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1959 Kansas City Athletics | | MLB | American League |
W-L Record: 66-88 -- 7th in American League -
Manager: Harry Craft
Location: Kansas City,MO
Baseball Stadium:
Municipal Stadium Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 963,683 Youngest Player: Lou Klimchock (19) Oldest Player: Murry Dickson (42) Longest Tenure: Tom Gorman, Hector Lopez, Joe DeMaestri (5)
Baseball Roster for 1959 Kansas City Athletics
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears | Salary |
| Zeke Bella | OF | 28 | R | L | 5-11 | 185 | 8/23/1930 | Greenwich,Connecticut | MLB | 1957-1959 | ||
| Ray Boone | 3B-SS | 35 | R | R | 6-1 | 188 | 7/27/1923 | San Diego,California | MLB | 1948-1960 | ||
| George Brunet | P | 24 | R | L | 6-1 | 210 | 6/8/1935 | Houghton,Michigan | MLB | 1956-1971 | ||
| Tom Carroll | SS-3B | 22 | R | R | 6-3 | 186 | 9/17/1936 | Jamaica,New York | MLB | 1955-1959 | ||
| Bob Cerv | OF | 33 | R | R | 6-0 | 200 | 5/5/1926 | Lincoln,Nebraska | MLB | 1951-1962 | ||
| Harry Chiti | C | 26 | R | R | 6-3 | 225 | 11/16/1932 | Kincaid,Illinois | MLB | 1950-1962 | ||
| Rip Coleman | P | 27 | L | L | 6-2 | 185 | 7/31/1931 | Troy,New York | MLB | 1955-1960 | ||
| Bud Daley | P | 26 | L | L | 6-1 | 185 | 10/7/1932 | Orange,California | MLB | 1955-1964 | ||
| Joe DeMaestri | SS | 30 | R | R | 6-0 | 174 | 12/9/1928 | San Francisco,California | MLB | 1951-1961 | ||
| Murry Dickson | P | 42 | R | R | 157 | 8/21/1916 | Tracy,Missouri | MLB | 1939-1959 | |||
| Mark Freeman | P | 28 | R | R | 6-4 | 220 | 12/7/1930 | Memphis,Tennessee | MLB | 1959-1960 | ||
| Ned Garver | P | 33 | R | R | 5-10 | 180 | 12/25/1925 | Ney,Ohio | MLB | 1948-1961 | ||
| Tom Gorman | P | 34 | R | R | 6-1 | 190 | 1/4/1925 | New York,New York | MLB | 1952-1959 | ||
| Bob Grim | P | 29 | R | R | 6-1 | 185 | 3/8/1930 | New York,New York | MLB | 1954-1962 | ||
| Al Grunwald | P | 29 | L | L | 6-4 | 210 | 2/13/1930 | Los Angeles,California | MLB | 1955-1959 | ||
| Kent Hadley | 1B | 24 | L | L | 6-3 | 190 | 12/17/1934 | Pocatello,Idaho | MLB | 1958-1960 | ||
| Ray Herbert | P | 29 | R | R | 5-11 | 185 | 12/15/1929 | Detroit,Michigan | MLB | 1950-1966 | ||
| Whitey Herzog | OF | 27 | L | L | 5-11 | 182 | 11/9/1931 | New Athens,Illinois | MLB | 1956-1963 | ||
| Frank House | C | 29 | L | R | 6-2 | 190 | 2/18/1930 | Bessemer,Alabama | MLB | 1950-1961 | ||
| Ray Jablonski | 3B | 32 | R | R | 5-10 | 183 | 12/17/1926 | Chicago,Illinois | MLB | 1953-1960 | ||
| Ken Johnson | P | 26 | R | R | 6-4 | 210 | 6/16/1933 | West Palm Beach,Florida | MLB | 1958-1970 | ||
| Evans Killeen | P | 23 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 2/27/1936 | Brooklyn,New York | MLB | 1959-1959 | ||
| Lou Klimchock | 3B-2B | 19 | L | R | 5-11 | 180 | 10/15/1939 | Hostetler,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1958-1970 | ||
| Johnny Kucks | P | 25 | R | R | 6-3 | 184 | 7/27/1933 | Hoboken,New Jersey | MLB | 1955-1960 | ||
| Marty Kutyna | P | 26 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 11/14/1932 | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1959-1962 | ||
| Hector Lopez | OF-3B | 29 | R | R | 5-11 | 182 | 7/9/1929 | Colon,Panama | MLB | 1955-1966 | ||
| Jerry Lumpe | 2B | 26 | L | R | 6-2 | 185 | 6/2/1933 | Lincoln,Missouri | MLB | 1956-1967 | ||
| Roger Maris | OF | 24 | L | R | 6-0 | 204 | 9/10/1934 | Hibbing,Minnesota | MLB | 1957-1968 | ||
| Bob Martyn | OF | 28 | L | R | 6-0 | 176 | 8/15/1930 | Weiser,Idaho | MLB | 1957-1959 | ||
| Russ Meyer | P | 35 | B | R | 6-1 | 185 | 10/25/1923 | Peru,Illinois | MLB | 1946-1959 | ||
| Joe Morgan | 3B | 28 | L | R | 5-10 | 170 | 11/19/1930 | Walpole,Massachusetts | MLB | 1959-1964 | ||
| Howie Reed | P | 22 | R | R | 6-1 | 210 | 12/21/1936 | Dallas,Texas | MLB | 1958-1971 | ||
| Harry Simpson | OF-1B | 33 | L | R | 6-1 | 190 | 12/3/1925 | Atlanta,Georgia | MLB | 1951-1959 | ||
| Hal Smith | C | 28 | R | R | 6-0 | 195 | 12/7/1930 | West Frankfort,Illinois | MLB | 1955-1964 | ||
| Russ Snyder | OF | 25 | L | R | 6-1 | 190 | 6/22/1934 | Oak,Nebraska | MLB | 1959-1970 | ||
| Tom Sturdivant | P | 29 | L | R | 6-1 | 186 | 4/28/1930 | Gordon,Kansas | MLB | 1955-1964 | ||
| Ralph Terry | P | 23 | R | R | 6-3 | 195 | 1/9/1936 | Big Cabin,Oklahoma | MLB | 1956-1967 | ||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 34 | R | R | 5-11 | 170 | 6/27/1925 | Clare,Michigan | MLB | 1949-1960 | ||
| Dick Tomanek | P | 28 | L | L | 6-1 | 175 | 1/6/1931 | Avon Lake,Ohio | MLB | 1953-1959 | ||
| John Tsitouris | P | 23 | R | R | 6-0 | 175 | 5/4/1936 | Monroe,North Carolina | MLB | 1957-1968 | ||
| Bill Tuttle | OF | 29 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 7/4/1929 | Elwood,Illinois | MLB | 1952-1963 | ||
| Preston Ward | 1B-OF | 31 | L | R | 6-3 | 198 | 7/24/1927 | Columbia,Missouri | MLB | 1948-1959 | ||
| Dick Williams | OF-3B | 30 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 5/7/1929 | St. Louis,Missouri | MLB | 1951-1964 |
Team Personnel
Parke Carroll (General Manager)
Harry Craft (Manager)
Bill Grigsby (Broadcaster)
Merle Harmon (Broadcaster)
Don Heffner (Assistant Coach)
Johnny Sain (Pitching Coach)
Bob Swift (Assistant Coach)
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