1957 Wytheville Cardinals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 32-38
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Johnny Grodzicki (32-38)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 26,027, Avg. 744

1957 Wytheville Cardinals Roster

The Wytheville Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1957 season with a record of 32 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Cardinals plated 478 runs and yielded 506 runs. Kenneth Clark paced Wytheville with 11 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Rogers Robinson topped all regular batters with a .337 average. Robert Lohse and Jack Hamilton led the team with 7 wins each, while Robert Lohse recorded a 3.1 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1957 Wytheville Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Julio Gotay, Jack Hamilton and Gordie Richardson.

Johnny Grodzicki 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	WP	BF
Jack Hamilton	7	0	1.000	3.57	10	9		5	1		68.0	58	40	27	3	46		76	2	5
Robert Lohse	7	1	.875	3.10	18	5		4	0		87.0	78	54	30	2	39		86	1	1
Gordie Richardson	5	5	.500	3.73	14	11		5	1		70.0	62	37	29	5	26		62	2	4
Wayne Shellnut	3	3	.500	3.72	8	6		3	1		46.0	47	25	19	1	18		37	0	1
Leon Mitchell	2	0	1.000		3						0.0
Larry Richenberg	2	3	.400	7.56	16	6		1	0		50.0	64	56	42	2	46		43	9	13
William Hoffland	2	4	.333	5.10	12	3		0	0		30.0	31	24	17	0	36		27	4	3
Roger Bottorff	1	2	.333		5						0.0
William Dikeman	1	3	.250		10						0.0
John Shaw	1	4	.200	5.34	8	4		2	0		32.0	38	31	19	2	22		45	0	5
Ernest Lewis	1	6	.143	7.27	12	8		3	0		52.0	60	57	42	6	25		33	5	8
Henry Alley	0	0			7						0.0
Ronny Kipling	0	0			1						0.0
James Dotson	0	0			2						0.0
Roselle Wooldridge	0	0			1						0.0
Herbert Putney	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Richard Cromwell	0	2	.000	7.50	13	3		0	0		30.0	42	39	25	2	38		17	4	6
Andrew Rodriguez	0	4	.000	8.77	14	8		1	0		39.0	46	53	38	5	60		33	0	5
Totals	32	38	.457	5.14	157	63	0	24	3	0	504.0	526	416	288	28	356	0	459	27	51	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
Kenneth Bryant	66	289	241	51	75	11	8	5	43	11		42	47	.311	.406	.485	.892	117		0	1	5
Kenneth Clark	68	281	247	44	72	12	4	11	59	2		27	79	.291	.363	.506	.869	125		3	0	4
Rogers Robinson	59	247	193	59	65	12	9	2	29	13		51	33	.337	.476	.523	.999	101		1	1	1
Raymond Snelson	67	292	272	50	65	9	6	0	28	7		17	92	.239	.289	.316	.605	86		2	1	0
Bill Dingus	61	282	227	53	57	8	6	8	41	9		47	57	.251	.382	.445	.827	101		3	2	3
James Hamilton	46	182	150	35	51	6	4	4	37	11		31	24	.340	.451	.513	.964	77		0	0	1
Frankie Williams	47	183	147	33	41	4	3	1	24	8		31	41	.279	.411	.367	.778	54		2	3	0
Donald Hill	44	192	148	33	41	6	3	1	22	7		36	22	.277	.411	.378	.789	56		1	2	5
Richard Hoth	31	135	124	25	37	4	2	4	18	0		9	41	.298	.356	.460	.815	57		2	0	0
Julio Gotay	28	104	90	19	21	3	1	4	22	1		13	21	.233	.337	.422	.759	38		1	0	0
Harold Wood	40	142	117	15	19	2	2	1	9	1		23	52	.162	.310	.239	.549	28		2	0	0
Robert Lohse	23	58	40	13	15	2	3	0	9	0		15	6	.375	.544	.575	1.119	23		1	1	1
Thomas Studdard	33	114	90	11	14	1	0	3	12	0		14	35	.156	.303	.267	.569	24		5	5	0
Andrew Rodriguez	14	21	19	4	7	0	0	1	2	0		2	5	.368	.429	.526	.955	10		0	0	0
Gordie Richardson	14	30	25	4	7	1	1	0	4	1		5	4	.280	.400	.400	.800	10		0	0	0
Ronald Rollings	6	15	15		5									.333	.333	.333	.667	5
Wayne Shellnut	9	15	15		5									.333	.333	.333	.667	5
Ernest Lewis	18	33	30	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	10	.167	.242	.167	.409	5		0	0	0
Leon Mitchell	6	19	19		4									.211	.211	.211	.421	4
Jack Hamilton	10	28	20	5	4	0	0	1	3	0		5	3	.200	.333	.350	.683	7		0	1	2
Evan Paoletti	8	20	20		3									.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Herbert Putney	8	20	20		3									.150	.150	.150	.300	3
William Hoffland	12	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	4	0		1	8	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	1	0
James Green	4	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Larry Richenberg	16	22	19	5	2	0	1	1	4	0		3	7	.105	.227	.368	.596	7		0	0	0
Bela Chain	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Joseph Cusimano	2	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Roger Bottorff	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
William Dikeman	10	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	1	0
John Shaw	8	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Henry Alley	8	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Penhallow Dyer	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Cromwell	13	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	.000	.444	.000	.444	0		0	0	0
Dennis Borowsky	3	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Roselle Wooldridge	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	793	2813	2370	465	627	81	53	47	371	71	0	379	594	.265	.368	.403	.771	955	0	23	19	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Raymond Snelson	1B	65	513	31	25	39	.956	8.369
Kenneth Bryant	2B	37	79	89	13	24	.928	4.541
Julio Gotay	2B	26	65	48	13	12	.897	4.346
Richard Hoth	3B	30	22	50	7	9	.911	2.400
Frankie Williams	3B	26	35	49	10	5	.894	3.231
Kenneth Bryant	3B	14	15	31	6	4	.885	3.286
James Hamilton	C	38	315	47	18	5	.953	9.526	15
Thomas Studdard	C	25	183	19	10	1	.953	8.080	6
Kenneth Clark	OF	60	95	10	26	1	.802	1.750
Rogers Robinson	OF	51	64	6	6	0	.921	1.373
Donald Hill	OF	43	54	9	7	1	.900	1.465
Harold Wood	OF	34	48	6	4	1	.931	1.588
Frankie Williams	OF	15	16	1	3	0	.850	1.133
Robert Lohse	P	18	4	12	4	0	.800	.889
Larry Richenberg	P	16	2	6	3	1	.727	.500
Andrew Rodriguez	P	14	3	9	3	0	.800	.857
Gordie Richardson	P	14	4	9	0	0	1.000	.929
Richard Cromwell	P	13	1	3	2	0	.667	.308
Ernest Lewis	P	12	3	14	1	1	.944	1.417
William Hoffland	P	12	1	5	2	0	.750	.500
Jack Hamilton	P	10	4	15	1	3	.950	1.900
William Dikeman	P	10	3	10	1	1	.929	1.300
Wayne Shellnut	P	8						.000
John Shaw	P	8						.000
Henry Alley	P	7						.000
Roger Bottorff	P	5						.000
Herbert Putney	P	3						.000
Leon Mitchell	P	3						.000
James Dotson	P	2						.000
Roselle Wooldridge	P	1						.000
Ronny Kipling	P	1						.000
Bill Dingus	SS	53	69	126	22	15	.899	3.679
Kenneth Bryant	SS	16	22	32	12	2	.818	3.375
Totals		690	1620	637	199	125	.919	3.271	21	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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