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:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Bob Cerv
LF
119
1,009.7
 
9.2
9.1
6.1
3.0
 
-2.1
-2.3
0.2
2 Bill Tuttle
CF
121
1,000.3
 
-3.1
-3.1
-7.1
4.0
 
-4.9
-10.7
5.7
3 Roger Maris
RF
114
960.7
 
0.3
0.3
-0.1
0.3
 
2.3
2.3
0.0
4 Joe DeMaestri
SS
115
905.3
 
1.8
2.0
1.8
 
-8.6
-8.6
5 Frank House
C
95
808.7
 
3.9
4.9
-2.0
5.9
 
1.4
0.3
-2.2
-1.9
3.2
6 Kent Hadley
1B
95
661.3
 
-3.2
-4.8
-3.2
 
-3.0
-3.0
7 Dick Williams
3B
80
651.0
 
-5.0
-7.7
-5.0
 
-5.3
-5.3
8 Hal Smith
3B
77
553.0
 
-6.4
-11.6
-6.4
 
-13.6
-13.6
9 Jerry Lumpe
2B
61
471.0
 
1.1
2.4
1.1
 
4.0
4.0
10 Wayne Terwilliger
2B
63
462.0
 
4.2
9.2
4.2
 
9.7
9.7
11 Jerry Lumpe
SS
56
424.7
 
0.1
0.1
0.1
 
-5.0
-5.0
12 Harry Chiti
C
47
383.3
 
-0.1
-0.2
0.6
-0.7
 
0.6
0.9
1.0
1.9
-1.3
13 Hector Lopez
2B
33
284.3
 
-0.4
-1.3
-0.4
 
-10.4
-10.4
14 Ray Boone
1B
38
253.0
 
1.3
5.2
1.3
 
6.6
6.6
15 Dick Williams
1B
32
249.0
 
0.5
2.1
0.5
 
-3.5
-3.5
16 Russ Snyder
CF
30
229.0
 
2.1
9.0
1.6
0.4
 
-1.0
-1.8
0.8
17 Russ Snyder
LF
27
182.3
 
0.6
3.2
0.4
0.2
 
0.3
-1.3
1.6
18 Whitey Herzog
RF
20
174.3
 
0.3
1.9
0.4
-0.0
 
0.7
0.2
0.6
19 Hal Smith
C
22
169.0
 
-1.1
-6.5
0.6
-1.7
 
-1.4
0.3
0.2
0.5
-1.9
20 Preston Ward
1B
22
155.7
 
-0.9
-5.8
-0.9
 
-1.0
-1.0
21 Lou Klimchock
2B
16
139.7
 
-0.4
-2.6
-0.4
 
-1.9
-1.9
22 Ray Jablonski
3B
17
116.0
 
-1.2
-10.2
-1.2
 
-3.7
-3.7
23 Russ Snyder
RF
13
90.3
 
-0.2
-2.2
-0.2
-0.0
 
-0.4
-1.3
0.9
24 Whitey Herzog
CF
12
79.7
 
-0.1
-1.8
-0.4
0.2
 
2.7
3.0
-0.4
25 Dick Williams
LF
14
76.0
 
0.2
2.0
0.2
-0.1
 
-0.7
-0.4
-0.4
26 Zeke Bella
RF
14
74.0
 
0.2
2.7
-0.1
0.2
 
-1.0
-1.9
0.9
27 Zeke Bella
LF
11
68.0
 
-0.9
-12.9
-0.8
-0.1
 
-4.5
-4.2
-0.3
28 Dick Williams
RF
8
61.7
 
0.3
5.0
0.3
-0.0
 
-2.7
-2.5
-0.2
29 Roger Maris
CF
5
34.0
 
0.3
7.7
0.2
0.0
 
-0.8
-1.3
0.5
30 Harry Simpson
1B
4
31.0
 
-0.3
-8.2
-0.3
 
-0.3
-0.3
31 Tom Carroll
SS
9
25.0
 
0.0
1.7
0.0
 
0.3
0.3
32 Dick Williams
CF
2
18.0
 
0.1
5.0
0.0
0.0
 
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
33 Whitey Herzog
LF
2
17.0
 
0.1
3.3
0.1
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.5
-0.1
34 Joe Morgan
3B
2
13.0
 
0.1
5.3
0.1
 
-0.7
-0.7
35 Jerry Lumpe
3B
4
12.0
 
0.0
0.7
0.0
 
-1.0
-1.0
36 Ray Boone
3B
3
12.0
 
-0.0
-2.0
-0.0
 
1.2
1.2
37 Whitey Herzog
1B
1
9.0
 
-0.0
-4.4
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
38 Preston Ward
LF
1
8.0
 
-0.0
-2.3
-0.0
-0.0
 
-1.0
-1.0
-0.0
39 Wayne Terwilliger
SS
2
6.0
 
-0.0
-4.5
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.6
40 Dick Williams
2B
3
4.0
 
-0.0
-9.4
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
41 Tom Carroll
3B
3
3.0
 
0.0
6.4
0.0
 
0.1
0.1
42 Zeke Bella
1B
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-3.3
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
43 Wayne Terwilliger
3B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-2.2
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
  22        
3.3
0.3
-7.8
8.3
-0.7
3.5
  
-51.0
-61.2
9.6
1.4
-0.9
0.5
-0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James