1957 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Frank Oceak (69-85)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 180,418, Avg. 2,343

1957 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the International League ended the 1957 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.

The Red Birds plated 627 runs and surrendered 674 runs, most in the league.

Players from the 1957 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Christopher, Bob Kuzava, Eddie O'Brien, Dick Barone, Lino Donoso, Román Mejías, Hardy Peterson, Moe Burtschy, Danny Kravitz, Dick Hall, Al Grunwald, R C Stevens, Whammy Douglas, Howie Goss, Cal Hogue, George O'Donnell, Johnny Lipon, Russ Sullivan, Tony Bartirome, Al Jackson, Gail Henley, John Powers, Ron Blackburn, Joe Altobelli and Cholly Naranjo.

Frank Oceak served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Whammy Douglas	10	10	.500	2.71	26	20		11	2		133.0	104	45	40	8	59		88	2	0	1
George O'Donnell	9	5	.643	2.92	32	7		6	1		114.0	113	38	37	6	32		44	4	1	0
Ron Blackburn	9	13	.409	4.30	33	27		9	1		199.0	209	104	95	20	61		101	7	1	0
Bob Kuzava	8	1	.889	3.41	20	10		4	2		95.0	80	38	36	8	25		48	2	0	1
Cholly Naranjo	8	12	.400	3.95	33	26		11	3		180.0	181	95	79	15	85		96	9	0	8
Don Kildoo	7	11	.389	4.19	36	20		5	1		144.0	153	74	67	8	66		77	5	0	6
Moe Burtschy	5	9	.357	4.25	44	5		0	0		110.0	105	59	52	10	61		55	6	0	1
Dick Hall	4	7	.364	4.15	14	12		6	1		91.0	84	47	42	16	32		65	2	0	0
Al Grunwald	3	3	.500	3.00	14	3		1	0		39.0	29	19	13	1	21		25	1	0	0
Eddie O'Brien	2	0	1.000	3.97	9	2		1	0		34.0	31	17	15	7	16		14	1	0	0
Jack Brown	2	2	.500	4.89	7	7		2	1		35.0	24	21	19	2	37		33	0	0	1
Lino Donoso	1	2	.333	4.74	11	2		2	0		38.0	39	24	20	8	20		18	1	1	0
Bob Anderton	1	4	.200	7.02	13	8		0	0		41.0	53	32	32	4	28		19	2	0	6
Roger Sawyer	0	0			5						0.0									0
Deward Williams	0	0			5						0.0									0
Cal Hogue	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Les Phillips	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Don Dangleis	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Ronald Sheetz	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Al Jackson	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	69	85	.448	3.93	320	149	0	58	12	0	1253.0	1205	613	547	113	543	0	683	42	3	24	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
John Powers	127	537	476	73	140	16	11	29	95	3		45	78	.294	.365	.557	.922	265		10	3	3
Johnny Lipon	135	548	485	47	135	25	1	5	59	1		46	31	.278	.338	.365	.703	177		0	12	5
Howie Goss	131	464	427	53	110	18	6	16	67	2		28	90	.258	.302	.440	.742	188		1	4	4
Ken Toothman	130	474	403	71	97	9	5	13	61	6		58	53	.241	.340	.385	.725	155		5	4	4
Gail Henley	126	439	383	58	89	8	1	15	52	3		48	66	.232	.323	.376	.699	144		4	2	2
Eddie O'Brien	87	350	319	48	88	15	1	3	18	4		21	20	.276	.326	.357	.683	114		3	6	1
Danny Kravitz	107	366	345	30	86	15	4	5	34	1		16	38	.249	.281	.359	.640	124		0	3	2
James Rice	99	348	293	43	78	14	2	2	23	2		50	36	.266	.373	.348	.721	102		0	5	0
R C Stevens	59	230	197	21	58	15	2	8	36	0		29	43	.294	.384	.513	.897	101		1	1	2
Dick Barone	95	355	314	39	57	10	3	2	16	4		35	42	.182	.269	.252	.521	79		3	2	1
Román Mejías	28	117	110	15	35	7	2	4	20	3		4	9	.318	.350	.527	.878	58		2	0	1
Hardy Peterson	47	164	148	7	26	7	0	2	9	0		10	21	.176	.241	.264	.504	39		3	2	1
Tony Bartirome	29	97	85	11	21	3	0	1	1	1		11	4	.247	.333	.318	.651	27		0	1	0
Al Grunwald	40	108	100	9	20	5	1	2	9	0		8	24	.200	.259	.330	.589	33		0	0	0
Joe Altobelli	22	86	77	16	18	5	1	2	10	0		9	16	.234	.314	.403	.717	31		0	0	0
Marcos Cobos	15	54	50	6	13	0	1	0	2	0		4	6	.260	.315	.300	.615	15		0	0	0
Ron Blackburn	40	76	70	4	12	3	0	0	2	0		5	20	.171	.227	.214	.441	15		0	1	0
Bill Onuska	14	40	36	3	10	3	0	0	1	0		4	9	.278	.350	.361	.711	13		0	0	0
Dick Hall	29	74	72	2	10	3	0	0	11	0		1	13	.139	.151	.181	.331	13		0	1	0
Cholly Naranjo	36	66	61	2	8	0	0	0	4	0		4	13	.131	.185	.131	.316	8		0	1	0
George O'Donnell	32	35	33	3	7	0	0	0	2	0		1	10	.212	.235	.212	.447	7		0	1	0
Bob Kuzava	20	35	33	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	16	.152	.200	.152	.352	5		0	0	0
Whammy Douglas	26	49	47	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	26	.106	.125	.106	.231	5		0	1	0
Reginaldo Grenald	9	15	15		4									.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Don Kildoo	37	51	49	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	15	.082	.118	.082	.199	4		0	0	0
Jack Brown	9	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Al Jackson	6	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Moe Burtschy	44	27	22	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	2		0	3	0
Cal Hogue	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Roger Sawyer	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Joe Christopher	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Lino Donoso	11	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.083	.083	.167	.250	2		0	1	0
Don Dangleis	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Les Phillips	5	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Sheetz	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Anderton	13	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Deward Williams	5	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1636	5271	4715	569	1147	182	41	109	538	30	0	444	717	.243	.311	.369	.680	1738	0	32	54	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
R C Stevens	1B	59	473	54	5	54	.991	8.932
Tony Bartirome	1B	27	201	15	2	18	.991	8.000
Al Grunwald	1B	23	188	16	7	23	.967	8.870
Joe Altobelli	1B	22	176	20	3	21	.985	8.909
Johnny Lipon	1B	15	107	10	0	11	1.000	7.800
John Powers	1B	10	90	6	0	5	1.000	9.600
Ken Toothman	2B	110	273	310	16	69	.973	5.300
James Rice	2B	49	117	143	6	32	.977	5.306
Johnny Lipon	3B	100	79	190	5	20	.982	2.690
James Rice	3B	38	30	68	10	5	.907	2.579
Dick Barone	3B	19	12	26	2	1	.950	2.000
Danny Kravitz	C	95	443	41	7	8	.986	5.095	6
Hardy Peterson	C	41	225	21	3	7	.988	6.000	3
Marcos Cobos	C	15	60	3	2	0	.969	4.200	1
Bill Onuska	C	11	52	9	1	2	.984	5.545	4
Howie Goss	OF	122	285	5	7	1	.976	2.377
John Powers	OF	117	259	7	6	3	.978	2.274
Gail Henley	OF	113	198	13	4	3	.981	1.867
Román Mejías	OF	28	41	4	0	0	1.000	1.607
Moe Burtschy	P	44	4	11	2	1	.882	.341
Don Kildoo	P	36	12	21	2	3	.943	.917
Cholly Naranjo	P	33	20	43	4	3	.940	1.909
Ron Blackburn	P	33	22	41	1	4	.984	1.909
George O'Donnell	P	32	11	38	3	3	.942	1.531
Whammy Douglas	P	26	3	11	1	0	.933	.538
Bob Kuzava	P	20	5	15	0	2	1.000	1.000
Dick Hall	P	14	5	11	0	3	1.000	1.143
Al Grunwald	P	14	1	8	1	1	.900	.643
Bob Anderton	P	13	1	8	0	0	1.000	.692
Lino Donoso	P	11	4	6	0	0	1.000	.909
Eddie O'Brien	P	9						.000
Jack Brown	P	7						.000
Deward Williams	P	5						.000
Roger Sawyer	P	5						.000
Les Phillips	P	5						.000
Al Jackson	P	5						.000
Ronald Sheetz	P	3						.000
Cal Hogue	P	3						.000
Don Dangleis	P	2						.000
Eddie O'Brien	SS	71	133	178	14	48	.957	4.380
Dick Barone	SS	67	121	156	18	46	.939	4.134
Johnny Lipon	SS	21	38	57	0	21	1.000	4.524
Totals		1493	3689	1565	132	418	.975	3.519	14	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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