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Owner(s) | William R. Daley |
General manager(s) | Hank Greenberg, Frank Lane |
Manager(s) | Kerby Farrell |
Local television | WEWS-TV (Ken Coleman, Jim Britt) |
Local radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal) |
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The 1957 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 76–77, 21½ games behind the New York Yankees
Regular season
The Indians season was marked by change. Longtime Indians manager Al López took over as manager of the Chicago White Sox, and was replaced by Kerby Farrell, who had led the Indianapolis Indians to the 1956 Junior World Series crown.[1] Eddie Stanky also became the Indians new infield coach.
Rookie Roger Maris, who was part of Farrell's Indianapolis team, joined the Indians as the team's starting center fielder. He made his major league debut against the Chicago White Sox on April 16. In 5 at bats, Maris had 3 hits.[2] Two days later, Maris hit the first home run of his career, a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.[3]
In grimmer news, on May 7 Gil McDougald of the Yankees hit a pitch off Indians pitcher Herb Score in the first inning. The pitch would strike Score in the face.[4]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 48–29 | 50–27 |
Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | 0.584 | 8 | 45–32 | 45–32 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 44–33 | 38–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 21 | 42–33 | 34–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | 0.497 | 21½ | 40–37 | 36–40 |
Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | 0.386 | 38½ | 37–40 | 22–54 |
Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | 0.357 | 43 | 28–49 | 27–50 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 16–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–9 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 | |||||
Kansas City | 5–16–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 3–19 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 19–3 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions
- August 24, 1957: Vito Valentinetti was purchased by the Indians from the Brooklyn Dodgers.[5]
- September 21, 1957: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.[6]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Hegan | 58 | 148 | 32 | .216 | 4 | 15 |
1B | Vic Wertz | 144 | 515 | 145 | .282 | 28 | 105 |
2B | Bobby Ávila | 129 | 463 | 124 | .268 | 5 | 48 |
SS | Chico Carrasquel | 125 | 392 | 108 | .276 | 8 | 57 |
3B | Al Smith | 135 | 507 | 125 | .247 | 11 | 49 |
LF | Gene Woodling | 133 | 430 | 138 | .321 | 19 | 78 |
CF | Roger Maris | 116 | 358 | 84 | .235 | 14 | 51 |
RF | Rocky Colavito | 134 | 461 | 116 | .252 | 25 | 84 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Larry Raines | 96 | 244 | 64 | .262 | 2 | 16 |
Dick Williams | 67 | 205 | 58 | .283 | 6 | 17 |
George Strickland | 89 | 201 | 47 | .234 | 1 | 19 |
Russ Nixon | 62 | 185 | 52 | .281 | 2 | 18 |
Hal Naragon | 57 | 121 | 31 | .256 | 0 | 8 |
Dick Brown | 34 | 114 | 30 | .263 | 4 | 22 |
Joe Caffie | 32 | 89 | 24 | .270 | 3 | 10 |
Joe Altobelli | 83 | 87 | 18 | .207 | 0 | 9 |
Jim Busby | 30 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 2 | 4 |
Billy Harrell | 22 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 1 | 5 |
Kenny Kuhn | 40 | 53 | 9 | .170 | 0 | 5 |
Eddie Robinson | 19 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 1 | 3 |
Preston Ward | 10 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Usher | 10 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Early Wynn | 40 | 263.0 | 14 | 17 | 4.31 | 184 |
Mike Garcia | 38 | 211.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.75 | 110 |
Bob Lemon | 21 | 117.1 | 6 | 11 | 4.60 | 45 |
Herb Score | 5 | 36.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 39 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Don Mossi | 36 | 159.0 | 11 | 10 | 4.13 | 97 |
Ray Narleski | 46 | 154.1 | 11 | 5 | 3.09 | 93 |
Cal McLish | 42 | 144.1 | 9 | 7 | 2.74 | 88 |
Bud Daley | 34 | 87.1 | 2 | 8 | 4.43 | 54 |
Stan Pitula | 23 | 59.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.98 | 17 |
Vito Valentinetti | 11 | 23.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.94 | 9 |
Johnny Gray | 7 | 20.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.85 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dick Tomanek | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 55 |
Hank Aguirre | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.75 | 9 |
Bob Alexander | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Art Houtteman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.45 | 0 |
Awards and honors
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Reading[7]
Notes
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 85, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- ^ Roger Maris at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87
- ^ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, pp. 88–89
- ^ Vito Valentinetti at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
- 1957 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference
- 1957 Cleveland Indians team page at baseball-almanac.com