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Kansas City Athletics 12-15-1956
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| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, September 19th, 1956: Fain Inks Extension Deal with Kansas City
Reports began circulating several days ago that Ferris Fain would re-sign with the Athletics, but didn't materialize until today when the club officially confirmed SION's reports.
Details were sketchy, though Kansas City did say Fain would be with the club 2 years beyond his current deal.
To date this year Fain is batting .314 with 7 home runs.
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 | Sunday, September 16th, 1956: AAA AL Names Top Hitter
1956 was a very good year for Kansas City Athletics catcher Matt Batts, this year's AAA AL Outstanding Hitter Award recipient.
Batts had a marvelous season, hitting .339 with a .406 on-base percentage. He totaled 146 hits, 45 doubles, 5 triples, 8 home runs, 68 RBIs and scored 71 runs.
For being named the AL's top batter, he will be honored at the SION Baseball Writers awards banquet this weekend.
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 | Sunday, September 16th, 1956: Sisler Guns Down Athletics
Today at Memorial Stadium Dave Sisler baffled Kansas City batters on 5 hits en route to a 4-0 shutout.
"He was able to keep hitters off balance and got the ball down," said the Orioles skipper about his starter's performance.
Sisler had 4 strikeouts and 4 walks in the game.
This season Sisler has a 1-2 record with a 4.94 ERA in 4 starts.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 65-89, .422 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 34.0 GB | | Record at home | 38-39, .494 PCT | | Record on the road | 27-50, .351 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-10, .231 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 21-25, .457 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 18-24, .429 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 47-65, .420 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 11-16, .407 PCT | | Record in May | 12-17, .414 PCT | | Record in June | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in July | 11-17, .393 PCT | | Record in August | 9-20, .310 PCT | | Record in September | 8-7, .533 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .254 - 6th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .321 - 5th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .369 - 8th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .690 - 8th in AL | | Runs Scored | 634 - 7th in AL | | Hits | 1337 - 6th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 351 - 7th in AL | | Home Runs | 112 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 516 - 4th in AL | | Strikeouts | 712 - 5th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 8 - 7th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.10 - 5th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.83 - 5th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.96 - 7th in AL | | Runs allowed | 746 - 5th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1445 - 5th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .272 - 5th in AL | | BABIP | .291 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 133 - 4th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 463 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 670 - 5th in AL |
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