1957 Baltimore Orioles season
1957 Baltimore Orioles | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Memorial Stadium | |
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Record | 76–76 (.500) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart | |
General managers | Paul Richards | |
Managers | Paul Richards | |
Television | WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV | |
Radio | WCBM (Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal, Larry Ray) | |
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The 1957 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses.
Offseason
[edit]- February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased by the Orioles from the Detroit Tigers.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 48–29 | 50–27 |
Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 45–32 | 45–32 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 44–33 | 38–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | .500 | 21 | 42–33 | 34–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40–37 | 36–40 |
Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | .386 | 38½ | 37–40 | 22–54 |
Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | .357 | 43 | 28–49 | 27–50 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 16–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–9 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 | |||||
Kansas City | 5–16–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 3–19 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 19–3 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 24, 1957: Jack Fisher was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.[2]
- September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
- September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gus Triandos | 129 | 418 | 106 | .254 | 19 | 72 |
1B | Bob Boyd | 141 | 485 | 154 | .318 | 4 | 34 |
2B | Billy Gardner | 154 | 644 | 169 | .262 | 6 | 55 |
SS | Willy Miranda | 115 | 314 | 61 | .194 | 0 | 20 |
3B | George Kell | 99 | 310 | 92 | .297 | 9 | 44 |
LF | Bob Nieman | 129 | 445 | 123 | .276 | 13 | 70 |
CF | Jim Busby | 86 | 288 | 72 | .250 | 3 | 19 |
RF | Al Pilarcik | 142 | 407 | 113 | .278 | 9 | 49 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Tito Francona | 97 | 274 | 65 | .233 | 7 | 38 |
Billy Goodman | 73 | 263 | 81 | .308 | 3 | 33 |
Joe Ginsberg | 85 | 175 | 48 | .274 | 1 | 18 |
Dick Williams | 47 | 167 | 39 | .234 | 1 | 17 |
Joe Durham | 77 | 157 | 29 | .185 | 4 | 17 |
Jim Brideweser | 91 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 1 | 18 |
Brooks Robinson | 50 | 117 | 28 | .239 | 2 | 14 |
Bob Hale | 42 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 7 |
Carl Powis | 15 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Pyburn | 35 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 1 | 2 |
Lenny Green | 19 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 1 | 5 |
Tex Nelson | 15 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 5 |
Buddy Peterson | 7 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Zupo | 10 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Causey | 14 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Robinson | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Patton | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Miksis | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Connie Johnson | 35 | 242.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.20 | 177 |
Ray Moore | 34 | 227.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.72 | 117 |
Hal Brown | 25 | 150.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.90 | 62 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Billy Loes | 31 | 155.1 | 12 | 7 | 3.24 | 86 |
Billy O'Dell | 35 | 140.1 | 4 | 10 | 2.69 | 97 |
Bill Wight | 27 | 121.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.64 | 50 |
Art Ceccarelli | 20 | 58.0 | 0 | 5 | 4.50 | 30 |
Mike Fornieles | 15 | 57.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.26 | 43 |
Jerry Walker | 13 | 27.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.93 | 13 |
Don Ferrarese | 8 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.74 | 13 |
Charlie Beamon | 4 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 5 |
Art Houtteman | 5 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 17.55 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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George Zuverink | 56 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2.48 | 36 |
Ken Lehman | 30 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2.78 | 32 |
Sandy Consuegra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.80 | 0 |
Milt Pappas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 3 |
Dizzy Trout | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jim Brideweser at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference
References
[edit]- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1957 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
- 1957 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com