1952 Oakland Athletics
Record: 69-93
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 775
Runs Allowed: 860
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,775,412
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the AL
AA: 58-79, 7th in the AL
A: 69-68, 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
2B  Chico Carrasquel 24 151 585 83 165 30 4 11 52 0 0 54 55 .282 .345 .403 .749 79.1 10.8 4.9
2B #Johnny Lucadello 33 142 403 57 86 22 2 6 56 1 0 69 92 .213 .326 .323 .648 48.1 4.4 1.1
C  Bruce Edwards 28 138 437 73 133 15 2 15 76 1 1 33 50 .304 .352 .451 .803 67.0 10.2 5.5
1B *Ted Kluszewski 27 102 409 71 115 18 2 24 83 0 0 54 12 .281 .364 .511 .875 72.5 11.5 2.9
CF *Willard Marshall 31 104 377 52 115 29 2 11 69 0 0 49 29 .305 .378 .480 .858 64.7 10.1 2.4
CF  Carl Furillo 30 100 371 65 121 18 4 11 43 0 0 31 31 .326 .383 .485 .868 61.0 10.3 2.3
SS  Lou Klein 33 103 361 43 104 24 4 3 50 1 1 15 36 .288 .319 .402 .721 42.3 5.0 4.9
LF *Ron Northey 32 133 329 50 103 21 1 15 71 0 0 39 11 .313 .385 .520 .905 62.1 11.0 1.8
LF *Irv Noren 27 95 327 54 89 19 7 7 43 1 1 44 34 .272 .358 .437 .795 48.3 6.9 1.7
3B *Joe Garagiola 26 85 286 32 68 11 2 7 52 0 0 36 40 .238 .327 .364 .691 33.6 3.3 3.8
1B *Mike Schemer 34 128 220 27 63 4 0 1 14 2 0 5 8 .286 .305 .318 .623 18.7 1.0 0.9
SS  Steve Mesner 34 111 209 20 54 8 1 2 24 0 0 12 8 .258 .293 .335 .628 19.9 0.9 1.0
CF  Don Lund 29 76 174 28 41 10 3 4 16 0 0 17 35 .236 .306 .397 .702 20.3 1.8 1.4
RF  Hank Bauer 29 90 168 32 48 12 2 5 31 0 0 20 23 .286 .354 .470 .824 27.9 4.1 0.8
2B  Nanny Fernandez 33 59 128 15 39 14 1 0 18 0 0 4 11 .305 .319 .430 .748 16.8 2.2 1.0
2B *Pete Runnels 24 26 88 6 22 2 0 0 6 0 0 11 5 .250 .333 .273 .606 8.1 0.6 0.5
P  Charley Schanz 33 34 89 8 14 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 26 .157 .157 .180 .337 1.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Jim Brideweser 25 25 86 10 21 5 1 0 0 5 0 9 10 .244 .316 .326 .641 10.2 1.2 1.0
RF  Bill Wilson 23 25 84 10 18 2 1 5 11 0 0 5 18 .214 .253 .440 .693 10.7 0.8 0.4
LF *Dusty Rhodes 25 23 76 8 20 3 1 1 9 0 0 6 12 .263 .313 .368 .682 8.7 0.8 0.3
P  Bobby Shantz 26 26 61 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .180 .190 .197 .387 2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 32 27 53 7 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .094 .158 .113 .271 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Dorish 30 21 44 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .091 .089 .136 .225 -0.5 0.0 0.0
LF  Ed Sauer 33 26 49 6 12 6 0 0 4 0 0 5 15 .245 .315 .367 .682 5.2 0.6 0.5
LF *Paul O'Dea 31 22 45 4 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 .289 .347 .333 .680 4.7 0.4 0.1
P  Gene Conley 21 15 37 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .108 .108 .135 .243 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Scheib 25 16 37 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .216 .216 .216 .432 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 26 15 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .065 .121 .065 .186 -1.3 0.0 0.0
C  Mickey Grasso 32 8 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.6 0.0 0.3
LF *Roy Weatherly 37 22 23 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .304 .333 .348 .681 3.7 0.3 0.1
P  Vic Raschi 33 44 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .250 .417 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF  Tommy O'Brien 33 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .125 .300 .125 .425 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Jim Hegan 31 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.1
SS  Andy Anderson 29 5 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.0 0.1 0.3
P  Joe Coleman 29 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Art Schallock 28 65 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.1 0.0
P  Bob Feller 33 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Sheldon Jones 30 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Gorman 27 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Wilks 36 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Willard Schmidt 24 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Byrd 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Marius Russo 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2272 5676 775 1513 284 40 128 757 12 3 536 649 .267 .329 .398 .728 733.7 98.3 39.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 6 4 4 4 7 5 7 1 7 5 5 6 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
 Charley Schanz 33 12 10 .545 34 34 0 242.3 247 147 35 122 128 5.46 7.4
*Bobby Shantz 26 7 13 .350 26 26 0 189.7 191 83 21 51 72 3.94 13.4
 Tommy Hughes 32 8 9 .471 27 27 0 166.3 141 88 14 102 112 4.76 8.5
 Harry Dorish 30 7 11 .389 21 21 0 140.0 138 64 15 50 45 4.11 8.4
 Gene Conley 21 5 6 .455 15 15 0 100.3 108 49 9 28 47 4.40 5.8
 Carl Scheib 25 5 5 .500 16 16 0 99.7 102 47 13 36 71 4.24 6.9
 Sam Jones 26 2 9 .182 15 15 0 98.3 94 60 11 67 68 5.49 1.7
 Joe Coleman 29 6 3 .667 51 2 1 80.3 80 44 14 41 57 4.93 4.9
*Art Schallock 28 2 5 .286 65 0 4 80.0 74 43 7 47 35 4.84 4.7
 Vic Raschi 33 4 5 .444 44 5 4 77.7 99 51 12 44 38 5.91 1.7
 Tom Gorman 27 6 9 .400 54 1 7 61.0 74 44 7 42 24 6.49 1.3
 Bob Feller 33 5 6 .455 50 0 10 58.3 50 36 7 63 47 5.55 3.4
 Sheldon Jones 30 0 1 .000 17 0 1 22.3 29 23 5 13 10 9.27 0.0
 Harry Byrd 27 0 0 .000 8 1 0 12.7 15 8 4 4 13 5.69 0.2
 Ted Wilks 36 0 1 .000 9 0 0 9.3 12 9 4 2 5 8.68 0.0
 Willard Schmidt 24 0 0 .000 7 0 0 8.3 10 4 0 4 2 4.32 0.5
*Marius Russo 37 0 0 .000 2 0 0 4.0 8 3 1 1 3 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 29.2 69 93 .426 461 163 27 1450.6 1472 803 179 717 777 4.98 68.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 4 6 3 3 6 5 7 2 5  
* - 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 30.3
B.Edwards 832.7 91 103 467 35 4 1 .992 28.6
J.Garagiola 554.5 59 63 311 20 0 0 1.000 32.0
M.Grasso 60.0 6 6 29 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Hegan 16.3 2 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1463.5 158 174 818 56 4 1 .995 28.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.05
T.Kluszewski 893.0 99 100 1099 85 9 92 .992 11.93
M.Schemer 272.0 30 34 303 40 3 30 .991 11.35
R.Northey 211.3 23 26 253 12 4 24 .985 11.29
P.Runnels 81.4 9 10 94 8 1 8 .990 11.28
J.Garagiola 31.3 3 3 36 6 0 4 1.000 12.08
N.Fernandez 23.0 3 4 31 3 0 0 1.000 13.30
B.Edwards 17.0 2 4 25 0 0 3 1.000 13.24
M.Grasso 4.7 0 1 6 2 1 3 .889 15.32
R.Weatherly 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
S.Mesner 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Lund 1.3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 20.30
Team Total 1540.1 169 186 1854 158 18 166 .991 11.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.12
J.Lucadello 960.3 116 117 220 405 19 72 .970 5.86
S.Mesner 111.7 5 39 26 46 1 11 .986 5.80
C.Carrasquel 101.7 11 18 28 40 2 11 .971 6.02
P.Runnels 94.2 9 11 23 37 0 9 1.000 5.73
N.Fernandez 50.3 4 16 6 18 3 2 .889 4.29
J.Brideweser 11.0 1 3 4 3 0 0 1.000 5.73
R.Weatherly 9.0 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00
L.Klein 5.5 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.55
A.Anderson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1344.7 147 210 308 553 26 105 .971 5.76
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.98
C.Carrasquel 725.0 86 88 48 169 7 17 .969 2.69
S.Mesner 259.7 28 39 18 44 5 2 .925 2.15
J.Brideweser 181.0 23 24 14 61 0 3 1.000 3.73
J.Lucadello 114.3 12 18 7 21 0 1 1.000 2.20
N.Fernandez 67.0 7 10 9 17 2 3 .929 3.49
D.Lund 45.7 1 16 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.97
J.Garagiola 42.6 3 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.32
A.Anderson 9.0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1444.3 161 209 103 330 14 28 .969 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.33
L.Klein 833.2 97 100 143 333 18 65 .964 5.14
C.Carrasquel 424.3 47 50 64 182 2 27 .992 5.22
N.Fernandez 117.0 12 19 23 39 4 8 .939 4.77
S.Mesner 57.0 5 18 8 22 0 2 1.000 4.74
P.Runnels 21.5 2 3 5 10 1 1 .938 6.28
A.Anderson 13.0 1 1 5 9 0 4 1.000 9.69
E.Sauer 6.0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
I.Noren 0.7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1472.7 164 193 248 599 25 109 .971 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.93
I.Noren 723.3 84 86 162 2 6 1 .965 2.04
H.Bauer 287.3 32 38 60 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
D.Rhodes 176.0 23 23 33 3 2 0 .947 1.84
W.Marshall 173.2 18 20 32 2 0 0 1.000 1.77
B.Edwards 94.7 9 15 23 1 0 1 1.000 2.28
R.Northey 44.7 4 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.21
P.O'Dea 36.7 3 5 8 0 1 0 .889 1.96
S.Mesner 19.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
N.Fernandez 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Sauer 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
R.Weatherly 5.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.77
D.Lund 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Wilson 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.O'Brien 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1587.0 177 207 341 8 9 2 .975 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.62
W.Marshall 656.3 72 73 181 2 2 1 .989 2.51
D.Lund 371.0 45 49 100 4 0 0 1.000 2.52
R.Northey 75.3 8 13 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.58
E.Sauer 70.0 7 10 34 0 0 0 1.000 4.37
H.Bauer 37.0 1 15 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.43
R.Weatherly 20.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
P.O'Dea 11.6 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
B.Wilson 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
I.Noren 5.6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
C.Furillo 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1259.8 137 171 370 6 2 1 .995 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
C.Furillo 809.3 93 95 208 5 3 3 .986 2.37
R.Northey 349.0 39 43 86 0 3 0 .966 2.22
B.Wilson 182.0 24 24 34 1 1 0 .972 1.73
I.Noren 26.5 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
T.O'Brien 19.1 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
H.Bauer 17.0 0 7 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.18
D.Lund 15.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
N.Fernandez 13.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
E.Sauer 11.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
P.O'Dea 9.4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
S.Mesner 7.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
W.Marshall 7.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.80
D.Rhodes 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Weatherly 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.8 167 199 355 8 7 4 .981 2.22
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
C.Schanz 242.3 34 34 20 34 1 2 .982 2.01
B.Shantz 189.7 26 26 15 31 1 2 .979 2.18
T.Hughes 166.3 27 27 9 26 1 5 .972 1.89
H.Dorish 140.0 21 21 8 41 1 1 .980 3.15
G.Conley 100.3 15 15 4 18 1 2 .957 1.97
C.Scheib 99.7 16 16 9 17 1 1 .963 2.35
S.Jones 98.3 15 15 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.28
J.Coleman 80.3 2 51 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.79
A.Schallock 80.0 0 65 8 15 1 2 .958 2.59
V.Raschi 77.7 5 44 8 15 0 2 1.000 2.67
T.Gorman 61.0 1 54 3 10 1 1 .929 1.92
B.Feller 58.3 0 50 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.62
S.Jones 22.3 0 17 1 4 1 0 .833 2.02
H.Byrd 12.7 1 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.84
T.Wilks 9.3 0 9 0 7 0 0 1.000 6.75
W.Schmidt 8.3 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16
M.Russo 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.6 163 461 99 257 9 20 .975 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Edwards .286
On-Base Pct Carrasquel .345
Slugging Pct Kluszewski .471
OPS Kluszewski .809
XR Carrasquel 79.1
Games Carrasquel 151
At-Bats Carrasquel 585
Runs Carrasquel 83
Hits Carrasquel 165
Total Bases Carrasquel 236
Singles Carrasquel 120
Doubles Carrasquel 30
Triples Noren 7
Homeruns Kluszewski 24
RBIs Kluszewski 83
Stolen Bases Brideweser 5
Caught Stealing Edwards, Klein, Noren 1
Walks Lucadello 69
Strikeouts Lucadello 92
ERA Shantz 3.94
Wins Schanz 12
Losses Shantz 13
Winning Pct Schanz .545
Saves Feller 10
Games Pitched Schallock 65
Games Started Schanz 34
Complete Games Shantz 7
Shutouts Dorish, Scheib, Shantz 1
Innings Pitched Schanz 242.3
Hits Allowed Schanz 247
Homeruns Allowed Schanz 35
Strikeouts Schanz 128
Walks Allowed Schanz 122
Walks per 9IP Shantz 2.4
Hits per 9IP Hughes 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Hughes 6.1
WHiP Shantz 1.28
OAVG Hughes .230
OOBP Shantz .308
OSLG Hughes .355
OOPS Hughes .693
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Charley Schanz $ 3,500,000
Eddie Stanky $ 3,000,000
Ron Northey $ 2,530,000
Vic Raschi $ 2,080,000
Carl Furillo $ 1,850,000
Joe Coleman $ 1,512,857
Johnny Lucadello $ 1,469,871
Ted Wilks $ 1,300,000
Marius Russo $ 1,250,000
Paul O'Dea $ 1,000,000
Steve Mesner $ 592,000
Mike Schemer $ 570,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 540,000
Tommy O'Brien $ 500,000
Bob Feller $ 400,000
Hank Bauer $ 350,000
Mel Queen $ 350,000
Bruce Edwards $ 350,000
Jim Hegan $ 300,000
Jim Brideweser $ 300,000
Harry Byrd $ 300,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 300,000
Roy Weatherly $ 300,000
Gene Conley $ 300,000
Harry Dorish $ 300,000
Willard Schmidt $ 300,000
Don Lund $ 300,000
Mickey Grasso $ 300,000
Pete Runnels $ 300,000
Sam Jones $ 300,000
Sheldon Jones $ 300,000
Andy Anderson $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Carl Scheib $ 300,000
Art Schallock $ 300,000
Ed Sauer $ 300,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 300,000
Tom Gorman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Ed Head
Dave Koslo
New York (A) Crash Davis
2/13 Traded Willie Jones Pittsburgh Bill Wilson
Jack Crimian
Chico Carrasquel
2/17 Signed     Mike Schemer
4/2 Traded Ed Stevens Tampa Bay Willard Marshall
Sheldon Jones
7/1 Released Crash Davis    
7/31 Traded Ted Kluszewski Seattle Carl Scheib
Jim Brideweser
7/31 Traded Joe Garagiola
Bobby Shantz
Irv Noren
Detroit Gene Conley
Eddie Stanky
Marius Russo
7/31 Traded Willard Marshall Detroit Jim Waugh
Tommy O'Brien
Mickey Grasso
7/31 Traded Tommy Hughes Boston (N) Pete Runnels
Willard Schmidt
7/31 Traded Lou Klein Minnesota Harry Byrd
Paul O'Dea
7/31 Signed     Ed Sauer
7/31 Signed     Sandy Ullrich
7/31 Signed     Andy Anderson
7/31 Signed     Roy Weatherly
7/31 Signed     Jim Hegan