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.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.Morrie Martin at Baseball Reference

1954 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 Joe Astroth 77 226 50 .221 1 23 1B Lou Limmer 115 316 73 .231 14 32 2B Spook Jacobs 132 508 131 .258 0 26 SS Joe DeMaestri 146 539 124 .230 8 40 3B Jim Finigan 136 487 147 .302 7 51 LF Gus Zernial 97 336 84 .250 14 62 CF 94 323 77 .238 15 33 RF Bill Renna 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 Vic Power 127 462 118 .255 8 38 Don Bollweg 103 268 60 .224 5 24 Elmer Valo 95 224 48 .214 1 33 Pete Suder 69 205 41 .200 0 16 Billy Shantz 51 164 42 .256 1 17 Jim Robertson 63 147 27 .184 0 8 Joe Taylor 18 58 13 .224 1 8 Ed McGhee 21 53 11 .208 2 9 Eddie Joost 19 47 17 .362 1 9 Jack Littrell 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 Arnie Portocarrero 34 248.0 9 18 4.06 132 Alex Kellner 27 173.2 6 17 5.39 69 Bob Trice 19 119.0 7 8 5.60 22 Johnny Gray 18 105.0 3 12 6.51 51 Carl Scheib 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 Al Sima 29 79.1 2 5 5.22 36 13 52.2 2 4 5.47 24 Art Ditmar 14 39.1 1 4 6.41 14 Lee Wheat 8 28.1 0 2 5.72 7 Ozzie Van Brabant 9 26.2 0 2 7.09 10 Bill Oster 8 15.2 0 1 6.32 5 Bobby Shantz 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 Sonny Dixon 38 5 7 4 4.86 42 Dutch Romberger 10 1 1 0 11.49 6 2 0 0 0 1.80 2 Dick Rozek 2 0 0 0 6.75 0 Hal Raether 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Farm system

References

External links 1954 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference 1954 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Almanac