1957 Kansas City Athletics Statistics

1956 Season 1958 Season

Record: 59-94-1, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Lou Boudreau (36-67-1) and Harry Craft (23-27)

General Manager: George Selkirk

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 901,067 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 61-92, 563 Runs, 710 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Hal Smith	26	107	383	360	41	109	26	0	13	41	2	2	14	44	.303	.328	.483	.811	119	174	13	1	5	3	0
2	1B	Vic Power	29	129	495	467	48	121	15	1	14	42	3	2	19	21	.259	.291	.385	.676	83	180	10	3	3	3	3
3	2B	Billy Hunter	29	116	359	319	39	61	10	4	8	29	1	2	27	43	.191	.259	.323	.581	58	103	5	3	7	3	2
4	SS	Joe DeMaestri	28	135	492	461	44	113	14	6	9	33	6	1	22	82	.245	.280	.360	.640	74	166	14	2	3	4	1
5	3B	Héctor López	27	121	441	391	51	115	19	4	11	35	1	6	41	66	.294	.357	.448	.805	118	175	8	0	4	5	5
6	LF	Gus Zernial	34	131	478	437	56	103	20	1	27	69	1	1	34	84	.236	.290	.471	.761	104	206	12	1	2	4	0
7	CF	Woodie Held	25	92	371	326	48	78	14	3	20	50	4	0	37	81	.239	.321	.485	.805	117	158	6	3	3	2	1
8	RF	Lou Skizas	25	119	411	376	34	92	14	1	18	44	5	2	27	15	.245	.297	.431	.727	96	162	9	2	3	3	1
Rk	Pos	Name	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	OF	Bob Cerv	32	124	371	345	35	94	14	2	11	44	1	1	20	57	.272	.312	.420	.732	98	145	13	1	2	3	1
10	IF	Billy Martin	29	73	285	265	33	68	9	3	9	27	7	1	12	20	.257	.295	.415	.710	92	110	7	3	2	1	0
11	C	Tim Thompson*	33	81	249	230	25	47	10	0	7	19	0	0	18	26	.204	.262	.339	.601	63	78	3	0	1	0	6
12	UT	Harry Simpson*	31	50	193	179	24	53	9	6	6	24	0	1	12	28	.296	.339	.514	.853	129	92	8	0	1	1	2
13	2B	Milt Graff*	26	56	176	155	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.181	.260	.245	.505	39	38	1	2	3	1	0
14	1B	Irv Noren*	32	81	172	160	8	34	8	0	2	16	0	0	11	19	.213	.267	.300	.567	55	48	6	1	0	0	2
15	RF	Bob Martyn*	26	58	144	131	10	35	2	4	1	12	1	3	11	20	.267	.322	.366	.688	87	48	2	0	1	1	3
16	CF	Jim Pisoni	27	44	111	97	14	23	2	2	3	12	0	0	10	17	.237	.318	.392	.710	93	38	0	2	1	1	1
17	RF	Johnny Groth	30	55	68	59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	.254	.333	.254	.588	63	15	2	0	2	0	0
18	IF	Clete Boyer	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
19	P	Mickey McDermott*	28	58	58	49	6	12	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	16	.245	.362	.510	.872	135	25	2	0	0	0	2
20	P	Ned Garver	31	24	51	44	7	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.182	.245	.205	.449	24	9	1	0	2	1	0
21	P	Alex Kellner	32	28	50	47	7	11	2	0	3	6	0	0	2	10	.234	.265	.468	.733	96	22	3	0	1	0	0
22	P	Ralph Terry	21	22	44	42	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	6	2	0	2	0	0
23	P	Jack Urban	28	37	42	39	1	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	8	.282	.317	.308	.625	71	12	1	0	1	0	0
24	P	Tom Morgan	27	46	38	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.091	.118	.091	.209	-42	3	3	0	4	0	0
25	P	Wally Burnette	28	38	36	32	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.250	.273	.250	.523	44	8	1	0	3	0	0
26	P	Tom Gorman	32	38	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.121	.147	.121	.268	-26	4	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Arnie Portocarrero	25	33	34	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.107	.194	.107	.301	-16	3	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Virgil Trucks	40	48	30	28	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	4	1	0	1	0	0
29	P	Ryne Duren	28	14	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61	1	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Rip Coleman*	25	19	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Gene Host#	24	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Harry Taylor	21	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Glenn Cox	26	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	George Brunet	22	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Al Aber*	29	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	447	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Hal Raether	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dave Hill	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Ed Blake	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.8	154	5658	5170	563	1262	195	40	166	536	35	27	363	761	.244	.295	.394	.688	86	2035	135	24	62	36	30
		Rank in 8 AL teams				8	8	8	7	3	1		6	2	8	7	7	8	3	6		3		7		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.8	154	5199	4758	536	1189	190	40	159	509	34	27	337	639	.250	.301	.407	.708	91	1936	119	24	43	35	28
		Pitcher Totals	28.6	154	459	412	27	73	5	0	7	27	1	0	26	122	.177	.226	.240	.466	27	99	16	0	19	1	2
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Ned Garver	31	6	13	.316	3.84	24	23	0	6	1	0	145.1	120	72	62	13	55	5	61	5	1	1	608	103	4.02	1.204	7.4	0.8	3.4	3.8	1.11
2	SP	Alex Kellner*	32	6	5	.545	4.27	28	21	3	3	0	0	132.2	141	65	63	18	41	3	72	2	0	4	559	92	4.11	1.372	9.6	1.2	2.8	4.9	1.76
3	SP	Ralph Terry	21	4	11	.267	3.38	21	19	0	3	1	0	130.2	119	63	49	15	47	2	80	4	1	3	556	117	3.89	1.270	8.2	1.0	3.2	5.5	1.70
4	SP	Arnie Portocarrero	25	4	9	.308	3.92	33	17	8	1	0	0	114.2	103	55	50	10	34	2	42	3	0	1	474	101	3.83	1.195	8.1	0.8	2.7	3.3	1.24
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Tom Morgan	27	9	7	.563	4.64	46	13	24	5	0	8	143.2	160	76	74	19	61	9	32	3	0	3	619	85	5.07	1.538	10.0	1.2	3.8	2.0	0.52
6	RP	Jack Urban	28	7	4	.636	3.34	31	13	9	3	0	0	129.1	111	55	48	7	45	3	55	1	2	4	530	118	3.38	1.206	7.7	0.5	3.1	3.8	1.22
7	RP	Tom Gorman	32	5	9	.357	3.83	38	12	12	3	1	2	124.2	125	59	53	18	33	7	66	1	0	3	523	103	4.09	1.267	9.0	1.3	2.4	4.8	2.00
8	RP	Virgil Trucks	40	9	7	.563	3.03	48	7	23	0	0	7	116.0	106	45	39	12	62	8	55	2	0	7	502	131	4.51	1.448	8.2	0.9	4.8	4.3	0.89
9	RP	Wally Burnette	28	7	12	.368	4.30	38	9	13	1	0	1	113.0	115	62	54	8	44	3	57	1	2	1	486	92	3.56	1.407	9.2	0.6	3.5	4.5	1.30
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Mickey McDermott*	28	1	4	.200	5.48	29	4	14	0	0	0	69.0	68	47	42	9	50	2	29	0	0	5	316	72	5.48	1.710	8.9	1.2	6.5	3.8	0.58
11		Ryne Duren	28	0	3	.000	5.27	14	6	2	0	0	1	42.2	37	26	25	4	30	1	37	2	0	5	193	75	4.19	1.570	7.8	0.8	6.3	7.8	1.23
12		Rip Coleman*	25	0	7	.000	5.93	19	6	8	1	1	0	41.0	53	32	27	5	25	0	15	0	0	2	194	67	5.14	1.902	11.6	1.1	5.5	3.3	0.60
13		Gene Host*	24	0	2	.000	7.23	11	2	6	0	0	0	23.2	29	19	19	5	14	0	9	0	0	0	109	55	6.22	1.817	11.0	1.9	5.3	3.4	0.64
14		Glenn Cox	26	1	0	1.000	5.02	10	0	3	0	0	0	14.1	18	9	8	1	9	1	8	0	0	2	66	81	4.13	1.884	11.3	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.89
15		George Brunet*	22	0	1	.000	5.56	4	2	1	0	0	0	11.1	13	7	7	2	4	0	3	0	1	1	51	73	5.28	1.500	10.3	1.6	3.2	2.4	0.75
16		Harry Taylor	21	0	0		3.12	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	3	0	4	0	4	1	0	1	40	132	3.26	1.731	11.4	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
17		Al Aber*	29	0	0		12.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	17	37	13.12	2.667	18.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
18		Dave Hill*	19	0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	7	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	17	22.17	3.857	23.1	11.6	11.6	3.9	0.33
19		Hal Raether	24	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	52	8.96	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	0.0
20		Ed Blake	31	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	8	90	13.86	1.800	5.4	5.4	10.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.8	59	94	.386	4.19	154	154	128	26	4	19	1369.2	1344	710	637	153	565	47	626	25	7	45	5875	95	4.29	1.394	8.8	1.0	3.7	4.1	1.11
		Rank in 8 AL teams		7	2		7				8	7	7	8	5	6	7	8	5		8
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W