1957 Kansas City Athletics season

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1957 Kansas City Athletics
Major league affiliations
Location
1957 Information
Owner(s) Arnold Johnson
Manager(s) Lou Boudreau and Harry Craft
Local television
Local radio KMBC
(Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards)

The Kansas City Athletics' 1957 season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] 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

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • June 4, 1957: Clete Boyer was sent by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on February 19, 1957. The Kansas City Athletics sent players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

[edit] Roster

1957 Kansas City Athletics roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] References

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1957 MLB season by team
American League
Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington
National League
1957 All-Star Game • 1957 World Series
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Oakland Athletics
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
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Retired Numbers
9 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43
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