1959 Kansas City Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 66-88
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 968,724, Avg. 13,091
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I
Manager: Harry Craft (66-88)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1959 Kansas City Athletics Roster
1959 Kansas City Athletics Results

The Kansas City Athletics of the American League ended the 1959 season with a record of 66 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Athletics scored 681 runs and allowed 760 runs, most in the circuit. Bob Cerv led Kansas City with 20 home runs, while Roger Maris and Dick Williams walloped 20 or more as well. Bob Cerv recorded 87 runs batted in. Bill Tuttle paced hitters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Bud Daley topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.16 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Harry Craft 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
Bud Daley1613.5523.16392951221216.32129076246221251107911
Ray Herbert1111.5004.85372631021183.7196108992462499102795
Ned Garver1013.4353.7132301921201.321494832242061304848
Johnny Kucks811.4213.8733236611151.3163766510420511200649
Bob Grim610.3754.0940916314125.312469571057665304548
John Tsitouris43.5714.972410400083.3905246335350314377
Murry Dickson21.6674.943801200071.0854639927136001326
Ralph Terry24.3335.2497120046.3562927919135101205
Tom Sturdivant26.2504.653631600571.7704537934457603323
Rip Coleman210.1674.562911620281.0854641834054103357
Russ Meyer101.0004.50180700124.0241212311010102107
Tom Gorman101.0007.08170900120.324211631409101101
Ken Johnson11.5004.0922000011.01165250800047
Marty Kutyna000.004040017.3700010100030
Evans Killeen004.764020005.7433040100123
Mark Freeman009.823000003.7664030100020
George Brunet0011.572010004.71096271711032
Dick Tomanek01.0006.531601200220.7271515612113215104
Al Grunwald01.0007.9461300111.31814101111900062
Howie Reed03.0007.4063200020.726191731001100397
Totals6688.4294.35395154110448211360.7145276065814849224703463415962

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
Bill Tuttle126521463741391967431064838.300.369.413.782191124422
Bob Cerv125513463611322242087323587.285.332.479.8122221331115
Dick Williams130538488721303311675412860.266.309.436.7462131351161
Roger Maris122498433691182171672215853.273.359.464.82420143045
Jerry Lumpe1084514034798115328214132.243.313.318.631128100701
Joe DeMaestri1183873523186165634102865.244.305.369.674130124038
Hal Smith1083322923684120531033439.288.367.380.74711143210
Frank House983713473282143130032023.236.282.303.584105102206
Russ Snyder732672434176132321621929.313.367.420.78710242300
Kent Hadley11331828840731111039122474.253.310.403.71311661230
Wayne Terwilliger742041802748110218221931.267.335.361.6966520410
Harry Chiti551801622044111525011726.272.344.444.7897291001
Hector Lopez35146135223810362410823.281.324.533.8577211110
Whitey Herzog3815812325367119103423.293.446.390.8364820100
Ray Boone61161132193660212102717.273.396.364.7604840202
Preston Ward581191098274121900712.248.286.358.6443930031
Bud Daley3987785231001300211.295.329.308.6372412500
Ned Garver32807192021290047.282.316.423.7383020410
Lou Klimchock1768661018104130016.273.284.470.7533120100
Ray Jablonski256865417102800311.262.294.369.6632400000
Zeke Bella4793821017211900914.207.293.293.5862451100
Ray Herbert37635751220150039.211.250.298.5481710300
Harry Simpson818141400120024.286.389.500.889701010
Joe Morgan2024212401030037.190.292.286.577610000
Johnny Kucks33534744100000322.085.140.106.246510300
Ralph Terry918170300000002.176.176.176.353310100
Murry Dickson3817171300020005.176.176.176.353300000
John Tsitouris2424201300000017.150.190.150.340310300
Bob Grim40413223001500217.094.143.188.330600610
Rip Coleman29262502000000011.080.080.080.160200100
Dick Tomanek16221100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
Tom Carroll14771100010001.143.143.143.286100000
Tom Sturdivant3718170100000007.059.059.059.118100100
Ken Johnson2330000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Howie Reed6431000000011.000.250.000.250000000
Russ Meyer18220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Bob Martyn1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Al Grunwald8440000000001.000.000.000.000000000
George Brunet2000000000000000000
Marty Kutyna4000000000000000000
Evans Killeen4000000000000000000
Tom Gorman17000000000000000000
Mark Freeman3000000000000000000
Totals1972588552646811383231431176373424481780.263.326.390.716205112433693832


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Kent Hadley1B9571661.365642866.9899.4997.3470000
Ray Boone1B3830253.027523520.9831.6017.8420000
Dick Williams1B3228249.023316232.9929.0007.7810000
Preston Ward1B2220155.71617314.9829.7137.6360000
Harry Simpson1B4431.0302021.0009.2908.0000000
Whitey Herzog1B119.0100001.0001.0001.0000000
Zeke Bella1B102.010001.0004.5001.0000000
Jerry Lumpe2B6154471.0133158441.9865.5614.7700000
Wayne Terwilliger2B6351462.0144166942.9726.0394.9210000
Hector Lopez2B3333284.381711115.9334.8114.6060000
Lou Klimchock2B1616139.73441411.9494.8334.6880000
Dick Williams2B304.021001.0006.7501.0000000
Dick Williams3B8077651.0831641110.9573.4153.0880000
Hal Smith3B7760553.0851191010.9533.3202.6490000
Ray Jablonski3B1713116.0132323.9472.7932.1180000
Joe Morgan3B2213.012001.0002.0771.5000000
Jerry Lumpe3B4112.02110.7502.250.7500000
Ray Boone3B3112.026001.0006.0002.6670000
Tom Carroll3B303.00110.5003.000.3330000
Wayne Terwilliger3B101.00000.000.0000000
Frank HouseC9592808.74474397.9825.4535.158725331632.7
Harry ChitiC4744383.32282535.9885.9405.38359121147.8
Hal SmithC2218169.01251055.9647.1896.136375444.4
Bob CervOF1191191009.7231852.9802.1302.0080000
Bill TuttleOF1211111000.32941753.9842.7982.5700000
Roger MarisOF117110994.7231764.9752.1532.0340000
Russ SnyderOF6455501.7127922.9862.4402.1250000
Whitey HerzogOF3432271.077231.9632.6242.3240000
Dick WilliamsOF2315155.7310001.0001.7921.3480000
Zeke BellaOF2519142.0222011.0001.521.9600000
Preston WardOF118.00010.000.000.0000000
Bud DaleyP3929216.3103522.9571.8721.1540000
Ned GarverP3230201.3103513.9782.0121.4060000
Ray HerbertP3726184.7132314.9731.755.9730000
Johnny KucksP3323151.0103114.9762.4441.2420000
Bob GrimP409125.371311.9521.436.5000000
John TsitourisP241083.031320.8891.735.6670000
Rip ColemanP291181.011422.8821.667.5170000
Tom SturdivantP36371.761731.8852.888.6390000
Murry DicksonP38071.011310.9331.775.3680000
Ralph TerryP9746.34814.9232.3311.3330000
Russ MeyerP18024.022001.0001.500.2220000
Dick TomanekP16020.706001.0002.613.3750000
Howie ReedP6320.70210.667.871.3330000
Tom GormanP17020.30010.000.000.0000000
Ken JohnsonP2211.003001.0002.4551.5000000
Al GrunwaldP6111.00211.6671.636.3330000
Marty KutynaP407.313001.0004.9091.0000000
Evans KilleenP406.00000.000.0000000
George BrunetP204.70410.8007.7142.0000000
Mark FreemanP303.70000.000.0000000
Joe DeMaestriSS115106905.31673202263.9574.8414.2350000
Jerry LumpeSS5647424.785148839.9674.9384.1610000
Tom CarrollSS9125.0710011.0006.1201.8890000
Wayne TerwilligerSS206.001001.0001.500.5000000
Totals1801138612249.040861669159421.9734.2293.1951541503138.3




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