1956 Kansas City Athletics Statistics and Roster

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#	player	age	pos	ba	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr	draft info	status	cur-org	cur-lev	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
10	Hector Lopez	26	3B	R	151	561	91	153	27	3	18	69	4	5	63	73	3	8	4	3	13	240	639	48	105	.273	.347	.428	.775	.266	.155	.285	9.86	11.42	31.17	31.17					MLB	1955-1966	1955-1966
38	Harry Simpson	30	OF	L	141	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	2	3	47	82	1	1	5	8	19	266	597	54	105	.293	.347	.490	.837	.282	.197	.310	7.87	13.74	25.86	25.86					MLB	1951-1959	1951-1959
7	Vic Power	28	1B-2B	R	127	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	2	2	24	16	1	3	1	2	5	237	559	40	124	.309	.340	.447	.787	.183	.138	.299	4.29	2.86	37.86	37.86					MLB	1954-1965	1954-1965
2	Joe Demaestri	27	SS	R	133	434	41	101	16	1	6	39	3	3	25	73	3	3	3	2	8	137	468	23	78	.233	.277	.316	.593	.141	.083	.265	5.34	15.60	72.33	72.33					MLB	1951-1961	1951-1961
35	Lou Skizas	24	OF	R	83	297	39	94	11	3	11	39	3	1	15	17	0	2	3	1	13	144	317	25	69	.316	.346	.485	.831	.226	.169	.305	4.73	5.36	27.00	27.00					MLB	1956-1959	1956-1959
30	Gus Zernial	33	OF	R	109	272	36	61	12	0	16	44	2	0	33	66	4	0	2	2	5	121	311	28	33	.224	.315	.445	.760	.349	.221	.234	10.61	21.22	17.00	17.00					MLB	1949-1959	1949-1959
22	Tim Thompson	32	C	L	92	268	21	73	13	2	1	27	2	4	17	23	2	0	1	1	4	93	288	16	57	.272	.319	.347	.666	.131	.075	.294	5.90	7.99	268.00	268.00					MLB	1954-1958	1954-1958
4	Jim Finigan	27	2B-3B	R	91	250	29	54	7	2	2	21	3	1	30	28	1	5	4	1	6	71	290	11	43	.216	.298	.284	.582	.196	.068	.232	10.34	9.66	125.00	125.00					MLB	1954-1959	1954-1959
39	Johnny Groth	29	OF	R	95	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	0	2	4	2	9	97	280	21	42	.258	.335	.398	.733	.258	.140	.274	10.71	11.07	48.80	48.80					MLB	1946-1960	1946-1960
6	Al Pilarcik	25	OF	L	69	239	28	60	10	1	4	22	9	2	30	32	0	2	1	1	2	84	272	15	45	.251	.333	.351	.684	.255	.100	.275	11.03	11.76	59.75	59.75					MLB	1956-1961	1956-1961
33	Enos Slaughter	40	OF	L	91	223	37	62	14	3	2	23	1	0	29	20	1	1	1	1	6	88	255	19	43	.278	.362	.395	.757	.251	.117	.297	11.37	7.84	111.50	111.50					MLB	1938-1959	1938-1959
9	Joe Ginsberg	29	C	L	71	195	15	48	8	1	1	12	1	1	23	17	0	0	2	3	7	61	220	10	38	.246	.323	.313	.636	.185	.067	.263	10.45	7.73	195.00	195.00					MLB	1948-1962	1948-1962
25	Eddie Robinson	35	1B	L	75	172	13	34	5	1	2	12	0	0	26	20	2	1	1	1	7	47	202	8	26	.198	.308	.273	.581	.227	.075	.212	12.87	9.90	86.00	86.00					MLB	1942-1957	1942-1957
32	Hal Smith	25	C	R	37	142	15	39	9	2	2	24	1	1	3	12	0	0	3	0	2	58	148	13	26	.275	.284	.408	.692	.155	.133	.282	2.03	8.11	71.00	71.00					MLB	1955-1964	1955-1964
1	Clete Boyer	19	2B	R	67	129	15	28	3	1	1	4	1	1	11	24	1	2	0	1	2	36	143	5	23	.217	.284	.279	.563	.147	.062	.260	7.69	16.78	129.00	129.00					MLB	1955-1971	1955-1971
11	Mike Baxes	25	SS	R	73	106	9	24	3	1	1	5	0	1	18	15	0	4	0	1	2	32	128	5	19	.226	.339	.302	.641	.236	.076	.256	14.06	11.72	106.00	106.00	1951- UDFA -NYA				MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
6	Spook Jacobs	30	2B	R	32	97	13	21	3	0	0	5	4	1	15	5	0	3	0	1	4	24	115	3	18	.216	.321	.247	.568	.216	.031	.228	13.04	4.35	0.00	0.00					MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
28	Art Ditmar	27	P	R	44	91	5	13	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	24	0	4	0	0	0	16	98	1	12	.143	.170	.176	.346	.055	.033	.182	3.06	24.49	91.00	91.00					MLB	1954-1962	1954-1962
8	Rance Pless	30	1B	R	48	85	4	23	3	1	0	9	0	1	10	13	1	0	0	0	5	28	96	4	19	.271	.354	.329	.683	.165	.058	.319	10.42	13.54	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
34	Bill Renna	31	OF	R	33	48	12	13	3	0	2	5	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	1	22	51	5	8	.271	.314	.458	.772	.271	.187	.306	5.88	19.61	24.00	24.00					MLB	1953-1959	1953-1959
37	Tom Gorman	31	P	R	52	39	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	0	1	0	0	0	2	44	0	2	.051	.140	.051	.191	.103	.000	.118	9.09	50.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1952-1959	1952-1980
23	Wally Burnette	27	P	R	18	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	5	0	0	0	2	45	0	2	.051	.075	.051	.126	.026	.000	.067	2.22	20.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
18,23	Lou Kretlow	35	P	R	25	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	41	0	2	.061	.162	.061	.223	.121	.000	.143	9.76	46.34	0.00	0.00					MLB	1946-1956	1946-1956
20	Alex Kellner	31	P	R	21	30	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	0	3	0	0	1	6	36	0	6	.200	.273	.200	.473	.100	.000	.300	8.33	27.78	0.00	0.00					MLB	1948-1959	1948-1959
36	Jim Pisoni	26	OF	R	10	30	4	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	0	2	14	33	2	6	.267	.303	.467	.770	.267	.200	.286	6.06	24.24	15.00	15.00					MLB	1953-1960	1953-1960
17	Troy Herriage	25	P	R	34	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	0	2	0	0	0	3	29	0	3	.120	.185	.120	.305	.080	.000	.375	6.90	58.62	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
24	Jack Crimian	30	P	R	55	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	5	0	0	1	5	30	0	5	.227	.320	.227	.547	.136	.000	.313	10.00	20.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1951-1957	1951-1957
21	Bobby Shantz	30	P	R	51	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	1	3	26	1	1	.091	.167	.136	.303	.136	.045	.111	7.69	15.38	0.00	0.00					MLB	1949-1964	1949-1964
14	Jack McMahan	23	P	R	23	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
14	Joe Astroth	33	C	R	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	14	0	1	.077	.077	.077	.154	.000	.000	.083	0.00	7.14	0.00	0.00					MLB	1945-1956	1945-1956
23	Tommy Lasorda	28	P	L	19	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	0	1	.077	.077	.077	.154	.000	.000	.111	0.00	30.77	0.00	0.00					MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
35	Elmer Valo	35	OF	L	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	0	2	.222	.273	.222	.495	.111	.000	.222	9.09	9.09	0.00	0.00					MLB	1940-1961	1940-1961
36	Moe Burtschy	34	P	R	21	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	.000	.000	.333	0.00	62.50	0.00	0.00					MLB	1950-1956	1950-1956
16	Glenn Cox	25	P	R	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	57.14	0.00	0.00	1950- UDFA -BRO				MLB	1955-1958	1955-1958
26	Bill Harrington	28	P	R	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	.143	.000	.000	10.00	10.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1953-1956	1953-1956
26,34	Jose Santiago	27	P	R	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	.000	.000	.500	0.00	16.67	0.00	0.00					MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
31	Dave Melton	27	OF	R	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.666	.000	.000	.333	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
19	Art Ceccarelli	26	P	R	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	.333	.000	.000	25.00	50.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1955-1960	1955-1960
39	Carl Duser	23	P	L	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
9,53	George Brunet	21	P	R	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1971	1956-1971
15	Walt Craddock	24	P	R	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00					MLB	1955-1958	1955-1958
25	Arnie Portocarrero	24	P	R	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1949- UDFA -PHA				MLB	1954-1960	1954-1960
Tot:	42 Players				2062	5256	619	1325	204	41	112	584	40	30	479	725	20	67	37	31	127	1947	5859	357	968	.252	.315	.370	.685	.211	.118	.272	8.18	12.37	1.51	46.93

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#	player	age	th	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gf	gr	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so_bb	draft info	status	cur-org	cur-lev	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
28	Art Ditmar	27	R	12	22	4.42	44	34	14	2	6	10	1	254.1	254	141	125	30	108	126	5	0	7	1.42	8.99	1.06	3.82	4.46	4.99	1.17					MLB	1954-1962	1954-1962
37	Tom Gorman	31	R	9	10	3.83	52	13	1	0	23	39	3	171.1	168	83	73	23	68	56	2	1	2	1.38	8.82	1.21	3.57	2.94	4.36	0.82					MLB	1952-1959	1952-1980
24	Jack Crimian	30	R	4	8	5.51	54	7	0	0	16	47	3	129.0	129	87	79	19	49	59	2	0	5	1.38	9.00	1.33	3.42	4.12	6.07	1.20					MLB	1951-1957	1951-1957
23	Wally Burnette	27	R	6	8	2.89	18	14	4	1	4	4	0	121.1	115	48	39	13	39	54	3	1	2	1.27	8.53	0.96	2.89	4.01	3.56	1.38					MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
18,23	Lou Kretlow	35	R	4	9	5.31	25	20	3	0	3	5	0	118.2	121	75	70	17	74	61	3	0	0	1.64	9.18	1.29	5.61	4.63	5.69	0.82					MLB	1946-1956	1946-1956
17	Troy Herriage	25	R	1	13	6.64	31	16	1	0	7	15	0	103.0	135	83	76	16	64	59	2	0	6	1.93	11.80	1.40	5.59	5.16	7.25	0.92					MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
21	Bobby Shantz	30	L	2	7	4.35	45	2	1	0	26	43	9	101.1	95	51	49	12	37	67	1	0	3	1.30	8.44	1.07	3.29	5.95	4.53	1.81					MLB	1949-1964	1949-1964
20	Alex Kellner	31	L	7	4	4.32	20	17	5	0	3	3	0	91.2	103	49	44	15	33	44	1	0	2	1.48	10.11	1.47	3.24	4.32	4.81	1.33					MLB	1948-1959	1948-1959
14	Jack McMahan	23	L	0	5	4.82	23	9	0	0	8	14	0	61.2	69	40	33	7	31	13	1	0	2	1.62	10.07	1.02	4.52	1.90	5.84	0.42					MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
23	Tommy Lasorda	28	L	0	4	6.15	18	5	0	0	7	13	1	45.1	40	38	31	6	45	28	7	0	3	1.88	7.94	1.19	8.93	5.56	7.54	0.62					MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
36	Moe Burtschy	34	R	3	1	3.95	21	0	0	0	9	21	0	43.1	41	22	19	6	30	18	2	0	3	1.64	8.52	1.25	6.23	3.74	4.57	0.60					MLB	1950-1956	1950-1956
26	Bill Harrington	28	R	2	2	6.45	23	1	0	0	8	22	1	37.2	40	27	27	3	26	14	3	1	0	1.75	9.56	0.72	6.21	3.35	6.45	0.54					MLB	1953-1956	1953-1956
16	Glenn Cox	25	R	0	2	4.24	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	23.1	15	11	11	2	22	6	2	0	0	1.59	5.79	0.77	8.49	2.31	4.24	0.27	1950- UDFA -BRO				MLB	1955-1958	1955-1958
26,34	Jose Santiago	27	R	1	2	8.31	9	5	0	0	1	4	0	21.2	36	26	20	8	17	9	1	0	5	2.45	14.95	3.32	7.06	3.74	10.80	0.53					MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
19	Art Ceccarelli	26	L	0	1	7.20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	10.0	13	13	8	3	4	2	1	0	1	1.70	11.70	2.70	3.60	1.80	11.70	0.50					MLB	1955-1960	1955-1960
15	Walt Craddock	24	L	0	2	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	9	7	7	1	10	8	2	0	0	2.04	8.68	0.96	9.64	7.71	6.75	0.80					MLB	1955-1958	1955-1958
9,53	George Brunet	21	L	0	0	7.00	6	1	0	0	1	5	0	9.0	10	8	7	1	11	5	0	0	0	2.33	10.00	1.00	11.00	5.00	8.00	0.45					MLB	1956-1971	1956-1971
25	Arnie Portocarrero	24	R	0	1	10.13	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	8.0	9	9	9	2	7	2	0	0	0	2.00	10.13	2.25	7.88	2.25	10.13	0.29	1949- UDFA -PHA				MLB	1954-1960	1954-1960
39	Carl Duser	23	L	1	1	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	14	6	6	0	2	5	0	0	0	2.67	21.00	0.00	3.00	7.50	9.00	2.50					MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
19	Bob Spicer	31	R	0	0	19.29	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.00	23.14	3.86	3.86	0.00	19.29	0.00					MLB	1955-1956	1955-1956
12	Bill Bradford	34	R	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	9.00	9.00	4.50	0.00	9.00	0.00					MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
Tot:	21 Players			52	102	4.86	154	154	30	3	124	251	18	1370.1	1424	831	740	187	679	636	38	3	42	1.53	9.35	1.23	4.46	4.18	5.46	0.94

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player	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	fpct	sb	cs	sb%	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm_shr	pl_shr	tm_rk
Tim Thompson	32	C	68	0	572.1	328	38	7	7	373	366	.981	0	0		5.4	0.64	5.76	44.2	73.9	1
Joe Ginsberg	29	C	57	0	451.1	238	28	3	3	269	266	.989	0	0		4.7	0.59	5.31	37.0	80.3	2
Hal Smith	25	C	37	0	304.2	183	22	3	3	208	205	.986	0	0		5.5	0.67	6.07	24.0	100.0	3
Joe Astroth	33	C	8	0	42.0	19	5	0	1	24	24	1.000	0	0		3.0	0.57	5.14	5.2	100.0	4
Totals	29.8	C	170	0	1370	768	93	13	14	874	861	.985	0	0		5.1	0.63	5.66
Vic Power	28	1B	76	0	630.2	671	62	5	73	738	733	.993	0	0		9.6	1.16	10.47	49.4	59.8	1
Eddie Robinson	35	1B	47	0	367.2	360	19	9	43	388	379	.977	0	0		8.1	1.03	9.29	30.5	62.7	2
Harry Simpson	30	1B	32	0	257.0	269	15	4	32	288	284	.986	0	0		8.9	1.11	9.95	20.8	22.7	3
Rance Pless	30	1B	15	0	115.0	137	7	0	18	144	144	1.000	0	0		9.6	1.25	11.27	9.7	31.3	4
Totals	30.8	1B	170	0	1370	1437	103	18	166	1558	1540	.988	0	0		9.1	1.12	10.12
Jim Finigan	27	2B	52	0	351.1	114	105	7	35	226	219	.969	0	0		4.2	0.62	5.61	33.8	57.1	1
Clete Boyer	19	2B	51	0	324.1	94	110	6	31	210	204	.971	0	0		4.0	0.63	5.66	33.1	76.1	2
Vic Power	28	2B	47	0	389.2	122	138	7	40	267	260	.974	0	0		5.5	0.67	6.01	30.5	37.0	3
Spook Jacobs	30	2B	31	0	236.0	78	71	5	26	154	149	.968	0	0		4.8	0.63	5.68	20.1	96.9	4
Hector Lopez	26	2B	8	0	66.0	18	18	2	7	38	36	.947	0	0		4.5	0.55	4.91	5.2	5.3	5
Joe Demaestri	27	2B	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0		0.0	0.00	0.00	1.3	1.5	6
Mike Baxes	25	2B	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	2	.667	0	0		2.0	2.00	18.00	0.6	1.4	7
Totals	26.0	2B	192	0	1370	427	443	28	139	898	870	.969	0	0		4.5	0.64	5.72
Hector Lopez	26	3B	121	0	1,034.1	152	254	26	23	432	406	.940	0	0		3.4	0.39	3.53	78.6	80.1	1
Jim Finigan	27	3B	32	0	254.0	29	70	9	7	108	99	.917	0	0		3.1	0.39	3.51	20.8	35.2	2
Clete Boyer	19	3B	7	0	48.0	6	14	0	3	20	20	1.000	0	0		2.9	0.42	3.75	4.5	10.4	3
Rance Pless	30	3B	5	0	34.0	5	13	0	2	18	18	1.000	0	0		3.6	0.53	4.76	3.2	10.4	4
Totals	25.5	3B	165	0	337	192	351	35	35	578	543	.939	0	0		3.3	0.40	3.57
Joe Demaestri	27	SS	132	0	1,053.2	210	407	23	95	640	617	.964	0	0		4.7	0.59	5.27	85.7	99.2	1
Mike Baxes	25	SS	62	0	301.2	56	112	10	17	178	168	.944	0	0		2.7	0.56	5.02	40.3	84.9	2
Hector Lopez	26	SS	4	0	15.0	4	7	0	2	11	11	1.000	0	0		2.8	0.73	6.60	2.6	2.6	3
Totals	26.0	SS	198	0	318	270	526	33	114	829	796	.960	0	0		4.0	0.58	5.23
Harry Simpson	30	OF	111	0	965.1	188	3	7	2	198	191	.965	0	0		1.7	0.20	1.78	72.1	78.7	1
Johnny Groth	29	OF	84	0	598.1	140	8	0	3	148	148	1.000	0	0		1.8	0.25	2.23	54.5	88.4	2
Lou Skizas	24	OF	74	0	622.0	148	9	4	0	161	157	.975	0	0		2.1	0.25	2.27	48.1	89.2	3
Gus Zernial	33	OF	69	0	525.1	111	9	2	1	122	120	.984	0	0		1.7	0.23	2.06	44.8	63.3	4
Al Pilarcik	25	OF	67	0	544.0	154	9	4	1	167	163	.976	0	0		2.4	0.30	2.70	43.5	97.1	5
Enos Slaughter	40	OF	56	0	430.0	105	1	2	0	108	106	.981	0	0		1.9	0.25	2.22	36.4	61.5	6
Bill Renna	31	OF	25	0	104.2	18	1	1	0	20	19	.950	0	0		0.8	0.18	1.64	16.2	75.8	7
Hector Lopez	26	OF	20	0	173.0	44	3	2	0	49	47	.959	0	0		2.4	0.27	2.45	13.0	13.2	8
Jim Pisoni	26	OF	9	0	74.1	24	4	1	1	29	28	.966	0	0		3.1	0.38	3.40	5.8	90.0	9
Vic Power	28	OF	7	0	56.0	14	0	0	0	14	14	1.000	0	0		2.0	0.25	2.25	4.5	5.5	10
Dave Melton	27	OF	3	0	12.0	3	0	0	0	3	3	1.000	0	0		1.0	0.25	2.25	1.9	100.0	11
Elmer Valo	35	OF	1	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0		0.0	0.00	0.00	0.6	11.1	12
Totals	29.5	OF	526	0	4111	949	47	23	8	1019	996	.977	0	0		1.9	0.24	2.18
Jack Crimian	30	P	54	0	127.2	3	22	1	1	26	25	.962	0	0		0.5	0.20	1.77	35.1	98.2	1
Tom Gorman	31	P	52	0	171.0	11	29	3	1	43	40	.930	0	0		0.8	0.23	2.11	33.8	100.0	2
Bobby Shantz	30	P	45	0	100.2	10	20	2	2	32	30	.938	0	0		0.7	0.30	2.69	29.2	88.2	3
Art Ditmar	27	P	44	0	253.2	20	33	2	3	55	53	.964	0	0		1.2	0.21	1.88	28.6	100.0	4
Troy Herriage	25	P	31	0	103.0	0	11	3	0	14	11	.786	0	0		0.4	0.11	0.96	20.1	91.2	5
Lou Kretlow	35	P	25	0	119.2	5	16	2	1	23	21	.913	0	0		0.8	0.18	1.59	16.2	100.0	6
Jack McMahan	23	P	23	0	61.2	3	10	0	1	13	13	1.000	0	0		0.6	0.21	1.91	14.9	100.0	7
Bill Harrington	28	P	23	0	39.2	3	5	0	1	8	8	1.000	0	0		0.3	0.20	1.84	14.9	100.0	7
Moe Burtschy	34	P	21	0	43.2	2	15	0	2	17	17	1.000	0	0		0.8	0.39	3.54	13.6	100.0	9
Alex Kellner	31	P	20	0	91.2	1	17	1	2	19	18	.947	0	0		0.9	0.20	1.78	13.0	95.2	10
Wally Burnette	27	P	18	0	121.0	6	16	1	2	23	22	.957	0	0		1.2	0.18	1.64	11.7	100.0	11
Tommy Lasorda	28	P	18	0	45.1	3	9	1	0	13	12	.923	0	0		0.7	0.27	2.39	11.7	94.7	11
Jose Santiago	27	P	9	0	21.2	1	5	0	1	6	6	1.000	0	0		0.7	0.28	2.55	5.8	100.0	13
George Brunet	21	P	6	0	9.0	0	3	0	0	3	3	1.000	0	0		0.5	0.33	3.00	3.9	100.0	14
Glenn Cox	25	P	3	0	23.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0		0.0	0.00	0.00	1.9	100.0	15
Art Ceccarelli	26	P	3	0	10.0	0	5	0	0	5	5	1.000	0	0		1.7	0.50	4.50	1.9	100.0	15
Arnie Portocarrero	24	P	3	0	8.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0	0		0.3	0.13	1.12	1.9	100.0	15
Carl Duser	23	P	2	0	6.0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1.000	0	0		1.0	0.33	3.00	1.3	100.0	18
Walt Craddock	24	P	2	0	9.1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0	0		0.5	0.11	0.99	1.3	100.0	18
Bob Spicer	31	P	2	0	2.1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0	0		0.5	0.48	4.29	1.3	100.0	18
Bill Bradford	34	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0	0		1.0	0.50	4.50	0.6	100.0	21
Totals	27.8	P	405	0	1371	68	222	16	17	306	290	.948	0	0		0.7	0.21	1.91

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#	player	age	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	draft info	status	cur-org	cur-lev	salary
14	Joe Astroth	33	C	5-9	187	R	R	1922-09-01	East Alton,IL	MLB	1945-1956	1945-1956
11	Mike Baxes	25	SS-2B	5-10	175	R	R	1930-12-18	San Francisco,CA	MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958	1951- UDFA -NYA
1	Clete Boyer	19	3B	6-0	182	R	R	1937-02-09	Cassville,MO	MLB	1955-1971	1955-1971
12	Bill Bradford	34	P	6-2	180	R	R	1921-08-28	Choctaw,AR	MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
9,53	George Brunet	21	P	6-1	210	R	L	1935-06-08	Houghton,MI	MLB	1956-1971	1956-1971
23	Wally Burnette	27	P	6-0	178	R	R	1929-06-20	Blairs,VA	MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
36	Moe Burtschy	34	P	6-3	208	R	R	1922-04-18	Cincinnati,OH	MLB	1950-1956	1950-1956
19	Art Ceccarelli	26	P	6-0	190	R	L	1930-04-02	New Haven,CT	MLB	1955-1960	1955-1960
16	Glenn Cox	25	P	6-2	210	R	R	1931-02-03	Montebello,CA	MLB	1955-1958	1955-1958	1950- UDFA -BRO
15	Walt Craddock	24	P	6-0	176	R	L	1932-03-25	Pax,WV	MLB	1955-1958	1955-1958
24	Jack Crimian	30	P	5-10	180	R	R	1926-02-17	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1951-1957	1951-1957
2	Joe Demaestri	27	SS	6-0	170	R	R	1928-12-09	San Francisco,CA	MLB	1951-1961	1951-1961
28	Art Ditmar	27	P	6-2	195	R	R	1929-04-03	Winthrop,MA	MLB	1954-1962	1954-1962
39	Carl Duser	23	P	6-1	175	L	L	1932-07-22	Hazleton,PA	MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
4	Jim Finigan	27	3B-2B	5-11	175	R	R	1928-08-19	Quincy,IL	MLB	1954-1959	1954-1959
9	Joe Ginsberg	29	C	5-11	180	L	R	1926-10-11	New York,NY	MLB	1948-1962	1948-1962
37	Tom Gorman	31	P	6-1	190	R	R	1925-01-04	New York,NY	MLB	1952-1959	1952-1980
39	Johnny Groth	29	OF	6-0	182	R	R	1926-07-23	Chicago,IL	MLB	1946-1960	1946-1960
26	Bill Harrington	28	P	5-11	160	R	R	1927-10-03	Sanford,NC	MLB	1953-1956	1953-1956
17	Troy Herriage	25	P	6-1	170	R	R	1930-12-20	Tipton,OK	MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
6	Spook Jacobs	30	2B	5-9	155	R	R	1925-11-04	Cheswold,DE	MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
20	Alex Kellner	31	P	6-0	200	R	L	1924-08-26	Tucson,AZ	MLB	1948-1959	1948-1959
18,23	Lou Kretlow	35	P	6-2	185	R	R	1921-06-27	Apache,OK	MLB	1946-1956	1946-1956
23	Tommy Lasorda	28	P	5-10	175	L	L	1927-09-22	Norristown,PA	MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
10	Hector Lopez	26	OF-3B	5-11	182	R	R	1929-07-09	Colon,PN	MLB	1955-1966	1955-1966
14	Jack McMahan	23	P	6-0	175	R	L	1932-07-25	Hot Springs,AR	MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
31	Dave Melton	27	OF	6-0	185	R	R	1928-10-03	Pampa,TX	MLB	1956-1958	1956-1958
6	Al Pilarcik	25	OF	5-10	180	L	L	1930-07-03	Whiting,IN	MLB	1956-1961	1956-1961
36	Jim Pisoni	26	OF	5-10	169	R	R	1929-08-14	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1953-1960	1953-1960
8	Rance Pless	30	1B-3B	6-0	195	R	R	1925-12-06	Greeneville,TN	MLB	1956-1956	1956-1956
#	player	age	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	draft info	status	cur-org	cur-lev	salary
25	Arnie Portocarrero	24	P	6-3	196	R	R	1931-07-05	New York,NY	MLB	1954-1960	1954-1960	1949- UDFA -PHA
7	Vic Power	28	1B	5-11	195	R	R	1927-11-01	Arecibo,PR	MLB	1954-1965	1954-1965
34	Bill Renna	31	OF	6-3	218	R	R	1924-10-14	Hanford,CA	MLB	1953-1959	1953-1959
25	Eddie Robinson	35	1B	6-3	210	L	R	1920-12-15	Paris,TX	MLB	1942-1957	1942-1957
26,34	Jose Santiago	27	P	5-10	175	R	R	1928-09-04	Coamo,PR	MLB	1954-1956	1954-1956
21	Bobby Shantz	30	P	5-6	142	R	L	1925-09-26	Pottstown,PA	MLB	1949-1964	1949-1964
38	Harry Simpson	30	OF-1B	6-1	180	L	R	1925-12-03	Atlanta,GA	MLB	1951-1959	1951-1959
35	Lou Skizas	24	OF-3B	5-11	175	R	R	1932-06-02	Chicago,IL	MLB	1956-1959	1956-1959
33	Enos Slaughter	40	OF	5-9	192	L	R	1916-04-27	Roxboro,NC	MLB	1938-1959	1938-1959
32	Hal Smith	25	C	6-0	195	R	R	1930-12-07	West Frankfort,IL	MLB	1955-1964	1955-1964
19	Bob Spicer	31	P	5-10	173	L	R	1925-04-11	Richmond,VA	MLB	1955-1956	1955-1956
22	Tim Thompson	32	C	5-11	190	L	R	1924-03-01	Coalport,PA	MLB	1954-1958	1954-1958
35	Elmer Valo	35	OF	5-11	190	L	R	1921-03-05	Ribnik,CZ	MLB	1940-1961	1940-1961
30	Gus Zernial	33	OF	6-3	210	R	R	1923-06-27	Beaumont,TX	MLB	1949-1959	1949-1959
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year	team name	league	level	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	rank	lgrk	manager	ballpark	playoffs
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL	MLB	154	52	102	.338	45.0	619	831	-212	8	8	Lou Boudreau	Municipal Stadium	dnq
Totals	Full Organization			154	52	102	.338		619	831	-212

player	age	year	award	team	rank	1st place	share	points
Harry Simpson	30	1956	AL-MVP	Kansas City Athletics	11	0	11	37
Vic Power	28	1956	AL-MVP	Kansas City Athletics	27	0	1	3
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