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1953 Philadelphia Athletics season

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Major League Baseball team season

1953 Philadelphia Athletics

League	American League
Ballpark	Connie Mack Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Earle Mack &Roy Mack
General managers	Arthur Ehlers
Managers	Jimmy Dykes
Television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
Radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring)
← 1952 1954 →

The1953Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in theAmerican League with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses,41+1⁄2 games behind theNew York Yankees, who would win their fifth consecutiveWorld Series Championship. It was also the penultimate season for the franchise inPhiladelphia.

Offseason

January 27, 1953:Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors) were traded by the Athletics to theChicago White Sox forJoe DeMaestri,Ed McGhee andEddie Robinson.^[1]
February 2, 1953:Sam Zoldak was released by the Athletics.^[2]

Regular season

During the season,Bob Trice became the first black player in the history of the Athletics.^[3]

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	52	.656	—	50‍–‍27	49‍–‍25
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	8½	53‍–‍24	39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	11½	41‍–‍36	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	84	69	.549	16	38‍–‍38	46‍–‍31
Washington Senators	76	76	.500	23½	39‍–‍36	37‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	60	94	.390	40½	30‍–‍47	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	59	95	.383	41½	27‍–‍50	32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	46½	23‍–‍54	31‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1953 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	13–9	10–11	15–7	17–5	10–12
Chicago	16–6	—	11–11–1	14–8–1	9–13	10–12	17–5	12–10
Cleveland	9–13	11–11–1	—	14–8	11–11	19–3	17–5	11–11
Detroit	9–13	8–14–1	8–14	—	6–16	11–11–3	7–15	11–11
New York	11–10	13–9	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	17–5	14–6
Philadelphia	7–15	12–10	3–19	11–11–3	5–17	—	13–9	8–14
St. Louis	5–17	5–17	5–17	15–7	5–17	9–13	—	10–12
Washington	12–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	6–14	14–8	12–10	—

Roster

1953 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

35Jimmy Dykes

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Ray Murray	84	268	76	.284	6	41
1B	Eddie Robinson	156	615	152	.247	22	102
2B	Cass Michaels	117	411	103	.251	12	42
SS	Joe DeMaestri	111	420	107	.255	6	35
3B	Loren Babe	103	343	77	.224	0	20
OF	Gus Zernial	147	556	158	.284	42	108
OF	Ed McGhee	104	358	94	.263	1	29
OF	Dave Philley	157	620	188	.303	9	59

Other batters

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
Pete Suder	115	454	130	.286	4	35
Joe Astroth	82	260	77	.296	3	24
Eddie Joost	51	177	44	.249	6	15
Carmen Mauro	64	165	44	.267	0	17
Elmer Valo	50	85	19	.224	0	9
Allie Clark	20	74	15	.203	3	13
Tom Hamilton	58	56	11	.196	0	5
Kite Thomas	24	49	6	.122	0	2
Neal Watlington	21	44	7	.159	0	3
Tommy Giordano	11	40	7	.175	2	5
Spider Wilhelm	7	7	2	.286	0	0
Don Kolloway	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harry Byrd	40	236.2	11	20	5.51	122
Alex Kellner	25	201.2	11	12	3.93	81
Bobby Shantz	16	105.2	5	9	4.09	58
Bob Trice	3	23.0	2	1	5.48	4

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Marion Fricano	39	211.0	9	12	3.88	67
Charlie Bishop	39	160.2	3	14	5.66	66
Morrie Martin	58	156.1	10	12	4.43	64
Carl Scheib	28	96.0	3	7	4.88	25
Joe Coleman	21	90.0	3	4	4.00	18

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Fanovich	26	0	3	0	5.55	37
Bobo Newsom	17	2	1	0	4.89	16
Rinty Monahan	4	0	0	0	4.22	2
Dick Rozek	2	0	0	0	5.06	2
Walt Kellner	2	0	0	0	6.00	4
Bill Harrington	1	0	0	0	13.50	0
John Mackinson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also:Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ottawa Athletics	International League	Frank Skaff
A	Williamsport Athletics	Eastern League	George Staller
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Les Bell
B	Fayetteville Athletics	Carolina League	Buck Etchison,Bill Bergeron, Bob Eiziminger andKemp Wicker
C	St. Hyacinthe A's	Provincial League	John Sosh andJoe Rullo
D	Welch Miners	Appalachian League	Jack Crosswhite
D	Cordele A's	Georgia–Florida League	Joe Rullo andLew Richardson
D	Hopkinsville Hoppers	KITTY League	Norm Wilson andEd Wright

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Welch

References

^Joe DeMaestri atBaseball Reference
^Sam Zoldak atBaseball Reference
^Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

1953 Philadelphia Athletics atBaseball Reference
1953 Philadelphia Athletics atBaseball Almanac

v t e 1953 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1953 All-Star Game 1953 World Series

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Established in1901
Formerly thePhiladelphia Athletics, theKansas City Athletics and theOakland Athletics
Based inWest Sacramento, California

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (under construction)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner:John Fisher
President:Marc Badain
Executive vice president:Billy Beane
General manager:David Forst
Manager:Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (126)
1900s	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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Lore

Tiebreaker games	1959 National League playoff series 1978 AL East Playoff 1980 NL West Playoff
LCS games	"Chris Chambliss' Walk-Off Home Run" (1976) "Garvey Home Run" (1984) "Gatorade Glove Play" (1984) "You're Looking at One for the Ages Here" (1986)
World Series games	"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning" (1977) "Mr. October" (1977) "The Call" (1985) 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

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1995

AL Wild Card Round

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All-Star Game

Music

Seasons

SaturdayGame of the Week	1953 1954 1959 (NL tie-breaker series) 1960 1961 (prime time games) 1965
Monday Night Baseball	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 (now onThursday nights)
The Baseball Network	1994 1995
The1994 World Series was cancelled due to astrike.

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