1961 Kansas City Athletics Roster (40-man)

1960 Season 1962 Season

Record: 61-100-1, Finished 9th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Joe Gordon (26-33-1) and Hank Bauer (35-67)

General Manager: Frank Lane

Farm Director: Henry Peters

Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Attendance: 683,817 (8th of 10)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 64-97, 683 Runs, 863 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Jim Archer	29	us US	R	L	6' 0"	190	May 25, 1932	1st	39	27	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1
Norm Bass	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Jan 21, 1939	1st	41	23	41	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.7
Hank Bauer	38	us US	R	R	6' 0"	192	Jul 31, 1922	14	43	24	43	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	27	35	12	1	-0.4
Reno Bertoia	26	it IT	R	R	5' 11"	185	Jan 8, 1935	9	39	35	39	35	0	0	0	6	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-0.1
Bob Boyd	41	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Oct 1, 1919	11	26	7	26	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	-0.5
Billy Bryan	22	us US	L	R	6' 4"	200	Dec 4, 1938	1st	9	4	9	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.0
Andy Carey	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Oct 18, 1931	10	39	35	39	39	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5
Wayne Causey	24	us US	L	R	5' 10"	175	Dec 26, 1936	4	104	87	104	102	0	0	0	9	88	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	1.5
Frank Cipriani	20	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 14, 1941	1st	13	8	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	3	0	-0.2
Clint Courtney	34	us US	L	R	5' 8"	180	Mar 16, 1927	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Wes Covington	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	205	Mar 27, 1932	6	17	11	17	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	12	6	0	-0.5
Bud Daley	28	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Oct 7, 1932	7	16	10	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Bobby Del Greco	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Apr 7, 1933	6	74	67	74	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	0	73	2	0	-0.4
Art Ditmar	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Apr 3, 1929	8	20	5	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Chuck Essegian	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Aug 9, 1931	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.1
Bill Fischer	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Oct 11, 1930	6	15	0	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Paul Giel	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Sep 29, 1932	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jay Hankins	25	us US	L	R	5' 7"	170	Nov 7, 1935	1st	77	42	77	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	32	15	66	4	18	-1.4
Ray Herbert	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 15, 1929	9	13	12	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Dick Howser	25	us US	R	R	5' 8"	155	May 14, 1936	1st	158	156	158	157	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.8		All-Star
Deron Johnson	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 17, 1938	2	83	72	83	77	0	0	3	0	19	0	28	1	30	59	8	0	-1.2
Ken Johnson	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jun 16, 1933	4	6	1	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Stan Johnson	24	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Feb 12, 1937	2	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0.0
Ed Keegan	21	us US	R	R	6' 3"	165	Jul 8, 1939	2	6	0	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Bill Kirk	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	165	Jul 19, 1934	1st	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Lou Klimchock	21	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 15, 1939	4	57	22	57	24	0	0	11	1	6	0	4	0	3	7	35	0	-1.1
Lew Krausse	18	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 25, 1943	1st	13	8	13	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Kunkel	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	187	Jul 7, 1936	1st	58	2	58	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Don Larsen	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Aug 7, 1929	9	18	2	18	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	0	0.2
Jerry Lumpe	28	us US	L	R	6' 2"	185	Jun 2, 1933	6	148	146	148	147	0	0	0	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.7
Gordon MacKenzie	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Jul 9, 1937	1st	11	5	11	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.3
Mickey McDermott	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	170	Apr 29, 1929	12	7	0	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.5
Joe Nuxhall	32	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	Jul 30, 1928	11	56	13	56	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	1.0
Dan Pfister	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	187	Dec 20, 1936	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Joe Pignatano	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 4, 1929	5	92	74	92	85	0	83	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	0.7
Al Pilarcik	30	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Jul 3, 1930	6	35	12	35	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	21	15	3	-0.4
Leo Posada	27	cu CU	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 1, 1934	2	116	93	116	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	20	27	103	17	3	-0.5
Bobby Prescott	30	pa PA	R	R	5' 11"	180	Mar 27, 1931	1st	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	1	-0.3
Ed Rakow	26	us US	B	R	5' 11"	178	May 30, 1935	2	45	11	45	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Jim Rivera	39	us US	L	L	6' 0"	196	Jul 22, 1921	10	64	34	64	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	36	43	26	1	-0.4
Bob Shaw	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jun 29, 1933	5	28	24	28	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.3
Charlie Shoemaker	21	us US	L	R	5' 10"	155	Aug 10, 1939	1st	7	6	7	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.4	$3,000
Norm Siebern	27	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 26, 1933	5	153	151	153	152	0	0	109	0	0	0	47	0	0	47	2	0	2.5	$17,000
Gerry Staley	40	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 21, 1920	15	23	0	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Gene Stephens	28	us US	L	R	6' 3"	175	Jan 20, 1933	9	62	47	62	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	29	25	55	10	2	-1.0
Haywood Sullivan	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Dec 15, 1930	5	117	91	117	105	0	88	17	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	17	0	0.6
Marv Throneberry	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Sep 2, 1933	5	40	36	40	38	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	3	0	0.2
Bill Tuttle	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jul 4, 1929	9	25	23	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	25	2	0	0.1
Ozzie Virgil	29	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	174	May 17, 1932	5	11	3	11	7	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.5
Jerry Walker	22	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Feb 12, 1939	5	45	24	45	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1.2
Dave Wickersham	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	188	Sep 27, 1935	2	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
John Wyatt	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Apr 19, 1935	1st	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Joe Gordon	46	us US	Feb 18, 1915	Manager	Apr 11	Jun 18
Hank Bauer	38	us US	Jul 31, 1922	Manager	Jun 19	Oct 1
Ed FitzGerald	37	us US	May 21, 1924		Apr 11	Oct 1
Dario Lodigiani	45	us US	Jun 6, 1916		Apr 11	Oct 1
Johnny Mize	48	us US	Jan 7, 1913		Apr 11	Oct 1
Ted Wilks	45	us US	Nov 13, 1915		Apr 11	Oct 1
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date