1955 Kansas City Athletics Batting Statistics

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 63-91-1, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Lou Boudreau (63-91-1)

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 1,393,054 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 53-101, 638 Runs, 911 Runs Allowed

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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	Joe Astroth	32	101	338	274	29	69	4	1	5	23	2	3	47	33	.252	.372	.328	.700	90	90	11	6	10	1	6
2	1B	Vic Power	27	147	639	596	91	190	34	10	19	76	0	2	35	27	.319	.354	.505	.859	130	301	12	0	3	5	6
3	2B	Jim Finigan	26	150	615	545	72	139	30	7	9	68	1	3	61	49	.255	.333	.385	.718	93	210	18	3	5	1	6
4	SS	Joe DeMaestri	26	123	486	457	42	114	14	1	6	37	3	5	20	47	.249	.284	.324	.608	64	148	12	3	4	2	1
5	3B	Héctor López	25	128	527	483	50	140	15	2	15	68	1	4	33	58	.290	.337	.422	.759	104	204	15	3	4	4	1
6	LF	Gus Zernial	32	120	454	413	62	105	9	3	30	84	1	0	30	90	.254	.304	.508	.812	116	210	17	3	0	8	1
7	CF	Harry Simpson*	29	112	436	396	42	119	16	7	5	52	3	5	34	61	.301	.356	.414	.770	107	164	10	2	1	3	4
8	RF	Enos Slaughter*	39	108	315	267	49	86	12	4	5	34	2	3	40	17	.322	.408	.453	.861	132	121	8	2	1	5	4
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	Elmer Valo*	34	112	338	283	50	103	17	4	3	37	5	3	52	18	.364	.460	.484	.944	155	137	5	0	1	2	2
10	CF	Bill Wilson	26	98	300	273	39	61	12	0	15	38	1	1	24	63	.223	.288	.432	.720	92	118	8	1	1	1	0
11	RF	Bill Renna	30	100	284	249	33	53	7	3	7	28	0	3	31	42	.213	.305	.349	.654	76	87	4	2	2	0	0
12	C	Billy Shantz	27	79	233	217	18	56	4	1	1	12	0	0	11	14	.258	.293	.300	.592	60	65	6	0	3	1	1
13	IF	Clete Boyer	18	47	83	79	3	19	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	17	.241	.268	.253	.521	41	20	3	0	0	0	0
14	2B	Pete Suder	39	26	83	81	3	17	4	1	0	1	0	1	2	13	.210	.229	.284	.513	38	23	1	0	0	0	0
15	SS	Jack Littrell	26	37	76	70	7	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	12	.200	.243	.229	.472	28	16	1	0	2	0	0
16	SS	Jerry Schypinski*	23	22	70	69	7	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	.217	.229	.246	.475	28	17	1	0	0	0	0
17	1B	Dick Kryhoski*	30	28	53	47	2	10	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	7	.213	.302	.255	.557	52	12	0	0	0	0	0
18	CF	Tom Saffell*	33	9	41	37	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.216	.293	.216	.509	39	8	1	0	0	0	0
19	2B	Spook Jacobs	29	13	28	23	7	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	73	6	1	1	1	0	0
20	OF	Bill Stewart	27	11	19	18	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.111	.158	.167	.325	-12	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	1B	Don Bollweg*	34	12	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	24	1	0	0	0	0	2
22	CF	Don Plarski	25	8	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Alex George*	16	5	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	-22	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Jim Robertson	27	6	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	59	2	0	0	0	0	0
25	3B	Hal Bevan	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	C	Eric MacKenzie*	22	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	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
27	P	Art Ditmar	26	35	67	62	3	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	9	.210	.222	.210	.432	17	13	2	0	4	0	0
28	P	Alex Kellner	30	30	62	56	6	12	2	1	0	5	0	0	4	7	.214	.267	.286	.552	49	16	3	0	2	0	0
29	P	Bobby Shantz	29	26	44	41	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.146	.167	.146	.313	-15	6	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Art Ceccarelli	25	31	42	38	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.079	.103	.079	.182	-50	3	1	0	3	0	0
31	P	Arnie Portocarrero	23	24	40	37	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	17	.108	.132	.189	.321	-14	7	1	0	2	0	0
32	P	Vic Raschi	36	20	37	33	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.182	.206	.212	.418	13	7	2	0	3	0	0
33	P	Cloyd Boyer	27	30	33	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Tom Gorman	30	57	26	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.083	.120	.125	.245	-34	3	1	0	1	0	0
35	P	Ray Herbert	25	24	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.190	.217	.238	.455	23	5	1	0	1	1	0
36	P	Bill Harrington	26	34	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328	-9	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Lou Sleater*	28	21	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	2	1	0	0	0	0
38	P	Johnny Sain	37	25	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Johnny Gray	28	8	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Mike Kume	29	6	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Walt Craddock	23	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Marion Fricano	31	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	261	2	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Bob Trice	28	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	261	2	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Gus Keriazakos	23	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Moe Burtschy	33	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Charlie Bishop	31	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171	1	0	0	0	0	0
47	P	Bob Spicer*	30	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	P	Ewell Blackwell	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
49	P	Glenn Cox	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	P	Sonny Dixon#	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
51	P	Ozzie Van Brabant	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
52	P	Lee Wheat	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.8	155	5918	5335	638	1395	189	46	121	592	22	36	462	718	.261	.321	.382	.704	89	2039	146	26	58	34	34
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	6	3	5	3	5		8	6	8	6	4	6	6	6		4		6		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	155	5465	4919	615	1331	184	45	120	576	22	36	447	600	.271	.333	.399	.732	97	1965	134	26	38	33	34
		Pitcher Totals	27.9	155	453	416	23	64	5	1	1	16	0	0	15	118	.154	.183	.178	.361	-2	74	12	0	20	1	0
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