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1955 Kansas City Athletics | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 63-91 .41.... 6th in AL - Division
Manager(s): Lou Boudreau
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,393,054

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Clete Boyer (Jun 5) Alex George (Sep 16) Hector Lopez (May 12) Eric Mackenzie (Apr 23) Don Plarski (Jul 20) Jerry Schypinski (Aug 31) Bill Stewart (Apr 17)
Pitchers: Art Ceccarelli (May 3) Glenn Cox (Sep 20) Walt Craddock (Sep 3) Mike Kume (Aug 26) Bob Spicer (Apr 17)

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	GB%
C	Joe Astroth	32	101	274	29	69	4	1	5	23	2	3	47	33	6	6	10	1	11	.252	.372	.328	700	--
1B	Vic Power	27	147	596	91	190	34	10	19	76	0	2	35	27	0	6	3	5	12	.319	.354	.505	859	--
2B	Jim Finigan	26	150	545	72	139	30	7	9	68	1	3	61	49	3	6	5	1	18	.255	.333	.385	718	--
3B	Hector Lopez	25	128	483	50	140	15	2	15	68	1	4	33	58	3	1	4	4	15	.290	.337	.422	759	--
SS	Joe DeMaestri	26	123	457	42	114	14	1	6	37	3	5	20	47	3	1	4	2	12	.249	.284	.324	608	--
OF	Gus Zernial	32	120	413	62	105	9	3	30	84	1	0	30	90	3	1	0	8	17	.254	.304	.508	812	--
OF	Harry Simpson	29	112	396	42	119	16	7	5	52	3	5	34	61	2	4	1	3	10	.301	.356	.414	770	--
OF	Bill Wilson	26	98	273	39	61	12	0	15	38	1	1	24	63	1	0	1	1	8	.223	.288	.432	720	--

OF	Elmer Valo	34	112	283	50	103	17	4	3	37	5	3	52	18	0	2	1	2	5	.364	.460	.484	944	--
OF	Enos Slaughter	39	108	267	49	86	12	4	5	34	2	3	40	17	2	4	1	5	8	.322	.408	.453	861	--
OF	Bill Renna	30	100	249	33	53	7	3	7	28	0	3	31	42	2	0	2	0	4	.213	.305	.349	654	--
C	Billy Shantz	27	79	217	18	56	4	1	1	12	0	0	11	14	0	1	3	1	6	.258	.293	.300	593	--
2B	Pete Suder	39	26	81	3	17	4	1	0	1	0	1	2	13	0	0	0	0	1	.210	.229	.284	513	--
SS	Clete Boyer	18	47	79	3	19	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	17	0	0	0	0	3	.241	.268	.253	521	--
SS	Jack Littrell	26	37	70	7	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	12	0	0	2	0	1	.200	.243	.229	472	--
SS	Jerry Schypinski	23	22	69	7	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.229	.246	475	--
P	Art Ditmar	26	35	62	3	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	4	0	2	.210	.222	.210	432	--
P	Alex Kellner	30	30	56	6	12	2	1	0	5	0	0	4	7	0	0	2	0	3	.214	.267	.286	553	--
1B	Dick Kryhoski	30	28	47	2	10	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.302	.255	557	--
P	Bobby Shantz	29	26	41	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.146	.167	.146	313	--
P	Art Ceccarelli	25	31	38	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	3	0	1	.079	.103	.079	182	--
P	Arnie Portocarrero	23	24	37	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	17	0	0	2	0	1	.108	.132	.189	321	--
OF	Tom Saffell	33	9	37	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	.216	.293	.216	509	--
P	Vic Raschi	36	20	33	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	3	0	2	.182	.206	.212	418	--
P	Cloyd Boyer	27	30	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0	1	0	0	.069	.129	.069	198	--
P	Tom Gorman	30	57	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	1	0	1	.083	.120	.125	245	--
2B	Spook Jacobs	29	13	23	7	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.261	.370	.261	631	--
P	Ray Herbert	25	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	1	1	.190	.217	.238	455	--
OF	Bill Stewart	27	11	18	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.167	325	--
P	Bill Harrington	27	34	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.118	329	--
P	Lou Sleater	28	21	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	308	--
OF	Don Plarski	25	8	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	--
SS	Alex George	16	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	282	--
1B	Don Bollweg	34	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	.111	.333	.111	444	--
P	Johnny Gray	27	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	--
P	Mike Kume	29	6	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	--
C	Jim Robertson	27	6	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	583	--
P	Johnny Sain	37	25	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Walt Craddock	23	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
3B	Hal Bevan	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Moe Burtschy	33	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
P	Marion Fricano	31	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1334	--
P	Gus Keriazakos	23	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Bob Trice	28	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1334	--
P	Charlie Bishop	31	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
P	Glenn Cox	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
C	Eric Mackenzie	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Bob Spicer	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Ewell Blackwell	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Alex Kellner	30	11	8	4.20	30	24	6	3	3	0	162.2	164	81	76	18	60	75	3	0	9.07	1.00	3.32	4.15	1.38	--
ST	Art Ditmar	26	12	12	5.03	35	22	7	1	8	1	175.1	180	109	98	23	86	79	7	1	9.24	1.18	4.41	4.06	1.52	--
ST	Arnie Portocarrero	23	5	9	4.77	24	20	4	1	1	0	111.1	109	66	59	12	67	34	0	1	8.81	0.97	5.42	2.75	1.58	--
ST	Vic Raschi	36	4	6	5.42	20	18	1	0	0	0	101.1	132	66	61	10	35	38	2	0	11.72	0.89	3.11	3.38	1.65	--
ST	Bobby Shantz	29	5	10	4.54	23	17	4	1	2	0	125.0	124	70	63	8	66	58	2	0	8.93	0.58	4.75	4.18	1.52	--

CL	Tom Gorman	30	7	6	3.55	57	0	0	0	35	18	109.0	98	48	43	11	36	46	2	0	8.09	0.91	2.97	3.80	1.23	--
RP	Bill Harrington	27	3	3	4.11	34	1	0	0	18	2	76.2	69	41	35	6	41	26	1	0	8.10	0.70	4.81	3.05	1.43	--
RP	Art Ceccarelli	25	4	7	5.31	31	16	3	1	6	0	123.2	123	81	73	20	71	68	4	1	8.95	1.46	5.17	4.95	1.57	--
RP	Cloyd Boyer	27	5	5	6.22	30	11	2	0	12	0	98.1	107	81	68	21	69	32	3	0	9.79	1.92	6.32	2.93	1.79	--

	Johnny Sain	37	2	5	5.44	25	0	0	0	13	1	44.2	54	28	27	10	10	12	0	0	10.88	2.01	2.01	2.42	1.43	--
	Ray Herbert	25	1	8	6.26	23	11	2	0	4	0	87.2	99	65	61	10	40	30	4	0	10.16	1.03	4.11	3.08	1.59	--
	Lou Sleater	28	1	1	7.71	16	1	0	0	7	0	25.2	33	22	22	3	21	11	0	0	11.57	1.05	7.36	3.86	2.10	--
	Marion Fricano	31	0	0	3.15	10	0	0	0	5	0	20.0	19	9	7	2	9	5	2	0	8.55	0.90	4.05	2.25	1.40	--
	Johnny Gray	27	0	3	6.41	8	5	0	0	1	0	26.2	28	23	19	2	24	11	0	0	9.45	0.68	8.10	3.71	1.95	--
	Moe Burtschy	33	2	0	10.32	7	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	17	13	13	0	10	9	0	0	13.50	0.00	7.94	7.15	2.38	--
	Mike Kume	29	0	2	7.99	6	4	0	0	0	0	23.2	35	23	21	1	15	7	5	0	13.31	0.38	5.70	2.66	2.11	--
	Gus Keriazakos	23	0	1	12.34	5	1	0	0	2	0	11.2	15	16	16	4	7	8	1	0	11.57	3.09	5.40	6.17	1.89	--
	Bob Trice	28	0	0	9.00	4	0	0	0	2	0	10.0	14	13	10	4	6	2	0	0	12.60	3.60	5.40	1.80	2.00	--
	Charlie Bishop	31	1	0	5.40	4	0	0	0	2	0	6.2	6	7	4	1	8	4	0	0	8.10	1.35	10.80	5.40	2.10	--
	Walt Craddock	23	0	2	7.80	4	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	18	14	13	3	10	9	0	0	10.80	1.80	6.00	5.40	1.87	--
	Lee Wheat	25	0	0	22.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	7	5	1	3	1	0	0	36.00	4.50	13.50	4.50	5.50	--
	Bob Spicer	30	0	0	33.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	9	10	10	2	4	2	0	0	30.38	6.75	13.50	6.75	4.88	--
	Ozzie Van Brabant	28	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	18.00	4.50	9.00	4.50	3.00	--
	Sonny Dixon	30	0	0	16.20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	32.40	5.40	0.00	0.00	3.60	--
	Glenn Cox	24	0	2	30.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.1	11	8	8	0	1	2	0	0	42.43	0.00	3.86	7.71	5.14	--
	Ewell Blackwell	32	0	1	6.75	2	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	3	3	3	1	5	2	0	0	6.75	2.25	11.25	4.50	2.00	--
	Bill Wilson	26	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	2.00	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Tom Gorman	30	P	57		109	8	13	3	24	1	-	-	-	.875	1.73
Art Ditmar	26	P	35		175.1	15	29	1	45	3	-	-	-	.978	2.26
Bill Harrington	27	P	34		76.2	4	11	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.76
Art Ceccarelli	25	P	31		123.2	3	14	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.24
Alex Kellner	30	P	30		162.2	4	30	3	37	2	-	-	-	.919	1.88
Cloyd Boyer	27	P	30		98.1	9	13	2	24	0	-	-	-	.917	2.01
Johnny Sain	37	P	25		44.2	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.61
Arnie Portocarrero	23	P	24		111.1	7	15	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.78
Ray Herbert	25	P	23		87.2	8	24	0	32	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.29
Bobby Shantz	29	P	23		125	9	26	2	37	2	-	-	-	.946	2.52
Vic Raschi	36	P	20		101.1	10	21	1	32	1	-	-	-	.969	2.75
Lou Sleater	28	P	16		25.2	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.75
Marion Fricano	31	P	10		20	5	4	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	4.05
Johnny Gray	27	P	8		26.2	2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.01
Moe Burtschy	33	P	7		11.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Mike Kume	29	P	6		23.2	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.90
Gus Keriazakos	23	P	5		11.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.77
Walt Craddock	23	P	4		15	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.20
Bob Trice	28	P	4		10	3	4	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	6.30
Charlie Bishop	31	P	4		6.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.35
Lee Wheat	25	P	3		2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50
Sonny Dixon	30	P	2		1.2	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	5.40
Bob Spicer	30	P	2		2.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Ozzie Van Brabant	28	P	2		2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Ewell Blackwell	32	P	2		4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Glenn Cox	24	P	2		2.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	7.71
Bill Wilson	26	P	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Joe Astroth	32	C	100			420	50	5	475	9	11	0	0	.989	--
Billy Shantz	27	C	78			261	27	3	291	8	3	0	0	.990	--
Jim Robertson	27	C	4			8	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	1.000	--
Eric Mackenzie	22	C	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	--

Vic Power	27	1B	144			1281	130	10	1421	140	-	-	-	.993	--
Dick Kryhoski	30	1B	14			76	6	1	83	7	-	-	-	.988	--
Jack Littrell	26	1B	6			24	4	1	29	3	-	-	-	.966	--
Harry Simpson	29	1B	3			10	2	0	12	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Don Bollweg	34	1B	3			8	0	0	8	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jim Finigan	26	2B	90			236	228	12	476	72	-	-	-	.975	--
Hector Lopez	25	2B	36			93	98	6	197	32	-	-	-	.970	--
Pete Suder	39	2B	24			51	44	1	96	17	-	-	-	.990	--
Clete Boyer	18	2B	10			12	11	2	25	1	-	-	-	.920	--
Spook Jacobs	29	2B	7			9	9	0	18	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jack Littrell	26	2B	4			1	5	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	--
Jerry Schypinski	23	2B	2			5	6	0	11	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

Hector Lopez	25	3B	93			104	233	23	360	26	-	-	-	.936	--
Jim Finigan	26	3B	59			55	135	8	198	13	-	-	-	.960	--
Clete Boyer	18	3B	11			7	17	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Hal Bevan	24	3B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Joe DeMaestri	26	SS	122			206	358	21	585	78	-	-	-	.964	--
Jack Littrell	26	SS	22			30	42	4	76	8	-	-	-	.947	--
Jerry Schypinski	23	SS	21			22	46	5	73	10	-	-	-	.932	--
Clete Boyer	18	SS	12			13	13	1	27	4	-	-	-	.963	--
Alex George	16	SS	5			6	5	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	--

Gus Zernial	32	OF	103			231	9	9	249	4	-	-	-	.964	--
Harry Simpson	29	OF	100			262	5	6	273	2	-	-	-	.978	--
Bill Wilson	26	OF	82			186	4	6	196	0	-	-	-	.969	--
Bill Renna	30	OF	79			118	5	1	124	2	-	-	-	.992	--
Enos Slaughter	39	OF	77			126	5	2	133	2