1956 Kansas City Athletics season

The 1956 Kansas City Athletics season, the team's 56th in the American League and second in Kansas City, involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, 45 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees.

1956 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Arnold Johnson
Manager(s)Lou Boudreau
Local televisionnone
Local radioKMBC
(Merle Harmon, Larry Ray)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 49–28 48–29
Cleveland Indians 8866 0.571 9 46–31 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 13 43–34 41–36
Detroit Tigers 8272 0.532 15 37–40 45–32
Baltimore Orioles 6985 0.448 28 41–36 28–49
Washington Senators 5995 0.383 38 32–45 27–50
Kansas City Athletics 52102 0.338 45 22–55 30–47

Record vs. opponents

1956 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore 6–169–135–1713–915–79–1312–10
Boston 16–614–813–9–112–1012–108–149–13
Chicago 13–98–1415–713–914–89–1313–9
Cleveland 17–59–13–17–1511–1117–510–1217–5
Detroit 9–1310–129–1311–1116–612–1015–7–1
Kansas City 7–1510–128–145–176–164–1812–10
New York 13–914–813–912–1010–1218–417–5
Washington 10–1213–99–135–177–15–110–125–17

Notable transactions

Roster

1956 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

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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

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
Glenn Cox323.1024.246

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
Tommy Lasorda1845.1046.1528

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
Bill Bradford10009.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Nick Cullop
A Columbia Gems Sally League Hank Biasatti
B Abilene Blue Sox Big State League Al Evans
C Crowley Millers Evangeline League Vince Plumbo
C Pocatello Bannocks Pioneer League Joe Lutz and Lou Stringer
D Fitzgerald A's Georgia–Florida League Red Treadway
D Grand Island Athletics Nebraska State League Art Mazmanian
D Seminole Oilers Sooner State League Burl Storie

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seminole

References

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