1954 Philadelphia Athletics season

1954 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Connie Mack Stadium (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Earle Mack, Roy Mack
Manager(s)	Eddie Joost
Local television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring)
Local radio	WIBG/WIP (By Saam, Claude Haring, Herb Carneal)
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The 1954 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th 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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	111	43	.721	--
New York Yankees	103	51	.669	8
Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	17
Boston Red Sox	69	85	.448	42
Detroit Tigers	68	86	.442	43
Washington Senators	66	88	.429	45
Baltimore Orioles	54	100	.351	57
Philadelphia Athletics	51	103	.331	60

Record vs. opponents

1954 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	WSH
Baltimore	—	11–11	7–15	3–19	8–14	5–17	10–12	10–12
Boston	11–11	—	5–17	2–20–2	14–8	9–13	15–7	13–9
Chicago	15–7	17–5	—	11–11	12–10–1	7–15	17–5	15–7
Cleveland	19–3	20–2–2	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4	18–4
Detroit	14–8	8–14	10–12–1	8–14	—	6–16	13–9	9–13
New York	17–5	13–9	15–7	11–11	16–6	—	18–4–1	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10	7–15	5–17	4–18	9–13	4–18–1	—	10–12–1
Washington	12–10	9–13	7–15	4–18	13–9	9–13	12–10–1	—

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.^[2]

Roster

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
CF	Wilson, BillBill Wilson	94	323	77	.238	15	33

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

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

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
Fricano, MarionMarion Fricano	37	151.2	5	11	5.16	43
Bishop, CharlieCharlie Bishop	20	96	4	6	4.41	34
Martin, MorrieMorrie Martin	13	52.2	2	4	5.47	24

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
Burtschy, MoeMoe Burtschy	46	5	4	4	3.80	54
Wheat, LeeLee Wheat	8	0	2	0	5.72	7
Upton, BillBill Upton	2	0	0	0	1.80	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

1. Dave Philley at Baseball Reference
2. Morrie Martin at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1954 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference
• 1954 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Almanac