1966 Kansas City Athletics
74 - 86
1965 / 1967 (Organization)
7th place in the AL (23 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		42 - 39 (.519)
32 - 47 (.405)		 -1.2 wins
-4.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 564 / 603 ( -39 )
Allowed/Expected: 648 / 601 ( -47 )
Pyth Record: 70 - 90 (+4)
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Municipal Stadium I
Attendance: 773,929 Avg Att: 9,555 (0.76)
Att Rank: 9 / 10 Lg Avg: 12,614
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.78 R/L HR: 0.77 / 0.80
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 John Wyatt
RP
31.2
-0.3
0.0
-1.2
6
N
7
1
1956
 Purchased El Paso (Southwestern)
2 Billy Bryan
C
27.6
-1.1
0.4
-1.4
6
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Wayne Causey
3B
29.5
-0.6
0.6
-1.3
6
N
1
24
1961
 Trade BAL AL
4 Ed Charles
3B
33.2
4.1
17.8
9.1
5
N
12
15
1961
 Trade ML1 NL
5 Jose Tartabull
CF
27.6
0.5
3.4
0.5
5
N
12
15
1961
 Trade SFN NL
6 Ken Harrelson
1B
24.8
-0.1
5.3
1.0
4
Y
1
1
1959
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Dick Green
2B
25.2
1.8
16.1
3.6
4
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Aurelio Monteagudo
RP
22.6
0.2
0.7
0.1
4
Y
1
1
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Lew Krausse
SP
23.2
2.4
11.9
6.1
4
Y
6
8
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Manny Jimenez
LF
27.6
-0.7
0.1
-0.7
4
N
12
15
1961
 Trade ML1 NL
11 Jack Aker
RP
26.0
4.6
19.6
14.0
3
Y
6
9
1959
 Free Agency (Amateur)
12 Larry Stahl
LF
25.0
0.3
8.7
2.5
3
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Bert Campaneris
SS
24.3
3.6
21.8
8.0
3
Y
4
25
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
14 Blue Moon Odom
SP
21.1
1.7
6.2
3.5
3
Y
6
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Wes Stock
RP
32.2
0.7
3.6
1.4
3
N
6
15
1964
 Trade BAL AL
16 Vern Handrahan
RP
27.6
-0.0
0.6
-0.6
2
N
11
26
1962
 Draft (Minor League) ML1 NL
17 Paul Lindblad
SP
24.9
-0.4
2.7
-1.6
2
Y
1
1
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Rene Lachemann
C
21.2
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
2
Y
1
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Joe Grzenda
RP
29.1
0.4
0.8
-0.2
2
N
2
27
1964
 Free Agency
20 Catfish Hunter
SP
20.2
0.5
5.4
-0.1
2
Y
6
8
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
21 Jim Dickson
RP
28.2
-0.8
0.0
-1.7
2
N
11
30
1964
 Draft (Rule 5) CIN NL
22 Randy Schwartz
1B
22.4
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
2
Y
1
1
1965
 Free Agency (Amateur)
23 Mike Hershberger
RF
26.7
1.3
14.8
3.5
2
N
1
20
1965
 Trade CHA AL
24 Fred Talbot
SP
25.0
-0.1
0.9
-1.2
2
N
2
10
1965
 Trade CHA AL
25 Rollie Sheldon
SP
29.5
0.2
3.1
1.0
2
N
5
3
1965
 Trade NYA AL
26 Jesse Hickman
RP
27.4
0.0
0.1
0.1
2
N
6
4
1965
 Trade HOU NL
27 Ossie Chavarria
SS
28.9
0.3
4.6
0.1
1
N
1
1
1960
 Unknown CHN NL
28 Jim Nash
SP
21.4
4.0
12.6
8.7
1
Y
6
13
1963
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 John Donaldson
2B
23.2
-0.5
0.2
-0.5
1
N
12
2
1963
 Draft (First Year) MIN AL
30 Chuck Dobson
SP
22.5
0.1
2.4
-0.1
1
Y
1
1
1965
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 Ken Suarez
C
23.2
-0.2
0.9
-1.3
1
Y
1
1
1965
 Free Agency (Amateur)
32 Tim Talton
C
27.5
0.6
3.2
2.1
1
N
1
1
1965
 Trade SFN NL
33 Bill Edgerton
SW
24.9
0.2
0.3
-0.0
1
N
4
9
1965
 First Yr Waiver Pick CLE AL
34 Sal Bando
3B
22.4
0.4
1.3
0.8
1
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 6
35 Rick Monday
CF
20.6
-0.3
0.3
-0.7
1
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 1)
36 Ernie Fazio
2B
24.4
0.0
0.7
-0.1
1
N
10
15
1965
 Trade HOU NL
37 Ron Stone
1B
23.8
-0.1
0.2
-0.1
1
N
11
29
1965
 Draft (Rule 5) BAL AL
38 Phil Roof
C
25.3
0.1
6.6
-4.0
1
N
12
1
1965
 Trade CLE AL
39 Ralph Terry
SP
30.5
-0.1
1.4
-0.6
1
N
4
6
1966
 Trade CLE AL
40 Joe Nossek
CF
25.6
0.4
6.1
1.0
1
N
5
11
1966
 Purchased MIN AL
41 Danny Cater
1B
26.4
1.2
15.0
6.3
1
N
5
27
1966
 Trade CHA AL
42 Bill Stafford
SP
26.9
-1.0
0.0
-1.2
1
N
6
10
1966
 Trade NYA AL
43 Roger Repoz
1B
25.9
0.5
9.8
2.7
1
N
6
10
1966
 Trade NYA AL
44 Gil Blanco
SP
20.5
-0.7
0.0
-1.2
1
N
6
10
1966
 Trade NYA AL
45 Jim Gosger
LF
23.7
1.0
8.8
2.7
1
N
6
13
1966
 Trade BOS AL
46 Ken Sanders
RP
25.0
0.5
2.7
-0.4
1
N
6
13
1966
 Trade BOS AL
47 Guido Grilli
RP
27.5
-0.8
0.0
-0.8
1
N
6
13
1966
 Trade BOS AL
48 Jim Duckworth
RP
27.1
-0.8
0.0
-0.6
1
N
6
23
1966
 Trade WS2 AL
49 Don Blasingame
2B
34.3
-0.1
0.1
-0.3
1
N
8
2
1966
 Purchased WS2 AL
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Player Pos Hometown
Jack Aker RP Visalia, CA (US)
Sal Bando 3B Warrensville Heights, OH (US)
Gil Blanco SP Phoenix, AZ (USA)
Don Blasingame 2B Corinth, MS (US)
Billy Bryan C Morgan, GA (USA)
Bert Campaneris SS Pueblo Nuevo (Cuba)
Danny Cater 1B Austin, TX (US)
Wayne Causey 3B Monroe, LA (US)
Ed Charles 3B St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Ossie Chavarria SS Colon (PA)
Jim Dickson RP Portland, OR (USA)
Chuck Dobson SP Kansas City, MO (US)
John Donaldson 2B Charlotte, NC (US)
Jim Duckworth RP Los Angeles, CA (US)
Bill Edgerton SW Mishawauka, IN (US)
Ernie Fazio 2B Oakland, CA (US)
Jim Gosger LF Port Huron, MI (US)
Dick Green 2B Mitchell, SD (US)
Guido Grilli RP Memphis, TN (USA)
Joe Grzenda RP Moosic, PA (US)
Vern Handrahan RP Charlottetown, PE (CAN)
Ken Harrelson 1B Savannah, GA (US)
Mike Hershberger RF Massillon, OH (US)
Jesse Hickman RP Lecompte, LA (USA)
Catfish Hunter SP Perquimans, NC (US)
Manny Jimenez LF San Pedro de Marcoris (DO)
Lew Krausse SP Chester, PA (US)
Rene Lachemann C Los Angeles, CA (US)
Paul Lindblad SP Chanute, KS (US)
Rick Monday CF Santa Monica, CA (US)
Aurelio Monteagudo RP Caibarien (Cuba)
Jim Nash SP Sprayberry, GA (US)
Joe Nossek CF Euclid, OH (US)
Blue Moon Odom SP Macon, GA (US)
Roger Repoz 1B Bellingham, WA (US)
Phil Roof C Paducah, KY (US)
Ken Sanders RP St. Louis, MO (US)
Randy Schwartz 1B La Mesa, CA (US)
Rollie Sheldon SP Putnam, CT (USA)
Bill Stafford SP Coxsackie, NY (US)
Larry Stahl LF Belleville, IL (USA)
Wes Stock RP Shelton, WA (US)
Ron Stone 1B Corning, CA (USA)
Ken Suarez C Tampa, FL (US)
Fred Talbot SP Fairfax, VA (US)
Tim Talton C Pikeville, NC (USA)
Jose Tartabull CF Cienfuegos (Cuba)
Ralph Terry SP Chelsea, OK (US)
John Wyatt RP Buffalo, NY (US)
John Wyatt RP Buffalo, NY (US)

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