1952 Philadelphia Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

1952 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1952 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1952 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1952 Philadelphia Athletics 1952 Philadelphia Athletics Official Logo Complete Roster Roster Schedule Statmaster
#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
38	Charlie Bishop	6-02	195	Right	Right	1924-01-01
39	Harry Byrd	6-01	188	Right	Right	1925-02-03
25	Dick Fowler	6-04�	215	Right	Right	1921-03-30
37	Marion Fricano	6-00	170	Right	Right	1923-07-15
23	Bob Hooper	5-11	195	Right	Right	1922-05-30
18	Tex Hoyle	6-04	170	Right	Right	1921-07-17
22	Alex Kellner	6-00	200	Left	Right	1924-08-26
21	Walt Kellner	6-00	200	Right	Right	1929-04-26
37	Johnny Kucab	6-02	185	Right	Right	1919-12-17
26	Morrie Martin	6-00	180	Left	Left	1922-09-03
36	Len Matarazzo	6-04	195	Right	Right	1928-09-12
20	Bobo Newsom	6-02	220	Right	Right	1907-08-11
24	Carl Scheib	6-01	192	Right	Right	1927-01-01
30	Bobby Shantz	5-06	142	Left	Right	1925-09-26
34	Ed Wright	6-01	180	Right	Right	1919-05-15
21	Sam Zoldak	5-11�	185	Left	Left	1918-12-08
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
9	Joe Astroth	5-09	187	Right	Right	1922-09-01
14	Ray Murray	6-03	204	Right	Right	1917-10-12
15	Joe Tipton	5-11	185	Right	Right	1922-02-18
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
3	Hal Bevan	6-02	198	Right	Right	1930-11-15
8	Ferris Fain	5-11	186	Left	Left	1921-03-29
4	Tom Hamilton	6-04	213	Right	Left	1925-09-29
11	Billy Hitchcock	6-01�	185	Right	Right	1916-07-31
1	Eddie Joost	6-00	175	Right	Right	1916-06-05
2	Skeeter Kell	5-09	160	Right	Right	1929-10-11
16	Jack Littrell	6-00	179	Right	Right	1929-01-22
5	Hank Majeski	5-09	180	Right	Right	1916-12-13
5	Cass Michaels	5-11	175	Right	Right	1926-03-04
16	Sherry Robertson	6-00	180	Right	Left	1919-01-01
12	Pete Suder	6-00	175	Right	Right	1916-04-16
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
7	Allie Clark	5-11	185	Right	Right	1923-06-16
17	Dave Philley	6-00	188	Right	Both	1920-05-16
6	Kite Thomas	6-01�	195	Right	Right	1923-04-27
10	Elmer Valo	5-11	190	Right	Left	1921-03-05
19	Gus Zernial	6-02�	210	Right	Right	1923-06-27
1952 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1952 Philadelphia Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 79 games, lost 75 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 106/108) where 627,100 fans witnessed their 1952 Athletics finish the season with a .513 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1952 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1952 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position
C Joe Astroth (102)
1B Ferris Fain (144)
2B Skeeter Kell (68)
3B Billy Hitchcock (104)
SS Eddie Joost (146)
LF Gus Zernial (141)
CF Dave Philley (149)
RF Elmer Valo (110)

SP Harry Byrd
SP Alex Kellner
SP Carl Scheib
SP Bobby Shantz

RP Johnny Kucab
RP Ed Wright
CL Bob Hooper

1952 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries
Elmer Valo $16,500.00
Dave Philley $13,000.00
Bobby Shantz $12,000.00
Pete Suder $12,000.00
Joe Astroth $9,000.00

1952 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers
#1 Eddie Joost
#2 Skeeter Kell
#3 Hal Bevan
#4 Tom Hamilton
#5 Hank Majeski
#5 Cass Michaels
#6 Kite Thomas
#7 Allie Clark
#8 Ferris Fain
#9 Joe Astroth
#10 Elmer Valo
#11 Billy Hitchcock
#12 Pete Suder
#14 Ray Murray
#15 Joe Tipton
#16 Jack Littrell
#16 Sherry Robertson
#17 Dave Philley
#18 Tex Hoyle
#19 Gus Zernial
#20 Bobo Newsom
#21 Walt Kellner
#21 Sam Zoldak
#22 Alex Kellner
#23 Bob Hooper
#24 Carl Scheib
#25 Dick Fowler
#26 Morrie Martin
#30 Bobby Shantz
#34 Ed Wright
#36 Len Matarazzo
#37 Marion Fricano
#37 Johnny Kucab
#38 Charlie Bishop
#39 Harry Byrd

Did you know that a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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