1957 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: John Davis (85-69)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 256,113, Avg. 3,326
1957 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 0

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Millers scored 700 runs and conceded 687 runs. Orlando Cepeda led Minneapolis with 25 home runs, while Bob Schmidt and Bill Taylor walloped 15 or more also. Orlando Cepeda accounted for 108 RBI and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .309 clip. Max Surkont paced the team with 15 wins, and Pete Burnside recorded a 2.47 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1957 Minneapolis Millers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gordon Jones, Gene Bearden, Carlos Paula, Bill Taylor, Lee Tate, Eddie Bressoud, Stu Miller, Hank Thompson, Wayne Terwilliger, Bob Schmidt, Jim Davis, Foster Castleman, Pete Burnside, Mike Blyzka, Jim Davenport, Felipe Alou, Webbo Clarke, Bobby Prescott, Andre Rodgers, Jim Constable, Roger Bowman, Al Corwin, Bobby Hofman, Steve Ridzik, Jackie Tobin, Freddy Rodríguez, Don Grate, Joe Margoneri, Ed White, Orlando Cepeda, Max Surkont and Joe Shipley.

John Davis 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
Max Surkont155.7503.052726102183.0169686215354115202
Pete Burnside105.6672.47201794131.010142364525114203
Joe Margoneri910.4744.84251961132.015677711064571001
Gordon Jones914.3915.04332471166.01931039315451197112
Steve Ridzik86.5714.38211680117.011264571050383503
Mike Blyzka73.7005.3122102083.0855249738440105
Freddy Rodríguez65.5452.9766100106.01033835743885524
Gene Bearden56.4555.30341200112.014171661839533003
Joe Shipley41.8003.841831061.0533226242331805
Jim Constable32.6004.801061045.0562824218026201
Stu Miller33.5002.29774251.0402113419326004
Webbo Clarke35.3754.392183080.08542391038522004
Jim Davis11.5003.502110036.0421914317116102
Al Corwin70.0
Roger Bowman50.0
Totals8366.5574.043371500511001303.0133665758510750057759273390

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
Orlando Cepeda151606563911743132510812768.309.344.508.8522867188
Jim Davenport14858152968154283105343952.291.340.412.7522183556
Don Grate15055250671150279106942567.296.332.445.77722551062
Wayne Terwilliger14461450884137354750188858.270.381.396.77620151030
Bill Taylor11543740957112231215942457.274.314.489.8032001122
Bob Schmidt12045341351108144176113164.262.313.438.7511812252
Eddie Bressoud81338318489126443531530.286.318.431.7481371130
Carlos Paula104347312489018364533134.288.353.423.7761321124
Hank Thompson7827422232545021944934.243.382.293.675651205
Bobby Hofman61195169254710142812029.278.361.420.781713122
Bobby Prescott5419416924479283132034.278.354.497.851841223
Foster Castleman481581511337503131518.245.272.338.610511011
Andre Rodgers5218215021339121542627.220.330.333.663500333
Jackie Tobin421311061530410812311.283.415.340.755361100
Jake Jenkins33969092120213049.233.263.322.585290110
Steve Ridzik2449476193127024.404.429.6381.067300000
Max Surkont28746231810290319.290.324.403.727251620
Gordon Jones33625841300070118.224.237.224.461130300
Felipe Alou2462577122003158.211.274.246.520140000
Mike Blyzka2233283930040211.321.355.429.783120210
Gene Bearden425249290001029.184.216.184.39990100
Webbo Clarke233130072001003.233.233.300.53390100
Pete Burnside2148464700060121.152.170.152.32270100
Joe Shipley182424151016006.208.208.375.58390000
Joe Margoneri2750464500010118.109.125.109.23450210
Jim Constable101715230000028.200.294.200.49430000
Ed White133328130003148.107.212.107.31930010
Stu Miller714142.143.143.143.2862
Freddy Rodríguez662219100000019.000.050.000.05000200
Lee Tate8880.000.000.000.0000
Jim Davis2187000000014.000.125.000.12500000
Totals176857455153695139725837126655540452738.271.331.409.7402107033594838


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Orlando Cepeda1B13911508314100.9898.871
Bobby Hofman1B1914711112.9948.316
Wayne Terwilliger2B138359365979.9885.246
Hank Thompson2B13323125.9694.846
Foster Castleman2B1039021.0001.200
Jim Davenport3B1471222521520.9612.544
Bob SchmidtC1176244446.9945.70910
Jake JenkinsC271231012.9934.9262
Bobby HofmanC27116721.9844.5562
Don GrateOF145362982.9792.559
Bill TaylorOF110173050.9721.573
Carlos PaulaOF791384110.9281.797
Hank ThompsonOF5689430.9691.661
Bobby PrescottOF54126570.9492.426
Jackie TobinOF3867111.9861.789
Felipe AlouOF2232110.9711.500
Freddy RodríguezP6601611.941.242
Gene BeardenP3472721.9441.000
Gordon JonesP3372611.9711.000
Max SurkontP27943021.0001.926
Joe MargoneriP2532011.958.920
Mike BlyzkaP2299011.000.818
Steve RidzikP2192313.9701.524
Jim DavisP212421.750.286
Webbo ClarkeP21523011.0001.333
Pete BurnsideP2022420.9291.300
Joe ShipleyP18220021.0001.222
Jim ConstableP103510.889.800
Stu MillerP7.000
Al CorwinP7.000
Roger BowmanP5.000
Eddie BressoudSS811572531157.9745.062
Andre RodgersSS4763115720.9623.787
Foster CastlemanSS242658510.9443.500
Totals163039671502118331.9793.3551400

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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