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1959 American League
Team Record GB
Chicago White Sox 94 - 60
Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 5.0
New York Yankees 79 - 75 15.0
Detroit Tigers 76 - 78 18.0
Boston Red Sox 75 - 79 19.0
Baltimore Orioles 74 - 80 20.0
Kansas City Athletics 66 - 88 28.0
Washington Senators 63 - 91 31.0

6th (AL)
Runs Scored: 681
Runs Allowed: 760
Attendance: 963,683

1959 Kansas City Athletics Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Frank House C 29 98 347 32 82 14 3 1 30 20 6 23 0 3 2 2 10 .236 .282 .303 .585
Kent Hadley 1B 24 113 288 40 73 11 1 10 39 24 0 74 1 2 2 1 6 .253 .310 .403 .713
Wayne Terwilliger 2B 34 74 180 27 48 11 0 2 18 19 0 31 2 2 4 0 2 .267 .335 .361 .696
Dick Williams 3B 30 130 488 72 130 33 1 16 75 28 1 60 4 1 11 5 13 .266 .309 .436 .745
Joe DeMaestri SS 30 118 352 31 86 16 5 6 34 28 8 65 1 0 0 4 12 .244 .305 .369 .674
Bob Cerv LF 33 125 463 61 132 22 4 20 87 35 5 87 3 2 1 3 13 .285 .332 .479 .811
Bill Tuttle CF 29 126 463 74 139 19 6 7 43 48 2 38 10 6 4 4 12 .300 .369 .413 .782
Roger Maris RF 24 122 433 69 118 21 7 16 72 58 5 53 2 1 0 3 4 .273 .359 .464 .823

1959 Kansas City Athletics Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jerry Lumpe 26 108 403 47 98 11 5 3 28 41 1 32 2 1 7 0 10 .243 .313 .318 .631
Hal Smith 28 108 292 36 84 12 0 5 31 34 0 39 0 3 2 3 4 .288 .367 .380 .747
Russ Snyder 25 73 243 41 76 13 2 3 21 19 0 29 6 2 3 2 4 .313 .367 .420 .787
Ray Boone 35 61 132 19 36 6 0 2 12 27 2 17 1 0 2 0 4 .273 .396 .364 .760
Preston Ward 31 58 109 8 27 4 1 2 19 7 1 12 0 0 0 0 3 .248 .286 .358 .644
Harry Chiti 26 55 162 20 44 11 1 5 25 17 1 26 0 1 0 1 9 .272 .344 .444 .788
Zeke Bella 28 47 82 10 17 2 1 1 9 9 0 14 0 0 1 1 5 .207 .293 .293 .586
Whitey Herzog 27 38 123 25 36 7 1 1 9 34 0 23 1 0 1 0 2 .293 .446 .390 .836
Hector Lopez 29 35 135 22 38 10 3 6 24 8 0 23 1 0 1 1 1 .281 .324 .533 .857
Ray Jablonski 32 25 65 4 17 1 0 2 8 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .294 .369 .663
Joe Morgan 28 20 21 2 4 0 1 0 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .190 .292 .286 .578
Lou Klimchock 19 17 66 10 18 1 0 4 13 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 .273 .284 .470 .754
Tom Carroll 22 14 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Harry Simpson 33 8 14 1 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .389 .500 .889
Bob Martyn 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 Kansas City Athletics Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bud Daley P 26 39 78 5 23 1 0 0 13 2 0 11 0 0 5 2 1 .295 .329 .308 .637
Ned Garver P 33 32 71 9 20 2 1 2 9 4 0 7 0 0 4 0 2 .282 .316 .423 .739
Ray Herbert P 29 37 57 5 12 2 0 1 5 3 0 9 0 0 3 0 1 .211 .250 .298 .548
Johnny Kucks P 25 33 47 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 22 0 0 3 0 1 .085 .140 .106 .246
Bob Grim P 29 40 32 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 0 17 0 0 6 0 0 .094 .143 .188 .331
Rip Coleman P 27 29 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 .080 .080 .080 .160
John Tsitouris P 23 24 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 3 0 1 .150 .190 .150 .340
Murry Dickson P 42 38 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .352
Tom Sturdivant P 29 37 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118
Ralph Terry P 23 9 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 .176 .176 .176 .352
Al Grunwald P 29 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Howie Reed P 22 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Ken Johnson P 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Russ Meyer P 35 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dick Tomanek P 28 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000

1959 Kansas City Athletics Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Ned Garver 33 32 30 10 13 .435 3.71 201.1 94 83 214 22 42 61 .267 3 4 9 2 1 4.49
Bud Daley 26 39 29 16 13 .552 3.16 216.1 90 76 212 24 62 125 .253 11 7 12 2 1 4.30
Ray Herbert 29 37 26 11 11 .500 4.85 183.2 108 99 196 24 62 99 .268 1 2 10 2 1 4.65
Johnny Kucks 25 33 23 8 11 .421 3.87 151.1 76 65 163 10 42 51 .274 12 0 6 1 1 4.26
Ralph Terry 23 9 7 2 4 .333 5.24 46.1 29 27 56 9 19 35 .303 1 1 2 0 0 5.31
Ken Johnson 26 2 2 1 1 .500 4.09 11.0 6 5 11 2 5 8 .262 0 0 0 0 0 5.27

1959 Kansas City Athletics Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bob Grim 29 40 9 6 10 .375 4.09 125.1 69 57 124 10 57 65 .254 3 4 3 1 4 4.44
Murry Dickson 42 38 0 2 1 .667 4.94 71.0 46 39 85 9 27 36 .287 3 1 0 0 0 4.90
Tom Sturdivant 29 36 3 2 6 .250 4.65 71.2 45 37 70 9 34 57 .247 6 3 0 0 5 4.72
Rip Coleman 27 29 11 2 10 .167 4.56 81.0 46 41 85 8 34 54 .264 1 3 2 0 2 4.25
John Tsitouris 23 24 10 4 3 .571 4.97 83.1 52 46 90 3 35 50 .265 3 4 0 0 0 3.64
Russ Meyer 35 18 0 1 0 1.000 4.50 24.0 12 12 24 3 11 10 .253 1 2 0 0 1 5.29
Tom Gorman 34 17 0 1 0 1.000 7.08 20.1 21 16 24 3 14 9 .279 1 1 0 0 1 6.25
Dick Tomanek 28 16 0 0 1 .000 6.53 20.2 15 15 27 6 12 13 .300 2 5 0 0 2 7.55
Al Grunwald 29 6 1 0 1 .000 7.94 11.1 14 10 18 1 11 9 .360 1 0 0 0 1 5.74
Howie Reed 22 6 3 0 3 .000 7.40 20.2 19 17 26 3 10 11 .302 1 3 0 0 0 5.42
Evans Killeen 23 4 0 0 0 .000 4.76 5.2 3 3 4 0 4 1 .211 0 1 0 0 0 4.76
Marty Kutyna 26 4 0 0 0 .000 0.00 7.1 0 0 7 0 1 1 .241 0 0 0 0 1 3.14
Mark Freeman 28 3 0 0 0 .000 9.82 3.2 6 4 6 0 3 1 .353 0 0 0 0 0 4.91
George Brunet 24 2 0 0 0 .000 11.57 4.2 9 6 10 2 7 7 .417 1 0 0 0 0 10.71