1958 Kansas City Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Athletics 1958 Kansas City Athletics Cap Logo (1955 to 1959).svg American League Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 73 81 y 7th Arnold Johnson George Selkirk Harry Craft KMBC(Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards) 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 seventh 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.Billy Martin page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1957: Harry Chiti was drafted by the Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1957 rule 5 draft.Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1957: Ramón Conde was drafted by the Athletics from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 minor league draft.Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Kansas City Athletics Record vs. opponents KCA Notable transactions April 15, 1958: Ramón Conde was acquired from the Athletics by the Philadelphia Phillies. May 14, 1958: Whitey Herzog was purchased by the Athletics from the Washington Senators.Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference June 12, 1958: Billy Hunter was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Chico Carrasquel.Hunter goes to Indians for Chico 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.Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference 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 Harry Chiti 103 295 79 .268 9 44 1B Vic Power 52 205 62 .302 4 27 2B Héctor López 151 564 147 .261 17 73 SS Joe DeMaestri 139 442 97 .219 6 38 3B Hal W. Smith 99 315 86 .273 5 46 LF Bob Cerv 141 515 157 .305 38 104 CF Bill Tuttle 148 511 118 .231 11 51 RF Roger Maris 99 401 99 .247 19 53https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1958.shtml 1958 Kansas City Athletics Statistics 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 Preston Ward 81 268 68 .254 6 24 Mike Baxes 73 231 49 .212 0 8 Bob Martyn 95 226 59 .261 2 23 Harry Simpson 78 212 56 .264 7 27 Frank House Frank House (baseball) 76 202 51 .252 4 24 Chico Carrasquel 59 160 34 .213 2 13 Woodie Held 47 131 28 .214 4 16 Whitey Herzog 88 96 23 .240 0 9 Billy Hunter 22 58 9 .155 2 11 Kent Hadley 3 11 2 .182 0 0 Lou Klimchock 2 10 2 .200 1 1 Dave Melton 9 6 0 .000 0 0 Jim Small Jim Small (baseball) 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Milt Graff 5 1 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 Ralph Terry 40 216.2 11 13 4.24 134 Ned Garver 31 201.0 12 11 4.03 72 Jack Urban 30 132.0 8 11 5.93 54 Alex Kellner 7 33.2 0 2 5.88 22 John Tsitouris 1 3.0 0 0 3.00 1 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 Ray Herbert 42 175.0 8 8 3.50 108 Bob Grim Bob Grim (baseball) 26 113.2 7 6 3.56 54 Murry Dickson 27 99.0 9 5 3.27 46 Bud Daley 26 70.2 3 2 3.31 39 Duke Maas 10 55.1 4 5 3.90 19 Bob Davis Bob Davis (pitcher) 8 31.0 0 4 7.84 22 Wally Burnette 12 28.1 1 1 3.49 11 Howie Reed 3 10.1 1 0 0.87 5 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 Gorman Tom Gorman (1950s pitcher) 50 4 4 8 3.51 44 Dick Tomanek 36 5 5 5 3.61 50 Walt Craddock 23 0 3 0 5.89 22 Virgil Trucks 16 0 1 2 2.05 15 Glenn Cox 2 0 0 0 9.82 1 Ken Johnson 2 0 0 0 27.00 1 Carl Duser 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 A's Pioneer League Billy 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 Rochester franchise moved to Winona, June 29, 1958Johnson, 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 1958 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1958 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Athletics seasons Kansas City Athletics season Category:1958 in sports in Missouri