1955 Kansas City Athletics Roster

The 1955 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1955 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1955 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1955 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1955 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1955 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
26 Charlie Bishop 6-02 195 Right Right 1924-01-01
36 Ewell Blackwell 6-06 195 Right Right 1922-10-23
18 Cloyd Boyer 6-01 188 Right Right 1927-09-01
27 Moe Burtschy 6-03 208 Right Right 1922-04-18
19 Art Ceccarelli 6-00 190 Left Right 1930-04-02
8 Glenn Cox 6-02 210 Right Right 1931-02-03
15 Walt Craddock 5-11½ 176 Left Right 1932-03-25
28 Art Ditmar 6-02 196 Right Right 1929-04-03
24 Sonny Dixon 6-02½ 205 Right Both 1924-11-05
17, 29 Marion Fricano 6-00 170 Right Right 1923-07-15
37 Tom Gorman 6-01 190 Right Right 1925-01-04
14 Johnny Gray 6-04 226 Right Right 1926-12-11
26 Bill Harrington 5-11 160 Right Right 1927-10-03
17 Ray Herbert 5-11 185 Right Right 1929-12-15
20 Alex Kellner 6-00 200 Left Right 1924-08-26
27 Gus Keriazakos 6-03 187 Right Right 1931-07-28
29 Mike Kume 6-01 195 Right Right 1926-05-19
25 Arnie Portocarrero 6-03 196 Right Right 1931-07-05
16 Vic Raschi 6-01 205 Right Right 1919-03-28
14 Johnny Sain 6-02 200 Right Right 1917-09-25
21 Bobby Shantz 5-06 142 Left Right 1925-09-26
31 Lou Sleater 5-10 185 Left Left 1926-09-08
29 Bob Spicer 5-10 173 Right Left 1925-04-11
23 Bob Trice 6-03 190 Right Right 1926-08-28
15 Ozzie Van Brabant 6-01 165 Right Right 1926-09-28
16 Lee Wheat 6-04 200 Right Right 1929-09-15
11 Joe Astroth 5-09 187 Right Right 1922-09-01
10 Eric Mackenzie 6-00 185 Right Left 1932-08-29
33 Jim Robertson 5-09 183 Right Right 1928-01-29
22 Billy Shantz 6-01 160 Right Right 1927-07-31
1 Hal Bevan 6-02 198 Right Right 1930-11-15
3 Don Bollweg 6-01 190 Left Left 1921-02-12
12 Clete Boyer 6-00 182 Right Right 1937-02-09
2 Joe DeMaestri 6-00 174 Right Right 1928-12-09
4 Jim Finigan 5-11 175 Right Right 1928-08-19
46 Alex George 5-11½ 170 Right Left 1938-09-27
6 Spook Jacobs 5-08½ 155 Right Right 1925-11-04
8 Dick Kryhoski 6-02 200 Left Left 1925-03-24
9 Jack Littrell 6-00 179 Right Right 1929-01-22
1, 10 Hector Lopez 5-11 182 Right Right 1929-07-09
7 Vic Power 5-11 195 Right Right 1927-11-01
6 Jerry Schypinski 5-10 170 Right Left 1931-09-16
12 Pete Suder 6-00 175 Right Right 1916-04-16
6 Don Plarski 5-06 160 Right Right 1929-11-09
34 Bill Renna 6-03 218 Right Right 1924-10-14
3 Tom Saffell 5-11 170 Right Left 1921-07-26
36, 38 Harry Simpson 6-01 180 Right Left 1925-12-03
33 Enos Slaughter 5-09 192 Right Left 1916-04-27
31 Bill Stewart 5-11 200 Right Right 1928-04-15
35 Elmer Valo 5-11 190 Right Left 1921-03-05
32 Bill Wilson 6-02 200 Right Right 1928-11-06
30 Gus Zernial 6-02½ 210 Right Right 1923-06-27
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The 1955 Kansas City Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 63 games, lost 91 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 101/105) where 1,393,054 fans witnessed their 1955 Athletics finish the season with a .409 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1955 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1955 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1955 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1955 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:

1955 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1955 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Joe Astroth (100)
1B Vic Power (144)
2B Jim Finigan (90)
3B Hector Lopez (93)
SS Joe DeMaestri (122)
LF Gus Zernial (103)
CF Harry Simpson (91)
RF Enos Slaughter (77)
  
SP Art Ceccarelli
SP Art Ditmar
SP Alex Kellner
SP Arnie Portocarrero
SP Vic Raschi
SP Bobby Shantz
  
RP Bill Harrington
RP Johnny Sain
CL Tom Gorman


1955 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

Spook Jacobs $7,500.00


1955 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Hal Bevan
#1 Hector Lopez
#2 Joe DeMaestri
#3 Don Bollweg
#3 Tom Saffell
#4 Jim Finigan
#6 Spook Jacobs
#6 Don Plarski
#6 Jerry Schypinski
#7 Vic Power
#8 Glenn Cox
#8 Dick Kryhoski
#9 Jack Littrell
#10 Hector Lopez
#10 Eric Mackenzie
#11 Joe Astroth
#12 Clete Boyer
#12 Pete Suder
#14 Johnny Gray
#14 Johnny Sain
#15 Walt Craddock
#15 Ozzie Van Brabant
#16 Vic Raschi
#16 Lee Wheat
#17 Marion Fricano
#17 Ray Herbert
#18 Cloyd Boyer
#19 Art Ceccarelli
#20 Alex Kellner
#21 Bobby Shantz
#22 Billy Shantz
#23 Bob Trice
#24 Sonny Dixon
#25 Arnie Portocarrero
#26 Charlie Bishop
#26 Bill Harrington
#27 Moe Burtschy
#27 Gus Keriazakos
#28 Art Ditmar
#29 Marion Fricano
#29 Mike Kume
#29 Bob Spicer
#30 Gus Zernial
#31 Lou Sleater
#31 Bill Stewart
#32 Bill Wilson
#33 Jim Robertson
#33 Enos Slaughter
#34 Bill Renna
#35 Elmer Valo
#36 Ewell Blackwell
#36 Harry Simpson
#37 Tom Gorman
#38 Harry Simpson
#46 Alex George

Did you know that a 1955 Kansas City Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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