1958 Kansas City Athletics Roster

The 1958 Kansas City Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1958 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 1958 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1958 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1958 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1958 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1958 Kansas City Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

24 Wally Burnette 6-00½ 178 Right Right 1929-06-20
16 Glenn Cox 6-02 210 Right Right 1931-02-03
6, 30 Walt Craddock 5-11½ 176 Left Right 1932-03-25
22, 28 Bud Daley 6-01 185 Left Left 1932-10-07
24 Bob Davis 6-00 170 Right Right 1933-09-11
29 Murry Dickson 5-10½ 157 Right Right 1916-08-21
14, 15 Carl Duser 6-01 175 Left Left 1932-07-22
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
38 Ray Herbert 5-11 185 Right Right 1929-12-15
27 Ken Johnson 6-04 210 Right Right 1933-06-16
20 Alex Kellner 6-00 200 Left Right 1924-08-26
34 Duke Maas 5-10 170 Right Right 1929-01-31
16 Howie Reed 6-01 210 Right Right 1936-12-21
26 Ralph Terry 6-03 195 Right Right 1936-01-09
15 Dick Tomanek 6-01 175 Left Left 1931-01-06
23 Virgil Trucks 5-11 198 Right Right 1917-04-26
20 John Tsitouris 6-00 175 Right Right 1936-05-04
21 Jack Urban 5-08 155 Right Right 1928-12-05
8, 17 Harry Chiti 6-03 225 Right Right 1932-11-16
12, 36 Frank House 6-02 190 Right Left 1930-02-18
11 Mike Baxes 5-10 175 Right Right 1930-12-18
1 Chico Carrasquel 6-00 170 Right Right 1928-01-23
2 Joe DeMaestri 6-00 174 Right Right 1928-12-09
4 Milt Graff 5-07½ 158 Right Left 1930-12-30
18 Kent Hadley 6-03 190 Left Left 1934-12-17
1 Billy Hunter 6-00 180 Right Right 1928-06-04
4 Lou Klimchock 5-11 180 Right Left 1939-10-15
10 Hector Lopez 5-11 182 Right Right 1929-07-09
7 Vic Power 5-11 195 Right Right 1927-11-01
5 Harry Simpson 6-01 180 Right Left 1925-12-03
9 Hal Smith 6-00 195 Right Right 1930-12-07
7 Preston Ward 6-03 198 Right Left 1927-07-24
33 Bob Cerv 6-00 202 Right Right 1926-05-05
5 Woodie Held 5-11 180 Right Right 1932-03-25
22 Whitey Herzog 5-11 182 Left Left 1931-11-09
35 Roger Maris 6-00 204 Right Left 1934-09-10
32 Bob Martyn 6-00 176 Right Left 1930-08-15
3, 35 Dave Melton 6-00 185 Right Right 1928-10-03
35 Jim Small 6-01½ 180 Left Left 1937-03-08
13 Bill Tuttle 6-00 190 Right Right 1929-07-04
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The 1958 Kansas City Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 73 games, lost 81 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 102/104) where 925,090 fans witnessed their 1958 Athletics finish the season with a .474 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 1958 Kansas City Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1958 Kansas City Athletics salary list, a 1958 Kansas City Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1958 Kansas City Athletics primary starters list:

1958 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1958 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Harry Chiti (83)
1B Vic Power (50)
2B Hector Lopez (96)
3B Hector Lopez (55)
SS Joe DeMaestri (137)
LF Bob Cerv (136)
CF Bill Tuttle (107)
RF Roger Maris (90)
  
SP Ned Garver
SP Ray Herbert
SP Ralph Terry
SP Jack Urban
  
RP Walt Craddock
RP Bud Daley
RP Murry Dickson
RP Dick Tomanek
CL Tom Gorman


1958 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1958 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Chico Carrasquel
#1 Billy Hunter
#2 Joe DeMaestri
#3 Dave Melton
#4 Milt Graff
#4 Lou Klimchock
#5 Woodie Held
#5 Harry Simpson
#6 Walt Craddock
#7 Vic Power
#7 Preston Ward
#8 Harry Chiti
#9 Hal Smith
#10 Hector Lopez
#11 Mike Baxes
#12 Frank House
#13 Bill Tuttle
#14 Carl Duser
#15 Carl Duser
#15 Dick Tomanek
#16 Glenn Cox
#16 Howie Reed
#17 Harry Chiti
#18 Kent Hadley
#20 Alex Kellner
#20 John Tsitouris
#21 Jack Urban
#22 Bud Daley
#22 Whitey Herzog
#23 Virgil Trucks
#24 Wally Burnette
#24 Bob Davis
#26 Ralph Terry
#27 Ken Johnson
#28 Bud Daley
#29 Murry Dickson
#30 Walt Craddock
#31 Ned Garver
#32 Bob Martyn
#33 Bob Cerv
#34 Bob Grim
#34 Duke Maas
#35 Roger Maris
#35 Dave Melton
#35 Jim Small
#36 Frank House
#37 Tom Gorman
#38 Ray Herbert

Did you know that a 1958 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)?