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1957 Kansas City Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 / 1958)
59-94, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 563 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-92
Manager: Lou Boudreau (36-67) and Harry Craft (23-27)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 901,067 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101
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1956 / 1958 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
Al Aber 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 31, 1927 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Blake 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 23, 1925 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 20 R R 6' 0" 182 Feb 9, 1937 3 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
George Brunet 22 R L 6' 1" 210 Jun 8, 1935 2 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Burnette 28 R R 6' 0" 178 Jun 20, 1929 2 38 9 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 31 R R May 5, 1926 7 124 77 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 34 23 89 39 1
Rip Coleman 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 31, 1931 3 19 6 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Cox 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 3, 1931 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe DeMaestri 28 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 9, 1928 7 135 130 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 2 1 All-Star
Ryne Duren 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 22, 1929 2 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ned Garver 31 R R 180 Dec 25, 1925 10 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Gorman 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 4, 1925 6 38 12 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milt Graff 26 L R 158 Dec 30, 1930 1st 56 43 56 56 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Johnny Groth 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Jul 23, 1926 12 55 16 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 39 50 5 8
Woodie Held 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 25, 1932 2 92 92 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 0 92 0 0
Dave Hill 19 R L 6' 2" 170 Nov 11, 1937 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Host 24 B L 5' 11" 190 Jan 1, 1933 2 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Hunter 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 5 116 91 116 116 0 0 0 64 17 35 0 0 0 0 4 7
Alex Kellner 32 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 10 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Lopez 27 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 9, 1929 3 121 101 121 121 0 0 0 4 111 0 2 0 1 3 7 1
Billy Martin 29 R R 165 May 16, 1928 7 73 68 73 73 0 0 0 52 20 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Bob Martyn 26 L R 6' 0" 176 Aug 15, 1930 1st 58 33 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 32 49 6 0
Mickey McDermott 28 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 10 58 6 58 58 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
Tom Morgan 27 R R 6' 2" 195 May 20, 1930 6 46 13 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Irv Noren 32 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 29, 1924 8 81 31 81 81 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 46 0
Jim Pisoni 27 R R 5' 10" 169 Aug 14, 1929 3 44 30 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 1 44 2 2
Arnie Portocarrero 25 R R 6' 3" 196 Jul 5, 1931 4 33 17 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Power 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 1, 1927 4 129 110 129 129 0 0 113 4 0 0 0 0 6 6 8 0
Hal Raether 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 10, 1932 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Simpson 31 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 6 50 48 50 50 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 2 0
Lou Skizas 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 2, 1932 2 119 95 119 119 0 0 0 0 32 0 14 0 69 76 22 0
Hal Smith 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 3 107 95 107 107 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Harry Taylor 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 2, 1935 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Terry 21 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 2 22 19 22 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Thompson 33 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 1, 1924 3 81 59 81 81 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Virgil Trucks 40 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 16 48 7 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Urban 28 R R 5' 8" 155 Dec 5, 1928 1st 37 13 37 37 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Gus Zernial 34 R R 210 Jun 27, 1923 9 131 111 131 131 0 0 1 0 0 0 113 0 0 113 17 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1956 / 1958 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played