Kansas City Athletics

1956 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
Joe Astroth J. Astroth	C	5'9"	187	9/1/1922	33	East Alton, IL
Mike Baxes M. Baxes	SS	5'10"	175	12/18/1930	25	San Francisco, CA
Clete Boyer C. Boyer	2B	6'0"	182	2/9/1937	19	Cassville, MO
Bill Bradford B. Bradford	P	6'2"	180	8/28/1921	34	Choctaw, AR
George Brunet G. Brunet	P	6'1"	210	6/8/1935	21	Houghton, MI
Wally Burnette W. Burnette	P	6'0"	178	6/20/1929	27	Blairs, VA
Moe Burtschy M. Burtschy	P	6'3"	208	4/18/1922	34	Cincinnati, OH
Art Ceccarelli A. Ceccarelli	P	6'0"	190	4/2/1930	26	New Haven, CT
Glenn Cox G. Cox	P	6'2"	210	2/3/1931	25	Montebello, CA
Walt Craddock W. Craddock	P	6'0"	176	3/25/1932	24	Pax, WV
Jack Crimian J. Crimian	P	5'10"	180	2/17/1926	30	Philadelphia, PA
Joe Demaestri J. Demaestri	SS	6'0"	170	12/9/1928	27	San Francisco, CA
Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	P	6'2"	195	4/3/1929	27	Winthrop, MA
Carl Duser C. Duser	P	6'1"	175	7/22/1932	23	Hazleton, PA
Jim Finigan J. Finigan	2B	5'11"	175	8/19/1928	27	Quincy, IL
Joe Ginsberg J. Ginsberg	C	5'11"	180	10/11/1926	29	New York, NY
Tom Gorman T. Gorman	P	6'1"	190	1/4/1925	31	New York, NY
Johnny Groth J. Groth	OF	6'0"	182	7/23/1926	29	Chicago, IL
Bill Harrington B. Harrington	P	5'11"	160	10/3/1927	28	Sanford, NC
Troy Herriage T. Herriage	P	6'1"	170	12/20/1930	25	Tipton, OK
Spook Jacobs S. Jacobs	2B	5'9"	155	11/4/1925	30	Cheswold, DE
Alex Kellner A. Kellner	P	6'0"	200	8/26/1924	31	Tucson, AZ
Lou Kretlow L. Kretlow	P	6'2"	185	6/27/1921	35	Apache, OK
Tommy Lasorda T. Lasorda	P	5'10"	175	9/22/1927	28	Norristown, PA
Hector Lopez H. Lopez	3B	5'11"	182	7/8/1929	26	Colon, Panama
Jack McMahan J. McMahan	P	6'0"	175	7/25/1932	23	Hot Springs, AR
Dave Melton D. Melton	OF	6'0"	185	10/3/1928	27	Pampa, TX
Al Pilarcik A. Pilarcik	OF	5'10"	180	7/3/1930	25	Whiting, IN
Jim Pisoni J. Pisoni	OF	5'10"	169	8/14/1929	26	St. Louis, MO
Rance Pless R. Pless	1B	6'0"	195	12/6/1925	30	Greeneville, TN
Arnie Portocarrero A. Portocarrero	P	6'3"	196	7/5/1931	24	New York, NY
Vic Power V. Power	1B	5'11"	195	11/1/1927	28	Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Bill Renna B. Renna	OF	6'3"	218	10/14/1924	31	Hanford, CA
Eddie Robinson E. Robinson	1B	6'3"	210	12/15/1920	35	Paris, TX
Jose Santiago J. Santiago	P	5'10"	175	9/4/1928	27	Coamo, Puerto Rico
Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	P	5'6"	142	9/26/1925	30	Pottstown, PA
Harry Simpson H. Simpson	OF	6'1"	180	12/3/1925	30	Atlanta, GA
Lou Skizas L. Skizas	OF	5'11"	175	6/2/1932	24	Chicago, IL
Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	OF	5'9"	192	4/27/1916	40	Roxboro, NC
Hal Smith H. Smith	C	6'0"	195	12/7/1930	25	West Frankfort, IL
Bob Spicer B. Spicer	P	5'10"	173	4/11/1925	31	Richmond, VA
Tim Thompson T. Thompson	C	5'11"	190	3/1/1924	32	Coalport, PA
Elmer Valo E. Valo	OF	5'11"	190	3/5/1921	35	Ribnik, Slovakia
Gus Zernial G. Zernial	OF	6'3"	210	6/27/1923	33	Beaumont, TX