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1959 Kansas City Athletics | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 66-88 .43.... 7th in AL - Division
Manager(s): Harry Craft
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 963,683

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Joe Morgan (Apr 14) Russ Snyder (Apr 18)
Pitchers: Mark Freeman (Apr 18) Evans Killeen (Sep 7) Marty Kutyna (Sep 19)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Frank House	29	98	347	32	82	14	3	1	30	0	3	20	23	2	6	2	0	10	.236	.282	.303	585	47%
1B	Kent Hadley	24	113	288	40	73	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	74	1	0	2	3	6	.253	.310	.403	713	47%
2B	Wayne Terwilliger	34	74	180	27	48	11	0	2	18	2	2	19	31	0	0	4	1	2	.267	.335	.361	696	35%
3B	Dick Williams	30	130	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	4	1	28	60	5	1	11	6	13	.266	.309	.436	745	50%
SS	Joe DeMaestri	30	118	352	31	86	16	5	6	34	1	0	28	65	4	8	0	3	12	.244	.305	.369	674	48%
OF	Bill Tuttle	29	126	463	74	139	19	6	7	43	10	6	48	38	4	2	4	2	12	.300	.369	.413	782	60%
OF	Bob Cerv	33	125	463	61	132	22	4	20	87	3	2	35	87	3	5	1	11	13	.285	.332	.479	811	56%
OF	Roger Maris	24	122	433	69	118	21	7	16	72	2	1	58	53	3	5	0	4	4	.273	.359	.464	823	44%

2B-SS	Jerry Lumpe	26	108	403	47	98	11	5	3	28	2	1	41	32	0	1	7	0	10	.243	.313	.318	631	51%
P	Bud Daley	26	39	78	5	23	1	0	0	13	0	0	2	11	2	0	5	0	1	.295	.329	.308	637	68%
3B	Hal Smith	28	108	292	36	84	12	0	5	31	0	3	34	39	3	0	2	1	4	.288	.367	.380	747	44%
P	Ned Garver	33	32	71	9	20	2	1	2	9	0	0	4	7	0	0	4	1	2	.282	.316	.423	739	52%
OF	Russ Snyder	25	73	243	41	76	13	2	3	21	6	2	19	29	2	0	3	0	4	.313	.367	.420	787	61%
P	Ray Herbert	29	37	57	5	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	3	0	1	.211	.250	.298	548	51%
C	Harry Chiti	26	55	162	20	44	11	1	5	25	0	1	17	26	1	1	0	0	9	.272	.344	.444	788	52%
P	Bob Grim	29	40	32	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	17	0	0	6	1	0	.094	.143	.188	331	35%
2B	Hector Lopez	29	35	135	22	38	10	3	6	24	1	0	8	23	1	0	1	1	1	.281	.324	.533	857	48%
P	John Tsitouris	23	24	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	0	1	.150	.190	.150	340	43%
1B	Ray Boone	35	61	132	19	36	6	0	2	12	1	0	27	17	0	2	2	0	4	.273	.396	.364	760	55%
P	Murry Dickson	42	38	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	352	67%
OF	Whitey Herzog	27	38	123	25	36	7	1	1	9	1	0	34	23	0	0	1	0	2	.293	.446	.390	836	49%
P	Ralph Terry	23	9	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.176	.176	.176	352	46%
1B	Preston Ward	31	58	109	8	27	4	1	2	19	0	0	7	12	0	1	0	3	3	.248	.286	.358	644	42%
P	Ken Johnson	26	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
OF	Zeke Bella	28	47	82	10	17	2	1	1	9	0	0	9	14	1	0	1	0	5	.207	.293	.293	586	66%
P	Howie Reed	22	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0%
2B	Lou Klimchock	19	17	66	10	18	1	0	4	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	2	.273	.284	.470	754	47%
P	Dick Tomanek	28	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	100%
3B	Ray Jablonski	32	25	65	4	17	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.294	.369	663	36%
P	Johnny Kucks	25	33	47	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	0	0	3	0	1	.085	.140	.106	246	60%
P	Rip Coleman	27	29	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	.080	.080	.080	160	47%
3B	Joe Morgan	28	20	21	2	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.292	.286	578	40%
P	Tom Sturdivant	29	37	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.059	.059	.059	118	70%
1B	Harry Simpson	33	8	14	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.389	.500	889	50%
SS	Tom Carroll	22	14	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	71%
P	Al Grunwald	29	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
P	Russ Meyer	35	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	Bob Martyn	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Ned Garver	log	33	10	13	3.71	32	30	9	2	1	1	201.1	214	94	83	22	42	61	4	0	9.57	0.98	1.88	2.73	1.27	50%
ST	Bud Daley	log	26	16	13	3.16	39	29	12	2	5	1	216.1	212	90	76	24	62	125	7	0	8.82	1.00	2.58	5.20	1.27	54%
ST	Ray Herbert	log	29	11	11	4.85	37	26	10	2	3	1	183.2	196	108	99	24	62	99	2	0	9.60	1.18	3.04	4.85	1.40	51%
ST	Johnny Kucks	log	25	8	11	3.87	33	23	6	1	6	1	151.1	163	76	65	10	42	51	0	0	9.69	0.59	2.50	3.03	1.35	58%
ST	Rip Coleman	log	27	2	10	4.56	29	11	2	0	6	2	81.0	85	46	41	8	34	54	3	0	9.44	0.89	3.78	6.00	1.47	50%

RP	Bob Grim	log	29	6	10	4.09	40	9	3	1	16	4	125.1	124	69	57	10	57	65	4	0	8.90	0.72	4.09	4.67	1.44	48%
RP	Murry Dickson	log	42	2	1	4.94	38	0	0	0	12	0	71.0	85	46	39	9	27	36	1	0	10.77	1.14	3.42	4.56	1.58	57%
RP	Tom Sturdivant	log	29	2	6	4.65	36	3	0	0	16	5	71.2	70	45	37	9	34	57	3	0	8.79	1.13	4.27	7.16	1.45	42%

	John Tsitouris	log	23	4	3	4.97	24	10	0	0	4	0	83.1	90	52	46	3	35	50	4	1	9.72	0.32	3.78	5.40	1.50	46%
	Russ Meyer	log	35	1	0	4.50	18	0	0	0	7	1	24.0	24	12	12	3	11	10	2	0	9.00	1.13	4.13	3.75	1.46	69%
	Tom Gorman	log	34	1	0	7.08	17	0	0	0	9	1	20.1	24	21	16	3	14	9	1	0	10.62	1.33	6.20	3.98	1.87	43%
	Dick Tomanek	log	28	0	1	6.53	16	0	0	0	12	2	20.2	27	15	15	6	12	13	5	1	11.76	2.61	5.23	5.66	1.89	54%
	Ralph Terry	log	23	2	4	5.24	9	7	2	0	1	0	46.1	56	29	27	9	19	35	1	0	10.88	1.75	3.69	6.80	1.62	52%
	Howie Reed	log	22	0	3	7.40	6	3	0	0	2	0	20.2	26	19	17	3	10	11	3	0	11.32	1.31	4.35	4.79	1.74	50%
	Al Grunwald	log	29	0	1	7.94	6	1	0	0	3	1	11.1	18	14	10	1	11	9	0	0	14.29	0.79	8.74	7.15	2.56	78%
	Marty Kutyna	log	26	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	4	1	7.1	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.59	0.00	1.23	1.23	1.09	80%
	Evans Killeen	log	23	0	0	4.76	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.2	4	3	3	0	4	1	1	0	6.35	0.00	6.35	1.59	1.41	--
	Mark Freeman	log	28	0	0	9.82	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	14.73	0.00	7.36	2.45	2.45	37%
	Ken Johnson	log	26	1	1	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	5	2	5	8	0	0	9.00	1.64	4.09	6.55	1.45	--
	George Brunet	log	24	0	0	11.57	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.2	10	9	6	2	7	7	0	1	19.29	3.86	13.50	13.50	3.64	83%

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Bob Grim	29	P	40		125.1	7	13	1	21	1	-	-	-	.952	1.44
Bud Daley	26	P	39		216.1	10	35	2	47	2	-	-	-	.957	1.87
Murry Dickson	42	P	38		71	1	13	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	1.77
Ray Herbert	29	P	37		183.2	13	23	1	37	4	-	-	-	.973	1.76
Tom Sturdivant	29	P	36		71.2	6	17	3	26	1	-	-	-	.885	2.89
Johnny Kucks	25	P	33		151.1	10	31	1	42	4	-	-	-	.976	2.44
Ned Garver	33	P	32		201.1	10	35	1	46	3	-	-	-	.978	2.01
Rip Coleman	27	P	29		81	1	14	2	17	2	-	-	-	.882	1.67
John Tsitouris	23	P	24		83.1	3	13	2	18	0	-	-	-	.889	1.73
Russ Meyer	35	P	18		24	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50
Tom Gorman	34	P	17		20.1	0	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	.000	.00
Dick Tomanek	28	P	16		20.2	0	6	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.61
Ralph Terry	23	P	9		46.1	4	8	1	13	4	-	-	-	.923	2.33
Howie Reed	22	P	6		20.2	0	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	.87
Al Grunwald	29	P	6		11.1	0	2	1	3	1	-	-	-	.667	1.59
Evans Killeen	23	P	4		5.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Marty Kutyna	26	P	4		7.1	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.91
Mark Freeman	28	P	3		3.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Ken Johnson	26	P	2		11	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.45
George Brunet	24	P	2		4.2	0	4	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	7.71

Frank House	29	C	95			447	43	9	499	7	7	0	0	.982	--
Harry Chiti	26	C	47			228	25	3	256	5	5	0	0	.988	--
Hal Smith	28	C	22			125	10	5	140	5	3	0	0	.964	--

Kent Hadley	24	1B	95			656	42	8	706	66	-	-	-	.989	--
Ray Boone	35	1B	38			275	23	5	303	20	-	-	-	.983	--
Dick Williams	30	1B	32			233	16	2	251	32	-	-	-	.992	--
Preston Ward	31	1B	22			161	7	3	171	14	-	-	-	.982	--
Harry Simpson	33	1B	4			30	2	0	32	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Whitey Herzog	27	1B	1			10	0	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Zeke Bella	28	1B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Wayne Terwilliger	34	2B	63			144	166	9	319	42	-	-	-	.972	--
Jerry Lumpe	26	2B	61			133	158	4	295	41	-	-	-	.986	--
Hector Lopez	29	2B	33			81	71	11	163	15	-	-	-	.933	--
Lou Klimchock	19	2B	16			34	41	4	79	11	-	-	-	.949	--
Dick Williams	30	2B	3			2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Dick Williams	30	3B	80			83	164	11	258	10	-	-	-	.957	--
Hal Smith	28	3B	77			85	119	10	214	10	-	-	-	.953	--
Ray Jablonski	32	3B	17			13	23	2	38	3	-	-	-	.947	--
Jerry Lumpe	26	3B	4			2	1	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	--
Ray Boone	35	3B	3			2	6	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Carroll	22	3B	3			0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	--
Joe Morgan	28	3B	2			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Wayne Terwilliger	34	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Joe DeMaestri	30	SS	115			167	320	22	509	63	-	-	-	.957	--
Jerry Lumpe	26	SS	56			85	148	8	241	39	-	-	-	.967	--
Tom Carroll	22	SS	9			7	10	0	17	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Wayne Terwilliger	34	SS	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Bill Tuttle	29	OF	121			294	17	5	316	3	-	-	-	.984	--
Bob Cerv	33	OF	119			231	8	5	244	2	-	-	-	.980	--
Roger Maris	24	OF	117			231	7	6	244	4	-	-	-	.975	--
Russ Snyder	25	OF	64			127	9	2	138	2	-	-	-	.986	--
Whitey Herzog	27	OF	34			77	2	3	82	1	-	-	-	.963	--
Zeke Bella	28	OF	25			22	2	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Dick Williams	30	OF	23			31	0	0	31	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Preston Ward	31	OF	1			0	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	.000	--

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