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1966 Kansas City A's  (1965)  (1967) 88-74, 4th in American League Scored 696 runs, Allowed 611 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .723 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-86 Manager(s): James Taglia

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Dick Allen           24  158  562  110  166  31  11  38   94  19   6   78  156  .295  .380  .593  127   8.2  3e16      -55  
 OF *Leon Wagner          32  154  552   75  169  26   1  22   82   7   4   32   73  .306  .341  .476   87   5.9  4(0)e3     43  
 2B  Dick Green           25  149  531   55  158  26   5  10   64   3   1   24   89  .298  .336  .422   71   4.9  2e19       98  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      24  155  607   82  157  34   7   4   42  82  27   31   72  .259  .305  .357   69   3.8  3e23      -19  
 1B *Don Mincher          28  142  452   64  120  38   0  12   49   4   0   59   85  .265  .351  .429   68   5.3  3e12       23  
 C  *Clay Dalrymple       29  120  349   41   95  15   4   0   30   1   0   62   46  .272  .383  .338   51   5.4  2(-2)e3    18  
 OF *Roger Maris          31  117  373   42   94  16   3  15   59   0   0   27   58  .252  .305  .432   49   4.6  2(-2)e3    48  
 UT  Danny Cater          26  116  368   37   90   9   2   7   43   5   1   13   41  .245  .270  .337   33   3.1            -83  
 OF  Mike Hershberger     26  122  303   37   70  17   3   3   29   7   2   32   32  .231  .307  .337   32   3.5  2(-4)e8   -10  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       23   49  165   18   50  11   2   2   20   0   1   13   12  .303  .354  .430   24   5.6  2(-1)e2    23  
 OF *Jim Gosger           23   89  214   30   49  10   0   5   27   2   1   16   34  .229  .283  .346   20   3.2  3(0)e3    -30  
 C   Phil Roof            25   79  196   16   46   7   3   3   20   2   7   19   53  .235  .305  .347   18   3.0  2(0)e6     47  
 UT  Ossie Chavarria      25   83  193   21   43   8   0   0   16   5   1   14   48  .223  .273  .264   14   2.5            -94  
 PH *Tim Talton           27   54   52    5   17   4   0   2    6   0   0    3    5  .327  .364  .519    9   7.6            -28  
 OF *Al Luplow            27   42  111   11   25   5   0   4   15   2   2    9   22  .225  .287  .378    9   2.8  3(0)e4    -13  
 OF  Joe Nossek           25   33   84    8   21   5   2   0    8   2   1    2    8  .250  .264  .357    7   2.9  2(+1)e7    -7  
 OF *Norm Miller          20   12   39    5   10   0   1   4    7   0   0    0   13  .256  .256  .615    4   4.3  4(0)e16   442  
 C   Ken Suarez           23   23   59    4    9   2   1   0    4   1   1   12   19  .153  .292  .220    4   2.3  4(+3)e16   40  
 2B *Don Blasingame       34   30   76    6   11   2   0   1    8   4   1    6   10  .145  .207  .211    3   1.4  4e14     -123  
 PH *Doug Clemens         27   26   31    4    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    3    8  .194  .265  .258    2   2.5           -119  
 OF  Jim Landis           32   13   17    1    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .235  .235  .353    1   2.9  2(+1)e4   -51  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           713                    4

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Lew Krausse          23  18   6  .750  32  31   3   0   0   0   3  195.0  157   51   46   6   54   84  2.12   60   2.8  -75  
  P *Mike McCormick       27  15  12  .556  40  39   4   1   1   0   3  234.1  211   92   87  16   49  102  3.34   87   3.3  -75  
  P  Jack Aker            25   8   2  .800  54   0   0  37  17   5   0  120.1   89   35   33  13   20   61  2.47   33   2.5  -13  
  P  Jim Nash             21   8   5  .615  32  17   2   2   0   0   1  139.2  102   35   28   8   36   92  1.80   41   2.6  -48  
  P  Minnie Rojas         32   6   5  .545  43   2   0  19   6   4   0   89.0   83   33   32  11   14   33  3.24   34   3.5  -44  
  P  Catfish Hunter       20   6  11  .353  30  30   2   0   0   0   1  159.1  166   97   93  21   49  102  5.25   89   5.0   39  
  P *Paul Lindblad        24   5   6  .455  46   1   0  26   7   0   0   76.2   83   32   30   7   18   46  3.52   37   4.4 -105  
  P  Dave Wickersham      30   4   4  .500  25   8   0   8   4   1   0   72.1   91   38   36   5   25   46  4.48   45   5.6   37  
  P  Ken Sanders          24   4   5  .444  45   0   0  21   6   6   0   80.0   81   43   40   6   46   43  4.50   47   5.4    3  
  P  Jim Dickson          28   3   1  .750  18   0   0  10   1   0   0   33.0   39   19   18   4   13   13  4.91   21   6.0  -16  
  P  Ralph Terry          30   3   4  .429  21   9   0   6   2   0   0   62.0   68   40   36  11   12   37  5.23   33   4.9    2  
  P  Blue Moon Odom       21   3   5  .375  13  13   1   0   0   0   0   88.0   73   36   29   0   47   40  2.97   34   3.5   -5  
  P  Bill Stafford        27   2   1  .667  11   7   0   1   0   0   0   40.2   41   15   11   1    6   33  2.43   16   3.6 -136  
  P  Wes Stock            32   2   3  .400  27   0   0   9   2   3   0   45.1   32   13   13   1   17   27  2.58   10   2.2 -103  
  P  Chuck Dobson         22   1   2  .333   5   5   1   0   0   0   0   28.0   24   12   10   4   12   24  3.21   13   4.5  -25  
  P  Joe Sparma           24   0   0  .000   7   0   0   5   0   0   0    9.2   11    8    6   0   12    5  5.59    6   5.7  -57  
  P  Jim Duckworth        27   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    2    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    1  10.8  122  
  P *Bob Allen            28   0   2  .000  12   0   0   3   1   1   0   17.1   20   12    9   0    7    7  4.67   10   5.2   23  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 24                                                                                      625        -35

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clay Dalrymple 829 88 111 516 22 4 1 .993 23 11 Phil Roof 488 56 69 296 27 4 3 .988 21 15 Ken Suarez 153 18 21 89 4 4 0 .959 16 4 Tim Talton 21 0 10 9 2 0 0 1.000 1 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Mincher 1093 115 135 1206 129 6 91 .996 10.99 Danny Cater 390 47 50 423 42 2 31 .996 10.74 Ossie Chavarria 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 11.25 Tim Talton 3 0 3 6 1 0 2 1.000 21.00 Phil Roof 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Green 1296 142 149 335 449 16 84 .980 5.45 Don Blasingame 168 19 22 35 62 4 12 .960 5.20 Ossie Chavarria 28 1 8 7 5 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Allen 1345 147 150 113 356 14 23 .971 3.14 Danny Cater 102 11 15 3 22 3 0 .893 2.21 Ossie Chavarria 36 4 7 3 8 1 0 .917 2.75 Joe Nossek 9 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 1326 144 150 260 496 20 83 .974 5.13 Ossie Chavarria 155 17 20 35 71 2 12 .981 6.14 Don Blasingame 10 1 3 1 3 1 0 .800 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leon Wagner 1148 134 135 223 10 4 0 .983 1.83 Mickey Stanley 166 18 19 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 Jim Gosger 67 1 27 13 1 1 0 .933 1.88 Danny Cater 37 4 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 Joe Nossek 16 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 Ossie Chavarria 15 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Doug Clemens 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 Jim Landis 13 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Mike Hershberger 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Al Luplow 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Hershberger 485 48 74 133 4 1 1 .993 2.54 Jim Gosger 402 48 52 122 4 2 0 .984 2.82 Al Luplow 248 28 30 72 2 1 0 .987 2.68 Mickey Stanley 163 17 22 48 2 1 0 .980 2.76 Joe Nossek 149 17 17 46 0 1 0 .979 2.78 Roger Maris 30 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 Jim Landis 15 1 3 7 3 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Maris 817 89 101 162 7 2 4 .988 1.86 Danny Cater 195 22 27 40 4 2 0 .957 2.03 Mike Hershberger 172 18 23 30 0 3 0 .909 1.57 Ossie Chavarria 131 15 15 22 0 4 0 .846 1.51 Norm Miller 78 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 Mickey Stanley 43 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 Jim Gosger 29 1 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 Doug Clemens 10 1 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90 Al Luplow 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1966 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Roger Maris
Round 2 (#19):	Mike McCormick
Round 3 (#34):	Don Mincher

Transactions

• 1966-02: acquired Doug Clemens as a free agent
• 1966-03: acquired Al Luplow as a free agent
• 1966-09: traded Joe Nossek, KCA#1 to DEA for Dave Wickersham, Joe Sparma, Mickey Stanley, Norm Miller
• 1966-09: released Bob Allen
• 1966-09: released Doug Clemens
• 1966-14: released Al Luplow
• 1966-14: acquired Jim Landis as a free agent
• 1966 postseason: released Ken Sanders

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