1957 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Eddie Bockman (97-57)
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 102,210, Avg. 1,327
1957 Amarillo Gold Sox RosterTeam Record: 97-57
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Eddie Bockman (97-57)
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 102,210, Avg. 1,327
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Western League ended the 1957 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the WL.
The Gold Sox topped the league with 953 runs. Amarillo surrendered 704 runs.
Players from the 1957 Amarillo Gold Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Fred Besana, Clay Dalrymple, Al Pinkston, Jodie Beeler, Ray Webster and Eddie Bockman.
Eddie Bockman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Yoke | 20 | 8 | .714 | 4.19 | 38 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 262.0 | 301 | 138 | 122 | 13 | 92 | 133 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hugh Blanton | 20 | 9 | .690 | 2.86 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 258.0 | 263 | 106 | 82 | 15 | 72 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Gerald Speck | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.32 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 179.0 | 214 | 108 | 86 | 19 | 60 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Fred Besana | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.26 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 112.0 | 113 | 65 | 53 | 7 | 66 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Gale Pringle | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.26 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 116.0 | 114 | 45 | 42 | 10 | 36 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| James Johnson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.74 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 106.0 | 109 | 49 | 44 | 7 | 59 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| William Walsh | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.06 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 121.0 | 148 | 91 | 68 | 11 | 69 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Knowles Piercey | 4 | 3 | .571 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Venable | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.94 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 91 | 49 | 39 | 5 | 47 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Al Curtis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.67 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 50 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Tully | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Storti | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Douglas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 97 | 57 | .630 | 3.93 | 272 | 151 | 0 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 1279.0 | 1403 | 673 | 558 | 94 | 532 | 0 | 749 | 17 | 2 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pinkston | 28 | 611 | 554 | 104 | 206 | 41 | 6 | 23 | 133 | 2 | 43 | 59 | .372 | .416 | .592 | 1.008 | 328 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Billy Shields | 154 | 693 | 615 | 127 | 200 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 90 | 16 | 54 | 66 | .325 | .385 | .463 | .848 | 285 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Don Hunter | 154 | 673 | 578 | 114 | 187 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 92 | 2 | 80 | 42 | .324 | .407 | .462 | .869 | 267 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Ray Webster | 154 | 736 | 627 | 136 | 178 | 23 | 5 | 19 | 87 | 10 | 88 | 112 | .284 | .378 | .427 | .805 | 268 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Frank Murray | 43 | 689 | 592 | 125 | 172 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 70 | 8 | 80 | 66 | .291 | .376 | .434 | .810 | 257 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| John Goodell | 123 | 530 | 459 | 83 | 147 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 96 | 1 | 61 | 78 | .320 | .398 | .534 | .932 | 245 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Clay Dalrymple | 128 | 506 | 443 | 67 | 132 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 81 | 1 | 51 | 41 | .298 | .372 | .463 | .834 | 205 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Eddie Bockman | 126 | 512 | 425 | 74 | 122 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 80 | 65 | .287 | .400 | .433 | .833 | 184 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Len Attyd | 99 | 315 | 276 | 37 | 96 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 31 | 23 | .348 | .412 | .449 | .862 | 124 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Yoke | 45 | 127 | 117 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .231 | .264 | .402 | .666 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John McNamara | 65 | 122 | 93 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 11 | .280 | .438 | .366 | .804 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hugh Blanton | 34 | 112 | 100 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 29 | .210 | .295 | .280 | .575 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gale Pringle | 73 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .263 | .282 | .342 | .624 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Speck | 32 | 67 | 59 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .169 | .210 | .169 | .379 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fred Besana | 23 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .195 | .214 | .268 | .483 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| James Johnson | 18 | 44 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .143 | .250 | .229 | .479 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gene Klingler | 8 | 20 | 20 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| William Walsh | 22 | 51 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .093 | .188 | .116 | .304 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Malangone | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Curtis | 10 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Venable | 34 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .143 | .250 | .381 | .631 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowles Piercey | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Benites | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Douglas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Herrscher | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jodie Beeler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1407 | 5966 | 5175 | 939 | 1566 | 278 | 57 | 127 | 834 | 44 | 0 | 634 | 708 | .303 | .380 | .452 | .832 | 2339 | 142 | 45 | 57 | 55 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Hunter | 1B | 148 | 1187 | 58 | 19 | 141 | .985 | 8.412 | ||||
| Frank Murray | 2B | 148 | 398 | 393 | 18 | 117 | .978 | 5.345 | ||||
| Eddie Bockman | 3B | 121 | 80 | 262 | 18 | 30 | .950 | 2.826 | ||||
| Len Attyd | 3B | 37 | 43 | 74 | 12 | 8 | .907 | 3.162 | ||||
| Clay Dalrymple | C | 120 | 635 | 79 | 9 | 15 | .988 | 5.950 | 16 | |||
| John McNamara | C | 33 | 177 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 5.758 | 3 | |||
| Billy Shields | OF | 154 | 445 | 16 | 12 | 0 | .975 | 2.994 | ||||
| Al Pinkston | OF | 138 | 223 | 10 | 12 | 2 | .951 | 1.688 | ||||
| John Goodell | OF | 116 | 171 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Len Attyd | OF | 38 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.789 | ||||
| Gale Pringle | P | 42 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Kenneth Yoke | P | 38 | 17 | 51 | 3 | 4 | .958 | 1.789 | ||||
| Hugh Blanton | P | 33 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jack Venable | P | 32 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .438 | ||||
| Gerald Speck | P | 32 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.031 | ||||
| Fred Besana | P | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Walsh | P | 22 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.045 | ||||
| James Johnson | P | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Knowles Piercey | P | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Al Curtis | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| George Storti | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Tully | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Douglas Gostlin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Douglas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Webster | SS | 154 | 312 | 445 | 54 | 112 | .933 | 4.916 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3803 | 1549 | 178 | 444 | .968 | 3.619 | 19 | 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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