1959 Kansas City Athletics season
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| 1959 Kansas City Athletics |
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| Owner(s) | Arnold Johnson | |
| General manager(s) | Parke Carroll | |
| Manager(s) | Harry Craft | |
| Local television | WDAF-TV | |
| Local radio | WDAF (Merle Harmon, Bill Grigsby) |
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The 1959 Kansas City Athletics season was the fifth for the franchise in Kansas City, and its 59th overall. It involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 66 wins and 88 losses, 28 games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox.
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Offseason [edit]
- October 2, 1958: Chico Carrasquel was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Williams.[1]
Regular season [edit]
Season standings [edit]
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | -- |
| Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 5 |
| New York Yankees | 79 | 75 | .513 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 76 | 78 | .494 | 18 |
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 19 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 80 | .481 | 20 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 66 | 88 | .429 | 28 |
| Washington Senators | 63 | 91 | .409 | 31 |
Notable transactions [edit]
- May 2, 1959: Harry Simpson was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Boone.[2]
- May 26, 1959: Ralph Terry and Héctor López were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant, and Jerry Lumpe.[3]
- August 20, 1959: Ray Boone was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Milwaukee Braves.[2]
- August 20, 1959: Ray Jablonski was selected off waivers by the Athletics from the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]
Roster [edit]
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats [edit]
| = Indicates team leader |
Batting [edit]
Starters by position [edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Avg. | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Frank House | 98 | 347 | 32 | 82 | .236 | 1 | 30 |
| 1B | Kent Hadley | 113 | 288 | 40 | 73 | .253 | 10 | 39 |
| 2B | Jerry Lumpe | 108 | 403 | 47 | 98 | .243 | 3 | 28 |
| 3B | Dick Williams | 130 | 488 | 72 | 130 | .266 | 16 | 75 |
| SS | Joe DeMaestri | 118 | 352 | 31 | 86 | .244 | 6 | 34 |
| LF | Bob Cerv | 125 | 463 | 61 | 132 | .285 | 20 | 87 |
| CF | Bill Tuttle | 126 | 463 | 74 | 139 | .300 | 7 | 43 |
| RF | Roger Maris | 122 | 433 | 69 | 118 | .273 | 16 | 72 |
Other batters [edit]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Hal Smith | 108 | 292 | 36 | 84 | .288 | 5 | 31 |
| Wayne Terwilliger | 74 | 180 | 27 | 48 | .267 | 2 | 18 |
| Harry Chiti | 55 | 162 | 20 | 44 | .272 | 5 | 25 |
| Héctor López | 35 | 135 | 22 | 38 | .281 | 6 | 24 |
| Ray Boone | 61 | 132 | 19 | 36 | .273 | 2 | 12 |
| Whitey Herzog | 38 | 123 | 25 | 36 | .293 | 1 | 9 |
| Preston Ward | 58 | 109 | 8 | 27 | .248 | 2 | 19 |
| Harry Simpson | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .286 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Carroll | 14 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching [edit]
Starting pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Bud Daley | 39 | 216.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.16 | 125 |
| Ned Garver | 32 | 201 | 10 | 13 | 3.71 | 61 |
| Johnny Kucks | 33 | 151.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.87 | 51 |
| Ralph Terry | 9 | 46.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.24 | 35 |
Other pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Bob Grim | 40 | 125.1 | 6 | 10 | 4.09 | 65 |
| John Tsitouris | 24 | 83.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.97 | 50 |
| Rip Coleman | 29 | 81 | 2 | 10 | 4.56 | 54 |
Relief pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Tom Sturdivant | 36 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4.65 | 57 |
| Tom Gorman | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.08 | 9 |
| Marty Kutyna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
| George Brunet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 7 |
Awards and honors [edit]
- All-Star Game
- Roger Maris appeared in his first All-Star Game[6]
Farm system [edit]
See also: Minor league baseball
References [edit]
- ^ Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1959.shtml
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball’s Reluctant Hero, p. 113, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links [edit]
- 1959 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1959 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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