1955 Kansas City Athletics

63-91 • .409 Win% • 6th in AL

The 1955 Kansas City Athletics went 63-91 (.409) finishing 6th in the AL. The club scored 638 runs, allowed 911, and played home games at Municipal Stadium I. Team leaders included Gus Zernial (30 HR, 84 RBI) and Art Ditmar (12-12, 5.03 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
91 Losses
.409 Win %
6th Rank
638 R 911 RA
Diff -273

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638 Runs Scored
911 Runs Allowed
-273 Run Diff
1,388K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 AL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% above the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .321 4% below the 1955 league average (.336)
SLG .382 equal to the 1955 league average (.381)
Team ERA 5.35 35% worse than the 1955 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 638 7% below the 1955 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 1,388,453
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Avg per Game 18,269

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1955

Batting Avg

1 Elmer Valo 0.364 2 Enos Slaughter 0.322 3 Vic Power 0.319 4 Harry Simpson 0.301 5 Hector Lopez 0.290

Home Runs

1 Gus Zernial 30 2 Vic Power 19 3 Hector Lopez 15 4 Bill Wilson 15 5 Jim Finigan 9

RBI

1 Gus Zernial 84 2 Vic Power 76 3 Jim Finigan 68 4 Hector Lopez 68 5 Harry Simpson 52
1955 Kansas City Athletics — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vic Power 147 596 91 190 34 10 19 76 35 27 0 0.319
Jim Finigan 150 545 72 139 30 7 9 68 61 49 1 0.255
Hector Lopez 128 483 50 140 15 2 15 68 33 58 1 0.290
Joe DeMaestri 123 457 42 114 14 1 6 37 20 47 3 0.249
Gus Zernial 120 413 62 105 9 3 30 84 30 90 1 0.254
Harry Simpson 112 396 42 119 16 7 5 52 34 61 3 0.301
Elmer Valo 112 283 50 103 17 4 3 37 52 18 5 0.364
Joe Astroth 101 274 29 69 4 1 5 23 47 33 2 0.252
Bill Wilson 98 273 39 61 12 0 15 38 24 63 1 0.223
Enos Slaughter 108 267 49 86 12 4 5 34 40 17 2 0.322
Bill Renna 100 249 33 53 7 3 7 28 31 42 0 0.213
Billy Shantz 79 217 18 56 4 1 1 12 11 14 0 0.258
Pete Suder 26 81 3 17 4 1 0 1 2 13 0 0.210
Clete Boyer 47 79 3 19 1 0 0 6 3 17 0 0.241
Jack Littrell 37 70 7 14 0 1 0 1 4 12 0 0.200
Jerry Schypinski 22 69 7 15 2 0 0 5 1 6 0 0.217
Art Ditmar 35 62 3 13 0 0 0 6 1 9 0 0.210
Alex Kellner 30 56 6 12 2 1 0 5 4 7 0 0.214
Dick Kryhoski 28 47 2 10 2 0 0 2 6 7 0 0.213
Bobby Shantz 26 41 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.146
Art Ceccarelli 31 38 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.079
Arnie Portocarrero 24 37 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 17 0 0.108
Tom Saffell 9 37 5 8 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 0.216
Vic Raschi 20 33 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.182
Cloyd Boyer 30 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0.069
Tom Gorman 57 24 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 0.083
Spook Jacobs 13 23 7 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0.261
Ray Herbert 24 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.190
Bill Stewart 11 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.111
Bill Harrington 34 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.118
Lou Sleater 21 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.154
Don Plarski 8 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.091
Alex George 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.100
Don Bollweg 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.111
Johnny Gray 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Mike Kume 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Jim Robertson 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Johnny Sain 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Walt Craddock 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hal Bevan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Moe Burtschy 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333
Marion Fricano 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Gus Keriazakos 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bob Trice 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Charlie Bishop 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Glenn Cox 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Eric MacKenzie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Spicer 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ewell Blackwell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sonny Dixon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ozzie Van Brabant 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Wheat 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1955

ERA

1 Tom Gorman 3.55 2 Bill Harrington 4.11 3 Alex Kellner 4.20 4 Bobby Shantz 4.54 5 Arnie Portocarrero 4.77

Wins

1 Art Ditmar 12 2 Alex Kellner 11 3 Tom Gorman 7 4 Cloyd Boyer 5 5 Arnie Portocarrero 5

Strikeouts

1 Art Ditmar 79 2 Alex Kellner 75 3 Art Ceccarelli 68 4 Bobby Shantz 58 5 Tom Gorman 46
1955 Kansas City Athletics — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Art Ditmar 12 12 5.03 35 22 1 175.1 180 98 86 79
Alex Kellner 11 8 4.20 30 24 0 162.2 164 76 60 75
Bobby Shantz 5 10 4.54 23 17 0 125.0 124 63 66 58
Art Ceccarelli 4 7 5.31 31 16 0 123.2 123 73 71 68
Arnie Portocarrero 5 9 4.77 24 20 0 111.1 109 59 67 34
Tom Gorman 7 6 3.55 57 0 18 109.0 98 43 36 46
Vic Raschi 4 6 5.42 20 18 0 101.1 132 61 35 38
Cloyd Boyer 5 5 6.22 30 11 0 98.1 107 68 69 32
Ray Herbert 1 8 6.26 23 11 0 87.2 99 61 40 30
Bill Harrington 3 3 4.11 34 1 2 76.2 69 35 41 26
Johnny Sain 2 5 5.44 25 0 1 44.2 54 27 10 12
Johnny Gray 0 3 6.41 8 5 0 26.2 28 19 24 11
Lou Sleater 1 1 7.71 16 1 0 25.2 33 22 21 11
Mike Kume 0 2 7.99 6 4 0 23.2 35 21 15 7
Marion Fricano 0 0 3.15 10 0 0 20.0 19 7 9 5
Walt Craddock 0 2 7.80 4 2 0 15.0 18 13 10 9
Gus Keriazakos 0 1 12.34 5 1 0 11.2 15 16 7 8
Moe Burtschy 2 0 10.32 7 0 0 11.1 17 13 10 9
Bob Trice 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 10.0 14 10 6 2
Charlie Bishop 1 0 5.40 4 0 0 6.2 6 4 8 4
Ewell Blackwell 0 1 6.75 2 0 0 4.0 3 3 5 2
Bob Spicer 0 0 33.75 2 0 0 2.2 9 10 4 2
Glenn Cox 0 2 30.86 2 2 0 2.1 11 8 1 2
Ozzie Van Brabant 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 4 4 2 1
Lee Wheat 0 0 22.50 3 0 0 2.0 8 5 3 1
Sonny Dixon 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 1.2 6 3 0 0
Bill Wilson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 1

👥 Roster (52)

Joe Astroth Hal Bevan Charlie Bishop Ewell Blackwell Don Bollweg Clete Boyer Cloyd Boyer Moe Burtschy Art Ceccarelli Glenn Cox Walt Craddock Joe DeMaestri +40 more

52 players

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The 1955 Kansas City Athletics in brief

The 1955 Kansas City Athletics finished 63-91, a .409 winning percentage, placing 6th in the AL. The run column shows 638 for and 911 against. At the plate the Kansas City Athletics hit .261, 1% better than the league's .258. Pitchers allowed 5.35 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 3.96. The 1955 Kansas City Athletics scored 7% fewer runs than the average club (638 against 686).

Home games were played at Municipal Stadium I, where 1,388,453 fans came through the gates. Gus Zernial led the club in home runs with 30. Vic Power collected the most hits, 190. Art Ditmar was the top winner, with 12 victories. Tom Gorman closed out 18 saves. The 1955 roster runs to 52 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1955 Kansas City Athletics

What was the 1955 Kansas City Athletics record?
The 1955 Kansas City Athletics finished 63-91 (.409 win pct).
Who led the 1955 Kansas City Athletics in home runs?
Gus Zernial led the 1955 Kansas City Athletics with 30 home runs.
What was the 1955 Kansas City Athletics team ERA?
The 1955 Kansas City Athletics posted a team ERA of 5.35.
Did the 1955 Kansas City Athletics win the World Series?
No. The 1955 Kansas City Athletics did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1955 Kansas City Athletics play?
The 1955 Kansas City Athletics played home games at Municipal Stadium I.
Who led the 1955 Kansas City Athletics in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Gus Zernial (30 HR, 84 RBI) and Art Ditmar (12-12, 5.03 ERA).
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