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1955 Kansas City Athletics (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
Managed by Lou Boudreau

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,393,054 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats / Schedule (1954/1956) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   63-91 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   33.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 12, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           1 (last on April 12)
Most Games under .500:          28 (last on September 25)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       33.0 (last on September 25)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (June 29 to July 3)
Longest Losing Streak:          10 (July 10 to July 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              29 (April 23)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (May 1)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      10
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        63  91     638     911    .409

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           33  43     333     477    .434
Road           30  48     305     434    .385

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   8      67     115    .429
May            10  17     106     159    .370
June           12  16     100     128    .429
July           15  19     151     184    .441
August         11  16     110     161    .407
September       9  15     104     164    .375

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     36  46     339     485    .439
Second Half    27  45     299     426    .375
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        30  15     196     181    .667

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        12  36     194     415    .250

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL            12  10      75      88    .545
BOS             8  14     104     140    .364
CHW             8  14      91     148    .364
CLE             5  17      91     146    .227
DET            10  12     100     170    .455
NYY             7  15      77     116    .318
WSH            13   9     100     103    .591

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 12     KCA  DET  W   6-2        1-0     1    Tied  2:38 A Kellner                  32,147 +
  2 Wed, Apr 13     KCA  DET  L   2-10       1-1     4     0.5  2:20 S Gromek                   21,868 -
  3 Thu, Apr 14     KCA @CHW  L   1-7        1-2     6     1.5  1:57 S Consuegra                14,067 --
  4 Sat, Apr 16     KCA @DET  L   3-8        1-3     7     2.0  2:38 N Garver                    7,006 ---
  5 Sun, Apr 17     KCA @DET  L   0-16       1-4     7     3.5  2:40 S Gromek                   16,662 ----
  6 Mon, Apr 18     KCA  CLE  L   9-11       1-5     7     4.0  2:10 A Houtteman                31,563 -----
  7 Tue, Apr 19     KCA  CLE  W   8-7        2-5     7     3.5  3:04 C Bishop                   11,177 +
  8 Fri, Apr 22     KCA  CHW  L   3-5        2-6     7     3.5  2:33 V Trucks                   22,996 -
  9 Sat, Apr 23     KCA  CHW  L   6-29       2-7     7     4.5  3:10 J Harshman                 10,220 --
 10 Sun, Apr 24     KCA  CHW  W   5-0        3-7     7     3.5  2:05 A Kellner                  19,446 +
 11 Tue, Apr 26     KCA  BOS  W   8-7        4-7     7     3.5  3:22 T Gorman                   17,067 ++
 12 Wed, Apr 27     KCA  BOS  W   6-2        5-7     6     2.5  2:17 C Boyer                     9,557 +++
 13 Thu, Apr 28     KCA  NYY  L   4-11       5-8     6     3.5  3:15 D Larsen                   32,559 -
 14 Fri, Apr 29     KCA  NYY  W   6-0        6-8     6     3.0  2:22 B Shantz                   33,471 +
 15 Sun, May  1     KCA  WSH  W  16-10       7-8     5     3.0  3:02 M Burtschy                 22,906 ++
 16 Mon, May  2     KCA  WSH  L   1-12       7-9     5     4.0  2:35 J Schmitz                  18,104 -
 17 Tue, May  3     KCA  BAL  W   4-3        8-9     5     4.0  2:17 M Burtschy                 15,953 +
 18 Wed, May  4     KCA  BAL  W   6-5        9-9     5     3.0  2:16 T Gorman                   13,624 ++
 19 Fri, May  6     KCA @CLE  L   1-4        9-10    5     4.0  2:26 H Score                    11,861 -
 20 Sat, May  7     KCA @CLE  L   3-9        9-11    5     5.0  2:22 E Wynn                      7,413 --
 21 Sun, May  8     KCA @CLE  L   6-9        9-12    5     7.0  2:48 A Houtteman                     0 ---
 22                 KCA @CLE  L   1-2        9-13    5     7.0  2:43 R Narleski                 13,469 ----
 23 Tue, May 10     KCA @BAL  L   1-11       9-14    6     8.0  2:39 H Byrd                      9,747 -----
 24 Wed, May 11     KCA @BAL  W   2-0       10-14    5     8.0  2:25 B Shantz                    3,965 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 12     KCA @BOS  L   7-12      10-15    6     8.0  2:27 I Delock                    3,900 -
 26 Fri, May 13     KCA @BOS  L   3-4       10-16    7     8.5  2:21 E Kinder                   17,355 --
 27 Sat, May 14     KCA @BOS  L   1-3       10-17    7     9.0  3:06 R Kemmerer                  8,213 ---
 28 Sun, May 15     KCA @NYY  W   4-3       11-17    7     9.0  2:27 B Shantz                        0 +
 29                 KCA @NYY  L   4-8       11-18    7     9.0  2:54 B Turley                   36,324 -
 30 Tue, May 17     KCA @WSH  W   1-0       12-18    6     8.0  1:51 A Kellner                   3,061 +
 31 Wed, May 18     KCA @WSH  L   2-7       12-19    7     9.0  2:10 D Stone                     1,061 -
 32 Fri, May 20     KCA @CHW  W   1-0       13-19    7     8.0  1:39 A Ditmar                   18,008 +
 33 Sat, May 21     KCA @CHW  L   4-7       13-20    7     8.5  2:19 D Donovan                   6,701 -
 34 Sun, May 22     KCA @CHW  W   7-2       14-20    7     9.5  2:28 A Kellner                       0 +
 35                 KCA @CHW  L   6-10      14-21    7     9.5  3:00 V Trucks                    8,878 -
 36 Tue, May 24     KCA  DET  L   6-9       14-22    7     9.5  2:54 A Aber                     18,217 --
 37 Wed, May 25     KCA  DET  L   2-8       14-23    7    10.5  2:17 F Lary                     12,026 ---
 38 Sat, May 28     KCA  CLE  L   2-7       14-24    7    13.0  2:40 E Wynn                     22,756 ----
 39 Sun, May 29     KCA  CLE  L   2-4       14-25    7    14.0  2:32 H Score                    26,418 -----
 40 Mon, May 30     KCA @DET  W   8-6       15-25    7    13.0  2:10 A Ditmar                        0 +
 41                 KCA @DET  W   5-4       16-25    7    13.0  2:23 A Ceccarelli               19,480 ++
 42 Wed, Jun  1     KCA  NYY  L   1-3       16-26    7    15.0  2:15 J Kucks                    16,503 -
 43                 KCA  NYY  L   1-6       16-27    7    15.0  2:37 W Ford                     28,359 --
 44 Thu, Jun  2     KCA  NYY  L   6-12      16-28    7    16.0  3:12 B Grim                     29,265 ---
 45 Fri, Jun  3     KCA  BOS  W   4-3       17-28    7    15.0  2:07 J Sain                     21,899 +
 46 Sat, Jun  4     KCA  BOS  L   1-5       17-29    7    16.0  2:03 F Sullivan                 14,060 -
 47 Sun, Jun  5     KCA  BOS  W   5-4       18-29    7    16.0  3:07 C Boyer                    26,761 +
 48                 KCA  BOS  L   3-4       18-30    7    16.0  2:57 T Brewer                   26,761 -
 49 Tue, Jun  7     KCA  WSH  L   2-3       18-31    7    17.0  2:39 C Pascual                       0 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 KCA  WSH  L   3-7       18-32    7    17.0  2:37 M McDermott                15,110 ---
 51 Wed, Jun  8     KCA  WSH  W   3-2       19-32    7    16.0  1:53 C Boyer                    10,495 +
 52 Thu, Jun  9     KCA  WSH  W   4-2       20-32    7    16.0  1:55 A Ditmar                    8,336 ++
 53 Fri, Jun 10     KCA  BAL  L   0-3       20-33    7    17.0  2:36 J Wilson                   10,499 -
 54 Sat, Jun 11     KCA  BAL  W   2-1       21-33    7    16.0  2:12 V Raschi                    7,852 +
 55 Sun, Jun 12     KCA  BAL  L   2-7       21-34    7    15.0  2:28 H Dorish                        0 -
 56                 KCA  BAL  W   3-0       22-34    7    15.0  1:58 A Ceccarelli               18,110 +
 57 Tue, Jun 14     KCA @BOS  L   4-12      22-35    7    16.0  2:13 F Sullivan                  4,277 -
 58 Wed, Jun 15     KCA @BOS  L   6-9       22-36    7    16.0  2:22 M Parnell                   4,939 --
 59 Thu, Jun 16     KCA @BOS  L   6-7       22-37    7    17.0  2:23 T Hurd                      3,938 ---
 60 Fri, Jun 17     KCA @WSH  W   4-2       23-37    7    16.0  2:12 A Portocarre                3,302 +
 61 Sat, Jun 18     KCA @WSH  W   9-4       24-37    6    15.0  2:19 V Raschi                    1,671 ++
 62 Tue, Jun 21     KCA @NYY  L   2-6       24-38    6    17.0  2:22 T Byrne                    14,932 -
 63 Wed, Jun 22     KCA @NYY  L   1-6       24-39    6    18.0  2:08 W Ford                      7,693 --
 64 Thu, Jun 23     KCA @NYY  L   0-4       24-40    6    19.0  1:59 B Turley                    7,444 ---
 65 Fri, Jun 24     KCA @BAL  W   2-0       25-40    6    19.0  2:14 A Portocarre                9,320 +
 66 Sat, Jun 25     KCA @BAL  -   3-3       25-40    6    19.5  2:46                             4,480 +
 67 Sun, Jun 26     KCA @BAL  W   1-0       26-40    6    18.5  1:45 A Kellner                         ++
 68                 KCA @BAL  W   5-2       27-40    6    18.5  2:23 R Herbert                  16,489 +++
 69 Tue, Jun 28     KCA @CLE  L   5-7       27-41    6    19.0  2:28 M Garcia                   10,613 -
 70 Wed, Jun 29     KCA @CLE  W  12-4       28-41    6    19.5  2:50 B Shantz                   11,535 +
 71 Fri, Jul  1     KCA  DET  W   3-2       29-41    6    19.0  2:40 C Boyer                         0 ++
 72                 KCA  DET  W   7-5       30-41    6    19.0  2:12 T Gorman                   18,770 +++
 73 Sat, Jul  2     KCA  DET  W  11-10      31-41    6    19.0  3:26 J Sain                     17,024 ++++
 74 Sun, Jul  3     KCA  DET  W   9-8       32-41    6    18.0  3:58 L Sleater                  20,275 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Mon, Jul  4     KCA  CHW  L   3-8       32-42    6    17.0  2:35 C Johnson                       0 -
 76                 KCA  CHW  W   4-3       33-42    6    17.0  2:32 A Ditmar                   30,202 +
 77 Tue, Jul  5     KCA  CLE  W   4-3       34-42    6    16.5  2:15 T Gorman                   17,087 ++
 78 Wed, Jul  6     KCA  CLE  L   4-8       34-43    6    16.5  2:57 H Score                    26,937 -
 79 Thu, Jul  7     KCA  CLE  L   1-9       34-44    6    17.0  2:22 M Garcia                   13,013 --
 80 Fri, Jul  8     KCA @DET  L   8-11      34-45    6    18.0  3:23 A Aber                     27,770 ---
 81 Sat, Jul  9     KCA @DET  W   2-1       35-45    6    18.0  1:56 A Ditmar                    6,487 +
 82 Sun, Jul 10     KCA @DET  W   9-5       36-45    6    18.0  2:56 C Boyer                         0 ++
 83                 KCA @DET  L   1-10      36-46    6    18.0  2:10 N Garver                   23,751 -
 84 Thu, Jul 14     KCA  BAL  L   7-10      36-47    6    18.5  2:38 D Johnson                         --
 85                 KCA  BAL  L   4-6       36-48    6    18.5  2:15 R Moore                    14,842 ---
 86 Fri, Jul 15     KCA  BAL  L   5-8       36-49    6    19.5  2:42 J McDonald                  4,946 ----
 87 Sat, Jul 16     KCA  WSH  L   7-8       36-50    6    19.0  3:20 B Chakales                 14,572 -----
 88 Sun, Jul 17     KCA  WSH  L   0-4       36-51    6    19.0  2:09 S Shea                     11,000 ------
 89 Mon, Jul 18     KCA  WSH  L   3-6       36-52    6    19.5  2:20 T Abernathy                 4,819 -------
 90 Tue, Jul 19     KCA  BOS  L   3-6       36-53    6    20.5  2:52 W Nixon                    16,682 --------
 91 Wed, Jul 20     KCA  BOS  L   0-6       36-54    6    20.5  2:05 G Susce                    19,833 ---------
 92 Thu, Jul 21     KCA  BOS  L   3-4       36-55    6    20.5  2:14 F Sullivan                  9,096 ----------
 93 Fri, Jul 22     KCA  NYY  W   3-1       37-55    6    19.5  2:26 V Raschi                   31,123 +
 94 Sat, Jul 23     KCA  NYY  W   8-7       38-55    6    18.5  3:20 T Gorman                   26,442 ++
 95 Sun, Jul 24     KCA  NYY  L   3-7       38-56    6    20.5  2:23 W Ford                          0 -
 96                 KCA  NYY  L   0-2       38-57    6    20.5  2:04 J Kucks                    33,585 --
 97 Tue, Jul 26     KCA @WSH  L   3-9       38-58    6    21.0  2:29 B Porterfiel                    0 ---
 98                 KCA @WSH  W   3-1       39-58    6    21.0  2:28 A Kellner                   5,595 +
 99 Wed, Jul 27     KCA @WSH  W   6-4       40-58    6    19.5  2:48 A Ditmar                        0 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 KCA @WSH  W   4-1       41-58    6    19.5  2:21 B Harrington                3,144 +++
101 Fri, Jul 29     KCA @NYY  L   2-3       41-59    6    20.0  2:20 W Ford                     13,675 -
102 Sat, Jul 30     KCA @NYY  W  12-2       42-59    6    19.0  2:25 A Portocarre               27,238 +
103 Sun, Jul 31     KCA @NYY  L   2-5       42-60    6    20.0  2:25 D Larsen                        0 -
104                 KCA @NYY  W   7-1       43-60    6    20.0  2:56 A Ditmar                   21,550 +
105 Tue, Aug  2     KCA @BAL  L   1-5       43-61    6    21.0  2:14 B Wight                     8,329 -
106 Wed, Aug  3     KCA @BAL  L   3-4       43-62    6    20.5  2:00 T Gray                          0 --
107                 KCA @BAL  W   5-1       44-62    6    20.5  2:26 A Kellner                  10,922 +
108 Thu, Aug  4     KCA @BAL  L   1-8       44-63    6    20.5  2:16 E Lopat                     3,660 -
109 Fri, Aug  5     KCA @BOS  W   5-2       45-63    6    19.5  2:15 V Raschi                   22,299 +
110 Sat, Aug  6     KCA @BOS  W   6-5       46-63    6    18.5  2:55 T Gorman                    9,524 ++
111 Sun, Aug  7     KCA @BOS  L  12-16      46-64    6    19.0  2:54 D Brodowski                13,456 -
112 Tue, Aug  9     KCA  CHW  L   1-4       46-65    6    20.0  2:25 B Pierce                   24,383 --
113 Wed, Aug 10     KCA  CHW  W   5-4       47-65    6    19.5  2:33 A Kellner                  21,473 +
114 Thu, Aug 11     KCA  CHW  L   1-14      47-66    6    20.5  2:45 C Johnson                  15,569 -
115 Fri, Aug 12     KCA  CLE  L   1-17      47-67    6    22.5  2:18 B Lemon                     7,791 --
116                 KCA  CLE  L   5-6       47-68    6    22.5  2:32 A Houtteman                26,313 ---
117 Sat, Aug 13     KCA  CLE  L   3-5       47-69    6    23.5  2:25 H Score                    29,133 ----
118 Sun, Aug 14     KCA  CLE  W   7-3       48-69    6    22.5  2:27 A Ditmar                   27,103 +
119 Tue, Aug 16     KCA @CHW  L   4-5       48-70    6    24.0  4:01 D Howell                   22,522 -
120 Thu, Aug 18     KCA @CHW  L   2-6       48-71    6    23.5  2:49 V Trucks                        0 --
121                 KCA @CHW  W   5-3       49-71    6    23.5  2:29 A Portocarre               15,224 +
122 Fri, Aug 19     KCA @CLE  L   1-2       49-72    6    24.5  2:59 R Narleski                 14,892 -
123 Sat, Aug 20     KCA @CLE  L   5-7       49-73    6    25.5  2:18 A Houtteman                16,693 --
124 Sun, Aug 21     KCA @CLE  L   4-9       49-74    6    26.5  2:17 J Santiago                 12,818 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 23     KCA  WSH  W   4-3       50-74    6    25.5  2:17 A Kellner                  15,141 +
126 Wed, Aug 24     KCA  WSH  W   5-0       51-74    6    25.5  2:12 A Portocarre                8,037 ++
127 Thu, Aug 25     KCA  BAL  W   9-2       52-74    6    25.5  2:13 A Ceccarelli               12,590 +++
128 Fri, Aug 26     KCA  BAL  W   3-2       53-74    6    24.5  2:12 A Ditmar                   15,193 ++++
129 Sun, Aug 28     KCA  BOS  L   2-14      53-75    6    24.5  2:36 F Sullivan                 33,165 -
130 Tue, Aug 30     KCA  NYY  W   4-3       54-75    6    24.0  2:33 A Kellner                  32,462 +
131 Wed, Aug 31     KCA  NYY  L   6-11      54-76    6    25.0  2:56 T Byrne                    32,690 -
132 Fri, Sep  2     KCA  DET  W   7-6       55-76    6    25.0  2:36 A Ceccarelli               18,689 +
133 Sat, Sep  3     KCA  DET  L   6-11      55-77    6    25.0  2:47 A Aber                     20,882 -
134 Sun, Sep  4     KCA  DET  L   1-17      55-78    6    26.0  2:40 N Garver                   22,772 --
135 Mon, Sep  5     KCA @CLE  W   5-4       56-78    6    26.0  2:53 A Ditmar                        0 +
136                 KCA @CLE  L   2-9       56-79    6    26.0  2:33 H Score                    20,945 -
137 Wed, Sep  7     KCA @NYY  L   1-2       56-80    6    27.0  2:09 W Ford                      9,256 --
138 Thu, Sep  8     KCA @NYY  L   0-13      56-81    6    28.0  2:19 B Turley                    8,425 ---
139 Fri, Sep  9     KCA @WSH  L   5-6       56-82    6    28.5  2:27 M McDermott                     0 ----
140                 KCA @WSH  W   7-6       57-82    6    28.5  2:49 B Harrington                2,453 +
141 Sat, Sep 10     KCA @WSH  W   8-6       58-82    6    28.5  2:58 B Harrington                2,551 ++
142 Sun, Sep 11     KCA @BAL  W   4-3       59-82    6    28.5  2:11 B Shantz                        0 +++
143                 KCA @BAL  L   2-4       59-83    6    28.5  2:18 E Lopat                     9,305 -
144 Tue, Sep 13     KCA @BOS  W   6-5       60-83    6    29.5  3:25 T Gorman                        0 +
145                 KCA @BOS  L   6-7       60-84    6    29.5  2:44 T Brewer                   10,256 -
146 Wed, Sep 14     KCA @BOS  W   7-3       61-84    6    28.5  2:12 A Ditmar                    4,442 +
147 Fri, Sep 16     KCA  CHW  W  13-7       62-84    6    27.5  2:58 A Kellner                  29,875 ++
148 Sat, Sep 17     KCA  CHW  L   8-12      62-85    6    28.5  3:08 B Pierce                   31,587 -
149 Sun, Sep 18     KCA  CHW  W   8-1       63-85    6    28.5  2:08 A Ditmar                   31,034 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 19     KCA @DET  L   0-4       63-86    6    29.0  2:20 B Black                    14,255 -
151 Tue, Sep 20     KCA @DET  L   3-7       63-87    6    30.5  2:16 J Bunning                   2,213 --
152 Wed, Sep 21     KCA @DET  L   1-10      63-88    6    31.5  1:55 D Marlowe                   1,880 ---
153 Fri, Sep 23     KCA @CHW  L   4-12      63-89    6    32.0  2:02 S Consuegra                 6,944 ----
154 Sat, Sep 24     KCA @CHW  L   0-4       63-90    6    32.5  2:05 D Donovan                   3,455 -----
155 Sun, Sep 25     KCA @CHW  L   0-5       63-91    6    33.0  2:04 B Pierce                    6,910 ------

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