1957 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 74-79
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Johnny Pesky (74-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 133,913, Avg. 1,750
1957 Birmingham Barons RosterTeam Record: 74-79
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Johnny Pesky (74-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 133,913, Avg. 1,750
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.
The Barons plated 718 runs and allowed 732 runs.
Members of the 1957 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Coot Veal, James Atkins, Bill Wilson, Steve Demeter, Jim McManus, Bobo Osborne, Harry Byrd, Jim Stump, Walt Streuli, Bill Harrington, Jack Dittmer, Van Fletcher, Ed McGhee, Matt Batts, Tom Wright, Ken Walters, Hal Hudson, Karl Olson, Joe Tipton, Bud Black, Don Lee and Jerry Davie.
Johnny Pesky served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Atkins | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.86 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 192.0 | 173 | 67 | 61 | 20 | 44 | 2 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Stump | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.40 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 201.0 | 202 | 93 | 76 | 10 | 76 | 2 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jerry Davie | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.87 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 170.0 | 188 | 98 | 92 | 12 | 89 | 6 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Frank White | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.45 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 182.0 | 187 | 101 | 90 | 17 | 69 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Harry Nicholas | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.01 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 64 | 30 | 41 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Harrington | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.30 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 113.0 | 128 | 59 | 54 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Harry Byrd | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.08 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 65.0 | 52 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Van Remmen | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 73.0 | 75 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bud Black | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.70 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 46 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Duffy | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.95 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 89 | 64 | 55 | 10 | 73 | 0 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Harry Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Weiss | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Lewis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Cruze | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hal Hudson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Van Fletcher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Donovan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rowland Davies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Lee | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 79 | .484 | 4.04 | 305 | 141 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1232.0 | 1204 | 610 | 553 | 97 | 509 | 13 | 561 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McManus | 141 | 605 | 528 | 77 | 138 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 6 | 66 | 81 | .261 | .341 | .434 | .774 | 229 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Ken Walters | 138 | 554 | 491 | 80 | 135 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 77 | 4 | 39 | 63 | .275 | .333 | .466 | .800 | 229 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Steve Demeter | 126 | 521 | 478 | 63 | 128 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 79 | 1 | 30 | 73 | .268 | .315 | .437 | .752 | 209 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Dick Camilli | 117 | 466 | 427 | 49 | 115 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 26 | 36 | .269 | .310 | .405 | .715 | 173 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Coot Veal | 119 | 513 | 464 | 54 | 105 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 40 | 45 | .226 | .285 | .310 | .596 | 144 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Tom Wright | 127 | 439 | 358 | 60 | 92 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 69 | 39 | .257 | .382 | .374 | .756 | 134 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jack Dittmer | 75 | 302 | 272 | 47 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 23 | 13 | .309 | .361 | .562 | .924 | 153 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ed McGhee | 88 | 349 | 296 | 51 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 46 | 38 | .267 | .363 | .405 | .769 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bobo Osborne | 74 | 322 | 272 | 60 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 58 | 5 | 43 | 46 | .287 | .382 | .489 | .871 | 133 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Tipton | 92 | 313 | 267 | 32 | 58 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 36 | 40 | .217 | .318 | .330 | .648 | 88 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Matt Batts | 50 | 179 | 158 | 15 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .222 | .298 | .278 | .576 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sammy Miley | 35 | 125 | 112 | 22 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .304 | .368 | .393 | .761 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Karl Olson | 40 | 157 | 142 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 40 | .197 | .268 | .289 | .556 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Al Grandcolas | 32 | 148 | 120 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 22 | .217 | .336 | .325 | .661 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bill Wilson | 28 | 118 | 102 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .235 | .328 | .294 | .622 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Atkins | 66 | 100 | 84 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .214 | .302 | .214 | .516 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Ryan | 21 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .298 | .400 | .340 | .740 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Davie | 49 | 65 | 57 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .246 | .317 | .298 | .616 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Walt Streuli | 19 | 59 | 53 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .226 | .305 | .264 | .569 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank White | 29 | 68 | 58 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .207 | .270 | .224 | .494 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stump | 35 | 77 | 64 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .188 | .212 | .219 | .431 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Bill Harrington | 21 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .188 | .235 | .219 | .454 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Harry Nicholas | 41 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .192 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Van Remmen | 21 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .115 | .148 | .154 | .302 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Lee | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Futch | 7 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Lee | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal Hudson | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Lewis | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bud Black | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Duffy | 19 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .042 | .273 | .042 | .314 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Harry Gilbert | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rowland Davies | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Van Fletcher | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Donovan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Byrd | 10 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Weiss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Emil Karlik | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1683 | 5762 | 5048 | 705 | 1264 | 236 | 52 | 108 | 656 | 29 | 0 | 545 | 681 | .250 | .325 | .382 | .707 | 1928 | 103 | 35 | 82 | 52 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McManus | 1B | 138 | 1168 | 97 | 22 | 127 | .983 | 9.167 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | 1B | 13 | 111 | 8 | 1 | 9 | .992 | 9.154 | ||||
| Dick Camilli | 2B | 79 | 175 | 224 | 21 | 63 | .950 | 5.051 | ||||
| Jack Dittmer | 2B | 75 | 165 | 224 | 10 | 41 | .975 | 5.187 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 3B | 126 | 135 | 233 | 24 | 23 | .939 | 2.921 | ||||
| Dick Camilli | 3B | 22 | 29 | 41 | 2 | 4 | .972 | 3.182 | ||||
| Joe Tipton | C | 87 | 388 | 39 | 3 | 6 | .993 | 4.908 | 5 | |||
| Matt Batts | C | 45 | 205 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 4.800 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Ryan | C | 20 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 3.450 | 1 | |||
| Walt Streuli | C | 18 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2 | |||
| Ken Walters | OF | 127 | 239 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .980 | 1.961 | ||||
| Tom Wright | OF | 104 | 208 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 2.067 | ||||
| Ed McGhee | OF | 83 | 188 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.349 | ||||
| Bobo Osborne | OF | 61 | 101 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .948 | 1.803 | ||||
| Karl Olson | OF | 40 | 112 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .966 | 2.825 | ||||
| Sammy Miley | OF | 29 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 2.310 | ||||
| Bill Wilson | OF | 27 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.926 | ||||
| James Atkins | P | 45 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Harry Nicholas | P | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .225 | ||||
| Jerry Davie | P | 33 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 6 | .969 | 1.879 | ||||
| Jim Stump | P | 31 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .909 | .968 | ||||
| Frank White | P | 29 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.241 | ||||
| Bill Harrington | P | 21 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.190 | ||||
| Richard Duffy | P | 19 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.105 | ||||
| Tom Van Remmen | P | 17 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Van Fletcher | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ronnie Lee | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Harry Byrd | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bud Black | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Lewis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Weiss | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Hudson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Lee | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Gilbert | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Donovan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rowland Davies | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Thomas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Cruze | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Coot Veal | SS | 118 | 268 | 357 | 12 | 70 | .981 | 5.297 | ||||
| Al Grandcolas | SS | 24 | 52 | 75 | 5 | 20 | .962 | 5.292 | ||||
| Totals | 1541 | 3897 | 1554 | 142 | 388 | .975 | 3.537 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
