1957 Columbus Foxes Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (81-73)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 68,193, Avg. 886

1957 Columbus Foxes Roster

The Columbus Foxes of the South Atlantic League ended the 1957 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.

The Foxes tallied 659 runs and yielded 575 runs.

Players from the 1957 Columbus Foxes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mel Nelson, Fred Marolewski, Paul Toth, Joe McClain, Bob Gibson and Bill Smith.

Skeeter Newsome 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
Bill Smith	16	8	.667	3.12	35	30		18	6		242.0	218	102	84	16	106	8	163	2	3	4
Ted Thiem	15	12	.556	2.77	36	28		10	2		218.0	212	103	67	13	68	2	122	3	0	4
Joe McClain	11	3	.786	2.06	17	15		12	2		131.0	107	40	30	4	35	2	62	2	0	1
Glen Crable	8	1	.889	1.78	12	11		6	2		91.0	74	19	18	4	24	1	35	0	0	4
Paul Toth	7	10	.412	2.52	46	6		0	0		118.0	102	41	33	5	50	8	61	4	0	4
Ernest Palmieri	7	12	.368	3.22	23	21		9	0		162.0	129	76	58	8	102	6	98	3	2	5
Bob Gibson	4	3	.571	3.77	8	8		2	0		43.0	36	26	18	2	34	2	24	1	1	0
Carlos Thorne	4	11	.267	3.26	23	16		9	1		127.0	118	52	46	10	57	2	76	3	0	6
Leo Giannecchini	2	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Bill Getz	2	1	.667		6						0.0									0
Harvey Cohen	2	5	.286	3.99	28	6		2	0		88.0	73	42	39	8	43	2	60	2	0	1
John Bartek	1	0	1.000		2						0.0									0
Darold Satchell	1	0	1.000		2						0.0									0
Arthur Huinker	0	0			1						0.0									0
Larry Kendig	0	0			1						0.0									0
Vernon Cray	0	0			1						0.0									0
David Dexter	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Richard Hicks	0	2	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	80	70	.533	2.90	253	141	0	68	13	0	1220.0	1069	501	393	70	519	33	701	20	6	29	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
Ron Bennett	112	482	377	73	105	13	5	13	42	13		90	57	.279	.426	.443	.869	167		8	6	1	4
David Garcia	100	444	387	51	97	18	5	3	34	8		49	35	.251	.336	.346	.682	134		2	3	3	4
Alan Willner	115	447	412	49	96	15	0	8	46	2		30	40	.233	.284	.328	.611	135		0	3	2	2
Al Grandcolas	93	390	312	67	89	17	1	17	68	0		65	38	.285	.413	.510	.923	159		6	3	4	4
Kenny Hilyer	78	328	268	45	75	16	2	7	40	2		51	32	.280	.400	.433	.833	116		4	3	2	3
James McArdle	104	373	323	24	66	12	0	2	31	0		45	41	.204	.303	.260	.563	84		1	3	1	8
Ronny Camacho	91	331	289	34	65	12	1	3	29	0		35	42	.225	.310	.304	.615	88		2	2	3	1
Fred Koenig	62	258	221	41	58	12	2	6	44	3		27	37	.262	.348	.416	.764	92		4	2	4	6
Jose Garcia	51	219	201	32	57	7	0	2	24	12		11	5	.284	.319	.348	.668	70		0	6	1	0
Fred Marolewski	56	217	188	25	50	10	1	4	28	4		22	32	.266	.338	.394	.732	74		0	4	3	1
William Kunkle	53	202	190	23	39	3	2	5	21	1		10	38	.205	.243	.321	.564	61		0	0	2	1
Bob White	51	189	169	13	37	7	0	0	11	2		18	22	.219	.293	.260	.553	44		0	1	1	3
Donald Catchot	32	135	118	15	30	1	1	0	12	0		14	10	.254	.333	.280	.613	33		0	3	0	1
Robert Rand	39	146	118	13	24	1	1	1	11	0		21	13	.203	.317	.254	.571	30		0	4	3	4
Lindon Duncan	34	147	126	11	23	2	1	2	14	0		19	17	.183	.290	.262	.552	33		0	2	0	1
Bill Smith	44	102	93	12	22	5	0	1	8	1		6	25	.237	.283	.323	.605	30		0	3	0	0
William Stephens	21	74	67	8	17	3	0	1	8	0		2	10	.254	.274	.343	.617	23		1	1	3	1
Pedro Cardenal	15	64	59	7	15	4	1	1	8	1		4	2	.254	.302	.407	.708	24		0	1	0	1
Alfred Davis	29	77	64	7	15	2	1	1	5	1		12	17	.234	.364	.344	.707	22		1	0	0	0
Joe McClain	22	59	55	11	14	3	0	1	7	0		2	7	.255	.276	.364	.639	20		0	1	1	0
Ted Thiem	46	96	93	5	13	3	0	0	7	0		2	27	.140	.158	.172	.330	16		0	1	0	0
Mel Nelson	24	82	77	7	12	1	2	2	5	1		4	23	.156	.207	.299	.506	23		1	0	0	0
Carlos Thorne	25	45	40	3	10	2	0	0	3	0		1	6	.250	.279	.300	.579	12		1	2	1	0
Herman Grabert	16	58	49	5	10	0	1	0	6	1		5	5	.204	.310	.245	.555	12		3	0	1	0
Paul Toth	46	39	37	0	6	0	0	0	2	0		0	12	.162	.162	.162	.324	6		0	2	0	0
Glen Crable	13	36	31	3	5	1	0	0	0	0		3	10	.161	.235	.194	.429	6		0	2	0	0
Harvey Cohen	28	30	24	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		4	11	.167	.286	.208	.494	5		0	2	0	0
David Dexter	6	6	6		3									.500	.500	.500	1.000	3
Ernest Palmieri	24	65	57	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	12	.053	.115	.053	.167	3		0	4	0	0
James Smith	6	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Richard Hicks	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Terry Reber	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Leo Giannecchini	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Douglas Young	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bob Gibson	10	22	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.045	.045	.045	.091	1		0	0	0	0
Eduardo Escalante	4	14	14		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Getz	6	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Kendig	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John McDevitt	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Bartek	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1474	5215	4525	591	1067	171	27	80	517	52	0	556	634	.236	.322	.339	.660	1532	0	34	64	36	45

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred Marolewski	1B	56	498	41	6	49	.989	9.625
Bob White	1B	47	432	42	5	35	.990	1.085
Kenny Hilyer	2B	78	211	259	13	53	.973	6.026
Ronny Camacho	2B	74	180	214	12	41	.970	5.324
Fred Koenig	3B	57	55	101	16	15	.907	2.737
Al Grandcolas	3B	20	20	41	5	5	.924	3.050
William Stephens	3B	10	10	22	1	1	.970	3.200
James McArdle	C	101	493	40	9	8	.983	5.277	14
Robert Rand	C	36	196	18	3	3	.986	5.944	2
Alfred Davis	C	15	50	6	1	2	.982	3.733	4
Ron Bennett	OF	111	210	9	9	5	.961	1.973
Alan Willner	OF	109	238	9	6	1	.976	2.266
Jose Garcia	OF	51	84	3	4	0	.956	1.706
William Kunkle	OF	50	85	5	5	0	.947	1.800
Lindon Duncan	OF	34	58	2	3	0	.952	1.765
David Garcia	OF	32	50	1	3	0	.944	1.594
Donald Catchot	OF	30	56	5	3	1	.953	2.033
Mel Nelson	OF	22	59	3	3	0	.954	2.818
Herman Grabert	OF	15	19	0	5	0	.792	1.267
Pedro Cardenal	OF	15	31	1	0	0	1.000	2.133
Paul Toth	P	46	3	19	0	3	1.000	.478
Ted Thiem	P	36	13	25	4	5	.905	1.056
Bill Smith	P	35	11	41	9	1	.852	1.486
Harvey Cohen	P	28	8	19	1	0	.964	.964
Carlos Thorne	P	23	11	36	2	1	.959	2.043
Ernest Palmieri	P	23	7	30	3	1	.925	1.609
Joe McClain	P	17	11	27	1	3	.974	2.235
Glen Crable	P	12	5	15	0	1	1.000	1.667
Bob Gibson	P	8						.000
Bill Getz	P	6						.000
David Dexter	P	5						.000
Leo Giannecchini	P	4						.000
Richard Hicks	P	3						.000
Darold Satchell	P	2						.000
John Bartek	P	2						.000
Larry Kendig	P	1						.000
Arthur Huinker	P	1						.000
Vernon Cray	P	1						.000
Al Grandcolas	SS	73	96	202	13	48	.958	4.082
David Garcia	SS	64	114	199	15	43	.954	4.891
Totals		1353	3314	1435	160	325	.967	3.510	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.

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