1959 Kansas City Athletics season
The 1959 Kansas City Athletics season was the fifth for the franchise in Kansas City, and its 59th overall. It involved the A's finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 66 wins and 88 losses, 28 games behind the AL Champion Chicago White Sox.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Avg. | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 98 | 347 | 32 | 82 | .236 | 1 | 30 |
1B | | 113 | 288 | 40 | 73 | .253 | 10 | 39 |
2B | | 108 | 403 | 47 | 98 | .243 | 3 | 28 |
3B | | 130 | 488 | 72 | 130 | .266 | 16 | 75 |
SS | | 118 | 352 | 31 | 86 | .244 | 6 | 34 |
LF | | 125 | 463 | 61 | 132 | .285 | 20 | 87 |
CF | | 126 | 463 | 74 | 139 | .300 | 7 | 43 |
RF | | 122 | 433 | 69 | 118 | .273 | 16 | 72 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 108 | 292 | 36 | 84 | .288 | 5 | 31 |
| 74 | 180 | 27 | 48 | .267 | 2 | 18 |
| 55 | 162 | 20 | 44 | .272 | 5 | 25 |
| 35 | 135 | 22 | 38 | .281 | 6 | 24 |
| 61 | 132 | 19 | 36 | .273 | 2 | 12 |
| 38 | 123 | 25 | 36 | .293 | 1 | 9 |
| 58 | 109 | 8 | 27 | .248 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .286 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 | - |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 216.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.16 | 125 |
| 32 | 201 | 10 | 13 | 3.71 | 61 |
| 33 | 151.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.87 | 51 |
| 9 | 46.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.24 | 35 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 40 | 125.1 | 6 | 10 | 4.09 | 65 |
| 24 | 83.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.97 | 50 |
| 29 | 81 | 2 | 10 | 4.56 | 54 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 36 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4.65 | 57 |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.08 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 7 |
Awards and honors