1957 Kansas City Athletics (MLB)

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Extended Stats

Nickname:	Athletics
W-L Record:	59-94 .386
Rank:	7th in American League
Run Differential:	563-710 -147
Manager(s):	Lou Boudreau, Harry Craft
General Manager:	George Selkirk
Location:
Ballpark:	Municipal Stadium
Attendance:	901,067 11/16
Playoffs:
Top Draft Pick:	All picks
Years Active:	1901-2014
Franchise Information

Coaching Staff

Assistant Coach: Spud Chandler
Assistant Coach: Harry Craft
Assistant Coach: Jim Gleeson
Assistant Coach: Bob Swift

Organization Affiliates

MLB: Kansas City Athletics (MLB-AL) 59-94

Organizational Player Roster
Kansas City Athletics Affiliate History

American League Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
NY Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Chi White Sox	90	64	.584	8.0
Boston	82	72	.532	16.0
Detroit	78	76	.506	20.0
Baltimore	76	76	.500	21.0
Cleveland	76	77	.497	21.5
KC Athletics	59	94	.386	38.5
Washington	55	99	.357	43.0

A roster of all players who participated in at least one game for this team for this season.

The roster is sortable but defaults to an alphabetical listing.

Uniform numbers may not be complete for non-MLB teams. It is difficult to come by this information historically. See Data coverage

For MLB and Minor league teams, this roster was never an actual roster at any given point during the season.

Colleges may be missing players who were either red-shirted or who did not get into game action

Full Team Roster for 1957 Kansas City Athletics season

Full Team Roster for 1957 Kansas City Athletics season

Unif	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	B-T	Age	Born	Place	Draft Info	High Level	Current Team	Status
16	Al Aber	P	6-2	195	L-L	29	1927-07-31	Cleveland,Ohio	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
21	Ed Blake	P	5-11	175	R-R	31	1925-12-23	East St. Louis,Illinois	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
28	George Brunet	P	6-1	210	R-L	22	1935-06-08	Houghton,Michigan	1956	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
24	Wally Burnette	P	6-0	178	R-R	28	1929-06-20	Blairs,Virginia	1956	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
33	Bob Cerv	OF	6-0	200	R-R	31	1926-05-05	Lincoln,Nebraska	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
15	Rip Coleman	P	6-2	185	L-L	25	1931-07-31	Troy,New York	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
28	Glenn Cox	P	6-2	210	R-R	26	1931-02-03	Montebello,California	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
2	Joe DeMaestri	SS	6-0	174	R-R	28	1928-12-09	San Francisco,California	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
26	Ryne Duren	P	6-1	195	R-R	28	1929-02-22	Cazenovia,Wisconsin	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
31	Ned Garver	P	5-10	180	R-R	31	1925-12-25	Ney,Ohio	1948	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
37	Tom Gorman	P	6-1	190	R-R	32	1925-01-04	New York,New York	1952	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
4	Milt Graff	2B	5-7	158	L-R	26	1930-12-30	Jefferson Center,Pennsylvania	1957	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
39	Johnny Groth	OF	6-0	182	R-R	30	1926-07-23	Chicago,Illinois	1946	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
38	Woodie Held	SS-OF	5-11	180	R-R	25	1932-03-25	Sacramento,California	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
12	Dave Hill	P	6-2	170	R-L	19	1937-11-11	New Orleans,Louisiana	1957	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
28	Gene Host	P	5-11	190	B-L	24	1933-01-01	Leeper,Pennsylvania	1956	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
1	Billy Hunter	SS	6-0	180	R-R	29	1928-06-04	Punxsutawney,Pennsylvania	1953	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
20	Alex Kellner	P	6-0	200	R-L	32	1924-08-26	Tucson,Arizona	1948	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
10	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	5-11	182	R-R	27	1929-07-09	Colon,Panama	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
4	Billy Martin	2B	5-11	165	R-R	29	1928-05-16	Berkeley,California	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
32	Bob Martyn	OF	6-0	176	L-R	26	1930-08-15	Weiser,Idaho	1957	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
19	Mickey McDermott	P	6-2	170	L-L	28	1928-08-29	Poughkeepsie,New York	1948	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
17	Tom Morgan	P	6-2	195	R-R	27	1930-05-20	El Monte,California	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
11	Irv Noren	OF	6-0	190	L-L	32	1924-11-29	Jamestown,New York	1950	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
32	Jim Pisoni	OF	5-10	169	R-R	27	1929-08-14	St. Louis,Missouri	1953	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
25	Arnie Portocarrero	P	6-3	196	R-R	25	1931-07-05	New York,New York	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
7	Vic Power	1B	5-11	195	R-R	29	1927-11-01	Arecibo,Puerto Rico	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
34	Hal Raether	P	6-1	185	R-R	24	1932-10-10	Lake Mills,Wisconsin	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
38	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	6-1	190	L-R	31	1925-12-03	Atlanta,Georgia	1951	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
35	Lou Skizas	OF-3B	5-11	175	R-R	25	1932-06-02	Chicago,Illinois	1956	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
9	Hal Smith	C	6-0	195	R-R	26	1930-12-07	West Frankfort,Illinois	1955	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
15	Harry Taylor	P	6-0	185	R-R	21	1935-12-02	San Angelo,Texas	1957	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
26	Ralph Terry	P	6-3	195	R-R	21	1936-01-09	Big Cabin,Oklahoma	1956	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
22	Tim Thompson	C	5-11	190	L-R	33	1924-03-01	Coalport,Pennsylvania	1954	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
23	Virgil Trucks	P	5-11	198	R-R	40	1917-04-26	Birmingham,Alabama	1941	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
21	Jack Urban	P	5-8	155	R-R	28	1928-12-05	Omaha,Nebraska	1957	Not drafted	MLB	-	-
30	Gus Zernial	OF	6-2	210	R-R	34	1923-06-27	Beaumont,Texas	1949	Not drafted	MLB	-	-