1957 Kansas City Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Kansas City Athletics
season = 1957
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1955
city = Kansas City, Missouri
y5 = 1955
owners = Arnold Johnson
managers = Lou Boudreau and Harry Craft
television =
radio = KMBC
(Merle Harmon, Ed Edwards)|The Kansas City Athletics' 1957 season involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses. Vic Power became the first black player to lead the American League in fielding percentage at any position. He led all American League first baseman with a .998 Fielding Average. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Offseason

*October 15, 1956: Bob Cerv was purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the New York Yankees. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cervbo01.shtml Bob Cerv Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 4, 1957: Clete Boyer was sent by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on February 19, 1957. The Kansas City Athletics sent players to be named later, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, and Wayne Belardi to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
*June 15, 1957: Ralph Terry was traded by the New York Yankees with Woodie Held, Billy Martin, and Bob Martyn to the Kansas City Athletics for Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni, and Harry Simpson. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1957.shtml]

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Awards and records

*Vic Power , American League leader among first basemen, Fielding Average (.998) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1957.shtml 1957 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1957&t=KC1 1957 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]