1955 Kansas City Athletics
63 - 91
1954 / 1956 (Organization)
6th place in the AL (33 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		33 - 43 (.434)
30 - 48 (.385)		 -9.7 wins
-4.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 638 / 723 ( -85 )
Allowed/Expected: 911 / 715 ( -196 )
Pyth Record: 51 - 103 (+12)
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Municipal Stadium I
Attendance: 1,393,054 Avg Att: 18,330 (1.27)
Att Rank: 2 / 8 Lg Avg: 14,471
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 1.18 R/L HR: 1.29 / 0.93
Notes:


1955 Kansas City Athletics
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
32.0
1.3
1.5
-0.6
34.3
3.0
3.3
-0.6
27.2
-0.2
-0.2
0.0

Center Field
29.6
0.4
1.2
-1.0
26.7
0.2
0.4
-0.5
33.9
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
25.6
-0.1
-0.1
0.0


Right Field
39.2
2.2
2.1
-0.2
30.7
-0.3
-0.5
-0.2
Shortstop
26.6
-0.8
-0.5
0.4
18.4
-0.6
-0.4
-0.1
26.4
-0.7
-0.5
-0.1
23.8
-0.7
-0.4
-0.1
16.8
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
Second Base
26.9
1.0
1.8
-0.4
39.2
-0.8
-0.5
-0.2
29.7
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
Third Base
26.0
1.9
1.7
0.5
24.6
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
First Base
27.7
3.6
3.5
-0.6
30.3
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
34.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
Manager
W-L
38.0
63-91
.409
-0.1
Catcher
32.8
0.9
0.7
0.7
27.9
-0.3
-0.2
0.2
27.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.8
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
Starting Pitcher
IP
26.2
175.3
0.1
0.2
-0.1
30.8
162.7
1.9
1.7
0.2
29.8
125.0
0.4
0.5
-0.1
25.2
123.7
-1.1
-0.7
-0.4
24.0
111.3
0.4
0.5
-0.1
36.3
101.3
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
27.8
98.3
-1.8
-1.5
-0.3
25.5
87.7
-0.9
-0.9
-0.0
28.6
26.7
-0.7
-0.6
-0.1
29.1
23.7
-0.8
-0.7
-0.1
23.3
15.0
-0.6
-0.5
-0.1
24.4
2.3
-0.5
-0.5
-0.0
Swingman
IP
23.9
11.7
-0.7
-0.7
-0.1
Relief Pitcher
IP
30.5
109.0
2.3
2.6
-0.2
27.7
76.7
0.5
0.6
-0.1
37.8
44.7
-0.2
-0.0
-0.2
28.8
25.7
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
32.0
20.0
0.3
0.2
0.1
33.2
11.3
-0.3
-0.4
0.1
28.8
10.0
-0.2
-0.3
0.1
31.5
6.7
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
32.7
4.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
30.2
2.7
-0.3
-0.3
-0.0
28.8
2.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
25.8
2.0
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
30.7
1.7
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James