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1956 Kansas City Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
52-102, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 619 runs, Allowed 831 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97
Manager: Lou Boudreau (52-102)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,015,154 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104
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1955 / 1957 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 33 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 10 8 5 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Baxes 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 18, 1930 1st 73 27 73 73 0 0 0 1 0 62 0 0 0 0 11 9
Clete Boyer 19 R R 6' 0" 182 Feb 9, 1937 2 67 40 67 67 0 0 0 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
Bill Bradford 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 28, 1921 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brunet 21 R L 6' 1" 210 Jun 8, 1935 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Burnette 27 R R 6' 0" 178 Jun 20, 1929 1st 18 14 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moe Burtschy 34 R R 6' 3" 208 Apr 18, 1922 5 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Ceccarelli 26 R L 6' 0" 190 Apr 2, 1930 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Cox 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 3, 1931 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Craddock 24 R L 176 Mar 25, 1932 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Crimian 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 17, 1926 3 55 7 55 55 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe DeMaestri 27 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 9, 1928 6 133 125 133 133 0 0 0 2 0 132 0 0 0 0 1 0
Art Ditmar 27 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 3, 1929 3 44 34 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Duser 23 L L 6' 1" 175 Jul 22, 1932 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Finigan 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 3 91 68 91 91 0 0 0 52 32 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
Joe Ginsberg 29 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 7 71 50 71 71 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Tom Gorman 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 4, 1925 5 52 13 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Groth 29 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 11 95 61 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 56 18 84 14 2
Bill Harrington 28 R R 5' 11" 160 Oct 3, 1927 3 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Herriage 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 20, 1930 1st 34 16 34 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Spook Jacobs 30 R R 155 Nov 4, 1925 3 32 28 32 32 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Alex Kellner 31 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 9 21 17 21 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lou Kretlow 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 27, 1921 10 25 20 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Lasorda HOF 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Sep 22, 1927 3 19 5 19 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hector Lopez 26 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 9, 1929 2 151 144 151 151 0 0 0 8 121 4 0 20 0 20 5 1
Jack McMahan 23 R L 6' 0" 175 Jul 22, 1932 1st 23 9 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Melton 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 3, 1928 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
Al Pilarcik 25 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 1st 69 61 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 3 67 3 2
Jim Pisoni 26 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 2 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 1 0
Rance Pless 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 6, 1925 1st 48 17 48 48 0 0 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 28 1
Arnie Portocarrero 24 R R 6' 3" 196 Jul 5, 1931 3 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Power 28 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 1, 1927 3 127 123 127 127 0 0 76 47 0 0 7 0 0 7 4 0 All-Star
Bill Renna 31 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 4 33 7 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 3 25 10 6
Eddie Robinson 35 L R 210 Dec 15, 1920 12 75 41 75 75 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1
Jose Santiago 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 4, 1928 3 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Shantz 30 R L 5' 6" 142 Sep 26, 1925 8 51 2 51 51 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Harry Simpson 30 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 5 141 138 141 141 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 23 92 111 3 0 All-Star
Lou Skizas 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 1st 83 72 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 18 74 10 0
Enos Slaughter HOF 40 L R 5' 9" 192 Apr 27, 1916 16 91 47 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 37 56 41 0
Hal Smith 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 2 37 36 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Spicer 31 L R 5' 10" 173 Apr 11, 1925 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Thompson 32 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 1, 1924 2 92 63 92 92 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Elmer Valo 35 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 15 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0
Gus Zernial 33 R R 210 Jun 27, 1923 8 109 69 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 69 38 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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