1957 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (68-86)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 45,184, Avg. 587
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League ended the 1957 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing fifth in the WL.
The Sky Sox scored 875 runs and surrendered 984 runs, most in the circuit.
Members of the 1957 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rudy Árias, Charlie Lindstrom and Bob Powell.
Ira Hutchinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Árias | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.76 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 158 | 85 | 72 | 14 | 77 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.72 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 145.0 | 158 | 76 | 60 | 11 | 61 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Garland Brill | 9 | 6 | .600 | 6.29 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 143.0 | 185 | 120 | 100 | 18 | 77 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Richard Atkinson | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.62 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 128.0 | 158 | 88 | 80 | 16 | 56 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Ramos | 8 | 15 | .348 | 5.33 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 189.0 | 239 | 133 | 112 | 17 | 75 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Powell | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.86 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 113.0 | 125 | 77 | 61 | 8 | 66 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Roger Howard | 4 | 6 | .400 | 7.11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 66 | 52 | 49 | 9 | 47 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Alvin Spearman | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.85 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 65.0 | 76 | 49 | 35 | 17 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Richards | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 60 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Schmidt | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.78 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 85 | 54 | 51 | 7 | 48 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Phillip Brown | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7.43 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 112 | 80 | 71 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Dan Severino | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.46 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 63 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Charles Rabung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Overin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Mrofka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ron Cooper | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Stephens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lowe | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 82 | .446 | 5.46 | 324 | 144 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1236.0 | 1485 | 889 | 750 | 143 | 657 | 0 | 845 | 29 | 2 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Sheets | 143 | 614 | 535 | 103 | 167 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 109 | 1 | 60 | 36 | .312 | .381 | .486 | .867 | 260 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Barney Elser | 127 | 603 | 539 | 83 | 166 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 48 | 37 | .308 | .365 | .391 | .756 | 211 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Frank Walenga | 145 | 629 | 523 | 101 | 162 | 26 | 2 | 22 | 100 | 2 | 90 | 64 | .310 | .418 | .493 | .911 | 258 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Cooper | 120 | 500 | 425 | 69 | 129 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 77 | 3 | 58 | 77 | .304 | .389 | .466 | .855 | 198 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Lee Bohlender | 94 | 381 | 317 | 66 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 8 | 57 | 58 | .268 | .377 | .457 | .835 | 145 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Richard Means | 19 | 410 | 333 | 69 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 7 | 63 | 55 | .255 | .386 | .438 | .825 | 146 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Charley Schaffernoth | 91 | 363 | 310 | 31 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 46 | 60 | .271 | .366 | .371 | .737 | 115 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| William Stephens | 87 | 340 | 292 | 46 | 82 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 2 | 42 | 45 | .281 | .370 | .418 | .788 | 122 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bob Powell | 131 | 214 | 189 | 39 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 43 | .307 | .376 | .534 | .910 | 101 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Brissette | 44 | 197 | 174 | 32 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 10 | .310 | .372 | .408 | .780 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Don Bacon | 50 | 226 | 175 | 27 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 19 | .257 | .387 | .383 | .770 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Charlie Lindstrom | 68 | 249 | 198 | 26 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 45 | 43 | .222 | .367 | .328 | .696 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Al Stringer | 47 | 172 | 146 | 19 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 24 | .288 | .384 | .425 | .808 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Patton | 144 | 104 | 81 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 2 | .247 | .408 | .346 | .753 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Árias | 58 | 78 | 61 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .295 | .434 | .459 | .893 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 40 | 71 | 58 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .190 | .319 | .293 | .612 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Herbie Gilbert | 22 | 76 | 59 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .169 | .355 | .254 | .610 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Ramos | 43 | 71 | 63 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .159 | .182 | .159 | .341 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Garland Brill | 42 | 57 | 45 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .178 | .288 | .333 | .622 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Spearman | 14 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .304 | .393 | .348 | .741 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger Howard | 12 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .261 | .370 | .304 | .675 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 18 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .208 | .240 | .292 | .532 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Brown | 26 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .167 | .194 | .167 | .360 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Richards | 147 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .200 | .360 | .200 | .560 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dan Severino | 7 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Heihs | 14 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .158 | .273 | .158 | .431 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Atkinson | 24 | 54 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .045 | .143 | .045 | .188 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Henry Overin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Lowe | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Mrofka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1784 | 5598 | 4729 | 791 | 1316 | 231 | 26 | 125 | 734 | 40 | 0 | 701 | 728 | .278 | .373 | .417 | .791 | 1974 | 124 | 50 | 63 | 55 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Walenga | 1B | 123 | 1013 | 77 | 12 | 104 | .989 | 8.862 | ||||
| Dick Patton | 1B | 22 | 193 | 15 | 6 | 18 | .972 | 9.455 | ||||
| Eugene Sheets | 1B | 12 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| Barney Elser | 2B | 127 | 310 | 390 | 24 | 85 | .967 | 5.512 | ||||
| Paul Brissette | 2B | 27 | 72 | 79 | 11 | 21 | .932 | 5.593 | ||||
| Eugene Sheets | 3B | 58 | 40 | 100 | 14 | 10 | .909 | 2.414 | ||||
| Al Stringer | 3B | 51 | 45 | 97 | 11 | 9 | .928 | 2.784 | ||||
| William Stephens | 3B | 20 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 3.050 | ||||
| Herbie Gilbert | 3B | 18 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .960 | 2.667 | ||||
| Paul Brissette | 3B | 17 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .825 | 1.941 | ||||
| Charley Schaffernoth | C | 88 | 543 | 28 | 11 | 3 | .981 | 6.489 | 14 | |||
| Charlie Lindstrom | C | 62 | 389 | 39 | 12 | 7 | .973 | 6.903 | 17 | |||
| Ron Cooper | OF | 113 | 166 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .941 | 1.558 | ||||
| Richard Means | OF | 91 | 191 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 2.253 | ||||
| Lee Bohlender | OF | 91 | 176 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 2.066 | ||||
| Eugene Sheets | OF | 80 | 100 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .922 | 1.325 | ||||
| Bob Powell | OF | 42 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Frank Walenga | OF | 19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.053 | ||||
| Rudy Árias | P | 53 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .566 | ||||
| Rich Ramos | P | 43 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .941 | 1.116 | ||||
| Garland Brill | P | 42 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .881 | ||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | P | 30 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Powell | P | 28 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.179 | ||||
| Phillip Brown | P | 25 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .840 | ||||
| Richard Atkinson | P | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.042 | ||||
| Thomas Schmidt | P | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Roger Howard | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Alvin Spearman | P | 11 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 2.273 | ||||
| Thomas Richards | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Dan Severino | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Lowe | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Cooper | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Stephens | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Rabung | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Overin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Mrofka | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Stephens | SS | 63 | 107 | 188 | 27 | 41 | .916 | 4.683 | ||||
| Don Bacon | SS | 50 | 95 | 159 | 21 | 37 | .924 | 5.080 | ||||
| Al Stringer | SS | 45 | 79 | 125 | 7 | 24 | .967 | 4.533 | ||||
| Totals | 1543 | 3800 | 1679 | 221 | 388 | .961 | 3.551 | 31 | 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.
