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1951 Philadelphia A's  (1950)  (1952) 84-70, 3rd in American League Scored 743 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .710 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 70-84 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Eddie Joost          35  154  596   95  169  26   8  26   96  12   0  101  111  .284  .384  .485  114   6.8  2e21       -2  
 3B  Willie Jones         25  154  614   99  184  28   3  31  122   0   2   71   54  .300  .371  .507  112   6.7  2e17       49  
 1B *Ferris Fain          30  138  479   75  164  29   3   8   55   0   0   77   34  .342  .434  .466  101   8.1  1e15      -21  
 OF *Elmer Valo           30  147  489   76  148  23  12   3   53  12   4   76   40  .303  .393  .417   84   6.2  3(0)e6    -48  
 OF #Dave Philley         31   97  395   51  109  18   5   8   41  10   1   42   50  .276  .345  .408   56   5.0  2(0)e10    28  
 OF  Jim Busby            24   48  187   37   70   4   1   5   25  12   0   19   21  .374  .430  .487   41   8.8  2(-1)e8   219  
 2B  Pete Suder           35  132  443   39  110  16   0   1   34   1   3   32   58  .248  .300  .291   39   3.1  2e12       -2  
 OF *Cliff Mapes          29  108  284   40   77  11   0   8   38   0   0   27   55  .271  .331  .394   36   4.4  3(0)e9    -50  
 1B *Harry Simpson        25   91  246   41   61   6   0  10   41   4   1   37   46  .248  .352  .394   36   5.0  3e15      108  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        24   83  247   24   70   9   7   1   20   0   1   17   21  .283  .328  .389   30   4.5  4(+1)e7    85  
 C   Joe Astroth          28   68  207   26   54   9   2   7   32   0   0   23   15  .261  .330  .425   28   4.7  3(0)e7     90  
 OF  Frank Thomas         22   66  161   19   46   5   1   3   18   0   0    8   20  .286  .326  .385   18   4.0  4(+2)e7    13  
 2B  Lou Klein            32   64  150   17   41   7   0   5   17   0   0    5   13  .273  .291  .420   17   3.9  3e19       59  
 OF  Sam Chapman          35   57  120   21   31   6   0   5   24   0   0   11   23  .258  .328  .433   16   4.8  3(-1)e6   147  
 OF  Allie Clark          28   77  191   16   40   9   0   6   28   1   0   15    7  .209  .264  .351   15   2.6  3(0)e9   -129  
 C   Charlie Silvera      26   28   57    7   14   5   0   1    6   0   0    5    3  .246  .297  .386    6   3.4  3(+1)e7   -49  
 C  *Frank House          21   23   47    3   10   5   0   0    6   0   0    5    4  .213  .283  .319    4   3.1  3(0)e12   -58  
 OF *Wally Moses          40   70   68   16   11   2   0   0    3   1   0    7    7  .162  .237  .191    3   1.4  2(0)e9   -111  
 C   Mike Guerra          38   19   44    8    7   2   0   0    4   1   0    7    6  .159  .269  .205    2   1.8  3(+1)e7   -11  
 PH  Gene Mauch           25    4    4    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .750  .750  .750    2  60.8           1067  
 PH  Kermit Wahl          28    9   10    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .200  .273  .300    0   2.8            -23  
 OF *Paul Lehner          31    3    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   6.8  3(0)e9    503  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           771                   18

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Saul Rogovin         28  17   8  .680  38  33   5   3   0   0   2  239.1  228  105   87  17   75  119  3.27  100   3.7    1  
  P  Russ Meyer           27  15   6  .714  30  26   4   1   0   0   0  185.1  175   73   66  15   55   84  3.21   76   3.7  -64  
  P *Sam Zoldak           32  12   5  .706  37  18   4  12   5   0   1  140.2  129   46   40  15   15   38  2.56   48   3.1  -81  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         22  10  13  .435  32  32   0   0   0   0   0  186.2  215  127  110  29   68   95  5.30  118   5.6   13  
  P  Carl Scheib          24   9  11  .450  60  11   2  25   5   2   1  156.2  138   68   62  10   75   72  3.56   68   3.8  -60  
  P *Al Sima              29   8   4  .667  60   9   2  26   3   1   0  140.1  135   34   29   1   44   63  1.86   50   3.2 -147  
  P  Johnny Kucab         31   7   6  .538  62   0   0  36  16   4   0   83.0   83   40   33   9   30   24  3.58   43   4.7  -30  
  P  Bob Kelly            23   5   8  .385  46  11   1  18   4   2   0  134.1  145   62   56  10   50   69  3.75   70   4.8  -11  
  P *Morrie Martin        28   1   7  .125  32  13   0  10   0   1   0  107.0  120   66   51  15   55   42  4.29   69   5.8   25  
  P  Cloyd Boyer          23   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   1   1   0    9.2    7    3    3   1    9   11  2.79    4   4.5 -118  
  P  Hank Wyse            33   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.1    6    2    2   0    1    1  5.40    4  14.2   58  
  P  Dick Fowler          30   0   2  .000   3   1   0   1   0   0   0    7.0    9    9    6   1    7    3  7.71    6   7.3  137  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      663        -35

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Smoky Burgess 540 63 70 282 32 6 0 .981 41 16 Joe Astroth 500 54 64 229 26 7 1 .973 17 14 Mike Guerra 122 12 19 79 9 2 0 .978 5 5 Charlie Silvera 117 12 17 60 8 2 0 .971 8 5 Frank House 115 13 20 60 4 4 0 .941 2 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ferris Fain 1081 118 127 1119 97 9 104 .993 10.12 Harry Simpson 274 32 36 276 38 3 26 .991 10.31 Sam Chapman 37 4 8 40 3 0 9 1.000 10.46 Cliff Mapes 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Suder 1082 121 128 277 382 9 89 .987 5.48 Lou Klein 305 33 44 77 93 5 25 .971 5.01 Kermit Wahl 6 0 1 2 1 1 1 .750 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Jones 1393 154 154 236 346 18 36 .970 3.76 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Joost 1391 154 154 285 488 15 94 .981 5.00 Pete Suder 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cliff Mapes 437 54 58 105 6 3 0 .974 2.28 Harry Simpson 291 37 37 77 2 4 0 .952 2.44 Frank Thomas 261 33 35 64 0 1 0 .985 2.21 Sam Chapman 141 15 25 30 0 1 0 .968 1.92 Elmer Valo 134 6 32 34 0 1 0 .971 2.28 Allie Clark 113 9 26 29 0 1 0 .967 2.31 Wally Moses 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Smoky Burgess 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Paul Lehner 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Philley 932 102 106 266 12 6 1 .979 2.68 Jim Busby 339 36 41 111 4 5 0 .958 3.05 Wally Moses 79 11 13 21 4 1 0 .962 2.85 Cliff Mapes 59 7 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 Sam Chapman 15 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Elmer Valo 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ferris Fain 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Frank Thomas 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Harry Simpson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elmer Valo 896 110 114 199 5 4 0 .981 2.05 Allie Clark 283 34 37 65 1 6 1 .917 2.10 Wally Moses 99 0 37 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 Cliff Mapes 57 6 12 10 2 1 0 .923 1.88 Sam Chapman 44 4 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.48 Harry Simpson 9 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 Ferris Fain 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Lou Klein 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Sam Chapman
Round 2 (#21):	Chuck Stobbs
Round 3 (#34):	Cliff Mapes
Round 4 (#48):	Al Sima
Round 5 (#59):	Smoky Burgess
Round 6 (#68):	Frank Thomas
Round 7 (#73):	Mike Goliat
Round 8 (#79):	Frank House

Transactions

• 1951-03: acquired Joe Erautt as a free agent
• 1951-04: acquired Harry Simpson as a free agent
• 1951-05: acquired Frank Sacka as a free agent
• 1951-07: traded Mike Goliat to SLA for Morrie Martin
• 1951-10: released Joe Erautt
• 1951-10: traded PHA#3 to WAA for Mike Guerra
• 1951-11: traded Dave Philley to CHA for Jim Busby, Paul Lehner
• 1951-11: released Frank Sacka
• 1951-17: released Bob Kelly
• 1951-17: acquired Gene Mauch as a free agent
• 1951 postseason: released Smoky Burgess

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