1959 KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location: Kansas City,MO
Team Record: 66-88 .429
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Harry Craft
General Manager: Parke Carroll
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 963,683
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Kansas City Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Murry Dickson (42)
Youngest Player: Lou Klimchock (19)
Longest Tenure: Tom Gorman, Hector Lopez, Joe DeMaestri (5)
Top Hitter: Hector Lopez (14)
Top Pitcher: Bud Daley (9)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 78.17%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Chi White Sox	94	60	.610	--
Cleveland	89	65	.578	5.0
NY Yankees	79	75	.513	15.0
Detroit	76	78	.494	18.0
Boston	75	79	.487	19.0
Baltimore	74	80	.481	20.0
KC Athletics	66	88	.429	28.0
Washington	63	91	.409	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
23	Dick Williams	of-3b	27	30	-	MLB	130	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	4	1	28	60	5	1	11	6	13	.266	.309	.436	746	213	538	389	73	5.1	.273
33	Bob Cerv	of	22	33	-	MLB	125	463	61	132	22	4	20	87	3	2	35	87	3	5	1	11	13	.285	.332	.479	812	222	513	358	77	5.8	.305
13	Bill Tuttle	of	26	29	-	MLB	126	463	74	139	19	6	7	43	10	6	48	38	4	2	4	2	12	.300	.369	.413	782	191	521	348	78	6.1	.314
3	Roger Maris	of	23	24	-	MLB	122	433	69	118	21	7	16	72	2	1	58	53	3	5	0	4	4	.273	.359	.464	824	201	498	324	84	7.0	.277
11	Jerry Lumpe	2b	35	26	-	MLB	108	403	47	98	11	5	3	28	2	1	41	32	0	1	7	0	10	.243	.313	.318	631	128	451	323	45	3.7	.258
2	Joe DeMaestri	ss	38	30	-	MLB	118	352	31	86	16	5	6	34	1	0	28	65	4	8	0	3	12	.244	.305	.369	674	130	387	281	39	3.8	.282
12	Frank House	c	51	29	-	MLB	98	347	32	82	14	3	1	30	0	3	20	23	2	6	2	0	10	.236	.282	.303	584	105	371	280	30	2.9	.251
9	Hal Smith	c	-	28	-	MLB	108	292	36	84	12	0	5	31	0	3	34	39	3	0	2	1	4	.288	.367	.380	747	111	332	218	44	5.5	.317
18	Kent Hadley	1b	58	24	-	MLB	113	288	40	73	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	74	1	0	2	3	6	.253	.310	.403	713	116	318	228	34	4.1	.304
14	Russ Snyder	of	71	25	-	MLB	73	243	41	76	13	2	3	21	6	2	19	29	2	0	3	0	4	.313	.367	.420	787	102	267	176	41	6.3	.346
1	Wayne Terwilliger	2b	-	34	-	MLB	74	180	27	48	11	0	2	18	2	2	19	31	0	0	4	1	2	.267	.335	.361	696	65	204	141	24	4.5	.311
8	Harry Chiti	c	-	26	-	MLB	55	162	20	44	11	1	5	25	0	1	17	26	1	1	0	0	9	.272	.344	.444	789	72	180	128	25	5.2	.298
10	Hector Lopez	of-3b	14	29	-	MLB	35	135	22	38	10	3	6	24	1	0	8	23	1	0	1	1	1	.281	.324	.533	857	72	146	100	27	7.2	.299
30	Ray Boone	3b-ss	-	35	-	MLB	61	132	19	36	6	0	2	12	1	0	27	17	0	2	2	0	4	.273	.396	.364	760	48	161	102	22	5.8	.301
22	Whitey Herzog	of	-	27	-	MLB	38	123	25	36	7	1	1	9	1	0	34	23	0	0	1	0	2	.293	.446	.390	836	48	158	90	26	7.8	.354
7	Preston Ward	1b-of	-	31	-	MLB	58	109	8	27	4	1	2	19	0	0	7	12	0	1	0	3	3	.248	.286	.358	644	39	119	88	12	3.7	.255
17	Zeke Bella	of	-	28	-	MLB	47	82	10	17	2	1	1	9	0	0	9	14	1	0	1	0	5	.207	.293	.293	586	24	93	71	6	2.3	.239
28	Bud Daley	p	-	26	-	MLB	39	78	5	23	1	0	0	13	0	0	2	11	2	0	5	0	1	.295	.329	.308	637	24	87	61	8	3.5	.343
31	Ned Garver	p	-	33	-	MLB	32	71	9	20	2	1	2	9	0	0	4	7	0	0	4	1	2	.282	.316	.423	738	30	80	58	10	4.8	.286
4	Lou Klimchock	3b-2b	-	19	-	MLB	17	66	10	18	1	0	4	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	2	.273	.284	.470	753	31	68	51	9	4.9	.250
4,30	Ray Jablonski	3b	-	32	-	MLB	25	65	4	17	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.294	.369	663	24	68	48	7	4.1	.288
38	Ray Herbert	p	-	29	-	MLB	37	57	5	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	3	0	1	.211	.250	.298	548	17	63	49	4	2.2	.234
26	Johnny Kucks	p	-	25	-	MLB	33	47	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	0	0	3	0	1	.085	.140	.106	246	5	53	47	-3	-1.9	.160
34	Bob Grim	p	-	29	-	MLB	40	32	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	17	0	0	6	1	0	.094	.143	.187	330	6	41	36	-1	-0.9	.133
36	Rip Coleman	p	-	27	-	MLB	29	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	.080	.080	.080	160	2	26	24	-2	-2.7	.143
10	Joe Morgan	3b	-	28	-	MLB	20	21	2	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.292	.286	577	6	24	18	1	1.9	.286
20	John Tsitouris	p	-	23	-	MLB	24	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	0	1	.150	.190	.150	340	3	24	21	-1	-1.0	.231
26	Ralph Terry	p	-	23	-	MLB	9	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.176	.176	.176	353	3	18	16	0	-0.5	.200
32	Tom Sturdivant	p	-	29	-	MLB	37	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.059	.059	.059	118	1	18	17	-2	-2.8	.100
21	Murry Dickson	p	-	42	-	MLB	38	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	353	3	17	14	0	-0.6	.250
5	Harry Simpson	of-1b	-	33	-	MLB	8	14	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.389	.500	889	7	18	11	3	7.4	.300
14	Tom Carroll	ss-3b	-	22	-	MLB	14	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	6	0	-0.7	.167
35	Al Grunwald	p	-	29	-	MLB	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
16	Howie Reed	p	-	22	-	MLB	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0	4	3	0	-0.9	.000
35	Ken Johnson	p	-	26	-	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
20	Russ Meyer	p	-	35	-	MLB	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
15	Dick Tomanek	p	-	28	-	MLB	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
32	Bob Martyn	of	-	28	-	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: (38 players)							154	5264	681	1383	231	43	117	637	34	24	481	780	33	32	69	38	124	.263	.326	.390	716	2051	5885	4136	717	4.7	.287

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
28	Bud Daley	9	26	-	MLB	16	13	3.16	39	29	12	2	5	1	216.1	212	90	76	24	62	125	7	0	1.27	8.82	1.00	2.58	5.20	0.50	.277	1.13
31	Ned Garver	21	33	-	MLB	10	13	3.71	32	30	9	2	1	1	201.1	214	94	83	22	42	61	4	0	1.27	9.57	0.98	1.88	2.73	0.69	.270	0.97
38	Ray Herbert	33	29	-	MLB	11	11	4.85	37	26	10	2	3	1	183.2	196	108	99	24	62	99	2	0	1.40	9.60	1.18	3.04	4.85	0.63	.296	1.22
26	Johnny Kucks	41	25	-	MLB	8	11	3.87	33	23	6	1	6	1	151.1	163	76	65	10	42	51	0	0	1.35	9.69	0.59	2.50	3.03	0.82	--	1.22
34	Bob Grim	48	29	-	MLB	6	10	4.09	40	9	3	1	16	4	125.1	124	69	57	10	57	65	4	0	1.44	8.90	0.72	4.09	4.67	0.88	.284	0.86
20	John Tsitouris	-	23	-	MLB	4	3	4.97	24	10	0	0	4	0	83.1	90	52	46	3	35	50	4	1	1.50	9.72	0.32	3.78	5.40	0.70	.312	1.03
36	Rip Coleman	-	27	-	MLB	2	10	4.56	29	11	2	0	6	2	81.0	85	46	41	8	34	54	3	0	1.47	9.44	0.89	3.78	6.00	0.63	.309	1.40
32	Tom Sturdivant	44	29	-	MLB	2	6	4.65	36	3	0	0	16	5	71.2	70	45	37	9	34	57	3	0	1.45	8.79	1.13	4.27	7.16	0.60	--	0.84
21	Murry Dickson	-	42	-	MLB	2	1	4.94	38	0	0	0	12	0	71.0	85	46	39	9	27	36	1	0	1.58	10.77	1.14	3.42	4.56	0.75	.306	1.35
26	Ralph Terry	35	23	-	MLB	2	4	5.24	9	7	2	0	1	0	46.1	56	29	27	9	19	35	1	0	1.62	10.88	1.75	3.69	6.80	0.54	--	0.96
20	Russ Meyer	-	35	-	MLB	1	0	4.50	18	0	0	0	7	1	24.0	24	12	12	3	11	10	2	0	1.46	9.00	1.13	4.13	3.75	1.10	.266	1.13
15	Dick Tomanek	-	28	-	MLB	0	1	6.53	16	0	0	0	12	2	20.2	27	15	15	6	12	13	5	1	1.89	11.76	2.61	5.23	5.66	0.92	.309	1.35
16	Howie Reed	-	22	-	MLB	0	3	7.40	6	3	0	0	2	0	20.2	26	19	17	3	10	11	3	0	1.74	11.32	1.31	4.35	4.79	0.91	.333	0.89
37	Tom Gorman	-	34	-	MLB	1	0	7.08	17	0	0	0	9	1	20.1	24	21	16	3	14	9	1	0	1.87	10.62	1.33	6.20	3.98	1.56	.300	0.75
35	Al Grunwald	-	29	-	MLB	0	1	7.94	6	1	0	0	3	1	11.1	18	14	10	1	11	9	0	0	2.56	14.29	0.79	8.74	7.15	1.22	.425	1.80
35	Ken Johnson	-	26	-	MLB	1	1	4.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	5	2	5	8	0	0	1.45	9.00	1.64	4.09	6.55	0.63	.290	1.88
36	Marty Kutyna	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	4	1	7.1	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	8.59	0.00	1.23	1.23	1.00	.259	0.62
36	Evans Killeen	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	4.76	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.2	4	3	3	0	4	1	1	0	1.41	6.35	0.00	6.35	1.59	4.00	.222	0.50
30	George Brunet	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	11.57	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.2	10	9	6	2	7	7	0	1	3.64	19.29	3.86	13.50	13.50	1.00	.571	6.00
35	Mark Freeman	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	9.82	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	2.45	14.73	0.00	7.36	2.45	3.00	.400	0.25
Totals: (38 players)						66	88	4.35	154	154	44	8	110	21	1,361	1452	760	658	117	492	703	41	3	1.37	9.60	0.98	3.25	4.65	0.70	.388

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank House	C	95		447	43	9	7	.982	0.00
Harry Chiti	C	47		228	25	3	5	.988	0.00
Hal Smith	C	22		125	10	5	5	.964	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kent Hadley	1B	95		656	42	8	66	.989	0.00
Ray Boone	1B	38		275	23	5	20	.983	0.00
Dick Williams	1B	32		233	16	2	32	.992	0.00
Preston Ward	1B	22		161	7	3	14	.982	0.00
Harry Simpson	1B	4		30	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Zeke Bella	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Whitey Herzog	1B	1		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wayne Terwilliger	2B	63		144	166	9	42	.972	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	2B	61		133	158	4	41	.986	0.00
Hector Lopez	2B	33		81	71	11	15	.933	0.00
Lou Klimchock	2B	16		34	41	4	11	.949	0.00
Dick Williams	2B	3		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Williams	3B	80		83	164	11	10	.957	0.00
Hal Smith	3B	77		85	119	10	10	.953	0.00
Ray Jablonski	3B	17		13	23	2	3	.947	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	3B	4		2	1	1	0	.750	0.00
Ray Boone	3B	3		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Carroll	3B	3		0	1	1	0	.500	0.00
Joe Morgan	3B	2		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wayne Terwilliger	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe DeMaestri	SS	115		167	320	22	63	.957	0.00
Jerry Lumpe	SS	56		85	148	8	39	.967	0.00
Tom Carroll	SS	9		7	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Wayne Terwilliger	SS	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Tuttle	OF	121		294	17	5	3	.984	0.00
Bob Cerv	OF	119		231	8	5	2	.980	0.00
Roger Maris	OF	117		231	7	6	4	.975	0.00
Russ Snyder	OF	64		127	9	2	2	.986	0.00
Whitey Herzog	OF	34		77	2	3	1	.963	0.00
Zeke Bella	OF	25		22	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dick Williams	OF	23		31	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Preston Ward	OF	1		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Grim	P	40	125	7	13	1	1	.952	1.44
Bud Daley	P	39	216	10	35	2	2	.957	1.87
Murry Dickson	P	38	71	1	13	1	0	.933	1.77
Ray Herbert	P	37	183	13	23	1	4	.973	1.77
Tom Sturdivant	P	36	71	6	17	3	1	.885	2.91
Johnny Kucks	P	33	151	10	31	1	4	.976	2.44
Ned Garver	P	32	201	10	35	1	3	.978	2.01
Rip Coleman	P	29	81	1	14	2	2	.882	1.67
John Tsitouris	P	24	83	3	13	2	0	.889	1.73
Russ Meyer	P	18	24	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.50
Tom Gorman	P	17	20	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Dick Tomanek	P	16	20	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.67
Ralph Terry	P	9	46	4	8	1	4	.923	2.34
Al Grunwald	P	6	11	0	2	1	1	.667	1.62
Howie Reed	P	6	20	0	2	1	0	.667	0.89
Evans Killeen	P	4	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Marty Kutyna	P	4	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	5.07
Mark Freeman	P	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Brunet	P	2	4	0	4	1	0	.800	8.57
Ken Johnson	P	2	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.45

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