1956 Kansas City Athletics

Major League Baseball

Record: 52-102 .338.... 8th in AL
Manager(s): Lou Boudreau
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,015,154

HR: Harry Simpson [21]
RBI: Harry Simpson [105]
2B: Hector Lopez [27]
SB: Al Pilarcik [9]

W: Art Ditmar [12]
SV: Bobby Shantz [9]
SO: Art Ditmar [126]

Oldest Player: Enos Slaughter [40]
Youngest Player: Clete Boyer [19]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike Baxes (Apr 17) Dave Melton (Apr 17) Al Pilarcik (Jul 13) Rance Pless (Apr 21) Lou Skizas (Apr 19)
Pitchers: Bill Bradford (Apr 24) George Brunet (Sep 14) Wally Burnette (Jul 15) Carl Duser (Sep 15) Troy Herriage (Apr 25) Jack McMahan (Apr 18)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C		Tim Thompson	32	92	268	21	73	13	2	1	27	2	4	17	23	2	1	0	1	4	.272	.319	.347	666
1B		Vic Power	28	127	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	2	2	24	16	1	2	3	1	5	.309	.340	.447	787
2B		Jim Finigan	27	91	250	29	54	7	2	2	21	3	1	30	28	1	1	5	4	6	.216	.298	.284	582
3B		Hector Lopez	26	151	561	91	153	27	3	18	69	4	5	63	73	3	3	8	4	13	.273	.347	.428	775
SS		Joe DeMaestri	27	133	434	41	101	16	1	6	39	3	3	25	73	3	2	3	3	8	.233	.277	.316	593
OF		Harry Simpson	30	141	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	2	3	47	82	1	8	1	5	19	.293	.347	.490	837
OF		Johnny Groth	29	95	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	0	2	2	4	9	.258	.335	.398	733
OF		Lou Skizas	24	83	297	39	94	11	3	11	39	3	1	15	17	0	1	2	3	13	.316	.346	.485	831

OF		Gus Zernial	33	109	272	36	61	12	0	16	44	2	0	33	66	4	2	0	2	5	.224	.315	.445	760
P		Art Ditmar	27	44	91	5	13	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	24	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.170	.176	346
OF		Al Pilarcik	25	69	239	28	60	10	1	4	22	9	2	30	32	0	1	2	1	2	.251	.333	.351	684
P		Tom Gorman	31	52	39	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	0	0	1	0	0	.051	.140	.051	191
OF		Enos Slaughter	40	91	223	37	62	14	3	2	23	1	0	29	20	1	1	1	1	6	.278	.362	.395	757
P		Alex Kellner	31	21	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	3	0	1	.200	.273	.200	473
C		Joe Ginsberg	29	71	195	15	48	8	1	1	12	1	1	23	17	0	3	0	2	7	.246	.323	.313	636
P		Bobby Shantz	30	51	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.136	303
1B		Eddie Robinson	35	75	172	13	34	5	1	2	12	0	0	26	20	2	1	1	1	7	.198	.308	.273	581
P		Moe Burtschy	34	21	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250
C		Hal Smith	25	37	142	15	39	9	2	2	24	1	1	3	12	0	0	0	3	2	.275	.284	.408	692
P		Glenn Cox	25	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000
2B		Clete Boyer	19	67	129	15	28	3	1	1	4	1	1	11	24	1	1	2	0	2	.217	.284	.279	563
P		Bill Harrington	28	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125
SS		Mike Baxes	25	73	106	9	24	3	1	1	5	0	1	18	15	0	1	4	0	2	.226	.339	.302	641
P		Art Ceccarelli	26	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250
2B		Spook Jacobs	30	32	97	13	21	3	0	0	5	4	1	15	5	0	1	3	0	4	.216	.321	.247	568
P		Walt Craddock	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
1B		Rance Pless	30	48	85	4	23	3	1	0	9	0	1	10	13	1	0	0	0	5	.271	.354	.329	683
P		Arnie Portocarrero	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
OF		Bill Renna	31	33	48	12	13	3	0	2	5	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	1	.271	.314	.458	772
P		Wally Burnette	27	18	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	5	0	0	.051	.075	.051	126
P		Lou Kretlow	35	25	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	0	0	4	0	0	.061	.162	.061	223
OF		Jim Pisoni	26	10	30	4	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	1	2	.267	.303	.467	770
P		Troy Herriage	25	34	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	0	0	2	0	0	.120	.185	.120	305
P		Jack Crimian	30	55	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	5	0	1	.227	.320	.227	547
P		Jack McMahan	23	23	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
C		Joe Astroth	33	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154
P		Tom Lasorda	28	19	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.077	.077	.077	154
OF		Elmer Valo	35	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.273	.222	495
P		Jose Santiago	27	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.400	800
P		Carl Duser	23	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
OF		Dave Melton	27	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666
P		George Brunet	21	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
Batting Totals:				154	5256	619	1325	204	41	112	584	40	30	479	725	20	31	67	37	127	.252	.315	.370	685

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