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.Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions 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.Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference June 4, 1951: Kermit Wahl was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Hank Majeski.Kermit Wahl page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1951 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Tipton 72 213 51 .239 3 20 1B 117 425 146 .344 6 57 2B Pete Suder 123 440 108 .245 1 42 SS Eddie Joost 140 553 160 .289 19 78 3B Hank Majeski 89 323 92 .285 5 42 OF 139 552 151 .274 33 125 OF Elmer Valo 123 444 134 .302 7 55 OF 125 468 123 .263 7 59

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 Billy Hitchcock 77 222 68 .306 1 36 94 213 34 .159 5 30 Joe Astroth 64 187 46 .246 2 19 Allie Clark 56 161 40 .248 4 22 Lou Klein 49 144 33 .229 5 17 Wally Moses 70 136 26 .191 0 9 Ray Murray 40 122 26 .213 0 13 Sam Chapman 18 65 11 .169 0 5 20 59 11 .186 0 6 9 28 4 .143 0 1 Barney McCosky 12 27 8 .296 1 1 11 15 1 .067 0 0 Ed Samcoff 4 11 0 .000 0 0

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 Alex Kellner 33 209.2 11 14 4.46 94 Bobby Shantz 32 205.1 18 10 3.94 77 Sam Zoldak 26 128.0 6 10 3.16 18 22 125.0 5 11 5.62 29 2 13.1 0 2 6.75 3

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 38 189.0 12 10 4.38 64 Carl Scheib 46 143.0 1 12 4.47 49 35 138.0 11 4 3.78 35 28 96.1 1 6 5.98 34

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 Johnny Kucab 30 4 3 3 4.22 23 Hank Wyse 9 1 2 0 7.98 5 7 0 0 0 5.29 4 3 0 0 0 9.00 2

Farm system

References

External links 1951 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1951 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com