1959 Kansas City Athletics season

1959 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox9460.610--
Cleveland Indians8965.5785
New York Yankees7975.51315
Detroit Tigers7678.49418
Boston Red Sox7579.48719
Baltimore Orioles7480.48120
Kansas City Athletics6688.42928
Washington Senators6391.40931

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10
Boston 14–8—8–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12
Chicago 11–11–114–8—15–713–912–1013–9–116–6
Cleveland 12–1014–87–15—14–815–711–1116–6
Detroit 9–1311–119–138–14—15–714–810–12
Kansas City 14–811–1110–127–157–15—5–1712–10
New York 10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–5—15–7
Washington 10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15—

Notable transactions

Roster

1959 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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
CFrank House983473282.236130
1BKent Hadley1132884073.2531039
2BJerry Lumpe1084034798.243328
3BDick Williams13048872130.2661675
SSJoe DeMaestri1183523186.244634
LFBob Cerv12546361132.2852087
CFBill Tuttle12646374139.300743
RFRoger Maris12243369118.2731672

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Other batters

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
Hal Smith1082923684.288531
Wayne Terwilliger741802748.267218
Harry Chiti551622044.272525
Héctor López351352238.281624
Ray Boone611321936.273212
Whitey Herzog381232536.29319
Preston Ward58109827.248219
Harry Simpson81414.28612
Tom Carroll1471.14301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bud Daley39216.116133.16125
Ned Garver3220110133.7161
Johnny Kucks33151.18113.8751
Ralph Terry946.1245.2435

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Grim40125.16104.0965
John Tsitouris2483.1434.9750
Rip Coleman29812104.5654

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Sturdivant362654.6557
Tom Gorman171017.089
Marty Kutyna40010.001
George Brunet200011.577

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Tommy Heath
AA Shreveport Sports Southern Association Les Peden
A Albany Senators Eastern League Al Evans
B Sioux City Soos Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bill Capps
C Pocatello Athletics Pioneer League Tommy Giordano
D Grand Island Athletics Nebraska State League Art Mazmanian
D Olean Athletics New York–Penn League Bill Robertson
D Plainview Athletics Sophomore League Bobby Hofman

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References

  1. ↑ Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
  2. 1 2 Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ K.C. A's trade two to Yankees
  4. ↑ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1959.shtml
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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