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1955 Kansas City Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 63-91, Finished 6th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 638 runs, Allowed 911 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101 Managed by Lou Boudreau Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,393,054 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 105   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 106   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Astroth         32  101  274   29   69   4  1   5   23  47   33  .252  .372  .328   2   3  11   6  10   1   6   90
1B  Vic Power           27  147  596   91  190  34 10  19   76  35   27  .319  .354  .505   0   2  12   0   3   5   6  129
2B  Jim Finigan         26  150  545   72  139  30  7   9   68  61   49  .255  .333  .385   1   3  18   3   5   1   6   93
3B  Hector Lopez        25  128  483   50  140  15  2  15   68  33   58  .290  .337  .422   1   4  15   3   4   4   1  103
SS  Joe DeMaestri       26  123  457   42  114  14  1   6   37  20   47  .249  .284  .324   3   5  12   3   4   2   1   63
OF  Gus Zernial         32  120  413   62  105   9  3  30   84  30   90  .254  .304  .508   1   0  17   3   0   8   1  115
OF *Harry Simpson       29  112  396   42  119  16  7   5   52  34   61  .301  .356  .414   3   5  10   2   1   3   4  107
OF  Bill Wilson         26   98  273   39   61  12  0  15   38  24   63  .223  .288  .432   1   1   8   1   1   1   0   91
   *Elmer Valo          34  112  283   50  103  17  4   3   37  52   18  .364  .460  .484   5   3   5   0   1   2   2  154
   *Enos Slaughter      39  108  267   49   86  12  4   5   34  40   17  .322  .408  .453   2   3   8   2   1   5   4  131
    Bill Renna          30  100  249   33   53   7  3   7   28  31   42  .213  .305  .349   0   3   4   2   2   0   0   76
    Billy Shantz        27   79  217   18   56   4  1   1   12  11   14  .258  .293  .300   0   0   6   0   3   1   1   59
    Pete Suder          39   26   81    3   17   4  1   0    1   2   13  .210  .229  .284   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   37
    Clete Boyer         18   47   79    3   19   1  0   0    6   3   17  .241  .268  .253   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   41
    Jack Littrell       26   37   70    7   14   0  1   0    1   4   12  .200  .243  .229   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   27
   *Jerry Schypinski    23   22   69    7   15   2  0   0    5   1    6  .217  .229  .246   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   28
   *Dick Kryhoski       30   28   47    2   10   2  0   0    2   6    7  .213  .302  .255   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   51
   *Tom Saffell         33    9   37    5    8   0  0   0    1   4    7  .216  .293  .216   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   39
    Spook Jacobs        29   13   23    7    6   0  0   0    1   3    0  .261  .370  .261   1   2   1   1   1   0   0   72
    Bill Stewart        27   11   18    2    2   1  0   0    0   1    6  .111  .158  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -13
    Don Plarski         25    8   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .091  .091  .091   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  -51
   *Alex George         16    5   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    7  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -23
   *Don Bollweg         34   12    9    1    1   0  0   0    2   3    2  .111  .333  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   24
    Jim Robertson       27    6    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .250  .333  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   59
    Hal Bevan           24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Eric Mackenzie      22    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Art Ditmar          26   35   62    3   13   0  0   0    6   1    9  .210  .222  .210   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   17
    Alex Kellner        30   30   56    6   12   2  1   0    5   4    7  .214  .267  .286   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   49
    Bobby Shantz        29   26   41    5    6   0  0   0    0   1    5  .146  .167  .146   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -15
    Art Ceccarelli      25   31   38    1    3   0  0   0    0   1   17  .079  .103  .079   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -51
    Arnie Portocarrero  23   24   37    3    4   0  0   1    1   1   17  .108  .132  .189   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -15
    Vic Raschi          36   20   33    0    6   1  0   0    1   1   10  .182  .206  .212   0   0   2   0   3   0   0   13
    Cloyd Boyer         27   30   29    2    2   0  0   0    0   2   11  .069  .129  .069   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -46
    Tom Gorman          30   57   24    1    2   1  0   0    0   1   14  .083  .120  .125   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -34
    Ray Herbert         25   24   21    1    4   1  0   0    2   1    7  .190  .217  .238   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   22
    Bill Harrington     27   34   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    5  .118  .211  .118   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
   *Lou Sleater         28   21   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .154  .154  .154   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -17
    Johnny Gray         28    8    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
    Mike Kume           29    6    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
    Johnny Sain         37   25    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Walt Craddock       23    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Moe Burtschy        33    7    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   80
    Marion Fricano      31   10    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  259
    Gus Keriazakos      23    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Trice           28    4    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  259
    Charlie Bishop      31    4    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  170
    Glenn Cox           24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bob Spicer          30    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ewell Blackwell     32    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  155 5335  638 1395 189 46 121  592 463  725  .261  .320  .382  22  36 146  26  58  34  34   96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    6    3   5  3   5        8    3     4     6     6   8   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Alex Kellner        30  30   4.20  11   8  0  24   3   6   3  162.7  164   81   76  18   60   75  704   3   5  0   2  99
SP  Art Ditmar          26  35   5.03  12  12  1  22   8   7   1  175.3  180  109   98  23   86   79  773   7   7  1   5  83
SP  Arnie Portocarrero  23  24   4.77   5   9  0  20   1   4   1  111.3  109   66   59  12   67   34  506   0   4  1   4  87
SP  Vic Raschi          36  20   5.42   4   6  0  18   0   1   0  101.3  132   66   61  10   35   38  466   2   1  0   4  77
SP *Bobby Shantz        29  23   4.54   5  10  0  17   2   4   1  125.0  124   70   63   8   66   58  550   2   1  0  11  92
SP *Art Ceccarelli      25  31   5.31   4   7  0  16   6   3   1  123.7  123   81   73  20   71   68  557   4   0  1   2  78
SP  Johnny Gray         28   8   6.41   0   3  0   5   1   0   0   26.7   28   23   19   2   24   11  129   0   1  0   0  65

CL  Tom Gorman          30  57   3.55   7   6 18   0  35   0   0  109.0   98   48   43  11   36   46  451   2   4  0   5 117
RP  Bill Harrington     27  34   4.11   3   3  2   1  18   0   0   76.7   69   41   35   6   41   26  336   1   2  0   4 101
RP  Johnny Sain         37  25   5.44   2   5  1   0  13   0   0   44.7   54   28   27  10   10   12  197   0   0  0   4  76
RP  Cloyd Boyer         27  30   6.22   5   5  0  11  12   2   0   98.3  107   81   68  21   69   32  466   3   7  0   3  67
RP *Lou Sleater         28  16   7.71   1   1  0   1   7   0   0   25.7   33   22   22   3   21   11  127   0   0  0   0  54

    Ray Herbert         25  23   6.26   1   8  0  11   4   2   0   87.7   99   65   61  10   40   30  396   4   1  0   9  66
    Mike Kume           29   6   7.99   0   2  0   4   0   0   0   23.7   35   23   21   1   15    7  121   5   3  0   0  52
    Marion Fricano      31  10   3.15   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   20.0   19    9    7   2    9    5   84   2   0  0   0 132
   *Walt Craddock       23   4   7.80   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   15.0   18   14   13   3   10    9   73   0   0  0   0  53
    Gus Keriazakos      23   5  12.34   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   11.7   15   16   16   4    7    8   54   1   0  0   0  34
    Moe Burtschy        33   7  10.32   2   0  0   0   0   0   0   11.3   17   13   13   0   10    9   60   0   1  0   1  40
    Bob Trice           28   4   9.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.0   14   13   10   4    6    2   51   0   0  0   0  46
    Charlie Bishop      31   4   5.40   1   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.7    6    7    4   1    8    4   36   0   3  0   2  77
    Ewell Blackwell     32   2   6.75   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    3    3    3   1    5    2   18   0   1  0   0  62
    Bob Spicer          30   2  33.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    9   10   10   2    4    2   22   0   1  0   0  12
    Glenn Cox           24   2  30.86   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    2.3   11    8    8   0    1    2   19   0   0  0   0  13
    Ozzie Van Brabant   28   2  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    4    4   1    2    1   13   0   0  0   1  23
    Lee Wheat           25   3  22.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    8    7    5   1    3    1   18   0   0  0   2  18
    Sonny Dixon         30   2  16.20   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    6    3    3   1    0    0   11   0   0  0   0  26
    Bill Wilson         26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    1    5   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 155   5.35  63  91 22 155 126  29   9 1382.0 1486  911  822 175  707  572 6243  36  42  3  59  78
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   6   3  5           8   7      4    8    8        8    8    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JAstroth 100 420 50 5 9 .989 11 BShantz 78 261 27 3 8 .990 3 JRobertson 4 8 2 0 0 1.000 0 EMackenzie 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 689 79 8 17 .990 14 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPower 144 1281 130 10 140 .993 9.80 DKryhoski 14 76 6 1 7 .988 5.86 JLittrell 6 24 4 1 3 .966 4.67 DBollweg 3 8 0 0 3 1.000 2.67 HSimpson 3 10 2 0 2 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1399 142 12 155 .992 10.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFinigan 90 236 228 12 72 .975 5.16 HLopez 36 93 98 6 32 .970 5.31 PSuder 24 51 44 1 17 .990 3.96 CBoyer 10 12 11 2 1 .920 2.30 SJacobs 7 9 9 0 4 1.000 2.57 JLittrell 4 1 5 1 1 .857 1.50 JSchypinski 2 5 6 0 2 1.000 5.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 407 401 22 129 .973 5.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HLopez 93 104 233 23 26 .936 3.62 JFinigan 59 55 135 8 13 .960 3.22 CBoyer 11 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.18 HBevan 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 167 385 31 40 .947 3.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDeMaestri 122 206 358 21 78 .964 4.62 JLittrell 22 30 42 4 8 .947 3.27 JSchypinski 21 22 46 5 10 .932 3.24 CBoyer 12 13 13 1 4 .963 2.17 AGeorge 5 6 5 1 1 .917 2.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 277 464 32 101 .959 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .982 2.08 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GZernial 103 231 9 9 4 .964 2.33 103 0 0 HSimpson 100 262 5 6 2 .978 2.67 4 91 10 BWilson 82 186 4 6 0 .969 2.32 23 57 4 BRenna 79 118 5 1 2 .992 1.56 8 0 72 ESlaughter 77 126 5 2 2 .985 1.70 0 0 77 EValo 72 147 5 2 2 .987 2.11 46 4 23 TSaffell 9 25 0 1 0 .962 2.78 0 9 0 DPlarski 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 6 0 BStewart 6 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.33 4 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1109 34 27 13 .977 2.48 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADitmar 35 15 29 1 3 .978 2.26 AKellner 30 4 30 3 2 .919 1.88 BShantz 23 9 26 2 2 .946 2.52 ACeccarelli 31 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.24 APortocarre 24 7 15 1 0 .957 1.78 TGorman 57 8 13 3 1 .875 1.73 VRaschi 20 10 21 1 1 .969 2.75 CBoyer 30 9 13 2 0 .917 2.01 RHerbert 23 8 24 0 0 1.000 3.28 BHarrington 34 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.76 JSain 25 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.61 JGray 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.01 LSleater 16 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.75 MKume 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.90 MFricano 10 5 4 1 0 .900 4.05 WCraddock 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20 GKeriazakos 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 MBurtschy 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BTrice 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.30 CBishop 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 EBlackwell 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BSpicer 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GCox 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.83 LWheat 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 OVan Braban 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SDixon 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 BWilson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 94 224 14 9 .958 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Power .319 On-base % Power .354 Slugging % Zernial .508 OPS Power .859 Games Finigan 150 At Bats Power 596 Plate Appearances (approx.) Power 639 Runs Power 91 Hits Power 190 Total Bases Power 301 Doubles Power 34 Triples Power 10 Home Runs Zernial 30 RBI Zernial 84 Bases on Balls Finigan 61 Strikeouts Zernial 90 Stolen Bases Valo 5 Singles Power 127 Adjusted OPS+ Power 129 Runs Created Power 103 Adjusted Batting Runs Valo 25 Batting Wins Valo 2.5 Extra-Base Hits Power 63 Times on Base Power 225 Offensive Win% Power .651 Hit By Pitch Astroth 6 Sac. Hits Astroth 10 Sac. Flies Zernial 8 Intentional Walks Astroth, Finigan, and Power 6 Grounded into Double Plays Finigan 18 Caught Stealing DeMaestri and Simpson 5 Power/Speed Number DeMaestri 4.0 At Bats per Strikeout Power 22.1 At Bats per Home Run Zernial 13.8 Outs Finigan 433

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Kellner 4.20 Wins Ditmar 12 Won-Loss % Kellner .579 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kellner 1.377 Hits Allowed/9IP Kellner 9.07 Bases on Balls/9IP Kellner 3.32 Strikeouts/9IP Kellner 4.15 Games Gorman 57 Saves Gorman 18 Innings Ditmar 175.3 Strikeouts Ditmar 79 Games Started Kellner 24 Comp. Games Ditmar 7 Shutouts Kellner 3 Home Runs Allow. Ditmar 23 Bases On Balls Allow. Ditmar 86 Hits Allowed Ditmar 180 SO to Walk Kellner 1.25 Losses Ditmar 12 Earned Runs Allow. Ditmar 98 Wild Pitches Ditmar 7 Hit Batsmen Boyer and Ditmar 7 Batters Faced Ditmar 773 Games Finished Gorman 35 Adjusted ERA+ Kellner 99

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