The 1961 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1961 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 1961 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1961 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1961 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1961 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"For the benefit of you younger fellows, we have a lot of rules on this club (as manager of the Baltimore Orioles)." - Hank Bauer
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
20 | Jim Archer | 6-00 | 190 | Left | Right | 1932-05-25 |
30 | Norm Bass | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1939-01-21 |
28 | Bud Daley | 6-01 | 185 | Left | Left | 1932-10-07 |
28 | Art Ditmar | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1929-04-03 |
31 | Bill Fischer | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Right | 1930-10-11 |
27 | Paul Giel | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1932-09-29 |
38 | Ray Herbert | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1929-12-15 |
17 | Ken Johnson | 6-04 | 210 | Right | Right | 1933-06-16 |
36 | Ed Keegan | 6-03 | 165 | Right | Right | 1939-07-08 |
29 | Bill Kirk | 6-00 | 165 | Left | Left | 1934-07-19 |
24 | Lew Krausse | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1943-04-25 |
32 | Bill Kunkel | 6-01 | 187 | Right | Right | 1936-07-07 |
18 | Don Larsen | 6-04 | 225 | Right | Right | 1929-08-07 |
22 | Mickey McDermott | 6-02 | 170 | Left | Left | 1929-04-29 |
33 | Joe Nuxhall | 6-03 | 219 | Left | Left | 1928-07-30 |
27 | Dan Pfister | 6-00 | 187 | Right | Right | 1936-12-20 |
35 | Ed Rakow | 5-11 | 178 | Right | Both | 1935-05-30 |
26 | Bob Shaw | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1933-06-29 |
38 | Gerry Staley | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1920-08-21 |
23 | Jerry Walker | 6-01 | 195 | Right | Both | 1939-02-12 |
27 | Dave Wickersham | 6-03 | 190 | Right | Right | 1935-09-27 |
27 | John Wyatt | 5-11½ | 200 | Right | Right | 1935-04-19 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
5, 18 | Billy Bryan | 6-04 | 200 | Right | Left | 1938-12-04 |
16 | Gordon Mackenzie | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 1937-07-09 |
12 | Joe Pignatano | 5-10 | 180 | Right | Right | 1929-08-04 |
8 | Haywood Sullivan | 6-04 | 215 | Right | Right | 1930-12-15 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
16 | Reno Bertoia | 5-11½ | 185 | Right | Right | 1935-01-08 |
10 | Bob Boyd | 5-10 | 170 | Left | Left | 1919-10-01 |
6 | Andy Carey | 6-01 | 195 | Right | Right | 1931-10-18 |
2 | Wayne Causey | 5-10½ | 175 | Right | Left | 1936-12-26 |
1 | Dick Howser | 5-08 | 155 | Right | Right | 1936-05-14 |
4 | Lou Klimchock | 5-11 | 180 | Right | Left | 1939-10-15 |
11 | Jerry Lumpe | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Left | 1933-06-02 |
45 | Charlie Shoemaker | 5-10 | 155 | Right | Left | 1939-08-10 |
7 | Norm Siebern | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Left | 1933-07-26 |
3 | Marv Throneberry | 6-00 | 197 | Left | Left | 1933-09-02 |
16, 4 | Ozzie Virgil | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1932-05-17 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
9 | Hank Bauer | 6-00 | 192 | Right | Right | 1922-07-31 |
25 | Frank Cipriani | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Right | 1941-04-14 |
14 | Wes Covington | 6-01 | 205 | Right | Left | 1932-03-27 |
14 | Bobby Del Greco | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Right | 1933-04-07 |
16 | Chuck Essegian | 5-11 | 202 | Right | Right | 1931-08-09 |
21 | Jay Hankins | 5-07 | 170 | Right | Left | 1935-11-07 |
6 | Deron Johnson | 6-02 | 209 | Right | Right | 1938-07-17 |
22 | Stan Johnson | 5-10 | 180 | Left | Left | 1937-02-12 |
14 | Al Pilarcik | 5-10 | 180 | Left | Left | 1930-07-03 |
19 | Leo Posada | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 1934-04-01 |
22 | Bobby Prescott | 5-11 | 180 | Right | Right | 1931-03-27 |
10 | Jim Rivera | 6-00 | 196 | Left | Left | 1921-07-22 |
3 | Gene Stephens | 6-04 | 175 | Right | Left | 1933-01-20 |
13 | Bill Tuttle | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Right | 1929-07-04 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
22 | Clint Courtney | 5-08 | 180 | Right | Left | 1927-03-16 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1961 Kansas City Athletics Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1961 Kansas City Athletics played 161 games during the regular season, won 61 games, lost 100 games, and finished in tenth position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 100/102) where 683,817 fans witnessed their 1961 Athletics finish the season with a .379 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 1961 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1961 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1961 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1961 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1961 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)?