The 1953 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, games behind the New York Yankees, who would win their fifth consecutive World Series Championship. It was also the penultimate season for the franchise in Philadelphia.
Offseason January 27, 1953: Ferris Fain and Bob Wilson (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson.Joe DeMaestri at Baseball Reference February 2, 1953: Sam Zoldak was released by the Athletics.Sam Zoldak at Baseball Reference
Regular season During the season, Bob Trice became the first black player in the history of the Athletics.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1953 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 156 615 152 .247 22 102 2B Cass Michaels 117 411 103 .251 12 42 SS 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 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 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 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 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 39 211.0 9 12 3.88 67 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 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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Welch
References
External links 1953 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference 1953 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Almanac