1957 Lawton Braves Statistics
Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-66
Finished 6th in the SSL
Manager: Travis Jackson (59-66)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 15,605, Avg. 250
1957 Lawton Braves RosterTeam Record: 59-66
Finished 6th in the SSL
Manager: Travis Jackson (59-66)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 15,605, Avg. 250
The Lawton Braves of the Sooner State League ended the 1957 season with a record of 59 wins and 66 losses, finishing sixth in the SSL.
The Braves allowed 541 runs, least in the league. Lawton tallied 509 runs, worst in the circuit,.
Bobby Knoop played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lawton Braves to do so.
Travis Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford Jones | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.31 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 185.0 | 168 | 83 | 68 | 8 | 97 | 162 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Holmes | 10 | 14 | .417 | 2.97 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 191.0 | 166 | 100 | 63 | 11 | 117 | 152 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Harold DeMars | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 74.0 | 44 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 62 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| George Pearson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.60 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 100.0 | 92 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 48 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Cleboski | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.09 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 98 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Melzer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.20 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 66 | 56 | 41 | 3 | 90 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Don Nuxhall | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.91 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 99.0 | 101 | 55 | 43 | 6 | 54 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Paul Dean | 4 | 16 | .200 | 2.94 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 141.0 | 127 | 60 | 46 | 4 | 93 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Wofford Williams | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 55 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Thomas Ford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Strock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 66 | .472 | 3.45 | 209 | 119 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 996.0 | 917 | 503 | 382 | 57 | 605 | 0 | 805 | 25 | 4 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | 125 | 550 | 478 | 85 | 143 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 64 | 22 | .299 | .386 | .358 | .744 | 171 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Knoop | 125 | 519 | 471 | 61 | 123 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 6 | 37 | 100 | .261 | .316 | .395 | .711 | 186 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Lee Freeman | 120 | 454 | 385 | 56 | 111 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 59 | 55 | .288 | .394 | .465 | .859 | 179 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Brown | 125 | 519 | 440 | 70 | 108 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 70 | 2 | 65 | 98 | .245 | .342 | .418 | .761 | 184 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Russ Blankenship | 118 | 478 | 417 | 55 | 91 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 18 | 54 | 81 | .218 | .307 | .300 | .607 | 125 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dick Healy | 121 | 482 | 413 | 42 | 79 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 51 | 118 | .191 | .281 | .295 | .577 | 122 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Biedermann | 100 | 386 | 328 | 48 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 52 | 80 | .235 | .341 | .393 | .734 | 129 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Dwyer | 54 | 195 | 182 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 35 | .203 | .247 | .247 | .495 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Horbelt | 30 | 121 | 108 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .231 | .303 | .324 | .627 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lukart | 34 | 115 | 92 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .261 | .386 | .293 | .679 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Don Nuxhall | 32 | 72 | 69 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .290 | .319 | .391 | .711 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vernon Jarvinen | 15 | 65 | 60 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .217 | .277 | .250 | .527 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Holmes | 30 | 82 | 76 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .145 | .188 | .145 | .332 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Cleboski | 39 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .231 | .348 | .359 | .707 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Lind | 14 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .196 | .260 | .326 | .586 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wofford Williams | 26 | 61 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .188 | .273 | .188 | .460 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Yaeger | 16 | 52 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .178 | .288 | .200 | .488 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Jones | 31 | 70 | 63 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .127 | .203 | .190 | .393 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Melzer | 19 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .179 | .324 | .286 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold DeMars | 15 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .161 | .188 | .290 | .478 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Pearson | 18 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .143 | .205 | .171 | .377 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Dean | 27 | 52 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Strock | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Ford | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1246 | 4486 | 3906 | 509 | 927 | 146 | 34 | 68 | 439 | 40 | 0 | 470 | 825 | .237 | .323 | .344 | .667 | 1345 | 0 | 31 | 59 | 20 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Blankenship | 1B | 118 | 806 | 47 | 15 | 74 | .983 | 7.229 | ||||
| Bobby Knoop | 2B | 125 | 321 | 324 | 26 | 61 | .961 | 5.160 | ||||
| Gary Anderson | 3B | 101 | 102 | 188 | 26 | 20 | .918 | 2.871 | ||||
| Thomas Brown | 3B | 24 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 4 | .827 | 1.792 | ||||
| Lee Freeman | C | 112 | 820 | 80 | 16 | 5 | .983 | 8.036 | 12 | |||
| George Lukart | C | 12 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 5.333 | 4 | |||
| Dick Healy | OF | 120 | 224 | 25 | 14 | 3 | .947 | 2.075 | ||||
| Herbert Biedermann | OF | 100 | 146 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Dwyer | OF | 54 | 65 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .907 | 1.259 | ||||
| Edward Horbelt | OF | 29 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .917 | 1.897 | ||||
| George Lukart | OF | 19 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.158 | ||||
| Vernon Jarvinen | OF | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Otto Lind | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Yaeger | OF | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| Robert Cleboski | P | 37 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .324 | ||||
| Clifford Jones | P | 30 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Bill Holmes | P | 28 | 6 | 42 | 5 | 3 | .906 | 1.714 | ||||
| Paul Dean | P | 27 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 4 | .844 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Pearson | P | 18 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .944 | ||||
| Jack Melzer | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .706 | ||||
| Don Nuxhall | P | 16 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.688 | ||||
| Harold DeMars | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Wofford Williams | P | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Raymond Strock | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Ford | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Brown | SS | 101 | 125 | 255 | 40 | 42 | .905 | 3.762 | ||||
| Gary Anderson | SS | 24 | 47 | 64 | 4 | 11 | .965 | 4.625 | ||||
| Totals | 1186 | 2864 | 1201 | 204 | 234 | .952 | 3.427 | 16 | 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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