1957 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 79-47
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (79-47)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 83,233, Avg. 1,321
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Salt Lake City Bees 2
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1957 season with a record of 79 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Mustangs topped the league with just 643 runs allowed. Billings scored 784 runs.
Players from the 1957 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Duke Carmel, Don Choate, Chris Cannizzaro, Bob Sadowski, Ed Lyons and Mel Nelson.
Eddie Lyons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Choate | 19 | 8 | .704 | 3.11 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 240.0 | 227 | 108 | 83 | 7 | 120 | 174 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ernest Evans | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2.95 | 34 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 232.0 | 212 | 118 | 76 | 21 | 101 | 150 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Dennis Huelfer | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.50 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 121.0 | 130 | 79 | 47 | 7 | 79 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Greer | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.97 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 186.0 | 133 | 99 | 82 | 11 | 157 | 187 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Richard Hicks | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.07 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 55 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Howard Peterson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.65 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 62.0 | 87 | 44 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ted Burgess | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.40 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 74 | 61 | 45 | 4 | 50 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 52.0 | 51 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 33 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Norman Frye | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.44 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ed Lyons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Vea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Kilpela | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 47 | .627 | 3.77 | 225 | 124 | 0 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 1066.0 | 1015 | 613 | 447 | 60 | 624 | 0 | 793 | 30 | 2 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Vea | 126 | 584 | 527 | 90 | 172 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 116 | 4 | 41 | 50 | .326 | .378 | .493 | .871 | 260 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Duke Carmel | 126 | 569 | 454 | 118 | 147 | 21 | 12 | 29 | 121 | 6 | 104 | 92 | .324 | .446 | .615 | 1.061 | 279 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Lyle Krall | 116 | 556 | 469 | 88 | 133 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 73 | 60 | .284 | .378 | .356 | .734 | 167 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Bob Sadowski | 101 | 466 | 394 | 95 | 119 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 64 | 6 | 61 | 48 | .302 | .396 | .533 | .929 | 210 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Bob White | 74 | 328 | 282 | 38 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 38 | 54 | .294 | .375 | .397 | .773 | 112 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Gerald Cooper | 110 | 426 | 334 | 53 | 81 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 78 | 23 | .243 | .392 | .299 | .692 | 100 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Ronald Schmitt | 74 | 304 | 261 | 40 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 37 | 45 | .268 | .357 | .406 | .763 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Mel Nelson | 68 | 282 | 239 | 48 | 67 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 4 | 38 | 61 | .280 | .379 | .531 | .910 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tom McDevitt | 62 | 285 | 221 | 48 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 55 | 38 | .281 | .421 | .353 | .774 | 78 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Ed Lyons | 69 | 263 | 215 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 41 | 17 | .251 | .378 | .386 | .764 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Eduardo Escalante | 46 | 204 | 148 | 34 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 44 | 20 | .324 | .470 | .405 | .875 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 46 | 163 | 134 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 31 | .239 | .362 | .343 | .705 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Choate | 47 | 124 | 113 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 26 | .186 | .233 | .265 | .499 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| James Ledoux | 31 | 125 | 100 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 41 | .180 | .344 | .250 | .594 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Hicks | 18 | 47 | 42 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .310 | .348 | .524 | .872 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Huelfer | 41 | 54 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .271 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ernest Evans | 36 | 97 | 82 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 38 | .159 | .233 | .183 | .416 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Paul McGuire | 8 | 26 | 26 | 6 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Greer | 37 | 76 | 69 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | .072 | .147 | .116 | .263 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jose Echeverria | 7 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Burgess | 35 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .138 | .242 | .207 | .449 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Hamilton | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Norman Frye | 9 | 19 | 19 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Peterson | 11 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .091 | .231 | .182 | .413 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Vincent Kilpela | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie George | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1312 | 5097 | 4266 | 769 | 1173 | 206 | 49 | 99 | 699 | 50 | 0 | 696 | 730 | .275 | .377 | .416 | .793 | 1774 | 0 | 33 | 51 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob White | 1B | 74 | 613 | 48 | 8 | 72 | .988 | 8.932 | ||||
| Eduardo Escalante | 1B | 46 | 368 | 16 | 7 | 41 | .982 | 8.348 | ||||
| Ed Lyons | 2B | 60 | 121 | 140 | 9 | 42 | .967 | 4.350 | ||||
| Tom McDevitt | 2B | 49 | 96 | 121 | 18 | 33 | .923 | 4.429 | ||||
| James Ledoux | 2B | 28 | 74 | 59 | 12 | 23 | .917 | 4.750 | ||||
| Bob Sadowski | 3B | 92 | 78 | 193 | 28 | 21 | .906 | 2.946 | ||||
| Tom McDevitt | 3B | 10 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Gerald Cooper | C | 95 | 615 | 49 | 7 | 9 | .990 | 6.989 | 9 | |||
| Chris Cannizzaro | C | 42 | 248 | 19 | 7 | 9 | .974 | 6.357 | 11 | |||
| Duke Carmel | OF | 121 | 275 | 18 | 11 | 6 | .964 | 2.421 | ||||
| Roberto Vea | OF | 119 | 156 | 15 | 11 | 2 | .940 | 1.437 | ||||
| Ronald Schmitt | OF | 73 | 119 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .954 | 1.712 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | OF | 57 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 1.772 | ||||
| Don Choate | P | 39 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 4 | .938 | 1.538 | ||||
| Dennis Huelfer | P | 37 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .895 | .919 | ||||
| Robert Greer | P | 35 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Ernest Evans | P | 34 | 12 | 55 | 6 | 6 | .918 | 1.971 | ||||
| Ted Burgess | P | 32 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .880 | .688 | ||||
| Howard Peterson | P | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Hicks | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norman Frye | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vincent Kilpela | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Lyons | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob White | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Vea | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lyle Krall | SS | 116 | 212 | 373 | 41 | 85 | .935 | 5.043 | ||||
| Totals | 1207 | 3130 | 1250 | 191 | 361 | .958 | 3.629 | 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.
