1957 KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 59-94 .386
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Lou Boudreau, Harry Craft
General Manager: George Selkirk
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 901,067
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Virgil Trucks (40)
Youngest Player: Dave Hill (19)
Longest Tenure: Hector Lopez, Glenn Cox, Joe DeMaestri, Tom Gorman, Alex Kellner, Gus Zernial, Arnie Portocarrero, Vic Power, Harry Simpson (3)
Top Hitter: Gus Zernial (30)
Top Pitcher: Tom Morgan (28)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 45.87%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Chi White Sox	90	64	.584	8.0
Boston	82	72	.532	16.0
Detroit	78	76	.506	20.0
Baltimore	76	76	.500	21.0
Cleveland	76	77	.497	21.5
KC Athletics	59	94	.386	38.5
Washington	55	99	.357	43.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
7	Vic Power	1b	72	29	-	MLB	129	467	48	121	15	1	14	42	3	2	19	21	3	3	3	3	10	.259	.291	.385	676	180	495	364	59	4.4	.246
2	Joe DeMaestri	ss	34	28	-	MLB	135	461	44	113	14	6	9	33	6	1	22	82	2	1	3	4	14	.245	.280	.360	640	166	492	370	45	3.3	.278
30	Gus Zernial	of	30	34	-	MLB	131	437	56	103	20	1	27	69	1	1	34	84	1	0	2	4	12	.236	.290	.471	761	206	478	353	63	4.8	.230
10	Hector Lopez	of-3b	61	27	-	MLB	121	391	51	115	19	4	11	35	1	6	41	66	0	5	4	5	8	.294	.357	.448	805	175	441	299	65	5.9	.326
35	Lou Skizas	of-3b	65	25	-	MLB	119	376	34	92	14	1	18	44	5	2	27	15	2	1	3	3	9	.245	.297	.431	727	162	411	301	56	5.0	.214
9	Hal Smith	c	60	26	-	MLB	107	360	41	109	26	0	13	41	2	2	14	44	1	0	5	3	13	.303	.328	.483	811	174	383	274	60	5.9	.314
33	Bob Cerv	of	-	31	-	MLB	124	345	35	94	14	2	11	44	1	1	20	57	1	1	2	3	13	.272	.312	.420	732	145	371	270	45	4.5	.296
38	Woodie Held	ss-of	38	25	-	MLB	92	326	48	78	14	3	20	50	4	0	37	81	3	1	3	2	6	.239	.321	.485	805	158	371	259	54	5.6	.256
1	Billy Hunter	ss	-	29	-	MLB	116	319	39	61	10	4	8	29	1	2	27	43	3	2	7	3	5	.191	.259	.323	581	103	359	275	28	2.8	.196
4	Billy Martin	2b	39	29	-	MLB	73	265	33	68	9	3	9	27	7	1	12	20	3	0	2	1	7	.257	.295	.415	710	110	283	208	37	4.8	.249
22	Tim Thompson	c	64	33	-	MLB	81	230	25	47	10	0	7	19	0	0	18	26	0	6	1	0	3	.204	.262	.339	601	78	249	187	22	3.2	.203
38	Harry Simpson	of-1b	43	31	-	MLB	50	179	24	53	9	6	6	24	0	1	12	28	0	2	1	1	8	.296	.339	.514	853	92	193	137	32	6.2	.322
11	Irv Noren	of	-	32	-	MLB	81	160	8	34	8	0	2	16	0	0	11	19	1	2	0	0	6	.212	.267	.300	567	48	172	132	12	2.5	.230
4	Milt Graff	2b	-	26	-	MLB	56	155	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	2	0	3	1	1	.181	.260	.245	505	38	176	137	10	2.0	.192
32	Bob Martyn	of	-	26	-	MLB	58	131	10	35	2	4	1	12	1	3	11	20	0	3	1	1	2	.267	.322	.366	688	48	144	103	15	4.1	.306
32	Jim Pisoni	of	-	27	-	MLB	44	97	14	23	2	2	3	12	0	0	10	17	2	1	1	1	0	.237	.318	.392	710	38	111	76	14	4.9	.256
39	Johnny Groth	of	-	30	-	MLB	55	59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	0	0	2	0	2	.254	.333	.254	588	15	68	48	5	2.9	.283
19	Mickey McDermott	p	-	28	-	MLB	58	49	6	12	1	0	4	7	0	0	9	16	0	2	0	0	2	.245	.362	.510	872	25	58	39	8	5.8	.276
20	Alex Kellner	p	-	32	-	MLB	28	47	7	11	2	0	3	6	0	0	2	10	0	0	1	0	3	.234	.265	.468	733	22	50	40	5	3.6	.235
31	Ned Garver	p	-	31	-	MLB	24	44	7	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	0	0	2	1	1	.182	.245	.205	449	9	51	40	1	0.9	.222
26	Ralph Terry	p	-	21	-	MLB	22	42	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	2	.143	.143	.143	286	6	44	40	-2	-1.2	.176
21	Jack Urban	p	-	28	-	MLB	37	39	1	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	8	0	0	1	0	1	.282	.317	.308	625	12	42	30	4	3.2	.355
37	Tom Gorman	p	-	32	-	MLB	38	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	0	0	1	0	0	.121	.147	.121	268	4	35	30	-2	-1.9	.235
17	Tom Morgan	p	-	27	-	MLB	46	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	4	0	3	.091	.118	.091	209	3	38	37	-3	-2.2	.130
24	Wally Burnette	p	-	28	-	MLB	38	32	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	3	0	1	.250	.273	.250	523	8	36	28	1	1.2	.333
23	Virgil Trucks	p	-	40	-	MLB	48	28	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286	4	29	26	-2	-1.7	.222
25	Arnie Portocarrero	p	-	25	-	MLB	33	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	0	3	0	1	.107	.194	.107	301	3	34	29	-1	-1.1	.158
26	Ryne Duren	p	-	28	-	MLB	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	.071	.071	.071	143	1	14	14	-	-	.143
15	Rip Coleman	p	-	25	-	MLB	19	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.100	.000	100	0	11	10	-1	-2.7	.000
28	Gene Host	p	-	24	-	MLB	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
15	Harry Taylor	p	-	21	-	MLB	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	2.4	.250
28	George Brunet	p	-	22	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
28	Glenn Cox	p	-	26	-	MLB	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	0	4	2	0	2.6	.000
16	Al Aber	p	-	29	-	MLB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
Totals: (34 players)							153	5170	563	1262	195	40	166	536	35	27	363	761	24	30	62	36	135	.244	.295	.394	689	2035	5655	4168	627	4.1	.256

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
31	Ned Garver	45	31	-	MLB	6	13	3.84	24	23	6	1	0	0	145.1	120	72	62	13	55	61	1	1	1.20	7.43	0.81	3.41	3.78	0.90	.245	0.81
17	Tom Morgan	28	27	-	MLB	9	7	4.64	46	13	5	0	24	7	143.2	160	76	74	19	61	32	3	0	1.54	10.02	1.19	3.82	2.00	1.91	.323	1.02
20	Alex Kellner	50	32	-	MLB	6	5	4.27	28	21	3	0	3	0	132.2	141	65	63	18	41	72	4	0	1.37	9.57	1.22	2.78	4.88	0.57	.294	0.94
26	Ralph Terry	43	21	-	MLB	4	11	3.37	21	19	3	1	0	0	130.2	119	63	49	15	47	80	3	1	1.27	8.20	1.03	3.24	5.51	0.59	.310	0.84
21	Jack Urban	-	28	-	MLB	7	4	3.34	31	13	3	0	9	0	129.1	111	55	48	7	45	55	4	2	1.21	7.72	0.49	3.13	3.83	0.82	.280	1.10
37	Tom Gorman	49	32	-	MLB	5	9	3.83	38	12	3	1	12	3	124.2	125	59	53	18	33	66	3	0	1.27	9.02	1.30	2.38	4.76	0.50	.330	1.14
23	Virgil Trucks	31	40	-	MLB	9	7	3.03	48	7	0	0	23	7	116.0	106	45	39	12	62	55	7	0	1.45	8.22	0.93	4.81	4.27	1.13	.296	1.10
25	Arnie Portocarrero	-	25	-	MLB	4	9	3.92	33	17	1	0	8	0	114.2	103	55	50	10	34	42	1	0	1.19	8.08	0.78	2.67	3.30	0.81	.260	0.54
24	Wally Burnette	48	28	-	MLB	7	12	4.30	38	9	1	0	13	1	113.0	115	62	54	8	44	57	1	2	1.41	9.16	0.64	3.50	4.54	0.77	.294	1.14
19	Mickey McDermott	60	28	-	MLB	1	4	5.48	29	4	0	0	14	0	69.0	68	47	42	9	50	29	5	0	1.71	8.87	1.17	6.52	3.78	1.72	.324	1.07
26	Ryne Duren	-	28	-	MLB	0	3	5.27	14	6	0	0	2	1	42.2	37	26	25	4	30	37	5	0	1.57	7.80	0.84	6.33	7.80	0.81	.287	0.91
15	Rip Coleman	59	25	-	MLB	0	7	5.93	19	6	1	1	8	0	41.0	53	32	27	5	25	15	2	0	1.90	11.63	1.10	5.49	3.29	1.67	.350	2.19
28	Gene Host	-	24	-	MLB	0	2	7.23	11	2	0	0	6	0	23.2	29	19	19	5	14	9	0	0	1.82	11.03	1.90	5.32	3.42	1.56	.421	1.25
28	Glenn Cox	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	5.02	10	0	0	0	3	0	14.1	18	9	8	1	9	8	2	0	1.88	11.30	0.63	5.65	5.02	1.13	.515	1.09
28	George Brunet	-	22	-	MLB	0	1	5.56	4	2	0	0	1	0	11.1	13	7	7	2	4	3	1	1	1.50	10.32	1.59	3.18	2.38	1.33	.262	1.21
15	Harry Taylor	-	21	-	MLB	0	0	3.12	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	3	0	4	4	1	0	1.73	11.42	0.00	4.15	4.15	1.00	.355	0.24
16	Al Aber	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	12.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	2.67	18.00	6.00	6.00	0.00	--	--	1.25
12	Dave Hill	-	19	-	MLB	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	7	7	3	3	1	0	0	3.86	23.14	11.57	11.57	3.86	3.00	.750	0.40
34	Hal Raether	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	--	.143	0.50
21	Ed Blake	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1.80	5.40	5.40	10.80	0.00	--	.000	0.25
Totals: (34 players)						59	94	4.19	153	153	26	4	127	19	1,370	1344	710	637	166	565	626	45	7	1.19	8.83	1.01	3.71	4.11	0.90	.298

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hal Smith	C	103		463	55	9	8	.983	0.00
Tim Thompson	C	62		272	29	2	7	.993	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vic Power	1B	113		968	99	2	95	.998	0.00
Harry Simpson	1B	27		243	23	1	21	.996	0.00
Irv Noren	1B	25		191	12	2	24	.990	0.00
Mickey McDermott	1B	2		5	0	1	0	.833	0.00
Gus Zernial	1B	1		4	1	1	0	.833	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Hunter	2B	64		111	152	7	40	.974	0.00
Milt Graff	2B	53		110	127	3	36	.987	0.00
Billy Martin	2B	52		121	111	3	28	.987	0.00
Hector Lopez	2B	4		5	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Vic Power	2B	4		12	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Clete Boyer	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hector Lopez	3B	111		117	227	23	20	.937	0.00
Lou Skizas	3B	32		29	57	5	3	.945	0.00
Billy Martin	3B	20		29	24	2	4	.964	0.00
Billy Hunter	3B	17		18	22	2	2	.952	0.00
Clete Boyer	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe DeMaestri	SS	134		248	387	13	87	.980	0.00
Billy Hunter	SS	35		46	89	9	19	.937	0.00
Billy Martin	SS	2		1	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gus Zernial	OF	113		213	4	11	1	.952	0.00
Woodie Held	OF	92		266	12	1	2	.996	0.00
Bob Cerv	OF	89		157	6	6	1	.964	0.00
Lou Skizas	OF	76		119	5	3	2	.976	0.00
Johnny Groth	OF	50		37	0	1	0	.974	0.00
Bob Martyn	OF	49		77	3	2	0	.976	0.00
Jim Pisoni	OF	44		88	3	1	1	.989	0.00
Harry Simpson	OF	21		29	1	1	0	.968	0.00
Irv Noren	OF	6		7	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vic Power	OF	6		12	0	1	0	.923	0.00
Hector Lopez	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Virgil Trucks	P	48	116	8	21	1	0	.967	2.25
Tom Morgan	P	46	143	20	37	1	6	.983	3.58
Wally Burnette	P	38	113	10	25	0	6	1.000	2.79
Tom Gorman	P	38	124	10	19	2	0	.935	2.10
Arnie Portocarrero	P	33	114	6	16	1	1	.957	1.73
Jack Urban	P	31	129	12	27	1	2	.975	2.72
Mickey McDermott	P	29	69	7	17	1	0	.960	3.13
Alex Kellner	P	28	132	5	24	2	4	.935	1.97
Ned Garver	P	24	145	13	21	1	2	.971	2.11
Ralph Terry	P	21	130	11	19	1	2	.968	2.07
Rip Coleman	P	19	41	1	9	1	1	.909	2.20
Ryne Duren	P	14	42	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.35
Gene Host	P	11	23	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.33
Glenn Cox	P	10	14	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.91
George Brunet	P	4	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.62
Al Aber	P	3	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.00
Ed Blake	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dave Hill	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Harry Taylor	P	2	8	0	1	1	0	.500	1.10
Hal Raether	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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