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Positional Players from the 1955 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Joe Astroth | C | F | 101 | 356 | 69 | 5 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 33 | 47 | .252 | .372 | .328 | B/C/A- | $2.57M | |
| Billy Shantz | C | F | 79 | 245 | 56 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .258 | .293 | .300 | B/D/B | $1.53M | |
| Vic Power | 1B | F | 147 | 673 | 190 | 19 | 76 | 91 | 0 | 27 | 35 | .319 | .354 | .505 | B/B+ | $5.63M | |
| Jim Finigan | 2B | F | 150 | 647 | 139 | 9 | 68 | 72 | 1 | 49 | 61 | .255 | .333 | .385 | C+/C | $4.22M | |
| Pete Suder | 2B | F | 26 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | .210 | .229 | .284 | A/D- | $236K | |
| Hector Lopez | 3B | F | 128 | 555 | 140 | 15 | 68 | 50 | 1 | 58 | 33 | .290 | .337 | .422 | C-/A+ | $3.70M | |
| Joe Demaestri | SS | F | 123 | 512 | 114 | 6 | 37 | 42 | 3 | 47 | 20 | .249 | .284 | .324 | B-/C- | $2.47M | |
| Clete Boyer | SS | F | 47 | 87 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | .241 | .268 | .253 | C/D- | $245K | |
| Jerry Schypinski | SS | F | 22 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .217 | .229 | .246 | D/D- | $200K | |
| Jack Littrell | SS | F | 37 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 4 | .200 | .243 | .229 | C-/D- | $200K | |
| Elmer Valo | OF | F | 112 | 356 | 103 | 3 | 37 | 50 | 5 | 18 | 52 | .364 | .460 | .484 | B+/C | $3.89M | |
| Harry Simpson | OF | P | 112 | 459 | 119 | 5 | 52 | 42 | 3 | 61 | 34 | .301 | .356 | .414 | C+/A- | $3.49M | |
| Gus Zernial | OF | F | 120 | 478 | 105 | 30 | 84 | 62 | 1 | 90 | 30 | .254 | .304 | .508 | D+/B | $3.02M | |
| Enos Slaughter | OF | P | 108 | 332 | 86 | 5 | 34 | 49 | 2 | 17 | 40 | .322 | .408 | .453 | B/D- | $2.33M | |
| Bill Wilson | OF | F | 98 | 316 | 61 | 15 | 38 | 39 | 1 | 63 | 24 | .223 | .288 | .432 | C-/B | $1.74M | |
| Bill Renna | OF | F | 100 | 299 | 53 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 42 | 31 | .213 | .305 | .349 | A/D- | $1.24M | |
Pitchers from the 1955 Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Alex Kellner | S | F | 30 | 172.00 | 24 | 4.21 | 0.265 | 1.38 | 1.250 | 4.15 | 3.32 | 0.996 | $3.63M |
| Art Ditmar | S | F | 35 | 185.00 | 22 | 5.03 | 0.270 | 1.52 | 0.919 | 4.06 | 4.41 | 1.181 | $3.27M |
| Bobby Shantz | S | F | 23 | 132.00 | 17 | 4.54 | 0.264 | 1.52 | 0.879 | 4.18 | 4.75 | 0.576 | $2.60M |
| Art Ceccarelli | S | F | 31 | 131.00 | 16 | 5.31 | 0.258 | 1.57 | 0.958 | 4.95 | 5.17 | 1.456 | $2.10M |
| Arnie Portocarrero | S | F | 24 | 118.00 | 20 | 4.77 | 0.259 | 1.58 | 0.507 | 2.75 | 5.42 | 0.970 | $1.97M |
| Vic Raschi | S | P | 20 | 107.00 | 18 | 5.42 | 0.312 | 1.65 | 1.086 | 3.38 | 3.11 | 0.888 | $1.53M |
| Johnny Gray | S | F | 8 | 29.00 | 5 | 6.41 | 0.277 | 1.95 | 0.458 | 3.71 | 8.10 | 0.675 | $267K |
| Tom Gorman | R | F | 57 | 115.00 | 0 | 3.55 | 0.246 | 1.23 | 1.278 | 3.80 | 2.97 | 0.908 | $2.55M |
| Bill Harrington | R | F | 34 | 81.00 | 1 | 4.11 | 0.246 | 1.43 | 0.634 | 3.05 | 4.81 | 0.704 | $1.61M |
| Ray Herbert | R | F | 23 | 93.00 | 11 | 6.26 | 0.292 | 1.59 | 0.750 | 3.08 | 4.11 | 1.027 | $1.43M |
| Cloyd Boyer | R | F | 30 | 104.00 | 11 | 6.22 | 0.282 | 1.79 | 0.464 | 2.93 | 6.32 | 1.922 | $1.21M |
| Johnny Sain | R | P | 25 | 47.00 | 0 | 5.44 | 0.297 | 1.43 | 1.200 | 2.42 | 2.01 | 2.015 | $567K |
| Lou Sleater | R | F | 16 | 27.00 | 1 | 7.72 | 0.324 | 2.10 | 0.524 | 3.86 | 7.37 | 1.052 | $200K |
The 1955 Kansas City Athletics roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1955 Kansas City Athletics.
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