1956 Kansas City Athletics Batting Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 52-102-0, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Lou Boudreau (52-102)

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 1,015,154 (4th of 8)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 57-97, 619 Runs, 831 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	Tim Thompson*	32	92	288	268	21	73	13	2	1	27	2	4	17	23	.272	.319	.347	.666	77	93	4	2	0	1	1
2	1B	Vic Power	28	127	559	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	2	2	24	16	.309	.340	.447	.787	107	237	5	1	3	1	2
3	2B	Jim Finigan	27	91	290	250	29	54	7	2	2	21	3	1	30	28	.216	.298	.284	.582	55	71	6	1	5	4	1
4	SS	Joe DeMaestri	27	133	468	434	41	101	16	1	6	39	3	3	25	73	.233	.277	.316	.593	57	137	8	3	3	3	2
5	3B	Héctor López	26	151	639	561	91	153	27	3	18	69	4	5	63	73	.273	.347	.428	.775	104	240	13	3	8	4	3
6	LF	Gus Zernial	33	109	312	272	36	61	12	0	16	44	2	0	33	66	.224	.315	.445	.760	99	121	5	4	0	2	2
7	CF	Al Pilarcik*	25	69	272	239	28	60	10	1	4	22	9	2	30	32	.251	.333	.351	.685	82	84	2	0	2	1	1
8	RF	Harry Simpson*	30	141	597	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	2	3	47	82	.293	.347	.490	.837	120	266	19	1	1	5	8
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	LF	Lou Skizas	24	83	317	297	39	94	11	3	11	39	3	1	15	17	.316	.346	.485	.831	118	144	13	0	2	3	1
10	OF	Johnny Groth	29	95	280	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	.258	.335	.398	.732	93	97	9	0	2	4	2
11	OF	Enos Slaughter*	40	91	255	223	37	62	14	3	2	23	1	0	29	20	.278	.362	.395	.757	100	88	6	1	1	1	1
12	C	Joe Ginsberg*	29	71	220	195	15	48	8	1	1	12	1	1	23	17	.246	.323	.313	.636	69	61	7	0	0	2	3
13	1B	Eddie Robinson*	35	75	202	172	13	34	5	1	2	12	0	0	26	20	.198	.308	.273	.582	55	47	7	2	1	1	1
14	C	Hal Smith	25	37	148	142	15	39	9	2	2	24	1	1	3	12	.275	.284	.408	.692	81	58	2	0	0	3	0
15	2B	Clete Boyer	19	67	143	129	15	28	3	1	1	4	1	1	11	24	.217	.284	.279	.563	50	36	2	1	2	0	1
16	SS	Mike Baxes	25	73	128	106	9	24	3	1	1	5	0	1	18	15	.226	.339	.302	.641	71	32	2	0	4	0	1
17	2B	Spook Jacobs	30	32	115	97	13	21	3	0	0	5	4	1	15	5	.216	.321	.247	.569	53	24	4	0	3	0	1
18	CI	Rance Pless	30	48	96	85	4	23	3	1	0	9	0	1	10	13	.271	.354	.329	.684	82	28	5	1	0	0	0
19	OF	Bill Renna	31	33	51	48	12	13	3	0	2	5	1	0	3	10	.271	.314	.458	.772	102	22	1	0	0	0	0
20	CF	Jim Pisoni	26	10	33	30	4	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	8	.267	.303	.467	.770	101	14	2	0	0	1	0
21	C	Joe Astroth	33	8	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.077	.077	.077	.154	-59	1	0	0	1	0	0
22	LF	Elmer Valo*	35	9	11	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.222	.273	.222	.495	33	2	0	0	0	1	0
23	LF	Dave Melton	27	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	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
24	P	Art Ditmar	27	44	98	91	5	13	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	24	.143	.170	.176	.346	-8	16	0	0	4	0	0
25	P	Wally Burnette	27	18	45	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.051	.075	.051	.126	-66	2	0	0	5	0	0
26	P	Tom Gorman	31	52	44	39	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.051	.140	.051	.191	-47	2	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Lou Kretlow	35	25	41	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	.061	.162	.061	.223	-39	2	0	0	4	0	0
28	P	Alex Kellner	31	21	37	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.200	.273	.200	.473	27	6	1	0	3	0	0
29	P	Jack Crimian	30	55	30	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	47	5	1	0	5	0	0
30	P	Troy Herriage	25	34	29	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.120	.185	.120	.305	-18	3	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Bobby Shantz	30	51	26	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.091	.167	.136	.303	-19	3	1	0	2	0	0
32	P	Jack McMahan	23	23	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Tommy Lasorda*	28	19	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	-59	1	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bill Harrington	27	23	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Moe Burtschy	34	21	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Glenn Cox	25	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
37	P	José Santiago	27	9	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	113	2	0	0	1	0	0
38	P	Art Ceccarelli	26	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Carl Duser*	23	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Walt Craddock	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	George Brunet	21	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Arnie Portocarrero	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Bob Spicer*	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Bill Bradford	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	5861	5256	619	1325	204	41	112	584	40	30	479	725	.252	.315	.370	.685	81	1947	127	20	67	37	31
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	7	5	4	6	6		4	3	8	5	5	8	7	7		7		8		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	154	5441	4890	598	1286	203	41	111	572	40	29	455	587	.263	.326	.389	.715	89	1904	122	20	38	37	31
		Pitcher Totals	28.7	154	420	366	21	39	1	0	1	12	0	1	24	138	.107	.162	.117	.279	-25	43	5	0	29	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