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1956 Kansas City Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957) 52-102, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 619 runs, Allowed 831 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97 Managed by Lou Boudreau Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,015,154 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 104   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  *Tim Thompson        32   92  268   21   73  13  2   1   27  17   23  .272  .319  .347   2   4   4   2   0   1   1   77
1B  Vic Power           28  127  530   77  164  21  5  14   63  24   16  .309  .340  .447   2   2   5   1   3   1   2  107
2B  Jim Finigan         27   91  250   29   54   7  2   2   21  30   28  .216  .298  .284   3   1   6   1   5   4   1   55
3B  Hector Lopez        26  151  561   91  153  27  3  18   69  63   73  .273  .347  .428   4   5  13   3   8   4   3  104
SS  Joe DeMaestri       27  133  434   41  101  16  1   6   39  25   73  .233  .277  .316   3   3   8   3   3   3   2   57
LF  Gus Zernial         33  109  272   36   61  12  0  16   44  33   66  .224  .315  .445   2   0   5   4   0   2   2   99
CF *Al Pilarcik         25   69  239   28   60  10  1   4   22  30   32  .251  .333  .351   9   2   2   0   2   1   1   82
RF *Harry Simpson       30  141  543   76  159  22 11  21  105  47   82  .293  .347  .490   2   3  19   1   1   5   8  120
    Lou Skizas          24   83  297   39   94  11  3  11   39  15   17  .316  .346  .485   3   1  13   0   2   3   1  118
    Johnny Groth        29   95  244   22   63  13  3   5   37  30   31  .258  .335  .398   1   2   9   0   2   4   2   93
   *Enos Slaughter      40   91  223   37   62  14  3   2   23  29   20  .278  .362  .395   1   0   6   1   1   1   1  100
   *Joe Ginsberg        29   71  195   15   48   8  1   1   12  23   17  .246  .323  .313   1   1   7   0   0   2   3   69
   *Eddie Robinson      35   75  172   13   34   5  1   2   12  26   20  .198  .308  .273   0   0   7   2   1   1   1   55
    Hal Smith           25   37  142   15   39   9  2   2   24   3   12  .275  .284  .408   1   1   2   0   0   3   0   81
    Clete Boyer         19   67  129   15   28   3  1   1    4  11   24  .217  .284  .279   1   1   2   1   2   0   1   50
    Mike Baxes          25   73  106    9   24   3  1   1    5  18   15  .226  .339  .302   0   1   2   0   4   0   1   71
    Spook Jacobs        30   32   97   13   21   3  0   0    5  15    5  .216  .321  .247   4   1   4   0   3   0   1   53
    Rance Pless         30   48   85    4   23   3  1   0    9  10   13  .271  .354  .329   0   1   5   1   0   0   0   82
    Bill Renna          31   33   48   12   13   3  0   2    5   3   10  .271  .314  .458   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  102
    Jim Pisoni          26   10   30    4    8   0  0   2    5   2    8  .267  .303  .467   0   0   2   0   0   1   0  101
    Joe Astroth         33    8   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .077  .077  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -59
   *Elmer Valo          35    9    9    1    2   0  0   0    2   1    1  .222  .273  .222   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   33
    Dave Melton         27    3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   77

    Art Ditmar          27   44   91    5   13   0  0   1    4   3   24  .143  .170  .176   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   -8
    Wally Burnette      27   18   39    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    9  .051  .075  .051   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -66
    Tom Gorman          31   52   39    2    2   0  0   0    2   4   22  .051  .140  .051   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -47
    Lou Kretlow         35   25   33    1    2   0  0   0    0   4   19  .061  .162  .061   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -39
    Alex Kellner        31   21   30    2    6   0  0   0    2   3   10  .200  .273  .200   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   27
    Troy Herriage       25   34   25    1    3   0  0   0    1   2   17  .120  .185  .120   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -18
    Jack Crimian        30   55   22    4    5   0  0   0    0   3    6  .227  .320  .227   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   47
    Bobby Shantz        30   51   22    2    2   1  0   0    1   2    4  .091  .167  .136   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -19
    Jack McMahan        23   23   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    7  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Tommy Lasorda       28   19   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .077  .077  .077   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -59
    Moe Burtschy        34   21    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -34
    Glenn Cox           25    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bill Harrington     28   23    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -64
    Jose Santiago       27    9    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  113
    Art Ceccarelli      26    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    2   1    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -28
   *Carl Duser          23    2    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    George Brunet       21    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Walt Craddock       24    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Arnie Portocarrero  24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  154 5256  619 1325 204 41 112  584 480  727  .252  .315  .370  40  30 127  20  67  37  31   89
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    7    5   4  6   6        8    4     5     8     7   4   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Art Ditmar          27  44   4.42  12  22  1  34   6  14   2  254.3  254  141  125  30  108  126 1101   5   7  0   6  98
SP  Lou Kretlow         35  25   5.31   4   9  0  20   3   3   0  118.7  121   75   70  17   74   61  542   3   0  0   4  81
SP *Alex Kellner        31  20   4.32   7   4  0  17   3   5   0   91.7  103   49   44  15   33   44  399   1   2  0   3 100
SP  Troy Herriage       25  31   6.64   1  13  0  16   7   1   0  103.0  135   83   76  16   64   59  501   2   6  0   6  65
SP  Wally Burnette      27  18   2.89   6   8  0  14   4   4   1  121.3  115   48   39  13   39   54  507   3   2  1   3 150
SP  Jose Santiago       27   9   8.31   1   2  0   5   1   0   0   21.7   36   26   20   8   17    9  117   1   5  0   0  52

CL *Bobby Shantz        30  45   4.35   2   7  9   2  26   1   0  101.3   95   51   49  12   37   67  425   1   3  0   4  99
RP  Jack Crimian        30  54   5.51   4   8  3   7  16   0   0  129.0  129   87   79  19   49   59  556   2   5  0   2  78
RP  Tom Gorman          31  52   3.83   9  10  3  13  23   1   0  171.3  168   83   73  23   68   56  733   2   2  1   7 113
RP  Bill Harrington     28  23   6.45   2   2  1   1   8   0   0   37.7   40   27   27   3   26   14  173   3   0  1   1  67
RP  Moe Burtschy        34  21   3.95   3   1  0   0   9   0   0   43.3   41   22   19   6   30   18  195   2   3  0   4 110

   *Jack McMahan        23  23   4.82   0   5  0   9   8   0   0   61.7   69   40   33   7   31   13  279   1   2  0   0  90
   *Tommy Lasorda       28  18   6.15   0   4  1   5   7   0   0   45.3   40   38   31   6   45   28  220   7   3  0   3  70
    Glenn Cox           25   3   4.24   0   2  0   3   0   1   0   23.3   15   11   11   2   22    6  101   2   0  0   0 102
   *Art Ceccarelli      26   3   7.20   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   10.0   13   13    8   3    4    2   49   1   1  0   1  60
   *Walt Craddock       24   2   6.75   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    9.3    9    7    7   1   10    8   45   2   0  0   0  64
   *George Brunet       21   6   7.00   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    9.0   10    8    7   1   11    5   47   0   0  0   0  62
    Arnie Portocarrero  24   3  10.13   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.0    9    9    9   2    7    2   38   0   0  0   0  43
   *Carl Duser          23   2   9.00   1   1  0   2   0   0   0    6.0   14    6    6   0    2    5   33   0   0  0   0  48
    Bob Spicer          31   2  19.29   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    6    5    5   1    1    0   13   0   1  0   0  22
    Bill Bradford       34   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   2    1    0    9   0   0  0   0  48
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 154   4.86  52 102 18 154 124  30   3 1370.0 1424  831  740 187  679  636 6083  38  42  3  44  89
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   8   1  5           8   7      6    7    7        8    7    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 Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TThompson 572 63 68 328 38 7 7 .981 9 17 16 21 JGinsberg 451 50 57 238 28 3 3 .989 5 8 16 15 HSmith 304 36 37 183 22 3 3 .986 5 9 15 9 JAstroth 42 5 8 19 5 0 1 1.000 0 2 2 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1370 154 154 768 93 13 14 .985 19 36 49 47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPower 630 72 76 671 62 5 73 .993 10.46 ERobinson 367 41 47 360 19 9 43 .977 9.28 HSimpson 257 29 32 269 15 4 32 .986 9.95 RPless 115 12 15 137 7 0 18 1.000 11.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 1437 103 18 166 .988 10.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *5.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPower 389 45 47 122 138 7 40 .974 6.00 JFinigan 351 39 52 114 105 7 35 .969 5.61 CBoyer 324 34 51 94 110 6 31 .971 5.66 SJacobs 236 28 31 78 71 5 26 .968 5.68 HLopez 66 8 8 18 18 2 7 .947 4.91 JDeMaestri 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MBaxes 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 427 443 28 139 .969 5.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HLopez 1034 114 121 152 254 26 23 .940 3.53 JFinigan 254 29 32 29 70 9 7 .917 3.51 CBoyer 48 6 7 6 14 0 3 1.000 3.75 RPless 34 5 5 5 13 0 2 1.000 4.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 192 351 35 35 .939 3.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDeMaestri 1053 125 132 210 407 23 95 .964 5.27 MBaxes 301 27 62 56 112 10 17 .944 5.01 HLopez 15 2 4 4 7 0 2 1.000 6.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 270 526 33 114 .960 5.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GZernial 525 69 69 112 9 2 1 .984 2.07 LSkizas 496 55 57 125 9 3 0 .978 2.43 ESlaughter 143 15 19 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 BRenna 89 6 22 15 1 1 0 .941 1.61 VPower 56 6 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JGroth 41 2 14 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.51 DMelton 12 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 EValo 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 315 20 6 2 .982 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- APilarcik 526 59 64 151 8 4 1 .975 2.72 JGroth 416 44 56 103 4 0 2 1.000 2.31 HSimpson 180 22 23 49 0 2 0 .961 2.45 HLopez 173 20 20 44 3 2 0 .959 2.45 JPisoni 74 9 9 25 4 1 1 .967 3.51 ESlaughter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 372 19 9 4 .978 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HSimpson 785 87 92 138 3 5 2 .966 1.62 ESlaughter 286 32 37 66 1 2 0 .971 2.11 JGroth 140 15 18 25 2 0 0 1.000 1.73 LSkizas 125 17 18 22 0 1 0 .957 1.58 APilarcik 18 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 BRenna 15 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 258 6 8 2 .971 1.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HSimpson 965 109 111 188 3 7 2 .965 1.78 LSkizas 622 72 74 148 9 4 0 .975 2.27 JGroth 598 61 84 140 8 0 3 1.000 2.23 APilarcik 544 61 67 154 9 4 1 .976 2.70 GZernial 525 69 69 111 9 2 1 .984 2.06 ESlaughter 430 47 56 105 1 2 0 .981 2.22 HLopez 173 20 20 44 3 2 0 .959 2.45 BRenna 104 7 25 18 1 1 0 .950 1.63 JPisoni 74 9 9 24 4 1 1 .966 3.39 VPower 56 6 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 DMelton 12 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 EValo 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1370 154 154 949 47 23 8 .977 2.18 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADitmar 253 34 44 20 33 2 3 .964 1.88 TGorman 171 13 52 11 29 3 1 .930 2.11 JCrimian 127 7 54 3 22 1 1 .962 1.76 WBurnette 121 14 18 6 16 1 2 .957 1.64 LKretlow 119 20 25 5 16 2 1 .913 1.58 THerriage 103 16 31 0 11 3 0 .786 0.96 BShantz 100 2 45 10 20 2 2 .937 2.68 AKellner 91 17 20 1 17 1 2 .947 1.77 JMcMahan 61 9 23 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.90 TLasorda 45 5 18 3 9 1 0 .923 2.38 MBurtschy 43 0 21 2 15 0 2 1.000 3.50 BHarrington 39 1 23 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.81 GCox 23 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JSantiago 21 5 9 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.49 ACeccarelli 10 2 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 WCraddock 9 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.97 GBrunet 9 1 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 APortocarre 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 CDuser 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 BSpicer 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 BBradford 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 68 222 16 17 .948 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Power .309 On-base % Lopez and Simpson .347 Slugging % Simpson .490 OPS Simpson .837 Games Lopez 151 At Bats Lopez 561 Plate Appearances (approx.) Lopez 639 Runs Lopez 91 Hits Power 164 Total Bases Simpson 266 Doubles Lopez 27 Triples Simpson 11 Home Runs Simpson 21 RBI Simpson 105 Bases on Balls Lopez 63 Strikeouts Simpson 82 Stolen Bases Pilarcik 9 Singles Power 124 Adjusted OPS+ Simpson 120 Runs Created Simpson 87 Adjusted Batting Runs Simpson 12 Batting Wins Simpson 1.2 Extra-Base Hits Simpson 54 Times on Base Lopez 219 Offensive Win% Power .575 Hit By Pitch Zernial 4 Sac. Hits Lopez 8 Sac. Flies Simpson 5 Intentional Walks Simpson 8 Grounded into Double Plays Simpson 19 Caught Stealing Lopez 5 Power/Speed Number Lopez 6.5 At Bats per Strikeout Power 33.1 At Bats per Home Run Simpson 25.9 Outs Lopez 438

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Gorman 3.83 Wins Ditmar 12 Won-Loss % Gorman .474 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gorman 1.377 Hits Allowed/9IP Gorman 8.82 Bases on Balls/9IP Gorman 3.57 Strikeouts/9IP Ditmar 4.46 Games Crimian 54 Saves Shantz 9 Innings Ditmar 254.3 Strikeouts Ditmar 126 Games Started Ditmar 34 Comp. Games Ditmar 14 Shutouts Ditmar 2 Home Runs Allow. Ditmar 30 Bases On Balls Allow. Ditmar 108 Hits Allowed Ditmar 254 SO to Walk Ditmar 1.17 Losses Ditmar 22 Earned Runs Allow. Ditmar 125 Wild Pitches Lasorda 7 Hit Batsmen Ditmar 7 Batters Faced Ditmar 1101 Games Finished Shantz 26 Adjusted ERA+ Gorman 113

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