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1955 Kansas City Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

63-91, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (63-91)
Scored 638 runs, Allowed 911 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Joe Astroth 32 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 9 101 92 101 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.6
Hal Bevan 24 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 15, 1930 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
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 -0.2
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 -0.1
Don Bollweg 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 12, 1921 5 12 0 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1
Clete Boyer 18 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 9, 1937 1st 47 16 47 32 0 0 0 10 11 12 0 0 0 0 9 8 -0.6
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 -1.9
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 -0.4
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 -1.0
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 -0.5
Walt Craddock 23 R L 5' 11" 176 Mar 25, 1932 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Joe DeMaestri 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 5 123 118 123 122 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.2
Art Ditmar 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 2 35 22 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Sonny Dixon 30 B R 6' 2" 205 Nov 5, 1924 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Jim Finigan 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 2 150 146 150 148 0 0 0 90 59 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.7 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 0.1
Alex George 16 L R 5' 11" 170 Sep 27, 1938 1st 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3
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 1.5
Johnny Gray 27 R R 6' 4" 226 Dec 11, 1927 2 8 5 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
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 0.1
Ray Herbert 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 5 24 11 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
Spook Jacobs 29 R R 5' 8" 155 Nov 4, 1925 2 13 6 13 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -0.2
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 2.3
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 -0.9
Dick Kryhoski 30 L L 6' 2" 182 Mar 24, 1925 7 28 8 28 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 -0.4
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 -1.0
Jack Littrell 26 R R 6' 0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 3 37 17 37 31 0 0 6 4 0 22 0 0 0 0 8 4 -0.6
Hector Lopez 25 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 8, 1929 1st 128 125 128 128 0 0 0 36 93 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.7
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 0.0
Don Plarski 25 R R 5' 6" 160 Nov 9, 1929 1st 8 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 1 2 -0.1
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 0.6
Vic Power 27 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 2 147 143 147 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.5 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 -0.3
Bill Renna 30 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 3 100 62 100 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 72 79 24 2 -0.4
Jim Robertson 27 R R 5' 9" 183 Jan 29, 1928 2 6 2 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
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 -0.4
Johnny Sain 37 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1917 11 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
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 -0.7
Billy Shantz 27 R R 6' 1" 160 Jul 31, 1927 2 79 61 79 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.3
Bobby Shantz 29 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 7 26 17 26 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
Harry Simpson 29 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 4 112 96 112 103 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 91 10 100 12 0 0.1
Enos Slaughter HOF 39 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 15 108 56 108 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 77 49 0 2.4
Lou Sleater 28 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 8, 1926 4 21 1 21 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.7
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 -0.4
Bill Stewart 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 12, 1928 1st 11 3 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 5 0 -0.3
Pete Suder 39 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 13 26 18 26 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.8
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 -0.3
Elmer Valo 34 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 14 112 69 112 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 23 72 40 1 3.2
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 -0.1
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 -0.3
Bill Wilson 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 6, 1928 4 98 66 98 83 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 58 6 82 17 1 0.0
Gus Zernial 32 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 7 120 102 120 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 103 18 0 1.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Hal Bevan
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Alex George
Don Bollweg
Tom Saffell
Jim Finigan
Spook Jacobs
Don Plarski
Jerry Schypinski
Vic Power
Glenn Cox
Dick Kryhoski
Jack Littrell

Hector Lopez
Eric MacKenzie
Joe Astroth
Clete Boyer
Pete Suder
Johnny Gray
Walt Craddock
Johnny Sain
Ozzie Van Brabant
Vic Raschi
Lee Wheat
Marion Fricano
Ray Herbert
Cloyd Boyer

Art Ceccarelli
Alex Kellner
Bobby Shantz
Billy Shantz
Bob Trice
Sonny Dixon
Arnie Portocarrero
Charlie Bishop
Bill Harrington

Moe Burtschy
Gus Keriazakos
Art Ditmar
Marion Fricano
Mike Kume
Bob Spicer
Gus Zernial
Lou Sleater
Bill Stewart
Bill Wilson
Jim Robertson
Enos Slaughter
Bill Renna

Elmer Valo
Ewell Blackwell
Tom Gorman
Harry Simpson
Bill Stewart

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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