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1956 Kansas City Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

52-102, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (52-102)
Scored 619 runs, Allowed 831 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · 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 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 Salary
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 -0.3 $
Mike Baxes 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 18, 1930 1st 73 27 73 63 0 0 0 1 0 62 0 0 0 0 11 9 0.2 $
Clete Boyer 19 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 9, 1937 2 67 40 67 58 0 0 0 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0.1 $
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 0.0 $
George Brunet 21 R L 6' 1" 195 Jun 8, 1935 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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 2.6 $
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 0.2 $
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 -0.6 $
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 0.3 $
Walt Craddock 24 R L 5' 11" 176 Mar 25, 1932 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jack Crimian 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 17, 1926 3 55 7 55 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5 $
Joe DeMaestri 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 6 133 125 133 132 0 0 0 2 0 132 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Art Ditmar 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 3 44 34 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
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 -0.3 $
Jim Finigan 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 3 91 68 91 80 0 0 0 52 32 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 -1.0 $
Joe Ginsberg 29 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 7 71 50 71 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.1 $
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 1.9 $
Johnny Groth 29 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 11 95 61 95 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 56 18 85 14 3 -0.5 $
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 -0.6 $
Troy Herriage 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 20, 1930 1st 34 16 34 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1.8 $
Spook Jacobs 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Nov 4, 1925 3 32 28 32 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2 $
Alex Kellner 31 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 9 21 17 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 $
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 -0.1 $
Tom Lasorda HOF 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Sep 22, 1927 3 19 5 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.0 $
Hector Lopez 26 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 8, 1929 2 151 144 151 149 0 0 0 8 121 4 0 20 0 20 5 1 1.5 $
Jack McMahan 23 R L 6' 0" 175 Jul 25, 1932 1st 23 9 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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 0.1 $
Al Pilarcik 25 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 1st 69 61 69 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 3 67 4 2 0.1 $
Jim Pisoni 26 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 2 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 1 0 0.1 $
Rance Pless 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 6, 1925 1st 48 17 48 20 0 0 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 0.1 $
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 -0.3 $
Vic Power 28 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 3 127 123 127 123 0 0 76 47 0 0 7 0 0 7 4 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Bill Renna 31 R R 6' 3" 218 Oct 14, 1924 4 33 7 33 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 3 25 10 6 -0.1 $
Eddie Robinson 35 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 12 75 41 75 47 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 -1.0 $
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 -1.2 $
Bobby Shantz 30 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 8 51 2 51 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.9 $
Harry Simpson 30 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 5 141 138 141 138 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 23 92 111 3 0 0.1 $ All-Star
Lou Skizas 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 1st 83 72 83 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 18 74 10 0 1.1 $
Enos Slaughter HOF 40 L R 5' 9" 180 Apr 27, 1916 16 91 47 91 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 37 56 42 0 1.0 $18,000
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 0.1 $
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 -0.2 $
Tim Thompson 32 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 1, 1924 2 92 63 92 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.5 $
Elmer Valo 35 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 15 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 -0.1 $
Gus Zernial 33 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 27, 1923 8 109 69 109 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 69 40 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Mike Baxes
Joe DeMaestri
Jim Finigan
Spook Jacobs
Al Pilarcik
Vic Power
Rance Pless
George Brunet
Joe Ginsberg
Hal Smith
Hector Lopez

Joe Astroth
Clete Boyer
Bill Bradford
Bill Harrington
Jack McMahan
Walt Craddock
Glenn Cox
Troy Herriage
Lou Kretlow
Art Ceccarelli

Alex Kellner
Bobby Shantz
Tim Thompson
Wally Burnette
Lou Kretlow
Tom Lasorda
Jack Crimian
Arnie Portocarrero
Eddie Robinson
Bill Harrington
Jose Santiago
Art Ditmar

Bob Spicer
Gus Zernial
Dave Melton
Lou Kretlow
Enos Slaughter
Bill Renna
Lou Skizas
Elmer Valo
Moe Burtschy
Jim Pisoni
Tom Gorman

Harry Simpson
Carl Duser
Johnny Groth
George Brunet

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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