1957 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-92
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: Lou Stringer (0-0), Hersh Martin (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 79,965, Avg. 1,052

1957 Des Moines Bruins Roster

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1957 season with a record of 60 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.

The Bruins scored 750 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 847 runs.

Chris Kitsos, Jim Snyder, Joe Schaffernoth, Hersh Martin, Footer Johnson, John Buzhardt, Freddie Burdette, Dave Cole, Gordon Massa, Lou Stringer, Dave Stenhouse, Jim Dunn, John Goetz, George Piktuzis, Dave Gerard, Dick Bertell and Marino Pieretti were all players from the 1957 Des Moines Bruins who played in the Majors during their careers.

Lou Stringer and Hersh Martin 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
Dave Stenhouse	12	13	.480	3.54	35	27		11	1		201.0	171	96	79	8	121		184	7	1	16
George Piktuzis	9	9	.500	3.55	25	14		9	2		114.0	98	55	45	6	89		108	1	0	5
Joe Schaffernoth	9	12	.429	5.39	30	21		7	1		152.0	172	102	91	11	109		113	0	0	13
Freddie Burdette	8	9	.471	4.98	27	17		7	0		141.0	174	93	78	16	56		69	1	0	4
Dave Gerard	5	9	.357	5.71	34	22		3	1		134.0	139	94	85	6	101		80	5	0	11
John Buzhardt	4	5	.444	3.91	13	9		4	0		76.0	72	39	33	7	31		69	0	0	1
Darrell Martin	4	7	.364	6.07	21	11		3	1		83.0	104	72	56	8	50		35	3	0	5
Fred Dupree	4	9	.308	4.90	45	13		4	0		169.0	198	114	92	19	66		78	6	0	8
Gerald Sheehan	1	0	1.000	3.00	14	2		1	0		51.0	56	22	17	3	24		18	1	0	4
Jim Dunn	1	1	.500		2						0.0									0
Russell Wingo	1	1	.500		15						0.0									0
Marino Pieretti	1	4	.200	3.89	6	5		2	0		37.0	37	20	16	2	13		27	2	0	1
John Rieder	1	5	.167	7.06	22	3		1	0		51.0	66	45	40	9	30		22	5	0	1
Dave Cole					3						0.0
Fred Caviness	0	0			1						0.0									0
John Goetz	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Don Lauters	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Bill Griffin	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Pete Spasoff	0	2	.000		8						0.0									0
Ernest Johnson	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	60	92	.395	4.70	314	144	0	52	6	0	1209.0	1287	752	632	95	690	0	803	31	1	69	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
Ernest Johnson	147	647	590	89	177	23	7	9	68	6		36	76	.300	.339	.408	.747	241	9	2	12	7
Robert Pascal	27	631	499	107	170	35	1	18	115	5		128	70	.341	.475	.523	.998	261	20	1	1	2
Emil Syngel	129	558	477	74	151	20	7	8	78	6		76	57	.317	.408	.438	.846	209	8	0	1	4
Footer Johnson	86	362	318	54	108	13	4	0	34	5		36	17	.340	.403	.406	.809	129	7	0	5	3
Chris Kitsos	108	489	400	77	102	25	4	9	42	3		81	70	.255	.383	.405	.788	162	4	3	3	2
Lou Stringer	95	412	358	62	101	21	2	1	32	0		46	45	.282	.362	.360	.722	129	16	0	6	2
Gerald Sheehan	125	420	366	49	89	16	2	11	60	0		45	101	.243	.329	.388	.717	142	9	3	3	3
Jim Snyder	86	372	296	38	79	11	1	0	28	4		58	52	.267	.396	.311	.707	92	7	8	6	4
Lee Handley	56	226	190	44	60	6	2	4	27	1		31	21	.316	.420	.432	.851	82	6	3	2	0
Dick Bertell	73	254	227	27	58	5	1	3	32	2		25	31	.256	.327	.326	.653	74	9	0	0	2
Fred Caviness	62	246	216	25	47	11	0	2	22	1		24	47	.218	.300	.296	.597	64	1	2	3	1
William Maley	43	156	136	12	43	9	1	1	23	0		18	20	.316	.404	.419	.823	57	1	2	0	0
Don Lauters	53	213	174	23	40	7	0	0	12	2		33	32	.230	.356	.270	.626	47	3	1	5	0
Samuel Mauney	53	136	118	11	30	5	1	0	15	0		14	8	.254	.341	.314	.654	37	7	2	1	1
Melvin Geho	44	169	143	15	27	7	2	0	13	0		23	31	.189	.304	.266	.569	38	1	1	1	1
Gordon Massa	826	153	128	9	26	3	0	0	12	0		24	34	.203	.333	.227	.560	29	2	1	0	0
Russ Gragg	29	120	98	19	22	2	2	0	13	4		19	11	.224	.347	.286	.633	28	1	0	2	1
Dave Stenhouse	37	81	76	8	16	0	0	0	5	0		2	11	.211	.231	.211	.441	16	3	0	3	0
Joe Schaffernoth	32	66	64	4	14	4	0	1	10	0		0	17	.219	.215	.328	.544	21	0	0	1	1
Giles Setzer	16	44	37	4	10	2	0	0	3	0		6	7	.270	.372	.324	.696	12	0	0	1	0
Fred Dupree	48	59	54	7	10	2	2	0	2	0		5	22	.185	.254	.296	.551	16	0	0	0	0
George Piktuzis	25	50	45	3	9	0	0	0	3	0		5	15	.200	.280	.200	.480	9	1	0	0	0
Freddie Burdette	29	57	55	4	8	1	1	0	2	0		0	16	.145	.143	.200	.343	11	0	0	1	1
Ed Conine	7	26	26		7									.269	.269	.269	.538	7
Gene Dziadura	11	42	33	6	6	0	0	0	1	0		8	9	.182	.341	.182	.523	6	0	0	1	0
Dave Gerard	35	50	46	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		4	21	.130	.200	.152	.352	7	1	0	0	0
Carroll Gholson	7	15	15		5									.333	.333	.333	.667	5
John Buzhardt	14	31	28	4	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	12	.143	.200	.143	.343	4	0	0	1	0
Darrell Martin	21	30	30	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	11	.133	.133	.167	.300	5	1	0	0	0
Bill Griffin	4	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Jim Dunn	2	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Russell Wingo	15	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0
Hersh Martin	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Pete Spasoff	8	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Marino Pieretti	7	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
John Rieder	22	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.000	.062	.000	.062	0	1	0	0	0
Dock Conners	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	2387	6165	5292	784	1438	230	40	67	657	39	0	750	873	.272	.363	.368	.731	1949	118	29	59	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Pascal	1B	144	1165	63	21	133	.983	8.528
Jim Snyder	2B	85	202	231	19	68	.958	5.094
Lou Stringer	2B	42	94	98	7	29	.965	4.571
Gerald Sheehan	2B	21	42	50	7	13	.929	4.381
Chris Kitsos	2B	10	23	30	0	6	1.000	5.300
Emil Syngel	3B	71	70	134	14	15	.936	2.873
Don Lauters	3B	45	42	82	6	10	.954	2.756
Gerald Sheehan	3B	30	33	47	12	8	.870	2.667
Dick Bertell	C	63	400	37	10	1	.978	6.937	14
Gordon Massa	C	38	178	20	1	4	.995	5.211	9
Samuel Mauney	C	35	190	24	5	2	.977	6.114	10
William Maley	C	30	149	16	10	3	.943	5.500	2
Ernest Johnson	OF	141	287	19	19	1	.942	2.170
Footer Johnson	OF	81	136	9	4	0	.973	1.790
Fred Caviness	OF	59	102	4	4	0	.964	1.797
Emil Syngel	OF	57	138	5	3	2	.979	2.509
Lee Handley	OF	53	94	8	3	1	.971	1.925
Gerald Sheehan	OF	40	72	2	2	2	.974	1.850
Russ Gragg	OF	27	57	3	2	0	.968	2.222
Fred Dupree	P	45	2	22	2	2	.923	.533
Dave Stenhouse	P	35	10	36	3	4	.939	1.314
Dave Gerard	P	34	4	31	0	2	1.000	1.029
Joe Schaffernoth	P	30	2	17	1	0	.950	.633
Freddie Burdette	P	27	5	26	2	1	.939	1.148
George Piktuzis	P	25	2	27	4	4	.879	1.160
John Rieder	P	22	3	12	1	1	.938	.682
Darrell Martin	P	21	2	23	3	0	.893	1.190
Russell Wingo	P	15	3	1	0	0	1.000	.267
Gerald Sheehan	P	14	1	7	1	0	.889	.571
John Buzhardt	P	13	2	15	0	2	1.000	1.308
Pete Spasoff	P	8						.000
Marino Pieretti	P	6						.000
Ernest Johnson	P	5						.000
Bill Griffin	P	4						.000
Dave Cole	P	3						.000
Don Lauters	P	2						.000
John Goetz	P	2						.000
Jim Dunn	P	2						.000
Fred Caviness	P	1						.000
Chris Kitsos	SS	93	166	254	22	59	.950	4.516
Melvin Geho	SS	42	55	118	16	25	.915	4.119
Gene Dziadura	SS	11	16	26	5	6	.894	3.818
Don Lauters	SS	10	15	18	6	5	.846	3.300
Totals		1542	3762	1515	215	409	.961	3.422	35	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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