1957 Nashville Vols Statistics
Team Record: 83-69
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Dick Sisler (83-69)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 152,203, Avg. 2,003
Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Nashville Vols 0
The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the SA.
The Vols paced the league with 882 runs. Nashville allowed 740 runs.
Players from the 1957 Nashville Vols who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Stan Hollmig, John Oldham, Bob Kelly, Don Nicholas, Tony Jacobs, Russ Meyer, George Schmees, Tommy Brown, Dick Sisler, John Mackinson, Dick Murphy, Stan Palys, Angelo Dagres, Cal Howe, Claude Osteen and Dutch Dotterer.
Dick Sisler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kelly | 24 | 11 | .686 | 3.34 | 38 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 259.0 | 261 | 110 | 96 | 20 | 96 | 8 | 185 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Brechin | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.02 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 188.0 | 192 | 97 | 84 | 10 | 75 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Davis | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.56 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 213.0 | 207 | 115 | 108 | 12 | 146 | 1 | 186 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| James Sprankle | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.92 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 172.0 | 170 | 88 | 75 | 13 | 86 | 8 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Russ Meyer | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.71 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 119.0 | 138 | 55 | 49 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Cal Howe | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.00 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 65 | 41 | 25 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Hommel | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 41 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Oldham | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.08 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 37.0 | 38 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.51 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 65.0 | 81 | 49 | 47 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tony Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Claude Osteen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rick Botelho | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Dangleis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Roy Pardue | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Albert Wilson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 41 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jimmy Phelan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Schmees | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Cooke | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Mackinson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 69 | .546 | 4.16 | 310 | 141 | 0 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 1198.0 | 1234 | 632 | 554 | 92 | 595 | 44 | 726 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Palys | 134 | 594 | 493 | 116 | 177 | 34 | 6 | 24 | 112 | 5 | 93 | 54 | .359 | .460 | .598 | 1.059 | 295 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| George Schmees | 145 | 615 | 533 | 93 | 153 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 112 | 2 | 70 | 94 | .287 | .364 | .467 | .832 | 249 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Larry Taylor | 143 | 642 | 550 | 78 | 139 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 71 | 68 | .253 | .340 | .296 | .636 | 163 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Dutch Dotterer | 129 | 527 | 455 | 82 | 138 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 3 | 59 | 40 | .303 | .387 | .444 | .830 | 202 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Phil Shartzer | 150 | 602 | 529 | 69 | 138 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 61 | 67 | .261 | .343 | .340 | .684 | 180 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Don Nicholas | 97 | 461 | 377 | 83 | 128 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 77 | 33 | .340 | .451 | .462 | .912 | 174 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Brown | 139 | 574 | 485 | 71 | 124 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 77 | 70 | .256 | .360 | .355 | .714 | 172 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Dick Sisler | 113 | 423 | 358 | 66 | 119 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 79 | 1 | 53 | 37 | .332 | .417 | .545 | .961 | 195 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Harvey Zernia | 99 | 362 | 312 | 53 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 43 | 33 | .285 | .375 | .417 | .792 | 130 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stan Hollmig | 88 | 291 | 255 | 47 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 33 | 30 | .329 | .403 | .486 | .890 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Victor Comolli | 61 | 147 | 122 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 25 | .262 | .381 | .443 | .824 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 41 | 111 | 103 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .301 | .327 | .330 | .657 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Brechin | 46 | 81 | 69 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .275 | .351 | .333 | .684 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Larry Segovia | 23 | 97 | 83 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | .193 | .280 | .253 | .533 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Davis | 34 | 91 | 71 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 31 | .197 | .352 | .310 | .662 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Angelo Dagres | 20 | 52 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11 | .268 | .423 | .561 | .984 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Meyer | 17 | 50 | 43 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .209 | .277 | .256 | .532 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 30 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .294 | .400 | .353 | .753 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Sprankle | 43 | 68 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .051 | .125 | .085 | .210 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Roy Pardue | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Hommel | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charley Grant | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Cal Howe | 45 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Botelho | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim St. Clair | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Albert Wilson | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Oldham | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Phelan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Cooke | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Dangleis | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Jacobs | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Osteen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mackinson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1684 | 5908 | 5052 | 865 | 1441 | 259 | 37 | 107 | 796 | 40 | 0 | 722 | 688 | .285 | .376 | .415 | .790 | 2095 | 162 | 32 | 64 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Sisler | 1B | 92 | 743 | 68 | 7 | 93 | .991 | 8.815 | ||||
| Stan Hollmig | 1B | 47 | 364 | 29 | 8 | 40 | .980 | 8.362 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | 1B | 32 | 195 | 19 | 1 | 27 | .995 | 6.688 | ||||
| Larry Taylor | 2B | 139 | 320 | 448 | 26 | 128 | .967 | 5.525 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | 2B | 13 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 7 | .963 | 6.077 | ||||
| Tommy Brown | 3B | 134 | 130 | 214 | 25 | 30 | .932 | 2.567 | ||||
| Dutch Dotterer | C | 124 | 673 | 57 | 11 | 16 | .985 | 5.887 | 6 | |||
| Victor Comolli | C | 36 | 174 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 5.028 | 0 | |||
| George Schmees | OF | 142 | 262 | 15 | 7 | 5 | .975 | 1.951 | ||||
| Stan Palys | OF | 133 | 249 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .970 | 1.917 | ||||
| Don Nicholas | OF | 97 | 227 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 2.454 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | OF | 39 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.333 | ||||
| Stan Hollmig | OF | 27 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Larry Segovia | OF | 23 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.565 | ||||
| Angelo Dagres | OF | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Cal Howe | P | 45 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .222 | ||||
| James Sprankle | P | 42 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .571 | ||||
| Bob Kelly | P | 38 | 30 | 43 | 3 | 4 | .961 | 1.921 | ||||
| Jerry Davis | P | 34 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.088 | ||||
| John Brechin | P | 34 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | P | 27 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .519 | ||||
| Russ Meyer | P | 17 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Jacobs | P | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Kenneth Hommel | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Pardue | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Oldham | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rick Botelho | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Wilson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Dangleis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Phelan | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Mackinson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Cooke | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Schmees | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Osteen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Shartzer | SS | 150 | 258 | 466 | 14 | 116 | .981 | 4.827 | ||||
| Totals | 1554 | 3873 | 1548 | 130 | 472 | .977 | 3.488 | 6 | 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.
