1957 Erie Sailors Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-47
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Chuck Kress (70-47)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 54,923, Avg. 939

1957 Erie Sailors Roster

Playoffs - Erie Sailors 2 games, Corning Red Sox 1
Finals - Erie Sailors 3 games, Batavia Indians 1

The Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1957 season with a record of 70 wins and 47 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.

The Sailors scored 703 runs and allowed 591 runs.

Players from the 1957 Erie Sailors who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Buck Rodgers, Jake Wood, Chuck Kress and Dick McAuliffe.

Chuck Kress 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
Paul Gatza	11	5	.688	3.90	26	20		11	2		164.0	168	88	71	12	76		85	8	1	6
Bill Frentz	9	3	.750	2.64	19	11		5	2		99.0	107	53	29	2	34		46	0	0	2
Donald Bridges	9	6	.600	3.12	27	13		9	1		130.0	127	73	45	10	57		65	2	0	2
Thomas Trammel	9	9	.500	4.63	30	18		8	0		138.0	129	91	71	9	94		101	5	2	7
Jere Barto	8	2	.800	3.64	24	17		7	1		136.0	103	76	55	3	105		141	6	0	12
Fred Swertfager	8	5	.615	4.00	25	12		5	1		90.0	97	57	40	2	60		63	1	0	3
Clifford Adams	7	5	.583	3.42	24	13		6	2		121.0	131	52	46	8	32		68	4	0	0
Alfred Henningham	2	2	.500		6						0.0
Dale Bruns	2	3	.400	3.65	9	5		0	0		37.0	42	28	15	1	17		11	1	0	4
Herbert Duncan	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Chuck Kress	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Vincent Cummings	0	1	.000		6						0.0
William Page	0	3	.000	5.06	9	3		0	0		32.0	29	19	18	1	21		16	2	0	1
Totals	65	46	.586	3.71	208	112	0	51	9	0	947.0	933	537	390	48	496	0	596	29	3	37	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
Wilber Risser	115	498	445	68	140	22	9	2	58	14		44	34	.315	.375	.418	.793	186		2	2	5
Jake Wood	102	476	415	93	132	25	8	15	52	19		59	84	.318	.403	.525	.929	218		1	0	1
Buck Rodgers	114	490	430	79	127	26	4	12	80	6		47	55	.295	.371	.458	.830	197		8	0	5
Ted Brzenk	114	475	416	78	117	26	6	11	78	14		48	44	.281	.357	.452	.808	188		4	1	6
George McCue	94	442	359	86	105	22	7	7	47	20		73	28	.292	.407	.451	.858	162		1	2	7
Frank Franchi	90	397	324	64	103	26	2	11	72	2		65	51	.318	.436	.512	.948	166		5	0	3
Paul Nickell	40	174	154	23	55	6	1	5	35	2		14	25	.357	.408	.506	.915	78		2	0	4
Chuck Kress	65	213	171	30	55	16	1	7	47	5		38	14	.322	.443	.550	.993	94		1	1	2
Dick McAuliffe	60	242	175	38	36	9	0	0	16	8		64	55	.206	.417	.257	.674	45		0	2	1
Dennis Mendyk	29	117	104	27	34	6	1	4	19	2		9	24	.327	.397	.519	.916	54		3	1	0
Fleming Gregory	32	138	120	15	31	7	1	1	19	4		15	13	.258	.333	.358	.692	43		0	0	3
Thomas Gonzalez	24	102	85	13	25	5	3	1	12	2		14	14	.294	.402	.459	.861	39		2	0	1
Paul Gatza	41	114	102	13	18	2	0	1	9	0		5	29	.176	.227	.225	.453	23		2	4	1
Dave Pleznac	23	99	82	16	17	2	0	0	5	2		17	17	.207	.343	.232	.575	19		0	0	0
George White	21	84	79	8	16	3	1	0	11	1		2	14	.203	.217	.266	.483	21		0	1	2
Jere Barto	26	59	55	5	15	0	0	1	7	0		2	18	.273	.298	.327	.626	18		0	2	0
Thomas O'Brien	16	59	51	8	11	3	1	0	7	0		6	3	.216	.322	.314	.636	16		2	0	0
Jim Branch	14	48	38	4	10	1	1	0	4	4		9	9	.263	.396	.342	.738	13		0	0	1
Thomas Trammel	31	60	57	7	10	1	1	0	7	1		3	9	.175	.217	.228	.445	13		0	0	0
Clifford Adams	25	51	45	2	9	0	0	0	3	0		2	3	.200	.229	.200	.429	9		0	3	1
Donald Bridges	27	53	48	3	9	1	0	0	5	0		1	9	.188	.204	.208	.412	10		0	4	0
Herbert Duncan	16	52	46	5	8	3	2	0	4	0		6	15	.174	.269	.326	.595	15		0	0	0
Fred Swertfager	25	38	31	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	12	.161	.188	.161	.349	5		0	6	0
Jack Arrigo	7	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Frank Azzarito	8	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Bill Frentz	19	43	36	2	3	1	0	0	3	1		4	8	.083	.171	.111	.282	4		0	2	1
Alfred Henningham	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
William Page	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Dale Bruns	9	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1202	4581	3925	690	1099	213	49	78	602	107	0	548	587	.280	.369	.419	.788	1644	0	33	31	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wilber Risser	1B	81	650	41	18	62	.975	8.531
Chuck Kress	1B	37	304	20	7	29	.979	8.757
Frank Franchi	2B	50	142	135	20	36	.933	5.540
Thomas Gonzalez	2B	23	50	43	5	9	.949	4.043
Dick McAuliffe	2B	20	53	44	5	14	.951	4.850
Fleming Gregory	2B	19	55	43	10	9	.907	5.158
Thomas O'Brien	2B	10	18	17	1	4	.972	3.500
Ted Brzenk	3B	112	126	222	45	33	.885	3.107
Buck Rodgers	C	94	539	77	24	9	.962	6.553	18
Frank Franchi	C	22	144	17	5	2	.970	7.318	4
George McCue	OF	93	252	11	6	4	.978	2.828
Paul Nickell	OF	40	60	8	4	2	.944	1.700
Wilber Risser	OF	34	52	1	6	0	.898	1.559
Dennis Mendyk	OF	29	47	6	3	0	.946	1.828
Jake Wood	OF	26	30	2	1	0	.970	1.231
Dave Pleznac	OF	23	46	3	1	0	.980	2.130
Buck Rodgers	OF	20	29	0	1	0	.967	1.450
George White	OF	18	38	0	1	0	.974	2.111
Frank Franchi	OF	18	29	0	1	0	.967	1.611
Herbert Duncan	OF	16	17	2	1	0	.950	1.188
Chuck Kress	OF	15	11	0	1	0	.917	.733
Jim Branch	OF	11	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.909
Thomas Trammel	P	30	6	28	7	2	.829	1.133
Donald Bridges	P	27	4	17	3	0	.875	.778
Paul Gatza	P	26	11	20	5	1	.861	1.192
Fred Swertfager	P	25	5	16	1	0	.955	.840
Jere Barto	P	24	4	16	1	2	.952	.833
Clifford Adams	P	24	10	20	4	3	.882	1.250
Bill Frentz	P	19	8	20	2	3	.933	1.474
William Page	P	9						.000
Dale Bruns	P	9						.000
Alfred Henningham	P	6						.000
Vincent Cummings	P	6						.000
Herbert Duncan	P	2						.000
Chuck Kress	P	1						.000
Jake Wood	SS	73	97	191	42	27	.873	3.945
Dick McAuliffe	SS	38	66	105	12	22	.934	4.500
Totals		1130	2924	1125	243	273	.943	3.583	22	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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