1957 Lake Charles Giants Statistics
Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 43-67
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Chester McDowell (43-67)
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 15,589, Avg. 283
1957 Lake Charles Giants RosterTeam Record: 43-67
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Chester McDowell (43-67)
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 15,589, Avg. 283
The Lake Charles Giants of the Evangeline League ended the 1957 season with a record of 43 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Giants scored 561 runs and allowed 720 runs, most in the circuit. Chester McDowell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Gorrondona | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.66 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 204.0 | 177 | 107 | 83 | 18 | 107 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Bill Tompkins | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.38 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 187.0 | 194 | 127 | 91 | 18 | 90 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fred Stegall | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.77 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 156.0 | 176 | 117 | 100 | 22 | 82 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Carl DiMuzio | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.45 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 180.0 | 190 | 131 | 109 | 24 | 112 | 142 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| George Saad | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Kirby | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Andrew Makay | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.53 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 35 | 48 | 41 | 0 | 88 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Charles Lankford | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hal Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harmon Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Cooley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Zabasky | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Alsup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lopez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Lambert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rene DeHondt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Zerda | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 49 | 39 | 31 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 43 | 64 | .402 | 5.02 | 183 | 96 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 838.0 | 854 | 591 | 467 | 89 | 512 | 0 | 595 | 20 | 7 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe McElroy | 111 | 484 | 410 | 77 | 141 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 92 | 12 | 4 | 64 | 35 | .344 | .426 | .471 | .897 | 193 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Joseph Mueller | 107 | 490 | 419 | 85 | 108 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 75 | .258 | .340 | .334 | .674 | 140 | 2 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Grady Chavis | 87 | 367 | 311 | 56 | 84 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 46 | 31 | .270 | .363 | .350 | .713 | 109 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Hal Simpson | 78 | 331 | 289 | 36 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 21 | .277 | .363 | .460 | .823 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob White | 70 | 269 | 231 | 20 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 29 | .255 | .346 | .338 | .684 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Maurice Winter | 66 | 287 | 227 | 43 | 58 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 56 | .256 | .398 | .498 | .896 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Chester McDowell | 56 | 231 | 175 | 35 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 11 | .257 | .422 | .291 | .714 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Dworaczyk | 71 | 275 | 216 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 73 | .171 | .347 | .264 | .611 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yale Lary | 24 | 100 | 79 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .354 | .464 | .582 | 1.046 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jack Cooley | 27 | 117 | 102 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .265 | .333 | .343 | .676 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Fred Stegall | 31 | 84 | 75 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .320 | .378 | .347 | .725 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Tompkins | 54 | 121 | 110 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .218 | .252 | .345 | .598 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| James Wiest | 27 | 103 | 84 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 29 | .202 | .343 | .238 | .581 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dominick Tursellino | 16 | 72 | 60 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .167 | .292 | .183 | .475 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Taylor | 12 | 50 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .214 | .327 | .333 | .660 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Gorrondona | 31 | 91 | 74 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .122 | .226 | .135 | .361 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Zerda | 10 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .533 | .929 | 1.462 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Homero Salinas | 7 | 22 | 22 | 5 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Pasquale | 14 | 55 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .132 | .389 | .158 | .547 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl DiMuzio | 36 | 80 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 29 | .081 | .240 | .081 | .321 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dean Busboom | 10 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .129 | .206 | .161 | .367 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cisternelli | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Servando Capetillo | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Kirby | 15 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | .200 | .520 | .200 | .720 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dickie Barras | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Booth | 5 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew Makay | 15 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Smith | 7 | 21 | 21 | 2 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Saad | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rene DeHondt | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Weeks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Houck | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harmon Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gordon Lambert | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Lankford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lopez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1023 | 3822 | 3201 | 490 | 804 | 125 | 16 | 55 | 432 | 56 | 16 | 512 | 543 | .251 | .355 | .352 | .707 | 1126 | 0 | 21 | 61 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Winter | 1B | 66 | 512 | 29 | 10 | 46 | .982 | 8.197 | ||||
| Joe McElroy | 1B | 35 | 265 | 17 | 4 | 14 | .986 | 8.057 | ||||
| Joe McElroy | 2B | 60 | 157 | 129 | 11 | 31 | .963 | 4.767 | ||||
| Chester McDowell | 2B | 51 | 100 | 95 | 13 | 18 | .938 | 3.824 | ||||
| Jack Cooley | 3B | 27 | 28 | 49 | 13 | 7 | .856 | 2.852 | ||||
| Dominick Tursellino | 3B | 16 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 1 | .796 | 2.688 | ||||
| Joe McElroy | 3B | 14 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 2.500 | ||||
| Anthony Dworaczyk | 3B | 12 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | .810 | 2.833 | ||||
| Hal Simpson | 3B | 11 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 2.364 | ||||
| Bob White | C | 69 | 374 | 43 | 18 | 5 | .959 | 6.043 | 8 | |||
| Anthony Dworaczyk | C | 27 | 157 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .972 | 6.444 | 5 | |||
| Grady Chavis | OF | 87 | 248 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 2.931 | ||||
| Hal Simpson | OF | 66 | 76 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.242 | ||||
| Anthony Dworaczyk | OF | 31 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .917 | 1.419 | ||||
| James Wiest | OF | 26 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 1.308 | ||||
| Yale Lary | OF | 23 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.696 | ||||
| Louis Pasquale | OF | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 1.143 | ||||
| George Taylor | OF | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Dean Busboom | OF | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill Tompkins | P | 36 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.444 | ||||
| Carl DiMuzio | P | 33 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.515 | ||||
| Donald Gorrondona | P | 30 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 2 | .833 | 1.167 | ||||
| Fred Stegall | P | 26 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.423 | ||||
| Andrew Makay | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .929 | ||||
| Bob Kirby | P | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Vincent Zerda | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Saad | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordon Lambert | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Lankford | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rene DeHondt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordon Zabasky | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Simpson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio Rodriguez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lopez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harmon Johnson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Cooley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Alsup | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Mueller | SS | 107 | 220 | 287 | 53 | 39 | .905 | 4.738 | ||||
| Totals | 946 | 2379 | 936 | 199 | 180 | .943 | 3.504 | 13 | 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.
