Municipal Stadium
1955 - 1972
Kansas City, MO
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Athletics |
(1955 - 1967) |
1029 |
| Royals |
(1969 - 1972) |
319 |
First Game
4/12/1955: Royals (6) vs. Tigers (2)Umpires:
Managers:
Starting Pitchers: Alex Kellner (KCA) vs Ned Garver (DET)
First Pitch:
Attendance: 32,147
Time of Game:
Trivia
On July 13, 1963 Indians hurler Early Wynn won his 300th and final game of his career with a 7-4 win over the A's. On September 8, 1965 Kansas City's Bert Campaneris became the first player to play all nine positions in a game. | Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Harvey Kuenn (DET) |
| Hit | Fred Hatfield (DET) - Doubled to RF (1st) |
| Run Scored | Bill Wilson (KCA) |
| Run Batted In | Joe DeMaestri (KCA) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Red Wilson (DET) vs. Alex Kellner (KCAA) on 4/12/1955 (5th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Jim Hegan (CLE) vs. Bill Harrington (KCA) on 8/12/1955 (1st inning) |
| IPHR | Bob Cerv (KCA) vs. Cal McLish (CLE) on 4/22/1958 (3rd inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | Alex Kellner (KCA) |
| Loss | Ned Garver (DET) |
| Strikeout | Ned Garver (DET)/Vic Power (KCA) |
| Shutout | |
| Shutout, SP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | Save |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | No-Hitter | None |
| Batting Event | Last |
|---|---|
| Last Batter | Ted Ford (TEX) |
| Hit | Ed Kirkpatrick (KCAR) - Singled to LF (8) |
| Run Scored | Amos Otis (KCAR) |
| Run Batted In | Lou Piniella (KCAR) |
| Single | |
| Double | |
| Triple | |
| Home Run | Gene Tenace (OAK) vs. Monty Montgomery (KCAR) on 9/30/1972 (4th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Terry Crowley (BAL) vs. Roger Nelson (KCA) on 7/23/1972 (7th inning) |
| IPHR | Freddie Patek (KCA) vs. Mike Kilkenny (DET) on 7/18/1971 (6th inning) |
| Stolen Base | |
| Sacrifice Hit | |
| Sacrifice Fly | |
| Cycle | |
| Pitching Event | Last |
| Win | Roger Nelson (KCA) |
| Loss | Don Stanhouse (TEX) |
| Strikeout | Steve Lawson (TEX)/Jim Wohlford (KCA) |
| Shutout | |
| Save | |
| Hit by Pitch | |
| Wild Pitch | |
| Balk | No-Hitter | None |