1957 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Max Surkont | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.05 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 183.0 | 169 | 68 | 62 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Pete Burnside | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.47 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 131.0 | 101 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 52 | 5 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Joe Margoneri | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.84 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 132.0 | 156 | 77 | 71 | 10 | 64 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Gordon Jones | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.04 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 166.0 | 193 | 103 | 93 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Steve Ridzik | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.38 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 117.0 | 112 | 64 | 57 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
Mike Blyzka | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.31 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 85 | 52 | 49 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Freddy Rodríguez | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.97 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 103 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 43 | 8 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||
Gene Bearden | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.30 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 141 | 71 | 66 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Joe Shipley | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.84 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 53 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |||
Jim Constable | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.80 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 56 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Stu Miller | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.29 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 51.0 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Webbo Clarke | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.39 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 85 | 42 | 39 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Jim Davis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.50 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 42 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Al Corwin | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Roger Bowman | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 83 | 66 | .557 | 4.04 | 337 | 150 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 1303.0 | 1336 | 657 | 585 | 107 | 500 | 57 | 759 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando Cepeda | 151 | 606 | 563 | 91 | 174 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 108 | 1 | 27 | 68 | .309 | .344 | .508 | .852 | 286 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||
Jim Davenport | 148 | 581 | 529 | 68 | 154 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 4 | 39 | 52 | .291 | .340 | .412 | .752 | 218 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
Don Grate | 150 | 552 | 506 | 71 | 150 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 25 | 67 | .296 | .332 | .445 | .777 | 225 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | ||
Wayne Terwilliger | 144 | 614 | 508 | 84 | 137 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 18 | 88 | 58 | .270 | .381 | .396 | .776 | 201 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
Bill Taylor | 115 | 437 | 409 | 57 | 112 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 59 | 4 | 24 | 57 | .274 | .314 | .489 | .803 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Bob Schmidt | 120 | 453 | 413 | 51 | 108 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 1 | 31 | 64 | .262 | .313 | .438 | .751 | 181 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
Eddie Bressoud | 81 | 338 | 318 | 48 | 91 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 15 | 30 | .286 | .318 | .431 | .748 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Carlos Paula | 104 | 347 | 312 | 48 | 90 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 31 | 34 | .288 | .353 | .423 | .776 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Hank Thompson | 78 | 274 | 222 | 32 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 49 | 34 | .243 | .382 | .293 | .675 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Bobby Hofman | 61 | 195 | 169 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .278 | .361 | .420 | .781 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Bobby Prescott | 54 | 194 | 169 | 24 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 20 | 34 | .278 | .354 | .497 | .851 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Foster Castleman | 48 | 158 | 151 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .245 | .272 | .338 | .610 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Andre Rodgers | 52 | 182 | 150 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 27 | .220 | .330 | .333 | .663 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jackie Tobin | 42 | 131 | 106 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 11 | .283 | .415 | .340 | .755 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jake Jenkins | 33 | 96 | 90 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .233 | .263 | .322 | .585 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steve Ridzik | 24 | 49 | 47 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .404 | .429 | .638 | 1.067 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Max Surkont | 28 | 74 | 62 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .290 | .324 | .403 | .727 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gordon Jones | 33 | 62 | 58 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .224 | .237 | .224 | .461 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Felipe Alou | 24 | 62 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .211 | .274 | .246 | .520 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Blyzka | 22 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .321 | .355 | .429 | .783 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gene Bearden | 42 | 52 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .184 | .216 | .184 | .399 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Webbo Clarke | 23 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .233 | .233 | .300 | .533 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Burnside | 21 | 48 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .152 | .170 | .152 | .322 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Shipley | 18 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .208 | .208 | .375 | .583 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Margoneri | 27 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .109 | .125 | .109 | .234 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jim Constable | 10 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed White | 13 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .107 | .212 | .107 | .319 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stu Miller | 7 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Freddy Rodríguez | 66 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .050 | .000 | .050 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lee Tate | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jim Davis | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1768 | 5745 | 5153 | 695 | 1397 | 258 | 37 | 126 | 655 | 54 | 0 | 452 | 738 | .271 | .331 | .409 | .740 | 2107 | 0 | 33 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 139 | 1150 | 83 | 14 | 100 | .989 | 8.871 | ||||
Bobby Hofman | 1B | 19 | 147 | 11 | 1 | 12 | .994 | 8.316 | ||||
Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 138 | 359 | 365 | 9 | 79 | .988 | 5.246 | ||||
Hank Thompson | 2B | 13 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .969 | 4.846 | ||||
Foster Castleman | 2B | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
Jim Davenport | 3B | 147 | 122 | 252 | 15 | 20 | .961 | 2.544 | ||||
Bob Schmidt | C | 117 | 624 | 44 | 4 | 6 | .994 | 5.709 | 10 | |||
Jake Jenkins | C | 27 | 123 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 4.926 | 2 | |||
Bobby Hofman | C | 27 | 116 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 4.556 | 2 | |||
Don Grate | OF | 145 | 362 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .979 | 2.559 | ||||
Bill Taylor | OF | 110 | 173 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .972 | 1.573 | ||||
Carlos Paula | OF | 79 | 138 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .928 | 1.797 | ||||
Hank Thompson | OF | 56 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 1.661 | ||||
Bobby Prescott | OF | 54 | 126 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .949 | 2.426 | ||||
Jackie Tobin | OF | 38 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.789 | ||||
Felipe Alou | OF | 22 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
Freddy Rodríguez | P | 66 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .242 | ||||
Gene Bearden | P | 34 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.000 | ||||
Gordon Jones | P | 33 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.000 | ||||
Max Surkont | P | 27 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.926 | ||||
Joe Margoneri | P | 25 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .920 | ||||
Mike Blyzka | P | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
Steve Ridzik | P | 21 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
Jim Davis | P | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .286 | ||||
Webbo Clarke | P | 21 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Pete Burnside | P | 20 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
Joe Shipley | P | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
Jim Constable | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
Stu Miller | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Al Corwin | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Roger Bowman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Eddie Bressoud | SS | 81 | 157 | 253 | 11 | 57 | .974 | 5.062 | ||||
Andre Rodgers | SS | 47 | 63 | 115 | 7 | 20 | .962 | 3.787 | ||||
Foster Castleman | SS | 24 | 26 | 58 | 5 | 10 | .944 | 3.500 | ||||
Totals | 1630 | 3967 | 1502 | 118 | 331 | .979 | 3.355 | 14 | 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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