1955 Kansas City Athletics
[edit] Summary
The 1955 Kansas City Athletics finished with a record of 63-91. They scored 638 runs and belted 121 home runs to go along with a .261 batting average. The offense was powered by Gus Zernial, who led the team with 30 home runs and 84 RBI. Vic Power led the team with 190 hits for a .319 average.
The team allowed 911 runs and had a team ERA of 5.35. Art Ditmar led the pitching staff with 12 wins and 79 strikeouts. Tom Gorman was the team's best fireman, with 18 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Hal Bevan | 3B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Don Bollweg | 1B | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .111 | .444 | .111 |
| Clete Boyer | SS | 47 | 79 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .268 | .253 | .521 | .241 |
| Joe DeMaestri | SS | 123 | 457 | 42 | 114 | 6 | 37 | 3 | .284 | .324 | .608 | .249 |
| Jim Finigan | 2B | 150 | 545 | 72 | 139 | 9 | 68 | 1 | .333 | .385 | .718 | .255 |
| Alex George | SS | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .100 | .282 | .100 |
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | 13 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .370 | .261 | .631 | .261 |
| Dick Kryhoski | 1B | 28 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .302 | .255 | .557 | .213 |
| Jack Littrell | SS | 37 | 70 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 | .229 | .472 | .200 |
| Hector Lopez | 3B | 128 | 483 | 50 | 140 | 15 | 68 | 1 | .337 | .422 | .759 | .290 |
| Vic Power | 1B | 147 | 596 | 91 | 190 | 19 | 76 | 0 | .354 | .505 | .859 | .319 |
| Jerry Schypinski | SS | 22 | 69 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .229 | .246 | .475 | .217 |
| Pete Suder | 2B | 26 | 81 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .284 | .513 | .210 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Don Plarski | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .091 |
| Bill Renna | OF | 100 | 249 | 33 | 53 | 7 | 28 | 0 | .305 | .349 | .654 | .213 |
| Tom Saffell | OF | 9 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 | .216 | .509 | .216 |
| Harry Simpson | OF | 112 | 396 | 42 | 119 | 5 | 52 | 3 | .356 | .414 | .770 | .301 |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | 108 | 267 | 49 | 86 | 5 | 34 | 2 | .408 | .453 | .861 | .322 |
| Bill Stewart | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .167 | .325 | .111 |
| Elmer Valo | OF | 112 | 283 | 50 | 103 | 3 | 37 | 5 | .460 | .484 | .944 | .364 |
| Bill Wilson | OF | 98 | 273 | 39 | 61 | 15 | 38 | 1 | .288 | .432 | .720 | .223 |
| Gus Zernial | OF | 120 | 413 | 62 | 105 | 30 | 84 | 1 | .304 | .508 | .812 | .254 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Joe Astroth | C | 101 | 274 | 29 | 69 | 5 | 23 | 2 | .372 | .328 | .700 | .252 |
| Eric MacKenzie | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Jim Robertson | C | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .250 | .583 | .250 |
| Billy Shantz | C | 79 | 217 | 18 | 56 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .293 | .300 | .593 | .258 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5335 | 638 | 1395 | 121 | 592 | 22 | .318 | .382 | .701 | .261 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Bishop | 4 | 0 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5.40 | 2.090 | |||
| Ewell Blackwell | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6.75 | 2.000 | |||
| Cloyd Boyer | 30 | 11 | 98.3 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 0 | 32 | 69 | 6.22 | 1.790 | |||
| Moe Burtschy | 7 | 0 | 11.3 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1.32 | 2.389 | |||
| Art Ceccarelli | 31 | 16 | 123.7 | 4 | 7 | .364 | 0 | 68 | 71 | 5.31 | 1.568 | |||
| Glenn Cox | 2 | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 5.217 | |||
| Walt Craddock | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 7.80 | 1.867 | |||
| Art Ditmar | 35 | 22 | 175.3 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 1 | 79 | 86 | 5.03 | 1.517 | |||
| Sonny Dixon | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 3.529 | |||
| Marion Fricano | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3.15 | 1.400 | |||
| Tom Gorman | 57 | 0 | 109 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 18 | 46 | 36 | 3.55 | 1.229 | |||
| Johnny Gray | 8 | 5 | 26.7 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 6.41 | 1.948 | |||
| Bill Harrington | 34 | 1 | 76.7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | 26 | 41 | 4.11 | 1.434 | |||
| Ray Herbert | 23 | 11 | 87.7 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 6.26 | 1.585 | |||
| Alex Kellner | 30 | 24 | 162.7 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 0 | 75 | 60 | 4.20 | 1.377 | |||
| Gus Keriazakos | 5 | 1 | 11.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 12.34 | 1.880 | |||
| Mike Kume | 6 | 4 | 23.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 7.99 | 2.110 | |||
| Arnie Portocarrero | 24 | 20 | 111.3 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 0 | 34 | 67 | 4.77 | 1.581 | |||
| Vic Raschi | 20 | 18 | 101.3 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 38 | 35 | 5.42 | 1.649 | |||
| Johnny Sain | 25 | 0 | 44.7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5.44 | 1.432 | |||
| Bobby Shantz | 23 | 17 | 125 | 5 | 10 | .333 | 0 | 58 | 66 | 4.54 | 1.520 | |||
| Lou Sleater | 16 | 1 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 7.71 | 2.101 | |||
| Bob Spicer | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.75 | 4.815 | |||
| Bob Trice | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9.00 | 2.000 | |||
| Ozzie Van Brabant | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18.00 | 3.000 | |||
| Lee Wheat | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22.50 | 5.500 | |||
| Bill Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .00 | 2.000 | |||
| Team Totals | 410 | 155 | 1382.2 | 63 | 91 | .409 | 22 | 573 | 707 | 5.35 | 1.587 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Jim Finigan | 150 |
| At Bats | Vic Power | 596 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Vic Power | 639 |
| Batting Average | Vic Power | .319 |
| On-Base % | Vic Power | .354 |
| Slugging % | Vic Power | .505 |
| OPS | Vic Power | .859 |
| Runs | Vic Power | 91 |
| Hits | Vic Power | 190 |
| Total Bases | Vic Power | 301 |
| Doubles | Vic Power | 34 |
| Triples | Vic Power | 10 |
| Home Runs | Gus Zernial | 30 |
| RBI | Gus Zernial | 84 |
| Walks | Jim Finigan | 61 |
| Strikeouts | Gus Zernial | 90 |
| Stolen Bases | Elmer Valo | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | Joe DeMaestri and Harry Simpson | 5 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Joe Astroth | 10 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Gus Zernial | 8 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Jim Finigan | 18 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Art Ditmar | 12 |
| Losses | Art Ditmar | 12 |
| Saves | Tom Gorman | 18 |
| Won-Loss % | Alex Kellner | .579 |
| ERA | Alex Kellner | 4.20 |
| WHIP | Alex Kellner | 1.377 |
| Innings Pitched | Art Ditmar | 175.3 |
| Games | Tom Gorman | 57 |
| Games Started | Alex Kellner | 24 |
| Strikeouts | Art Ditmar | 79 |
| Complete Games | Art Ditmar | 7 |
| Shutouts | Alex Kellner | 3 |
| Batters Faced | Art Ditmar | 773 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Art Ditmar | 98 |
| Hits Allowed | Art Ditmar | 180 |
| Walks Allowed | Art Ditmar | 86 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Art Ditmar | 23 |
| Wild Pitches | Art Ditmar | 7 |
| Hit Batsmen | Cloyd Boyer and Art Ditmar | 7 |
