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1961 Kansas City Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
61-100, Finished 9th in American League
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Scored 683 runs, Allowed 863 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97
Manager: Joe Gordon (26-33) and Hank Bauer (35-67)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 683,817 (8th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104
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1960 / 1962 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
Jim Archer 29 R L 6' 0" 190 May 25, 1932 1st 39 27 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Bass 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 21, 1939 1st 41 23 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hank Bauer 38 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 14 43 24 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 27 35 12 1
Reno Bertoia 26 R R 185 Jan 8, 1935 9 39 35 39 39 0 0 0 6 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bob Boyd 41 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 9 26 7 26 26 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Billy Bryan 22 L R 6' 4" 200 Dec 4, 1938 1st 9 4 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Andy Carey 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 18, 1931 10 39 35 39 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wayne Causey 24 L R 175 Dec 26, 1936 4 104 87 104 104 0 0 0 9 88 11 0 0 0 0 2 2
Frank Cipriani 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1941 1st 13 8 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 3 0
Clint Courtney 34 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wes Covington 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 6 17 11 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 12 6 0
Bud Daley 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 7, 1932 7 16 10 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Del Greco 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 7, 1933 6 74 67 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 73 2 0
Art Ditmar 32 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 3, 1929 8 20 5 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Essegian 29 R R 5' 11" 202 Aug 9, 1931 4 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Bill Fischer 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 11, 1930 6 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Giel 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 29, 1932 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Hankins 25 L R 5' 7" 170 Nov 7, 1935 1st 76 42 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 32 15 65 4 18
Ray Herbert 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 9 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Howser 25 R R 5' 8" 155 May 14, 1936 1st 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Deron Johnson 22 R R 6' 2" 209 Jul 17, 1938 2 83 72 83 83 0 0 3 0 19 0 28 1 30 59 8 0
Ken Johnson 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 16, 1933 4 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Johnson 24 L L 5' 10" 180 Feb 12, 1937 2 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
Ed Keegan 21 R R 6' 3" 165 Jul 8, 1939 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Kirk 25 L L 6' 0" 165 Jul 19, 1935 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Klimchock 21 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 4 57 22 57 57 0 0 11 1 6 0 4 0 3 7 35 0
Lew Krausse 18 R R 5' 11" 186 Apr 25, 1943 1st 13 8 13 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Kunkel 24 R R 6' 1" 187 Jul 7, 1936 1st 58 2 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Larsen 31 R R 6' 4" 227 Aug 7, 1929 9 18 2 18 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 0
Jerry Lumpe 28 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 6 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gordon Mackenzie 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 9, 1937 1st 11 5 11 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Mickey McDermott 32 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 12 7 0 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Joe Nuxhall 32 L L 6' 3" 219 Jul 30, 1928 11 56 13 56 56 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Dan Pfister 24 R R 6' 0" 187 Dec 20, 1936 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Pignatano 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 4, 1929 5 92 74 92 92 0 83 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
Al Pilarcik 30 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 6 35 12 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 21 15 3
Leo Posada 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 15, 1936 2 116 93 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 20 27 102 17 3
Bobby Prescott 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 27, 1931 1st 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1
Ed Rakow 26 B R 5' 11" 178 May 30, 1935 2 45 11 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rivera 38 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1922 10 64 34 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 43 26 1
Bob Shaw 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 5 28 24 28 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Charlie Shoemaker 21 L R 5' 10" 155 Aug 10, 1939 1st 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Norm Siebern 27 L R 6' 3" 205 Jul 26, 1933 5 153 151 153 153 0 0 109 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 2 0
Jerry Staley 40 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 15 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Stephens 28 L R 175 Jan 20, 1933 9 62 47 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 29 25 54 10 2
Haywood Sullivan 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 15, 1930 5 117 91 117 117 0 88 16 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 17 0
Marv Throneberry 27 L L 6' 0" 197 Sep 2, 1933 5 40 36 40 40 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 3 0
Bill Tuttle 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 9 25 23 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 25 2 0
Ozzie Virgil 29 R R 6' 0" 175 May 17, 1932 5 11 3 11 11 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Jerry Walker 22 B R 6' 1" 195 Feb 12, 1939 5 45 24 45 45 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
Dave Wickersham 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 27, 1935 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wyatt 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Apr 19, 1935 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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