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1961 Kansas City Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

61-100, Finished 9th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Gordon (26-33) and Hank Bauer (35-67)
Scored 683 runs, Allowed 863 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · 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 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
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 3.0
Norm Bass 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 21, 1939 1st 41 23 41 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6
Hank Bauer 38 R R 6' 0" 192 Jul 31, 1922 14 43 24 43 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 27 35 12 1 -0.3
Reno Bertoia 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 8, 1935 9 39 35 39 35 0 0 0 6 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.1
Bob Boyd 41 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 9 26 7 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 -0.5
Billy Bryan 22 L R 6' 4" 200 Dec 4, 1938 1st 9 4 9 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Andy Carey 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1931 10 39 35 39 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
Wayne Causey 24 L R 5' 10" 175 Dec 26, 1936 4 104 87 104 102 0 0 0 9 88 11 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.7
Frank Cipriani 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1941 1st 13 8 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 3 0 -0.2
Clint Courtney 34 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Wes Covington 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 27, 1932 6 17 11 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 12 6 0 -0.5
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 -0.8
Bobby Del Greco 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 6 74 67 74 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 73 2 0 -0.1
Art Ditmar 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 8 20 5 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Chuck Essegian 29 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 9, 1931 4 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.2
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 0.2
Paul Giel 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 29, 1932 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Jay Hankins 25 L R 5' 7" 170 Nov 7, 1935 1st 77 42 77 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 32 15 66 4 18 -1.3
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 -0.2
Dick Howser 25 R R 5' 8" 155 May 14, 1936 1st 158 156 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.4 All-Star
Deron Johnson 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 17, 1938 2 83 72 83 77 0 0 3 0 19 0 28 1 30 59 8 0 -1.0
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 -0.5
Stan Johnson 24 L L 5' 10" 180 Feb 12, 1937 2 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0.0
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 -0.1
Bill Kirk 26 L L 6' 0" 165 Jul 19, 1934 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Lou Klimchock 21 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 4 57 22 57 24 0 0 11 1 6 0 4 0 3 7 35 0 -1.2
Lew Krausse 18 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 25, 1943 1st 13 8 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
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 -0.6
Don Larsen 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 9 18 2 18 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 0 0.1
Jerry Lumpe 28 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 6 148 146 148 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.8
Gordon MacKenzie 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 9, 1937 1st 11 5 11 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.3
Mickey McDermott 32 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 29, 1929 12 7 0 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.6
Joe Nuxhall 32 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 11 56 13 56 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0.5
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 -0.2
Joe Pignatano 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 4, 1929 5 92 74 92 85 0 83 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0.9
Al Pilarcik 30 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 6 35 12 35 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 21 15 3 -0.3
Leo Posada 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 15, 1936 2 116 93 116 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 20 27 103 17 3 -0.1
Bobby Prescott 30 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 27, 1931 1st 10 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1 -0.3
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 -0.7
Jim Rivera 39 L L 6' 0" 196 Jul 22, 1921 10 64 34 64 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 43 26 1 -0.4
Bob Shaw 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 5 28 24 28 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.1
Charlie Shoemaker 21 L R 5' 10" 155 Aug 10, 1939 1st 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4
Norm Siebern 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 26, 1933 5 153 151 153 152 0 0 109 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 2 0 3.0
Gerry 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 0.2
Gene Stephens 28 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 9 62 47 62 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 29 25 55 10 2 -1.0
Haywood Sullivan 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 15, 1930 5 117 91 117 105 0 88 17 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 17 0 0.7
Marv Throneberry 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 2, 1933 5 40 36 40 38 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 3 0 0.2
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 0.0
Ozzie Virgil 29 R R 6' 1" 174 May 17, 1932 5 11 3 11 7 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.6
Jerry Walker 22 B R 6' 1" 195 Feb 12, 1939 5 45 24 45 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 1.1
Dave Wickersham 25 R R 6' 3" 188 Sep 27, 1935 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
John Wyatt 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 19, 1935 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Dick Howser
Wayne Causey
Gene Stephens
Marv Throneberry
Lou Klimchock
Ozzie Virgil
Billy Bryan
Andy Carey
Deron Johnson
Norm Siebern
Haywood Sullivan

Hank Bauer
Bob Boyd
Jim Rivera
Jerry Lumpe
Joe Pignatano
Bill Tuttle
Wes Covington
Bobby Del Greco
Al Pilarcik
Reno Bertoia
Chuck Essegian
Gordon MacKenzie
Ozzie Virgil
Ken Johnson

Billy Bryan
Don Larsen
Leo Posada
Jim Archer
Jay Hankins
Clint Courtney
Stan Johnson
Bobby Prescott
Jerry Walker
Lew Krausse
Frank Cipriani

Bob Shaw
Paul Giel
Mickey McDermott
Dave Wickersham
John Wyatt
Bud Daley
Art Ditmar
Bill Kirk
Norm Bass
Bill Fischer
Bill Kunkel
Joe Nuxhall

Ed Rakow
Ed Keegan
Ray Herbert
Gerry Staley
Dan Pfister
Charlie Shoemaker

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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