1958 Kansas City Athletics season

1958 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)	George Selkirk
Manager(s)	Harry Craft
Local television	none
Local radio	KMBC (Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards)
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The 1958 Kansas City Athletics season was the team's fourth in Kansas City and the 58th in the American League. The season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 73 wins and 81 losses, 19 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

November 20, 1957: Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson, and Gus Zernial were traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, and Kent Hadley, and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Jim McManus to the Athletics on April 3, 1958.^[1]
December 2, 1957: Harry Chiti was drafted by the Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1957 rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 2, 1957: Ramón Conde was drafted by the Athletics from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 minor league draft.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	92	62	.597	--
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10
Boston Red Sox	79	75	.513	13
Cleveland Indians	77	76	.503	14.5
Detroit Tigers	77	77	.500	15
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	.484	17.5
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	.474	19
Washington Senators	61	93	.396	31

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–12	9–13–1	10–11	10–12	12–10	8–14	15–7
Boston	12–10	—	10–12	12–10	10–12	12–10	9–13–1	14–8
Chicago	13–9–1	12–10	—	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–15	16–6
Cleveland	11–10	10–12	10–12	—	14–8	10–12	7–15	15–7
Detroit	12–10	12–10	12–10	8–14	—	12–10	12–10	9–13
Kansas City	10–12	10–12	10–12	12–10	10–12	—	9–13	12–10–2
New York	14–8	13–9–1	15–7	15–7	10–12	13–9	—	12–10
Washington	7–15	8–14	6–16	7–15	13–9	10–12–2	10–12	—

Notable transactions

April 15, 1958: Ramón Conde was acquired from the Athletics by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]
May 14, 1958: Whitey Herzog was purchased by the Athletics from the Washington Senators.^[4]
June 12, 1958: Billy Hunter was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Chico Carrasquel.^[5]
June 15, 1958: Woodie Held and Vic Power were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Roger Maris, Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward.^[6]

Roster

1958 Kansas City Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

24 Wally Burnette

16 Glenn Cox

6,30 Walt Craddock

22,28 Bud Daley

24 Bob Davis

29 Murry Dickson

14,15 Carl Duser

31 Ned Garver

37 Tom Gorman

34 Bob Grim

38 Ray Herbert

27 Ken Johnson

20 Alex Kellner

34 Duke Maas

16 Howie Reed

26 Ralph Terry

15 Dick Tomanek

23 Virgil Trucks

20 John Tsitouris

21 Jack Urban

Catchers

8,17 Harry Chiti

12,36 Frank House

Infielders

11 Mike Baxes

1 Chico Carrasquel

2 Joe DeMaestri

4 Milt Graff

18 Kent Hadley

1 Billy Hunter

4 Lou Klimchock

10 Héctor López

7 Vic Power

5 Harry Simpson

9 Hal Smith

7 Preston Ward

Outfielders

33 Bob Cerv

5 Woodie Held

22 Whitey Herzog

35 Roger Maris

32 Bob Martyn

3,35 Dave Melton

35 Jim Small

13 Bill Tuttle

Manager

41 Harry Craft

Coaches

40 Spud Chandler

39 Don Heffner

42 Bob Swift

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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	Chiti, HarryHarry Chiti	103	295	79	.268	9	44
2B	López, HéctorHéctor López	151	564	147	.261	17	73
LF	Cerv, BobBob Cerv	141	515	157	.305	38	104
CF	Tuttle, BillBill Tuttle	148	511	118	.231	11	51
RF	Maris, RogerRoger Maris	99	401	99	.247	19	53

^[7]

Other batters

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
House, FrankFrank House	76	202	51	.252	4	24
Held, WoodieWoodie Held	47	131	28	.214	4	16
Herzog, WhiteyWhitey Herzog	88	96	23	.240	0	9
Hadley, KentKent Hadley	3	11	2	.182	0	0
Small, JimJim Small	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Terry, RalphRalph Terry	40	216.2	11	13	4.24	134
Garver, NedNed Garver	31	201	12	11	4.03	72
Tsitouris, JohnJohn Tsitouris	1	3	0	0	3.00	1

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Grim, BobBob Grim	26	113.2	7	6	3.56	54
Dickson, MurryMurry Dickson	27	99	9	5	3.27	46
Daley, BudBud Daley	26	70.2	3	2	3.31	39
Maas, DukeDuke Maas	10	55.1	4	5	3.90	19
Burnette, WallyWally Burnette	12	28.1	1	1	3.49	11
Davis, BobBob Davis	8	31	0	4	7.84	22

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
Gorman, TomTom Gorman	50	4	4	8	3.51	44
Craddock, WaltWalt Craddock	23	0	3	0	5.89	22
Cox, GlennGlenn Cox	2	0	0	0	9.82	1
Duser, CarlCarl Duser	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Phil Cavarretta
AA	Little Rock Travelers	Southern Association	Les Peden
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Al Evans
B	Rochester/Winona A's	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Burl Storie and Lew Krausse, Sr.
C	Pocatello Athletics	Pioneer League	Bill Capps
D	Selma Cloverleafs	Alabama–Florida League	Tommy Giordano
D	Grand Island Athletics	Nebraska State League	Art Mazmanian
D	Plainview Athletics	Sophomore League	Vince Plumbo

References

↑ Billy Martin page at Baseball Reference
↑ Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference
↑ Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference
↑ Hunter goes to Indians for Chico
↑ Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1958.shtml
↑ 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

1958 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

1958 All-Star Game 1958 World Series

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

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