1957 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (88-66)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 386,071, Avg. 5,014
Playoffs - Buffalo Bisons 4 games, Richmond Virginians 2
Finals - Buffalo Bisons 4 games, Miami Marlins 1
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1957 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Bisons paced the circuit with 698 runs. Buffalo allowed 611 runs.
Players from the 1957 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Floyd Wooldridge, Mike Kume, Pete Castiglione, Carl Duser, Ray Noble, Bill Stewart, Glenn Cox, Ray Herbert, Russ Sullivan, Lou Kretlow, Joe Caffie, Luke Easter, Steve Nagy, Dutch Romberger, José Santiago, Walt Craddock, Karl Drews, Rip Coleman, Gene Host, Bill Bradford, Bill Serena, Rod Graber, Joe Astroth, Dave Melton, Fred Hahn and Mike Baxes.
Phil Cavarretta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Craddock | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.36 | 31 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 217.0 | 192 | 93 | 81 | 18 | 74 | 154 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ray Herbert | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.52 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 161.0 | 145 | 72 | 63 | 9 | 55 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Glenn Cox | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.00 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 153.0 | 153 | 62 | 51 | 18 | 50 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.71 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 109 | 53 | 47 | 12 | 50 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.26 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 188.0 | 173 | 75 | 68 | 17 | 86 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Karl Drews | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.91 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 136 | 66 | 56 | 20 | 33 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rip Coleman | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.76 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 101.0 | 84 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 40 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Mike Kume | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.20 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 90.0 | 75 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Host | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carl Duser | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Kretlow | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.88 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 51.0 | 46 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| José Santiago | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Moeller | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas McGroarty | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Bradford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 88 | 62 | .587 | 3.37 | 307 | 142 | 0 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 1204.0 | 1113 | 514 | 451 | 111 | 465 | 0 | 710 | 30 | 2 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Baxes | 154 | 661 | 590 | 101 | 179 | 40 | 3 | 13 | 76 | 9 | 64 | 45 | .303 | .372 | .447 | .819 | 264 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Luke Easter | 154 | 640 | 534 | 87 | 149 | 27 | 2 | 40 | 128 | 0 | 100 | 140 | .279 | .394 | .562 | .956 | 300 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Caffie | 108 | 486 | 440 | 69 | 145 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 7 | 35 | 71 | .330 | .378 | .482 | .860 | 212 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Lou Ortiz | 151 | 625 | 531 | 83 | 138 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 83 | 0 | 84 | 66 | .260 | .362 | .439 | .801 | 233 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Dave Melton | 135 | 532 | 495 | 53 | 128 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 31 | 53 | .259 | .300 | .368 | .668 | 182 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Rod Graber | 144 | 537 | 458 | 74 | 127 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 69 | 49 | .277 | .371 | .380 | .751 | 174 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Ray Noble | 118 | 433 | 363 | 49 | 91 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 62 | 0 | 64 | 58 | .251 | .363 | .463 | .825 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Pete Castiglione | 100 | 337 | 321 | 34 | 82 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .255 | .274 | .330 | .604 | 106 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Bill Serena | 116 | 355 | 285 | 44 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 65 | 70 | .211 | .361 | .389 | .750 | 111 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Stewart | 95 | 275 | 231 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 41 | .216 | .331 | .346 | .677 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Astroth | 64 | 206 | 184 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 18 | .217 | .294 | .310 | .604 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Cox | 36 | 76 | 68 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .250 | .297 | .588 | .886 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Walt Craddock | 50 | 90 | 85 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .188 | .193 | .212 | .405 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ray Herbert | 43 | 65 | 60 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .183 | .222 | .183 | .406 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Steve Nagy | 47 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .286 | .359 | .486 | .845 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Fred Hahn | 33 | 70 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Karl Drews | 31 | 52 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .119 | .245 | .143 | .388 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Carl Duser | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Kume | 35 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Prigge | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rip Coleman | 15 | 39 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .054 | .079 | .081 | .160 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dutch Romberger | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Bradford | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Host | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou Kretlow | 12 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Moeller | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1687 | 5602 | 4901 | 676 | 1272 | 242 | 28 | 145 | 632 | 24 | 0 | 594 | 777 | .260 | .341 | .409 | .750 | 2005 | 0 | 28 | 43 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Easter | 1B | 154 | 1370 | 105 | 14 | 135 | .991 | 9.578 | ||||
| Rod Graber | 1B | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 149 | 358 | 444 | 19 | 113 | .977 | 5.383 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | 2B | 13 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 2.846 | ||||
| Bill Serena | 3B | 104 | 78 | 181 | 14 | 20 | .949 | 2.490 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | 3B | 68 | 49 | 142 | 8 | 6 | .960 | 2.809 | ||||
| Ray Noble | C | 106 | 528 | 42 | 6 | 14 | .990 | 5.377 | 7 | |||
| Joe Astroth | C | 57 | 327 | 21 | 2 | 4 | .994 | 6.105 | 12 | |||
| Dave Melton | OF | 132 | 240 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .992 | 1.939 | ||||
| Rod Graber | OF | 130 | 254 | 12 | 11 | 5 | .960 | 2.046 | ||||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 108 | 201 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .968 | 1.954 | ||||
| Bill Stewart | OF | 82 | 91 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 1.171 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | P | 47 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .941 | .681 | ||||
| Ray Herbert | P | 38 | 21 | 46 | 1 | 3 | .985 | 1.763 | ||||
| Mike Kume | P | 34 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .889 | .706 | ||||
| Karl Drews | P | 31 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.226 | ||||
| Walt Craddock | P | 31 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 1.516 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | P | 29 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 3 | .961 | 1.690 | ||||
| Glenn Cox | P | 24 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 2.042 | ||||
| Rip Coleman | P | 15 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.800 | ||||
| Lou Kretlow | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Carl Duser | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Bill Bradford | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| José Santiago | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dutch Romberger | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas McGroarty | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Host | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Moeller | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Baxes | SS | 154 | 242 | 521 | 45 | 103 | .944 | 4.955 | ||||
| Totals | 1576 | 3869 | 1785 | 152 | 433 | .974 | 3.588 | 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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