1958 Kansas City Athletics

73-81 • 0.474 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

73 Wins
81 Losses
0.474 Win %
7th Rank
642 R 713 RA
Diff -71

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642 Runs Scored
713 Runs Allowed
-71 Run Diff
919K Attendance

📈 vs. 1958 AL Average

Batting Avg .246 3% below the 1958 league average (.254)
OBP .306 4% below the 1958 league average (.320)
SLG .325 2% below the 1958 league average (.330)
Team ERA 4.15 10% worse than the 1958 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 642 equal to the 1958 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 919,937
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Avg per Game 11,794

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Cerv 0.305 2 Vic Power 0.302 3 Hal Smith 0.273 4 Harry Chiti 0.268 5 Harry Simpson 0.264

Home Runs

1 Bob Cerv 38 2 Roger Maris 19 3 Hector Lopez 17 4 Bill Tuttle 11 5 Harry Chiti 9

RBI

1 Bob Cerv 104 2 Hector Lopez 73 3 Roger Maris 53 4 Bill Tuttle 51 5 Hal Smith 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hector Lopez 151 564 84 147 0 0 17 73 49 61 2 0.261
Bob Cerv 141 515 93 157 0 0 38 104 50 82 3 0.305
Bill Tuttle 148 511 77 118 0 0 11 51 74 58 7 0.231
Joe DeMaestri 139 442 32 97 0 0 6 38 16 84 1 0.219
Roger Maris 99 401 61 99 0 0 19 53 28 52 0 0.247
Hal Smith 99 315 32 86 0 0 5 46 25 47 0 0.273
Harry Chiti 103 295 32 79 0 0 9 44 18 48 3 0.268
Preston Ward 81 268 28 68 0 0 6 24 27 36 0 0.254
Mike Baxes 73 231 31 49 0 0 0 8 21 24 1 0.212
Bob Martyn 95 226 25 59 0 0 2 23 26 36 1 0.261
Harry Simpson 78 212 21 56 0 0 7 27 26 33 0 0.264
Vic Power 52 205 35 62 0 0 4 27 7 3 1 0.302
Frank House 76 202 16 51 0 0 4 24 12 13 1 0.252
Chico Carrasquel 59 160 19 34 0 0 2 13 21 15 0 0.212
Woodie Held 47 131 13 28 0 0 4 16 10 28 0 0.214
Whitey Herzog 88 96 11 23 0 0 0 9 16 21 0 0.240
Ralph Terry 40 71 3 14 0 0 0 4 2 14 0 0.197
Ned Garver 31 69 5 12 0 0 0 1 6 16 0 0.174
Billy Hunter 22 58 6 9 0 0 2 11 5 7 1 0.155
Ray Herbert 42 52 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 12 0 0.192
Jack Urban 31 46 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 14 1 0.152
Murry Dickson 28 35 2 9 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0.257
Bob Grim 26 32 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 0.188
Tom Gorman 50 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.118
Duke Maas 10 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.176
Bud Daley 26 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.125
Dick Tomanek 36 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.231
Kent Hadley 3 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.182
Alex Kellner 8 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.091
Lou Klimchock 2 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.200
Wally Burnette 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.167
Bob Davis 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Dave Melton 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Jim Small 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Walt Craddock 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Howie Reed 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Milt Graff 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Virgil Trucks 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Tsitouris 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glenn Cox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carl Duser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Murry Dickson 3.27 2 Bud Daley 3.31 3 Ray Herbert 3.50 4 Tom Gorman 3.51 5 Bob Grim 3.56

Wins

1 Ned Garver 12 2 Ralph Terry 11 3 Murry Dickson 9 4 Ray Herbert 8 5 Jack Urban 8

Strikeouts

1 Ralph Terry 134 2 Ray Herbert 108 3 Ned Garver 72 4 Bob Grim 54 5 Jack Urban 54
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ralph Terry 11 13 4.24 40 33 2 216.2 61 134
Ned Garver 12 11 4.03 31 28 1 201.0 66 72
Ray Herbert 8 8 3.50 42 16 3 175.0 55 108
Jack Urban 8 11 5.93 30 24 1 132.0 51 54
Bob Grim 7 6 3.56 26 14 0 113.2 41 54
Murry Dickson 9 5 3.27 27 9 1 99.0 31 46
Tom Gorman 4 4 3.51 50 1 8 89.2 20 44
Dick Tomanek 5 5 3.61 36 2 5 72.1 28 50
Bud Daley 3 2 3.31 26 5 0 70.2 19 39
Duke Maas 4 5 3.90 10 7 1 55.1 13 19
Walt Craddock 0 3 5.89 23 1 0 36.2 20 22
Alex Kellner 0 2 5.88 7 6 0 33.2 8 22
Bob Davis 0 4 7.84 8 4 0 31.0 12 22
Wally Burnette 1 1 3.49 12 4 0 28.1 14 11
Virgil Trucks 0 1 2.05 16 0 3 22.0 15 15
Howie Reed 1 0 0.87 3 1 0 10.1 4 5
Glenn Cox 0 0 9.82 2 0 0 3.2 3 1
John Tsitouris 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 3.0 2 1
Ken Johnson 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2.1 3 1
Carl Duser 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 0

👥 Roster (42)

Mike Baxes Wally Burnette Chico Carrasquel Bob Cerv Harry Chiti Glenn Cox Walt Craddock Bud Daley Bob Davis Joe DeMaestri Murry Dickson Carl Duser +30 more

42 players

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