1959 Kansas City Athletics
66 - 88
1958 / 1960 (Organization)
7th place in the AL (28 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
37 - 40 (.481)
29 - 48 (.377)
-4.6 wins
-6.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 681 / 685 ( -4 )
Allowed/Expected: 760 / 679 ( -81 )
Pyth Record: 69 - 85 (-3)
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Municipal Stadium I
Attendance: 963,683 Avg Att: 12,515 (0.85)
Att Rank: 6 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,805
       
Park Factor: 1.02    
HR Factor: 1.02 R/L HR: 1.08 / 0.95
Notes:


Fielding

Filters
Positions
#
DRA
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
 
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH
1 Bill Tuttle
CF
1.2
-3.1
 
121
2 Whitey Herzog
RF
0.5
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
0.3
 
1
2
12
20
3 Wayne Terwilliger
2B
0.4
4.2
-0.0
-0.0
 
63
1
2
4 Harry Chiti
C
0.3
-0.1
 
47
5 Dick Williams
3B
0.1
0.5
-0.0
-5.0
0.2
0.1
0.3
 
32
3
80
14
2
8
6 Tom Carroll
SS
0.1
0.0
0.0
 
3
9
7 Preston Ward
1B
-0.1
-0.9
-0.0
 
22
1
8 Joe DeMaestri
SS
-0.2
1.8
 
115
9 Frank House
C
-0.2
3.9
 
95
10 Roger Maris
RF
-0.2
0.3
0.3
 
5
114
11 Lou Klimchock
2B
-0.3
-0.4
 
16
12 Zeke Bella
RF
-0.3
-0.0
-0.9
0.2
 
1
11
14
13 Russ Snyder
CF
-0.7
0.6
2.1
-0.2
 
27
30
13
14 Kent Hadley
1B
-0.9
-3.2
 
95
15 Bob Cerv
LF
-1.1
9.2
 
119
16 Hal Smith
3B
-1.2
-1.1
-6.4
 
22
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James