1958 Kansas City Athletics season

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1958 Kansas City Athletics
Major league affiliations
Location
1958 Information
Owner(s) Arnold Johnson
Manager(s) Harry Craft
Local television
Local radio KMBC
(Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards)

The Kansas City Athletics' 1958 season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 73 wins and 81 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

  • June 15, 1958: Roger Maris was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward to the Kansas City Athletics for Woodie Held and Vic Power.

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 92 62 .597 --
Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 10
Boston Red Sox 79 75 .513 13
Cleveland Indians 77 76 .503 14.5
Detroit Tigers 77 77 .500 15
Baltimore Orioles 74 79 .484 17.5
Kansas City Athletics 73 81 .474 19
Washington Senators 61 93 .396 31

[edit] Roster

1958 Kansas City Athletics roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Roger Maris 99 401 99 .247 19 53

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

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1958 MLB season by team
American League
Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington
National League
1958 All-Star Game • 1958 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
Rivalries
Important Figures
Retired Numbers
9 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43
World Series
Champions (9)
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American League
Championships (15)
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