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1959 Kansas City Athletics (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
Managed by Harry Craft

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 963,683 (6th of 8)
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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1958/1960) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 1, 1958

Drafted Wayne Terwilliger from the Detroit Tigers in the 1958 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1958

Drafted Jay Ward from the New York Yankees in the 1958 minor league draft.

1959

Signed Ray Blemker as an amateur free agent.

Signed Ken Harrelson as an amateur free agent.

Signed John O'Donoghue as an amateur free agent.

Signed Jose Santiago as an amateur free agent.

Signed Dave Thies as an amateur free agent.

March, 1959

Traded Walt Craddock to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Marty Kutyna.

April 4, 1959 (Standings)

Signed Russ Meyer as a free agent.

Sold Billy Shantz to the New York Yankees.

April 8, 1959 (Standings)

Traded Jack Urban to the New York Yankees. Received Mark Freeman. Mark Freeman returned to original teams on May 8, 1959.

April 12, 1959 (Standings)

Traded Mike Baxes and Bob Martyn to the New York Yankees. Received Russ Snyder and Tom Carroll.

May 2, 1959 (Standings)

Traded Harry Simpson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ray Boone.

May 8, 1959 (Standings)

Traded Jack Urban to the New York Yankees. Received Mark Freeman. Mark Freeman returned to original teams on May 8, 1959.

May 9, 1959 (Standings)

Purchased Murry Dickson from the New York Yankees.

May 26, 1959 (Standings)

Traded Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez to the New York Yankees. Received Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant, and Jerry Lumpe.

June 9, 1959 (Standings)

Signed Jack Aker as an amateur free agent.

July 3, 1959 (Standings)

Released Russ Meyer.

August 20, 1959 (Standings)

Ray Boone selected by the Milwaukee Braves off waivers.

Selected Ray Jablonski off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Purchased Joe Morgan from the Milwaukee Braves.

September 6, 1959 (Standings)

Rip Coleman selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

October 5, 1959 (Standings)

Released Murry Dickson.

October 12, 1959 (Standings)

Purchased Bob Trowbridge from the Milwaukee Braves.

November 21, 1959

Traded Frank House to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Tom Acker.

November 30, 1959

Drafted Tom Baker from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1959 minor league draft.

Drafted Bob Johnson from the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft.

Drafted Dave Wickersham from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1959 minor league draft.

December 3, 1959

Traded Tom Sturdivant to the Boston Red Sox. Received Pete Daley.

December 9, 1959

Traded Hal Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later, Ken Hamlin, and Dick Hall. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

December 11, 1959

Traded Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri, and Kent Hadley to the New York Yankees. Received Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry.

1960

Signed Billy Bryan as an amateur free agent.

Ossie Chavarria received from the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

Signed Frank Cipriani as an amateur free agent.

Signed Dick Green as an amateur free agent.

Signed Hector Martinez as a free agent.

Signed Ken Sanders as an amateur free agent.

Obtained Jack Spring from the Dallas (American Association) as part of a minor league working agreement.

Signed Larry Stahl as an amateur free agent.

Signed Rupe Toppin as an amateur free agent.

Signed Dale Willis as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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