1956 Kansas City Athletics Statistics

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Top 12 Players

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Tim Thompson*	32	C	0.5	92	288	268	21	73	13	2	1	27	2	4	17	23	.272	.319	.347	.666	77	.317	73	93	4	2	0	1	1	2H
2	Vic Power	28	1B	1.6	127	559	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	2	2	24	16	.309	.340	.447	.787	107	.365	104	237	5	1	3	1	2	34/7H	AS,MVP-27
3	Jim Finigan	27	2B	-0.8	91	290	250	29	54	7	2	2	21	3	1	30	28	.216	.298	.284	.582	55	.296	53	71	6	1	5	4	1	45H
4	Joe DeMaestri	27	SS	0.0	133	468	434	41	101	16	1	6	39	3	3	25	73	.233	.277	.316	.593	57	.283	47	137	8	3	3	3	2	*6/4H
5	Héctor López	26	3B	1.7	151	639	561	91	153	27	3	18	69	4	5	63	73	.273	.347	.428	.775	104	.364	103	240	13	3	8	4	3	*58/4H6
6	Gus Zernial	33	LF	0.2	109	312	272	36	61	12	0	16	44	2	0	33	66	.224	.315	.445	.760	99	.350	91	121	5	4	0	2	2	7H
7	Al Pilarcik*	25	CF	0.0	69	272	239	28	60	10	1	4	22	9	2	30	32	.251	.333	.351	.685	82	.337	79	84	2	0	2	1	1	8/H9
8	Harry Simpson*	30	RF	0.7	141	597	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	2	3	47	82	.293	.347	.490	.837	120	.378	113	266	19	1	1	5	8	*938/H	AS,MVP-11
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Lou Skizas	24	LF	1.4	83	317	297	39	94	11	3	11	39	3	1	15	17	.316	.346	.485	.831	118	.398	125	144	13	0	2	3	1	79H
10	Johnny Groth	29	OF	-0.4	95	280	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	.258	.335	.398	.732	93	.355	98	97	9	0	2	4	2	89H7
11	Enos Slaughter*	40	OF	1.2	91	255	223	37	62	14	3	2	23	1	0	29	20	.278	.362	.395	.757	100	.373	109	88	6	1	1	1	1	H97/8
12	Joe Ginsberg*	29	C	0.2	71	220	195	15	48	8	1	1	12	1	1	23	17	.246	.323	.313	.636	69	.313	67	61	7	0	0	2	3	2H
13	Eddie Robinson*	35	1B	-0.7	75	202	172	13	34	5	1	2	12	0	0	26	20	.198	.308	.273	.582	55	.298	56	47	7	2	1	1	1	3H
14	Hal Smith	25	C	0.2	37	148	142	15	39	9	2	2	24	1	1	3	12	.275	.284	.408	.692	81	.330	77	58	2	0	0	3	0	2
15	Clete Boyer	19	2B	0.1	67	143	129	15	28	3	1	1	4	1	1	11	24	.217	.284	.279	.563	50	.298	57	36	2	1	2	0	1	4H/5
16	Mike Baxes	25	SS	0.3	73	128	106	9	24	3	1	1	5	0	1	18	15	.226	.339	.302	.641	71	.320	73	32	2	0	4	0	1	6H/4
17	Spook Jacobs	30	2B	-0.1	32	115	97	13	21	3	0	0	5	4	1	15	5	.216	.321	.247	.569	53	.310	60	24	4	0	3	0	1	4/H
18	Rance Pless	30	CI	0.2	48	96	85	4	23	3	1	0	9	0	1	10	13	.271	.354	.329	.684	82	.332	84	28	5	1	0	0	0	H3/5
19	Bill Renna	31	OF	0.0	33	51	48	12	13	3	0	2	5	1	0	3	10	.271	.314	.458	.772	102	.353	91	22	1	0	0	0	0	7H/9
20	Jim Pisoni	26	CF	0.1	10	33	30	4	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	8	.267	.303	.467	.770	101	.341	86	14	2	0	0	1	0	/8H
21	Joe Astroth	33	C	-0.3	8	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.077	.077	.077	.154	-59	.072	-115	1	0	0	1	0	0	/2H
22	Elmer Valo*	35	LF	-0.1	9	11	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.222	.273	.222	.495	33	.237	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	/H7
23	Dave Melton	27	LF	0.1	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	.311	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	/7
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
24	Art Ditmar	27	P	-0.5	44	98	91	5	13	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	24	.143	.170	.176	.346	-8	.169	-33	16	0	0	4	0	0	1
25	Wally Burnette	27	P	-0.6	18	45	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.051	.075	.051	.126	-66	.065	-130	2	0	0	5	0	0	1
26	Tom Gorman	31	P	-0.4	52	44	39	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.051	.140	.051	.191	-47	.112	-76	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
27	Lou Kretlow	35	P	-0.2	25	41	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	.061	.162	.061	.223	-39	.156	-57	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
28	Alex Kellner	31	P	0.0	21	37	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.200	.273	.200	.473	27	.237	4	6	1	0	3	0	0	1/H
29	Jack Crimian	30	P	0.1	55	30	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	47	.275	29	5	1	0	5	0	0	1/H
30	Troy Herriage	25	P	-0.2	34	29	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.120	.185	.120	.305	-18	.159	-50	3	0	0	2	0	0	1/H
31	Bobby Shantz	30	P	-0.2	51	26	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.091	.167	.136	.303	-19	.155	-54	3	1	0	2	0	0	1/H
32	Jack McMahan	23	P	-0.3	23	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-149	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Tommy Lasorda*	28	P	-0.2	19	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	-59	.072	-100	1	1	0	0	0	0	1/H
34	Bill Harrington	27	P	-0.1	23	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	.093	-131	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
35	Moe Burtschy	34	P	-0.1	21	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	.117	-68	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	Glenn Cox	25	P	-0.2	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-149	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
37	José Santiago	27	P	0.1	9	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	113	.373	110	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1
38	Art Ceccarelli	26	P	0.0	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	.185	-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
39	Carl Duser*	23	P	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-149	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
40	Walt Craddock	24	P	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-152	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
41	George Brunet	21	P	0.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-152	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
42	Arnie Portocarrero	24	P	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-142	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
43	Bob Spicer*	31	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
44	Bill Bradford	34	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			3.3	154	5861	5256	619	1325	204	41	112	584	40	30	479	725	.252	.315	.370	.685	81	.328	77	1947	127	20	67	37	31
	Non-Pitcher Totals			6.1		5441	4890	598	1286	203	41	111	572	40	29	455	587	.263	.326	.389	.715	89	.341	87	1904	122	20	38	37	31
	Pitcher Totals			-2.8		420	366	21	39	1	0	1	12	0	1	24	138	.107	.162	.117	.279	-25	.146	-57	43	5	0	29	0	0

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Art Ditmar	27	12	22	.353	4.42	44	34	6	14	2	1	254.1	254	141	125	30	108	6	126	7	0	5	1101	98	4.27	1.423	9.0	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.17
2	SP	Wally Burnette	27	6	8	.429	2.89	18	14	4	4	1	0	121.1	115	48	39	13	39	3	54	2	1	3	507	150	3.89	1.269	8.5	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.38
3	SP	Lou Kretlow	35	4	9	.308	5.31	25	20	3	3	0	0	118.2	121	75	70	17	74	4	61	0	0	3	542	82	5.08	1.643	9.2	1.3	5.6	4.6	0.82
4	SP	Troy Herriage	25	1	13	.071	6.64	31	16	7	1	0	0	103.0	135	83	76	16	64	6	59	6	0	2	501	65	5.28	1.932	11.8	1.4	5.6	5.2	0.92
5	SP	Alex Kellner*	31	7	4	.636	4.32	20	17	3	5	0	0	91.2	103	49	44	15	33	3	44	2	0	1	399	101	4.68	1.484	10.1	1.5	3.2	4.3	1.33
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Bobby Shantz*	30	2	7	.222	4.35	45	2	26	1	0	9	101.1	95	51	49	12	37	4	67	3	0	1	425	100	3.77	1.303	8.4	1.1	3.3	6.0	1.81
7	RP	Tom Gorman	31	9	10	.474	3.83	52	13	23	1	0	4	171.1	168	83	73	23	68	7	56	2	1	2	733	113	4.69	1.377	8.8	1.2	3.6	2.9	0.82
8	RP	Jack Crimian	30	4	8	.333	5.51	54	7	16	0	0	3	129.0	129	87	79	19	49	2	59	5	0	2	556	79	4.63	1.380	9.0	1.3	3.4	4.1	1.20
9	RP	Jack McMahan*	23	0	5	.000	4.82	23	9	8	0	0	0	61.2	69	40	33	7	31	0	13	2	0	1	279	90	5.03	1.622	10.1	1.0	4.5	1.9	0.42
10	RP	Bill Harrington	27	2	2	.500	6.45	23	1	8	0	0	1	37.2	40	27	27	3	26	1	14	0	1	3	173	68	4.73	1.752	9.6	0.7	6.2	3.3	0.54
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Tommy Lasorda*	28	0	4	.000	6.15	18	5	7	0	0	1	45.1	40	38	31	6	45	3	28	3	0	7	220	71	6.03	1.875	7.9	1.2	8.9	5.6	0.62
12		Moe Burtschy	34	3	1	.750	3.95	21	0	9	0	0	0	43.1	41	22	19	6	30	4	18	3	0	2	195	111	5.62	1.638	8.5	1.2	6.2	3.7	0.60
13		Glenn Cox	25	0	2	.000	4.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.1	15	11	11	2	22	0	6	0	0	2	101	103	5.80	1.586	5.8	0.8	8.5	2.3	0.27
14		José Santiago	27	1	2	.333	8.31	9	5	1	0	0	0	21.2	36	26	20	8	17	0	9	5	0	1	117	53	9.39	2.446	15.0	3.3	7.1	3.7	0.53
15		Art Ceccarelli*	26	0	1	.000	7.20	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	13	13	8	3	4	1	2	1	0	1	49	62	7.37	1.700	11.7	2.7	3.6	1.8	0.50
16		Walt Craddock*	24	0	2	.000	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	9	7	7	1	10	0	8	0	0	2	45	67	5.26	2.036	8.7	1.0	9.6	7.7	0.80
17		George Brunet*	21	0	0		7.00	6	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	10	8	7	1	11	0	5	0	0	0	47	64	6.37	2.333	10.0	1.0	11.0	5.0	0.45
18		Arnie Portocarrero	24	0	1	.000	10.13	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	9	9	9	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	38	45	7.75	2.000	10.1	2.3	7.9	2.3	0.29
19		Carl Duser*	23	1	1	.500	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	14	6	6	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	33	51	1.70	2.667	21.0	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
20		Bob Spicer	31	0	0		19.29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	26	10.51	3.000	23.1	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.00
21		Bill Bradford	34	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	57	16.87	1.500	9.0	9.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	28.8	52	102	.338	4.86	154	154	124	30	3	19	1370.1	1424	831	740	187	679	44	636	42	3	38	6083	89	4.79	1.535	9.4	1.2	4.5	4.2	0.94
		Rank in 8 AL teams		8	1		7				8	7	5	6	7	7	7	8	7		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W