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Positional Players from the 1959 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Harry Chiti | C | F | 55 | 190 | 44 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 17 | .272 | .344 | .444 | B-/B/A | $2.00M | |
| Frank House | C | F | 98 | 391 | 82 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .236 | .282 | .303 | C/B-/C+ | $1.95M | |
| Kent Hadley | 1B | F | 113 | 335 | 73 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 1 | 74 | 24 | .253 | .310 | .403 | C/D- | $1.54M | |
| Ray Boone | 1B | P | 61 | 170 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 27 | .273 | .396 | .364 | D/D- | $835K | |
| Preston Ward | 1B | F | 58 | 126 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .248 | .286 | .358 | D/D- | $416K | |
| Jerry Lumpe | 2B | P | 108 | 475 | 98 | 3 | 28 | 47 | 2 | 32 | 41 | .243 | .313 | .318 | A-/D | $2.24M | |
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | F | 74 | 215 | 48 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 19 | .267 | .335 | .361 | C/D+ | $1.11M | |
| Lou Klimchock | 2B | F | 17 | 72 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .273 | .284 | .470 | C/D+ | $363K | |
| Dick Williams | 3B | F | 130 | 566 | 130 | 16 | 75 | 72 | 4 | 60 | 28 | .266 | .309 | .436 | B/C+ | $3.64M | |
| Hal W. Smith | 3B | F | 108 | 350 | 84 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 39 | 34 | .288 | .367 | .380 | B-/D-/B- | $2.04M | |
| Hector Lopez | 3B | P | 35 | 154 | 38 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 8 | .281 | .324 | .533 | D/C- | $1.03M | |
| Ray Jablonski | 3B | P | 25 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | .262 | .294 | .369 | D/D- | $227K | |
| Joe Demaestri | SS | F | 118 | 408 | 86 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 65 | 28 | .244 | .305 | .369 | C/D- | $1.87M | |
| Bill Tuttle | OF | F | 126 | 549 | 139 | 7 | 43 | 74 | 10 | 38 | 48 | .300 | .369 | .413 | B/A- | $4.69M | |
| Bob Cerv | OF | F | 125 | 540 | 132 | 20 | 87 | 61 | 3 | 87 | 35 | .285 | .332 | .479 | B-/C- | $3.67M | |
| Roger Maris | OF | F | 122 | 524 | 118 | 16 | 72 | 69 | 2 | 53 | 58 | .273 | .359 | .464 | C/C- | $3.45M | |
| Russ Snyder | OF | F | 73 | 281 | 76 | 3 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 29 | 19 | .313 | .367 | .420 | B/C | $2.12M | |
| Whitey Herzog | OF | F | 38 | 167 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 34 | .293 | .446 | .390 | D+/B | $1.21M | |
| Zeke Bella | OF | F | 47 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .207 | .293 | .293 | A+/D- | $310K | |
Pitchers from the 1959 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Bud Daley | S | F | 39 | 228.00 | 29 | 3.16 | 0.257 | 1.27 | 2.016 | 5.20 | 2.58 | 0.998 | $5.53M |
| Ned Garver | S | F | 32 | 212.00 | 30 | 3.71 | 0.270 | 1.27 | 1.452 | 2.73 | 1.88 | 0.983 | $5.16M |
| Ray Herbert | S | F | 37 | 194.00 | 26 | 4.85 | 0.275 | 1.40 | 1.597 | 4.85 | 3.04 | 1.176 | $3.81M |
| Johnny Kucks | R | P | 33 | 160.00 | 23 | 3.87 | 0.278 | 1.35 | 1.214 | 3.03 | 2.50 | 0.595 | $3.02M |
| Bob Grim | R | F | 40 | 132.00 | 9 | 4.09 | 0.260 | 1.44 | 1.140 | 4.67 | 4.09 | 0.718 | $2.56M |
| John Tsitouris | R | F | 24 | 88.00 | 10 | 4.97 | 0.271 | 1.50 | 1.429 | 5.40 | 3.78 | 0.324 | $1.86M |
| Rip Coleman | R | P | 29 | 86.00 | 11 | 4.56 | 0.273 | 1.47 | 1.588 | 6.00 | 3.78 | 0.889 | $1.48M |
| Tom Sturdivant | R | P | 36 | 76.00 | 3 | 4.65 | 0.258 | 1.45 | 1.676 | 7.16 | 4.27 | 1.130 | $1.30M |
| Murry Dickson | R | F | 38 | 75.00 | 0 | 4.94 | 0.290 | 1.58 | 1.333 | 4.56 | 3.42 | 1.141 | $1.08M |
| Ralph Terry | R | P | 9 | 49.00 | 7 | 5.24 | 0.308 | 1.62 | 1.842 | 6.80 | 3.69 | 1.748 | $505K |
The 1959 Kansas City Athletics roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1959 Kansas City Athletics.
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