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1951 Oakland Athletics
Record: 84-78
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 820
Runs Allowed: 827
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,857,135
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 3rd in the AL
AA: 62-75, 6th in the AL
A: 75-62, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
1B *Ted Kluszewski 26 154 617 107 197 36 1 32 108 0 0 64 17 .319 .381 .536 .918 112.3 22.5 2.6
SS  Willie Jones 25 155 560 95 148 16 2 21 81 0 0 81 36 .264 .356 .413 .768 79.9 11.7 2.8
CF  Carl Furillo 29 156 565 81 166 28 0 10 69 0 0 59 34 .294 .359 .396 .756 72.5 10.6 5.0
2B #Johnny Lucadello 32 150 519 81 136 32 0 13 88 0 0 78 103 .262 .358 .399 .757 71.9 10.7 5.4
LF *Irv Noren 26 145 489 73 145 21 6 17 85 0 0 65 55 .297 .379 .468 .848 80.3 14.8 2.9
SS  Lou Klein 32 146 494 64 158 28 4 4 63 0 0 32 30 .320 .364 .417 .781 63.6 10.5 5.9
C *Hal Wagner 35 135 443 62 107 15 1 13 49 0 0 64 27 .242 .336 .368 .704 58.3 7.5 6.2
1B *Ed Stevens 26 139 415 69 129 25 5 9 63 0 0 44 38 .311 .374 .460 .834 65.3 11.8 2.9
SS  Steve Mesner 33 122 344 41 103 13 2 5 43 0 0 19 12 .299 .338 .392 .730 40.8 5.3 2.6
3B *Joe Garagiola 25 114 251 41 71 11 3 3 37 0 0 28 31 .283 .358 .386 .745 35.6 5.9 2.8
C  Bruce Edwards 27 100 238 37 65 13 1 3 31 0 1 29 24 .273 .347 .374 .721 32.9 4.6 2.5
LF *Ron Northey 31 115 159 23 42 9 0 7 26 0 0 14 10 .264 .324 .453 .777 21.2 3.0 0.8
P  Ed Head 33 40 100 3 22 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 14 .220 .233 .230 .463 4.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 25 40 89 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 16 .180 .194 .202 .396 3.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Nanny Fernandez 32 47 81 9 20 5 0 0 15 0 0 6 8 .247 .299 .309 .607 6.1 0.1 1.3
P  Tommy Hughes 31 27 57 6 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .193 .193 .246 .439 1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 25 26 52 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .096 .130 .135 .264 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Hank Bauer 28 59 43 9 16 2 1 2 10 0 0 3 1 .372 .404 .605 1.009 9.1 2.0 0.1
P *Dave Koslo 31 32 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .061 .088 .061 .149 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Coleman 28 23 30 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .100 .097 .100 .197 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Don Lund 28 21 26 7 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .308 .379 .385 .764 3.1 0.3 0.2
RF  Don Ross 36 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8 0.1 0.1
P *Art Schallock 27 27 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF *Roy Weatherly 36 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Charley Schanz 32 75 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 32 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Rigney 36 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2164 5623 820 1575 264 26 139 795 0 1 597 525 .280 .348 .410 .759 762.7 121.3 44.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 5 8 7 4 8 1 6 1 2 4 7 4 4  
* - 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
*Bobby Shantz 25 23 9 .719 40 40 0 281.3 271 118 24 94 104 3.77 23.8
 Ed Head 33 18 17 .514 40 40 0 279.3 270 132 32 162 144 4.25 16.1
 Tommy Hughes 31 10 7 .588 27 27 0 176.7 149 77 11 102 105 3.92 13.7
 Sam Jones 25 7 14 .333 26 26 0 170.3 183 114 27 109 122 6.02 1.4
*Dave Koslo 31 6 4 .600 32 13 1 116.0 123 57 13 46 55 4.42 6.7
 Joe Coleman 28 6 7 .462 23 15 0 111.3 111 54 14 65 66 4.37 6.0
 Charley Schanz 32 2 3 .400 75 0 2 83.0 84 52 11 46 47 5.64 2.7
 Johnny Rigney 36 2 3 .400 56 0 3 72.7 62 31 7 37 54 3.84 6.6
 Vic Raschi 32 2 5 .286 51 1 4 66.7 58 33 5 40 36 4.46 5.5
 Ted Wilks 35 6 7 .462 47 0 21 43.7 54 29 12 24 17 5.98 1.9
*Art Schallock 27 2 2 .500 27 0 0 39.7 44 22 4 27 16 4.99 2.2
Team Totals 30.5 84 78 .519 444 162 31 1440.6 1409 719 160 752 766 4.49 86.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 4 6 2 4 3 7 1 3  
* - 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 31.3
H.Wagner 885.7 101 108 484 54 7 0 .987 36.0
J.Garagiola 324.7 33 50 190 15 1 0 .995 25.0
B.Edwards 230.3 28 30 116 12 0 0 1.000 45.5
Team Total 1440.7 162 188 790 81 8 0 .991 35.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.31
T.Kluszewski 1330.7 150 154 1529 103 16 146 .990 11.04
J.Garagiola 72.0 9 9 98 7 0 10 1.000 13.13
H.Wagner 17.0 2 2 17 0 0 3 1.000 9.00
R.Northey 11.0 1 3 16 1 0 2 1.000 13.91
D.Lund 3.0 0 3 3 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
S.Mesner 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
E.Stevens 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Edwards 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.7 162 176 1668 112 16 164 .991 11.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.28
J.Lucadello 1257.0 149 149 318 547 26 107 .971 6.19
N.Fernandez 83.3 6 19 25 35 0 14 1.000 6.48
S.Mesner 76.3 6 20 18 32 0 9 1.000 5.90
D.Ross 13.0 1 2 3 10 0 4 1.000 9.00
L.Klein 7.0 0 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Weatherly 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 196 367 629 26 134 .975 6.22
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.95
W.Jones 1296.7 151 152 97 291 29 32 .930 2.69
J.Garagiola 82.0 5 20 8 24 1 0 .970 3.51
H.Wagner 30.0 3 5 2 6 1 0 .889 2.40
D.Lund 27.0 3 6 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.33
S.Mesner 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lucadello 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 187 110 325 31 33 .933 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.53
L.Klein 1146.3 133 139 196 475 27 93 .961 5.27
S.Mesner 159.0 17 28 27 68 1 13 .990 5.38
N.Fernandez 131.3 12 26 28 55 1 12 .988 5.69
W.Jones 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
R.Northey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Furillo 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 196 251 599 31 118 .965 5.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.93
I.Noren 1058.7 121 124 228 4 8 2 .967 1.97
B.Edwards 269.0 31 36 65 2 0 0 1.000 2.24
E.Stevens 58.0 5 15 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
R.Northey 50.0 5 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
H.Bauer 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 183 315 7 8 2 .976 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.55
C.Furillo 1237.3 147 150 352 7 7 1 .981 2.61
R.Northey 139.3 10 44 39 0 1 0 .975 2.52
H.Bauer 25.0 1 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Lund 23.0 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
I.Noren 14.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Wagner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Ross 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 213 408 7 8 1 .981 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.92
E.Stevens 859.7 95 111 205 2 3 0 .986 2.17
S.Mesner 517.0 64 66 106 0 1 0 .991 1.85
R.Northey 37.0 3 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
I.Noren 16.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
H.Bauer 6.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.Furillo 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
N.Fernandez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 162 203 320 2 4 0 .988 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.33
B.Shantz 281.3 40 40 11 54 3 4 .956 2.08
E.Head 279.3 40 40 18 56 5 2 .937 2.38
T.Hughes 176.7 27 27 14 27 0 0 1.000 2.09
S.Jones 170.3 26 26 4 25 2 2 .935 1.53
D.Koslo 116.0 13 32 7 21 4 2 .875 2.17
J.Coleman 111.3 15 23 7 14 0 1 1.000 1.70
C.Schanz 83.0 0 75 3 13 1 0 .941 1.73
J.Rigney 72.7 0 56 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.24
V.Raschi 66.7 1 51 3 19 0 0 1.000 2.97
T.Wilks 43.7 0 47 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.44
A.Schallock 39.7 0 27 6 9 0 2 1.000 3.40
Team Total 1440.6 162 444 77 251 15 13 .956 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Klein .320
On-Base Pct Kluszewski .381
Slugging Pct Kluszewski .536
OPS Kluszewski .918
XR Kluszewski 112.3
Games Furillo 156
At-Bats Kluszewski 617
Runs Kluszewski 107
Hits Kluszewski 197
Total Bases Kluszewski 331
Singles Furillo, Kluszewski 128
Doubles Kluszewski 36
Triples Noren 6
Homeruns Kluszewski 32
RBIs Kluszewski 108
Stolen Bases No Qualifiers
Caught Stealing Edwards 1
Walks Jones 81
Strikeouts Lucadello 103
ERA Shantz 3.77
Wins Shantz 23
Losses Head 17
Winning Pct Shantz .719
Saves Wilks 21
Games Pitched Schanz 75
Games Started Head, Shantz 40
Complete Games Head 7
Shutouts Coleman, Head 2
Innings Pitched Shantz 281.3
Hits Allowed Shantz 271
Homeruns Allowed Head 32
Strikeouts Head 144
Walks Allowed Head 162
Walks per 9IP Shantz 3.0
Hits per 9IP Hughes 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Jones 6.4
WHiP Shantz 1.30
OAVG Hughes .231
OOBP Shantz .316
OSLG Hughes .343
OOPS Hughes .679
Team All-Stars
Tommy Hughes
Ted Kluszewski
Bobby Shantz
Player Salaries
Dave Koslo $ 11,500,000
Ed Head $ 10,000,000
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 4,742,857
Tommy Hughes $ 4,500,000
Charley Schanz $ 3,500,000
Lou Klein $ 3,420,000
Ed Stevens $ 2,685,714
Vic Raschi $ 2,080,000
Johnny Rigney $ 1,861,548
Carl Furillo $ 1,850,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 1,469,871
Joe Coleman $ 905,000
Ted Wilks $ 900,000
Joe Garagiola $ 790,000
Don Ross $ 745,938
Mickey Witek $ 680,000
Ron Northey $ 650,000
Bob Feller $ 400,000
Mel Queen $ 330,000
Bruce Edwards $ 300,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 300,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
Willie Jones $ 300,000
Hank Bauer $ 300,000
Steve Mesner $ 300,000
Irv Noren $ 300,000
Jimmy Outlaw $ 300,000
Art Schallock $ 300,000
Bobby Shantz $ 300,000
Roy Weatherly $ 300,000
Don Lund $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Bob Feller
2/5 Signed     Mel Queen
2/13 Signed     Ken Gables
2/14 Signed     Ted Wilks
2/24 Signed     Mickey Witek
4/2 Released Tony Daniels    
4/2 Released Hank Riebe    
4/2 Released Bob Carpenter    
4/2 Released Russ Meers    
7/31 Released Bill Jennings    
 
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