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Kansas City Athletics 05-02-1962
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| Breaking News |  | Monday, April 16th, 1962: Drabowsky Superb Against Minnesota
A pitcher's main job is to keep the opposition off the scoreboard and Kansas City pitcher Moe Drabowsky did just that today in a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Municipal Stadium. He gave up no runs in his start, permitted 6 hits and had 4 strikeouts.
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 | Saturday, April 14th, 1962: Cleveland Blanks Athletics, Monbouquette Wins
It was a razor-sharp performance by Bill Monbouquette of the Cleveland Indians against the Kansas City Athletics. He fashioned a fine 2-hitter in blanking them 5-0 and chalked up 1 strikeout and 3 walks.
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 | Friday, December 1st, 1961: 2B Bolling Selects Kansas City's $1,480,000 Deal
Kansas City's signing of Frank Bolling was met with mixed reactions today as the 30-year-old second baseman was introduced to the media. Some experts consider him overpaid at $1,480,000 a year for 1 year, while others insist that Bolling is a perfect fit for the Athletics.
Career to date Bolling is hitting .280 with a total of 132 home runs.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 5.0 GB | | Record at home | 7-6, .538 PCT | | Record on the road | 5-10, .333 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-2, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 3-5, .375 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 3-4, .429 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 9-12, .429 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 11-16, .407 PCT | | Record in May | 1-0, 1.000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .254 - 5th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .307 - 7th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .371 - 8th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .678 - 8th in AL | | Runs Scored | 113 - 8th in AL | | Hits | 242 - 6th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 64 - 7th in AL | | Home Runs | 21 - tied for 7th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 73 - 8th in AL | | Strikeouts | 143 - tied for 1st in AL | | Stolen Bases | 19 - 2nd in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.20 - 5th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.09 - 5th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.48 - 4th in AL | | Runs allowed | 131 - 3rd in AL | | Hits allowed | 262 - 6th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .268 - 6th in AL | | BABIP | .289 - 4th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 31 - tied for 5th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 84 - 1st in AL | | Strikeouts | 145 - 7th in AL |
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