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1956 Kansas City Athletics season

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Major League Baseball team season

1956 Kansas City Athletics

League	American League
Ballpark	Municipal Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	52–102 (.338)
League place	8th
Owners	Arnold Johnson
Managers	Lou Boudreau
Radio	KMBC (Merle Harmon, Larry Ray)
← 1955 1957 →

The1956Kansas City Athletics season, the team's 56th in theAmerican League and second inKansas City, involved the A's finishing eighth in theAmerican League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, 45 games behind theWorld Series champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

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March 2, 1956:Tommy Lasorda was purchased by the Athletics from theBrooklyn Dodgers.^[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	—	49‍–‍28	48‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9	46‍–‍31	42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13	43‍–‍34	41‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15	37‍–‍40	45‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28	41‍–‍36	28‍–‍49
Washington Senators	59	95	.383	38	32‍–‍45	27‍–‍50
Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45	22‍–‍55	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1956 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	6–16	9–13	5–17	13–9	15–7	9–13	12–10
Boston	16–6	—	14–8	13–9–1	12–10	12–10	8–14	9–13
Chicago	13–9	8–14	—	15–7	13–9	14–8	9–13	13–9
Cleveland	17–5	9–13–1	7–15	—	11–11	17–5	10–12	17–5
Detroit	9–13	10–12	9–13	11–11	—	16–6	12–10	15–7–1
Kansas City	7–15	10–12	8–14	5–17	6–16	—	4–18	12–10
New York	13–9	14–8	13–9	12–10	10–12	18–4	—	17–5
Washington	10–12	13–9	9–13	5–17	7–15–1	10–12	5–17	—

Notable transactions

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April 16, 1956:Lee Wheat,Tom Saffell and cash were traded by the Athletics to theBrooklyn Dodgers forTim Thompson.^[2]
April 16, 1956:Johnny Groth was purchased by the Athletics from theWashington Senators.^[3]
May 1956:Marion Fricano and $60,000 were traded by the Athletics to theToronto Maple Leafs forJack Crimian.^[4]
June 14, 1956:Moe Burtschy,Bill Renna and cash were traded by the Athletics to theNew York Yankees forLou Skizas andEddie Robinson.^[5]
July 11, 1956: Tommy Lasorda was traded by the Athletics to theNew York Yankees forWally Burnette.^[1]
August 17, 1956:Joe Ginsberg was traded by the Athletics to theBaltimore Orioles forHal Smith.^[6]
August 25, 1956:Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the New York Yankees.^[7]

Roster

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1956 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 14Bill Bradford 9,53George Brunet 23Wally Burnette 36Moe Burtschy 19Art Ceccarelli 16Glenn Cox 15Walt Craddock 24Jack Crimian 28Art Ditmar 39Carl Duser 37Tom Gorman 26Bill Harrington 17Troy Herriage 20Alex Kellner 18,23Lou Kretlow 23Tommy Lasorda 14Jack McMahan 25Arnie Portocarrero 26,34José Santiago 21Bobby Shantz 19Bob Spicer		Catchers 11Joe Astroth 9Joe Ginsberg 32Hal Smith 22Tim Thompson Infielders 1Mike Baxes 12Clete Boyer 2Joe DeMaestri 4Jim Finigan 6Spook Jacobs 10Héctor López 8Rance Pless 7Vic Power 25Eddie Robinson		Outfielders 39Johnny Groth 31Dave Melton 6Al Pilarcik 36Jim Pisoni 34Bill Renna 38Harry Simpson 35Lou Skizas 33Enos Slaughter 35Elmer Valo 30Gus Zernial		Manager 5Lou Boudreau Coaches 41Harry Craft 42Ski Melillo 40George Susce

1956 Kansas City Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5Lou Boudreau

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Tim Thompson	92	268	73	.272	1	27
1B	Vic Power	127	530	164	.309	14	63
2B	Jim Finigan	91	250	54	.216	2	21
SS	Joe DeMaestri	133	434	101	.233	6	39
3B	Héctor López	151	561	153	.273	18	69
LF	Gus Zernial	109	272	61	.224	16	44
CF	Al Pilarcik	69	239	60	.251	4	22
RF	Harry Simpson	141	543	159	.293	21	105

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Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lou Skizas	83	297	94	.316	11	39
Johnny Groth	95	244	63	.258	5	37
Enos Slaughter	91	223	62	.278	2	23
Joe Ginsberg	71	195	48	.246	1	12
Eddie Robinson	75	172	34	.198	2	12
Hal Smith	37	142	39	.275	2	24
Clete Boyer	67	129	28	.217	1	4
Mike Baxes	73	106	24	.226	1	5
Spook Jacobs	32	97	21	.216	0	5
Rance Pless	48	85	23	.271	0	9
Bill Renna	33	48	13	.271	2	5
Jim Pisoni	10	30	8	.267	2	5
Joe Astroth	8	13	1	.077	0	0
Elmer Valo	9	9	2	.222	0	2
Dave Melton	3	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

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= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Art Ditmar	44	254.1	12	22	4.42	126
Wally Burnette	18	121.1	6	8	2.89	54
Lou Kretlow	25	118.2	4	9	5.31	61
Alex Kellner	20	91.2	7	4	4.32	44
Glenn Cox	3	23.1	0	2	4.24	6
Walt Craddock	2	9.1	0	2	6.75	8
Carl Duser	2	6.0	1	1	9.00	5

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Gorman	52	171.1	9	10	3.83	56
Troy Herriage	31	103.0	1	13	6.64	59
Jack McMahan	23	61.2	0	5	4.82	13
Tommy Lasorda	18	45.1	0	4	6.15	28
José Santiago	9	21.2	1	2	8.31	9
Art Ceccarelli	3	10.0	0	1	7.20	2
George Brunet	6	9.0	0	0	7.00	5
Arnie Portocarrero	3	8.0	0	1	10.13	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bobby Shantz	45	2	7	9	4.35	67
Jack Crimian	54	4	8	3	5.51	59
Bill Harrington	23	2	2	1	6.45	14
Moe Burtschy	21	3	1	0	3.95	18
Bob Spicer	2	0	0	0	19.29	0
Bill Bradford	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Nick Cullop
A	Columbia Gems	Sally League	Hank Biasatti
B	Abilene Blue Sox	Big State League	Al Evans
C	Crowley Millers	Evangeline League	Vince Plumbo
C	Pocatello Bannocks	Pioneer League	Joe Lutz andLou Stringer
D	Fitzgerald A's	Georgia–Florida League	Red Treadway
D	Grand Island Athletics	Nebraska State League	Art Mazmanian
D	Seminole Oilers	Sooner State League	Burl Storie

References

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External links

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v t e 1956 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington
National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1956 All-Star Game 1956 World Series

Athletics

Established in1901
Formerly thePhiladelphia Athletics, theKansas City Athletics and theOakland Athletics
Based inWest Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (under construction)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner:John Fisher
President:Marc Badain
Executive vice president:Billy Beane
General manager:David Forst
Manager:Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (126)
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