1958 KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 73-81 .474
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Harry Craft
General Manager: George Selkirk
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 925,090
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Murry Dickson (41)
Youngest Player: Lou Klimchock (18)
Longest Tenure: Tom Gorman, Glenn Cox, Vic Power, Alex Kellner, Joe DeMaestri, Hector Lopez (4)
Top Hitter: Bob Cerv (5)
Top Pitcher: Ralph Terry (14)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 62.22%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	92	62	.597	--
Chi White Sox	82	72	.532	10.0
Boston	79	75	.513	13.0
Cleveland	77	76	.503	14.5
Detroit	77	77	.500	15.0
Baltimore	74	79	.484	17.5
KC Athletics	73	81	.474	19.0
Washington	61	93	.396	31.0

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
10	Hector Lopez	of-3b	20	28	-	MLB	151	564	84	147	28	4	17	73	2	2	49	61	2	2	7	9	23	.261	.317	.415	732	234	631	458	80	4.7	.263
33	Bob Cerv	of	5	32	-	MLB	141	515	93	157	20	7	38	104	3	3	50	82	5	10	0	2	19	.305	.371	.592	963	305	572	382	114	8.1	.300
13	Bill Tuttle	of	27	28	-	MLB	148	511	77	118	14	9	11	51	7	9	74	58	1	1	4	4	17	.231	.327	.358	685	183	594	427	65	4.1	.240
2	Joe DeMaestri	ss	54	29	-	MLB	139	442	32	97	11	1	6	38	1	0	16	84	1	1	6	3	14	.219	.247	.290	536	128	468	368	24	1.8	.256
35	Roger Maris	of	15	23	-	MLB	99	401	61	99	14	3	19	53	0	0	28	52	2	1	2	2	2	.247	.298	.439	737	176	435	308	60	5.3	.241
9	Hal Smith	c	47	27	-	MLB	99	315	32	86	19	2	5	46	0	0	25	47	2	2	1	8	6	.273	.323	.394	717	124	351	244	45	4.9	.299
8,17	Harry Chiti	c	58	25	-	MLB	103	295	32	79	11	3	9	44	3	2	18	48	3	4	5	6	7	.268	.311	.417	728	123	327	236	40	4.6	.287
7	Preston Ward	1b-of	70	30	-	MLB	81	268	28	68	10	1	6	24	0	1	27	36	0	2	4	3	3	.254	.319	.366	684	98	302	211	35	4.4	.271
11	Mike Baxes	ss-2b	-	27	-	MLB	73	231	31	49	10	1	0	8	1	6	21	24	3	0	2	0	4	.212	.286	.264	550	61	257	194	17	2.4	.237
32	Bob Martyn	of	40	27	-	MLB	95	226	25	59	10	7	2	23	1	4	26	36	0	5	1	1	2	.261	.336	.394	730	89	254	175	33	5.0	.302
5	Harry Simpson	of-1b	-	32	-	MLB	78	212	21	56	7	1	7	27	0	2	26	33	0	3	1	0	1	.264	.345	.406	750	86	239	160	32	5.4	.285
7	Vic Power	1b	8	30	-	MLB	52	205	35	62	13	4	4	27	1	1	7	3	0	0	3	0	8	.302	.325	.463	789	95	215	155	35	6.0	.293
12,36	Frank House	c	-	28	-	MLB	76	202	16	51	6	3	4	24	1	0	12	13	1	2	1	2	9	.252	.295	.371	666	75	218	163	23	3.9	.251
1	Chico Carrasquel	ss	-	30	-	MLB	59	160	19	34	5	1	2	13	0	1	21	15	0	0	1	0	3	.212	.304	.294	598	47	182	131	16	3.3	.224
5	Woodie Held	ss-of	46	26	-	MLB	47	131	13	28	2	0	4	16	0	1	10	28	2	0	2	2	5	.214	.276	.321	596	42	147	113	10	2.3	.238
22	Whitey Herzog	of	-	26	-	MLB	88	96	11	23	1	2	0	9	0	3	16	21	0	1	0	1	0	.240	.345	.292	637	28	113	77	10	3.4	.303
26	Ralph Terry	p	-	22	-	MLB	40	71	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	0	0	3	0	1	.197	.219	.211	430	15	76	61	1	0.6	.246
31	Ned Garver	p	-	32	-	MLB	31	69	5	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	16	0	0	4	0	3	.174	.240	.217	457	15	79	64	2	0.7	.226
1	Billy Hunter	ss	60	30	-	MLB	22	58	6	9	1	1	2	11	1	1	5	7	0	0	3	0	1	.155	.222	.310	533	18	66	54	4	2.0	.143
38	Ray Herbert	p	-	28	-	MLB	42	52	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	12	0	0	2	0	1	.192	.263	.250	513	13	59	45	3	1.7	.250
21	Jack Urban	p	-	29	-	MLB	31	46	2	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	.152	.170	.152	322	7	47	40	-2	-1.0	.219
29	Murry Dickson	p	-	41	-	MLB	28	35	2	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	.257	.297	.343	640	12	39	28	4	3.6	.276
34	Bob Grim	p	-	28	-	MLB	26	32	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	3	0	0	.187	.212	.187	400	6	36	29	0	0.2	.250
34	Duke Maas	p	-	29	-	MLB	10	17	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.222	.294	516	5	19	15	1	1.9	.250
37	Tom Gorman	p	-	33	-	MLB	50	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	.118	.118	.176	294	3	17	16	-1	-2.3	.286
22,28	Bud Daley	p	-	25	-	MLB	26	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.187	312	3	17	15	0	0.4	.125
15	Dick Tomanek	p	-	27	-	MLB	36	13	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.385	670	5	14	10	2	5.2	.250
20	Alex Kellner	p	-	33	-	MLB	8	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.091	.167	.182	348	2	14	12	0	0.4	.111
18	Kent Hadley	1b	-	23	-	MLB	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364	2	11	9	0	-0.7	.286
4	Lou Klimchock	3b-2b	-	18	-	MLB	2	10	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.500	700	5	10	8	1	4.3	.125
3,35	Dave Melton	of	-	29	-	MLB	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
24	Wally Burnette	p	-	29	-	MLB	12	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	452	1	8	6	0	1.4	.200
24	Bob Davis	p	-	24	-	MLB	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.167	333	1	7	7	-	-	.167
35	Jim Small	of	-	21	-	MLB	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-0.6	.000
16	Howie Reed	p	-	21	-	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	4	3	0	0.4	.000
6,30	Walt Craddock	p	-	26	-	MLB	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
4	Milt Graff	2b	-	27	-	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
23	Virgil Trucks	p	-	41	-	MLB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	-	-	.000
20	John Tsitouris	p	-	22	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (39 players)							154	5261	642	1297	196	50	138	605	22	36	452	747	24	34	64	43	133	.247	.307	.381	688	2007	5844	4240	648	4.1	.262

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
26	Ralph Terry	14	22	-	MLB	11	13	4.24	40	33	8	3	3	2	216.2	217	111	102	29	61	134	3	0	1.28	9.01	1.20	2.53	5.57	0.46	.295	0.79
31	Ned Garver	24	32	-	MLB	12	11	4.03	31	28	10	3	3	1	201.0	192	97	90	24	66	72	2	0	1.28	8.60	1.07	2.96	3.22	0.92	.260	0.97
38	Ray Herbert	19	28	-	MLB	8	8	3.50	42	16	5	0	8	3	175.0	161	76	68	20	55	108	4	0	1.23	8.28	1.03	2.83	5.55	0.51	.307	0.93
21	Jack Urban	51	29	-	MLB	8	11	5.93	30	24	5	1	3	1	132.0	150	92	87	17	51	54	5	0	1.52	10.23	1.16	3.48	3.68	0.94	.305	0.97
34	Bob Grim	-	28	-	MLB	7	6	3.56	26	14	5	1	5	0	113.2	118	54	45	7	41	54	1	0	1.40	9.34	0.55	3.25	4.28	0.76	.294	0.99
29	Murry Dickson	-	41	-	MLB	9	5	3.27	27	9	3	0	9	1	99.0	99	42	36	12	31	46	0	0	1.31	9.00	1.09	2.82	4.18	0.67	.269	1.20
37	Tom Gorman	32	33	-	MLB	4	4	3.51	50	1	0	0	24	8	89.2	86	41	35	8	20	44	2	0	1.18	8.63	0.80	2.01	4.42	0.45	.291	0.84
15	Dick Tomanek	33	27	-	MLB	5	5	3.61	36	2	1	0	22	5	72.1	69	34	29	5	28	50	6	0	1.34	8.59	0.62	3.48	6.22	0.56	--	0.95
22,28	Bud Daley	-	25	-	MLB	3	2	3.31	26	5	1	0	2	0	70.2	67	29	26	5	19	39	4	0	1.22	8.53	0.64	2.42	4.97	0.49	.277	1.40
34	Duke Maas	22	29	-	MLB	4	5	3.90	10	7	3	1	3	1	55.1	49	25	24	3	13	19	1	0	1.12	7.97	0.49	2.11	3.09	0.68	.267	1.09
6,30	Walt Craddock	56	26	-	MLB	0	3	5.89	23	1	0	0	13	0	36.2	41	25	24	4	20	22	0	0	1.66	10.06	0.98	4.91	5.40	0.91	.319	0.91
20	Alex Kellner	-	33	-	MLB	0	2	5.88	7	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	40	24	22	5	8	22	0	0	1.43	10.69	1.34	2.14	5.88	0.36	.315	0.86
24	Bob Davis	-	24	-	MLB	0	4	7.84	8	4	0	0	2	0	31.0	45	28	27	5	12	22	1	0	1.84	13.06	1.45	3.48	6.39	0.55	.388	1.36
24	Wally Burnette	-	29	-	MLB	1	1	3.49	12	4	0	0	4	0	28.1	29	14	11	2	14	11	1	0	1.52	9.21	0.64	4.45	3.49	1.27	.293	0.57
23	Virgil Trucks	36	41	-	MLB	0	1	2.05	16	0	0	0	12	3	22.0	18	7	5	2	15	15	0	0	1.50	7.36	0.82	6.14	6.14	1.00	.258	0.92
16	Howie Reed	-	21	-	MLB	1	0	0.87	3	1	1	0	1	0	10.1	5	1	1	0	4	5	0	0	0.87	4.35	0.00	3.48	4.35	0.80	.167	1.78
16	Glenn Cox	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	9.82	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2.45	14.73	2.45	7.36	2.45	3.00	.385	1.25
20	John Tsitouris	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1.33	6.00	0.00	6.00	3.00	2.00	.200	0.60
27	Ken Johnson	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	3.86	23.14	3.86	11.57	3.86	3.00	.385	1.25
14,15	Carl Duser	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.00	22.50	0.00	4.50	0.00	--	.500	1.00
Totals: (39 players)						73	81	4.15	154	154	42	9	112	25	1,398	1405	713	645	138	467	720	31	1	1.25	9.04	0.97	3.01	4.63	0.65	.312

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harry Chiti	C	83		425	41	6	9	.987	0.00
Frank House	C	55		236	22	2	4	.992	0.00
Hal Smith	C	31		149	19	1	4	.994	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vic Power	1B	50		439	48	4	57	.992	0.00
Harry Simpson	1B	43		384	18	4	44	.990	0.00
Preston Ward	1B	39		346	23	4	28	.989	0.00
Whitey Herzog	1B	22		111	6	2	9	.983	0.00
Hal Smith	1B	14		120	6	0	6	1.000	0.00
Kent Hadley	1B	2		21	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hector Lopez	2B	96		251	282	14	78	.974	0.00
Mike Baxes	2B	61		134	151	9	40	.969	0.00
Billy Hunter	2B	8		14	18	0	6	1.000	0.00
Lou Klimchock	2B	2		2	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Milt Graff	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vic Power	2B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hector Lopez	3B	55		56	95	7	8	.956	0.00
Hal Smith	3B	43		44	87	7	9	.949	0.00
Preston Ward	3B	34		23	53	8	4	.905	0.00
Chico Carrasquel	3B	32		29	52	2	10	.976	0.00
Woodie Held	3B	4		4	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
Billy Hunter	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe DeMaestri	SS	137		226	417	13	95	.980	0.00
Chico Carrasquel	SS	22		24	45	2	6	.972	0.00
Billy Hunter	SS	12		10	32	3	4	.933	0.00
Mike Baxes	SS	4		1	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Woodie Held	SS	1		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hector Lopez	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Tuttle	OF	145		311	12	4	2	.988	0.00
Bob Cerv	OF	136		311	13	5	3	.985	0.00
Roger Maris	OF	99		190	9	5	3	.975	0.00
Bob Martyn	OF	63		112	4	4	2	.967	0.00
Woodie Held	OF	41		75	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Whitey Herzog	OF	37		30	0	1	0	.968	0.00
Harry Simpson	OF	11		24	1	1	0	.962	0.00
Dave Melton	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Preston Ward	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hector Lopez	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Small	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Gorman	P	50	89	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.31
Ray Herbert	P	42	175	9	37	3	8	.939	2.37
Ralph Terry	P	40	216	13	24	4	3	.902	1.54
Dick Tomanek	P	36	72	2	11	1	1	.929	1.62
Ned Garver	P	31	201	18	57	2	4	.974	3.36
Jack Urban	P	30	132	13	14	2	2	.931	1.84
Murry Dickson	P	27	99	6	25	0	3	1.000	2.82
Bud Daley	P	26	70	3	16	1	2	.950	2.44
Bob Grim	P	26	113	3	17	2	0	.909	1.59
Walt Craddock	P	23	36	1	8	0	1	1.000	2.24
Virgil Trucks	P	16	22	4	3	1	0	.875	2.86
Wally Burnette	P	12	28	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.96
Duke Maas	P	10	55	4	10	0	0	1.000	2.29
Bob Davis	P	8	31	0	7	1	1	.875	2.03
Alex Kellner	P	7	33	2	5	0	1	1.000	1.90
Howie Reed	P	3	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.89
Glenn Cox	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ken Johnson	P	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	8.57
Carl Duser	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
John Tsitouris	P	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00

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