1957 Kansas City Athletics season explained

The 1957 Kansas City Athletics season, the third for the team in Kansas City and the 57th in MLB, involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses, games behind the American League Champion New York Yankees. The club drew 901,067 spectators, sixth in the league.

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]

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]
Manager Lou Boudreau, in his third season at the helm, was fired August 4 with the Athletics standing at 36–67 (.350) and in eighth and last place in the American League. Coach Harry Craft, former skipper of the minor-league Kansas City Blues, succeeded Boudreau. Craft led the Athletics to a 23–27 mark, enabling them to escape the basement.

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]

1957 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	107	360	109	.303	13	41
1B	129	467	121	.259	14	42
2B	116	319	61	.191	8	29
SS	135	461	113	.245	9	33
3B	121	391	115	.294	11	35
LF	131	437	103	.236	27	69
CF	92	326	78	.239	20	50
RF	119	376	92	.245	18	44

^[8]

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
124	345	94	.272	11	44
73	265	68	.257	9	27
81	230	47	.204	7	19
50	179	53	.296	6	24
81	160	34	.213	2	16
56	155	28	.181	0	10
58	131	35	.267	1	12
44	97	23	.237	3	12
55	59	15	.254	0	2
10	0	0	----	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
24	145.1	6	13	3.84	61
28	132.2	6	5	4.27	72
21	130.2	4	11	3.38	80

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
46	143.2	9	7	4.64	32
31	129.1	7	4	3.34	55
38	124.2	5	9	3.83	66
33	114.2	4	9	3.92	42
38	113.0	7	12	4.30	57
14	42.2	0	3	5.27	37
19	41.0	0	7	5.93	15
11	23.2	0	2	7.23	9
4	11.1	0	1	5.56	3

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
48	9	7	7	3.03	55
29	1	4	0	5.48	29
10	1	0	0	5.02	8
3	0	0	0	12.00	0
2	0	0	0	3.12	4
2	0	0	0	27.00	1
2	0	0	0	5.40	0
1	0	0	0	9.00	0

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

https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cervbo01.shtml Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boyercl01.shtml Clete Boyer page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchok page at Baseball Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grothjo01.shtml Johnny Groth page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aberal01.shtml Al Aber page at Baseball-Reference
Web site: 1957 Kansas City Athletics Statistics.