1959 Kansas City Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Athletics 1959 Kansas City Athletics Cap Logo (1955 to 1959).svg American League Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 66 88 y 7th Arnold Johnson Parke Carroll Harry Craft WDAF-TV WDAF(Merle Harmon, Bill Grigsby) The 1959 Kansas City Athletics season was the fifth for the franchise in Kansas City, and its 59th overall. The 1959 Athletics finished seventh in the American League with a record of 66 wins and 88 losses, 28 games behind the AL champion Chicago White Sox. They were managed by Harry Craft, with coach Bob Swift directing the club to a 13–2 record during his two stints as emergency skipper in July. Offseason October 2, 1958: Chico Carrasquel was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Williams.Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Kansas City Athletics Record vs. opponents KCA Notable transactions May 2, 1959: Harry Simpson was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Boone.Ray Boone page at Baseball Reference 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.K.C. A's trade two to Yankees August 20, 1959: Ray Boone was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Milwaukee Braves. August 20, 1959: Ray Jablonski was selected off waivers by the Athletics from the St. Louis Cardinals.Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference 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 Frank House Frank House (baseball) 98 347 32 82 .236 1 30 1B Kent Hadley 113 288 40 73 .253 10 39 2B Jerry Lumpe 108 403 47 98 .243 3 28 3B Dick Williams 130 488 72 130 .266 16 75 SS Joe DeMaestri 118 352 31 86 .244 6 34 LF Bob Cerv 125 463 61 132 .285 20 87 CF Bill Tuttle 126 463 74 139 .300 7 43 RF Roger Maris 122 433 69 118 .273 16 72https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1959.shtml 1959 Kansas City Athletics Statistics 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 Hal Smith Hal Smith (infielder) 108 292 36 84 .288 5 31 Russ Snyder 73 243 41 76 .313 3 21 Wayne Terwilliger 74 180 27 48 .267 2 18 Harry Chiti 55 162 20 44 .272 5 25 Héctor López 35 135 22 38 .281 6 24 Ray Boone 61 132 19 36 .273 2 12 Whitey Herzog 38 123 25 36 .293 1 9 Preston Ward 58 109 8 27 .248 2 19 Zeke Bella 47 82 10 17 .207 1 9 Lou Klimchock 17 66 10 18 .273 4 13 Ray Jablonski 25 65 4 17 .262 2 8 Joe Morgan 20 21 2 4 .190 0 3 Harry Simpson 8 14 1 4 .286 1 2 Tom Carroll Tom Carroll (infielder) 14 7 1 1 .143 0 1 Bob Martyn 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 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 Bud Daley 39 216.1 16 13 3.16 125 Ned Garver 32 201.0 10 13 3.71 61 Ray Herbert 37 183.2 11 11 4.85 99 Johnny Kucks 33 151.1 8 11 3.87 51 Ralph Terry 9 46.1 2 4 5.24 35 Ken Johnson 2 11.0 1 1 4.09 8 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 Bob Grim Bob Grim (baseball) 40 125.1 6 10 4.09 65 John Tsitouris 24 83.1 4 3 4.97 50 Rip Coleman 29 81.0 2 10 4.56 54 Howie Reed 6 20.2 0 3 7.40 11 Al Grunwald 6 11.1 0 1 7.94 9 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 Tom Sturdivant 36 2 6 5 4.65 57 Murry Dickson 38 2 1 0 4.94 36 Russ Meyer 18 1 0 1 4.50 10 Tom Gorman Tom Gorman (1950s pitcher) 17 1 0 1 7.08 9 Dick Tomanek 16 0 1 2 6.53 13 Marty Kutyna 4 0 0 1 0.00 1 Evans Killeen 4 0 0 0 4.76 1 Mark Freeman 3 0 0 0 9.82 1 George Brunet 2 0 0 0 11.57 7 Awards and honors All-Star Game Roger Maris appeared in his first All-Star GameRoger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 113, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, 978-1-4165-8928-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 Billy 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 HofmanJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1959 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1959 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Athletics seasons Kansas City Athletics season Category:1959 in sports in Missouri