1957 Baltimore Orioles season

1957  Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	76–76 (.500)
League place	5th
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)
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The 1957 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses. It was the franchise's first non-losing season since 1945, when it was still the St. Louis Browns.

Offseason

• February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased by the Orioles from the Detroit Tigers. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	—	48‍–‍29	50‍–‍27
Chicago White Sox	90	64	.584	8	45‍–‍32	45‍–‍32
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	16	44‍–‍33	38‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20	45‍–‍32	33‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	76	76	.500	21	42‍–‍33	34‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians	76	77	.497	21½	40‍–‍37	36‍–‍40
Kansas City Athletics	59	94	.386	38½	37‍–‍40	22‍–‍54
Washington Senators	55	99	.357	43	28‍–‍49	27‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1957 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	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

• June 24, 1957: Jack Fisher was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles. ^[2]
• September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[3]
• September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals. ^[4]

Roster

1957 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 27 Charlie Beamon 28 Hal Brown 16 Art Ceccarelli 21 Sandy Consuegra 39 Don Ferrarese 41 Mike Fornieles 21 Art Houtteman 36 Connie Johnson 39 Ken Lehman 18 Billy Loes 29 Ray Moore 38 Billy O'Dell 23 Milt Pappas 24 Dizzy Trout 41 Jerry Walker 17 Bill Wight 35 George Zuverink		Catchers 22 Joe Ginsberg 10 Tom Patton 11 Gus Triandos 42 Frank Zupo Infielders  1 Bob Boyd 19,40 Jim Brideweser 33 Wayne Causey  9 Billy Gardner 10 Billy Goodman  6 Bob Hale  3 George Kell  7 Willy Miranda  8 Buddy Peterson 5,34 Brooks Robinson		Outfielders 23 Jim Busby 27 Joe Durham 44 Tito Francona 21 Lenny Green 37 Tex Nelson  4 Bob Nieman  2 Al Pilarcik 42 Carl Powis  8 Jim Pyburn 23 Dick Williams Other batters  6 Eddie Miksis 37 Eddie Robinson		Manager 12 Paul Richards Coaches 45 Jimmy Adair 31 Harry Brecheen 26 Lum Harris 37 Eddie Robinson 30 Al Vincent

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
C	Gus Triandos	129	418	106	.254	19	72
1B	Bob Boyd	141	485	154	.318	4	34
2B	Billy Gardner	154	644	169	.262	6	55
SS	Willy Miranda	115	314	61	.194	0	20
3B	George Kell	99	310	92	.297	9	44
LF	Bob Nieman	129	445	123	.276	13	70
CF	Jim Busby	86	288	72	.250	3	19
RF	Al Pilarcik	142	407	113	.278	9	49

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
Tito Francona	97	274	65	.233	7	38
Billy Goodman	73	263	81	.308	3	33
Joe Ginsberg	85	175	48	.274	1	18
Dick Williams	47	167	39	.234	1	17
Joe Durham	77	157	29	.185	4	17
Jim Brideweser	91	142	38	.268	1	18
Brooks Robinson	50	117	28	.239	2	14
Bob Hale	42	44	11	.250	0	7
Carl Powis	15	41	8	.195	0	2
Jim Pyburn	35	40	9	.225	1	2
Lenny Green	19	33	6	.182	1	5
Tex Nelson	15	23	5	.217	0	5
Buddy Peterson	7	17	3	.176	0	0
Frank Zupo	10	12	1	.083	0	0
Wayne Causey	14	10	2	.200	0	1
Eddie Robinson	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Tom Patton	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Miksis	1	1	0	.000	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
Connie Johnson	35	242.0	14	11	3.20	177
Ray Moore	34	227.1	11	13	3.72	117
Hal Brown	25	150.0	7	8	3.90	62

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
Billy Loes	31	155.1	12	7	3.24	86
Billy O'Dell	35	140.1	4	10	2.69	97
Bill Wight	27	121.0	6	6	3.64	50
Art Ceccarelli	20	58.0	0	5	4.50	30
Mike Fornieles	15	57.0	2	6	4.26	43
Jerry Walker	13	27.2	1	0	2.93	13
Don Ferrarese	8	19.0	1	1	4.74	13
Charlie Beamon	4	8.2	0	0	5.19	5
Art Houtteman	5	6.2	0	0	17.55	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
George Zuverink	56	10	6	9	2.48	36
Ken Lehman	30	8	3	6	2.78	32
Sandy Consuegra	5	0	0	1	1.80	0
Milt Pappas	4	0	0	0	1.00	3
Dizzy Trout	2	0	0	0	81.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1957 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
• 1957 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com