1954 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1954
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Connie Mack Stadium
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Earle Mack, Roy Mack
Managers:	Eddie Joost
Television:	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring)
Radio:	WIBG/WIP (By Saam, Claude Haring, Herb Carneal)
Next Season:	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.^[1]

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.^[2] The Phillies beat the Athletics 3 to 2 in 7 innings in front of 15,993 fans.^[3]

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.^[4]

1954 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		77	226	50	.221	1	23
1B		115	316	73	.231	14	32
2B		132	508	131	.258	0	26
SS		146	539	124	.230	8	40
3B		136	487	147	.302	7	51
LF		97	336	84	.250	14	62
CF		94	323	77	.238	15	33
RF		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
	127	462	118	.255	8	38
	103	268	60	.224	5	24
	95	224	48	.214	1	33
	69	205	41	.200	0	16
	51	164	42	.256	1	17
	63	147	27	.184	0	8
	18	58	13	.224	1	8
	21	53	11	.208	2	9
	19	47	17	.362	1	9
	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
	34	248.0	9	18	4.06	132
	27	173.2	6	17	5.39	69
	19	119.0	7	8	5.60	22
	18	105.0	3	12	6.51	51
	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
	37	151.2	5	11	5.16	43
	20	96.0	4	6	4.41	34
	29	79.1	2	5	5.22	36
	13	52.2	2	4	5.47	24
	14	39.1	1	4	6.41	14
	8	28.1	0	2	5.72	7
	9	26.2	0	2	7.09	10
	8	15.2	0	1	6.32	5
	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
	46	5	4	4	3.80	54
	38	5	7	4	4.86	42
	10	1	1	0	11.49	6
	2	0	0	0	1.80	2
	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley
2. Web site: A Listing of In-Season Exhibition Games (ISEGs) . Walter LeConte . 2010-04-01 . retrosheet.org . Retrosheet . 2022-10-19 .
3. News: 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 .
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martimo01.shtml Morrie Martin