1957 Columbus Red Birds Statistics
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Frank Oceak (69-85)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 180,418, Avg. 2,343
The Columbus Red Birds of the International League ended the 1957 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Red Birds plated 627 runs and surrendered 674 runs, most in the league.
Players from the 1957 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Russ Sullivan, R C Stevens, John Powers, Hardy Peterson, George O'Donnell, Eddie O'Brien, Cholly Naranjo, Román Mejías, Johnny Lipon, Bob Kuzava, Danny Kravitz, Al Jackson, Cal Hogue, Gail Henley, Dick Hall, Al Grunwald, Howie Goss, Whammy Douglas, Lino Donoso, Joe Christopher, Moe Burtschy, Ron Blackburn, Tony Bartirome, Dick Barone and Joe Altobelli.
Frank Oceak 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whammy Douglas | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.71 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 133.0 | 104 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 59 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
George O'Donnell | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.92 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 114.0 | 113 | 38 | 37 | 6 | 32 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Ron Blackburn | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.30 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 199.0 | 209 | 104 | 95 | 20 | 61 | 101 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Bob Kuzava | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.41 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 95.0 | 80 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Cholly Naranjo | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.95 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 180.0 | 181 | 95 | 79 | 15 | 85 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Don Kildoo | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.19 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 144.0 | 153 | 74 | 67 | 8 | 66 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Moe Burtschy | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.25 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 105 | 59 | 52 | 10 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Dick Hall | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.15 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 91.0 | 84 | 47 | 42 | 16 | 32 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Al Grunwald | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.00 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eddie O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.97 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Brown | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.89 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 35.0 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 37 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Lino Donoso | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.74 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Bob Anderton | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.02 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 53 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Roger Sawyer | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Deward Williams | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Cal Hogue | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Les Phillips | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Don Dangleis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Ronald Sheetz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Al Jackson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 69 | 85 | .448 | 3.93 | 320 | 149 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 1253.0 | 1205 | 613 | 547 | 113 | 543 | 0 | 683 | 42 | 3 | 24 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Powers | 127 | 537 | 476 | 73 | 140 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 95 | 3 | 45 | 78 | .294 | .365 | .557 | .922 | 265 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |||
Johnny Lipon | 135 | 548 | 485 | 47 | 135 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 46 | 31 | .278 | .338 | .365 | .703 | 177 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
Howie Goss | 131 | 464 | 427 | 53 | 110 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 67 | 2 | 28 | 90 | .258 | .302 | .440 | .742 | 188 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
Ken Toothman | 130 | 474 | 403 | 71 | 97 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 6 | 58 | 53 | .241 | .340 | .385 | .725 | 155 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
Gail Henley | 126 | 439 | 383 | 58 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 3 | 48 | 66 | .232 | .323 | .376 | .699 | 144 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
Eddie O'Brien | 87 | 350 | 319 | 48 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 20 | .276 | .326 | .357 | .683 | 114 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
Danny Kravitz | 107 | 366 | 345 | 30 | 86 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 38 | .249 | .281 | .359 | .640 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
James Rice | 99 | 348 | 293 | 43 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 50 | 36 | .266 | .373 | .348 | .721 | 102 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
R C Stevens | 59 | 230 | 197 | 21 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 43 | .294 | .384 | .513 | .897 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Dick Barone | 95 | 355 | 314 | 39 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 35 | 42 | .182 | .269 | .252 | .521 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Román MejÃas | 28 | 117 | 110 | 15 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .318 | .350 | .527 | .878 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Hardy Peterson | 47 | 164 | 148 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 21 | .176 | .241 | .264 | .504 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
Tony Bartirome | 29 | 97 | 85 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | .247 | .333 | .318 | .651 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Al Grunwald | 40 | 108 | 100 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .200 | .259 | .330 | .589 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Altobelli | 22 | 86 | 77 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .234 | .314 | .403 | .717 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Marcos Cobos | 15 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .260 | .315 | .300 | .615 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ron Blackburn | 40 | 76 | 70 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .171 | .227 | .214 | .441 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Bill Onuska | 14 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .278 | .350 | .361 | .711 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Hall | 29 | 74 | 72 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .139 | .151 | .181 | .331 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Cholly Naranjo | 36 | 66 | 61 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .131 | .185 | .131 | .316 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
George O'Donnell | 32 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .212 | .235 | .212 | .447 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Bob Kuzava | 20 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .152 | .200 | .152 | .352 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Whammy Douglas | 26 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .106 | .125 | .106 | .231 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Reginaldo Grenald | 9 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Don Kildoo | 37 | 51 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .082 | .118 | .082 | .199 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Brown | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Al Jackson | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Moe Burtschy | 44 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Cal Hogue | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Roger Sawyer | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Joe Christopher | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Lino Donoso | 11 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Don Dangleis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Les Phillips | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ronald Sheetz | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Anderton | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Deward Williams | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1636 | 5271 | 4715 | 569 | 1147 | 182 | 41 | 109 | 538 | 30 | 0 | 444 | 717 | .243 | .311 | .369 | .680 | 1738 | 0 | 32 | 54 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R C Stevens | 1B | 59 | 473 | 54 | 5 | 54 | .991 | 8.932 | ||||
Tony Bartirome | 1B | 27 | 201 | 15 | 2 | 18 | .991 | 8.000 | ||||
Al Grunwald | 1B | 23 | 188 | 16 | 7 | 23 | .967 | 8.870 | ||||
Joe Altobelli | 1B | 22 | 176 | 20 | 3 | 21 | .985 | 8.909 | ||||
Johnny Lipon | 1B | 15 | 107 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 7.800 | ||||
John Powers | 1B | 10 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.600 | ||||
Ken Toothman | 2B | 110 | 273 | 310 | 16 | 69 | .973 | 5.300 | ||||
James Rice | 2B | 49 | 117 | 143 | 6 | 32 | .977 | 5.306 | ||||
Johnny Lipon | 3B | 100 | 79 | 190 | 5 | 20 | .982 | 2.690 | ||||
James Rice | 3B | 38 | 30 | 68 | 10 | 5 | .907 | 2.579 | ||||
Dick Barone | 3B | 19 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 2.000 | ||||
Danny Kravitz | C | 95 | 443 | 41 | 7 | 8 | .986 | 5.095 | 6 | |||
Hardy Peterson | C | 41 | 225 | 21 | 3 | 7 | .988 | 6.000 | 3 | |||
Marcos Cobos | C | 15 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 4.200 | 1 | |||
Bill Onuska | C | 11 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 5.545 | 4 | |||
Howie Goss | OF | 122 | 285 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .976 | 2.377 | ||||
John Powers | OF | 117 | 259 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 2.274 | ||||
Gail Henley | OF | 113 | 198 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 1.867 | ||||
Román MejÃas | OF | 28 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | ||||
Moe Burtschy | P | 44 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .341 | ||||
Don Kildoo | P | 36 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .943 | .917 | ||||
Cholly Naranjo | P | 33 | 20 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .940 | 1.909 | ||||
Ron Blackburn | P | 33 | 22 | 41 | 1 | 4 | .984 | 1.909 | ||||
George O'Donnell | P | 32 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 1.531 | ||||
Whammy Douglas | P | 26 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .538 | ||||
Bob Kuzava | P | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Dick Hall | P | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
Al Grunwald | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .643 | ||||
Bob Anderton | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
Lino Donoso | P | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
Eddie O'Brien | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Brown | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Deward Williams | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Roger Sawyer | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Les Phillips | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Al Jackson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Ronald Sheetz | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Cal Hogue | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Dangleis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Eddie O'Brien | SS | 71 | 133 | 178 | 14 | 48 | .957 | 4.380 | ||||
Dick Barone | SS | 67 | 121 | 156 | 18 | 46 | .939 | 4.134 | ||||
Johnny Lipon | SS | 21 | 38 | 57 | 0 | 21 | 1.000 | 4.524 | ||||
Totals | 1493 | 3689 | 1565 | 132 | 418 | .975 | 3.519 | 14 | 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.
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