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1952 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1952 Information
Owner(s)	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General manager(s)	Art Ehlers
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes
Local television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring)
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring, George Walsh)
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The 1952 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 References
7 External links

Offseason

January 21, 1952: Wally Moses was released by the Athletics.^[1]

Regular season

The Athletics improved 9 games from their 70-84 record in 1951 and improved to 4th in the American League. A Most Valuable Player season was turned in by left-handed pitcher Bobby Shantz and the A.L. batting championship was won by Ferris Fain with a .320 batting average.

Gus Zernial hit 29 home runs and drove in 100 RBI while Eddie Joost chipped in 20 HRS and 75 RBI. However, outside Bobby Shantz, who went 24-7, their best pitcher record-wise was Harry Byrd, with a 15-15 record. They finished 16 games behind the New York Yankees. This would also be the last time that the Athletics would finish with a winning record until 1968, when the team began playing in Oakland.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	95	59	.617	--
Cleveland Indians	93	61	.604	2
Chicago White Sox	81	73	.526	14
Philadelphia Athletics	79	75	.513	16
Washington Senators	78	76	.506	17
Boston Red Sox	76	78	.494	19
St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	31
Detroit Tigers	50	104	.325	45

Notable transactions

May 10, 1952: Marion Fricano was purchased by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers.^[2]

Roster

1952 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

35 Jimmy 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
1B	Fain, FerrisFerris Fain	145	538	176	.327	2	59
2B	Kell, SkeeterSkeeter Kell	75	213	47	.221	0	17
SS	Joost, EddieEddie Joost	146	540	132	.244	20	75
OF	Zernial, GusGus Zernial	145	549	144	.262	29	100

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
Hamilton, TomTom Hamilton	9	10	2	.200	0	1

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
Shantz, BobbyBobby Shantz	33	279.2	24	7	2.48	152
Byrd, HarryHarry Byrd	37	228.1	15	15	3.31	116
Bishop, CharlieCharlie Bishop	6	30.2	2	2	6.46	17

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

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
Fowler, DickDick Fowler	18	1	2	0	6.44	14
Fricano, MarionMarion Fricano	2	0	0	0	1.80	0

Awards and honors

Bobby Shantz, American League MVP

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ottawa Athletics	International League	Frank Skaff
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	George Staller
A	Lincoln Athletics	Western League	Les Bell
B	Fayetteville Athletics	Carolina League	Ducky Detweiler and Red Norris
B	Harrisburg Senators	Interstate League	Buck Etchison and Woody Wheaton
C	St. Hyacinthe A's	Provincial League	John Sosh
D	Cordele A's	Georgia-Florida League	Norm Wilson
D	Lexington Indians	North Carolina State League	Bob Deese, Ducky Detweiler, Carl Campbell and Cliff Bolton
D	Corning Athletics	PONY League	Joe Rullo

References

External links

v d e 1952 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1952 All-Star Game • 1952 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Wilmington Park • McCurdy Field • Connie Mack Field • McKechnie Field • Scottsdale Stadium I • Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book) • Moneyball (film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker • Chief Bender • Mickey Cochrane • Eddie Collins • Dennis Eckersley • Rollie Fingers • Jimmie Foxx • Lefty Grove • Rickey Henderson • Catfish Hunter • Reggie Jackson • Nap Lajoie • Connie Mack • Eddie Plank • Al Simmons • Rube Waddell • Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman • Jack Coombs • Jimmy Dykes • George Earnshaw • Ferris Fain • Bob Johnson • Eddie Joost • Bing Miller • Wally Moses • Rube Oldring • Bobby Shantz • Eddie Rommel • Elmer Valo • Rube Walberg • Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor • Bert Campaneris • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Ben Grieve • Dave Kingman • Bill Lamar • Mark McGwire • Cy Morgan • Danny Murphy • Elmer Myers • Roy Grover • Blue Moon Odom • Scott Perry • Vic Power • Pete Suder

Retired numbers

9 • 24 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series
Champions (9)

1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1929 • 1930 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1989

American League
Championships (15)

1902 • 1905 • 1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats • AA: Midland RockHounds • A: Stockton Ports, Burlington Bees, Vermont Lake Monsters • Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

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