1957 Baltimore Orioles season

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1957  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record76–76 (.500)
League place5th
Owners Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General managers Paul Richards
Managers Paul Richards
Television WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV
Radio WCBM
(Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal, Larry Ray)
  1956 Seasons 1958  

The 1957 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98560.63648–2950–27
Chicago White Sox 90640.584845–3245–32
Boston Red Sox 82720.5321644–3338–39
Detroit Tigers 78760.5062045–3233–44
Baltimore Orioles 76760.5002142–3334–43
Cleveland Indians 76770.49721½40–3736–40
Kansas City Athletics 59940.38638½37–4022–54
Washington Senators 55990.3574328–4927–50

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCANYYWSH
Baltimore 8–1410–12–19–129–1316–5–19–1315–7
Boston 14–88–1412–1010–1216–68–1414–8
Chicago 12–10–114–814–811–1114–88–1417–5
Cleveland 12–910–128–1411–1111–119–1315–7
Detroit 13–912–1011–1111–118–1410–1213–9
Kansas City 5–16–16–168–1411–1114–83–1912–10
New York 13–914–814–813–912–1019–313–9
Washington 7–158–145–177–159–1310–129–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1957 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gus Triandos 129418106.2541972
1B Bob Boyd 141485154.318434
2B Billy Gardner 154644169.262655
SS Willy Miranda 11531461.194020
3B George Kell 9931092.297944
LF Bob Nieman 129445123.2761370
CF Jim Busby 8628872.250319
RF Al Pilarcik 142407113.278949

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tito Francona 9727465.233738
Billy Goodman 7326381.308333
Joe Ginsberg 8517548.274118
Dick Williams 4716739.234117
Joe Durham 7715729.185417
Jim Brideweser 9114238.268118
Brooks Robinson 5011728.239214
Bob Hale 424411.25007
Carl Powis 15418.19502
Jim Pyburn 35409.22512
Lenny Green 19336.18215
Tex Nelson 15235.21705
Buddy Peterson 7173.17600
Frank Zupo 10121.08300
Wayne Causey 14102.20001
Eddie Robinson 430.00000
Tom Patton 120.00000
Eddie Miksis 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Connie Johnson 35242.014113.20177
Ray Moore 34227.111133.72117
Hal Brown 25150.0783.9062

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Billy Loes 31155.11273.2486
Billy O'Dell 35140.14102.6997
Bill Wight 27121.0663.6450
Art Ceccarelli 2058.0054.5030
Mike Fornieles 1557.0264.2643
Jerry Walker 1327.2102.9313
Don Ferrarese 819.0114.7413
Charlie Beamon 48.2005.195
Art Houtteman 56.20017.553

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
George Zuverink 5610692.4836
Ken Lehman 308362.7832
Sandy Consuegra 50011.800
Milt Pappas 40001.003
Dizzy Trout 200081.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Open Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Charlie Metro
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Joe Schultz
A Knoxville Smokies Sally League George Staller
C Phoenix Stars Arizona–Mexico League Bob Hooper
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Billy Capps and Barney Lutz
D Kingsport Orioles Appalachian League Enid Drake
D Fitzgerald Orioles Georgia–Florida League Earl Weaver
D Paris Orioles Sooner State League Barney Lutz and Billy Capps

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix

Notes

  1. Jim Brideweser at Baseball-Reference
  2. Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
  3. Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference
  4. Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference

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