1957 Kansas City Athletics

59-94 • 0.386 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
94 Losses
0.386 Win %
7th Rank
563 R 710 RA
Diff -147

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⚡ Quick Stats

563 Runs Scored
710 Runs Allowed
-147 Run Diff
900K Attendance

📈 vs. 1957 AL Average

Batting Avg .244 4% below the 1957 league average (.254)
OBP .293 9% below the 1957 league average (.324)
SLG .340 4% above the 1957 league average (.328)
Team ERA 4.19 10% worse than the 1957 league average (3.79)
Runs Scored 563 14% below the 1957 league average (651 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 900,127
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Avg per Game 11,689

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hal Smith 0.303 2 Harry Simpson 0.296 3 Hector Lopez 0.294 4 Bob Cerv 0.272 5 Bob Martyn 0.267

Home Runs

1 Gus Zernial 27 2 Woodie Held 20 3 Lou Skizas 18 4 Vic Power 14 5 Hal Smith 13

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 69 2 Woodie Held 50 3 Bob Cerv 44 4 Lou Skizas 44 5 Vic Power 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vic Power 129 467 48 121 0 0 14 42 19 21 3 0.259
Joe DeMaestri 135 461 44 113 0 0 9 33 22 82 6 0.245
Gus Zernial 131 437 56 103 0 0 27 69 34 84 1 0.236
Hector Lopez 121 391 51 115 0 0 11 35 41 66 1 0.294
Lou Skizas 119 376 34 92 0 0 18 44 27 15 5 0.245
Hal Smith 107 360 41 109 0 0 13 41 14 44 2 0.303
Bob Cerv 124 345 35 94 0 0 11 44 20 57 1 0.272
Woodie Held 92 326 48 78 0 0 20 50 37 81 4 0.239
Billy Hunter 116 319 39 61 0 0 8 29 27 43 1 0.191
Billy Martin 73 265 33 68 0 0 9 27 12 20 7 0.257
Tim Thompson 81 230 25 47 0 0 7 19 18 26 0 0.204
Harry Simpson 50 179 24 53 0 0 6 24 12 28 0 0.296
Irv Noren 81 160 8 34 0 0 2 16 11 19 0 0.212
Milt Graff 56 155 16 28 0 0 0 10 15 10 2 0.181
Bob Martyn 58 131 10 35 0 0 1 12 11 20 1 0.267
Jim Pisoni 44 97 14 23 0 0 3 12 10 17 0 0.237
Johnny Groth 55 59 10 15 0 0 0 2 7 6 0 0.254
Mickey McDermott 58 49 6 12 0 0 4 7 9 16 0 0.245
Alex Kellner 28 47 7 11 0 0 3 6 2 10 0 0.234
Ned Garver 24 44 7 8 0 0 0 4 4 9 0 0.182
Ralph Terry 22 42 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.143
Jack Urban 37 39 1 11 0 0 0 5 2 8 1 0.282
Tom Gorman 38 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 0.121
Tom Morgan 46 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.091
Wally Burnette 38 32 1 8 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.250
Arnie Portocarrero 33 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0.107
Virgil Trucks 48 28 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.143
Ryne Duren 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.071
Rip Coleman 19 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Gene Host 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Harry Taylor 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
George Brunet 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Glenn Cox 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Al Aber 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Ed Blake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clete Boyer 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Hill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hal Raether 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Virgil Trucks 3.03 2 Jack Urban 3.34 3 Ralph Terry 3.38 4 Tom Gorman 3.83 5 Ned Garver 3.84

Wins

1 Tom Morgan 9 2 Virgil Trucks 9 3 Wally Burnette 7 4 Jack Urban 7 5 Ned Garver 6

Strikeouts

1 Ralph Terry 80 2 Alex Kellner 72 3 Tom Gorman 66 4 Ned Garver 61 5 Wally Burnette 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ned Garver 6 13 3.84 24 23 0 145.1 55 61
Tom Morgan 9 7 4.64 46 13 7 143.2 61 32
Alex Kellner 6 5 4.27 28 21 0 132.2 41 72
Ralph Terry 4 11 3.38 21 19 0 130.2 47 80
Jack Urban 7 4 3.34 31 13 0 129.1 45 55
Tom Gorman 5 9 3.83 38 12 3 124.2 33 66
Virgil Trucks 9 7 3.03 48 7 7 116.0 62 55
Arnie Portocarrero 4 9 3.92 33 17 0 114.2 34 42
Wally Burnette 7 12 4.30 38 9 1 113.0 44 57
Mickey McDermott 1 4 5.48 29 4 0 69.0 50 29
Ryne Duren 0 3 5.27 14 6 1 42.2 30 37
Rip Coleman 0 7 5.93 19 6 0 41.0 25 15
Gene Host 0 2 7.23 11 2 0 23.2 14 9
Glenn Cox 1 0 5.02 10 0 0 14.1 9 8
George Brunet 0 1 5.56 4 2 0 11.1 4 3
Harry Taylor 0 0 3.12 2 0 0 8.2 4 4
Al Aber 0 0 12.00 3 0 0 3.0 2 0
Dave Hill 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2.1 3 1
Hal Raether 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0
Ed Blake 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 1.2 2 0

👥 Roster (38)

Al Aber Ed Blake Clete Boyer George Brunet Wally Burnette Bob Cerv Rip Coleman Glenn Cox Joe DeMaestri Ryne Duren Ned Garver Tom Gorman +26 more

38 players

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