1956 Kansas City Athletics Roster, Schedule and Stats | Ballrecord

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Complete available 1956 record for the Kansas City Athletics: roster, schedule and results, plus batting, pitching, and fielding statistics.

Record: 52–102
Finish: 8
Games: 154
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I

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1956 games

Schedule and results

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Batting

Kansas City Athletics batting
Player	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI
Mike Baxes	73	124	.226	.339	.302	1	5
Lou Kretlow	25	37	.061	.162	.061	0	0
Joe Astroth	8	13	.077	.077	.077	0	0
Clete Boyer	67	141	.217	.284	.279	1	4
Bill Bradford	1	0	—	—	—	0	0
George Brunet	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Burnette	18	40	.051	.075	.051	0	0
Moe Burtschy	21	8	.125	.125	.125	0	0
Art Ceccarelli	3	4	0	.250	0	0	2
Glenn Cox	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Craddock	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Crimian	55	25	.227	.320	.227	0	0
Joe DeMaestri	133	465	.233	.277	.316	6	39
Art Ditmar	44	94	.143	.170	.176	1	4
Carl Duser	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Finigan	91	285	.216	.298	.284	2	21
Joe Ginsberg	71	220	.246	.323	.313	1	12
Tom Gorman	52	43	.051	.140	.051	0	2
Johnny Groth	95	278	.258	.335	.398	5	37
Bill Harrington	23	8	0	.125	0	0	0
Troy Herriage	34	27	.120	.185	.120	0	1
Spook Jacobs	32	112	.216	.321	.247	0	5
Alex Kellner	21	33	.200	.273	.200	0	2
Tom Lasorda	19	13	.077	.077	.077	0	0
Hector Lopez	151	631	.273	.347	.428	18	69
Jack McMahan	23	14	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Melton	3	3	.333	.333	.333	0	0
Al Pilarcik	69	270	.251	.333	.351	4	22
Jim Pisoni	10	33	.267	.303	.467	2	5
Rance Pless	48	96	.271	.354	.329	0	9
Arnie Portocarrero	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Power	127	556	.309	.340	.447	14	63
Bill Renna	33	51	.271	.314	.458	2	5
Eddie Robinson	75	201	.198	.308	.273	2	12
Jose Santiago	9	5	.400	.400	.400	0	0
Bobby Shantz	51	24	.091	.167	.136	0	1
Harry Simpson	141	596	.293	.347	.490	21	105
Lou Skizas	83	315	.316	.346	.485	11	39
Enos Slaughter	91	254	.278	.362	.395	2	23
Hal Smith	37	148	.275	.284	.408	2	24
Bob Spicer	2	0	—	—	—	0	0
Tim Thompson	92	288	.272	.319	.347	1	27
Elmer Valo	9	11	.222	.273	.222	0	2
Gus Zernial	109	311	.224	.315	.445	16	44

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Pitching

Kansas City Athletics pitching
Pitcher	W	L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
Jack Crimian	4	8	5.510	129.0	59	1.380
Bill Bradford	0	0	9	2.0	0	1.500
George Brunet	0	0	7	9.0	5	2.333
Moe Burtschy	3	1	3.950	43.1	18	1.638
Wally Burnette	6	8	2.890	121.1	54	1.269
Art Ceccarelli	0	1	7.200	10.0	2	1.700
Glenn Cox	0	2	4.240	23.1	6	1.586
Walt Craddock	0	2	6.750	9.1	8	2.036
Art Ditmar	12	22	4.420	254.1	126	1.423
Carl Duser	1	1	9	6.0	5	2.667
Tom Gorman	9	10	3.830	171.1	56	1.377
Bill Harrington	2	2	6.450	37.2	14	1.752
Troy Herriage	1	13	6.640	103.0	59	1.932
Alex Kellner	7	4	4.320	91.2	44	1.484
Lou Kretlow	4	9	5.310	118.2	61	1.643
Tom Lasorda	0	4	6.150	45.1	28	1.875
Jack McMahan	0	5	4.820	61.2	13	1.622
Arnie Portocarrero	0	1	10.130	8.0	2	2
Jose Santiago	1	2	8.310	21.2	9	2.446
Bobby Shantz	2	7	4.350	101.1	67	1.303
Bob Spicer	0	0	19.290	2.1	0	3

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Fielding

Kansas City Athletics fielding
Player	Pos	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%
Joe Astroth	C	42.0	19	5	0	1
Mike Baxes	2B	1.0	1	1	1	.667
Mike Baxes	SS	301.2	56	112	10	.944
Clete Boyer	2B	324.1	94	110	6	.971
Clete Boyer	3B	48.0	6	14	0	1
Bill Bradford	P	2.0	0	1	0	1
George Brunet	P	9.0	0	3	0	1
Moe Burtschy	P	43.2	2	15	0	1
Wally Burnette	P	121.0	6	16	1	.957
Art Ceccarelli	P	10.0	0	5	0	1
Glenn Cox	P	23.1	0	0	0	—
Walt Craddock	P	9.1	0	1	0	1
Jack Crimian	P	127.2	3	22	1	.962
Joe DeMaestri	2B	2.0	0	0	0	—
Joe DeMaestri	SS	1053.2	210	407	23	.964
Art Ditmar	P	253.2	20	33	2	.964
Carl Duser	P	6.0	0	2	0	1
Jim Finigan	2B	351.1	114	105	7	.969
Jim Finigan	3B	254.0	29	70	9	.917
Joe Ginsberg	C	451.1	238	28	3	.989
Tom Gorman	P	171.0	11	29	3	.930
Johnny Groth	OF	598.1	140	8	0	1
Bill Harrington	P	39.2	3	5	0	1
Troy Herriage	P	103.0	0	11	3	.786
Spook Jacobs	2B	236.0	78	71	5	.968
Alex Kellner	P	91.2	1	17	1	.947
Lou Kretlow	P	119.2	5	16	2	.913
Tom Lasorda	P	45.1	3	9	1	.923
Hector Lopez	2B	66.0	18	18	2	.947
Hector Lopez	3B	1034.1	152	254	26	.940
Hector Lopez	OF	173.0	44	3	2	.959
Hector Lopez	SS	15.0	4	7	0	1
Jack McMahan	P	61.2	3	10	0	1
Dave Melton	OF	12.0	3	0	0	1
Al Pilarcik	OF	544.0	154	9	4	.976
Jim Pisoni	OF	74.1	24	4	1	.966
Rance Pless	1B	115.0	137	7	0	1
Rance Pless	3B	34.0	5	13	0	1
Arnie Portocarrero	P	8.0	0	1	0	1
Vic Power	1B	630.2	671	62	5	.993
Vic Power	2B	389.2	122	138	7	.974
Vic Power	OF	56.0	14	0	0	1
Bill Renna	OF	104.2	18	1	1	.950
Eddie Robinson	1B	367.2	360	19	9	.977
Jose Santiago	P	21.2	1	5	0	1
Bobby Shantz	P	100.2	10	20	2	.938
Harry Simpson	1B	257.0	269	15	4	.986
Harry Simpson	OF	965.1	188	3	7	.965
Lou Skizas	OF	622.0	148	9	4	.975
Enos Slaughter	OF	430.0	105	1	2	.981
Hal Smith	C	304.2	183	22	3	.986
Bob Spicer	P	2.1	0	1	0	1
Tim Thompson	C	572.1	328	38	7	.981
Elmer Valo	OF	6.0	0	0	0	—
Gus Zernial	OF	525.1	111	9	2	.984