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1959 Kansas City Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
66-88, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85
Manager: Harry Craft (66-88)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
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 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
Zeke Bella 28 R L 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1930 2 47 19 47 47 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 14 25 25 1
Ray Boone 35 R R 6' 1" 188 Jul 27, 1923 12 61 31 61 61 0 0 38 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
George Brunet 24 R L 6' 1" 210 Jun 8, 1935 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Carroll 22 R R 6' 3" 186 Sep 17, 1936 3 14 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bob Cerv 33 R R May 5, 1926 9 125 119 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 6 0
Harry Chiti 26 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 16, 1932 7 55 44 55 55 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
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
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 All-Star
Joe DeMaestri 30 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 9, 1928 9 118 106 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 2 1
Murry Dickson 42 R R 157 Aug 21, 1916 18 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Freeman 28 R R 6' 6" 220 Dec 7, 1930 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ned Garver 33 R R 180 Dec 25, 1925 12 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Bob Grim 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 8, 1930 6 40 9 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Grunwald 29 L L 6' 4" 210 Feb 13, 1930 2 8 1 8 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Kent Hadley 24 L L 6' 3" 190 Dec 17, 1934 2 113 71 113 113 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 9
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
Whitey Herzog 27 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 4 38 33 38 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 20 34 4 1
Frank House 29 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 18, 1930 8 98 92 98 98 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Ray Jablonski 32 R R 5' 10" 183 Dec 17, 1926 7 25 13 25 25 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 10 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
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
Lou Klimchock 19 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 2 17 16 17 17 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Johnny Kucks 25 R R 6' 3" 184 Jul 27, 1933 5 33 23 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Hector Lopez 29 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 9, 1929 5 35 33 35 35 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jerry Lumpe 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 4 108 102 108 108 0 0 0 61 4 56 0 0 0 0 5 1
Roger Maris 24 L R 6' 0" 204 Sep 10, 1934 3 122 110 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 114 117 8 0 All-Star
Bob Martyn 28 L R 6' 0" 176 Aug 15, 1930 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Russ Meyer 35 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1923 13 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Morgan 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 19, 1930 1st 20 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Howie Reed 22 R R 6' 1" 210 Dec 21, 1936 2 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Simpson 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 8 8 4 8 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Hal Smith 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 5 108 78 108 108 0 22 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Russ Snyder 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Jun 22, 1934 1st 73 55 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 30 13 64 11 3
Tom Sturdivant 29 L R 6' 1" 186 Apr 28, 1930 5 37 3 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
Wayne Terwilliger 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 27, 1925 8 74 51 74 74 0 0 0 63 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 9
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
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
Bill Tuttle 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 7 126 111 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 121 4 3
Preston Ward 31 L R 6' 3" 198 Jul 24, 1927 9 58 21 58 58 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 37 0
Dick Williams HOF 30 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 8 130 120 130 130 0 0 32 3 80 0 14 2 8 23 9 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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