 42 61 .240 .296 .295 .590 46.1 2.3 3.6
C  Bruce Edwards 29 145 514 68 137 20 3 12 80 8 5 35 77 .267 .314 .387 .701 62.2 7.4 8.4
LF *Dusty Rhodes 26 157 491 58 122 18 1 21 75 0 0 44 87 .248 .309 .418 .727 61.1 7.4 2.9
LF *Ron Northey 33 126 308 44 89 14 0 13 46 1 0 20 28 .289 .326 .461 .787 43.4 6.1 1.2
2B  Chico Carrasquel 25 111 256 31 63 10 4 2 35 4 4 28 19 .246 .318 .340 .658 29.1 2.8 3.0
RF  Bill Wilson 24 78 255 37 65 11 3 14 50 0 0 20 72 .255 .307 .486 .793 38.1 5.4 0.9
LF *Paul O'Dea 32 131 233 16 61 5 1 0 17 1 0 32 24 .262 .350 .292 .641 26.0 2.9 1.1
CF *Bill Bruton 27 72 221 25 53 10 2 4 33 19 5 20 30 .240 .300 .357 .658 24.2 2.1 1.5
CF  Don Lund 30 77 188 26 52 13 0 5 15 6 5 12 31 .277 .318 .426 .744 22.8 2.9 1.3
2B #Johnny Lucadello 34 77 138 13 30 5 2 1 10 1 2 16 34 .217 .297 .304 .601 12.4 0.5 1.1
C  Sammy White 24 48 129 11 31 7 0 2 20 0 0 5 10 .240 .267 .341 .608 11.0 0.5 1.9
P  Carl Scheib 26 41 116 3 12 2 0 0 8 1 0 1 22 .103 .111 .121 .232 -3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 22 41 104 5 23 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 22 .221 .234 .250 .484 5.8 0.0 0.0
CF  Carl Furillo 31 63 103 12 35 4 0 1 14 0 0 11 14 .340 .400 .408 .808 16.1 2.9 0.4
RF  Hank Bauer 30 58 90 15 20 5 0 2 17 0 1 12 10 .222 .314 .344 .659 10.4 0.8 0.4
P  Jerry Lane 27 31 83 3 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .145 .155 .157 .311 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Dorish 31 18 37 1 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .189 .211 .324 .535 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 27 36 32 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .063 .063 .094 .156 -1.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Andy Anderson 30 16 22 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .182 .308 .227 .535 1.6 0.0 0.4
2B  Billy Martin 25 13 21 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 .381 .409 .381 .790 2.4 0.5 0.2
P  Sheldon Jones 31 6 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .059 .111 .118 .229 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Jim Pendleton 29 14 11 4 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 .364 .417 .455 .871 2.8 0.6 0.0
P *Dave Hoskins 27 23 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Willard Schmidt 25 46 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Sandy Ullrich 31 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Mauney 33 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Gorman 28 11 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Jack Crimian 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Byrd 28 60 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 2151 5535 679 1418 226 33 121 658 140 54 527 778 .256 .320 .375 .694 664.9 86.6 41.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 6 5 8 7 6 6 1 8 7 8 5 6 7 7 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Carl Scheib 26 14 23 .378 41 41 0 332.7 284 149 44 127 222 4.03 17.7
 Gene Conley 22 16 14 .533 41 41 0 287.0 273 128 20 91 139 4.01 19.8
 Jerry Lane 27 12 17 .414 31 31 0 233.7 281 128 34 68 101 4.93 8.0
 Harry Dorish 31 4 10 .286 18 18 0 115.0 135 81 16 40 32 6.34 0.0
 Sam Jones 27 4 10 .286 36 15 3 114.0 105 66 13 82 73 5.21 2.8
 Willard Schmidt 25 3 1 .750 46 0 0 73.0 58 21 5 26 31 2.59 8.3
 Harry Byrd 28 3 5 .375 60 0 10 66.3 66 24 2 34 36 3.26 8.2
 Sheldon Jones 31 3 2 .600 6 6 0 50.0 39 12 2 26 23 2.16 5.8
 Dave Hoskins 27 1 2 .333 23 3 1 49.3 65 33 10 24 22 6.02 0.0
 Dick Mauney 33 7 0 1.000 30 0 2 42.0 37 11 4 8 30 2.36 6.8
*Art Schallock 29 2 1 .667 33 0 2 31.7 37 18 2 18 19 5.12 1.1
 Sandy Ullrich 31 0 4 .000 7 7 0 23.7 38 32 3 23 7 12.17 0.0
 Tom Gorman 28 0 0 .000 11 0 0 14.7 17 7 2 6 5 4.30 0.8
 Jack Crimian 27 0 0 .000 3 0 0 4.7 8 6 1 3 1 11.59 0.0
Team Totals 28.0 69 89 .437 386 162 18 1437.6 1443 716 158 576 741 4.48 79.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 7 6 7 5 6 6 6 3 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 32.9
B.Edwards 1164.0 131 131 615 55 2 1 .997 38.8
S.White 277.3 31 35 160 14 3 0 .983 40.0
Team Total 1441.3 162 166 775 69 5 1 .994 39.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
B.Wilson 627.3 78 78 782 58 6 73 .993 12.05
R.Northey 479.0 47 78 605 47 6 48 .991 12.25
B.Dillinger 290.7 35 38 403 31 5 22 .989 13.44
P.O'Dea 16.0 2 2 20 3 0 2 1.000 12.94
D.Lund 10.3 0 6 11 3 0 2 1.000 12.20
A.Anderson 9.7 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 7.45
B.Edwards 7.3 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.37
D.Rhodes 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 210 1837 142 17 148 .991 12.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
J.Gilliam 1253.0 144 149 301 570 11 111 .988 6.26
J.Lucadello 160.0 18 30 26 72 5 9 .951 5.51
C.Carrasquel 13.3 0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Brideweser 10.0 0 8 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.40
B.Martin 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Bruton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 197 334 652 16 121 .984 6.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
J.Brideweser 1177.3 144 144 71 291 14 25 .963 2.77
J.Lucadello 157.3 15 34 17 38 1 4 .982 3.15
B.Dillinger 51.0 1 23 2 18 1 1 .952 3.53
C.Carrasquel 21.7 0 15 2 9 0 0 1.000 4.57
J.Gilliam 21.0 2 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.14
D.Lund 10.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
A.Anderson 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 227 96 362 16 32 .966 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
B.Dillinger 794.0 95 97 143 343 15 63 .970 5.51
C.Carrasquel 558.0 59 74 85 255 12 37 .966 5.48
A.Anderson 54.3 4 13 8 26 0 4 1.000 5.63
B.Martin 32.0 4 4 3 16 0 0 1.000 5.34
J.Brideweser 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Lucadello 1.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 192 239 642 27 104 .970 5.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
D.Rhodes 1184.3 150 150 235 14 11 5 .958 1.89
P.O'Dea 158.3 11 43 27 0 1 0 .964 1.53
R.Northey 33.3 0 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
H.Bauer 33.0 1 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
D.Lund 17.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Edwards 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pendleton 3.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Wilson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Furillo 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 238 279 14 12 5 .961 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
B.Bruton 496.0 65 66 116 3 1 1 .992 2.16
D.Lund 409.0 51 51 100 3 2 1 .981 2.27
C.Furillo 166.0 14 39 35 1 1 0 .973 1.95
P.O'Dea 145.0 15 31 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
R.Northey 92.7 6 23 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.82
H.Bauer 77.0 6 23 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
L.Doby 26.3 3 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.76
J.Pendleton 20.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
B.Wilson 6.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Rhodes 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Martin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 247 354 8 4 2 .989 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
L.Doby 1291.0 145 150 263 9 3 2 .989 1.90
P.O'Dea 80.3 10 12 23 0 1 0 .958 2.58
H.Bauer 63.0 7 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
C.Furillo 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Northey 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 162 174 300 9 4 2 .987 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
C.Scheib 332.7 41 41 20 66 0 3 1.000 2.33
G.Conley 287.0 41 41 18 43 3 3 .953 1.91
J.Lane 233.7 31 31 18 50 1 2 .986 2.62
H.Dorish 115.0 18 18 10 20 0 2 1.000 2.35
S.Jones 114.0 15 36 7 19 0 0 1.000 2.05
W.Schmidt 73.0 0 46 2 16 1 2 .947 2.22
H.Byrd 66.3 0 60 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.76
S.Jones 50.0 6 6 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.98
D.Hoskins 49.3 3 23 6 9 0 1 1.000 2.74
D.Mauney 42.0 0 30 2 9 1 2 .917 2.36
A.Schallock 31.7 0 33 5 7 1 0 .923 3.41
S.Ullrich 23.7 7 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.14
T.Gorman 14.7 0 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.84
J.Crimian 4.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1437.6 162 386 98 260 7 16 .981 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Dillinger .301
On-Base Pct Doby .387
Slugging Pct Doby .502
OPS Doby .889
XR Doby 106.9
Games Doby, Rhodes 157
At-Bats Doby 572
Runs Gilliam 91
Hits Doby 169
Total Bases Doby 287
Singles Dillinger 125
Doubles Doby 29
Triples Gilliam 9
Homeruns Doby 29
RBIs Doby 95
Stolen Bases Dillinger 49
Caught Stealing Dillinger 16
Walks Gilliam 90
Strikeouts Doby 118
ERA Conley 4.01
Wins Conley 16
Losses Scheib 23
Winning Pct Conley .533
Saves Byrd 10
Games Pitched Byrd 60
Games Started Conley, Scheib 41
Complete Games Scheib 24
Shutouts Scheib 2
Innings Pitched Scheib 332.7
Hits Allowed Scheib 284
Homeruns Allowed Scheib 44
Strikeouts Scheib 222
Walks Allowed Scheib 127
Walks per 9IP Lane 2.6
Hits per 9IP Scheib 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Scheib 6.0
WHiP Scheib 1.24
OAVG Scheib .230
OOBP Scheib .300
OSLG Conley .381
OOPS Scheib .685
Team All-Stars
Larry Doby
Bruce Edwards
Player Salaries
Larry Doby $ 5,564,286
Bob Dillinger $ 4,450,000
Ron Northey $ 2,530,000
Bruce Edwards $ 2,078,571
Carl Furillo $ 1,850,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 1,469,871
Ted Wilks $ 1,300,000
Hal Manders $ 1,220,000
Paul O'Dea $ 1,000,000
Dick Mauney $ 851,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 540,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 500,000
Harry Dorish $ 457,143
Hank Bauer $ 350,000
Ed Sauer $ 350,000
Bob Feller $ 340,000
Junior Thompson $ 301,000
Jim Brideweser $ 300,000
Harry Byrd $ 300,000
Gene Conley $ 300,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 300,000
Jim Gilliam $ 300,000
Jerry Lane $ 300,000
Jack Crimian $ 300,000
Bill Bruton $ 300,000
Billy Martin $ 300,000
Sammy White $ 300,000
Sandy Ullrich $ 300,000
Willard Schmidt $ 300,000
Carl Scheib $ 300,000
Art Schallock $ 300,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
Jim Pendleton $ 300,000
Tom Gorman $ 300,000
Don Lund $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Sheldon Jones $ 300,000
Andy Anderson $ 300,000
Virgil Jester $ 300,000
Dave Hoskins $ 300,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Johnny Rigney
2/3 Signed     Dick Mauney
2/4 Signed     Hal Manders
2/6 Signed     Bob Dillinger
2/6 Signed     Junior Thompson
3/3 Traded Pete Runnels
Joe Coleman
Eddie Stanky		 Boston (N) Larry Doby
3/3 Released Jim Hegan    
6/2 Released Johnny Rigney    
7/28 Released Marius Russo    
 
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