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1956 Kansas City Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Tim Thompson* 32 92 288 268 21 73 13 2 1 27 2 4 17 23 .272 .319 .347 .666 77 93 4 2 0 1 1
2 1B Vic Power 28 127 559 530 77 164 21 5 14 63 2 2 24 16 .309 .340 .447 .787 107 237 5 1 3 1 2
3 2B Jim Finigan 27 91 290 250 29 54 7 2 2 21 3 1 30 28 .216 .298 .284 .582 55 71 6 1 5 4 1
4 SS Joe DeMaestri 27 133 468 434 41 101 16 1 6 39 3 3 25 73 .233 .277 .316 .593 57 137 8 3 3 3 2
5 3B Hector Lopez 26 151 639 561 91 153 27 3 18 69 4 5 63 73 .273 .347 .428 .775 104 240 13 3 8 4 3
6 LF Gus Zernial 33 109 311 272 36 61 12 0 16 44 2 0 33 66 .224 .315 .445 .760 99 121 5 4 0 2 2
7 CF Al Pilarcik* 25 69 272 239 28 60 10 1 4 22 9 2 30 32 .251 .333 .351 .685 82 84 2 0 2 1 1
8 RF Harry Simpson* 30 141 597 543 76 159 22 11 21 105 2 3 47 82 .293 .347 .490 .837 120 266 19 1 1 5 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 LF Lou Skizas 24 83 317 297 39 94 11 3 11 39 3 1 15 17 .316 .346 .485 .831 118 144 13 0 2 3 1
10 OF Johnny Groth 29 95 280 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 1 2 30 31 .258 .335 .398 .732 93 97 9 0 2 4 2
11 OF Enos Slaughter* 40 91 255 223 37 62 14 3 2 23 1 0 29 20 .278 .362 .395 .757 100 88 6 1 1 1 1
12 C Joe Ginsberg* 29 71 220 195 15 48 8 1 1 12 1 1 23 17 .246 .323 .313 .636 69 61 7 0 0 2 3
13 1B Eddie Robinson* 35 75 202 172 13 34 5 1 2 12 0 0 26 20 .198 .308 .273 .582 55 47 7 2 1 1 1
14 C Hal Smith 25 37 148 142 15 39 9 2 2 24 1 1 3 12 .275 .284 .408 .692 81 58 2 0 0 3 0
15 2B Clete Boyer 19 67 143 129 15 28 3 1 1 4 1 1 11 24 .217 .284 .279 .563 50 36 2 1 2 0 1
16 SS Mike Baxes 25 73 128 106 9 24 3 1 1 5 0 1 18 15 .226 .339 .302 .641 71 32 2 0 4 0 1
17 2B Spook Jacobs 30 32 115 97 13 21 3 0 0 5 4 1 15 5 .216 .321 .247 .569 53 24 4 0 3 0 1
18 CI Rance Pless 30 48 96 85 4 23 3 1 0 9 0 1 10 13 .271 .354 .329 .684 82 28 5 1 0 0 0
19 OF Bill Renna 31 33 51 48 12 13 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 10 .271 .314 .458 .772 102 22 1 0 0 0 0
20 CF Jim Pisoni 26 10 33 30 4 8 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 8 .267 .303 .467 .770 101 14 2 0 0 1 0
21 C Joe Astroth 33 8 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 0 0 1 0 0
22 LF Elmer Valo* 35 9 11 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .273 .222 .495 33 2 0 0 0 1 0
23 LF Dave Melton 27 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
24 P Art Ditmar 27 44 98 91 5 13 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 24 .143 .170 .176 .346 -8 16 0 0 4 0 0
25 P Wally Burnette 27 18 45 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .051 .075 .051 .126 -66 2 0 0 5 0 0
26 P Tom Gorman 31 52 44 39 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 22 .051 .140 .051 .191 -47 2 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Lou Kretlow 35 25 41 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .061 .162 .061 .223 -39 2 0 0 4 0 0
28 P Alex Kellner 31 21 36 30 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .200 .273 .200 .473 27 6 1 0 3 0 0
29 P Jack Crimian 30 55 30 22 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .227 .320 .227 .547 47 5 1 0 5 0 0
30 P Troy Herriage 25 34 29 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .120 .185 .120 .305 -18 3 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Bobby Shantz 30 51 26 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .136 .303 -19 3 1 0 2 0 0
32 P Jack McMahan 23 23 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Tommy Lasorda* 28 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill Harrington 28 23 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -64 0 0 0 2 0 0
35 P Moe Burtschy 34 21 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Glenn Cox 25 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
37 P Jose Santiago 27 9 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 113 2 0 0 1 0 0
38 P Art Ceccarelli 26 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -28 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Carl Duser* 23 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Walt Craddock 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P George Brunet 21 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Arnie Portocarrero 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 P Bob Spicer* 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Bill Bradford 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 154 5859 5256 619 1325 204 41 112 584 40 30 479 725 .252 .315 .370 .685 81 1947 127 20 67 37 31
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 7 5 4 6 6 4 6 8 4 5 8 7 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Art Ditmar 27 12 22 .353 4.42 44 34 6 14 2 1 254.1 254 141 125 30 108 6 126 7 0 5 1101 98 1.423 9.0 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.17
2 SP Wally Burnette 27 6 8 .429 2.89 18 14 4 4 1 0 121.1 115 48 39 13 39 3 54 2 1 3 507 150 1.269 8.5 1.0 2.9 4.0 1.38
3 SP Lou Kretlow 35 4 9 .308 5.31 25 20 3 3 0 0 118.2 121 75 70 17 74 4 61 0 0 3 542 81 1.643 9.2 1.3 5.6 4.6 0.82
4 SP Troy Herriage 25 1 13 .071 6.64 31 16 7 1 0 0 103.0 135 83 76 16 64 6 59 6 0 2 501 65 1.932 11.8 1.4 5.6 5.2 0.92
5 SP Alex Kellner* 31 7 4 .636 4.32 20 17 3 5 0 0 91.2 103 49 44 15 33 3 44 2 0 1 399 100 1.484 10.1 1.5 3.2 4.3 1.33
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Bobby Shantz* 30 2 7 .222 4.35 45 2 26 1 0 9 101.1 95 51 49 12 37 4 67 3 0 1 425 99 1.303 8.4 1.1 3.3 6.0 1.81
7 RP Tom Gorman 31 9 10 .474 3.83 52 13 23 1 0 3 171.1 168 83 73 23 68 7 56 2 1 2 733 113 1.377 8.8 1.2 3.6 2.9 0.82
8 RP Jack Crimian 30 4 8 .333 5.51 54 7 16 0 0 3 129.0 129 87 79 19 49 2 59 5 0 2 556 78 1.380 9.0 1.3 3.4 4.1 1.20
9 RP Jack McMahan* 23 0 5 .000 4.82 23 9 8 0 0 0 61.2 69 40 33 7 31 0 13 2 0 1 279 90 1.622 10.1 1.0 4.5 1.9 0.42
10 RP Bill Harrington 28 2 2 .500 6.45 23 1 8 0 0 1 37.2 40 27 27 3 26 1 14 0 1 3 173 67 1.752 9.6 0.7 6.2 3.3 0.54
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Tommy Lasorda* 28 0 4 .000 6.15 18 5 7 0 0 1 45.1 40 38 31 6 45 3 28 3 0 7 220 70 1.875 7.9 1.2 8.9 5.6 0.62
12 Moe Burtschy 34 3 1 .750 3.95 21 0 9 0 0 0 43.1 41 22 19 6 30 4 18 3 0 2 195 110 1.638 8.5 1.2 6.2 3.7 0.60
13 Glenn Cox 25 0 2 .000 4.24 3 3 0 1 0 0 23.1 15 11 11 2 22 0 6 0 0 2 101 102 1.586 5.8 0.8 8.5 2.3 0.27
14 Jose Santiago 27 1 2 .333 8.31 9 5 1 0 0 0 21.2 36 26 20 8 17 0 9 5 0 1 117 52 2.446 15.0 3.3 7.1 3.7 0.53
15 Art Ceccarelli* 26 0 1 .000 7.20 3 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 13 8 3 4 1 2 1 0 1 49 60 1.700 11.7 2.7 3.6 1.8 0.50
16 Walt Craddock* 24 0 2 .000 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 9 7 7 1 10 0 8 0 0 2 45 64 2.036 8.7 1.0 9.6 7.7 0.80
17 George Brunet* 21 0 0 7.00 6 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 10 8 7 1 11 0 5 0 0 0 47 62 2.333 10.0 1.0 11.0 5.0 0.45
18 Arnie Portocarrero 24 0 1 .000 10.12 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 9 9 9 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 38 43 2.000 10.1 2.3 7.9 2.3 0.29
19 Carl Duser* 23 1 1 .500 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 14 6 6 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 33 48 2.667 21.0 0.0 3.0 7.5 2.50
20 Bob Spicer 31 0 0 19.29 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 22 3.000 23.1 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.00
21 Bill Bradford 34 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 48 1.500 9.0 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.8 52 102 .338 4.86 154 154 124 30 3 18 1370.1 1424 831 740 187 679 44 636 42 3 38 6083 89 1.535 9.4 1.2 4.5 4.2 0.94
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 7 8 7 5 6 7 7 7 8 7 5814
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 33 8 5 42.0 24 19 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 3.00 0 2 2 2 50% C
Mike Baxes 25 63 27 302.2 181 57 113 11 17 .939 2.0 7.9 2.0 1.8 0.2 0 5.06 2.70 SS-2B
Clete Boyer 19 58 40 372.1 230 100 124 6 34 .974 2.7 8.7 2.7 0.3 2.4 0 5.41 3.86 2B-3B
Bill Bradford 34 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 P
George Brunet 21 6 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 P
Wally Burnette 27 18 14 121.0 23 6 16 1 2 .957 1.64 1.22 P
Moe Burtschy 34 21 0 43.2 17 2 15 0 2 1.000 3.50 0.81 P
Art Ceccarelli 26 3 2 10.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.67 P
Glenn Cox 25 3 3 23.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Walt Craddock 24 2 2 9.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.96 0.50 P
Jack Crimian 30 54 7 127.2 26 3 22 1 1 .962 1.76 0.46 P
Joe DeMaestri 27 134 125 1055.2 640 210 407 23 95 .964 9.2 10.5 5.2 2.5 2.8 4 5.26 4.60 SS-2B
Art Ditmar 27 44 34 253.2 55 20 33 2 3 .964 1.88 1.20 P
Carl Duser 23 2 2 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 P
Jim Finigan 27 84 68 605.1 334 143 175 16 42 .952 -3.8 -7.5 -4.8 -4.4 -0.4 1 4.73 3.79 2B-3B
Joe Ginsberg 29 57 50 451.1 269 238 28 3 3 .989 3.0 8.0 3 5.30 4.67 5 8 16 15 48% C
Tom Gorman 31 52 13 171.0 43 11 29 3 1 .930 2.11 0.77 P
Johnny Groth 29 88 61 598.1 141 134 7 0 3 1.000 -7.2 -14.4 -7.2 -4.8 -2.3 0 2.12 1.60 CF-RF-LF
Bill Harrington 28 23 1 39.2 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.82 0.35 P
Troy Herriage 25 31 16 103.0 14 0 11 3 0 .786 0.96 0.35 P
Spook Jacobs 30 31 28 236.0 154 78 71 5 26 .968 -1.3 -6.6 -3.3 -2.1 -1.2 2 5.68 4.81 2B
Alex Kellner 31 20 17 91.2 19 1 17 1 2 .947 1.77 0.90 P
Lou Kretlow 35 25 20 119.2 23 5 16 2 1 .913 1.58 0.84 P
Tommy Lasorda 28 18 5 45.1 13 3 9 1 0 .923 2.38 0.67 P
Hector Lopez 26 153 144 1288.1 530 218 282 30 32 .943 -3.2 -3.0 -1.2 -2.4 1.1 -1 -1 3.49 3.27 3B-CF-2B-SS
Jack McMahan 23 23 9 61.2 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.90 0.57 P
Dave Melton 27 3 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 60.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 0 2.25 1.00 LF
Al Pilarcik 25 67 61 544.0 167 155 8 4 1 .976 -3.4 -7.5 -3.4 -2.2 -1.2 0 2.70 2.43 CF-RF
Jim Pisoni 26 9 9 74.1 30 25 4 1 1 .967 0.4 6.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 3.51 3.22 CF
Rance Pless 30 20 17 149.0 162 142 20 0 20 1.000 2.2 17.7 2.2 0.0 2.1 0 9.79 8.10 1B-3B
Arnie Portocarrero 24 3 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.33 P
Vic Power 28 130 123 1076.1 1019 807 200 12 113 .988 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -2.5 2.0 -1 1 8.42 7.75 1B-2B-LF
Bill Renna 31 25 7 104.2 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -1.3 -14.9 -1.3 0.1 -1.5 0 1.63 0.76 LF-RF
Eddie Robinson 35 47 41 367.2 388 360 19 9 43 .977 0.8 2.6 0.8 -1.7 2.5 0 9.28 8.06 1B
Jose Santiago 27 9 5 21.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.49 0.67 P
Bobby Shantz 30 45 2 100.2 32 10 20 2 2 .938 2.68 0.67 P
Harry Simpson 30 147 138 1222.1 485 456 18 11 34 .977 -12.6 -12.4 -8.6 -4.0 -4.5 -4 0 3.49 3.22 RF-1B-CF
Lou Skizas 24 75 72 622.0 160 147 9 4 0 .975 1.6 3.1 2.6 0.8 1.8 -1 2.26 2.08 LF-RF
Enos Slaughter 40 57 47 430.0 109 106 1 2 0 .982 2.9 8.1 3.9 2.7 1.2 -1 2.24 1.88 RF-LF-CF
Hal Smith 25 37 36 304.2 208 183 22 3 3 .986 -1.0 -3.9 -1 6.06 5.54 5 9 15 9 38% C
Bob Spicer 31 2 0 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.50 P
Tim Thompson 32 68 63 572.1 373 328 38 7 7 .981 1.0 2.1 1 5.76 5.38 9 17 16 21 57% C
Elmer Valo 35 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 LF
Gus Zernial 33 69 69 525.1 123 112 9 2 1 .984 -2.1 -4.8 -3.1 -3.4 0.3 1 2.07 1.75 LF
Team Totals 28.4 154 1386 12333.0 6062 4111 1785 166 493 .973 -10.3 -1.0 -13.3 -19.2 6.2 -7 7 3 4.30 3.23 19 36 49 47 49%
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 6
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics