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1962 Kansas City Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 / 1963

72-90, Finished 9th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hank Bauer (72-90)
Scored 745 runs, Allowed 837 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · Attendance: 635,675 (10th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105

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1961 / 1963 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
George Alusik 27 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 11, 1935 3 90 44 90 51 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 0 23 50 41 2 1.0
Jim Archer 30 R L 6' 0" 190 May 25, 1932 2 18 1 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Joe Azcue 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 18, 1939 2 72 64 72 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Norm Bass 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 21, 1939 2 22 10 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Billy Bryan 23 L R 6' 4" 200 Dec 4, 1938 2 25 18 25 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.9
Wayne Causey 25 L R 5' 10" 175 Dec 26, 1936 5 117 74 117 81 0 0 0 10 26 50 0 0 0 0 37 0 0.4
Ed Charles 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 29, 1933 1st 147 138 147 140 0 0 0 2 140 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5.0
Gino Cimoli 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 18, 1929 7 152 138 152 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 138 147 7 2 0.1
Billy Consolo 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1934 10 54 42 54 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2
Marlan Coughtry 27 L R 6' 1" 170 Sep 11, 1934 2 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.2
Bobby Del Greco 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 7, 1933 7 132 89 132 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 95 4 124 7 12 2.9
Art Ditmar 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 9 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Moe Drabowsky 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 21, 1935 7 10 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill Fischer 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 11, 1930 7 34 16 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Bob Giggie 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 13, 1933 3 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bob Grim 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1930 8 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Granny Hamner 35 R R 5' 10" 163 Apr 26, 1927 17 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Dick Howser 26 R R 5' 8" 155 May 14, 1936 2 83 72 83 72 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.5
Manny Jimenez 23 L R 6' 1" 185 Nov 19, 1938 1st 139 121 139 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 6 122 17 0 0.9
Deron Johnson 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 17, 1938 3 17 2 17 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 -0.4
Gordon Jones 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 2, 1930 9 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Bill Kern 29 R R 6' 2" 184 Feb 28, 1933 1st 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 -0.1
Bill Kunkel 25 R R 6' 1" 187 Jul 7, 1936 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jerry Lumpe 29 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 2, 1933 7 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8
Hector Martinez 23 R R 5' 10" 160 May 11, 1939 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Danny McDevitt 29 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1932 6 33 1 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Fred Norman 19 B L 5' 8" 155 Aug 20, 1942 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dan Osinski 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 17, 1933 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Orlando Pena 28 R R 5' 11" 154 Nov 17, 1933 4 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Dan Pfister 25 R R 6' 0" 187 Dec 20, 1936 2 52 25 52 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.4
Leo Posada 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 15, 1936 3 29 8 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 11 18 2 -0.3
Ed Rakow 27 B R 5' 11" 178 May 30, 1935 3 42 35 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Diego Segui 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 17, 1937 1st 37 13 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Charlie Shoemaker 22 L R 5' 10" 155 Aug 10, 1939 2 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1
Norm Siebern 28 L R 6' 2" 200 Jul 26, 1933 6 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 All-Star
Gene Stephens 29 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 10 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1
Haywood Sullivan 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 15, 1930 6 95 80 95 94 0 94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Jose Tartabull 23 L L 5' 11" 165 Nov 27, 1938 1st 107 67 107 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 85 21 11 -0.2
Rupe Toppin 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 7, 1941 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jerry Walker 23 B R 6' 1" 195 Feb 12, 1939 6 36 21 36 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.7
Dave Wickersham 26 R R 6' 3" 188 Sep 27, 1935 3 30 9 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Don Williams 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 14, 1931 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Gordie Windhorn 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1933 3 14 2 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 6 3 -0.3
John Wojcik 20 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 6, 1942 1st 16 12 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 12 4 0 0.5
John Wyatt 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 19, 1935 2 59 9 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Dick Howser

Wayne Causey

George Alusik
Gene Stephens

Gino Cimoli

Bobby Del Greco

Billy Consolo
Deron Johnson

Norm Siebern

Haywood Sullivan

Joe Azcue

Jerry Lumpe

Manny Jimenez

Jose Tartabull

Ed Charles

Hector Martinez
Charlie Shoemaker
John Wojcik

Billy Bryan

Orlando Pena
Leo Posada

Jim Archer

Ed Rakow

Norm Bass
Bob Giggie
Don Williams

Jerry Walker

Diego Segui

Bill Kunkel

Dave Wickersham

Dan Pfister

Art Ditmar
Bill Fischer

Bill Fischer
Danny McDevitt

Marlan Coughtry

Dan Osinski
Rupe Toppin

John Wyatt

Moe Drabowsky
Bob Grim
Gordon Jones

Gordie Windhorn

Granny Hamner
Fred Norman

Bill Kern

Danny McDevitt

1961 / 1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers