The 1956 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1956 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 1956 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1956 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1956 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1956 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
14 | Bill Bradford | 6-02 | 180 | Right | Right | 1921-08-28 |
9, 53 | George Brunet | 6-01 | 210 | Left | Right | 1935-06-08 |
23 | Wally Burnette | 6-00½ | 178 | Right | Right | 1929-06-20 |
36 | Moe Burtschy | 6-03 | 208 | Right | Right | 1922-04-18 |
19 | Art Ceccarelli | 6-00 | 190 | Left | Right | 1930-04-02 |
16 | Glenn Cox | 6-02 | 210 | Right | Right | 1931-02-03 |
15 | Walt Craddock | 5-11½ | 176 | Left | Right | 1932-03-25 |
24 | Jack Crimian | 5-10 | 180 | Right | Right | 1926-02-17 |
28 | Art Ditmar | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1929-04-03 |
39 | Carl Duser | 6-01 | 175 | Left | Left | 1932-07-22 |
37 | Tom Gorman | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Right | 1925-01-04 |
26 | Bill Harrington | 5-11 | 160 | Right | Right | 1928-10-03 |
17 | Troy Herriage | 6-01 | 170 | Right | Right | 1931-12-20 |
20 | Alex Kellner | 6-00 | 200 | Left | Right | 1924-08-26 |
18, 23 | Lou Kretlow | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Right | 1921-06-27 |
23 | Tommy Lasorda | 5-10 | 175 | Left | Left | 1927-09-22 |
14 | Jack McMahan | 6-00 | 175 | Left | Right | 1932-07-22 |
25 | Arnie Portocarrero | 6-03 | 196 | Right | Right | 1931-07-05 |
26, 34 | Jose Santiago | 5-10 | 175 | Right | Right | 1928-09-04 |
21 | Bobby Shantz | 5-06 | 142 | Left | Right | 1925-09-26 |
19 | Bob Spicer | 5-10 | 173 | Right | Left | 1925-04-11 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
11 | Joe Astroth | 5-09 | 187 | Right | Right | 1922-09-01 |
9 | Joe Ginsberg | 5-11 | 180 | Right | Left | 1926-10-11 |
9 | Hal Smith | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1930-12-07 |
22 | Tim Thompson | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Left | 1924-03-01 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1 | Mike Baxes | 5-10 | 175 | Right | Right | 1930-12-18 |
12 | Clete Boyer | 6-00 | 182 | Right | Right | 1937-02-09 |
2 | Joe DeMaestri | 6-00 | 170 | Right | Right | 1928-12-09 |
4 | Jim Finigan | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 1928-08-19 |
6 | Spook Jacobs | 5-08½ | 155 | Right | Right | 1925-11-04 |
10 | Hector Lopez | 5-11 | 182 | Right | Right | 1929-07-08 |
8 | Rance Pless | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1925-12-06 |
7 | Vic Power | 5-11 | 195 | Right | Right | 1927-11-01 |
25 | Eddie Robinson | 6-02 | 210 | Right | Left | 1920-12-15 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
39 | Johnny Groth | 6-00 | 182 | Right | Right | 1926-07-23 |
31 | Dave Melton | 6-00 | 185 | Right | Right | 1928-10-03 |
6 | Al Pilarcik | 5-10 | 180 | Left | Left | 1930-07-03 |
36 | Jim Pisoni | 5-10 | 169 | Right | Right | 1929-08-14 |
34 | Bill Renna | 6-03 | 218 | Right | Right | 1924-10-14 |
38 | Harry Simpson | 6-01 | 180 | Right | Left | 1925-12-03 |
35 | Lou Skizas | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 1932-06-02 |
33 | Enos Slaughter | 5-09 | 192 | Right | Left | 1916-04-27 |
35 | Elmer Valo | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Left | 1921-03-05 |
30 | Gus Zernial | 6-02½ | 210 | Right | Right | 1923-06-27 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1956 Kansas City Athletics Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1956 Kansas City Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 52 games, lost 102 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 100/104) where 1,015,154 fans witnessed their 1956 Athletics finish the season with a .338 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 1956 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1956 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1956 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1956 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1956 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)?