1951 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1951 Philadelphia Athletics

League| American League
Ballpark| Shibe Park
City| Philadelphia
Owners| Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General managers| Arthur Ehlers
Managers| Jimmy Dykes
Television| WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
Radio| WIBG
(Ray Walton, By Saam, Claude Haring)

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The 1951 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.

## Offseason

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* November 16, 1950: Morrie Martin was drafted by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950 rule 5 draft.[1]

## Regular season

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Ferris Fain won the American League batting championship with a .344 batting average.

### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Yankees | 98 | 56  | .636  | —  | 56‍–‍22  | 42‍–‍34
Cleveland Indians | 93 | 61  | .604  | 5  | 53‍–‍24  | 40‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox | 87 | 67  | .565  | 11  | 50‍–‍25  | 37‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 73  | .526  | 17  | 39‍–‍38  | 42‍–‍35
Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81  | .474  | 25  | 36‍–‍41  | 37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics | 70 | 84  | .455  | 28  | 38‍–‍41  | 32‍–‍43
Washington Senators | 62 | 92  | .403  | 36  | 32‍–‍44  | 30‍–‍48
St. Louis Browns | 52 | 102  | .338  | 46  | 24‍–‍53  | 28‍–‍49

### Record vs. opponents

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1951 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | NYY  | PHA  | SLB  | WSH
Boston | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 14–8
Cleveland | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | — | 17–5 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 16–6 | 13–9
Detroit | 10–12 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9
New York | 11–11 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 16–6
Philadelphia | 7–15 | 13–9 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 12–10
St. Louis | 7–15 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 5–17 | 8–14 | — | 9–13
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 13–9 | —

### Notable transactions

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* April 30, 1951: Lou Brissie was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians, and Paul Lehner was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox as part of a 3-team trade. The White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to the Athletics, and the Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Athletics. The Indians sent Minnie Miñoso to the White Sox.[2]
* June 4, 1951: Kermit Wahl was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Hank Majeski.[3]

### Roster

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1951 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster
Pitchers

* 19 Lou Brissie
* 38 Moe Burtschy
* 20 Joe Coleman
* 25 Dick Fowler
* 17 Bubba Harris
* 23 Bob Hooper
* 22 Alex Kellner
* 37 Johnny Kucab
* 26,42 Morrie Martin
* 24 Carl Scheib
* 30 Bobby Shantz
* 36 Hank Wyse
* 21 Sam Zoldak

|  | Catchers

* 9 Joe Astroth
* 14 Ray Murray
* 15 Joe Tipton

Infielders

* 16 Tod Davis
* 8 Ferris Fain
* 11 Billy Hitchcock
* 1 Eddie Joost
* 6 Lou Klein
* 3 Lou Limmer
* 5 Hank Majeski
* 6 Ed Samcoff
* 12 Pete Suder
* 18 Kermit Wahl

|  | Outfielders

* 4 Sam Chapman
* 7 Allie Clark
* 5 Paul Lehner
* 7 Barney McCosky
* 2 Wally Moses
* 17 Dave Philley
* 10 Elmer Valo
* 19 Gus Zernial

|  | Manager

* 35 Jimmy Dykes

Coaches

* 32 Chief Bender
* 31 Les McCrabb
* 33 Bing Miller
* 29 Tom Oliver

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos  | Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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C | Joe Tipton | 72 | 213 | 51 | .239 | 3 | 20
1B | Ferris Fain | 117 | 425 | 146 | .344 | 6 | 57
2B | Pete Suder | 123 | 440 | 108 | .245 | 1 | 42
SS | Eddie Joost | 140 | 553 | 160 | .289 | 19 | 78
3B | Hank Majeski | 89 | 323 | 92 | .285 | 5 | 42
OF | Gus Zernial | 139 | 552 | 151 | .274 | 33 | 125
OF | Elmer Valo | 123 | 444 | 134 | .302 | 7 | 55
OF | Dave Philley | 125 | 468 | 123 | .263 | 7 | 59

#### Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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Billy Hitchcock | 77 | 222 | 68 | .306 | 1 | 36
Lou Limmer | 94 | 213 | 34 | .159 | 5 | 30
Joe Astroth | 64 | 187 | 46 | .246 | 2 | 19
Allie Clark | 56 | 161 | 40 | .248 | 4 | 22
Lou Klein | 49 | 144 | 33 | .229 | 5 | 17
Wally Moses | 70 | 136 | 26 | .191 | 0 | 9
Ray Murray | 40 | 122 | 26 | .213 | 0 | 13
Sam Chapman | 18 | 65 | 11 | .169 | 0 | 5
Kermit Wahl | 20 | 59 | 11 | .186 | 0 | 6
Paul Lehner | 9 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 1
Barney McCosky | 12 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 1 | 1
Tod Davis | 11 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0
Ed Samcoff | 4 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Alex Kellner | 33 | 209.2 | 11 | 14 | 4.46 | 94
Bobby Shantz | 32 | 205.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.94 | 77
Sam Zoldak | 26 | 128.0 | 6 | 10 | 3.16 | 18
Dick Fowler | 22 | 125.0 | 5 | 11 | 5.62 | 29
Lou Brissie | 2 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 3

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Bob Hooper | 38 | 189.0 | 12 | 10 | 4.38 | 64
Carl Scheib | 46 | 143.0 | 1 | 12 | 4.47 | 49
Morrie Martin | 35 | 138.0 | 11 | 4 | 3.78 | 35
Joe Coleman | 28 | 96.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.98 | 34

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Johnny Kucab | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4.22 | 23
Hank Wyse | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.98 | 5
Moe Burtschy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.29 | 4
Bubba Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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A | Savannah Indians | Sally League | George Staller
A | Lincoln Athletics | Western League | Frank Skaff
B | Fayetteville Athletics | Carolina League | Red Norris
B | Salisbury Athletics | Interstate League | Bunny Griffiths
C | Rome Colonels | Canadian–American League | Buck Etchison
D | Tarboro A's | Coastal Plain League | Joe Rullo
D | Cordele A's | Georgia–Florida League | Ducky Detweiler and Jimmie DeShong
D | Lexington Indians | North Carolina State League | Harold Harrigan, Gray Hampton and Bob Deese
D | Corning Athletics | PONY League | Irv Hall

## References

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1. ^ Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Kermit Wahl page at Baseball Reference

## External links

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* 1951 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
* 1951 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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