Kansas City Athletics 1959
66–88record
.429win pct
681runs
760allowed
-79run diff
117home runs
43players
The three rarest things in 1959
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | BCBob Cerv | 1959-08-20 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | DWDick Williams | 1959-06-09 | 1 in 201 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Fifteen Runs | Kansas City Athletics | 1959-05-23 | 1 in 127 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (43)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWDick Williams | 130 | 538 | 488 | 72 | 130 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 75 | 28 | 60 | 4 | 3 | .266 | .309 | .436 | .746 |
| BTBill Tuttle | 126 | 520 | 463 | 74 | 139 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 47 | 38 | 10 | 6 | .300 | .368 | .413 | .781 |
| BCBob Cerv | 125 | 513 | 463 | 60 | 132 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 87 | 35 | 87 | 3 | 2 | .285 | .332 | .479 | .812 |
| 122 | 499 | 433 | 69 | 118 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 72 | 59 | 53 | 2 | 1 | .273 | .361 | .464 | .825 | |
| JLJerry Lumpe | 108 | 450 | 403 | 48 | 98 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 40 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .243 | .312 | .318 | .629 |
| JDJoe DeMaestri | 118 | 387 | 352 | 31 | 86 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 66 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .305 | .369 | .674 |
| FHFrank House | 98 | 372 | 347 | 32 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 4 | .236 | .284 | .303 | .586 |
| HSHal Smith | 108 | 332 | 292 | 36 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 0 | 3 | .288 | .367 | .380 | .747 |
| KHKent Hadley | 113 | 318 | 288 | 40 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 23 | 74 | 1 | 3 | .253 | .308 | .403 | .711 |
| RSRuss Snyder | 73 | 267 | 243 | 41 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | .313 | .367 | .420 | .787 |
| WTWayne Terwilliger | 74 | 204 | 180 | 27 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .335 | .361 | .696 |
| HCHarry Chiti | 55 | 180 | 162 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 1 | .272 | .344 | .444 | .789 |
| 61 | 161 | 132 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .396 | .364 | .760 | |
| 38 | 157 | 123 | 25 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .293 | .442 | .390 | .833 | |
| HLHector Lopez | 35 | 147 | 135 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .281 | .329 | .533 | .862 |
| PWPreston Ward | 58 | 119 | 109 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .286 | .358 | .644 |
| ZBZeke Bella | 47 | 93 | 82 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .293 | .293 | .586 |
| BDBud Daley | 39 | 87 | 78 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .329 | .308 | .637 |
| NGNed Garver | 32 | 80 | 71 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .316 | .423 | .738 |
| RJRay Jablonski | 25 | 68 | 65 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .294 | .369 | .663 |
| LKLou Klimchock | 17 | 68 | 66 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .284 | .470 | .753 |
| RHRay Herbert | 37 | 63 | 57 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .298 | .548 |
| JKJohnny Kucks | 33 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .140 | .106 | .246 |
| 40 | 41 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .143 | .188 | .330 | |
| RCRip Coleman | 29 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 |
| JMJoe Morgan | 20 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .292 | .286 | .577 |
| JTJohn Tsitouris | 24 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 |
| HSHarry Simpson | 8 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .389 | .500 | .889 |
| TSTom Sturdivant | 37 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 |
| RTRalph Terry | 9 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 |
| MDMurry Dickson | 38 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 |
| TCTom Carroll | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| AGAl Grunwald | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| HRHowie Reed | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| KJKen Johnson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RMRuss Meyer | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DTDick Tomanek | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| BMBob Martyn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| GBGeorge Brunet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| MFMark Freeman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| TGTom Gorman | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| EKEvans Killeen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| MKMarty Kutyna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (20)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDBud Daley | 39 | 16–13 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 212 | 90 | 76 | 62 | 125 | 24 | 216.1 | 3.16 | 1.27 |
| NGNed Garver | 32 | 10–13 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 215 | 94 | 86 | 42 | 61 | 22 | 201.1 | 3.84 | 1.28 |
| RHRay Herbert | 37 | 11–11 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 196 | 108 | 99 | 62 | 99 | 24 | 184.2 | 4.82 | 1.40 |
| JKJohnny Kucks | 33 | 8–11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 163 | 76 | 65 | 42 | 51 | 10 | 151.0 | 3.87 | 1.36 |
| 40 | 6–10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 124 | 69 | 57 | 57 | 66 | 10 | 125.1 | 4.09 | 1.44 | |
| JTJohn Tsitouris | 24 | 4–3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 52 | 46 | 35 | 50 | 3 | 83.0 | 4.99 | 1.51 |
| RCRip Coleman | 29 | 2–10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 85 | 46 | 41 | 34 | 54 | 8 | 81.0 | 4.56 | 1.47 |
| TSTom Sturdivant | 36 | 2–6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 45 | 37 | 34 | 57 | 9 | 71.2 | 4.65 | 1.45 |
| MDMurry Dickson | 38 | 2–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 71.0 | 4.94 | 1.58 |
| RTRalph Terry | 9 | 2–4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 46.1 | 5.24 | 1.62 |
| RMRuss Meyer | 18 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 24.0 | 4.50 | 1.46 |
| HRHowie Reed | 6 | 0–3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 20.2 | 7.40 | 1.74 |
| DTDick Tomanek | 16 | 0–1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 20.2 | 6.53 | 1.89 |
| TGTom Gorman | 17 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 20.1 | 7.08 | 1.87 |
| AGAl Grunwald | 6 | 0–1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 11.0 | 8.18 | 2.64 |
| KJKen Johnson | 2 | 1–1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11.0 | 4.09 | 1.45 |
| MKMarty Kutyna | 4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 0.00 | 1.09 |
| EKEvans Killeen | 4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 4.50 | 1.33 |
| GBGeorge Brunet | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4.2 | 11.57 | 3.64 |
| MFMark Freeman | 3 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 9.82 | 2.45 |