1955 Kansas City Athletics Roster (40-man)

1954 Season 1956 Season

Record: 63-91-1, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Lou Boudreau (63-91-1)

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 1,393,054 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 53-101, 638 Runs, 911 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Joe Astroth	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	187	Sep 1, 1922	9	101	92	101	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.9	$13,500
Hal Bevan	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	198	Nov 15, 1930	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1	$7,000
Charlie Bishop	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jan 1, 1924	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$8,000
Ewell Blackwell	32	us US	R	R	6' 6"	195	Oct 23, 1922	10	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$13,500
Don Bollweg	34	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Feb 12, 1921	5	12	0	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	-0.1	$10,000
Clete Boyer	18	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 9, 1937	1st	47	16	47	32	0	0	0	10	11	12	0	0	0	0	9	8	-0.6	$5,000
Cloyd Boyer	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	188	Sep 1, 1927	5	30	11	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.8	$8,500
Moe Burtschy	33	us US	R	R	6' 3"	208	Apr 18, 1922	4	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$7,000
Art Ceccarelli	25	us US	R	L	6' 0"	190	Apr 2, 1930	1st	31	16	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Glenn Cox	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Feb 3, 1931	1st	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Walt Craddock	23	us US	R	L	5' 11"	176	Mar 25, 1932	1st	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Joe DeMaestri	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 9, 1928	5	123	118	123	122	0	0	0	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.9
Art Ditmar	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Apr 3, 1929	2	35	22	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Sonny Dixon	30	us US	B	R	6' 2"	205	Nov 5, 1924	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Jim Finigan	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Aug 19, 1928	2	150	146	150	148	0	0	0	90	59	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.9		All-Star
Marion Fricano	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Jul 15, 1923	4	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Alex George	16	us US	L	R	5' 11"	170	Sep 27, 1938	1st	5	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3
Tom Gorman	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jan 4, 1925	4	57	0	57	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3
Johnny Gray	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	226	Dec 11, 1926	2	8	5	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Bill Harrington	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Oct 3, 1928	2	34	1	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Ray Herbert	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 15, 1929	5	24	11	24	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.9
Spook Jacobs	29	us US	R	R	5' 8"	155	Nov 4, 1925	2	13	6	13	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	-0.2
Alex Kellner	30	us US	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	8	30	24	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Gus Keriazakos	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	187	Jul 28, 1931	3	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Dick Kryhoski	30	us US	L	L	6' 2"	182	Mar 24, 1925	7	28	8	28	14	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2	-0.3
Mike Kume	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	May 19, 1926	1st	6	4	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Jack Littrell	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	179	Jan 22, 1929	3	37	17	37	31	0	0	6	4	0	22	0	0	0	0	7	4	-0.7
Héctor López	25	pa PA	R	R	5' 11"	182	Jul 8, 1929	1st	128	125	128	128	0	0	0	36	93	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.9
Eric MacKenzie	22	ca CA	L	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 29, 1932	1st	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Don Plarski	25	us US	R	R	5' 6"	160	Nov 9, 1929	1st	8	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	1	2	-0.1
Arnie Portocarrero	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	196	Jul 5, 1931	2	24	20	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Vic Power	27	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	186	Nov 1, 1927	2	147	143	147	144	0	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.5		All-Star
Vic Raschi	36	us US	R	R	6' 1"	205	Mar 28, 1919	10	20	18	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Bill Renna	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	218	Oct 14, 1924	3	100	62	100	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	72	79	24	2	-0.3
Jim Robertson	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	183	Jan 29, 1928	2	6	2	6	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0
Tom Saffell	33	us US	L	R	5' 11"	170	Jul 26, 1921	4	9	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	9	0	0	-0.3
Johnny Sain	37	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Sep 25, 1917	11	25	0	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jerry Schypinski	23	us US	L	R	5' 10"	170	Sep 16, 1931	1st	22	20	22	22	0	0	0	2	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Billy Shantz	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	160	Jul 31, 1927	2	79	61	79	78	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-0.2	$8,000
Bobby Shantz	29	us US	R	L	5' 6"	139	Sep 26, 1925	7	26	17	26	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.4	$20,000
Harry Simpson	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 3, 1925	7	112	96	112	103	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	91	10	100	12	0	0.4
Enos Slaughter HOF	39	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Apr 27, 1916	15	108	56	108	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	77	49	0	2.2
Lou Sleater	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Sep 8, 1926	4	21	1	21	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.6	$6,500
Bob Spicer	30	us US	L	R	5' 10"	173	Apr 11, 1925	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Bill Stewart	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Apr 12, 1928	1st	11	3	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	6	5	0	-0.2
Pete Suder	39	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 16, 1916	13	26	18	26	24	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.8	$12,000
Bob Trice	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Aug 28, 1926	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Elmer Valo	34	sk SK	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	14	112	69	112	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	4	23	72	40	1	3.0	$15,000
Ozzie Van Brabant	28	ca CA	R	R	6' 1"	165	Sep 28, 1926	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Lee Wheat	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Sep 15, 1929	2	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Bill Wilson	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Nov 6, 1928	4	98	66	98	83	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	58	6	82	17	1	0.0
Gus Zernial	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 27, 1923	7	120	102	120	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	0	0	103	18	0	1.4
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Lou Boudreau	37	us US	Jul 17, 1917	Manager	Apr 12	Sep 25
Harry Craft	40	us US	Apr 19, 1915		Apr 12	Sep 25
Burleigh Grimes	61	us US	Aug 18, 1893		Apr 12	Sep 25
Oscar Melillo	55	us US	Aug 4, 1899	Coach	Apr 12	Sep 25
George Susce	47	us US	Aug 13, 1907	Coach	Apr 12	Sep 25
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date