1957 Columbia Gems Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-95
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Ernie White (59-95)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 39,536, Avg. 513
1957 Columbia Gems RosterTeam Record: 59-95
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Ernie White (59-95)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 39,536, Avg. 513
The Columbia Gems of the South Atlantic League ended the 1957 season with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.
The Gems scored 590 runs and yielded 745 runs, most in the circuit.
Members of the 1957 Columbia Gems who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Spider Wilhelm, Bill Oster, Bob Davis, Evans Killeen, Eric MacKenzie, Dan Pfister, Al Silvera, Hal Raether, Jay Hankins, Chet Boak, Leo Posada and Don Williams.
Ernie White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Swaringen | 13 | 17 | .433 | 3.84 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 239.0 | 223 | 115 | 102 | 19 | 115 | 8 | 183 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bob Davis | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.12 | 41 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 205.0 | 184 | 90 | 71 | 8 | 95 | 4 | 135 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.85 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 120.0 | 106 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Joseph Gushanas | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.53 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 147.0 | 156 | 90 | 74 | 11 | 76 | 4 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Don Williams | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.58 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 171.0 | 155 | 96 | 87 | 11 | 115 | 4 | 115 | 7 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Thomas McGroarty | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.88 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 50 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Riale | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.00 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 60 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Evans Killeen | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.86 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 77 | 69 | 39 | 7 | 76 | 2 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Robert Hoffman | 3 | 12 | .200 | 4.30 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 136.0 | 130 | 77 | 65 | 14 | 76 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Hal Raether | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.91 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jack Hale | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eric MacKenzie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Stamey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Franklin Kenny | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dan Pfister | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles Kowalski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.44 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 95 | .383 | 4.00 | 315 | 149 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1292.0 | 1213 | 697 | 574 | 83 | 739 | 31 | 786 | 37 | 9 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Isreal | 146 | 607 | 554 | 63 | 151 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 41 | 34 | .273 | .321 | .341 | .662 | 189 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 147 | 644 | 560 | 59 | 124 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 7 | 71 | 78 | .221 | .307 | .312 | .619 | 175 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Reedy | 133 | 547 | 453 | 61 | 120 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 7 | 79 | 40 | .265 | .376 | .338 | .714 | 153 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Jay Hankins | 97 | 434 | 383 | 66 | 104 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 40 | 27 | .272 | .343 | .324 | .666 | 124 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pahr | 91 | 367 | 321 | 33 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 39 | 27 | .271 | .349 | .374 | .723 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bill Stuifbergen | 103 | 410 | 363 | 41 | 86 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 39 | 46 | .237 | .313 | .372 | .685 | 135 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Spider Wilhelm | 82 | 331 | 287 | 30 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 38 | 44 | .192 | .285 | .240 | .525 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eric MacKenzie | 79 | 237 | 206 | 21 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 29 | .223 | .316 | .272 | .588 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold Stamey | 51 | 209 | 167 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 40 | 27 | .222 | .370 | .377 | .747 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Leo Posada | 65 | 227 | 192 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 44 | .188 | .307 | .286 | .593 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Thomas | 57 | 207 | 183 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 26 | .191 | .282 | .268 | .549 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Menkel | 37 | 163 | 140 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 16 | .236 | .344 | .329 | .672 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Keith Schmidt | 49 | 172 | 153 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 23 | .190 | .263 | .222 | .485 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Menger | 51 | 142 | 134 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .172 | .213 | .231 | .444 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Shea | 25 | 95 | 78 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 10 | .218 | .347 | .256 | .604 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davis | 41 | 82 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .149 | .237 | .179 | .416 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chet Boak | 20 | 80 | 65 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 8 | .138 | .288 | .185 | .472 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ben Swaringen | 39 | 99 | 88 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .102 | .177 | .125 | .302 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Gushanas | 28 | 66 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .157 | .328 | .196 | .524 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 30 | 62 | 54 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .130 | .175 | .148 | .324 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hoffman | 40 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .182 | .206 | .182 | .388 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Silvera | 7 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 22 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .161 | .212 | .161 | .373 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Herrscher | 11 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .250 | .455 | .375 | .830 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Raether | 17 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Mayling | 11 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .174 | .296 | .304 | .601 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 54 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Riale | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Gorrie | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Cannizzo | 13 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .111 | .265 | .148 | .413 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pfister | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Kowalski | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas McGroarty | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Travers | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leroy Scercy | 6 | 24 | 24 | 1 | .042 | .042 | .042 | .083 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1612 | 5501 | 4788 | 547 | 1072 | 155 | 30 | 46 | 484 | 34 | 0 | 586 | 610 | .224 | .311 | .298 | .608 | 1425 | 0 | 32 | 59 | 36 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy Schmidt | 1B | 92 | 772 | 50 | 14 | 50 | .983 | 8.935 | ||||
| Kenneth Menkel | 1B | 36 | 325 | 25 | 4 | 25 | .989 | 9.722 | ||||
| David Shea | 1B | 20 | 170 | 6 | 1 | 14 | .994 | 8.800 | ||||
| Al Isreal | 2B | 85 | 208 | 205 | 19 | 43 | .956 | 4.859 | ||||
| Johnny Menger | 2B | 23 | 46 | 48 | 2 | 5 | .979 | 4.087 | ||||
| Chet Boak | 2B | 20 | 41 | 51 | 2 | 11 | .979 | 4.600 | ||||
| Joseph Pahr | 3B | 82 | 88 | 148 | 23 | 17 | .911 | 2.878 | ||||
| Al Isreal | 3B | 58 | 82 | 135 | 11 | 11 | .952 | 3.741 | ||||
| Leo Posada | 3B | 13 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .958 | 3.538 | ||||
| Eric MacKenzie | C | 55 | 266 | 27 | 3 | 7 | .990 | 5.327 | 4 | |||
| Chuck Thomas | C | 53 | 314 | 40 | 9 | 10 | .975 | 6.679 | 5 | |||
| Keith Schmidt | C | 42 | 247 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 6.095 | 2 | |||
| Tony Cannizzo | C | 11 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 5.818 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Reedy | OF | 124 | 257 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.145 | ||||
| Bill Stuifbergen | OF | 97 | 158 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .988 | 1.639 | ||||
| Jay Hankins | OF | 97 | 214 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 2.268 | ||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | OF | 50 | 93 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .945 | 2.060 | ||||
| Harold Stamey | OF | 46 | 86 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .957 | 1.957 | ||||
| Leo Posada | OF | 38 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 2.605 | ||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | P | 50 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .936 | .880 | ||||
| Bob Davis | P | 41 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.390 | ||||
| Robert Hoffman | P | 40 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Ben Swaringen | P | 36 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Don Williams | P | 30 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Joseph Gushanas | P | 22 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 1 | .860 | 1.682 | ||||
| Evans Killeen | P | 19 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hal Raether | P | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Charles Kowalski | P | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Thomas McGroarty | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| William Riale | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Oster | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Pfister | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Hale | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Stamey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric MacKenzie | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Franklin Kenny | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Spider Wilhelm | SS | 81 | 128 | 235 | 18 | 30 | .953 | 4.481 | ||||
| Johnny Menger | SS | 13 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .906 | 3.692 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3735 | 1299 | 165 | 251 | .968 | 3.469 | 11 | 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.
