1955 Kansas City Athletics

63-91 • 0.409 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
91 Losses
0.409 Win %
6th Rank
638 R 911 RA
Diff -273

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⚡ Quick Stats

638 Runs Scored
911 Runs Allowed
-273 Run Diff
1,388K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% above the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .320 4% below the 1955 league average (.334)
SLG .329 1% above the 1955 league average (.327)
Team ERA 5.35 35% worse than the 1955 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 638 7% below the 1955 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 1,388,453
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Avg per Game 18,269

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Elmer Valo 0.364 2 Enos Slaughter 0.322 3 Vic Power 0.319 4 Harry Simpson 0.301 5 Hector Lopez 0.290

Home Runs

1 Gus Zernial 30 2 Vic Power 19 3 Hector Lopez 15 4 Bill Wilson 15 5 Jim Finigan 9

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 84 2 Vic Power 76 3 Jim Finigan 68 4 Hector Lopez 68 5 Harry Simpson 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vic Power 147 596 91 190 0 0 19 76 35 27 0 0.319
Jim Finigan 150 545 72 139 0 0 9 68 61 49 1 0.255
Hector Lopez 128 483 50 140 0 0 15 68 33 58 1 0.290
Joe DeMaestri 123 457 42 114 0 0 6 37 20 47 3 0.249
Gus Zernial 120 413 62 105 0 0 30 84 30 90 1 0.254
Harry Simpson 112 396 42 119 0 0 5 52 34 61 3 0.301
Elmer Valo 112 283 50 103 0 0 3 37 52 18 5 0.364
Joe Astroth 101 274 29 69 0 0 5 23 47 33 2 0.252
Bill Wilson 98 273 39 61 0 0 15 38 24 63 1 0.223
Enos Slaughter 108 267 49 86 0 0 5 34 40 17 2 0.322
Bill Renna 100 249 33 53 0 0 7 28 31 42 0 0.213
Billy Shantz 79 217 18 56 0 0 1 12 11 14 0 0.258
Pete Suder 26 81 3 17 0 0 0 1 2 13 0 0.210
Clete Boyer 47 79 3 19 0 0 0 6 3 17 0 0.241
Jack Littrell 37 70 7 14 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0.200
Jerry Schypinski 22 69 7 15 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 0.217
Art Ditmar 35 62 3 13 0 0 0 6 1 9 0 0.210
Alex Kellner 30 56 6 12 0 0 0 5 4 7 0 0.214
Dick Kryhoski 28 47 2 10 0 0 0 2 6 7 0 0.213
Bobby Shantz 26 41 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.146
Art Ceccarelli 31 38 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.079
Arnie Portocarrero 24 37 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 17 0 0.108
Tom Saffell 9 37 5 8 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 0.216
Vic Raschi 20 33 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.182
Cloyd Boyer 30 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0.069
Tom Gorman 57 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.083
Spook Jacobs 13 23 7 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0.261
Ray Herbert 24 21 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.190
Bill Stewart 11 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.111
Bill Harrington 34 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.118
Lou Sleater 21 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.154
Don Plarski 8 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.091
Alex George 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.100
Don Bollweg 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.111
Johnny Gray 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Mike Kume 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Jim Robertson 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Johnny Sain 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Walt Craddock 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hal Bevan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Moe Burtschy 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333
Marion Fricano 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Gus Keriazakos 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bob Trice 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Charlie Bishop 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Glenn Cox 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eric MacKenzie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Spicer 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ewell Blackwell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sonny Dixon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ozzie Van Brabant 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Wheat 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Gorman 3.55 2 Bill Harrington 4.11 3 Alex Kellner 4.20 4 Bobby Shantz 4.54 5 Arnie Portocarrero 4.77

Wins

1 Art Ditmar 12 2 Alex Kellner 11 3 Tom Gorman 7 4 Cloyd Boyer 5 5 Arnie Portocarrero 5

Strikeouts

1 Art Ditmar 79 2 Alex Kellner 75 3 Art Ceccarelli 68 4 Bobby Shantz 58 5 Tom Gorman 46
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Art Ditmar 12 12 5.03 35 22 1 175.1 86 79
Alex Kellner 11 8 4.20 30 24 0 162.2 60 75
Bobby Shantz 5 10 4.54 23 17 0 125.0 66 58
Art Ceccarelli 4 7 5.31 31 16 0 123.2 71 68
Arnie Portocarrero 5 9 4.77 24 20 0 111.1 67 34
Tom Gorman 7 6 3.55 57 0 18 109.0 36 46
Vic Raschi 4 6 5.42 20 18 0 101.1 35 38
Cloyd Boyer 5 5 6.22 30 11 0 98.1 69 32
Ray Herbert 1 8 6.26 23 11 0 87.2 40 30
Bill Harrington 3 3 4.11 34 1 2 76.2 41 26
Johnny Sain 2 5 5.44 25 0 1 44.2 10 12
Johnny Gray 0 3 6.41 8 5 0 26.2 24 11
Lou Sleater 1 1 7.71 16 1 0 25.2 21 11
Mike Kume 0 2 7.99 6 4 0 23.2 15 7
Marion Fricano 0 0 3.15 10 0 0 20.0 9 5
Walt Craddock 0 2 7.80 4 2 0 15.0 10 9
Gus Keriazakos 0 1 12.34 5 1 0 11.2 7 8
Moe Burtschy 2 0 10.32 7 0 0 11.1 10 9
Bob Trice 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 10.0 6 2
Charlie Bishop 1 0 5.40 4 0 0 6.2 8 4
Ewell Blackwell 0 1 6.75 2 0 0 4.0 5 2
Bob Spicer 0 0 33.75 2 0 0 2.2 4 2
Glenn Cox 0 2 30.86 2 2 0 2.1 1 2
Ozzie Van Brabant 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 2 1
Lee Wheat 0 0 22.50 3 0 0 2.0 3 1
Sonny Dixon 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 1.2 0 0
Bill Wilson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1

👥 Roster (52)

Joe Astroth Hal Bevan Charlie Bishop Ewell Blackwell Don Bollweg Clete Boyer Cloyd Boyer Moe Burtschy Art Ceccarelli Glenn Cox Walt Craddock Joe DeMaestri +40 more

52 players

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