1961 Kansas City Athletics Roster

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. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"For the benefit of you younger fellows, we have a lot of rules on this club (as manager of the Baltimore Orioles)." - Hank Bauer
Please consider sponsoring this page: Baseball Almanac started in 2000. In '03 we averaged 132,388 hits per day. In '04 we had 179,878, in '05 we had 255,048 and in '06 we averaged (get ready) 613,728 hits per day — all made possible by support from daily visitors (no corporate sponsors, no parent company, just fans). In 2007 we want to exceed 1,000,000 hits per day and we need you to help us continue to grow. Please consider sponsoring this page today to help us continue this growth trend.
1961 Kansas City Athletics



1961 Kansas City Athletics Official Logo

Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
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 6-02 196 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 1935-07-19
24 Lew Krausse 5-11 186 Right Right 1943-04-25
32 Bill Kunkel 6-01 187 Right Right 1936-07-07
18 Don Larsen 6-04 227 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 Jerry 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
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
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
4 Ozzie Virgil 6-00 175 Right Right 1932-05-17
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 1936-04-15
22 Bobby Prescott 5-11 180 Right Right 1931-03-27
10 Jim Rivera 6-00 196 Left Left 1922-07-22
3 Gene Stephens 6-03½ 175 Right Left 1933-01-20
13 Bill Tuttle 6-00 190 Right Right 1929-07-04
22 Clint Courtney 5-08 180 Right Left 1927-03-16
STATMASTER: Team Fielding, Hitting & Pitching Statistics
Team Schedule   Message Board


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:

1961 Kansas City Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Hank Bauer
Andy Carey
Ray Herbert
Dick Howser
Jerry Lumpe
Norm Siebern
Haywood Sullivan
Marv Throneberry
Bill Tuttle

1961 Kansas City Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Haywood Sullivan (88)
1B Norm Siebern (109)
2B Jerry Lumpe (147)
3B Wayne Causey (88)
SS Dick Howser (157)
LF Leo Posada (69)
CF Bobby Del Greco (73)
RF Jim Rivera (36)
  
SP Norm Bass
SP Bob Shaw
SP Jerry Walker
  
RP Art Ditmar
RP Bill Kunkel
RP Jerry Staley
CL Jim Archer


1961 Kansas City Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1961 Kansas City Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Dick Howser
#2 Wayne Causey
#3 Gene Stephens
#3 Marv Throneberry
#4 Lou Klimchock
#4 Ozzie Virgil
#5 Billy Bryan
#6 Andy Carey
#6 Deron Johnson
#7 Norm Siebern
#8 Haywood Sullivan
#9 Hank Bauer
#10 Bob Boyd
#10 Jim Rivera
#11 Jerry Lumpe
#12 Joe Pignatano
#13 Bill Tuttle
#14 Wes Covington
#14 Bobby Del Greco
#14 Al Pilarcik
#16 Reno Bertoia
#16 Chuck Essegian
#16 Gordon Mackenzie
#17 Ken Johnson
#18 Billy Bryan
#18 Don Larsen
#19 Leo Posada
#20 Jim Archer
#21 Jay Hankins
#22 Clint Courtney
#22 Stan Johnson
#22 Mickey McDermott
#22 Bobby Prescott
#23 Jerry Walker
#24 Lew Krausse
#25 Frank Cipriani
#26 Bob Shaw
#27 Paul Giel
#27 Dan Pfister
#27 Dave Wickersham
#27 John Wyatt
#28 Bud Daley
#28 Art Ditmar
#29 Bill Kirk
#30 Norm Bass
#31 Bill Fischer
#32 Bill Kunkel
#33 Joe Nuxhall
#35 Ed Rakow
#36 Ed Keegan
#38 Ray Herbert
#38 Jerry Staley
#45 Charlie Shoemaker

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)?
Advertising | All-Star Game | Autographs | Awards | Ballparks | The Ballplayers | Baseball Cards | Baseball Families | Biographies | Book Shelf | College Baseball
Division Series | Downloads | Fabulous Feats | Famous Firsts | Feedback | Fun & Games | Grave Sites | Hall of Fame | Hitting Charts | Humor & Jokes | Interviews
Legendary Lists | Managers | Movie Time | News Feeds | Newsletter | Obituaries | Opening Day | Pitching Charts | Poetry & Song | Quotes | Record Books | Rules
Scoring | Search & Find | Statmaster | Stats 101 | Support | Team by Team | US Presidents | Umpires | World Series | Year by Year

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.