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1955 Kansas City Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
63-91, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 638 runs, Allowed 911 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101
Manager: Lou Boudreau (63-91)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,393,054 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 106
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1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Joe Astroth 32 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 9 101 92 101 101 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hal Bevan 24 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 15, 1930 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Charlie Bishop 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1924 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ewell Blackwell 32 R R 6' 6" 195 Oct 23, 1922 10 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Bollweg 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 12, 1921 5 12 0 12 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Clete Boyer 18 R R 6' 0" 182 Feb 9, 1937 1st 47 16 47 47 0 0 0 10 11 12 0 0 0 0 9 8
Cloyd Boyer 27 R R 6' 1" 188 Sep 1, 1927 5 30 11 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moe Burtschy 33 R R 6' 3" 208 Apr 18, 1922 4 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Ceccarelli 25 R L 6' 0" 190 Apr 2, 1930 1st 31 16 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Cox 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 3, 1931 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Craddock 23 R L 176 Mar 25, 1932 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe DeMaestri 26 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 9, 1928 5 123 118 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 1 0
Art Ditmar 26 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 3, 1929 2 35 22 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sonny Dixon 30 B R 205 Nov 5, 1924 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Finigan 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 2 150 146 150 150 0 0 0 90 59 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 All-Star
Marion Fricano 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 15, 1923 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex George 16 L R 170 Sep 27, 1938 1st 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Gorman 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 4, 1925 4 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Gray 28 R R 6' 4" 226 Dec 11, 1926 2 8 5 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Harrington 27 R R 5' 11" 160 Oct 3, 1927 2 34 1 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Herbert 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 5 24 11 24 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Spook Jacobs 29 R R 155 Nov 4, 1925 2 13 6 13 13 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Alex Kellner 30 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 8 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gus Keriazakos 23 R R 6' 3" 187 Jul 28, 1931 3 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Kryhoski 30 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 24, 1925 7 28 8 28 28 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
Mike Kume 29 R R 6' 1" 195 May 19, 1926 1st 6 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Littrell 26 R R 6' 0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 3 37 17 37 37 0 0 6 4 0 22 0 0 0 0 8 4
Hector Lopez 25 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 9, 1929 1st 128 125 128 128 0 0 0 36 93 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Eric Mackenzie 22 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 29, 1932 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Don Plarski 25 R R 5' 6" 160 Nov 9, 1929 1st 8 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 2
Arnie Portocarrero 23 R R 6' 3" 196 Jul 5, 1931 2 24 20 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Power 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 1, 1927 2 147 143 147 147 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 All-Star
Vic Raschi 36 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 28, 1919 10 20 18 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Renna 30 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 3 100 62 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 72 79 24 2
Jim Robertson 27 R R 5' 9" 183 Jan 29, 1928 2 6 2 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Saffell 33 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 26, 1921 4 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Johnny Sain 37 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 25, 1917 11 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Schypinski 23 L R 5' 10" 170 Sep 16, 1931 1st 22 20 22 22 0 0 0 2 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Shantz 27 R R 6' 1" 160 Jul 31, 1927 2 79 61 79 79 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bobby Shantz 29 R L 5' 6" 142 Sep 26, 1925 7 26 17 26 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Harry Simpson 29 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 4 112 96 112 112 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 91 10 100 12 0
Enos Slaughter HOF 39 L R 5' 9" 192 Apr 27, 1916 15 108 56 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 77 49 0
Lou Sleater 28 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 8, 1926 4 21 1 21 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Bob Spicer 30 L R 5' 10" 173 Apr 11, 1925 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Stewart 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 15, 1928 1st 11 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 5 0
Pete Suder 39 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 13 26 18 26 26 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bob Trice 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 28, 1926 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Valo 34 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 14 112 69 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 23 72 40 1
Ozzie Van Brabant 28 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 28, 1926 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Wheat 25 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 15, 1929 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Wilson 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 6, 1928 4 98 66 98 98 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 57 4 82 17 1
Gus Zernial 32 R R 210 Jun 27, 1923 7 120 102 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 103 18 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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