1956 Kansas City Athletics Roster (40-man)

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 52-102-0, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Lou Boudreau (52-102)

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 1,015,154 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 57-97, 619 Runs, 831 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	33	us US	R	R	5' 9"	187	Sep 1, 1922	10	8	5	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.3	$15,500
Mike Baxes	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Dec 18, 1930	1st	73	27	73	63	0	0	0	1	0	62	0	0	0	0	10	9	0.3	$6,000
Clete Boyer	19	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 9, 1937	2	67	40	67	58	0	0	0	51	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0.1	$10,000
Bill Bradford	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Aug 28, 1921	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
George Brunet	21	us US	R	L	6' 1"	195	Jun 8, 1935	1st	6	1	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$3,600
Wally Burnette	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Jun 20, 1929	1st	18	14	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$6,000
Moe Burtschy	34	us US	R	R	6' 3"	208	Apr 18, 1922	5	21	0	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$7,000
Art Ceccarelli	26	us US	R	L	6' 0"	190	Apr 2, 1930	2	3	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Glenn Cox	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Feb 3, 1931	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Walt Craddock	24	us US	R	L	5' 11"	176	Mar 25, 1932	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jack Crimian	30	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Feb 17, 1926	3	55	7	55	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.4
Joe DeMaestri	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 9, 1928	6	133	125	133	132	0	0	0	2	0	132	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Art Ditmar	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Apr 3, 1929	3	44	34	44	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Carl Duser	23	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jul 22, 1932	1st	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jim Finigan	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Aug 19, 1928	3	91	68	91	80	0	0	0	52	32	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	-0.8
Joe Ginsberg	29	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 11, 1926	7	71	50	71	57	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0.2	$11,500
Tom Gorman	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jan 4, 1925	5	52	13	52	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Johnny Groth	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	182	Jul 23, 1926	11	95	61	95	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	56	18	85	14	3	-0.4
Bill Harrington	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Oct 3, 1928	3	23	1	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Troy Herriage	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Dec 20, 1930	1st	34	16	34	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-1.7
Spook Jacobs	30	us US	R	R	5' 8"	155	Nov 4, 1925	3	32	28	32	31	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.1
Alex Kellner	31	us US	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	9	21	17	21	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.8
Lou Kretlow	35	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Jun 27, 1921	10	25	20	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$14,500
Tommy Lasorda HOF	28	us US	L	L	5' 10"	175	Sep 22, 1927	3	19	5	19	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1.1
Héctor López	26	pa PA	R	R	5' 11"	182	Jul 8, 1929	2	151	144	151	149	0	0	0	8	121	4	0	20	0	20	5	1	1.7
Jack McMahan	23	us US	R	L	6' 0"	175	Jul 25, 1932	1st	23	9	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Dave Melton	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 3, 1928	1st	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0.1
Al Pilarcik	25	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Jul 3, 1930	1st	69	61	69	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	3	67	4	2	0.0
Jim Pisoni	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	169	Aug 14, 1929	2	10	9	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	9	1	0	0.1
Rance Pless	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Dec 6, 1925	1st	48	17	48	20	0	0	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	0.2
Arnie Portocarrero	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	196	Jul 5, 1931	3	3	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Vic Power	28	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	186	Nov 1, 1927	3	127	123	127	123	0	0	76	47	0	0	7	0	0	7	4	0	1.6		All-Star
Bill Renna	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	218	Oct 14, 1924	4	33	7	33	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	3	25	10	6	0.0
Eddie Robinson	35	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Dec 15, 1920	12	75	41	75	47	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	1	-0.7
José Santiago	27	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	175	Sep 4, 1928	4	9	5	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Bobby Shantz	30	us US	R	L	5' 6"	139	Sep 26, 1925	8	51	2	51	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1.1	$21,000
Harry Simpson	30	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 3, 1925	8	141	138	141	138	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	23	92	111	3	0	0.7	$9,500	All-Star
Lou Skizas	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Jun 2, 1932	1st	83	72	83	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	0	18	74	10	0	1.4
Enos Slaughter HOF	40	us US	L	R	5' 9"	180	Apr 27, 1916	16	91	47	91	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	37	56	42	0	1.2	$20,000
Hal Smith	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Dec 7, 1930	2	37	36	37	37	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Bob Spicer	31	us US	L	R	5' 10"	173	Apr 11, 1925	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Tim Thompson	32	us US	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 1, 1924	2	92	63	92	68	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0.5
Elmer Valo	35	sk SK	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	15	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	-0.1	$18,000
Gus Zernial	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 27, 1923	8	109	69	109	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	0	0	69	40	0	0.2
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	38	us US	Jul 17, 1917	Manager	Apr 17	Sep 30
Harry Craft	41	us US	Apr 19, 1915		Apr 17	Sep 30
Oscar Melillo	56	us US	Aug 4, 1899	Coach	Apr 17	Sep 30
George Susce	48	us US	Aug 13, 1907	Coach	Apr 17	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date