1956 Kansas City Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Kansas City Athletics
season = 1956
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
television = none
radio = KMBC
(Merle Harmon, Larry Ray)|The Kansas City Athletics' 1956 season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses.

Offseason

*March 2, 1956: Tom Lasorda was purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*July 11, 1956: Tom Lasorda was traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees for Wally Burnette.
*August 25, 1956: Enos Slaughter was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/slaugen01.shtml Enos Slaughter Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1956.shtml]

Other batters

Relief pitchers

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1956.shtml 1956 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1956&t=KC1 1956 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]