KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS
HISTORY TEAM STATS 1956
05/29/2001
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KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS HISTORY TEAM STATS 1956 - RECORD 52-102, .338 - FINISH 8th - RUNS SCORED 619 - RUNS ALLOWED 831
TEAM BATTING STATS
Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ WAR
C Joe Astroth 33 8 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 .077 .077 .154 -67 -0.2
SS Mike Baxes 25 73 27 106 9 24 3 1 1 5 0 1 18 15 .226 .339 .302 .641 78 0.2
2B Clete Boyer 19 67 40 129 15 28 3 1 1 4 1 1 11 24 .217 .284 .279 .563 52 -0.3
P George Brunet 20 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -111 -0.0
P Wally Burnette 26 18 14 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .051 .075 .051 .126 -71 -0.7
P Moe Burtschy 34 21 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -39 -0.1
P Art Ceccarelli 26 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 2 -0.0
P Glenn Cox 25 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -111 -0.2
P Walt Craddock 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -111 -0.0
P Jack Crimian 30 55 7 22 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .227 .320 .227 .547 58 -0.0
SS Joe DeMaestri 27 133 125 434 41 101 16 1 6 39 3 3 25 73 .233 .277 .316 .593 58 -0.4
P Art Ditmar 27 44 34 91 5 13 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 24 .143 .170 .176 .346 -9 -1.0
P *Carl Duser 23 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -111 -0.1
2B Jim Finigan 27 91 68 250 29 54 7 2 2 21 3 1 30 28 .216 .298 .284 .582 60 -0.3
C *Joe Ginsberg 29 71 50 195 15 48 8 1 1 12 1 1 23 17 .246 .323 .313 .636 70 0.2
P Tom Gorman 31 52 13 39 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 22 .051 .140 .051 .191 -42 -0.6
CF Johnny Groth 29 95 61 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 1 2 30 31 .258 .335 .398 .732 94 0.7
P Bill Harrington 28 23 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -55 -0.1
P Troy Herriage 25 34 16 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .120 .185 .120 .305 -14 -0.3
2B Spook Jacobs 30 32 28 97 13 21 3 0 0 5 4 1 15 5 .216 .321 .247 .569 60 -0.1
P Alex Kellner 31 21 17 30 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .200 .273 .200 .473 35 -0.2
P Lou Kretlow 34 25 20 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .061 .162 .061 .223 -31 -0.5
P *Tommy Lasorda 28 19 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -67 -0.2
3B Hector Lopez 26 151 144 561 91 153 27 3 18 69 4 5 63 73 .273 .347 .428 .775 107 2.9
P Jack McMahan 23 23 9 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -111 -0.3
LF Dave Melton 27 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 -0.0
CF *Al Pilarcik 25 69 61 239 28 60 10 1 4 22 9 2 30 32 .251 .333 .351 .685 87 0.7
CF Jim Pisoni 26 10 9 30 4 8 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 8 .267 .303 .467 .770 101 0.1
1B Rance Pless 30 48 17 85 4 23 3 1 0 9 0 1 10 13 .271 .354 .329 .684 91 0.1
P Arnie Portocarrero 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -111 -0.0
1B Vic Power 28 127 123 530 77 164 21 5 14 63 2 2 24 16 .309 .340 .447 .787 109 2.1
LF Bill Renna 31 33 7 48 12 13 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 10 .271 .314 .458 .772 106 0.2
1B *Eddie Robinson 35 75 41 172 13 34 5 1 2 12 0 0 26 20 .198 .308 .273 .582 63 -0.6
P Jose Santiago 27 9 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 119 0.0
P Bobby Shantz 30 51 2 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .136 .303 -16 -0.3
RF *Harry Simpson 30 141 138 543 76 159 22 11 21 105 2 3 47 82 .293 .347 .490 .837 116 2.6
LF Lou Skizas 23 83 72 297 39 94 11 3 11 39 3 1 15 17 .316 .346 .485 .831 119 1.6
RF *Enos Slaughter 40 91 47 223 37 62 14 3 2 23 1 0 29 20 .278 .362 .395 .757 105 0.9
C Hal Smith 25 37 36 142 15 39 9 2 2 24 1 1 3 12 .275 .284 .408 .692 80 0.3
C *Tim Thompson 32 92 63 268 21 73 13 2 1 27 2 4 17 23 .272 .319 .347 .666 80 0.4
LF *Elmer Valo 35 9 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .222 .273 .222 .495 35 -0.1
LF Gus Zernial 32 109 69 272 36 61 12 0 16 44 2 0 33 66 .224 .315 .445 .760 101 0.9
  TEAM TOTALS/AVG 28.1 2062 1389 5256 619 1325 204 41 112 584 40 30 479 725 .252 .315 .370 .685 83 6.7
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
TEAM PITCHING STATS
Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA FIP WAR
Bill Bradford 34 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 9.00 17.08 -0.3
*George Brunet 20 0 0 0.000 6 1 0 9.0 10 7 1 11 5 7.00 6.58 -0.2
Wally Burnette 26 6 8 0.429 18 14 0 121.1 115 39 13 39 54 2.89 4.02 1.7
Moe Burtschy 34 3 1 0.750 21 0 0 43.1 41 19 6 30 18 3.95 5.56 -0.6
*Art Ceccarelli 26 0 1 0.000 3 2 0 10.0 13 8 3 4 2 7.20 7.28 -0.2
Glenn Cox 25 0 2 0.000 3 3 0 23.1 15 11 2 22 6 4.24 6.01 -0.2
*Walt Craddock 24 0 2 0.000 2 2 0 9.1 9 7 1 10 8 6.75 5.48 -0.0
Jack Crimian 30 4 8 0.333 54 7 3 129.0 129 79 19 49 59 5.51 4.79 -0.2
Art Ditmar 27 12 22 0.353 44 34 1 254.1 254 125 30 108 126 4.42 4.41 2.4
*Carl Duser 23 1 1 0.500 2 2 0 6.0 14 6 0 2 5 9.00 1.92 0.3
Tom Gorman 31 9 10 0.474 52 13 3 171.1 168 73 23 68 56 3.83 4.78 0.1
Bill Harrington 28 2 2 0.500 23 1 1 37.2 40 27 3 26 14 6.45 4.87 -0.2
Troy Herriage 25 1 13 0.071 31 16 0 103.0 135 76 16 64 59 6.64 5.32 -0.3
*Alex Kellner 31 7 4 0.636 20 17 0 91.2 103 44 15 33 44 4.32 4.80 0.5
Lou Kretlow 34 4 9 0.308 25 20 0 118.2 121 70 17 74 61 5.31 5.19 0.0
*Tommy Lasorda 28 0 4 0.000 18 5 1 45.1 40 31 6 45 28 6.15 6.05 -0.6
*Jack McMahan 23 0 5 0.000 23 9 0 61.2 69 33 7 31 13 4.82 5.24 -0.2
Arnie Portocarrero 24 0 1 0.000 3 1 0 8.0 9 9 2 7 2 10.12 7.96 -0.3
Jose Santiago 27 1 2 0.333 9 5 0 21.2 36 20 8 17 9 8.31 9.60 -1.0
*Bobby Shantz 30 2 7 0.222 45 2 9 101.1 95 49 12 37 67 4.35 3.87 0.8
Bob Spicer 31 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 2.1 6 5 1 1 0 19.29 10.73 -0.2
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 27.7 52 102 0.338 405 154 18 1370.1 1424 740 187 679 636 4.86 4.91 1.5
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
PITCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Jack Crimian 127.2 7 54 3 22 1 1 0.0 .962 1.76  
Tom Gorman 171.0 13 52 11 29 3 1 0.0 .930 2.11  
Bobby Shantz 100.2 2 45 10 20 2 2 0.0 .938 2.68  
Art Ditmar 253.2 34 44 20 33 2 3 0.0 .964 1.88  
Troy Herriage 103.0 16 31 0 11 3 0 0.0 .786 0.96  
Lou Kretlow 119.2 20 25 5 16 2 1 0.0 .913 1.58  
Bill Harrington 39.2 1 23 3 5 0 1 0.0 1.000 1.82  
Jack McMahan 61.2 9 23 3 10 0 1 0.0 1.000 1.90  
Moe Burtschy 43.2 0 21 2 15 0 2 0.0 1.000 3.50  
Alex Kellner 91.2 17 20 1 17 1 2 0.0 .947 1.77  
Wally Burnette 121.0 14 18 6 16 1 2 0.0 .957 1.64  
Tommy Lasorda 45.1 5 18 3 9 1 0 0.0 .923 2.38  
Jose Santiago 21.2 5 9 1 5 0 1 0.0 1.000 2.49  
George Brunet 9.0 1 6 0 3 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.00  
Art Ceccarelli 10.0 2 3 0 5 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.50  
Glenn Cox 23.1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Arnie Portocarrero 8.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.12  
Walt Craddock 9.1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.96  
Carl Duser 6.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.00  
Bob Spicer 2.1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.86  
Bill Bradford 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.50  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.1 154 405 68 222 16 17 0.0 .948  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CATCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Tim Thompson 572.1 63 68 328 38 7 7 -1.2 .981 0.00  
Joe Ginsberg 451.1 50 57 238 28 3 3 -0.4 .989 0.00  
Hal Smith 304.2 36 37 183 22 3 3 -0.7 .986 0.00  
Joe Astroth 42.0 5 8 19 5 0 1 0.1 1.000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.1 154 170 768 93 13 14 -2.2 .985  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
FIRST BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Vic Power 630.2 72 76 671 62 5 73 0.0 .993 10.46  
Eddie Robinson 367.2 41 47 360 19 9 43 0.0 .977 9.28  
Harry Simpson 257.0 29 32 269 15 4 32 0.0 .986 9.95  
Rance Pless 115.0 12 15 137 7 0 18 0.0 1.000 11.27  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.1 154 170 1437 103 18 166 0.0 .988  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SECOND BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Jim Finigan 351.1 39 52 114 105 7 35 0.0 .969 5.61  
Clete Boyer 324.1 34 51 94 110 6 31 0.0 .971 5.66  
Vic Power 389.2 45 47 122 138 7 40 0.0 .974 6.01  
Spook Jacobs 236.0 28 31 78 71 5 26 0.0 .968 5.68  
Hector Lopez 66.0 8 8 18 18 2 7 0.0 .947 4.91  
Joe DeMaestri 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Mike Baxes 1.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0.0 .667 18.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.1 154 192 427 443 28 139 0.0 .969  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
THIRD BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Hector Lopez 1034.1 114 121 152 254 26 23 0.0 .940 3.53  
Jim Finigan 254.0 29 32 29 70 9 7 0.0 .917 3.51  
Clete Boyer 48.0 6 7 6 14 0 3 0.0 1.000 3.75  
Rance Pless 34.0 5 5 5 13 0 2 0.0 1.000 4.76  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.1 154 165 192 351 35 35 0.0 .939  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SHORTSTOP FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Joe DeMaestri 1053.2 125 132 210 407 23 95 0.0 .964 5.27  
Mike Baxes 301.2 27 62 56 112 10 17 0.0 .944 5.01  
Hector Lopez 15.0 2 4 4 7 0 2 0.0 1.000 6.60  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.1 154 198 270 526 33 114 0.0 .960  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
LEFT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Gus Zernial 525.0 69 69 112 9 2 1 0.0 .984 2.07  
Lou Skizas 497.1 55 57 125 9 3 0 0.0 .978 2.42  
Bill Renna 89.1 6 22 15 1 1 0 0.0 .941 1.61  
Enos Slaughter 143.0 15 19 40 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.52  
Johnny Groth 40.1 2 14 6 1 0 1 0.0 1.000 1.56  
Vic Power 56.0 6 7 14 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.25  
Dave Melton 12.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.25  
Elmer Valo 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1369.0 154 192 315 20 6 2 0.0 .982  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CENTER FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Al Pilarcik 526.0 59 64 151 8 4 1 0.0 .975 2.72  
Johnny Groth 416.0 44 56 103 4 0 2 0.0 1.000 2.31  
Harry Simpson 180.0 22 23 49 0 2 0 0.0 .961 2.45  
Hector Lopez 173.0 20 20 44 3 2 0 0.0 .959 2.45  
Jim Pisoni 74.0 9 9 25 4 1 1 0.0 .967 3.53  
Enos Slaughter 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1370.0 154 173 372 19 9 4 0.0 .978  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
RIGHT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Harry Simpson 785.0 87 92 138 3 5 2 0.0 .966 1.62  
Enos Slaughter 286.0 32 37 66 1 2 0 0.0 .971 2.11  
Johnny Groth 140.1 15 18 25 2 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.73  
Lou Skizas 125.0 17 18 22 0 1 0 0.0 .957 1.58  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1336.1 151 165 251 6 8 2 0.0 .970  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
TEAM BATTING LEADERS
Batting Average Vic Power  .309
On-Base Pct Harry Simpson  .347
Slugging Pct Harry Simpson  .490
OPS Harry Simpson  .837
wOBA Harry Simpson  .361
Games Hector Lopez  151
At-Bats Hector Lopez  561
Runs Hector Lopez  91
Hits Vic Power  164
Total Bases Harry Simpson  266
Singles Vic Power  124
Doubles Hector Lopez  27
Triples Harry Simpson  11
Home Runs Harry Simpson  21
RBIs Harry Simpson  105
Stolen Bases Al Pilarcik  9
Caught Stealing Hector Lopez  5
Walks Hector Lopez  63
Strikeouts Harry Simpson  82
 
 
 
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS
ERA Wally Burnette  2.89
Wins Art Ditmar  12
Losses Art Ditmar  22
Winning Pct Tom Gorman  .474
Saves Bobby Shantz  9
Games Pitched Jack Crimian  54
Games Started Art Ditmar  34
Complete Games Art Ditmar  14
Shutouts Art Ditmar  2
Innings Pitched Art Ditmar  254.1
Hits Allowed Art Ditmar  254
Home Runs Allowed Art Ditmar  30
Strikeouts Art Ditmar  126
Walks Allowed Art Ditmar  108
Walks per 9 IP Wally Burnette  2.89
Hits per 9 IP Wally Burnette  8.53
Strikeouts per 9 IP Lou Kretlow  4.63
WHIP Wally Burnette  1.27
OAVG Wally Burnette  0.248
OOBP Wally Burnette  0.307
OSLG Wally Burnette  0.333
OOPS Wally Burnette  0.640
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