1957 Kansas City Athletics season

1957 Kansas City Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Municipal Stadium (Since 1955) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1955)
1957 Information
Owner(s)	Arnold Johnson
General manager(s)	George Selkirk
Manager(s)	Lou Boudreau and Harry Craft
Local television	none
Local radio	KMBC (Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards)
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The 1957 Kansas City Athletics season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 League leaders
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

Offseason

October 15, 1956: Bob Cerv was purchased by the Athletics from the New York Yankees.^[1]
February 19, 1957: Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and players to be named later were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed their part of the deal by sending Jack Urban to the Athletics on April 5. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Curt Roberts to the Yankees on April 4 and Clete Boyer to the Yankees on June 4.^[2]
Prior to 1957 season: Lou Klimchock was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.^[3]

Regular season

First baseman Vic Power became the first black player to lead the American League in fielding percentage at any position. He led all American League first basemen with a .998 fielding average.^[4]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Chicago White Sox	90	64	.584	8
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	16
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20
Baltimore Orioles	76	76	.500	21
Cleveland Indians	76	77	.497	21.5
Kansas City Athletics	59	94	.386	38.5
Washington Senators	55	99	.357	43

Notable transactions

June 15, 1957: Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni, and Harry Simpson were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Ralph Terry, Woodie Held, Billy Martin, and Bob Martyn.^[5]
August 1, 1957: Johnny Groth was purchased from the Athletics by the Detroit Tigers.^[6]
August 27, 1957: Al Aber was selected off waivers by the Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.^[7]

Roster

1957 Kansas City Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

9 Hal Smith
22 Tim Thompson

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Lou Boudreau
41 Harry Craft

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
1B	Power, VicVic Power	129	467	121	.259	14	42

^[8]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Cerv, BobBob Cerv	124	345	94	.272	11	44

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games played; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games played; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Cox, GlennGlenn Cox	10	1	5.02	8
Aber, AlAl Aber	3	0	12.00	0
Blake, EdEd Blake	2	0	5.40	0

Awards and honors

League leaders

Vic Power, American League leader, fielding percentage, first basemen (.998)^[4]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Phil Cavarretta
AA	Little Rock Travelers	Southern Association	Al Evans
A	Columbia Gems	Sally League	Ernie White
B	Abilene Blue Sox	Big State League	Burl Storie
C	Crowley Millers	Evangeline League	Everett Robinson
C	Pocatello Athletics	Pioneer League	Vince Plumbo
D	Mattoon Athletics	Midwest League	Lew Krausse, Sr.
D	Grand Island Athletics	Nebraska State League	Art Mazmanian
D	Seminole Oilers	Sooner State League	Lee Anthony

Notes

^ Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
^ Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference
^ Lou Klimchok page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnny Groth page at Baseball Reference
^ Al Aber page at Baseball-Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1957.shtml

References

1957 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington

National League	Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1957 All-Star Game • 1957 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Wilmington Park • McCurdy Field • Connie Mack Field • McKechnie Field • Scottsdale Stadium I • Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Bash Brothers (Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire) • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book) • Moneyball (film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker • Chief Bender • Mickey Cochrane • Eddie Collins • Dennis Eckersley • Rollie Fingers • Jimmie Foxx • Lefty Grove • Rickey Henderson • Catfish Hunter • Reggie Jackson • Nap Lajoie • Connie Mack • Eddie Plank • Al Simmons • Rube Waddell • Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman • Jack Coombs • Jimmy Dykes • George Earnshaw • Ferris Fain • Bob Johnson • Eddie Joost • Bing Miller • Wally Moses • Rube Oldring • Bobby Shantz • Eddie Rommel • Elmer Valo • Rube Walberg • Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor • Bert Campaneris • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Ben Grieve • Dave Kingman • Bill Lamar • Mark McGwire • Cy Morgan • Danny Murphy • Elmer Myers • Roy Grover • Blue Moon Odom • Scott Perry • Vic Power • Pete Suder

Retired numbers

9 • 24 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series
Champions (9)

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American League
Championships (15)

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Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats • AA: Midland RockHounds • A: Stockton Ports, Burlington Bees, Vermont Lake Monsters • Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

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