1954 Oakland Athletics
Record: 90-72
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 750
Runs Allowed: 650
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 1,955,934
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 5th in the AL
AA: 73-64, 2nd in the AL
A: 60-77, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
SS  Jim Brideweser 27 158 599 90 179 25 6 1 58 34 10 56 52 .299 .359 .366 .724 82.7 15.1 6.4
RF *Larry Doby 30 157 559 99 139 29 3 31 100 2 0 94 124 .249 .354 .478 .831 95.3 18.2 3.6
3B  Bob Dillinger 35 153 606 74 188 30 5 2 66 60 19 26 31 .310 .339 .386 .725 74.7 12.6 3.8
2B #Jim Gilliam 25 157 533 72 159 37 3 4 57 25 6 76 18 .298 .385 .402 .787 80.0 15.9 5.7
1B *Eddie Lukon 33 138 496 93 117 19 1 29 91 1 0 76 65 .236 .338 .454 .792 77.0 13.5 3.0
CF  Carl Furillo 32 154 520 58 147 24 0 3 73 6 3 46 51 .283 .341 .346 .687 59.9 9.3 4.5
C  Bruce Edwards 30 143 500 66 142 20 2 18 88 4 3 32 66 .284 .329 .440 .769 67.4 12.0 9.9
2B  Chico Carrasquel 26 130 380 46 108 19 1 3 48 8 1 36 27 .284 .344 .363 .707 47.8 7.9 5.4
RF  Bill Wilson 25 85 242 28 48 5 1 10 33 0 0 32 54 .198 .295 .351 .646 26.8 2.5 1.0
CF  Don Lund 31 95 163 22 41 10 1 3 17 3 6 10 17 .252 .293 .380 .673 14.7 1.1 1.7
C  Sammy White 25 45 152 17 38 10 1 1 20 0 0 6 11 .250 .275 .349 .624 13.7 1.2 3.0
LF *Dusty Rhodes 27 101 122 15 29 1 0 5 21 0 0 16 21 .238 .324 .369 .693 15.2 2.0 0.3
P  Carl Scheib 27 41 119 8 22 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 25 .185 .205 .202 .407 3.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Paul O'Dea 33 106 106 14 28 2 0 2 18 0 0 12 18 .264 .331 .340 .670 13.7 1.8 0.3
P  Gene Conley 23 36 96 9 16 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 24 .167 .175 .229 .404 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Haynes 36 38 95 5 20 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 14 .211 .235 .221 .456 4.0 0.0 0.0
SS  Lou Boudreau 36 46 74 7 12 2 0 0 4 2 0 6 17 .162 .222 .189 .411 2.9 0.0 0.9
P  Willard Schmidt 26 44 61 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .082 .081 .082 .163 -2.5 0.0 0.0
CF *Bill Bruton 28 70 53 22 14 3 1 0 10 15 8 8 5 .264 .355 .358 .713 6.8 0.7 0.5
P  Ray Scarborough 36 28 18 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.6 0.2 0.0
P  Sheldon Jones 32 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 28 68 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Billy Klaus 25 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2 0.1
RF  Hank Bauer 31 10 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Harry Byrd 29 28 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Hoskins 28 21 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Gorman 29 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
DH  Vic Power 26 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Mauney 34 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2106 5539 750 1464 242 26 113 727 161 56 539 672 .264 .329 .379 .707 688.0 114.2 50.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 4 5 8 8 5 1 8 7 2 3 5 5 5 5  
* - 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 27 22 13 .629 41 41 0 333.3 263 116 33 139 222 3.13 28.6
 Gene Conley 23 19 9 .679 36 36 0 285.7 221 78 12 79 198 2.46 30.0
 Joe Haynes 36 16 14 .533 38 38 0 280.0 314 149 21 99 58 4.79 10.5
 Willard Schmidt 26 12 10 .545 44 27 5 208.0 182 80 15 101 90 3.46 15.2
 Sam Jones 28 11 7 .611 68 4 5 96.7 69 35 9 69 71 3.26 10.4
 Ray Scarborough 36 4 5 .444 28 7 0 78.0 75 37 11 41 44 4.27 4.3
 Harry Byrd 29 3 6 .333 28 2 11 43.0 46 22 1 19 19 4.60 4.0
 Sheldon Jones 32 1 4 .200 5 5 0 37.3 46 28 6 23 14 6.75 0.0
 Dave Hoskins 28 1 2 .333 21 1 2 32.3 30 19 5 20 18 5.29 1.0
 Tom Gorman 29 1 2 .333 18 1 0 26.0 35 24 5 15 9 8.31 0.0
 Dick Mauney 34 0 0 .000 25 0 0 24.7 19 9 2 13 11 3.28 1.6
*Art Schallock 30 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1.3 5 3 0 1 1 20.30 0.0
*Bob Ross 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.5 90 72 .556 356 162 23 1447.3 1305 600 120 619 755 3.73 105.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 7 4 7 1 3 2 5 4 2  
* - 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 .991 32.3
B.Edwards 1083.0 121 124 593 46 3 2 .995 46.9
S.White 364.3 41 43 196 17 5 1 .977 57.1
Team Total 1447.3 162 167 789 63 8 3 .991 50.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
B.Dillinger 715.7 84 86 899 61 4 72 .996 12.07
B.Wilson 573.7 68 74 722 63 8 78 .990 12.32
D.Lund 88.3 5 30 98 14 1 17 .991 11.41
D.Rhodes 31.0 3 5 37 2 0 3 1.000 11.32
B.Edwards 17.7 0 8 18 1 0 3 1.000 9.68
L.Boudreau 16.0 2 2 18 1 2 2 .905 10.69
E.Lukon 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1447.3 162 208 1795 142 15 175 .992 12.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
J.Gilliam 1292.0 148 150 315 587 16 126 .983 6.28
L.Boudreau 88.7 8 16 21 37 1 8 .983 5.89
C.Carrasquel 57.0 5 11 12 30 1 9 .977 6.63
B.Klaus 6.0 1 1 3 5 1 1 .889 12.00
J.Brideweser 3.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 179 352 662 19 144 .982 6.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
J.Brideweser 723.0 85 87 38 162 4 10 .980 2.49
B.Dillinger 551.7 63 65 47 141 12 13 .940 3.07
D.Lund 105.0 8 25 6 31 0 1 1.000 3.17
C.Carrasquel 53.3 6 9 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Gilliam 9.3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89
L.Boudreau 5.0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 194 93 347 17 24 .963 2.74
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
C.Carrasquel 795.0 93 98 120 378 14 71 .973 5.64
J.Brideweser 554.7 63 66 108 246 10 61 .973 5.74
L.Boudreau 82.7 5 22 11 38 1 8 .980 5.34
B.Klaus 14.0 1 3 4 4 1 0 .889 5.14
B.Dillinger 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 190 243 666 26 140 .972 5.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
E.Lukon 1143.3 129 133 231 2 1 2 .996 1.83
D.Rhodes 114.0 12 19 20 0 1 0 .952 1.58
B.Edwards 78.0 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
D.Lund 75.0 9 10 19 3 0 1 1.000 2.64
P.O'Dea 34.0 3 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Brideweser 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Bauer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 183 294 5 2 3 .993 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
C.Furillo 1254.3 148 152 328 8 12 4 .966 2.41
B.Bruton 120.3 10 30 34 0 1 0 .971 2.54
D.Lund 48.0 4 15 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.63
H.Bauer 9.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
P.O'Dea 9.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Doby 6.7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1447.3 162 211 384 9 13 4 .968 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
L.Doby 1306.7 148 150 247 15 2 3 .992 1.80
D.Lund 87.0 10 12 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
P.O'Dea 35.0 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Rhodes 14.0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Furillo 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Wilson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 178 277 15 2 3 .993 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
C.Scheib 333.3 41 41 20 50 1 1 .986 1.89
G.Conley 285.7 36 36 21 40 0 0 1.000 1.92
J.Haynes 280.0 38 38 27 68 2 8 .979 3.05
W.Schmidt 208.0 27 44 9 36 0 4 1.000 1.95
S.Jones 96.7 4 68 5 11 2 0 .889 1.49
R.Scarborough 78.0 7 28 1 11 2 1 .857 1.38
H.Byrd 43.0 2 28 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.51
S.Jones 37.3 5 5 0 13 0 0 1.000 3.13
D.Hoskins 32.3 1 21 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.39
T.Gorman 26.0 1 18 3 2 1 0 .833 1.73
D.Mauney 24.7 0 25 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.82
A.Schallock 1.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
B.Ross 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 356 93 247 8 16 .977 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Dillinger .310
On-Base Pct Gilliam .385
Slugging Pct Doby .478
OPS Doby .831
XR Doby 95.3
Games Brideweser 158
At-Bats Dillinger 606
Runs Doby 99
Hits Dillinger 188
Total Bases Doby 267
Singles Dillinger 151
Doubles Gilliam 37
Triples Brideweser 6
Homeruns Doby 31
RBIs Doby 100
Stolen Bases Dillinger 60
Caught Stealing Dillinger 19
Walks Doby 94
Strikeouts Doby 124
ERA Conley 2.46
Wins Scheib 22
Losses Haynes 14
Winning Pct Conley .679
Saves Byrd 11
Games Pitched Jones 68
Games Started Scheib 41
Complete Games Scheib 20
Shutouts Conley 6
Innings Pitched Scheib 333.3
Hits Allowed Haynes 314
Homeruns Allowed Scheib 33
Strikeouts Scheib 222
Walks Allowed Scheib 139
Walks per 9IP Conley 2.5
Hits per 9IP Conley 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 6.2
WHiP Conley 1.05
OAVG Conley .215
OOBP Conley .272
OSLG Conley .304
OOPS Conley .576
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Larry Doby
Bruce Edwards
Joe Haynes
Sam Jones
Player Salaries
Larry Doby $ 15,100,000
Joe Haynes $ 9,000,001
Eddie Lukon $ 6,500,000
Bob Dillinger $ 4,450,000
Carl Scheib $ 4,335,714
Bruce Edwards $ 2,078,571
Carl Furillo $ 1,850,000
Paul O'Dea $ 1,400,000
Dick Mauney $ 851,000
Lou Boudreau $ 705,000
Ray Scarborough $ 458,000
Hank Bauer $ 350,000
Don Lund $ 350,000
Sheldon Jones $ 300,000
Gene Conley $ 300,000
Jim Gilliam $ 300,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 300,000
Harry Byrd $ 300,000
Bill Bruton $ 300,000
Jim Brideweser $ 300,000
Tom Gorman $ 300,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Billy Klaus $ 300,000
Jerry Lane $ 300,000
Vic Power $ 300,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 300,000
Bob Ross $ 300,000
Art Schallock $ 300,000
Willard Schmidt $ 300,000
Sammy White $ 300,000
Dave Hoskins $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Loren Babe
$3,000,000
Montreal Eddie Lukon
Bob Ross
2/8 Signed     Lou Boudreau
2/8 Signed     Ray Scarborough
2/19 Signed     Joe Haynes
4/2 Released Fred Marsh    
5/1 Released Andy Anderson    
5/1 Released Chuck Kress    
5/1 Released Carlos Bernier    
9/1 Released Harry Dorish