1954 Philadelphia Athletics season
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.
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.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.
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 |