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1961 Kansas City Athletics

AL

Season Record

W L Win% Finish G R RA Diff
61 100 0.379 9 162 683 863 -180

Home Ballpark:Municipal Stadium I

Attendance: 683,817

Franchise Information

Franchise
Oakland Athletics
Status
Active

Team Batting Statistics

AB H HR BB SO AVG
5423 1342 90 580 772 0.247

Team Pitching Statistics

ER ERA
745 4.74

Roster (52 Players)

52 of 52 players

Jim Archer
Norm Bass
Hank Bauer
Reno Bertoia
Bob Boyd
Billy Bryan
Andy Carey
Wayne Causey
Frank Cipriani
Clint Courtney
Wes Covington
Bud Daley
Bobby Del Greco
Art Ditmar
Chuck Essegian
Bill Fischer
Paul Giel
Jay Hankins
Ray Herbert
Dick Howser
Deron Johnson
Ken Johnson
Stan Johnson
Ed Keegan
Bill Kirk
Lou Klimchock
Lew Krausse
Bill Kunkel
Don Larsen
Jerry Lumpe
Gordon MacKenzie
Mickey McDermott
Joe Nuxhall
Dan Pfister
Joe Pignatano
Al Pilarcik
Leo Posada
Bobby Prescott
Ed Rakow
Jim Rivera
Bob Shaw
Charlie Shoemaker
Norm Siebern
Gerry Staley
Gene Stephens
Haywood Sullivan
Marv Throneberry
Bill Tuttle
Ozzie Virgil
Jerry Walker
Dave Wickersham
John Wyatt

Home Games

Park Games Attendance Avg per Game First Game Last Game
KAN05 80 680,382 8,504 1961-04-21 1961-10-01

Complete Game Log

View the complete game-by-game results for the 1961 Kansas City Athletics season.

View Complete Game Log

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