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Major League Baseball team season
The
1958
Kansas City Athletics
season
was the team's fourth in
Kansas City
and the 58th in the
American League
. The season involved the A's finishing seventh in the
American League
with a record of 73 wins and 81 losses, 19 games behind the
World Champion
New York Yankees
.
Offseason
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- November 20, 1957:
Billy Martin
,
Mickey McDermott
,
Tom Morgan
,
Lou Skizas
,
Tim Thompson
, and
Gus Zernial
were traded by the Athletics to the
Detroit Tigers
for
Bill Tuttle
,
Jim Small
,
Duke Maas
,
John Tsitouris
,
Frank House
, and
Kent Hadley
, and a player to be named later. The Tigers completed the deal by sending
Jim McManus
to the Athletics on April 3, 1958.
[1]
- December 2, 1957:
Harry Chiti
was drafted by the Athletics from the
New York Yankees
in the 1957
rule 5 draft
.
[2]
- December 2, 1957:
Ramon Conde
was drafted by the Athletics from the
San Francisco Giants
in the 1957 minor league draft.
[3]
Regular season
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Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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[2]
[3]
[4]
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[8]
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Team
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BAL
|
BOS
|
CHW
|
CLE
|
DET
|
KCA
|
NYY
|
WSH
|
Baltimore
|
?
|
10?12
|
9?13?1
|
10?11
|
10?12
|
12?10
|
8?14
|
15?7
|
Boston
|
12?10
|
?
|
10?12
|
12?10
|
10?12
|
12?10
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9?13?1
|
14?8
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Chicago
|
13?9?1
|
12?10
|
?
|
12?10
|
10?12
|
12?10
|
7?15
|
16?6
|
Cleveland
|
11?10
|
10?12
|
10?12
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?
|
14?8
|
10?12
|
7?15
|
15?7
|
Detroit
|
12?10
|
12?10
|
12?10
|
8?14
|
?
|
12?10
|
12?10
|
9?13
|
Kansas City
|
10?12
|
10?12
|
10?12
|
12?10
|
10?12
|
?
|
9?13
|
12?10?2
|
New York
|
14?8
|
13?9?1
|
15?7
|
15?7
|
10?12
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13?9
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?
|
12?10
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Washington
|
7?15
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8?14
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6?16
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7?15
|
13?9
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10?12?2
|
10?12
|
?
|
Notable transactions
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Roster
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1958 Kansas City Athletics
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
[7]
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA =
Earned run average
; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system
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Rochester franchise moved to Winona, June 29, 1958
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References
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