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1959 Kansas City Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

1959 Kansas City Athletics Roster

The 1959 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1959 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 1959 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1959 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1959 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1959 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  
 
30 George Brunet 6-01 210 Left Right 1935-06-08
36 Rip Coleman 6-02 185 Left Left 1931-07-31
28 Bud Daley 6-01 185 Left Left 1932-10-07
21 Murry Dickson 5-10½ 157 Right Right 1916-08-21
35 Mark Freeman 6-04 220 Right Right 1930-12-07
31 Ned Garver 5-10½ 180 Right Right 1925-12-25
37 Tom Gorman 6-01 190 Right Right 1925-01-04
34 Bob Grim 6-01 185 Right Right 1930-03-08
35 Al Grunwald 6-04 210 Left Left 1930-02-13
38 Ray Herbert 5-11 185 Right Right 1929-12-15
35 Ken Johnson 6-04 210 Right Right 1933-06-16
36 Evans Killeen 6-00 190 Right Right 1936-02-27
26 Johnny Kucks 6-03 184 Right Right 1933-07-27
36 Marty Kutyna 6-00 190 Right Right 1932-11-14
20 Russ Meyer 6-01 185 Right Both 1923-10-25
16 Howie Reed 6-01 210 Right Right 1936-12-21
32 Tom Sturdivant 6-01 186 Right Left 1930-04-28
26 Ralph Terry 6-03 195 Right Right 1936-01-09
15 Dick Tomanek 6-01 175 Left Left 1931-01-06
20 John Tsitouris 6-00 175 Right Right 1936-05-04
8 Harry Chiti 6-03 225 Right Right 1932-11-16
12 Frank House 6-02 190 Right Left 1930-02-18
30 Ray Boone 6-01 188 Right Right 1923-07-27
14 Tom Carroll 6-03 186 Right Right 1936-09-17
2 Joe DeMaestri 6-00 174 Right Right 1928-12-09
18 Kent Hadley 6-03 190 Left Left 1934-12-17
4, 30 Ray Jablonski 5-10 183 Right Right 1926-12-17
4 Lou Klimchock 5-11 180 Right Left 1939-10-15
10 Hector Lopez 5-11 182 Right Right 1929-07-09
11 Jerry Lumpe 6-02 185 Right Left 1933-06-02
10 Joe Morgan 5-10 170 Right Left 1930-11-19
5 Harry Simpson 6-01 180 Right Left 1925-12-03
9 Hal Smith 6-00 195 Right Right 1930-12-07
1 Wayne Terwilliger 5-11 170 Right Right 1925-06-27
7 Preston Ward 6-03 198 Right Left 1927-07-24
23 Dick Williams 6-00 190 Right Right 1929-05-07
17 Zeke Bella 5-11 185 Left Right 1930-08-23
33 Bob Cerv 6-00 202 Right Right 1925-05-05
22 Whitey Herzog 5-11 182 Left Left 1931-11-09
3 Roger Maris 6-00 204 Right Left 1934-09-10
14 Russ Snyder 6-01 190 Right Left 1934-06-22
13 Bill Tuttle 6-00 190 Right Right 1929-07-04
32 Bob Martyn 6-00 176 Right Left 1930-08-15


The 1959 Kansas City Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 66 games, lost 88 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 102/104) where 963,683 fans witnessed their 1959 Athletics finish the season with a .429 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 1959 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1959 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1959 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1959 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:

1959 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Bob Cerv
Joe DeMaestri
Bob Grim
Kent Hadley
Frank House
Hector Lopez
Roger Maris
Hal Smith
Bill Tuttle

1959 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Frank House (95)
1B Kent Hadley (95)
2B Wayne Terwilliger (63)
3B Dick Williams (80)
SS Joe DeMaestri (115)
LF Bob Cerv (119)
CF Bill Tuttle (121)
RF Roger Maris (114)
  
SP Bud Daley
SP Ned Garver
SP Ray Herbert
SP Johnny Kucks
  
RP Murry Dickson
RP Bob Grim
CL Tom Sturdivant


1959 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

Roger Maris $15,000.00
Frank House $14,000.00


1959 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Wayne Terwilliger
#2 Joe DeMaestri
#3 Roger Maris
#4 Ray Jablonski
#4 Lou Klimchock
#5 Harry Simpson
#7 Preston Ward
#8 Harry Chiti
#9 Hal Smith
#10 Hector Lopez
#10 Joe Morgan
#11 Jerry Lumpe
#12 Frank House
#13 Bill Tuttle
#14 Tom Carroll
#14 Russ Snyder
#15 Dick Tomanek
#16 Howie Reed
#17 Zeke Bella
#18 Kent Hadley
#20 Russ Meyer
#20 John Tsitouris
#21 Murry Dickson
#22 Whitey Herzog
#23 Dick Williams
#26 Johnny Kucks
#26 Ralph Terry
#28 Bud Daley
#30 Ray Boone
#30 George Brunet
#30 Ray Jablonski
#31 Ned Garver
#32 Bob Martyn
#32 Tom Sturdivant
#33 Bob Cerv
#34 Bob Grim
#35 Mark Freeman
#35 Al Grunwald
#35 Ken Johnson
#36 Rip Coleman
#36 Evans Killeen
#36 Marty Kutyna
#37 Tom Gorman
#38 Ray Herbert

Did you know that a 1959 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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