The 1958 Kansas City Athletics season was the team's fourth in Kansas City and the 58th in the American League. The season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 73 wins and 81 losses, 19 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees.
Offseason November 20, 1957: Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson, and Gus Zernial were traded by the Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, and Kent Hadley, and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Jim McManus to the Athletics on April 3, 1958.Billy Martin page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1957: Harry Chiti was drafted by the Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1957 rule 5 draft.Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1957: Ramón Conde was drafted by the Athletics from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 minor league draft.Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 15, 1958: Ramón Conde was acquired from the Athletics by the Philadelphia Phillies. May 14, 1958: Whitey Herzog was purchased by the Athletics from the Washington Senators.Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference June 12, 1958: Billy Hunter was traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Chico Carrasquel.Hunter goes to Indians for Chico June 15, 1958: Woodie Held and Vic Power were traded by the Athletics to the Cleveland Indians for Roger Maris, Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward.Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1958 Kansas City Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 103 295 79 .268 9 44 1B Vic Power 52 205 62 .302 4 27 2B 151 564 147 .261 17 73 SS Joe DeMaestri 139 442 97 .219 6 38 3B Hal W. Smith 99 315 86 .273 5 46 LF 141 515 157 .305 38 104 CF 148 511 118 .231 11 51 RF 99 401 99 .247 19 53
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Preston Ward 81 268 68 .254 6 24 Mike Baxes 73 231 49 .212 0 8 Bob Martyn 95 226 59 .261 2 23 Harry Simpson 78 212 56 .264 7 27 76 202 51 .252 4 24 Chico Carrasquel 59 160 34 .213 2 13 47 131 28 .214 4 16 88 96 23 .240 0 9 Billy Hunter 22 58 9 .155 2 11 3 11 2 .182 0 0 Lou Klimchock 2 10 2 .200 1 1 Dave Melton 9 6 0 .000 0 0 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Milt Graff 5 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 40 216.2 11 13 4.24 134 31 201.0 12 11 4.03 72 Jack Urban 30 132.0 8 11 5.93 54 Alex Kellner 7 33.2 0 2 5.88 22 1 3.0 0 0 3.00 1
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ray Herbert 42 175.0 8 8 3.50 108 26 113.2 7 6 3.56 54 27 99.0 9 5 3.27 46 26 70.2 3 2 3.31 39 10 55.1 4 5 3.90 19 8 31.0 0 4 7.84 22 Wally Burnette 12 28.1 1 1 3.49 11 Howie Reed 3 10.1 1 0 0.87 5
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 50 4 4 8 3.51 44 Dick Tomanek 36 5 5 5 3.61 50 23 0 3 0 5.89 22 Virgil Trucks 16 0 1 2 2.05 15 2 0 0 0 9.82 1 Ken Johnson 2 0 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
Farm system
Rochester franchise moved to Winona, June 29, 1958Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1958 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1958 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com