1955 Kansas City Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 63-91
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 1,388,453, Avg. 20,123
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I
Manager: Lou Boudreau (63-91)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1955 Kansas City Athletics Roster
1955 Kansas City Athletics Results

The Kansas City Athletics of the American League ended the 1955 season with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Athletics plated 638 runs and allowed 911 runs, most in the league. Gus Zernial walloped 30 home runs for Kansas City, while Bill Wilson, Hector Lopez and Vic Power each swatted 20 or more as well. Gus Zernial drove in 84 runs. Vic Power topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .319 average. Art Ditmar led the squad with 12 wins, and Alex Kellner recorded a 4.20 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Boudreau coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Art Ditmar1212.5005.0335228711175.3180109982386579717773
Alex Kellner118.5794.2030243630162.716481761860275503704
Tom Gorman76.5383.55570350018109.09848431136546402451
Cloyd Boyer55.5006.2230111220098.310781682169332703466
Arnie Portocarrero59.3574.7724201410111.310966591267434410506
Bobby Shantz510.3334.5423172410125.012470638661158102550
Vic Raschi46.4005.4220180100101.313266611035438102466
Art Ceccarelli47.3645.3131166310123.712381732071268014557
Bill Harrington33.5004.113411800276.7694135641426201336
Moe Burtschy201.00010.3270000011.31713130101910060
Johnny Sain25.2865.442501300144.75428271010412000197
Charlie Bishop101.0005.404020006.7674182430036
Lou Sleater11.5007.71161700025.7332222321011000127
Ray Herbert18.1116.262311420087.79965611040930104396
Bill Wilson000.001010001.010001010005
Marion Fricano003.15100500020.01997290500284
Bob Trice009.0040200010.0141310460200051
Sonny Dixon0016.202010001.7633100000011
Ozzie Van Brabant0018.002010002.0444121100013
Lee Wheat0022.503000002.0875132100018
Bob Spicer0033.752000002.791010240210022
Ewell Blackwell01.0006.752020004.0333150210018
Gus Keriazakos01.00012.3451200011.7151616470800154
Walt Craddock02.0007.8042000015.01814133100900073
Mike Kume02.0007.9964000023.735232111507305121
Glenn Cox02.00030.862200002.31188010200019
Johnny Gray03.0006.4185100026.7282319224011100129
Totals6391.4095.35410155126297221382.0148691182217570759573423366243

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Vic Power1476395969119034101976023527.319.354.505.859301120356
Hector Lopez128527483501401521568143358.290.337.422.759204153441
Jim Finigan15061554572139307968136149.255.333.385.718210183516
Harry Simpson11243639642119167552353461.301.356.414.770164102134
Joe DeMaestri12348645742114141637352047.249.284.324.608148123421
Gus Zernial12045441362105933084103090.254.304.508.812210173081
Elmer Valo11233828350103174337535218.364.460.484.94413750122
Enos Slaughter1083152674986124534234017.322.408.453.86112182154
Joe Astroth101338274296941523234733.252.372.328.700901161016
Bill Wilson9830027339611201538112463.223.288.432.72011881110
Billy Shantz79232217185641112001114.258.293.300.5926560311
Bill Renna100284249335373728033142.213.305.349.6548742200
Clete Boyer478279319100600317.241.268.253.5212030000
Pete Suder268381317410101213.210.229.284.5132310000
Jerry Schypinski22706971520050016.217.229.246.4751710000
Jack Littrell377670714010100412.200.243.229.4721610200
Art Ditmar35676231300060019.210.222.210.4321320400
Alex Kellner30625661221050047.214.267.286.5521630200
Dick Kryhoski28534721020020167.213.302.255.5571200000
Tom Saffell941375800011047.216.293.216.509810000
Spook Jacobs1328237600011230.261.370.261.631611100
Vic Raschi20373306100100110.182.206.212.418720300
Bobby Shantz2644415600000015.146.167.146.313600200
Ray Herbert2424211410020017.190.217.238.455510110
Arnie Portocarrero24403734001100117.108.132.189.321710200
Art Ceccarelli31423813000000117.079.103.079.182310300
Bob Trice4330200000000.667.667.6671.333200000
Marion Fricano10330200000000.667.667.6671.333200000
Jim Robertson6981200000012.250.333.250.583200000
Lou Sleater2113130200000000.154.154.154.308210000
Bill Harrington3419170200000025.118.211.118.328200000
Bill Stewart1119182210000016.111.158.167.325300000
Tom Gorman57262412100000114.083.120.125.245310100
Cloyd Boyer30322922000000211.069.129.069.198200100
Charlie Bishop4220100000001.500.500.5001.000100000
Moe Burtschy7331100010001.333.333.333.667100000
Mike Kume6880100000005.125.125.125.250100000
Johnny Gray8880100000005.125.125.125.250100000
Don Bollweg121291100020032.111.333.111.444100002
Alex George511100100000017.100.182.100.282100000
Don Plarski811110100001002.091.091.091.182100000
Hal Bevan3330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Walt Craddock4550000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Eric MacKenzie1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Gus Keriazakos5330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Bob Spicer2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Glenn Cox2110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Johnny Sain25880000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Ewell Blackwell2100000000000000100
Ozzie Van Brabant2000000000000000000
Lee Wheat3000000000000000000
Sonny Dixon2000000000000000000
Totals2024591553356381395189461215922236462718.261.321.382.704203914626583434


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Vic Power1B1441431248.0128113010140.9931.1759.7990000
Dick Kryhoski1B14887.076617.9888.4835.8570000
Jack Littrell1B6330.024413.9668.4004.6670000
Harry Simpson1B3110.0102021.0001.8004.0000000
Don Bollweg1B307.080031.0001.2862.6670000
Jim Finigan2B9087773.72362281272.9755.3985.1560000
Hector Lopez2B3635299.39398632.9705.7435.3060000
Pete Suder2B2418176.05144117.9904.8583.9580000
Clete Boyer2B10555.0121121.9203.7642.3000000
Spook Jacobs2B7648.099041.0003.3752.5710000
Jack Littrell2B4216.01511.8573.3751.5000000
Jerry Schypinski2B2214.056021.0007.0715.5000000
Hector Lopez3B9390804.71042332326.9363.7693.6240000
Jim Finigan3B5959514.355135813.9603.3253.2200000
Clete Boyer3B11661.0717011.0003.5412.1820000
Hal Bevan3B102.010001.0004.5001.0000000
Joe AstrothC10092818.04205059.9895.1714.7001116212150.0
Billy ShantzC7861544.02612738.9904.7653.692316151142.3
Jim RobertsonC4219.082001.0004.7372.500021150.0
Eric MacKenzieC101.00000.000.0000000
Gus ZernialOF103102860.3231994.9642.5112.3300000
Harry SimpsonOF10095858.7262562.9782.7992.6700000
Bill WilsonOF8266610.3186460.9692.8022.3170000
Elmer ValoOF7269607.3147522.9872.2522.1110000
Bill RennaOF7962540.7118512.9922.0471.5570000
Enos SlaughterOF7756537.7126522.9852.1931.7010000
Tom SaffellOF9976.025010.9622.9612.7780000
Bill StewartOF6332.071011.0002.2501.3330000
Don PlarskiOF6323.070001.0002.7391.1670000
Art DitmarP3522175.3152913.9782.2591.2570000
Alex KellnerP3024162.343032.9191.8851.1330000
Bobby ShantzP2317125.092622.9462.5201.5220000
Art CeccarelliP3116123.7314001.0001.237.5480000
Arnie PortocarreroP2420111.371510.9571.778.9170000
Tom GormanP570109.081331.8751.734.3680000
Vic RaschiP2018101.3102111.9692.7531.5500000
Cloyd BoyerP301198.391320.9172.014.7330000
Ray HerbertP231188.0824001.0003.2731.3910000
Bill HarringtonP34176.7411001.0001.761.4410000
Johnny SainP25044.735001.0001.612.3200000
Johnny GrayP8526.721001.0001.013.3750000
Lou SleaterP16125.723001.0001.753.3130000
Mike KumeP6423.714001.0001.901.8330000
Marion FricanoP10020.05410.9004.050.9000000
Walt CraddockP4215.002001.0001.200.5000000
Gus KeriazakosP5111.701001.000.771.2000000
Moe BurtschyP7011.30000.000.0000000
Bob TriceP4010.034001.0006.3001.7500000
Charlie BishopP406.701001.0001.350.2500000
Ewell BlackwellP204.00000.000.0000000
Bob SpicerP202.70000.000.0000000
Glenn CoxP222.302001.0007.7141.0000000
Lee WheatP302.001001.0004.500.3330000
Ozzie Van BrabantP202.00000.000.0000000
Sonny DixonP201.710001.0005.400.5000000
Bill WilsonP101.00000.000.0000000
Joe DeMaestriSS1221181030.72063582178.9644.9254.6230000
Jerry SchypinskiSS2118149.02246510.9324.1073.2380000
Jack LittrellSS2212126.0304248.9475.1433.2730000
Clete BoyerSS12558.3131314.9634.0112.1670000
Alex GeorgeSS5218.06511.9175.5002.2000000
Totals1816139512438.041421729146464.9764.2483.2331434373347.1




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