1954 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1954 American League Connie Mack Stadium Philadelphia 51 103 y 8th Earle Mack, Roy Mack Eddie Joost WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring) WIBG/WIP(By Saam, Claude Haring, Herb Carneal) 1955 Kansas City Athletics season The 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 51 wins and 103 losses, 60 games behind AL Champion Cleveland in their 54th and final season in Philadelphia, before moving to Kansas City, Missouri for the following season. Offseason February 19, 1954: Dave Philley was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Upton and Lee Wheat.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference Regular season The Athletics played the Philadelphia Phillies for the last time in their Philadelphia City Series on June 28, 1954 in the seventh annual Junior Baseball Federation of Philadelphia benefit exhibition game.https://www.retrosheet.org/Research/LeConteW/InSeasonExhibitionGames1921-2009.htm A Listing of In-Season Exhibition Games (ISEGs) Walter LeConte 2010-04-01 retrosheet.org Retrosheet 2022-10-19 The Phillies beat the Athletics 3 to 2 in 7 innings in front of 15,993 fans.https://www.sportstalkphilly.com/2017/09/the-city-series-a-philadelphia-baseball-tradition-.html The City Series: A Philadelphia Baseball Tradition Sportstalkphilly - News, Rumors, Game Coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Flyers, and Philadelphia 76Ers September 16, 2017 Albertson Matt https://web.archive.org/web/20230708155058/https://www.sportstalkphilly.com/2017/09/the-city-series-a-philadelphia-baseball-tradition-.html July 8, 2023 November 1, 2020 dead Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions June 11, 1954: Morrie Martin and Ed McGhee were traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Sonny Dixon, Al Sima, Bill Wilson, and $20,000.Morrie Martin at Baseball Reference 1954 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 38 Charlie Bishop 33 Moe Burtschy 20,34 Art Ditmar 24 Sonny Dixon 37 Marion Fricano 32 Johnny Gray 22 Alex Kellner 26 Morrie Martin 17 Bill Oster 25 Arnie Portocarrero 43 Hal Raether 49 Dutch Romberger 49 Dick Rozek 24 Carl Scheib 30 Bobby Shantz 26 Al Sima 23 Bob Trice 17 Bill Upton 42 Ozzie Van Brabant 40 Lee Wheat Catchers  9 Joe Astroth 18 Jim Robertson 11 Billy Shantz Infielders  4 Don Bollweg  2 Joe DeMaestri 15 Jim Finigan  6 Spook Jacobs  1 Eddie Joost 14,48 Lou Limmer  3 Jack Littrell 12 Pete Suder Outfielders 16 Ed McGhee  5 Vic Power  8 Bill Renna 20 Joe Taylor 10 Elmer Valo 40 Bill Wilson 19 Gus Zernial Manager  1 Eddie Joost Coaches 29 Augie Galan 35 Rollie Hemsley 31 Les McCrabb 28 Wally Moses 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 Joe Astroth 77 226 50 .221 1 23 1B Lou Limmer 115 316 73 .231 14 32 2B Spook Jacobs 132 508 131 .258 0 26 SS Joe DeMaestri 146 539 124 .230 8 40 3B Jim Finigan 136 487 147 .302 7 51 LF Gus Zernial 97 336 84 .250 14 62 CF Bill Wilson Bill Wilson (outfielder) 94 323 77 .238 15 33 RF Bill Renna 123 422 98 .232 13 53 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 Vic Power 127 462 118 .255 8 38 Don Bollweg 103 268 60 .224 5 24 Elmer Valo 95 224 48 .214 1 33 Pete Suder 69 205 41 .200 0 16 Billy Shantz 51 164 42 .256 1 17 Jim Robertson 63 147 27 .184 0 8 Joe Taylor 18 58 13 .224 1 8 Ed McGhee 21 53 11 .208 2 9 Eddie Joost 19 47 17 .362 1 9 Jack Littrell 9 30 9 .300 1 3 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 Arnie Portocarrero 34 248.0 9 18 4.06 132 Alex Kellner 27 173.2 6 17 5.39 69 Bob Trice 19 119.0 7 8 5.60 22 Johnny Gray 18 105.0 3 12 6.51 51 Carl Scheib 1 2.0 0 1 22.50 1 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 37 151.2 5 11 5.16 43 Charlie Bishop Charlie Bishop (baseball) 20 96.0 4 6 4.41 34 Al Sima 29 79.1 2 5 5.22 36 Morrie Martin 13 52.2 2 4 5.47 24 Art Ditmar 14 39.1 1 4 6.41 14 Lee Wheat 8 28.1 0 2 5.72 7 Ozzie Van Brabant 9 26.2 0 2 7.09 10 Bill Oster 8 15.2 0 1 6.32 5 Bobby Shantz 2 8.0 1 0 7.88 3 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 Moe Burtschy 46 5 4 4 3.80 54 Sonny Dixon 38 5 7 4 4.86 42 Dutch Romberger 10 1 1 0 11.49 6 Bill Upton 2 0 0 0 1.80 2 Dick Rozek 2 0 0 0 6.75 0 Hal Raether 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Ottawa Athletics International League Les Bell and Taft Wright A Savannah Indians Sally League Clyde Kluttz B Lancaster Red Roses Piedmont League Kemp Wicker, Lena Blackburne and Buddy Walker C Drummondville A's Provincial League Hank Biasatti D Welch Miners Appalachian League Jack Crosswhite D Hopkinsville Hoppers KITTY League Ed Wright, Bearl Brooks and Paul Ramsey References 2 External links 1954 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference 1954 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Almanac Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oak Category:1950s in Philadelphia Category:Long stubs with short prose