1957 Springfield Giants Statistics
Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 55-84
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Mike McCormick (0-0), Ray Murray (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 133,140, Avg. 1,916
1957 Springfield Giants RosterTeam Record: 55-84
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Mike McCormick (0-0), Ray Murray (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 133,140, Avg. 1,916
The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1957 season with a record of 55 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.
The Giants plated 556 runs and yielded 646 runs.
Members of the 1957 Springfield Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Felipe Alou, Mike Blyzka, Vibert Clarke, Ramón Conde, John Edelman, Ray Murray, Julio Navarro, José Pagán, Bobby Prescott, Joe Shipley and Jackie Tobin.
Mike McCormick and Ray Murray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Andersen | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.18 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 196.0 | 188 | 105 | 91 | 6 | 114 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Julio Navarro | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.63 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 166.0 | 148 | 82 | 67 | 2 | 109 | 129 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| James Singleton | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.79 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 102.0 | 114 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 46 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eugene Matty | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.07 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 132.0 | 112 | 50 | 45 | 9 | 37 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Chester Vincent | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.71 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 165.0 | 166 | 74 | 68 | 8 | 76 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Joe Shipley | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.43 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 118.0 | 99 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 73 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| George Lastres | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.75 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 72.0 | 71 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.78 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 48 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Vibert Clarke | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.55 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 55.0 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Vic Davis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Edelman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Zarcone | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Case | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Hoitsma | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Blyzka | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.25 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Joe Haberl | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Yetsko | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.59 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 55 | 84 | .396 | 3.92 | 264 | 132 | 0 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 1136.0 | 1083 | 596 | 495 | 45 | 621 | 0 | 730 | 37 | 2 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón Conde | 134 | 554 | 481 | 65 | 148 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 59 | 33 | .308 | .382 | .449 | .831 | 216 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||
| José Pagán | 133 | 594 | 542 | 67 | 143 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 9 | 38 | 59 | .264 | .313 | .356 | .670 | 193 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Ed Herstek | 137 | 556 | 495 | 54 | 131 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 50 | 57 | .265 | .332 | .356 | .688 | 176 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Jack Lewis | 124 | 482 | 422 | 48 | 117 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 52 | 3 | 47 | 69 | .277 | .355 | .377 | .732 | 159 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Felipe Alou | 106 | 391 | 359 | 45 | 110 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 71 | 18 | 27 | 29 | .306 | .354 | .462 | .816 | 166 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Sid Harvey | 117 | 419 | 383 | 36 | 79 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 28 | 42 | .206 | .258 | .282 | .540 | 108 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Bobby Prescott | 61 | 245 | 207 | 48 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 26 | .319 | .410 | .531 | .941 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Joseph Moran | 72 | 284 | 235 | 40 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 46 | 43 | .234 | .359 | .306 | .666 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Sal Ferrara | 55 | 194 | 167 | 28 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 13 | .317 | .379 | .401 | .780 | 67 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Allan Milley | 59 | 249 | 209 | 18 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 25 | .191 | .309 | .230 | .539 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Charles Garivaltis | 41 | 156 | 145 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 43 | .234 | .279 | .331 | .610 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Pollitt | 38 | 134 | 98 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 32 | .194 | .402 | .255 | .657 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ray Murray | 27 | 77 | 68 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .265 | .307 | .368 | .674 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Julio Navarro | 45 | 59 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .224 | .236 | .461 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Kozuch | 30 | 85 | 76 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .145 | .214 | .184 | .398 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Melvin Collins | 15 | 59 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .204 | .322 | .245 | .567 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chester Vincent | 46 | 63 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .196 | .305 | .196 | .501 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Harold Holland | 19 | 79 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 13 | .179 | .397 | .268 | .665 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vibert Clarke | 28 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .273 | .351 | .333 | .685 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Singleton | 25 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .237 | .275 | .289 | .564 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Shipley | 21 | 43 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .225 | .256 | .400 | .656 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Andersen | 32 | 80 | 69 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .130 | .197 | .130 | .328 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Jackie Tobin | 29 | 88 | 71 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 22 | .127 | .287 | .169 | .456 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Yetsko | 11 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .421 | .450 | .474 | .924 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Lastres | 17 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .280 | .280 | .320 | .600 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eugene Matty | 20 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .122 | .196 | .146 | .342 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Don Frailey | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Haberl | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Blyzka | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .000 | .364 | .000 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Case | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Edelman | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Graybill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Hoitsma | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1510 | 5119 | 4487 | 539 | 1135 | 213 | 30 | 52 | 486 | 56 | 0 | 504 | 654 | .253 | .329 | .349 | .678 | 1564 | 0 | 27 | 62 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Milley | 1B | 59 | 505 | 30 | 3 | 50 | .994 | 9.068 | ||||
| Sal Ferrara | 1B | 44 | 325 | 22 | 3 | 34 | .991 | 7.886 | ||||
| Harold Holland | 1B | 19 | 147 | 13 | 3 | 17 | .982 | 8.421 | ||||
| José Pagán | 2B | 129 | 332 | 299 | 28 | 82 | .958 | 4.891 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 3B | 130 | 131 | 290 | 17 | 43 | .961 | 3.238 | ||||
| Sid Harvey | C | 110 | 654 | 85 | 22 | 14 | .971 | 6.718 | 24 | |||
| Ronald Kozuch | C | 27 | 117 | 14 | 3 | 7 | .978 | 4.852 | 3 | |||
| Ray Murray | C | 18 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 6.167 | 1 | |||
| Jack Lewis | OF | 111 | 205 | 18 | 7 | 5 | .970 | 2.009 | ||||
| Felipe Alou | OF | 85 | 213 | 17 | 8 | 4 | .966 | 2.706 | ||||
| Joseph Moran | OF | 64 | 98 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .955 | 1.656 | ||||
| Bobby Prescott | OF | 55 | 120 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 2.273 | ||||
| Charles Garivaltis | OF | 40 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.850 | ||||
| Jack Pollitt | OF | 33 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.939 | ||||
| Jackie Tobin | OF | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| Julio Navarro | P | 45 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .556 | ||||
| Kenneth Andersen | P | 31 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.484 | ||||
| Chester Vincent | P | 28 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| James Singleton | P | 24 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .833 | ||||
| Eugene Matty | P | 20 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Mike Blyzka | P | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Shipley | P | 17 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.882 | ||||
| George Lastres | P | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Vibert Clarke | P | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Andrew Yetsko | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Haberl | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Case | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Edelman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Davis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Zarcone | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Hoitsma | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Herstek | SS | 133 | 248 | 372 | 47 | 71 | .930 | 4.662 | ||||
| Totals | 1338 | 3385 | 1368 | 168 | 345 | .966 | 3.552 | 28 | 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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