1955 club register
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Complete available 1955 record for the Kansas City Athletics: roster, schedule and results, plus batting, pitching, and fielding statistics.
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1955 games
Schedule and results
- Apr 12 · FinalDET2KC16
- Apr 13 · FinalDET10KC12
- Apr 14 · FinalKC11CWS7
- Apr 16 · FinalKC13DET8
- Apr 17 · FinalKC10DET16
- Apr 18 · FinalCLE11KC19
- Apr 19 · FinalCLE7KC18
- Apr 22 · FinalCWS5KC13
- Apr 23 · FinalCWS29KC16
- Apr 24 · FinalCWS0KC15
- Apr 26 · FinalBOS7KC18
- Apr 27 · FinalBOS2KC16
- Apr 28 · FinalNYY11KC14
- Apr 29 · FinalNYY0KC16
- May 1 · FinalWS110KC116
- May 2 · FinalWS112KC11
- May 3 · FinalBAL3KC14
- May 4 · FinalBAL5KC16
- May 6 · FinalKC11CLE4
- May 7 · FinalKC13CLE9
- May 8 · FinalKC16CLE9
- May 8 · FinalKC11CLE2
- May 10 · FinalKC11BAL11
- May 11 · FinalKC12BAL0
- May 12 · FinalKC17BOS12
- May 13 · FinalKC13BOS4
- May 14 · FinalKC11BOS3
- May 15 · FinalKC14NYY3
- May 15 · FinalKC14NYY8
- May 17 · FinalKC11WS10
- May 18 · FinalKC12WS17
- May 20 · FinalKC11CWS0
- May 21 · FinalKC14CWS7
- May 22 · FinalKC16CWS10
- May 22 · FinalKC17CWS2
- May 24 · FinalDET9KC16
- May 25 · FinalDET8KC12
- May 28 · FinalCLE7KC12
- May 29 · FinalCLE4KC12
- May 30 · FinalKC18DET6
- May 30 · FinalKC15DET4
- Jun 1 · FinalNYY3KC11
- Jun 1 · FinalNYY6KC11
- Jun 2 · FinalNYY12KC16
- Jun 3 · FinalBOS3KC14
- Jun 4 · FinalBOS5KC11
- Jun 5 · FinalBOS4KC15
- Jun 5 · FinalBOS4KC13
- Jun 7 · FinalWS13KC12
- Jun 7 · FinalWS17KC13
- Jun 8 · FinalWS12KC13
- Jun 9 · FinalWS12KC14
- Jun 10 · FinalBAL3KC10
- Jun 11 · FinalBAL1KC12
- Jun 12 · FinalBAL7KC12
- Jun 12 · FinalBAL0KC13
- Jun 14 · FinalKC14BOS12
- Jun 15 · FinalKC16BOS9
- Jun 16 · FinalKC16BOS7
- Jun 17 · FinalKC14WS12
- Jun 18 · FinalKC19WS14
- Jun 21 · FinalKC12NYY6
- Jun 22 · FinalKC11NYY6
- Jun 23 · FinalKC10NYY4
- Jun 24 · FinalKC12BAL0
- Jun 25 · FinalKC13BAL3
- Jun 26 · FinalKC15BAL2
- Jun 26 · FinalKC11BAL0
- Jun 28 · FinalKC15CLE7
- Jun 29 · FinalKC112CLE4
- Jul 1 · FinalDET2KC13
- Jul 1 · FinalDET5KC17
- Jul 2 · FinalDET10KC111
- Jul 3 · FinalDET8KC19
- Jul 4 · FinalCWS8KC13
- Jul 4 · FinalCWS3KC14
- Jul 5 · FinalCLE3KC14
- Jul 6 · FinalCLE8KC14
- Jul 7 · FinalCLE9KC11
- Jul 8 · FinalKC18DET11
- Jul 9 · FinalKC12DET1
- Jul 10 · FinalKC19DET5
- Jul 10 · FinalKC11DET10
- Jul 14 · FinalBAL10KC17
- Jul 14 · FinalBAL6KC14
- Jul 15 · FinalBAL8KC15
- Jul 16 · FinalWS18KC17
- Jul 17 · FinalWS14KC10
- Jul 18 · FinalWS16KC13
- Jul 19 · FinalBOS6KC13
- Jul 20 · FinalBOS6KC10
- Jul 21 · FinalBOS4KC13
- Jul 22 · FinalNYY1KC13
- Jul 23 · FinalNYY7KC18
- Jul 24 · FinalNYY7KC13
- Jul 24 · FinalNYY2KC10
- Jul 26 · FinalKC13WS11
- Jul 26 · FinalKC13WS19
- Jul 27 · FinalKC14WS11
- Jul 27 · FinalKC16WS14
- Jul 29 · FinalKC12NYY3
- Jul 30 · FinalKC112NYY2
- Jul 31 · FinalKC17NYY1
- Jul 31 · FinalKC12NYY5
- Aug 2 · FinalKC11BAL5
- Aug 3 · FinalKC13BAL4
- Aug 3 · FinalKC15BAL1
- Aug 4 · FinalKC11BAL8
- Aug 5 · FinalKC15BOS2
- Aug 6 · FinalKC16BOS5
- Aug 7 · FinalKC112BOS16
- Aug 9 · FinalCWS4KC11
- Aug 10 · FinalCWS4KC15
- Aug 11 · FinalCWS14KC11
- Aug 12 · FinalCLE17KC11
- Aug 12 · FinalCLE6KC15
- Aug 13 · FinalCLE5KC13
- Aug 14 · FinalCLE3KC17
- Aug 16 · FinalKC14CWS5
- Aug 18 · FinalKC12CWS6
- Aug 18 · FinalKC15CWS3
- Aug 19 · FinalKC11CLE2
- Aug 20 · FinalKC15CLE7
- Aug 21 · FinalKC14CLE9
- Aug 23 · FinalWS13KC14
- Aug 24 · FinalWS10KC15
- Aug 25 · FinalBAL2KC19
- Aug 26 · FinalBAL2KC13
- Aug 28 · FinalBOS14KC12
- Aug 30 · FinalNYY3KC14
- Aug 31 · FinalNYY11KC16
- Sep 2 · FinalDET6KC17
- Sep 3 · FinalDET11KC16
- Sep 4 · FinalDET17KC11
- Sep 5 · FinalKC15CLE4
- Sep 5 · FinalKC12CLE9
- Sep 7 · FinalKC11NYY2
- Sep 8 · FinalKC10NYY13
- Sep 9 · FinalKC17WS16
- Sep 9 · FinalKC15WS16
- Sep 10 · FinalKC18WS16
- Sep 11 · FinalKC12BAL4
- Sep 11 · FinalKC14BAL3
- Sep 13 · FinalKC16BOS5
- Sep 13 · FinalKC16BOS7
- Sep 14 · FinalKC17BOS3
- Sep 16 · FinalCWS7KC113
- Sep 17 · FinalCWS12KC18
- Sep 18 · FinalCWS1KC18
- Sep 19 · FinalKC10DET4
- Sep 20 · FinalKC13DET7
- Sep 21 · FinalKC11DET10
- Sep 23 · FinalKC14CWS12
- Sep 24 · FinalKC10CWS4
- Sep 25 · FinalKC10CWS5
Club register
Batting
| Player | G | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Astroth | 101 | 328 | .252 | .372 | .328 | 5 | 23 |
| Hal Bevan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bishop | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bollweg | 12 | 12 | .111 | .333 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
| Cloyd Boyer | 30 | 31 | .069 | .129 | .069 | 0 | 0 |
| Clete Boyer | 47 | 82 | .241 | .268 | .253 | 0 | 6 |
| Moe Burtschy | 7 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Art Ceccarelli | 31 | 39 | .079 | .103 | .079 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Cox | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Craddock | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe DeMaestri | 123 | 482 | .249 | .284 | .324 | 6 | 37 |
| Art Ditmar | 35 | 63 | .210 | .222 | .210 | 0 | 6 |
| Sonny Dixon | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Finigan | 150 | 610 | .255 | .333 | .385 | 9 | 68 |
| Marion Fricano | 10 | 3 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex George | 5 | 11 | .100 | .182 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Gorman | 57 | 25 | .083 | .120 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gray | 8 | 8 | .125 | .125 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Harrington | 34 | 19 | .118 | .211 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Herbert | 24 | 23 | .190 | .217 | .238 | 0 | 2 |
| Spook Jacobs | 13 | 27 | .261 | .370 | .261 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Kellner | 30 | 60 | .214 | .267 | .286 | 0 | 5 |
| Gus Keriazakos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Kryhoski | 28 | 53 | .213 | .302 | .255 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Kume | 6 | 8 | .125 | .125 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Littrell | 37 | 74 | .200 | .243 | .229 | 0 | 1 |
| Hector Lopez | 128 | 523 | .290 | .337 | .422 | 15 | 68 |
| Eric MacKenzie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Plarski | 8 | 11 | .091 | .091 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnie Portocarrero | 24 | 38 | .108 | .132 | .189 | 1 | 1 |
| Vic Power | 147 | 636 | .319 | .354 | .505 | 19 | 76 |
| Vic Raschi | 20 | 34 | .182 | .206 | .212 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Renna | 100 | 282 | .213 | .305 | .349 | 7 | 28 |
| Jim Robertson | 6 | 9 | .250 | .333 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Saffell | 9 | 41 | .216 | .293 | .216 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Sain | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Schypinski | 22 | 70 | .217 | .229 | .246 | 0 | 5 |
| Billy Shantz | 79 | 229 | .258 | .293 | .300 | 1 | 12 |
| Bobby Shantz | 26 | 42 | .146 | .167 | .146 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Simpson | 112 | 435 | .301 | .356 | .414 | 5 | 52 |
| Enos Slaughter | 108 | 314 | .322 | .408 | .453 | 5 | 34 |
| Lou Sleater | 21 | 13 | .154 | .154 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Spicer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stewart | 11 | 19 | .111 | .158 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Suder | 26 | 83 | .210 | .229 | .284 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Trice | 4 | 3 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Valo | 112 | 337 | .364 | .460 | .484 | 3 | 37 |
| Ozzie Van Brabant | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Wheat | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wilson | 98 | 299 | .223 | .288 | .432 | 15 | 38 |
| Gus Zernial | 120 | 454 | .254 | .304 | .508 | 30 | 84 |
Club register
Pitching
| Pitcher | W | L | ERA | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bishop | 1 | 0 | 5.400 | 6.2 | 4 | 2.100 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 0 | 1 | 6.750 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cloyd Boyer | 5 | 5 | 6.220 | 98.1 | 32 | 1.790 |
| Moe Burtschy | 2 | 0 | 10.320 | 11.1 | 9 | 2.382 |
| Art Ceccarelli | 4 | 7 | 5.310 | 123.2 | 68 | 1.569 |
| Glenn Cox | 0 | 2 | 30.860 | 2.1 | 2 | 5.143 |
| Walt Craddock | 0 | 2 | 7.800 | 15.0 | 9 | 1.867 |
| Art Ditmar | 12 | 12 | 5.030 | 175.1 | 79 | 1.517 |
| Sonny Dixon | 0 | 0 | 16.200 | 1.2 | 0 | 3.600 |
| Marion Fricano | 0 | 0 | 3.150 | 20.0 | 5 | 1.400 |
| Tom Gorman | 7 | 6 | 3.550 | 109.0 | 46 | 1.229 |
| Johnny Gray | 0 | 3 | 6.410 | 26.2 | 11 | 1.950 |
| Bill Harrington | 3 | 3 | 4.110 | 76.2 | 26 | 1.435 |
| Ray Herbert | 1 | 8 | 6.260 | 87.2 | 30 | 1.586 |
| Alex Kellner | 11 | 8 | 4.200 | 162.2 | 75 | 1.377 |
| Gus Keriazakos | 0 | 1 | 12.340 | 11.2 | 8 | 1.886 |
| Mike Kume | 0 | 2 | 7.990 | 23.2 | 7 | 2.113 |
| Arnie Portocarrero | 5 | 9 | 4.770 | 111.1 | 34 | 1.581 |
| Vic Raschi | 4 | 6 | 5.420 | 101.1 | 38 | 1.648 |
| Johnny Sain | 2 | 5 | 5.440 | 44.2 | 12 | 1.433 |
| Bobby Shantz | 5 | 10 | 4.540 | 125.0 | 58 | 1.520 |
| Lou Sleater | 1 | 1 | 7.710 | 25.2 | 11 | 2.104 |
| Bob Spicer | 0 | 0 | 33.750 | 2.2 | 2 | 4.875 |
| Bob Trice | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ozzie Van Brabant | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lee Wheat | 0 | 0 | 22.500 | 2.0 | 1 | 5.500 |
| Bill Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Club register
Fielding
| Player | Pos | Inn | PO | A | E | Fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Astroth | C | 818.0 | 420 | 50 | 5 | .989 |
| Hal Bevan | 3B | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Bishop | P | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ewell Blackwell | P | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Don Bollweg | 1B | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cloyd Boyer | P | 98.1 | 9 | 13 | 2 | .917 |
| Clete Boyer | 2B | 55.0 | 12 | 11 | 2 | .920 |
| Clete Boyer | 3B | 61.0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Clete Boyer | SS | 58.1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .963 |
| Moe Burtschy | P | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Art Ceccarelli | P | 123.2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Glenn Cox | P | 2.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Walt Craddock | P | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe DeMaestri | SS | 1030.2 | 206 | 358 | 21 | .964 |
| Sonny Dixon | P | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Art Ditmar | P | 175.1 | 15 | 29 | 1 | .978 |
| Jim Finigan | 2B | 773.2 | 236 | 228 | 12 | .975 |
| Jim Finigan | 3B | 514.1 | 55 | 135 | 8 | .960 |
| Marion Fricano | P | 20.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .900 |
| Alex George | SS | 18.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .917 |
| Tom Gorman | P | 109.0 | 8 | 13 | 3 | .875 |
| Johnny Gray | P | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Harrington | P | 76.2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Herbert | P | 88.0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | 48.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Kellner | P | 162.1 | 4 | 30 | 3 | .919 |
| Gus Keriazakos | P | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Kryhoski | 1B | 87.0 | 76 | 6 | 1 | .988 |
| Mike Kume | P | 23.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Littrell | 1B | 30.0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .966 |
| Jack Littrell | 2B | 16.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .857 |
| Jack Littrell | SS | 126.0 | 30 | 42 | 4 | .947 |
| Hector Lopez | 2B | 299.1 | 93 | 98 | 6 | .970 |
| Hector Lopez | 3B | 804.2 | 104 | 233 | 23 | .936 |
| Eric MacKenzie | C | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Don Plarski | OF | 23.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arnie Portocarrero | P | 111.1 | 7 | 15 | 1 | .957 |
| Vic Power | 1B | 1248.0 | 1281 | 130 | 10 | .993 |
| Vic Raschi | P | 101.1 | 10 | 21 | 1 | .969 |
| Bill Renna | OF | 540.2 | 118 | 5 | 1 | .992 |
| Jim Robertson | C | 19.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Saffell | OF | 76.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | .962 |
| Johnny Sain | P | 44.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Schypinski | 2B | 14.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Schypinski | SS | 149.0 | 22 | 46 | 5 | .932 |
| Billy Shantz | C | 544.0 | 261 | 27 | 3 | .990 |
| Bobby Shantz | P | 125.0 | 9 | 26 | 2 | .946 |
| Harry Simpson | 1B | 10.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Simpson | OF | 858.2 | 262 | 5 | 6 | .978 |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | 537.2 | 126 | 5 | 2 | .985 |
| Lou Sleater | P | 25.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Spicer | P | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bill Stewart | OF | 32.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Suder | 2B | 176.0 | 51 | 44 | 1 | .990 |
| Bob Trice | P | 10.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Elmer Valo | OF | 607.1 | 147 | 5 | 2 | .987 |
| Ozzie Van Brabant | P | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lee Wheat | P | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Wilson | OF | 610.1 | 186 | 4 | 6 | .969 |
| Bill Wilson | P | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Gus Zernial | OF | 860.1 | 231 | 9 | 9 | .964 |