1957 Kansas City Athletics

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W-L Record: 59-94 -- 7th in American League - Manager: Lou Boudreau, Harry Craft Location: Kansas City,MO Baseball Stadium: Municipal Stadium Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 901,067 Youngest Player: Dave Hill (19) Oldest Player: Virgil Trucks (40) Longest Tenure: Hector Lopez, Glenn Cox, Joe DeMaestri, Tom Gorman, Alex Kellner, Gus Zernial, Arnie Portocarrero, Vic Power, Harry Simpson (3)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1957 Kansas City Athletics

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
16	Al Aber	P	29	L	L	6-2	195	7/31/1927	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1950-1957
21	Ed Blake	P	31	R	R	5-11	175	12/23/1925	East St. Louis,Illinois	MLB	1951-1957
28	George Brunet	P	22	R	L	6-1	210	6/8/1935	Houghton,Michigan	MLB	1956-1971
24	Wally Burnette	P	28	R	R	6-0	178	6/20/1929	Blairs,Virginia	MLB	1956-1958
33	Bob Cerv	OF	31	R	R	6-0	200	5/5/1926	Lincoln,Nebraska	MLB	1951-1962
15	Rip Coleman	P	25	L	L	6-2	185	7/31/1931	Troy,New York	MLB	1955-1960
28	Glenn Cox	P	26	R	R	6-2	210	2/3/1931	Montebello,California	MLB	1955-1958
2	Joe DeMaestri	SS	28	R	R	6-0	174	12/9/1928	San Francisco,California	MLB	1951-1961
26	Ryne Duren	P	28	R	R	6-1	195	2/22/1929	Cazenovia,Wisconsin	MLB	1954-1965
31	Ned Garver	P	31	R	R	5-10	180	12/25/1925	Ney,Ohio	MLB	1948-1961
37	Tom Gorman	P	32	R	R	6-1	190	1/4/1925	New York,New York	MLB	1952-1959
4	Milt Graff	2B	26	L	R	5-7	158	12/30/1930	Jefferson Center,Pennsylvania	MLB	1957-1958
39	Johnny Groth	OF	30	R	R	6-0	182	7/23/1926	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1946-1960
38	Woodie Held	SS-OF	25	R	R	5-11	180	3/25/1932	Sacramento,California	MLB	1954-1969
12	Dave Hill	P	19	R	L	6-2	170	11/11/1937	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1957-1957
28	Gene Host	P	24	B	L	5-11	190	1/1/1933	Leeper,Pennsylvania	MLB	1956-1957
1	Billy Hunter	SS	29	R	R	6-0	180	6/4/1928	Punxsutawney,Pennsylvania	MLB	1953-1958
20	Alex Kellner	P	32	R	L	6-0	200	8/26/1924	Tucson,Arizona	MLB	1948-1959
10	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	27	R	R	5-11	182	7/9/1929	Colon,Panama	MLB	1955-1966
4	Billy Martin	2B	29	R	R	5-11	165	5/16/1928	Berkeley,California	MLB	1950-1961
32	Bob Martyn	OF	26	L	R	6-0	176	8/15/1930	Weiser,Idaho	MLB	1957-1959
19	Mickey McDermott	P	28	L	L	6-2	170	8/29/1928	Poughkeepsie,New York	MLB	1948-1961
17	Tom Morgan	P	27	R	R	6-2	195	5/20/1930	ElMonte,California	MLB	1951-1963
11	Irv Noren	OF	32	L	L	6-0	190	11/29/1924	Jamestown,New York	MLB	1950-1960
32	Jim Pisoni	OF	27	R	R	5-10	169	8/14/1929	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1953-1960
25	Arnie Portocarrero	P	25	R	R	6-3	196	7/5/1931	New York,New York	MLB	1954-1960
7	Vic Power	1B	29	R	R	5-11	195	11/1/1927	Arecibo,Puerto Rico	MLB	1954-1965
34	Hal Raether	P	24	R	R	6-1	185	10/10/1932	Lake Mills,Wisconsin	MLB	1954-1957
38	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	31	L	R	6-1	190	12/3/1925	Atlanta,Georgia	MLB	1951-1959
35	Lou Skizas	OF-3B	25	R	R	5-11	175	6/2/1932	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1956-1959
9	Hal Smith	C	26	R	R	6-0	195	12/7/1930	West Frankfort,Illinois	MLB	1955-1964
15	Harry Taylor	P	21	R	R	6-0	185	12/2/1935	San Angelo,Texas	MLB	1957-1957
26	Ralph Terry	P	21	R	R	6-3	195	1/9/1936	Big Cabin,Oklahoma	MLB	1956-1967
22	Tim Thompson	C	33	L	R	5-11	190	3/1/1924	Coalport,Pennsylvania	MLB	1954-1958
23	Virgil Trucks	P	40	R	R	5-11	198	4/26/1917	Birmingham,Alabama	MLB	1941-1958
21	Jack Urban	P	28	R	R	5-8	155	12/5/1928	Omaha,Nebraska	MLB	1957-1959
30	Gus Zernial	OF	34	R	R	6-2	210	6/27/1923	Beaumont,Texas	MLB	1949-1959

Team Personnel

Lou Boudreau (Manager)
Spud Chandler (Assistant Coach)
Harry Craft (Assistant Coach)
Harry Craft (Manager)
Ed Edwards (Broadcaster)
Jim Gleeson (Assistant Coach)
Merle Harmon (Broadcaster)
George Selkirk (General Manager)
Bob Swift (Assistant Coach)

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