1954 Philadelphia Athletics season

1954 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Connie Mack Stadium (since 1909);
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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 (AM); (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

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Eddie Joost

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
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

References

External links

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[1] Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference

[2] Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference

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