1950 Oakland Athletics
Record: 86-76
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 909
Runs Allowed: 856
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,893,570
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 3rd in the AL
AA: 51-86, 8th in the AL
A: 59-78, 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
1B *Ted Kluszewski 25 155 598 111 197 28 2 43 156 0 0 69 19 .329 .397 .599 .996 127.9 25.3 3.4
SS  Lou Klein 31 154 593 81 188 28 8 9 79 0 3 40 55 .317 .361 .437 .797 84.6 13.3 6.1
C *Hal Wagner 34 146 531 100 163 30 3 8 67 0 0 91 46 .307 .411 .420 .831 91.3 16.0 9.6
CF  Carl Furillo 28 155 546 77 152 29 2 13 81 0 0 51 33 .278 .340 .410 .750 74.4 9.9 3.5
SS  Willie Jones 24 146 506 88 116 21 2 20 76 1 0 87 33 .229 .339 .397 .737 72.1 7.8 3.7
1B *Ed Stevens 25 139 460 81 145 31 0 9 68 0 0 55 41 .315 .389 .441 .831 73.6 12.1 2.0
2B #Johnny Lucadello 31 132 379 70 117 21 1 12 78 1 0 75 50 .309 .421 .464 .885 72.6 13.3 3.1
LF *Irv Noren 25 99 308 63 88 12 2 11 44 0 1 43 23 .286 .373 .445 .818 49.0 7.3 1.2
RF  Don Ross 35 107 276 27 95 8 0 5 53 0 1 21 9 .344 .391 .428 .818 40.7 6.6 1.3
LF *Ron Northey 30 119 261 40 66 16 1 7 40 0 0 29 10 .253 .325 .402 .728 32.8 3.5 0.9
3B *Joe Garagiola 24 111 246 44 77 14 2 7 44 1 1 42 28 .313 .414 .472 .886 47.6 8.9 2.8
C  Bruce Edwards 26 90 230 39 65 16 2 2 30 0 0 24 22 .283 .348 .396 .743 31.1 4.2 1.4
SS  Steve Mesner 32 64 158 22 52 8 0 4 19 0 1 11 3 .329 .376 .456 .832 24.4 4.0 1.2
P *Dave Koslo 30 39 90 6 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 33 .089 .143 .133 .276 0.9 0.0 0.0
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 37 46 106 15 25 3 1 1 8 0 0 10 10 .236 .299 .311 .610 9.6 0.2 0.8
P  Tommy Hughes 30 41 93 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 28 .108 .134 .129 .263 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 24 34 83 7 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 16 .133 .153 .181 .334 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 32 31 70 6 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .229 .260 .243 .503 4.2 0.0 0.0
RF  Hank Bauer 27 64 54 15 8 2 0 2 11 0 0 5 3 .148 .213 .296 .509 4.2 0.0 0.3
LF *Roy Weatherly 35 38 51 8 12 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 9 .235 .264 .294 .558 3.2 0.0 0.4
P  Joe Coleman 27 7 17 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Nanny Fernandez 31 13 19 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .158 .150 .211 .361 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Charley Schanz 31 91 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 31 73 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Rigney 35 81 8 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.3 0.4 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 34 84 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Heintzelman 34 62 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2321 5722 909 1624 281 27 153 884 4 7 668 496 .284 .358 .423 .781 845.5 132.9 41.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 5 1 5 8 4 5 8 1 5 1 2 4 4 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
 Tommy Hughes 30 18 7 .720 41 41 0 279.7 252 121 18 171 171 3.89 23.5
*Dave Koslo 30 15 16 .484 39 39 0 268.3 305 169 36 104 155 5.67 7.6
*Bobby Shantz 24 17 9 .654 34 34 0 238.0 238 115 24 86 121 4.35 17.9
 Ed Head 32 14 8 .636 31 31 0 208.0 205 95 23 97 120 4.11 17.6
 Charley Schanz 31 4 10 .286 91 6 12 130.7 165 89 21 64 59 6.13 2.5
 Johnny Rigney 35 7 5 .583 81 0 5 91.3 82 52 9 60 58 5.12 7.1
 Vic Raschi 31 4 11 .267 73 3 4 87.3 99 62 7 59 36 6.39 0.2
*Harry Eisenstat 34 3 4 .429 84 1 11 58.3 70 35 13 28 21 5.40 3.5
 Joe Coleman 27 2 2 .500 7 7 0 49.7 54 26 4 28 27 4.71 2.7
*Ken Heintzelman 34 2 4 .333 62 0 4 44.0 56 32 3 27 19 6.55 0.8
Team Totals 30.8 86 76 .531 543 162 36 1455.3 1526 796 158 724 787 4.92 83.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 2 5 5 4 4 6 6 1 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 .992 32.3
H.Wagner 1174.0 130 135 656 53 5 0 .993 42.0
J.Garagiola 260.0 30 31 156 10 1 0 .994 40.0
B.Edwards 21.3 2 5 11 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1455.3 162 171 823 65 6 0 .993 41.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 12.09
T.Kluszewski 1302.3 145 152 1484 135 11 153 .993 11.19
R.Northey 58.0 7 9 59 3 1 8 .984 9.62
E.Stevens 40.0 4 7 46 3 1 6 .980 11.03
B.Edwards 28.0 2 9 41 2 0 3 1.000 13.82
J.Garagiola 18.0 3 4 22 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
R.Weatherly 9.0 1 3 12 1 0 2 1.000 13.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 184 1664 146 13 173 .993 11.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.21
J.Lucadello 937.3 106 116 234 369 21 90 .966 5.79
S.Mesner 264.7 31 36 67 105 3 19 .983 5.85
L.Klein 124.0 16 17 31 43 0 13 1.000 5.37
R.Weatherly 96.7 9 25 22 33 1 9 .982 5.12
D.Ross 20.7 0 9 10 5 0 1 1.000 6.53
W.Jones 11.0 0 6 3 7 0 3 1.000 8.18
N.Fernandez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 210 367 562 25 135 .974 5.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.87
W.Jones 1056.0 126 127 81 249 22 26 .938 2.81
J.Garagiola 213.0 22 45 18 49 1 3 .985 2.83
J.Outlaw 65.0 7 12 7 13 2 2 .909 2.77
H.Wagner 35.7 3 7 3 8 1 3 .917 2.78
N.Fernandez 27.0 2 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.67
D.Ross 25.3 0 17 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.78
S.Mesner 23.0 2 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Lucadello 9.3 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.89
B.Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 229 115 330 26 35 .945 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.52
L.Klein 1164.3 131 136 216 466 25 103 .965 5.27
W.Jones 142.3 17 20 20 66 2 12 .977 5.44
J.Outlaw 108.0 11 20 16 40 0 7 1.000 4.67
S.Mesner 28.7 2 10 5 17 1 4 .957 6.91
N.Fernandez 12.0 1 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 189 257 593 28 126 .968 5.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.97
I.Noren 599.7 69 75 125 3 3 2 .977 1.92
B.Edwards 481.3 56 59 110 2 0 1 1.000 2.09
R.Northey 261.7 27 39 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
H.Bauer 30.0 4 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
D.Ross 28.0 3 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.21
J.Outlaw 26.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
E.Stevens 25.3 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
S.Mesner 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Weatherly 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 206 310 6 3 3 .991 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
C.Furillo 1239.7 146 150 331 15 5 5 .986 2.51
R.Northey 80.7 4 25 23 0 2 0 .920 2.57
H.Bauer 49.7 6 11 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.81
J.Outlaw 37.0 4 8 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
I.Noren 23.0 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
R.Weatherly 19.0 2 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32
D.Ross 6.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 212 392 17 7 5 .983 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.10
E.Stevens 884.3 96 112 201 1 1 0 .995 2.06
D.Ross 477.0 58 59 109 2 0 0 1.000 2.09
R.Northey 60.0 6 11 15 0 1 0 .938 2.25
J.Outlaw 14.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
C.Furillo 8.0 0 4 7 0 1 0 .875 7.88
H.Bauer 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
I.Noren 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1455.3 162 194 341 3 3 0 .991 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.35
T.Hughes 279.7 41 41 18 50 1 4 .986 2.19
D.Koslo 268.3 39 39 12 47 1 2 .983 1.98
B.Shantz 238.0 34 34 9 43 2 1 .963 1.97
E.Head 208.0 31 31 10 49 4 4 .937 2.55
C.Schanz 130.7 6 91 6 29 0 4 1.000 2.41
J.Rigney 91.3 0 81 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.46
V.Raschi 87.3 3 73 8 21 0 1 1.000 2.99
H.Eisenstat 58.3 1 84 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Coleman 49.7 7 7 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.36
K.Heintzelman 44.0 0 62 3 7 1 0 .909 2.05
Team Total 1455.3 162 543 80 282 9 19 .976 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kluszewski .329
On-Base Pct Wagner .411
Slugging Pct Kluszewski .599
OPS Kluszewski .996
XR Kluszewski 127.9
Games Furillo, Kluszewski 155
At-Bats Kluszewski 598
Runs Kluszewski 111
Hits Kluszewski 197
Total Bases Kluszewski 358
Singles Klein 143
Doubles Stevens 31
Triples Klein 8
Homeruns Kluszewski 43
RBIs Kluszewski 156
Stolen Bases Garagiola, Jones, Lucadello, Weatherly 1
Caught Stealing Klein 3
Walks Wagner 91
Strikeouts Klein 55
ERA Hughes 3.89
Wins Hughes 18
Losses Koslo 16
Winning Pct Hughes .720
Saves Schanz 12
Games Pitched Schanz 91
Games Started Hughes 41
Complete Games Koslo 4
Shutouts Coleman, Koslo 1
Innings Pitched Hughes 279.7
Hits Allowed Koslo 305
Homeruns Allowed Koslo 36
Strikeouts Hughes 171
Walks Allowed Hughes 171
Walks per 9IP Shantz 3.3
Hits per 9IP Hughes 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Hughes 5.5
WHiP Shantz 1.36
OAVG Hughes .244
OOBP Shantz .323
OSLG Hughes .344
OOPS Hughes .695
Team All-Stars
Tommy Hughes
Ted Kluszewski
Hal Wagner
Player Salaries
Dave Koslo $ 11,500,000
Ed Head $ 10,000,000
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Charley Schanz $ 3,500,000
Lou Klein $ 3,420,000
Ed Stevens $ 2,685,714
Tommy Hughes $ 2,120,000
Vic Raschi $ 2,080,000
Carl Furillo $ 2,035,714
Johnny Rigney $ 1,861,548
Johnny Lucadello $ 1,469,871
Ken Heintzelman $ 1,468,000
Joe Coleman $ 905,000
Roy Weatherly $ 770,000
Don Ross $ 745,938
Ron Northey $ 650,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 580,000
Jimmy Outlaw $ 553,482
Steve Mesner $ 544,000
Chico Hernandez $ 330,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 300,000
Earl Harrist $ 300,000
Joe Garagiola $ 300,000
Hank Bauer $ 300,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 300,000
Bobby Shantz $ 300,000
Bruce Edwards $ 300,000
Irv Noren $ 300,000
Willie Jones $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Johnny Lucadello
2/3 Signed     Don Ross
2/6 Signed     Johnny Rigney
2/11 Signed     Jimmy Outlaw
3/3 Released Charlie Bicknell    
3/3 Released Vince Shupe    
3/3 Released Woody Main    
3/3 Released Tex Shirley    
3/3 Released Dave Madison    
3/3 Released Herman Reich    
3/3 Released Wayne Ambler    
3/3 Released Charlie Mead    
4/2 Signed     Ken Heintzelman