The Living Kansas City Athletics

[Calif_Eagle]

Former Kansas City Athletics catcher/infielder Hal Smith has passed away.

Smith is another former World Series hero (not for the KC A's of course) when he hit a huge 3 run home run in the 7th game of the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...mithha08.shtml

The list at post #33 is updated.

[Calif_Eagle]

Former Kansas City Athletics pitcher Don Larsen has passed away on New Years Day, 2020 per Sportscenter on ESPN.

Larsen was most famous/known for his 1956 World Series perfect game for the Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The List at post # 33 is updated.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...arsedo01.shtml

[Calif_Eagle]

Former Kansas City Athletics 3rd baseman Weldon Bowlin has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...owliwe01.shtml

List at Post # 33 is updated

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Former Kansas City Athletics infielder Bob Johnson has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ohnsbo02.shtml

List at Post # 33 is updated

[Calif_Eagle]

Former Kansas City Athletics 1B-Outfielder Irv Noren has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...orenir01.shtml

The list at post # 33 has been updated.

[Calif_Eagle]

Bobby Del Greco, former Kansas City Athletics outfielder has passed away on 10-13-19 per Baseball Reference. List at Post #33 is updated.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...elgrbo01.shtml

[Calif_Eagle]

Of the 291 players who wore a Kansas City Athletics uniform, there are 115 living, as of 1-14-2020.

The ages are NOT accurate since Cowtipper has left this site.

. I wont be maintaining them, if someone else wants to, feel free.

Eddie Robinson, 95

Tim Thompson, 91

Bobby Shantz, 90

Wayne Terwilliger, 90

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Johnny Groth, 89

Cloyd Boyer, 88

Bill Harrington, 88

Tom Lasorda, 88

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Billy Hunter, 87

Bill Wilson, 87

Art Ditmar, 86

Hank Foiles, 86

Ray Herbert, 86

.

Pete Daley, 85

Hector Lopez, 86

Joe Pignatano, 86

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Mike Baxes, 85

Dick Hall, 85

Joe Morgan, 85

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Dick Tomanek, 85

Chuck Essegian, 84

Whitey Herzog, 84

Bobby Prescott, 84

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Bud Daley, 83

Carl Duser, 83

Marty Kutyna, 83

Eric MacKenzie, 83

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Jack McMahan, 83

Hal Raether, 83

Lou Skizas, 83

Ozzie Virgil, 83

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John Briggs, 81

Rocky Colavito, 82

Bill Kern, 82

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Orlando Pena, 82

Gordie Windhorn, 82

Jim Gentile, 81

Russ Snyder, 81

Wes Stock, 81

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Bob Duliba, 81

Ted Bowsfield, 80

Ken Hamlin, 80

Jay Hankins, 80

Ralph Terry, 80

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Dave Wickersham, 80

Tom Carroll, 79

Wayne Causey, 79

Evans Killeen, 79

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Jim McManus, 79

Dan Pfister, 79

Leo Posada, 79

Rollie Sheldon, 79

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Diego Segui, 78

Jim Small, 78

Dave Thies, 78

Billy Bryan, 77

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Jim Dickson, 77

Alex George, 77

Guido Grilli, 77

Tim Talton, 77

Jose Tartabull, 77

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Dale Willis, 77

Norm Bass, 76

Joe Azcue, 76

Jim Duckworth, 76

Jesse Hickman, 76
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Lou Klimchock, 76

Bob Meyer, 76

John O'Donoghue, 76

Jerry Walker, 76

Jack Aker, 75

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Danny Cater, 75

Ossie Chavarria, 75

Joe Nossek, 75

Roger Repoz, 75

Jose Santiago, 75

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Frank Cipriani, 74

Bill Edgerton, 74

Dick Green, 74

Ken Harrelson, 74

Allan Lewis, 74

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Nelson Mathews, 74

Tommie Reynolds, 74

Phil Roof, 74

Ken Sanders, 74

Larry Stahl, 74

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Rupe Toppin, 74

Bert Campaneris, 73

Jim Gosger, 73

Ted Kubiak, 73

Bill Landis, 73

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Fred Norman, 73

Ron Stone, 73

Ramon Webster, 73

John Wojcik, 73

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Chuck Dobson, 72

John Donaldson, 72

Lew Krausse, 72

Ken Suarez, 72

Sal Bando, 71

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Tom Harrison, 71

Tony La Russa, 71

Randy Schwartz, 71

Ron Tompkins, 71

Gil Blanco, 70
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Dave Duncan, 70

Rene Lachemann, 70

Rick Monday, 70

Jim Nash, 70

Blue Moon Odom, 70

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John Sanders, 70

Don Buschhorn, 69

Reggie Jackson, 69

Skip Lockwood, 69

Joe Rudi, 69

George Lauzerique, 68

This list is updated as of today,1-14-2020 and will now supersede all previous lists on this thread.

[Calif_Eagle]

Former Kansas City Athletics pitcher Jim Archer has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rcheji02.shtml

List at Post # 18 is updated

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Former Kansas City Athletics pitcher Don Mossi has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ossido01.shtml

List at Post # 18 is updated

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Former Kansas City Athletics pitcher Joe Grzenda has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rzenjo01.shtml

List at Post #18 is updated.

[Calif_Eagle]

Former Kansas City A's outfielder Gene Stephens has passed away per Baseball Ref.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...tephge01.shtml

List at Post # 18 has been updated.

[philliesfiend55]

1955 Kansas City Athletic, Jerry Schypinski passed away on March 25, 2019 at the age of 87. 1955 was Schypinski's only year in the major leagues.

[Calif_Eagle]

Jack Crimian, former Kansas City A's pitcher has passed away per info posted here by Philliesfiend55 and on Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rimija01.shtml

[Calif_Eagle]

Pete Lovrich, former Kansas City Athletics pitcher, has passed away per Baseball Reference.com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...lovripe01.shtm

[Calif_Eagle]

Bob Giggie, former Kansas City Athletics pitcher, has passed away per Baseball Reference,com

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...iggibo01.shtml