1957 Kansas City Athletics Roster

The 1957 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1957 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 1957 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1957 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1957 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1957 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1957 Kansas City Athletics



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Roster
Schedule
16 Al Aber 6-02 195 Left Left 1927-07-31
21 Ed Blake 5-11 175 Right Right 1925-12-23
28 George Brunet 6-01 210 Left Right 1935-06-08
24 Wally Burnette 6-00½ 178 Right Right 1929-06-20
15 Rip Coleman 6-02 185 Left Left 1931-07-31
28 Glenn Cox 6-02 210 Right Right 1931-02-03
26 Ryne Duren 6-01 195 Right Right 1929-02-22
31 Ned Garver 5-10½ 180 Right Right 1925-12-25
37 Tom Gorman 6-01 190 Right Right 1925-01-04
12 Dave Hill 6-02 170 Left Right 1937-11-11
28 Gene Host 5-11 190 Left Both 1933-01-01
20 Alex Kellner 6-00 200 Left Right 1924-08-26
19 Mickey McDermott 6-02 170 Left Left 1929-04-29
17 Tom Morgan 6-02 195 Right Right 1930-05-20
25 Arnie Portocarrero 6-03 196 Right Right 1931-07-05
34 Hal Raether 6-01 185 Right Right 1932-10-10
15 Harry Taylor 6-00 185 Right Right 1935-12-02
26 Ralph Terry 6-03 195 Right Right 1936-01-09
23 Virgil Trucks 5-11 198 Right Right 1917-04-26
21 Jack Urban 5-08 155 Right Right 1928-12-05
9 Hal Smith 6-00 195 Right Right 1930-12-07
22 Tim Thompson 5-11 190 Right Left 1924-03-01
12 Clete Boyer 6-00 182 Right Right 1937-02-09
2 Joe DeMaestri 6-00 174 Right Right 1928-12-09
4 Milt Graff 5-07½ 158 Right Left 1930-12-30
1 Billy Hunter 6-00 180 Right Right 1928-06-04
10 Hector Lopez 5-11 182 Right Right 1929-07-09
4 Billy Martin 5-11½ 165 Right Right 1928-05-16
11 Irv Noren 6-00 190 Left Left 1924-11-29
7 Vic Power 5-11 195 Right Right 1927-11-01
38 Harry Simpson 6-01 180 Right Left 1925-12-03
33 Bob Cerv 6-00 202 Right Right 1926-05-05
39 Johnny Groth 6-00 182 Right Right 1926-07-23
38 Woodie Held 5-11 180 Right Right 1932-03-25
32 Bob Martyn 6-00 176 Right Left 1930-08-15
32 Jim Pisoni 5-10 169 Right Right 1929-08-14
35 Lou Skizas 5-11 175 Right Right 1932-06-02
30 Gus Zernial 6-02½ 210 Right Right 1923-06-27
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The 1957 Kansas City Athletics played 153 games during the regular season, won 59 games, lost 94 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 102/104) where 901,067 fans witnessed their 1957 Athletics finish the season with a .386 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 1957 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1957 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1957 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1957 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:

1957 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1957 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Hal Smith (103)
1B Vic Power (113)
2B Billy Hunter (64)
3B Hector Lopez (111)
SS Joe DeMaestri (134)
LF Gus Zernial (113)
CF Woodie Held (92)
RF Lou Skizas (69)
  
SP Ned Garver
SP Alex Kellner
SP Arnie Portocarrero
SP Ralph Terry
  
RP Wally Burnette
RP Mickey McDermott
CL Virgil Trucks


1957 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1957 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Billy Hunter
#2 Joe DeMaestri
#4 Milt Graff
#4 Billy Martin
#7 Vic Power
#9 Hal Smith
#10 Hector Lopez
#11 Irv Noren
#12 Clete Boyer
#12 Dave Hill
#15 Rip Coleman
#15 Harry Taylor
#16 Al Aber
#17 Tom Morgan
#19 Mickey McDermott
#20 Alex Kellner
#21 Ed Blake
#21 Jack Urban
#22 Tim Thompson
#23 Virgil Trucks
#24 Wally Burnette
#25 Arnie Portocarrero
#26 Ryne Duren
#26 Ralph Terry
#28 George Brunet
#28 Glenn Cox
#28 Gene Host
#30 Gus Zernial
#31 Ned Garver
#32 Bob Martyn
#32 Jim Pisoni
#33 Bob Cerv
#34 Hal Raether
#35 Lou Skizas
#37 Tom Gorman
#38 Woodie Held
#38 Harry Simpson
#39 Johnny Groth

Did you know that a 1957 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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