1956 Kansas City Athletics Roster

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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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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
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
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
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
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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:

1956 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters

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1956 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Tim Thompson (68)
1B Vic Power (76)
2B Jim Finigan (52)
3B Hector Lopez (121)
SS Joe DeMaestri (132)
LF Gus Zernial (69)
CF Al Pilarcik (64)
RF Harry Simpson (92)
  
SP Art Ditmar
SP Troy Herriage
SP Alex Kellner
SP Lou Kretlow
  
RP Moe Burtschy
RP Jack Crimian
RP Bill Harrington
RP Jack McMahan
CL Bobby Shantz

1956 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

Bobby Shantz $21,000.00
Enos Slaughter $20,000.00
Elmer Valo $18,000.00
Joe Astroth $15,500.00
Lou Kretlow $14,500.00
Joe Ginsberg $11,500.00
Clete Boyer $10,000.00
Spook Jacobs $8,500.00
Mike Baxes $6,000.00

1956 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Mike Baxes
#2 Joe DeMaestri
#4 Jim Finigan
#6 Spook Jacobs
#6 Al Pilarcik
#7 Vic Power
#8 Rance Pless
#9 George Brunet
#9 Joe Ginsberg
#9 Hal Smith
#10 Hector Lopez
#11 Joe Astroth
#12 Clete Boyer
#14 Bill Bradford
#14 Jack McMahan
#15 Walt Craddock
#16 Glenn Cox
#17 Troy Herriage
#18 Lou Kretlow
#19 Art Ceccarelli
#19 Bob Spicer
#20 Alex Kellner
#21 Bobby Shantz
#22 Tim Thompson
#23 Wally Burnette
#23 Lou Kretlow
#23 Tommy Lasorda
#24 Jack Crimian
#25 Arnie Portocarrero
#25 Eddie Robinson
#26 Bill Harrington
#26 Jose Santiago
#28 Art Ditmar
#30 Gus Zernial
#31 Dave Melton
#33 Enos Slaughter
#34 Bill Renna
#34 Jose Santiago
#35 Lou Skizas
#35 Elmer Valo
#36 Moe Burtschy
#36 Jim Pisoni
#37 Tom Gorman
#38 Harry Simpson
#39 Carl Duser
#39 Johnny Groth
#53 George Brunet

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)?