1957 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 79-47
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (79-47)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 83,233, Avg. 1,321
1957 Billings Mustangs Roster

Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Salt Lake City Bees 2

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1957 season with a record of 79 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Mustangs topped the league with just 643 runs allowed. Billings scored 784 runs.

Players from the 1957 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Sadowski, Mel Nelson, Ed Lyons, Don Choate, Duke Carmel and Chris Cannizzaro.

Eddie Lyons served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Don Choate198.7043.113932204240.0227108837120174505
Ernest Evans169.6402.953431185232.021211876211011506112
Dennis Huelfer125.7063.5037510121.0130794777976508
Robert Greer118.5793.973526122186.01339982111571873112
Richard Hicks52.7145.07885055.055393143842201
Howard Peterson53.6254.651174062.087443221842203
Ted Burgess53.6255.403210075.074614545047603
Mel Nelson43.5714.331173152.051352533352104
Norman Frye22.5005.44872043.046302612823002
Ed Lyons0020.0
Roberto Vea0010.0
Chris Cannizzaro0020.0
Bob White0010.0
Vincent Kilpela04.00040.0
Totals7947.6273.772251240651201066.01015613447606240793302500

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
Roberto Vea126584527901723321711644150.326.378.493.871260727
Duke Carmel126569454118147211229121610492.324.446.6151.061279227
Lyle Krall1165564698813320426037360.284.378.356.734167266
Bob Sadowski101466394951192013156466148.302.396.533.929210344
Bob White74328282388315144813854.294.375.397.773112134
Gerald Cooper110426334538110314077823.243.392.299.692100734
Ronald Schmitt74304261407016164223745.268.357.406.763106042
Mel Nelson682822394867137114543861.280.379.531.910127122
Tom McDevitt62285221486213013135538.281.421.353.77478153
Ed Lyons69263215315412153514117.251.378.386.76483412
Eduardo Escalante4620414834489012524420.324.470.405.87560246
Chris Cannizzaro4616313418323132212731.239.362.343.70546002
Don Choate471241131521710111626.186.233.265.49930140
James Ledoux3112510015184011432441.180.344.250.59425100
Richard Hicks1847428133027036.310.348.524.87222011
Dennis Huelfer41544871321150516.271.333.417.75020001
Ernest Evans369782111320046838.159.233.183.41615070
Paul McGuire826266.231.231.231.4626
Robert Greer3776696511000632.072.147.116.2638010
Jose Echeverria714144.286.286.286.5714
Ted Burgess3534294420070320.138.242.207.4496110
James Hamilton814143.214.214.214.4293
Norman Frye919193.158.158.158.3163
Howard Peterson1127222201020412.091.231.182.4134010
Vincent Kilpela4660.000.000.000.0000
Ronnie George2440.000.000.000.0000
Totals13125097426676911732064999699500696730.275.377.416.793177403351510


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Bob White1B7461348872.9888.932
Eduardo Escalante1B4636816741.9828.348
Ed Lyons2B60121140942.9674.350
Tom McDevitt2B49961211833.9234.429
James Ledoux2B2874591223.9174.750
Bob Sadowski3B92781932821.9062.946
Tom McDevitt3B1071232.8641.900
Gerald CooperC956154979.9906.9899
Chris CannizzaroC422481979.9746.35711
Duke CarmelOF12127518116.9642.421
Roberto VeaOF11915615112.9401.437
Ronald SchmittOF73119661.9541.712
Mel NelsonOF5795631.9711.772
Don ChoateP39134744.9381.538
Dennis HuelferP37102441.895.919
Robert GreerP35416011.000.571
Ernest EvansP34125566.9181.971
Ted BurgessP3251732.880.688
Howard PetersonP116810.9331.273
Mel NelsonP113820.8461.000
Richard HicksP8.000
Norman FryeP8.000
Vincent KilpelaP4.000
Ed LyonsP2.000
Chris CannizzaroP2.000
Bob WhiteP1.000
Roberto VeaP1.000
Lyle KrallSS1162123734185.9355.043
Totals120731301250191361.9583.6292000

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.





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