1959 Kansas City Athletics season

1959 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Municipal Stadium (since 1955)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1955)
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

October 2, 1958: Chico Carrasquel was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Williams.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	--
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	5
New York Yankees	79	75	.513	15
Detroit Tigers	76	78	.494	18
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	19
Baltimore Orioles	74	80	.481	20
Kansas City Athletics	66	88	.429	28
Washington Senators	63	91	.409	31

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–14	11–11–1	10–12	13–9	8–14	12–10	12–10
Boston	14–8	—	8–14	8–14	11–11	11–11	13–9	10–12
Chicago	11–11–1	14–8	—	15–7	13–9	12–10	13–9–1	16–6
Cleveland	12–10	14–8	7–15	—	14–8	15–7	11–11	16–6
Detroit	9–13	11–11	9–13	8–14	—	15–7	14–8	10–12
Kansas City	14–8	11–11	10–12	7–15	7–15	—	5–17	12–10
New York	10–12	9–13	9–13–1	11–11	8–14	17–5	—	15–7
Washington	10–12	12–10	6–16	6–16	12–10	10–12	7–15	—

Notable transactions

May 2, 1959: Harry Simpson was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Boone.^[2]
May 26, 1959: Ralph Terry and Héctor López were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant, and Jerry Lumpe.^[3]
August 20, 1959: Ray Boone was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Milwaukee Braves.^[2]
August 20, 1959: Ray Jablonski was selected off waivers by the Athletics from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]

Roster

1959 Kansas City Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

30 George Brunet

36 Rip Coleman

28 Bud Daley

21 Murry Dickson

35 Mark Freeman

31 Ned Garver

37 Tom Gorman

34 Bob Grim

35 Al Grunwald

38 Ray Herbert

35 Ken Johnson

36 Evans Killeen

26 Johnny Kucks

36 Marty Kutyna

20 Russ Meyer

16 Howie Reed

32 Tom Sturdivant

26 Ralph Terry

15 Dick Tomanek

20 John Tsitouris

Catchers

8 Harry Chiti

12 Frank House

Infielders

30 Ray Boone

14 Tom Carroll

2 Joe DeMaestri

18 Kent Hadley

4,30 Ray Jablonski

4 Lou Klimchock

10 Héctor López

11 Jerry Lumpe

10 Joe Morgan

5 Harry Simpson

9 Hal Smith

1 Wayne Terwilliger

7 Preston Ward

23 Dick Williams

Outfielders

17 Zeke Bella

33 Bob Cerv

22 Whitey Herzog

3 Roger Maris

14 Russ Snyder

13 Bill Tuttle

Other batters

32 Bob Martyn

Manager

41 Harry Craft

Coaches

39 Don Heffner

40 Johnny Sain

42 Bob Swift

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
C	House, FrankFrank House	98	347	32	82	.236	1	30
1B	Hadley, KentKent Hadley	113	288	40	73	.253	10	39
2B	Lumpe, JerryJerry Lumpe	108	403	47	98	.243	3	28
3B	Williams, DickDick Williams	130	488	72	130	.266	16	75
SS	DeMaestri, JoeJoe DeMaestri	118	352	31	86	.244	6	34
LF	Cerv, BobBob Cerv	125	463	61	132	.285	20	87
CF	Tuttle, BillBill Tuttle	126	463	74	139	.300	7	43
RF	Maris, RogerRoger Maris	122	433	69	118	.273	16	72

^[5]

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
Smith, HalHal Smith	108	292	36	84	.288	5	31
Terwilliger, WayneWayne Terwilliger	74	180	27	48	.267	2	18
Chiti, HarryHarry Chiti	55	162	20	44	.272	5	25
López, HéctorHéctor López	35	135	22	38	.281	6	24
Boone, RayRay Boone	61	132	19	36	.273	2	12
Herzog, WhiteyWhitey Herzog	38	123	25	36	.293	1	9
Ward, PrestonPreston Ward	58	109	8	27	.248	2	19
Simpson, HarryHarry Simpson	8	14	1	4	.286	1	2
Carroll, TomTom Carroll	14	7	1	.143	0	1

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
Daley, BudBud Daley	39	216.1	16	13	3.16	125
Garver, NedNed Garver	32	201	10	13	3.71	61
Kucks, JohnnyJohnny Kucks	33	151.1	8	11	3.87	51
Terry, RalphRalph Terry	9	46.1	2	4	5.24	35

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
Grim, BobBob Grim	40	125.1	6	10	4.09	65
Tsitouris, JohnJohn Tsitouris	24	83.1	4	3	4.97	50
Coleman, RipRip Coleman	29	81	2	10	4.56	54

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
Sturdivant, TomTom Sturdivant	36	2	6	5	4.65	57
Gorman, TomTom Gorman	17	1	0	1	7.08	9
Kutyna, MartyMarty Kutyna	4	0	0	1	0.00	1
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	2	0	0	0	11.57	7

Awards and honors

All-Star Game
- Roger Maris appeared in his first All-Star Game^[6]

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

References

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

External links

1959 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1959 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1959 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; 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

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

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