1957 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics
Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 61-66
Finished 4th in the BSL
Manager: Burl Storie (61-66)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 29,995, Avg. 472
1957 Abilene Blue Sox RosterTeam Record: 61-66
Finished 4th in the BSL
Manager: Burl Storie (61-66)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 29,995, Avg. 472
The Abilene Blue Sox of the Big State League ended the 1957 season with a record of 61 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the BSL.
The Blue Sox scored 640 runs and conceded 658 runs, most in the circuit.
Players from the 1957 Abilene Blue Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Oster, Evans Killeen, Leo Posada and Chet Boak.
Burl Storie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas McNulty | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.08 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 219.0 | 197 | 94 | 75 | 19 | 88 | 1 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Bober | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.62 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 144.0 | 153 | 76 | 58 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Bob Aylmer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.12 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 131.0 | 140 | 72 | 60 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Robert Schmidt | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.04 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 72 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Stanley Horvatin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.60 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 131.0 | 123 | 82 | 67 | 13 | 81 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Evans Killeen | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.11 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 81.0 | 72 | 50 | 46 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Charles Kowalski | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.78 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 81.0 | 82 | 55 | 43 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.64 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 70 | 43 | 42 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dennis Schmitt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denny O'Melia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Boxer | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 48 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Stanley Guie | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.57 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 67.0 | 67 | 47 | 34 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jerry Black | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Kinnamon | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald McFarland | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 66 | .480 | 4.26 | 250 | 115 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1036.0 | 1024 | 607 | 490 | 78 | 523 | 8 | 733 | 27 | 4 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonso Brathwaite | 121 | 556 | 491 | 78 | 151 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 59 | 36 | .308 | .384 | .411 | .796 | 202 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Secrest | 127 | 585 | 477 | 81 | 133 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 98 | 73 | .279 | .402 | .369 | .771 | 176 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gilberto Valentin | 126 | 528 | 469 | 64 | 126 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 38 | 55 | .269 | .319 | .339 | .658 | 159 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | ||
| David Shea | 100 | 409 | 378 | 54 | 105 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 58 | 1 | 24 | 54 | .278 | .316 | .439 | .755 | 166 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Chet Boak | 110 | 461 | 379 | 64 | 104 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 3 | 72 | 48 | .274 | .394 | .409 | .803 | 155 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Alan Scott | 106 | 411 | 381 | 61 | 101 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 63 | 3 | 16 | 131 | .265 | .295 | .493 | .789 | 188 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Mills | 103 | 382 | 329 | 58 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 47 | 45 | .261 | .351 | .410 | .761 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Billy Knight | 78 | 289 | 247 | 39 | 76 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 30 | 42 | .308 | .388 | .405 | .793 | 100 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Leo Posada | 53 | 233 | 196 | 26 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 31 | 44 | .327 | .416 | .469 | .886 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Thomas | 52 | 212 | 188 | 23 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .250 | .321 | .410 | .730 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Della Valle | 26 | 116 | 109 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .266 | .310 | .367 | .677 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas McNulty | 55 | 104 | 95 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 11 | .284 | .333 | .389 | .723 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Whitworth | 21 | 74 | 69 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .246 | .297 | .319 | .616 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bober | 23 | 62 | 56 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .214 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Evans Killeen | 22 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .278 | .289 | .278 | .567 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Venditelli | 15 | 67 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | .185 | .333 | .222 | .556 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kowalski | 23 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .267 | .389 | .267 | .656 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Horvatin | 22 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .106 | .170 | .170 | .340 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Guie | 12 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Scercy | 10 | 41 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .133 | .341 | .167 | .508 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Aylmer | 41 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .103 | .167 | .128 | .295 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Schmitt | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Zuccato | 10 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Osmond Walker | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald McFarland | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerome Boxer | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schmidt | 36 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .043 | .154 | .043 | .197 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Black | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Casino | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Denny O'Melia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Kinnamon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 13 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .000 | .045 | .000 | .045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1349 | 4840 | 4225 | 633 | 1137 | 200 | 33 | 76 | 536 | 30 | 0 | 492 | 714 | .269 | .346 | .386 | .732 | 1631 | 0 | 29 | 49 | 45 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shea | 1B | 100 | 826 | 44 | 14 | 70 | .984 | 8.700 | ||||
| Alonso Brathwaite | 1B | 26 | 215 | 18 | 7 | 13 | .971 | 8.962 | ||||
| Chet Boak | 2B | 110 | 273 | 296 | 20 | 66 | .966 | 5.173 | ||||
| Tom Venditelli | 2B | 15 | 43 | 41 | 5 | 11 | .944 | 5.600 | ||||
| Alonso Brathwaite | 3B | 92 | 103 | 182 | 27 | 16 | .913 | 3.098 | ||||
| Al Della Valle | 3B | 26 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 7 | .889 | 2.462 | ||||
| Ronald Mills | C | 62 | 370 | 40 | 16 | 3 | .962 | 6.613 | 14 | |||
| Chuck Thomas | C | 49 | 315 | 37 | 8 | 6 | .978 | 7.184 | 12 | |||
| Bob Whitworth | C | 18 | 124 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 7.500 | 4 | |||
| Charles Secrest | OF | 127 | 293 | 19 | 14 | 3 | .957 | 2.457 | ||||
| Alan Scott | OF | 98 | 147 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .940 | 1.612 | ||||
| Billy Knight | OF | 78 | 126 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .951 | 1.744 | ||||
| Leo Posada | OF | 46 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 1.804 | ||||
| Ronald Mills | OF | 27 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .836 | 1.704 | ||||
| Leroy Scercy | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Bob Aylmer | P | 41 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .875 | .683 | ||||
| Thomas McNulty | P | 37 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 0 | .846 | .892 | ||||
| Robert Schmidt | P | 36 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Stanley Horvatin | P | 22 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.136 | ||||
| Charles Kowalski | P | 21 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .857 | ||||
| John Bober | P | 21 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 2.000 | ||||
| Evans Killeen | P | 15 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .900 | 1.200 | ||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .462 | ||||
| Stanley Guie | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jerome Boxer | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Donald McFarland | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Schmitt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Kinnamon | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Oster | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Black | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Denny O'Melia | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gilberto Valentin | SS | 126 | 217 | 355 | 32 | 63 | .947 | 4.540 | ||||
| Totals | 1260 | 3251 | 1291 | 204 | 277 | .957 | 3.605 | 30 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
