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1957 Kansas City Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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	Hal Smith	26	107	383	360	41	109	26	0	13	41	2	2	14	44	.303	.328	.483	.811	119	174	13	1	5	3	0
2	1B	Vic Power	29	129	495	467	48	121	15	1	14	42	3	2	19	21	.259	.291	.385	.676	83	180	10	3	3	3	3
3	2B	Billy Hunter	29	116	359	319	39	61	10	4	8	29	1	2	27	43	.191	.259	.323	.581	58	103	5	3	7	3	2
4	SS	Joe DeMaestri	28	135	492	461	44	113	14	6	9	33	6	1	22	82	.245	.280	.360	.640	74	166	14	2	3	4	1
5	3B	Hector Lopez	27	121	441	391	51	115	19	4	11	35	1	6	41	66	.294	.357	.448	.805	118	175	8	0	4	5	5
6	LF	Gus Zernial	34	131	478	437	56	103	20	1	27	69	1	1	34	84	.236	.290	.471	.761	104	206	12	1	2	4	0
7	CF	Woodie Held	25	92	371	326	48	78	14	3	20	50	4	0	37	81	.239	.321	.485	.805	117	158	6	3	3	2	1
8	RF	Lou Skizas	25	119	411	376	34	92	14	1	18	44	5	2	27	15	.245	.297	.431	.727	96	162	9	2	3	3	1
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	OF	Bob Cerv	31	124	371	345	35	94	14	2	11	44	1	1	20	57	.272	.312	.420	.732	98	145	13	1	2	3	1
10	IF	Billy Martin	29	73	283	265	33	68	9	3	9	27	7	1	12	20	.257	.295	.415	.710	92	110	7	3	2	1	0
11	C	Tim Thompson*	33	81	249	230	25	47	10	0	7	19	0	0	18	26	.204	.262	.339	.601	63	78	3	0	1	0	6
12	UT	Harry Simpson*	31	50	193	179	24	53	9	6	6	24	0	1	12	28	.296	.339	.514	.853	130	92	8	0	1	1	2
13	2B	Milt Graff*	26	56	176	155	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.181	.260	.245	.505	39	38	1	2	3	1	0
14	1B	Irv Noren*	32	81	172	160	8	34	8	0	2	16	0	0	11	19	.213	.267	.300	.567	55	48	6	1	0	0	2
15	RF	Bob Martyn*	26	58	144	131	10	35	2	4	1	12	1	3	11	20	.267	.322	.366	.688	87	48	2	0	1	1	3
16	CF	Jim Pisoni	27	44	111	97	14	23	2	2	3	12	0	0	10	17	.237	.318	.392	.710	93	38	0	2	1	1	1
17	RF	Johnny Groth	30	55	68	59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	.254	.333	.254	.588	63	15	2	0	2	0	0
18	IF	Clete Boyer	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
19	P	Mickey McDermott*	28	58	58	49	6	12	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	16	.245	.362	.510	.872	136	25	2	0	0	0	2
20	P	Ned Garver	31	24	51	44	7	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.182	.245	.205	.449	24	9	1	0	2	1	0
21	P	Alex Kellner	32	28	50	47	7	11	2	0	3	6	0	0	2	10	.234	.265	.468	.733	96	22	3	0	1	0	0
22	P	Ralph Terry	21	22	44	42	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	6	2	0	2	0	0
23	P	Jack Urban	28	37	42	39	1	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	8	.282	.317	.308	.625	71	12	1	0	1	0	0
24	P	Tom Morgan	27	46	38	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.091	.118	.091	.209	-42	3	3	0	4	0	0
25	P	Wally Burnette	28	38	36	32	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.250	.273	.250	.523	44	8	1	0	3	0	0
26	P	Tom Gorman	32	38	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.121	.147	.121	.268	-26	4	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Arnie Portocarrero	25	33	34	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.107	.194	.107	.301	-16	3	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Virgil Trucks	40	48	29	28	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	4	1	0	1	0	0
29	P	Ryne Duren	28	14	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61	1	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Rip Coleman*	25	19	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Gene Host#	24	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Harry Taylor	21	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Glenn Cox	26	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	George Brunet	22	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Al Aber*	29	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	448	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Hal Raether	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dave Hill	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Ed Blake	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	5655	5170	563	1262	195	40	166	536	35	27	363	761	.244	.295	.394	.688	86	2035	135	24	62	36	30
		Rank in 8 AL teams				8	8	8	7	3	1		6	7	8	2	7	8	3	6		3
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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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	Ned Garver	31	6	13	.316	3.84	24	23	0	6	1	0	145.1	120	72	62	13	55	5	61	5	1	1	608	103	1.204	7.4	0.8	3.4	3.8	1.11
2	SP	Alex Kellner*	32	6	5	.545	4.27	28	21	3	3	0	0	132.2	141	65	63	18	41	3	72	2	0	4	559	92	1.372	9.6	1.2	2.8	4.9	1.76
3	SP	Ralph Terry	21	4	11	.267	3.38	21	19	0	3	1	0	130.2	119	63	49	15	47	2	80	4	1	3	556	117	1.270	8.2	1.0	3.2	5.5	1.70
4	SP	Arnie Portocarrero	25	4	9	.308	3.92	33	17	8	1	0	0	114.2	103	55	50	10	34	2	42	3	0	1	474	100	1.195	8.1	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.24
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
5	CL	Tom Morgan	27	9	7	.563	4.64	46	13	24	5	0	7	143.2	160	76	74	19	61	9	32	3	0	3	619	85	1.538	10.0	1.2	3.8	2.0	0.52
6	RP	Jack Urban	28	7	4	.636	3.34	31	13	9	3	0	0	129.1	111	55	48	7	45	3	55	1	2	4	530	118	1.206	7.7	0.5	3.1	3.8	1.22
7	RP	Tom Gorman	32	5	9	.357	3.83	38	12	12	3	1	3	124.2	125	59	53	18	33	7	66	1	0	3	523	103	1.267	9.0	1.3	2.4	4.8	2.00
8	RP	Virgil Trucks	40	9	7	.563	3.03	48	7	23	0	0	7	116.0	106	45	39	12	62	8	55	2	0	7	502	130	1.448	8.2	0.9	4.8	4.3	0.89
9	RP	Wally Burnette	28	7	12	.368	4.30	38	9	13	1	0	1	113.0	115	62	54	8	44	3	57	1	2	1	486	92	1.407	9.2	0.6	3.5	4.5	1.30
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
10		Mickey McDermott*	28	1	4	.200	5.48	29	4	14	0	0	0	69.0	68	47	42	9	50	2	29	0	0	5	316	72	1.710	8.9	1.2	6.5	3.8	0.58
11		Ryne Duren	28	0	3	.000	5.27	14	6	2	0	0	1	42.2	37	26	25	4	30	1	37	2	0	5	193	75	1.570	7.8	0.8	6.3	7.8	1.23
12		Rip Coleman*	25	0	7	.000	5.93	19	6	8	1	1	0	41.0	53	32	27	5	25	0	15	0	0	2	194	66	1.902	11.6	1.1	5.5	3.3	0.60
13		Gene Host*	24	0	2	.000	7.23	11	2	6	0	0	0	23.2	29	19	19	5	14	0	9	0	0	0	109	55	1.817	11.0	1.9	5.3	3.4	0.64
14		Glenn Cox	26	1	0	1.000	5.02	10	0	3	0	0	0	14.1	18	9	8	1	9	1	8	0	0	2	66	78	1.884	11.3	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.89
15		George Brunet*	22	0	1	.000	5.56	4	2	1	0	0	0	11.1	13	7	7	2	4	0	3	0	1	1	51	71	1.500	10.3	1.6	3.2	2.4	0.75
16		Harry Taylor	21	0	0		3.12	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	3	0	4	0	4	1	0	1	40	126	1.731	11.4	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
17		Al Aber*	29	0	0		12.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	33	2.667	18.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
18		Dave Hill*	19	0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	7	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	15	3.857	23.1	11.6	11.6	3.9	0.33
19		Hal Raether	24	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	44	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	0.0
20		Ed Blake	31	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	8	73	1.800	5.4	5.4	10.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.8	59	94	.386	4.19	154	154	128	26	4	19	1369.2	1344	710	637	153	565	47	626	25	7	45	5875	94	1.394	8.8	1.0	3.7	4.1	1.11
		Rank in 8 AL teams		7	2		7				8	7	7	8	5	6	7	8	5		5815
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

* - 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
Al Aber	29	3	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									6.00	0.67						P
Ed Blake	31	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Clete Boyer	20	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-120.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2				0.00	0.00						3B-2B
George Brunet	22	4	2	11.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.59	0.50						P
Wally Burnette	28	38	9	113.0	35	10	25	0	6	1.000									2.79	0.92						P
Bob Cerv	31	98	77	690.1	168	156	6	6	1	.964	-5.8	-10.1	-5.8	-2.2	-3.6	0			2.11	1.65						LF-CF-RF
Rip Coleman	25	19	6	41.0	11	1	9	1	1	.909									2.20	0.53						P
Glenn Cox	26	10	0	14.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									1.88	0.30						P
Joe DeMaestri	28	134	130	1126.0	648	248	387	13	87	.980	4.8	5.1	2.8	2.1	0.8		2		5.08	4.74						SS
Ryne Duren	28	14	6	42.2	11	3	8	0	0	1.000									2.32	0.79						P
Ned Garver	31	24	23	145.1	35	13	21	1	2	.971									2.11	1.42						P
Tom Gorman	32	38	12	124.2	31	10	19	2	0	.935									2.09	0.76						P
Milt Graff	26	53	43	397.2	240	110	127	3	36	.988	7.2	21.7	6.2	5.1	1.1		1		5.36	4.47						2B
Johnny Groth	30	50	16	193.0	37	36	0	1	0	.973	-3.4	-21.1	-1.4	-1.9	0.5	-2			1.68	0.72						RF-LF-CF
Woodie Held	25	92	92	822.1	278	265	12	1	2	.996	7.5	10.9	3.5	-1.9	5.4	4			3.03	3.01						CF
Dave Hill	19	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Gene Host	24	11	2	23.2	6	0	6	0	0	1.000									2.28	0.55						P
Billy Hunter	29	116	91	835.1	456	175	263	18	61	.961	-4.9	-7.0	-3.9	-5.2	1.3		-1		4.72	3.78						2B-SS-3B
Alex Kellner	32	28	21	132.2	31	5	24	2	4	.935									1.97	1.04						P
Hector Lopez	27	118	101	919.1	377	125	229	23	21	.939	4.2	5.5	4.2	2.0	2.3	0	0		3.47	3.00						3B-LF-2B-RF
Billy Martin	29	74	68	594.1	296	151	140	5	33	.983	-9.8	-19.8	-8.8	-8.1	-0.7		-1		4.41	3.93						2B-3B-SS
Bob Martyn	26	50	33	319.0	77	72	3	2	0	.974	0.8	3.0	-0.2	-1.9	1.8	1			2.12	1.50						RF-LF-CF
Mickey McDermott	28	31	6	74.0	31	12	17	2	0	.935	-0.8	-13.0	-0.8	-0.8	0.0		0		3.53	0.94						P-1B
Tom Morgan	27	46	13	143.2	58	20	37	1	6	.983									3.57	1.24						P
Irv Noren	32	31	31	242.0	212	197	13	2	24	.991	-2.4	-11.9	-2.4	-0.9	-1.5	0	0		7.81	6.77						1B-RF
Jim Pisoni	27	45	30	281.0	87	84	2	1	1	.989	2.7	11.5	1.7	-0.6	2.3	1			2.75	1.91						CF-RF
Arnie Portocarrero	25	33	17	114.2	23	6	16	1	1	.957									1.73	0.67						P
Vic Power	29	123	110	1003.0	1102	993	106	3	95	.997	9.8	11.7	8.8	2.7	6.0	0	1		9.86	8.93						1B-RF-2B
Hal Raether	24	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Harry Simpson	31	48	48	404.2	298	272	24	2	21	.993	2.0	5.9	2.0	-0.8	2.7	0	0		6.58	6.17						1B-RF
Lou Skizas	25	115	95	804.2	220	150	62	8	5	.964	4.3	6.4	4.3	-1.7	6.1	0	0		2.37	1.84						RF-3B-LF
Hal Smith	26	103	95	855.0	527	463	55	9	8	.983	-8.0	-11.2						-8	5.45	5.03	16	22	31	18	37%	C
Harry Taylor	21	2	0	8.2	2	0	1	1	0	.500									1.04	0.50						P
Ralph Terry	21	21	19	130.2	31	11	19	1	2	.968									2.07	1.43						P
Tim Thompson	33	62	59	514.2	303	272	29	2	7	.993	-4.0	-9.3						-4	5.26	4.85	6	17	19	12	39%	C
Virgil Trucks	40	48	7	116.0	30	8	21	1	0	.967									2.25	0.60						P
Jack Urban	28	31	13	129.1	40	12	27	1	2	.975									2.71	1.26						P
Gus Zernial	34	114	111	948.0	232	215	5	12	1	.948	-9.4	-11.9	-2.4	-4.1	1.7	-7	0		2.09	1.93						LF-1B
Team Totals	28.7	154	1386	12327.0	5953	4108	1720	125	427	.979	-5.4	-0.5	7.6	-18.2	26.0	-3	2	-12	4.26	3.21	22	39	50	30	38%
Rank in 8 AL teams								4	4	5
	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

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