1956 Kansas City Athletics

52-102 • 0.338 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

52 Wins
102 Losses
0.338 Win %
8th Rank
619 R 831 RA
Diff -212

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⚡ Quick Stats

619 Runs Scored
831 Runs Allowed
-212 Run Diff
1,011K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .252 3% below the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .314 7% below the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .316 6% below the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 4.86 17% worse than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 619 14% below the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,011,285
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Avg per Game 13,133

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lou Skizas 0.316 2 Vic Power 0.309 3 Harry Simpson 0.293 4 Enos Slaughter 0.278 5 Hal Smith 0.275

Home Runs

1 Harry Simpson 21 2 Hector Lopez 18 3 Gus Zernial 16 4 Vic Power 14 5 Lou Skizas 11

RBI

1 Harry Simpson 105 2 Hector Lopez 69 3 Vic Power 63 4 Gus Zernial 44 5 Joe DeMaestri 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hector Lopez 151 561 91 153 0 0 18 69 63 73 4 0.273
Harry Simpson 141 543 76 159 0 0 21 105 47 82 2 0.293
Vic Power 127 530 77 164 0 0 14 63 24 16 2 0.309
Joe DeMaestri 133 434 41 101 0 0 6 39 25 73 3 0.233
Lou Skizas 83 297 39 94 0 0 11 39 15 17 3 0.316
Gus Zernial 109 272 36 61 0 0 16 44 33 66 2 0.224
Tim Thompson 92 268 21 73 0 0 1 27 17 23 2 0.272
Jim Finigan 91 250 29 54 0 0 2 21 30 28 3 0.216
Johnny Groth 95 244 22 63 0 0 5 37 30 31 1 0.258
Al Pilarcik 69 239 28 60 0 0 4 22 30 32 9 0.251
Enos Slaughter 91 223 37 62 0 0 2 23 29 20 1 0.278
Joe Ginsberg 71 195 15 48 0 0 1 12 23 17 1 0.246
Eddie Robinson 75 172 13 34 0 0 2 12 26 20 0 0.198
Hal Smith 37 142 15 39 0 0 2 24 3 12 1 0.275
Clete Boyer 67 129 15 28 0 0 1 4 11 24 1 0.217
Mike Baxes 73 106 9 24 0 0 1 5 18 15 0 0.226
Spook Jacobs 32 97 13 21 0 0 0 5 15 5 4 0.216
Art Ditmar 44 91 5 13 0 0 1 4 3 24 0 0.143
Rance Pless 48 85 4 23 0 0 0 9 10 13 0 0.271
Bill Renna 33 48 12 13 0 0 2 5 3 10 1 0.271
Wally Burnette 18 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.051
Tom Gorman 52 39 2 2 0 0 0 2 4 22 0 0.051
Lou Kretlow 25 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 19 0 0.061
Alex Kellner 21 30 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 0.200
Jim Pisoni 10 30 4 8 0 0 2 5 2 8 0 0.267
Troy Herriage 34 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 17 0 0.120
Jack Crimian 55 22 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.227
Bobby Shantz 51 22 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.091
Jack McMahan 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Joe Astroth 8 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.077
Tom Lasorda 19 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.077
Elmer Valo 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.222
Moe Burtschy 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Glenn Cox 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Bill Harrington 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
José Santiago 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.400
Art Ceccarelli 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.000
Carl Duser 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Melton 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
George Brunet 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Walt Craddock 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Arnie Portocarrero 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Spicer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Wally Burnette 2.89 2 Tom Gorman 3.83 3 Moe Burtschy 3.95 4 Alex Kellner 4.32 5 Bobby Shantz 4.35

Wins

1 Art Ditmar 12 2 Tom Gorman 9 3 Alex Kellner 7 4 Wally Burnette 6 5 Jack Crimian 4

Strikeouts

1 Art Ditmar 126 2 Bobby Shantz 67 3 Lou Kretlow 61 4 Jack Crimian 59 5 Troy Herriage 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Art Ditmar 12 22 4.42 44 34 1 254.1 108 126
Tom Gorman 9 10 3.83 52 13 3 171.1 68 56
Jack Crimian 4 8 5.51 54 7 3 129.0 49 59
Wally Burnette 6 8 2.89 18 14 0 121.1 39 54
Lou Kretlow 4 9 5.31 25 20 0 118.2 74 61
Troy Herriage 1 13 6.64 31 16 0 103.0 64 59
Bobby Shantz 2 7 4.35 45 2 9 101.1 37 67
Alex Kellner 7 4 4.32 20 17 0 91.2 33 44
Jack McMahan 0 5 4.82 23 9 0 61.2 31 13
Tom Lasorda 0 4 6.15 18 5 1 45.1 45 28
Moe Burtschy 3 1 3.95 21 0 0 43.1 30 18
Bill Harrington 2 2 6.45 23 1 1 37.2 26 14
Glenn Cox 0 2 4.24 3 3 0 23.1 22 6
José Santiago 1 2 8.31 9 5 0 21.2 17 9
Art Ceccarelli 0 1 7.20 3 2 0 10.0 4 2
Walt Craddock 0 2 6.75 2 2 0 9.1 10 8
George Brunet 0 0 7.00 6 1 0 9.0 11 5
Arnie Portocarrero 0 1 10.13 3 1 0 8.0 7 2
Carl Duser 1 1 9.00 2 2 0 6.0 2 5
Bob Spicer 0 0 19.29 2 0 0 2.1 1 0
Bill Bradford 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 0

👥 Roster (44)

Joe Astroth Mike Baxes Clete Boyer Bill Bradford George Brunet Wally Burnette Moe Burtschy Art Ceccarelli Glenn Cox Walt Craddock Jack Crimian Joe DeMaestri +32 more

44 players

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