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1959 Kansas City Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

66-88, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Craft (66-88)
Scored 681 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · Attendance: 963,683 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103

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1958 / 1960 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
Zeke Bella 28 R L 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1930 2 47 19 47 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 14 25 25 1 -0.6 $
Ray Boone 35 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 12 61 31 61 41 0 0 38 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0.8 $
George Brunet 24 R L 6' 1" 195 Jun 8, 1935 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tom Carroll 22 R R 6' 3" 186 Sep 17, 1936 3 15 1 15 13 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 $
Bob Cerv 33 R R 6' 0" 200 May 5, 1926 9 125 119 125 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 6 0 1.7 $32,500
Harry Chiti 26 R R 6' 2" 221 Nov 16, 1932 7 55 44 55 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.7 $
Rip Coleman 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 31, 1931 4 29 11 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bud Daley 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 7, 1932 5 39 29 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Joe DeMaestri 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 9 118 106 118 115 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3 $
Murry Dickson 42 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 18 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Mark Freeman 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 7, 1930 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ned Garver 33 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1925 12 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Tom Gorman 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 4, 1925 8 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Bob Grim 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1930 6 40 9 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Al Grunwald 29 L L 6' 4" 210 Feb 13, 1930 2 8 1 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.8 $
Kent Hadley 24 L L 6' 3" 190 Dec 17, 1934 2 113 71 113 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 9 -0.2 $
Ray Herbert 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 7 37 26 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Whitey Herzog HOF 27 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 4 38 33 38 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 20 34 4 1 2.0 $
Frank House 29 L R 6' 1" 190 Feb 18, 1930 8 98 92 98 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.4 $
Ray Jablonski 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 17, 1926 7 25 13 25 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 $
Ken Johnson 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 16, 1933 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Evans Killeen 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1936 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lou Klimchock 19 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 2 17 16 17 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Johnny Kucks 25 R R 6' 3" 170 Jul 27, 1933 5 33 23 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Marty Kutyna 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 14, 1932 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Hector Lopez 29 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 8, 1929 5 35 33 35 33 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.4 $
Jerry Lumpe 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 4 108 102 108 106 0 0 0 61 4 56 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.1 $
Roger Maris 24 L R 6' 0" 197 Sep 10, 1934 3 122 110 122 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 114 117 8 0 3.7 $ All-Star
Bob Martyn 28 L R 6' 0" 176 Aug 15, 1930 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Russ Meyer 35 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 13 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Joe Morgan 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 19, 1930 1st 20 2 20 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.0 $
Howie Reed 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 21, 1936 2 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Harry Simpson 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 8 8 4 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $
Hal Smith 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 5 108 78 108 97 0 22 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.2 $
Russ Snyder 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Jun 22, 1934 1st 73 55 73 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 30 13 64 11 3 0.7 $
Tom Sturdivant 29 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 28, 1930 5 37 3 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
Ralph Terry 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 4 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Wayne Terwilliger 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Jun 27, 1925 8 74 51 74 64 0 0 0 63 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 9 1.1 $
Dick Tomanek 28 L L 6' 1" 175 Jan 6, 1931 5 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John Tsitouris 23 R R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1936 3 24 10 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Tuttle 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 7 126 111 126 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 121 4 3 3.8 $
Preston Ward 31 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 9 58 21 58 23 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 37 0 -0.2 $
Dick Williams HOF 30 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 8 130 120 130 123 0 0 32 3 80 0 14 2 8 24 9 0 1.9 $
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

Wayne Terwilliger
Joe DeMaestri
Roger Maris
Ray Jablonski
Lou Klimchock
Harry Simpson
Al Grunwald
Preston Ward
Harry Chiti
Hal Smith

Hector Lopez
Joe Morgan
Jerry Lumpe
John Tsitouris
Frank House
Bill Tuttle
Tom Carroll
Russ Snyder
Dick Tomanek
Howie Reed
Zeke Bella

Kent Hadley
Russ Meyer
Howie Reed
John Tsitouris
Murry Dickson
Whitey Herzog
Dick Williams
Johnny Kucks
Ralph Terry
Bud Daley
Ray Boone
George Brunet

Ned Garver
Bob Martyn
Tom Sturdivant
Bob Cerv
Bob Grim
Mark Freeman
Ken Johnson
Rip Coleman
Evans Killeen
Marty Kutyna
Tom Gorman
Ray Herbert

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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