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Positional Players from the 1956 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Tim Thompson | C | F | 92 | 303 | 73 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 17 | .272 | .319 | .347 | C/B/A- | $2.20M | |
| Hal W. Smith | C | P | 37 | 156 | 39 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .275 | .284 | .408 | B+/B-/A+ | $1.66M | |
| Joe Ginsberg | C | P | 71 | 232 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 23 | .246 | .323 | .313 | B/C/B | $1.52M | |
| Vic Power | 1B | F | 127 | 589 | 164 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 2 | 16 | 24 | .309 | .340 | .447 | B/B | $4.59M | |
| Eddie Robinson | 1B | P | 75 | 213 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 26 | .198 | .308 | .273 | D/D | $648K | |
| Rance Pless | 1B | F | 48 | 101 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .271 | .354 | .329 | C/B- | $423K | |
| Jim Finigan | 2B | F | 91 | 306 | 54 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 28 | 30 | .216 | .298 | .284 | C/D- | $1.17M | |
| Clete Boyer | 2B | F | 67 | 151 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 11 | .217 | .284 | .279 | C/D- | $492K | |
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | P | 32 | 121 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .216 | .321 | .247 | D/D+ | $461K | |
| Hector Lopez | 3B | F | 151 | 673 | 153 | 18 | 69 | 91 | 4 | 73 | 63 | .273 | .347 | .428 | C/A | $4.57M | |
| Joe Demaestri | SS | F | 133 | 493 | 101 | 6 | 39 | 41 | 3 | 73 | 25 | .233 | .277 | .316 | B-/C- | $2.21M | |
| Mike Baxes | SS | F | 73 | 135 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .226 | .339 | .302 | C-/D- | $481K | |
| Harry Simpson | OF | F | 141 | 629 | 159 | 21 | 105 | 76 | 2 | 82 | 47 | .293 | .347 | .490 | D+/D | $4.07M | |
| Lou Skizas | OF | P | 83 | 334 | 94 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 17 | 15 | .316 | .346 | .485 | C/C | $2.38M | |
| Al Pilarcik | OF | F | 69 | 287 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 32 | 30 | .251 | .333 | .351 | C/B+ | $1.72M | |
| Gus Zernial | OF | F | 109 | 328 | 61 | 16 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 66 | 33 | .224 | .315 | .445 | B/D- | $1.64M | |
| Johnny Groth | OF | F | 95 | 295 | 63 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 1 | 31 | 30 | .258 | .335 | .398 | A+/D- | $1.50M | |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | P | 91 | 269 | 62 | 2 | 23 | 37 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .278 | .362 | .395 | B/D- | $1.44M | |
Pitchers from the 1956 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Art Ditmar | S | F | 44 | 268.00 | 34 | 4.42 | 0.262 | 1.42 | 1.167 | 4.46 | 3.82 | 1.062 | $5.31M |
| Wally Burnette | S | F | 18 | 128.00 | 14 | 2.89 | 0.252 | 1.27 | 1.385 | 4.01 | 2.89 | 0.964 | $2.80M |
| Lou Kretlow | S | F | 25 | 125.00 | 20 | 5.31 | 0.262 | 1.64 | 0.824 | 4.63 | 5.61 | 1.289 | $2.00M |
| Alex Kellner | S | F | 20 | 97.00 | 17 | 4.32 | 0.289 | 1.48 | 1.333 | 4.32 | 3.24 | 1.473 | $1.45M |
| Troy Herriage | S | F | 31 | 109.00 | 16 | 6.64 | 0.321 | 1.93 | 0.922 | 5.16 | 5.59 | 1.398 | $1.25M |
| Tom Gorman | R | F | 52 | 181.00 | 13 | 3.83 | 0.258 | 1.38 | 0.824 | 2.94 | 3.57 | 1.208 | $3.47M |
| Jack Crimian | R | F | 54 | 136.00 | 7 | 5.51 | 0.265 | 1.38 | 1.204 | 4.12 | 3.42 | 1.326 | $2.47M |
| Bobby Shantz | R | F | 45 | 107.00 | 2 | 4.35 | 0.248 | 1.30 | 1.811 | 5.95 | 3.29 | 1.066 | $2.24M |
| Jack McMahan | R | P | 23 | 65.00 | 9 | 4.82 | 0.290 | 1.62 | 0.419 | 1.90 | 4.52 | 1.022 | $891K |
| Tom Lasorda | R | F | 18 | 48.00 | 5 | 6.15 | 0.240 | 1.88 | 0.622 | 5.56 | 8.93 | 1.191 | $622K |
| Moe Burtschy | R | F | 21 | 46.00 | 0 | 3.95 | 0.263 | 1.64 | 0.600 | 3.74 | 6.23 | 1.246 | $597K |
| Bill Harrington | R | F | 23 | 40.00 | 1 | 6.45 | 0.274 | 1.75 | 0.538 | 3.35 | 6.21 | 0.717 | $515K |
The 1956 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 1956 Kansas City Athletics.
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