1952 Philadelphia Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Philadelphia Athletics
season = 1952
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Shibe Park
y4 = 1909
city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
y5 = 1901
owners = Earle Mack & Roy Mack
managers = Jimmie Dykes
television = WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
radio = WIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring, George Walsh)|The Philadelphia Athletics' 1952 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses. A Most Valuable Player season was turned in by left-handed pitcher Bobby Shantz and the A.L. batting championship was won by Ferris Fain with a .320 batting average.

eason summary

The Athletics improved 9 games from their 70-84 record in 1951 and improved to 4th in the American League. Gus Zernial hit 29 home runs and drove in 100 RBI while Eddie Joost chipped in 20 HRS and 75 RBI. However, outside Bobby Shantz, who went 24-7, their best pitcher record-wise was Harry Byrd, with a 15-15 record. They finished 16 games behind the New York Yankees. This would also be the last time that the Athletics would finish with a winning record until by|1968, when the team began playing in Oakland.

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Awards and Honors

* Bobby Shantz, Pitcher, American League MVP

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHA/1952.shtml 1952 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1952&t=PHA 1952 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]