1957 Memphis Chicks Statistics
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Lou Klein (86-67)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 125,085, Avg. 1,635
Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2
The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the SA.
The Chicks topped the league with just 636 runs allowed. Memphis scored 704 runs.
Players from the 1957 Memphis Chicks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gabe Gabler, Al Lary, George Piktuzis, Charlie Bicknell, Footer Johnson, Glen Hobbie, Hy Cohen, Gene Fodge, Harry Perkowski, Lou Klein, Johnny Goryl, Bill Henry, Clem Koshorek, George Shuba and John Buzhardt.
Lou Klein 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hy Cohen | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.72 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 215.0 | 200 | 84 | 65 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Al Lary | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.27 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 226.0 | 198 | 95 | 82 | 14 | 110 | 3 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Glen Hobbie | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.92 | 53 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 179.0 | 168 | 99 | 78 | 5 | 98 | 3 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
Bill Henry | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.39 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 210.0 | 201 | 89 | 79 | 13 | 68 | 5 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
John Buzhardt | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.28 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 120.0 | 115 | 69 | 57 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Gene Fodge | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.34 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 62.0 | 54 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Harry Perkowski | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.73 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 78 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Martin Garber | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.12 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 120.0 | 105 | 65 | 55 | 7 | 72 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
John Rieder | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.65 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
George Piktuzis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 79 | 63 | .556 | 3.53 | 279 | 151 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1233.0 | 1145 | 586 | 484 | 76 | 532 | 22 | 645 | 18 | 0 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Coats | 153 | 641 | 563 | 87 | 184 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 70 | 42 | .327 | .398 | .421 | .819 | 237 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
Johnny Goryl | 147 | 630 | 535 | 81 | 161 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 86 | 3 | 70 | 59 | .301 | .382 | .473 | .855 | 253 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 8 | ||
Gip Dickens | 151 | 613 | 507 | 97 | 140 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 97 | 3 | 91 | 70 | .276 | .385 | .465 | .850 | 236 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
Gabe Gabler | 152 | 592 | 512 | 77 | 126 | 23 | 6 | 28 | 98 | 4 | 68 | 113 | .246 | .334 | .479 | .813 | 245 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
Clem Koshorek | 116 | 508 | 441 | 67 | 111 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 53 | 32 | .252 | .339 | .290 | .629 | 128 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
Bob McKee | 108 | 427 | 392 | 41 | 95 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 26 | 47 | .242 | .287 | .293 | .580 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
Don Lauters | 91 | 394 | 326 | 44 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 54 | 52 | .227 | .340 | .313 | .653 | 102 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
Joe Hannah | 73 | 265 | 228 | 23 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 34 | 44 | .250 | .350 | .342 | .692 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
George Shuba | 74 | 287 | 230 | 40 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 49 | 29 | .243 | .382 | .439 | .821 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Footer Johnson | 53 | 243 | 223 | 31 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .238 | .280 | .265 | .545 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Bob Rivich | 59 | 206 | 190 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 42 | .232 | .276 | .316 | .592 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Lou Klein | 61 | 123 | 99 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 13 | .323 | .431 | .455 | .885 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Kenneth Worley | 35 | 125 | 117 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .248 | .285 | .325 | .609 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Thomas Nerad | 46 | 143 | 132 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .220 | .280 | .424 | .704 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hy Cohen | 31 | 90 | 83 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .277 | .299 | .325 | .624 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Bill Henry | 44 | 87 | 78 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .282 | .341 | .385 | .726 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Al Lary | 36 | 91 | 83 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .229 | .289 | .289 | .578 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Glen Hobbie | 56 | 63 | 57 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .281 | .305 | .386 | .691 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Emil Syngel | 19 | 76 | 68 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .206 | .257 | .265 | .521 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Martin Garber | 35 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .306 | .375 | .306 | .681 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gene Fodge | 10 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .227 | .261 | .227 | .488 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Buzhardt | 23 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .135 | .200 | .162 | .362 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Harry Perkowski | 45 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .111 | .158 | .167 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Ferrante | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
John Rieder | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Piktuzis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1652 | 5746 | 4993 | 703 | 1309 | 183 | 42 | 108 | 651 | 25 | 0 | 609 | 703 | .262 | .343 | .381 | .723 | 1900 | 119 | 25 | 79 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gabe Gabler | 1B | 150 | 1365 | 86 | 16 | 134 | .989 | 9.673 | ||||
Lou Klein | 1B | 11 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .969 | 5.636 | ||||
Bob McKee | 2B | 107 | 251 | 358 | 20 | 88 | .968 | 5.692 | ||||
Don Lauters | 2B | 49 | 103 | 143 | 10 | 24 | .961 | 5.020 | ||||
Clem Koshorek | 3B | 81 | 74 | 149 | 5 | 18 | .978 | 2.753 | ||||
Don Lauters | 3B | 25 | 18 | 61 | 6 | 2 | .929 | 3.160 | ||||
Johnny Goryl | 3B | 22 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 1 | .871 | 2.773 | ||||
Emil Syngel | 3B | 16 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 2 | .804 | 2.312 | ||||
Lou Klein | 3B | 13 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 5 | .902 | 3.538 | ||||
Joe Hannah | C | 70 | 352 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .995 | 5.314 | 12 | |||
Bob Rivich | C | 55 | 244 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 4.836 | 3 | |||
Kenneth Worley | C | 34 | 152 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 4.765 | 3 | |||
Bob Coats | OF | 153 | 367 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .976 | 2.438 | ||||
Gip Dickens | OF | 145 | 287 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .974 | 2.048 | ||||
George Shuba | OF | 67 | 127 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 1.985 | ||||
Footer Johnson | OF | 53 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 1.811 | ||||
Thomas Nerad | OF | 32 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.750 | ||||
Don Lauters | OF | 15 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
Glen Hobbie | P | 53 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .953 | .774 | ||||
Harry Perkowski | P | 44 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Al Lary | P | 36 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.139 | ||||
Martin Garber | P | 34 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .824 | .824 | ||||
Bill Henry | P | 30 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.367 | ||||
Hy Cohen | P | 30 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .862 | .833 | ||||
John Buzhardt | P | 23 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.043 | ||||
John Rieder | P | 20 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .500 | ||||
Gene Fodge | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
George Piktuzis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Johnny Goryl | SS | 124 | 223 | 360 | 31 | 86 | .950 | 4.702 | ||||
Clem Koshorek | SS | 30 | 49 | 90 | 9 | 14 | .939 | 4.633 | ||||
Totals | 1534 | 3956 | 1602 | 179 | 405 | .969 | 3.623 | 18 | 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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