1958 Kansas City Athletics season

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.

1958 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Arnold Johnson
General manager(s)George Selkirk
Manager(s)Harry Craft
Local televisionnone
Local radioKMBC
(Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9262 0.597 44–33 48–29
Chicago White Sox 8272 0.532 10 47–30 35–42
Boston Red Sox 7975 0.513 13 49–28 30–47
Cleveland Indians 7776 0.503 14½ 42–34 35–42
Detroit Tigers 7777 0.500 15 43–34 34–43
Baltimore Orioles 7479 0.484 17½ 46–31 28–48
Kansas City Athletics 7381 0.474 19 43–34 30–47
Washington Senators 6193 0.396 31 33–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore 10–129–13–110–1110–1212–108–1415–7
Boston 12–1010–1212–1010–1212–109–13–114–8
Chicago 13–9–112–1012–1010–1212–107–1516–6
Cleveland 11–1010–1210–1214–810–127–1515–7
Detroit 12–1012–1012–108–1412–1012–109–13
Kansas City 10–1210–1210–1212–1010–129–1312–10–2
New York 14–813–9–115–715–710–1213–912–10
Washington 7–158–146–167–1513–910–12–210–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1958 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
CHarry Chiti10329579.268944
2BHéctor López151564147.2611773
LFBob Cerv141515157.30538104
CFBill Tuttle148511118.2311151
RFRoger Maris9940199.2471953

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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
Frank House7620251.252424
Woodie Held4713128.214416
Whitey Herzog889623.24009
Kent Hadley3112.18200
Jim Small240.00000

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
Ralph Terry40216.211134.24134
Ned Garver3120112114.0372
John Tsitouris13003.001

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
Bob Grim26113.2763.5654
Murry Dickson2799953.2746
Bud Daley2670.2323.3139
Duke Maas1055.1453.9019
Wally Burnette1228.1113.4911
Bob Davis831047.8422

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 Gorman504483.5144
Walt Craddock230305.8922
Glenn Cox20009.821
Carl Duser10004.500

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

Rochester franchise moved to Winona, June 29, 1958[8]

References

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