1957 Bluefield Dodgers Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 47-20
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Jimmy Bragan (47-20)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 17,264, Avg. 515
1957 Bluefield Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 47-20
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Jimmy Bragan (47-20)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 17,264, Avg. 515
The Bluefield Dodgers of the Appalachian League ended the 1957 season with a record of 47 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Dodgers tallied 559 runs and allowed 410 runs. Albert Fantuzzi accounted for 64 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .377 clip. Jim Duckworth led the squad with 10 wins, while Thomas Donovan registered a 2.86 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Duckworth played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bluefield Dodgers to do so.
Jimmy Bragan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Duckworth | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.09 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 64.0 | 45 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 38 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Donovan | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.86 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 110.0 | 87 | 51 | 35 | 4 | 60 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Larry Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Leo Demm | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.27 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 47 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Raymond Suto | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.35 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 58 | 42 | 30 | 2 | 44 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Joe Penland | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.89 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 46 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Petty | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.76 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 2 | 59 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Francis Bergey | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Pierce | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Johnston | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Silvey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Christenson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brad Thurman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Martellani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dan Kanapkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carmine Chierichella | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Teliszewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jay Bene | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Linzey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Capullo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 19 | .712 | 4.00 | 163 | 50 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 446.0 | 381 | 254 | 198 | 14 | 294 | 0 | 552 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Fantuzzi | 64 | 266 | 231 | 61 | 87 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 15 | 30 | 13 | .377 | .445 | .558 | 1.004 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| George Miller | 61 | 254 | 221 | 46 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 27 | 18 | .285 | .367 | .348 | .715 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Michael Ricigliano | 71 | 294 | 224 | 68 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 56 | 24 | .268 | .413 | .366 | .779 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Angelo Galasso | 51 | 196 | 178 | 42 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 24 | .326 | .388 | .534 | .921 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Johnson | 53 | 209 | 187 | 46 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 20 | 24 | .299 | .365 | .471 | .836 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Francis Bergey | 53 | 187 | 163 | 39 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 24 | .319 | .389 | .393 | .782 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Dan Kanapkey | 53 | 193 | 182 | 27 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 18 | .258 | .295 | .368 | .663 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rich Muratore | 56 | 225 | 177 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 41 | 20 | .254 | .411 | .294 | .704 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Melton | 33 | 125 | 107 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 32 | .327 | .419 | .458 | .877 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Boone | 39 | 125 | 112 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .268 | .336 | .411 | .747 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| David Griffith | 45 | 159 | 135 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 29 | .185 | .299 | .267 | .566 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lucius Teague | 18 | 75 | 61 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 13 | .262 | .392 | .361 | .753 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alonzo Burnham | 15 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | .323 | .488 | .548 | 1.037 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Simpson | 15 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .243 | .300 | .405 | .705 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philip Strother | 9 | 30 | 30 | 8 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Bernard Teliszewski | 18 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .242 | .306 | .424 | .730 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Donovan | 19 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .170 | .278 | .213 | .491 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Robert Beavers | 7 | 22 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Jones | 8 | 29 | 29 | 5 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| George Caison | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Pierce | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Penland | 15 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Milton Perez | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joel Parkey | 8 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Darrell Leake | 8 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Capullo | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Linzey | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Stehn | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Brad Thurman | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Silvey | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Christenson | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Johnston | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Suto | 19 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Leo Demm | 20 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .045 | .125 | .045 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Cobb | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Petty | 15 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Carmine Chierichella | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Lewis | 20 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Duckworth | 19 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 867 | 2824 | 2447 | 509 | 656 | 104 | 36 | 26 | 395 | 68 | 0 | 312 | 338 | .268 | .354 | .372 | .725 | 910 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ricigliano | 1B | 50 | 296 | 15 | 6 | 13 | .981 | 6.220 | ||||
| Dan Kanapkey | 1B | 12 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .968 | 5.083 | ||||
| Rich Muratore | 2B | 53 | 118 | 120 | 15 | 20 | .941 | 4.491 | ||||
| Francis Bergey | 2B | 11 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | .812 | 3.545 | ||||
| Gary Melton | 3B | 31 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | .871 | 1.968 | ||||
| Francis Bergey | 3B | 16 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | .867 | 2.438 | ||||
| Fred Simpson | 3B | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .733 | 1.692 | ||||
| David Griffith | 3B | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Angelo Galasso | 3B | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .786 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ronald Boone | C | 37 | 313 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .991 | 9.108 | 3 | |||
| Dan Kanapkey | C | 33 | 273 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .980 | 8.848 | 14 | |||
| Alonzo Burnham | C | 14 | 112 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 8.857 | 3 | |||
| Albert Fantuzzi | OF | 61 | 60 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .942 | 1.066 | ||||
| George Miller | OF | 59 | 81 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .957 | 1.508 | ||||
| Billy Johnson | OF | 52 | 77 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 1.577 | ||||
| Michael Ricigliano | OF | 22 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .864 | ||||
| Lucius Teague | OF | 18 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .741 | 1.111 | ||||
| Larry Lewis | P | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .600 | ||||
| Raymond Suto | P | 19 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .667 | .632 | ||||
| Jim Duckworth | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Leo Demm | P | 16 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Robert Petty | P | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Thomas Donovan | P | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Thomas Silvey | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Joe Penland | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Brad Thurman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Johnston | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Pierce | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Christenson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francis Bergey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Linzey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Capullo | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Bene | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carmine Chierichella | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bernard Teliszewski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Martellani | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Kanapkey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angelo Galasso | SS | 38 | 49 | 74 | 19 | 10 | .866 | 3.237 | ||||
| David Griffith | SS | 25 | 29 | 46 | 10 | 7 | .882 | 3.000 | ||||
| Francis Bergey | SS | 12 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .780 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 741 | 1622 | 539 | 148 | 72 | .936 | 2.916 | 20 | 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.
