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1963 Kansas City A's  (1962)  (1964)
59-103, 8th in American League
Scored 618 runs, Allowed 809 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-102
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .680
Park Factor: Batting - 111 / Pitching - 113 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 61-101   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 73-89
Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 UT *Norm Siebern         29  153  610   79  156  34   2  17   73   0   4   89   96  .256  .348  .402   87   4.9            -18  
 SS #Dick Schofield       28  159  594   65  153  28   1   4   50   2   3   71   85  .258  .339  .328   69   4.1  3e31       31  
 UT  Vic Power            35  140  507   61  149  26   6  12   62   1   0   18   39  .294  .317  .440   64   4.6             75  
 OF *Roger Maris          28  107  346   52   87  20   0  24   77   2   1   36   26  .251  .325  .517   58   5.8  2(-3)e4   -45  
 C  *Clay Dalrymple       26  131  457   45  117  13   3  18   51   0   0   19   50  .256  .288  .416   53   4.1  3(-1)e10   12  
 OF  Mike Hershberger     23  137  441   40  115  21   1   1   47   5   2   42   43  .261  .326  .320   45   3.5  1(-4)e10  -54  
 OF *Al Spangler          30  112  328   27   87  16   0   3   19   3   1   33   36  .265  .330  .341   37   4.1  3(+2)e5   -70  
 1B *Don Mincher          25  103  237   38   48  11   1  14   33   0   0   44   55  .203  .338  .435   37   5.3  4e25      -99  
 2B *Bernie Allen         24  139  478   54  103  18   0   8   37   0   0   27   67  .215  .255  .303   35   2.4  3e20     -100  
 OF  George Alusik        28  107  236   30   56   8   0   6   28   0   0   36   40  .237  .338  .347   28   4.0  3(0)e2    -99  
 3B  Gene Freese          29   93  241   24   52  10   0   4   20   0   1   17   46  .216  .275  .307   21   2.9  4e33      -99  
 OF  Bobby Del Greco      30  108  329   38   55   5   1   8   34   2   1   32   53  .167  .247  .261   20   1.9  2(-1)e9  -123  
 C   Ron Brand            23   33   71   12   23   3   0   2    6   0   0   13   16  .324  .435  .451   14   8.2  4(+1)e16  133  
 C   Haywood Sullivan     32   56  116   12   30   4   2   0    8   0   0   13   22  .259  .333  .328   13   4.0  4(+3)e4    78  
 OF  Chuck Essegian       31   31   79    5   22   6   0   1    9   0   0    6   18  .278  .337  .392   10   5.0  4(+2)e3   116  
 PH  Tony LaRussa         18   55   48    6   14   2   2   0    2   0   0    8   18  .292  .393  .417    8   6.4            145  
 PH  Dick Green           22   33   33    2   12   4   0   0    5   0   0    4    4  .364  .447  .485    7   8.9            210  
 OF *John Wojcik          21   26   54    5   13   2   0   0    5   1   0    4    6  .241  .283  .278    4   3.1  3(0)e6     91  
 1B  John Boccabella      22   15   39    4    6   1   1   1    3   0   0    4   15  .154  .233  .308    3   2.5  4e7       -17  
 PH  Billy Cowan          24   49   35    6    1   0   0   0    2   0   0   13   16  .029  .292  .029    1    .8           -346  
 SS  Larry Burright       25    3   10    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   1.4  3e48     -151  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           623                  -27

     * - 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  Glen Hobbie          27  10  10  .500  35  27   3   5   1   0   1  181.2  194   91   85  23   57   99  4.21  102   5.0   -1  
  P  Dave Wickersham      27   9  19  .321  44  41   2   2   0   0   0  249.1  312  152  134  36   95  119  4.84  181   6.6   72  
  P *Ted Bowsfield        28   8   8  .500  66   5   0  23   3   4   0  121.1  124   50   42   7   67   62  3.12   60   4.5  -83  
  P  Bill Fischer         32   7   6  .538  70   0   0  45  18  12   0  106.0  114   54   47  20   29   35  3.99   67   5.7   63  
  P *Billy O'Dell         30   7  19  .269  39  38   1   1   0   1   0  243.2  287  125  118  23   80  131  4.36  144   5.4   51  
  P  Diego Segui          25   6  11  .353  33  28   1   2   1   1   0  184.0  209  103   92  24   71  120  4.50  110   5.4    2  
  P  Dallas Green         28   5   9  .357  52  11   1  18   0   0   1  126.1  126   52   47  10   47   56  3.35   60   4.3  -85  
  P  Pete Lovrich         20   2   1  .667   8   0   0   5   0   1   0   10.0   16    8    7   4    4    9  6.30   12  11.3  201  
  P  Fred Newman          21   1   1  .500   4   1   0   2   0   0   0   11.1   12    4    3   3    3    9  2.38    7   5.3  -47  
  P  Bill Stafford        24   1   3  .250  11   3   0   2   0   1   0   25.2   51   37   34  12   12   14 11.92   47  16.8  378  
  P  Dave Thies           26   1   3  .250  11   0   0   6   0   0   0   16.0   21   15   14   4   10    8  7.88   16   9.2  157  
  P  Dave Morehead        20   1   4  .200  19   8   0   7   2   0   0   68.0   54   34   32  14   33   55  4.24   35   4.7   56  
  P  Chris Zachary        19   1   4  .200  41   0   0  16   2   3   0   59.2   61   41   35  14   34   40  5.28   39   5.8   52  
  P  Dale Willis          25   0   1  .000  32   0   0  19   4   0   0   41.0   46   24   21   7   25   38  4.61   30   6.8   33  
  P *Dick Egan            26   0   4  .000  13   0   0   1   1   3   0   12.1   25   19   17   4    6    6 12.41   19  13.4  340  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      936         32

     * - 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       1025 117 128  643   57  18   5  .975  70  35
 Haywood Sullivan      291  30  44  200   28   1   2  .996  34  18
 Ron Brand             140  15  20   87    6   4   0  .959  15   3
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Siebern 679 76 81 726 74 9 88 .989 10.60 Don Mincher 498 58 61 521 51 11 46 .981 10.34 Vic Power 193 18 29 197 26 1 16 .996 10.40 John Boccabella 86 10 11 91 11 0 11 1.000 10.67 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bernie Allen 1153 131 135 350 390 17 94 .978 5.77 Vic Power 261 30 36 68 91 6 25 .964 5.48 Dick Green 18 1 6 6 4 1 1 .909 5.00 Tony LaRussa 15 0 7 8 2 0 2 1.000 6.00 Dick Schofield 9 0 2 1 5 0 3 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Power 652 68 82 57 161 2 18 .991 3.01 Gene Freese 544 67 75 42 151 9 12 .955 3.19 Bobby Del Greco 250 27 34 21 70 10 7 .901 3.27 Ron Brand 10 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Schofield 1401 159 159 320 532 28 117 .968 5.47 Dick Green 21 1 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 Tony LaRussa 19 0 8 6 6 1 4 .923 5.79 Larry Burright 16 2 2 1 9 0 0 1.000 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Norm Siebern          653  76  76  122    7   6   0  .956  1.78
 Al Spangler           553  64  68  118    9   3   0  .977  2.07
 Mike Hershberger      185  21  22   18    2   1   0  .952  0.97
 George Alusik          21   0  12    4    0   0   0 1.000  1.71
 Bobby Del Greco        20   0   9    7    0   0   0 1.000  3.15
 Chuck Essegian         15   1   2    2    0   1   0  .667  1.17
 John Wojcik             6   0   4    3    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
 Roger Maris             2   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
 Gene Freese             1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Del Greco 550 65 71 146 5 3 4 .981 2.47 Roger Maris 532 59 63 122 5 0 0 1.000 2.15 Mike Hershberger 358 38 52 87 3 0 1 1.000 2.26 Al Spangler 11 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 George Alusik 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Alusik 445 47 60 96 6 0 0 1.000 2.06 Mike Hershberger 406 43 60 95 9 4 1 .963 2.30 Roger Maris 207 20 35 31 3 0 1 1.000 1.48 Chuck Essegian 175 22 23 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 John Wojcik 120 15 16 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.88 Al Spangler 102 15 17 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 Billy Cowan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft


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