1950 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 52-102 .338
Result: 8th in American League
Manager(s): Connie Mack
General Manager: Art Ehlers
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 309,805
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Wally Moses (39)
Youngest Player: Carl Scheib (23)
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman (10)
Top Hitter: Ferris Fain (18)
Top Pitcher: Lou Brissie (9)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 75.91%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Detroit	95	59	.617	3.0
Boston	94	60	.610	4.0
Cleveland	92	62	.597	6.0
Washington	67	87	.435	31.0
Chi White Sox	60	94	.390	38.0
St. Louis	58	96	.377	40.0
Philadelphia	52	102	.338	46.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
4	Sam Chapman	of	33	34	-	MLB	144	553	93	139	20	6	23	95	3	3	68	79	4		2		14	.251	.000	.434	434	240			-	-
8	Ferris Fain	1b	18	29	-	MLB	151	522	83	147	25	4	10	83	8	5	133	26	3		0		18	.282	.000	.402	402	210			-	-
1	Eddie Joost	ss	20	34	-	MLB	131	476	79	111	12	3	18	58	5	1	103	68	3		10		11	.233	.000	.384	384	183			-	-
10	Elmer Valo	of	25	29	-	MLB	129	446	62	125	16	5	10	46	12	7	82	22	7		7		7	.280	.000	.406	406	181			-	-
5	Paul Lehner	of	-	29	-	MLB	114	427	48	132	17	5	9	52	1	1	32	33	0		8		12	.309	.000	.436	436	186			-	-
11,41	Billy Hitchcock	3b-2b	-	33	-	MLB	115	399	35	109	22	5	1	54	3	1	45	32	0		3		30	.273	.000	.361	361	144			-	-
6	Bob Dillinger	3b	43	31	-	MLB	84	356	55	110	21	9	3	41	5	3	31	20	1		1		11	.309	.000	.444	444	158			-	-
18,26	Kermit Wahl	3b-ss	-	27	-	MLB	89	280	26	72	12	3	2	27	1	1	30	30	1		7		9	.257	.000	.343	343	96			-	-
7	Wally Moses	of	-	39	-	MLB	88	265	47	70	16	5	2	21	0	1	40	17	2		2		6	.264	.000	.385	385	102			-	-
37	Mike Guerra	c	-	37	-	MLB	87	252	25	71	10	4	2	26	1	0	16	12	0		5		6	.282	.000	.377	377	95			-	-
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	-	34	-	MLB	77	248	34	61	10	0	8	35	2	2	23	31	0		3		8	.246	.000	.383	383	95			-	-
15	Joe Tipton	c	-	28	-	MLB	64	184	15	49	5	1	6	20	0	0	19	16	0		2		3	.266	.000	.402	402	74			-	-
2	Barney McCosky	of	-	33	-	MLB	66	179	19	43	10	1	0	11	0	0	22	12	0		6		4	.240	.000	.307	307	55			-	-
9	Joe Astroth	c	-	27	-	MLB	39	110	11	36	3	1	1	18	0	0	18	3	0		0		7	.327	.000	.400	400	44			-	-
19	Lou Brissie	p	-	26	-	MLB	46	87	5	15	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	4	0		1		3	.172	.000	.184	184	16			-	-
22,34	Alex Kellner	p	-	25	-	MLB	36	80	5	16	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	13	0		0		4	.200	.000	.212	212	17			-	-
30	Bobby Shantz	p	-	24	-	MLB	37	66	4	11	1	0	1	4	1	0	6	10	0		6		2	.167	.000	.227	227	15			-	-
36	Hank Wyse	p	-	32	-	MLB	41	59	4	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	14	0		3		4	.153	.000	.153	153	9			-	-
23	Bob Hooper	p	-	28	-	MLB	45	56	4	7	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	21	2		4		2	.125	.000	.214	214	12			-	-
24	Carl Scheib	p	-	23	-	MLB	50	52	6	13	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	9	0		0		2	.250	.000	.346	346	18			-	-
25	Dick Fowler	p	-	29	-	MLB	11	26	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		3	.192	.000	.192	192	5			-	-
20	Joe Coleman	p	-	27	-	MLB	15	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	0		0		1	.059	.000	.235	235	4			-	-
3,38	Bob Wellman	of-1b	-	24	-	MLB	11	15	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.333	.000	.533	533	8			-	-
28	Roberto Ortiz	of	-	35	-	MLB	6	14	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		1		1	.071	.000	.071	71	1			-	-
21	Joe Murray	p	-	29	-	MLB	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		1	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
17	Johnny Kucab	p	-	30	-	MLB	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.111	.000	.111	111	1			-	-
14	Gene Markland	2b	-	30	-	MLB	5	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		2		0	.125	.000	.125	125	1			-	-
26	Moe Burtschy	p	-	28	-	MLB	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		1	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
3,55	Ben Guintini	of	-	30	-	MLB	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
38	Bob Rinker	c	-	29	-	MLB	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.333	.000	.333	333	1			-	-
36,39	Harry Byrd	p	-	25	-	MLB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
28	Ed Klieman	p	-	32	-	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
19	Lou Brissie	9	26	-	MLB	7	19	4.02	46	31	15	2	13	8	246.0	237	127	110	22	117	101	7	0	1.44	8.67	0.80	4.28	3.70	1.16	--	0.76
22,34	Alex Kellner	21	25	-	MLB	8	20	5.47	36	29	15	0	5	2	225.1	253	157	137	28	112	85	8	0	1.62	10.11	1.12	4.47	3.39	1.32	--	0.72
30	Bobby Shantz	24	24	-	MLB	8	14	4.61	36	23	6	1	9	0	214.2	251	122	110	18	85	93	0	3	1.57	10.52	0.75	3.56	3.90	0.91	--	1.08
36	Hank Wyse	41	32	-	MLB	9	14	5.85	41	23	4	0	9	0	170.2	192	121	111	16	87	33	0	0	1.63	10.12	0.84	4.59	1.74	2.64	--	0.91
23	Bob Hooper	23	28	-	MLB	15	10	5.02	45	20	3	0	22	5	170.1	181	108	95	15	91	58	4	1	1.60	9.56	0.79	4.81	3.06	1.57	--	0.93
24	Carl Scheib	37	23	-	MLB	3	10	7.22	43	8	1	0	23	3	106.0	138	96	85	13	70	37	9	1	1.96	11.72	1.10	5.94	3.14	1.89	--	1.02
25	Dick Fowler	-	29	-	MLB	1	5	6.48	11	9	2	0	1	0	66.2	75	52	48	7	56	15	1	0	1.96	10.12	0.94	7.56	2.02	3.73	--	1.14
20	Joe Coleman	-	27	-	MLB	0	5	8.50	15	6	2	0	7	0	54.0	74	54	51	9	50	12	2	0	2.30	12.33	1.50	8.33	2.00	4.17	--	0.71
21	Joe Murray	-	29	-	MLB	0	3	5.70	8	2	0	0	3	0	30.0	34	20	19	1	21	8	1	0	1.83	10.20	0.30	6.30	2.40	2.63	--	1.10
17	Johnny Kucab	-	30	-	MLB	1	1	3.46	4	2	2	0	1	0	26.0	29	10	10	4	8	8	0	0	1.42	10.04	1.38	2.77	2.77	1.00	--	0.36
26	Moe Burtschy	-	28	-	MLB	0	1	7.11	9	1	0	0	5	0	19.0	22	16	15	2	21	12	3	0	2.26	10.42	0.95	9.95	5.68	1.75	--	0.87
36,39	Harry Byrd	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	16.87	6	0	0	0	2	0	10.2	25	20	20	3	9	2	3	0	3.19	21.09	2.53	7.59	1.69	4.50	--	0.93
28	Ed Klieman	-	32	-	MLB	0	0	9.53	5	0	0	0	4	0	5.2	10	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	2.12	15.88	0.00	3.18	0.00	--	--	0.70
31	Les McCrabb	-	35	-	MLB	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	5.25	47.25	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	--	0.50
Totals: (32 players)						52	102	5.49	154	154	50	3	104	18	1,346	1528	913	821	100	729	466	39	5	1.52	10.21	0.92	4.87	3.12	1.56	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Guerra	C	78		253	33	3	8	.990	0.00
Joe Tipton	C	59		201	24	3	3	.987	0.00
Joe Astroth	C	38		123	9	2	3	.985	0.00
Bob Rinker	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ferris Fain	1B	151		1286	124	19	192	.987	0.00
Pete Suder	1B	4		28	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Hitchcock	2B	107		297	319	21	105	.967	0.00
Pete Suder	2B	47		112	126	5	47	.979	0.00
Gene Markland	2B	5		12	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
Kermit Wahl	2B	2		3	4	1	2	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Dillinger	3B	84		92	173	12	18	.957	0.00
Kermit Wahl	3B	61		70	141	12	11	.946	0.00
Pete Suder	3B	11		14	21	1	4	.972	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Joost	SS	131		241	389	29	117	.956	0.00
Kermit Wahl	SS	18		38	52	4	16	.957	0.00
Pete Suder	SS	10		13	30	3	2	.935	0.00
Billy Hitchcock	SS	1		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sam Chapman	OF	140		428	11	10	4	.978	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	117		264	9	5	3	.982	0.00
Paul Lehner	OF	101		247	10	5	1	.981	0.00
Wally Moses	OF	62		147	7	2	2	.987	0.00
Barney McCosky	OF	42		73	1	1	1	.987	0.00
Roberto Ortiz	OF	3		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Wellman	OF	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ben Guintini	OF	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lou Brissie	P	46	246	7	41	2	6	.960	1.76
Bob Hooper	P	45	170	19	37	2	10	.966	2.96
Carl Scheib	P	43	106	3	16	0	2	1.000	1.61
Hank Wyse	P	41	170	13	34	5	1	.904	2.49
Alex Kellner	P	36	225	13	27	3	2	.930	1.60
Bobby Shantz	P	36	214	13	52	2	6	.970	2.73
Joe Coleman	P	15	54	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.50
Dick Fowler	P	11	66	6	11	1	2	.944	2.31
Moe Burtschy	P	9	19	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.37
Joe Murray	P	8	30	3	7	0	0	1.000	3.00
Harry Byrd	P	6	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.76
Ed Klieman	P	5	5	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Johnny Kucab	P	4	26	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.04
Les McCrabb	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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