1951 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1951
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General Managers:	Arthur Ehlers
Managers:	Jimmy Dykes
Television:	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
Radio:	WIBG (Ray Walton, By Saam, Claude Haring)

The 1951 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

November 16, 1950: Morrie Martin was drafted by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Ferris Fain won the American League batting championship with a .344 batting average.

April 30, 1951: Lou Brissie was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians, and Paul Lehner was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox as part of a 3-team trade. The White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to the Athletics, and the Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Athletics. The Indians sent Minnie Miñoso to the White Sox.^[2]
June 4, 1951: Kermit Wahl was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Hank Majeski.^[3]

1951 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	72	213	51	.239	3	20
1B	117	425	146	.344	6	57
2B	123	440	108	.245	1	42
SS	140	553	160	.289	19	78
3B	89	323	92	.285	5	42
OF	139	552	151	.274	33	125
OF	123	444	134	.302	7	55
OF	125	468	123	.263	7	59

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
77	222	68	.306	1	36
94	213	34	.159	5	30
64	187	46	.246	2	19
56	161	40	.248	4	22
49	144	33	.229	5	17
70	136	26	.191	0	9
40	122	26	.213	0	13
18	65	11	.169	0	5
20	59	11	.186	0	6
9	28	4	.143	0	1
12	27	8	.296	1	1
11	15	1	.067	0	0
4	11	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	209.2	11	14	4.46	94
32	205.1	18	10	3.94	77
26	128.0	6	10	3.16	18
22	125.0	5	11	5.62	29
2	13.1	0	2	6.75	3

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	189.0	12	10	4.38	64
46	143.0	1	12	4.47	49
35	138.0	11	4	3.78	35
28	96.1	1	6	5.98	34

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
30	4	3	3	4.22	23
9	1	2	0	7.98	5
7	0	0	0	5.29	4
3	0	0	0	9.00	2