1958 Kansas City Athletics Roster (40-man)

1957 Season 1959 Season

Record: 73-81-2, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Harry Craft (73-81-2)

General Manager: George Selkirk

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 925,090 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107

Pythagorean W-L: 70-84, 642 Runs, 713 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
Mike Baxes	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Dec 18, 1930	2	73	59	73	65	0	0	0	61	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	4	-1.3	$9,000
Wally Burnette	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Jun 20, 1929	3	12	4	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$9,500
Chico Carrasquel	32	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	170	Jan 23, 1926	9	59	39	59	50	0	0	0	0	30	24	0	0	0	0	10	2	-0.4
Bob Cerv	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	May 5, 1925	8	141	135	141	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	0	0	136	6	0	6.4		All-Star
Harry Chiti	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	221	Nov 16, 1932	6	103	75	103	83	0	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	2	0.9
Glenn Cox	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Feb 3, 1931	4	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Walt Craddock	26	us US	R	L	5' 11"	176	Mar 25, 1932	3	23	1	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Bud Daley	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Oct 7, 1932	4	26	5	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Bob Davis	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Sep 11, 1933	1st	8	4	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Joe DeMaestri	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Dec 9, 1928	8	139	132	139	137	0	0	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	3	1	-0.3
Murry Dickson	41	us US	R	R	5' 10"	157	Aug 21, 1916	17	28	9	28	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.5
Carl Duser	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jul 22, 1932	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Ned Garver	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Dec 25, 1925	11	31	28	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Tom Gorman	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jan 4, 1925	7	50	1	50	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Milt Graff	27	us US	L	R	5' 7"	158	Dec 30, 1930	2	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Bob Grim	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Mar 8, 1930	5	26	14	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Kent Hadley	23	us US	L	L	6' 3"	190	Dec 17, 1934	1st	3	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Woodie Held	26	us US	R	R	5' 10"	167	Mar 25, 1932	3	47	34	47	44	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	41	0	41	4	2	-0.3
Ray Herbert	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 15, 1929	6	42	16	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8
Whitey Herzog HOF	26	us US	L	L	5' 11"	182	Nov 9, 1931	3	88	15	88	58	0	0	22	0	0	0	29	7	1	37	36	8	-0.2
Frank House	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	190	Feb 18, 1930	7	76	52	76	55	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0.5	$14,000
Billy Hunter	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jun 4, 1928	6	22	17	22	21	0	0	0	8	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.3	$11,000
Ken Johnson	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jun 16, 1933	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Alex Kellner	33	us US	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	11	8	6	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.6
Lou Klimchock	18	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 15, 1939	1st	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Héctor López	28	pa PA	R	R	5' 11"	182	Jul 8, 1929	4	151	145	151	148	0	0	0	94	57	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	2.6
Duke Maas	29	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Jan 31, 1929	4	10	7	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Roger Maris	23	us US	L	R	6' 0"	197	Sep 10, 1934	2	99	98	99	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	90	99	1	0	0.9
Bob Martyn	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	176	Aug 15, 1930	2	95	52	95	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1	50	63	37	1	0.6
Dave Melton	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 3, 1928	2	9	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	3	-0.1
Vic Power	30	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	186	Nov 1, 1927	5	52	50	52	50	0	0	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.6
Howie Reed	21	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Dec 21, 1936	1st	3	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Harry Simpson	32	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 3, 1925	10	78	52	78	54	0	0	43	0	0	0	9	0	2	11	25	0	1.0
Jim Small	21	us US	L	L	6' 1"	180	Mar 8, 1937	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-0.1	$7,000
Hal Smith	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Dec 7, 1930	4	99	85	99	88	0	31	14	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0.7	$16,500
Ralph Terry	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Jan 9, 1936	3	40	33	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Dick Tomanek	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jan 6, 1931	4	36	2	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Virgil Trucks	41	us US	R	R	5' 11"	198	Apr 26, 1917	17	16	0	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
John Tsitouris	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	May 4, 1936	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Bill Tuttle	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 4, 1929	6	148	131	148	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	40	145	11	2	-0.3
Jack Urban	29	us US	R	R	5' 8"	155	Dec 5, 1928	2	31	24	31	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1.7
Preston Ward	30	us US	L	R	6' 4"	190	Jul 24, 1927	8	81	72	81	72	0	0	39	0	34	0	2	0	0	2	9	0	-1.0
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
Harry Craft	43	us US	Apr 19, 1915	Manager	Apr 15	Sep 28
Spud Chandler	50	us US	Sep 12, 1907		Apr 15	Sep 28
Don Heffner	47	us US	Feb 8, 1911	Coach	Apr 15	Sep 28
Bob Swift	43	us US	Mar 6, 1915	Coach	Apr 15	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date