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1961 Kansas City Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Haywood Sullivan 30 117 379 331 42 80 16 2 6 40 1 0 46 45 .242 .333 .356 .690 84 118 9 0 1 1 0
2 1B Norm Siebern* 27 153 649 560 68 166 36 5 18 98 2 4 82 91 .296 .384 .475 .859 128 266 4 1 0 6 3
3 2B Jerry Lumpe* 28 148 627 569 81 167 29 9 3 54 1 0 48 39 .293 .348 .392 .740 97 223 10 2 4 4 0
4 SS Dick Howser 25 158 719 611 108 171 29 6 3 45 37 9 92 38 .280 .377 .362 .739 98 221 8 5 8 3 0
5 3B Wayne Causey* 24 104 361 312 37 86 14 1 8 49 0 0 37 28 .276 .348 .404 .752 100 126 5 0 8 4 0
6 LF Leo Posada 25 116 400 344 37 87 10 4 7 53 0 0 36 84 .253 .321 .366 .687 83 126 8 4 4 12 1
7 CF Bobby Del Greco 28 74 276 239 34 55 14 1 5 21 1 0 30 31 .230 .317 .360 .677 80 86 4 1 5 1 2
8 RF Jim Rivera* 38 64 165 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 6 2 24 14 .241 .352 .340 .692 86 48 3 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Deron Johnson 22 83 303 283 31 61 11 3 8 42 0 1 14 44 .216 .252 .360 .612 61 102 9 1 1 4 1
10 C Joe Pignatano 31 92 292 243 31 59 10 3 4 22 2 2 36 42 .243 .347 .358 .705 89 87 0 4 7 2 2
11 OF Gene Stephens* 28 62 203 183 22 38 6 1 4 26 3 2 16 27 .208 .279 .317 .596 59 58 2 2 2 0 0
12 OF Jay Hankins* 25 76 190 173 23 32 0 3 3 6 2 0 8 17 .185 .225 .272 .497 32 47 3 1 8 0 0
13 1B Marv Throneberry* 27 40 150 130 17 31 2 1 6 24 0 0 19 30 .238 .336 .408 .743 97 53 4 0 1 0 1
14 3B Andy Carey 29 39 142 123 20 30 6 2 3 11 0 0 15 23 .244 .336 .398 .734 95 49 3 2 2 0 0
15 3B Reno Bertoia 26 39 137 120 12 29 2 0 0 13 1 0 9 15 .242 .286 .258 .544 47 31 6 0 4 4 0
16 UT Lou Klimchock* 21 57 128 121 8 26 4 1 1 16 0 0 5 13 .215 .244 .289 .533 42 35 1 0 1 1 0
17 RF Hank Bauer 38 43 118 106 11 28 3 1 3 18 1 0 9 8 .264 .319 .396 .715 90 42 1 0 2 1 0
18 CF Bill Tuttle 31 25 95 84 15 22 2 2 0 8 0 0 9 9 .262 .333 .333 .667 79 28 2 0 2 0 0
19 RF Al Pilarcik* 30 35 69 60 9 12 1 1 0 9 1 0 6 7 .200 .269 .250 .519 40 15 3 0 2 1 0
20 1B Bob Boyd* 41 26 50 48 7 11 2 0 0 9 0 2 1 2 .229 .240 .271 .511 36 13 1 0 0 1 0
21 OF Wes Covington* 29 17 50 44 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 7 .159 .260 .227 .487 31 10 2 2 0 0 0
22 RF Frank Cipriani 20 13 38 36 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .250 .289 .250 .539 46 9 1 0 0 0 0
23 2B Charlie Shoemaker* 21 7 28 26 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .385 .429 .462 .890 138 12 1 0 0 0 0
24 C Gordon Mackenzie 23 11 25 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285 -23 3 1 0 0 0 0
25 C Billy Bryan* 22 9 21 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .158 .238 .316 .554 47 6 1 0 0 0 0
26 UT Ozzie Virgil 29 11 21 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 3 5 0 0 0 0
27 LF Bobby Prescott 30 10 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .083 .214 .083 .298 -17 1 1 0 0 0 0
28 LF Chuck Essegian 29 4 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 147 3 0 0 0 0 0
29 RF Stan Johnson* 24 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 18 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 Clint Courtney* 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
31 P Joe Nuxhall* 32 56 76 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 0 6 18 .292 .352 .446 .798 112 29 2 0 5 0 0
32 P Jim Archer 29 39 72 63 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .063 .091 .079 .170 -54 5 0 0 6 1 0
33 P Jerry Walker# 22 45 68 64 6 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 9 .250 .284 .281 .565 52 18 1 0 1 0 0
34 P Norm Bass 22 41 63 59 4 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 34 .119 .133 .169 .303 -20 10 0 0 3 0 0
35 P Bob Shaw 28 28 56 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 11 2 0 1 0 0
36 P Ed Rakow# 26 45 34 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .129 .103 .232 -37 3 1 0 3 1 0
37 P Ray Herbert 31 13 31 28 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .107 .138 .143 .281 -25 4 0 0 2 0 0
38 P Don Larsen 31 18 22 20 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .450 .783 107 9 0 0 1 0 0
39 P Bud Daley* 28 16 21 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -14 2 2 0 1 0 0
40 P Lew Krausse 18 13 19 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .118 .284 -23 2 0 0 1 0 0
41 P Art Ditmar 32 20 14 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 8 2 0 0 1 0 0
42 P Bill Kunkel 24 58 10 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 -4 1 0 0 1 0 0
43 P Mickey McDermott* 32 7 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733 95 2 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Dave Wickersham 25 17 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 338 3 0 0 0 0 0
45 P Bill Fischer 30 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
46 P Jerry Staley 40 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 47 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 P Ken Johnson 28 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.3 162 6164 5423 683 1342 216 47 90 631 58 22 580 770 .247 .320 .354 .675 80 1922 107 25 89 47 10
Rank in 10 AL teams 8 9 8 6 2 10 4 8 6 8 8 9 10 10 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jim Archer* 29 9 15 .375 3.20 39 27 7 9 2 5 205.1 204 99 73 11 60 6 110 5 4 2 879 130 1.286 8.9 0.5 2.6 4.8 1.83
2 SP Norm Bass 22 11 11 .500 4.69 40 23 9 6 2 0 170.2 164 98 89 17 82 0 74 4 0 5 744 88 1.441 8.6 0.9 4.3 3.9 0.90
3 SP Jerry Walker 22 8 14 .364 4.82 36 24 10 4 0 2 168.0 161 100 90 23 96 2 56 10 0 9 758 86 1.530 8.6 1.2 5.1 3.0 0.58
4 SP Bob Shaw 28 9 10 .474 4.31 26 24 1 6 0 0 150.1 165 87 72 13 58 2 60 7 0 4 672 96 1.483 9.9 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03
5 SP Ray Herbert 31 3 6 .333 5.38 13 12 0 1 0 0 83.2 103 56 50 10 30 1 34 2 1 0 381 77 1.590 11.1 1.1 3.2 3.7 1.13
6 SP Bud Daley* 28 4 8 .333 4.95 16 10 4 2 0 1 63.2 84 46 35 6 22 2 36 5 0 0 296 84 1.665 11.9 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.64
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP Joe Nuxhall* 32 5 8 .385 5.34 37 13 9 1 0 1 128.0 135 81 76 12 65 2 81 3 1 6 580 78 1.563 9.5 0.8 4.6 5.7 1.25
8 RP Ed Rakow 26 2 8 .200 4.76 45 11 8 1 0 1 124.2 131 80 66 14 49 1 81 8 0 8 556 87 1.444 9.5 1.0 3.5 5.8 1.65
9 RP Bill Kunkel 24 3 4 .429 5.18 58 2 26 0 0 4 88.2 103 58 51 11 32 2 46 0 0 8 396 80 1.523 10.5 1.1 3.2 4.7 1.44
10 RP Jerry Staley 40 1 1 .500 3.60 23 0 15 0 0 2 30.0 32 15 12 4 10 1 16 2 0 3 132 115 1.400 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.8 1.60
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Lew Krausse 18 2 5 .286 4.85 12 8 1 2 1 0 55.2 49 33 30 3 46 0 32 1 0 2 255 85 1.707 7.9 0.5 7.4 5.2 0.70
12 Art Ditmar 32 0 5 .000 5.67 20 5 2 0 0 1 54.0 60 34 34 6 23 1 19 2 0 1 242 73 1.537 10.0 1.0 3.8 3.2 0.83
13 Dave Wickersham 25 2 1 .667 5.14 17 0 11 0 0 2 21.0 25 12 12 0 5 1 10 2 0 1 90 81 1.429 10.7 0.0 2.1 4.3 2.00
14 Bill Fischer 30 1 0 1.000 3.86 15 0 10 0 0 2 21.0 26 9 9 2 6 0 12 0 0 1 89 107 1.524 11.1 0.9 2.6 5.1 2.00
15 Don Larsen 31 1 0 1.000 4.20 8 1 5 0 0 0 15.0 21 9 7 2 11 0 13 1 0 2 75 99 2.133 12.6 1.2 6.6 7.8 1.18
16 Ken Johnson 28 0 4 .000 10.61 6 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 11 11 11 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 45 39 1.929 10.6 1.9 6.8 3.9 0.57
17 John Wyatt 26 0 0 2.45 5 0 5 0 0 1 7.1 8 3 2 0 4 0 6 1 0 1 35 169 1.636 9.8 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50
18 Ed Keegan 21 0 0 4.50 6 0 5 0 0 1 6.0 6 5 3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 28 92 1.833 9.0 0.0 7.5 4.5 0.60
19 Mickey McDermott* 32 0 0 14.29 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 14 12 9 0 10 0 3 0 1 3 41 29 4.235 22.2 0.0 15.9 4.8 0.30
20 Bill Kirk* 25 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 17 35 2.333 18.0 6.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
21 Dan Pfister 24 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 16 27 3.857 19.3 7.7 15.4 11.6 0.75
22 Paul Giel 29 0 0 37.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 11 5.400 32.4 5.4 16.2 5.4 0.33
Team Totals 26.8 61 100 .379 4.74 162 162 130 32 5 23 1415.0 1519 863 746 141 629 21 703 53 7 58 6340 87 1.518 9.7 0.9 4.0 4.5 1.12
Rank in 10 AL teams 9 1 9 8 7 10 10 10 10 4 8 9
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Jim Archer 29 39 27 205.1 44 6 36 2 2 .955 0.0 0.0 1.84 1.08 P
Norm Bass 22 40 23 170.2 24 5 17 2 2 .917 0.0 0.0 1.16 0.55 P
Hank Bauer 38 40 24 223.0 47 43 2 2 0 .957 -4.3 -23.1 -2.3 -1.4 -0.8 -2 1.82 1.13 RF-LF-CF
Reno Bertoia 26 35 35 287.1 128 39 83 6 11 .953 1.4 5.8 2.4 -2.9 5.2 -1 3.82 3.49 3B-2B
Bob Boyd 41 8 7 55.0 46 44 2 0 4 1.000 -1.1 -24.0 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 7.53 5.75 1B
Billy Bryan 22 4 4 34.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 4.25 1 1 0 0 C
Andy Carey 29 39 35 310.0 108 32 70 6 12 .944 1.5 5.8 0.5 0.2 0.4 1 2.96 2.62 3B
Wayne Causey 24 108 87 769.1 377 133 228 16 25 .958 0.3 0.5 1.3 -2.0 3.3 -1 4.22 3.34 3B-SS-2B
Frank Cipriani 20 11 8 79.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 1 2.05 1.64 RF
Wes Covington 29 12 11 91.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -15.8 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 -1 1.19 1.00 LF-RF
Bud Daley 28 16 10 63.2 20 6 12 2 1 .900 0.0 0.0 2.54 1.13 P
Bobby Del Greco 28 73 67 584.1 161 151 7 3 2 .981 -2.6 -5.3 -3.6 -3.6 -0.1 1 2.43 2.16 CF
Art Ditmar 32 20 5 54.0 13 5 7 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 2.00 0.60 P
Chuck Essegian 29 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 120.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 5.00 5.00 LF
Bill Fischer 30 15 0 21.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.14 0.33 P
Paul Giel 29 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jay Hankins 25 69 42 407.0 94 90 1 3 0 .968 -4.1 -12.1 -2.1 -0.7 -1.4 -2 2.01 1.32 CF-LF-RF
Ray Herbert 31 13 12 83.2 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.26 1.62 P
Dick Howser 25 157 156 1348.0 764 299 427 38 85 .950 -15.3 -13.6 -11.3 -7.0 -4.3 -4 4.85 4.62 SS
Deron Johnson 22 81 72 627.1 176 117 50 9 7 .949 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.1 -0.4 0 0 2.40 2.06 RF-LF-3B-1B-CF
Ken Johnson 28 6 1 9.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.82 0.83 P
Stan Johnson 24 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 0.50 RF
Ed Keegan 21 6 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.17 P
Bill Kirk 25 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Lou Klimchock 21 25 22 182.0 107 90 11 6 4 .944 -2.9 -19.1 -2.9 1.0 -4.0 0 0 4.99 4.04 1B-3B-LF-RF-2B
Lew Krausse 18 12 8 55.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0.81 0.42 P
Bill Kunkel 24 58 2 88.2 26 10 13 3 2 .885 0.0 0.0 2.33 0.40 P
Don Larsen 31 9 2 24.0 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 0.89 P-LF
Jerry Lumpe 28 147 146 1271.0 847 403 426 18 105 .979 2.1 2.0 7.1 2.9 4.2 -5 5.87 5.64 2B
Gordon Mackenzie 23 7 5 47.0 25 22 3 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.79 3.57 0 1 2 0 0% C
Mickey McDermott 32 4 0 5.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.25 P
Joe Nuxhall 32 37 13 128.0 26 10 13 3 1 .885 0.0 0.0 1.62 0.62 P
Dan Pfister 24 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Joe Pignatano 31 85 74 631.0 424 380 35 9 7 .979 -3.5 -6.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 -3 5.92 4.88 7 25 22 13 37% C-3B
Al Pilarcik 30 21 12 113.1 32 31 1 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -5.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 -1 2.54 1.52 RF-CF
Leo Posada 25 119 93 805.1 201 187 8 6 0 .970 -1.1 -1.6 1.9 2.0 0.0 -3 2.18 1.64 LF-RF-CF
Bobby Prescott 30 2 2 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -60.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 0.00 0.00 LF
Ed Rakow 26 45 11 124.2 32 12 19 1 3 .969 0.0 0.0 2.24 0.69 P
Jim Rivera 38 43 34 299.2 53 52 0 1 0 .981 -4.8 -19.2 -2.8 -2.3 -0.5 -2 1.56 1.21 RF-CF
Bob Shaw 28 26 24 150.1 40 15 23 2 2 .950 0.0 0.0 2.27 1.46 P
Charlie Shoemaker 21 6 6 53.0 35 17 18 0 3 1.000 1.0 22.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 0 5.94 5.83 2B
Norm Siebern 27 156 151 1288.1 1075 984 79 12 89 .989 -5.8 -5.4 -3.8 -2.3 -1.5 -2 0 7.43 6.81 1B-LF
Jerry Staley 40 23 0 30.0 9 1 8 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.39 P
Gene Stephens 28 60 47 409.1 125 115 6 4 4 .968 -2.4 -7.0 -1.4 1.0 -2.4 -1 2.66 2.02 CF-RF-LF
Haywood Sullivan 30 109 91 812.0 548 494 44 10 19 .982 -1.2 -1.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 0 -1 5.96 4.94 9 22 26 17 40% C-1B-RF-LF
Marv Throneberry 27 40 36 313.2 283 257 25 1 31 .996 2.7 10.3 2.7 0.8 1.9 0 0 8.09 7.05 1B-RF
Bill Tuttle 31 25 23 199.0 60 57 0 3 0 .950 -2.5 -15.1 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 -1 2.58 2.28 CF
Ozzie Virgil 29 7 3 36.0 20 10 8 2 1 .900 -1.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 0 -1 4.50 2.57 0 3 2 0 0% 3B-C
Jerry Walker 22 36 24 168.0 40 9 31 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.14 1.11 P
Dave Wickersham 25 17 0 21.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 2.14 0.29 P
John Wyatt 26 5 0 7.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.40 P
Team Totals 27.3 162 1458 12735.0 6190 4260 1755 175 431 .972 -43.6 -4.1 -15.6 -12.7 -2.8 -13 -10 -5 4.25 3.18 17 52 52 30 37%
Rank in 10 AL teams 2 4 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1960 / 1962 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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