1956 Kansas City Athletics
52 - 102
1955 / 1957 (Organization)
8th place in the AL (45 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		22 - 55 (.286)
30 - 47 (.390)		 -19.3 wins
-5.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 619 / 754 ( -135 )
Allowed/Expected: 831 / 740 ( -91 )
Pyth Record: 56 - 98 (-4)
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Municipal Stadium I
Attendance: 1,015,154 Avg Att: 13,184 (1.03)
Att Rank: 4 / 8 Lg Avg: 12,773
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 1.18 R/L HR: 1.20 / 1.12
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Joe DeMaestri
SS
132
1,053.7
 
5.5
5.2
5.5
 
15.7
15.7
2 Hector Lopez
3B
121
1,034.3
 
13.8
13.3
13.8
 
2.6
2.6
3 Harry Simpson
RF
92
785.3
 
-10.5
-13.4
-10.8
0.2
 
-15.9
-13.8
-2.1
4 Vic Power
1B
76
630.7
 
5.9
9.3
5.9
 
11.4
11.4
5 Tim Thompson
C
68
572.3
 
1.9
3.3
0.8
1.1
 
1.6
0.7
2.7
3.4
-1.8
6 Al Pilarcik
CF
64
526.0
 
1.2
2.3
-0.7
1.9
 
1.9
-1.8
3.8
7 Gus Zernial
LF
69
525.3
 
-0.5
-1.0
-0.9
0.3
 
0.5
-2.2
2.7
8 Lou Skizas
LF
57
496.7
 
4.5
9.0
2.6
1.8
 
10.9
8.1
2.8
9 Joe Ginsberg
C
57
451.3
 
0.1
0.2
-0.6
0.6
 
3.1
0.3
0.7
1.0
2.1
10 Johnny Groth
CF
56
416.0
 
-3.6
-8.6
-0.8
-2.8
 
-13.6
-9.0
-4.6
11 Vic Power
2B
47
389.7
 
3.6
9.3
3.6
 
7.1
7.1
12 Eddie Robinson
1B
47
367.7
 
-1.3
-3.4
-1.3
 
-2.2
-2.2
13 Jim Finigan
2B
52
351.3
 
-1.9
-5.5
-1.9
 
-4.1
-4.1
14 Clete Boyer
2B
51
324.3
 
0.0
0.1
0.0
 
3.3
3.3
15 Hal Smith
C
37
304.7
 
0.8
2.5
0.8
-0.1
 
0.4
2.7
-1.0
1.7
-1.3
16 Mike Baxes
SS
62
301.7
 
1.2
3.9
1.2
 
2.5
2.5
17 Enos Slaughter
RF
37
286.0
 
-0.7
-2.5
-0.1
-0.6
 
1.1
1.9
-0.8
18 Harry Simpson
1B
32
257.0
 
-2.4
-9.5
-2.4
 
-0.7
-0.7
19 Jim Finigan
3B
32
254.0
 
3.0
11.9
3.0
 
4.1
4.1
20 Spook Jacobs
2B
31
236.0
 
-5.3
-22.5
-5.3
 
-2.5
-2.5
21 Harry Simpson
CF
23
180.0
 
-1.1
-6.1
-1.1
-0.0
 
-1.8
-1.9
0.1
22 Hector Lopez
CF
20
173.0
 
-1.4
-8.2
-1.0
-0.4
 
-4.6
-3.2
-1.4
23 Enos Slaughter
LF
19
143.0
 
0.8
5.9
1.3
-0.4
 
3.7
4.5
-0.7
24 Johnny Groth
RF
18
140.7
 
-1.3
-9.5
-1.2
-0.2
 
-1.8
-2.4
0.5
25 Lou Skizas
RF
18
125.3
 
-0.1
-1.0
-0.0
-0.1
 
-2.8
-2.2
-0.6
26 Rance Pless
1B
15
115.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
27 Bill Renna
LF
22
89.7
 
-1.0
-11.5
-0.9
-0.1
 
-2.4
-2.5
0.1
28 Jim Pisoni
CF
9
74.3
 
0.1
1.9
-0.0
0.2
 
3.6
1.4
2.2
29 Hector Lopez
2B
8
66.0
 
0.2
2.9
0.2
 
-1.7
-1.7
30 Vic Power
LF
7
56.0
 
0.1
2.0
-0.0
0.1
 
0.6
0.9
-0.3
31 Clete Boyer
3B
7
48.0
 
0.4
7.5
0.4
 
1.1
1.1
32 Joe Astroth
C
8
42.0
 
0.2
4.2
0.2
-0.0
 
2.2
1.1
0.1
1.2
1.0
33 Johnny Groth
LF
14
41.7
 
-0.1
-1.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
-1.3
-1.7
0.4
34 Rance Pless
3B
5
34.0
 
0.3
8.1
0.3
 
2.2
2.2
35 Al Pilarcik
RF
3
18.0
 
0.0
0.8
-0.0
0.0
 
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
36 Bill Renna
RF
3
15.0
 
-0.1
-4.5
-0.1
0.0
 
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
37 Hector Lopez
SS
4
15.0
 
0.0
3.1
0.0
 
0.8
0.8
38 Dave Melton
LF
3
12.0
 
0.1
4.3
0.1
-0.0
 
0.1
0.2
-0.1
39 Elmer Valo
LF
1
6.0
 
0.0
3.1
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.7
-0.7
-0.0
40 Joe DeMaestri
2B
2
2.0
 
-0.0
-2.7
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
41 Enos Slaughter
CF
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-4.7
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
42 Mike Baxes
2B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-4.3
-0.0
 
0.4
0.4
  23        
12.2
1.1
9.3
-0.0
1.3
1.6
  
23.7
14.6
1.8
4.7
2.5
7.3
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James