1957 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Gene Verble (86-67)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 87,962, Avg. 1,150
1957 Charlotte Hornets RosterTeam Record: 86-67
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Gene Verble (86-67)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 87,962, Avg. 1,150
Playoffs - Charlotte Hornets 2 games, Knoxville Smokies 0
Finals - Charlotte Hornets 2 games, Augusta Tigers 1
The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1957 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the SAL.
The Hornets allowed 540 runs, least in the league. Charlotte plated 647 runs.
Players from the 1957 Charlotte Hornets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Garland Shifflett, Gene Verble, Sam Hill, Evelio Hernández, Ted Sadowski and Dan Porter.
Gene Verble 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Saban | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.17 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 203.0 | 179 | 56 | 49 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Angel Oliva | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.77 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 224.0 | 205 | 82 | 69 | 15 | 77 | 1 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Garland Shifflett | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.73 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 188.0 | 142 | 67 | 57 | 7 | 86 | 0 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dean Padgett | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.76 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 69 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Douglas Clark | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.19 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 155.0 | 150 | 68 | 55 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| William Kearns | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.64 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 184.0 | 168 | 70 | 54 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Evelio Hernández | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.66 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32.0 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Langhamer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Bloodworth | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.79 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38.0 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lazaro Rivero | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.20 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 60.0 | 52 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bill Mullins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Silvio Castellanos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brad Clapham | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ted Sadowski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.90 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ralph Groves | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.88 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 34.0 | 39 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Rene Nodarse | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Neal Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 86 | 67 | .562 | 2.99 | 268 | 142 | 0 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 1247.0 | 1152 | 500 | 414 | 64 | 411 | 13 | 589 | 22 | 3 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Warner | 145 | 616 | 520 | 68 | 124 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 4 | 82 | 58 | .238 | .340 | .335 | .674 | 174 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Glenn Zimmerman | 137 | 612 | 513 | 84 | 121 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 86 | 69 | .236 | .350 | .285 | .634 | 146 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gene Verble | 123 | 504 | 414 | 55 | 114 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 74 | 38 | .275 | .384 | .370 | .754 | 153 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Joe Montalvo | 122 | 478 | 387 | 67 | 113 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 71 | 2 | 80 | 44 | .292 | .421 | .434 | .855 | 168 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Philip Mateja | 136 | 540 | 400 | 65 | 106 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 8 | 123 | 73 | .265 | .439 | .335 | .774 | 134 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| John Kropf | 140 | 598 | 464 | 66 | 100 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 6 | 123 | 90 | .216 | .377 | .330 | .707 | 153 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Richard Harris | 131 | 511 | 458 | 42 | 96 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 40 | 55 | .210 | .271 | .279 | .551 | 128 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Vince Magi | 106 | 364 | 312 | 43 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 41 | 44 | .285 | .369 | .388 | .757 | 121 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Grice | 107 | 389 | 335 | 49 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 47 | 18 | .239 | .333 | .272 | .605 | 91 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Falls | 63 | 236 | 185 | 26 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 44 | 23 | .259 | .399 | .362 | .761 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Malangone | 54 | 195 | 176 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 20 | .216 | .287 | .284 | .571 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Len VanDeHey | 22 | 68 | 59 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .271 | .343 | .356 | .699 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Garland Shifflett | 30 | 75 | 66 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .212 | .297 | .227 | .525 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Hill | 12 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .273 | .368 | .485 | .853 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Clark | 31 | 60 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .137 | .193 | .137 | .330 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Angel Oliva | 41 | 88 | 71 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .099 | .158 | .127 | .285 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Saban | 26 | 83 | 77 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 40 | .078 | .134 | .130 | .264 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julian Castro | 7 | 15 | 15 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lazaro Rivero | 12 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .267 | .450 | .267 | .717 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Bloodworth | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Langhamer | 7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hank O'Neal | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Evelio Hernández | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Padgett | 36 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Payne | 9 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| William Kearns | 42 | 67 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .037 | .200 | .037 | .237 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Nodarse | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Silvio Castellanos | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Mullins | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Brad Clapham | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Sadowski | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Porter | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Groves | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1606 | 5691 | 4732 | 616 | 1118 | 147 | 30 | 56 | 538 | 48 | 0 | 811 | 688 | .236 | .349 | .316 | .664 | 1493 | 0 | 30 | 72 | 46 | 48 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Warner | 1B | 145 | 1229 | 101 | 11 | 112 | .992 | 9.172 | ||||
| Richard Harris | 2B | 128 | 304 | 380 | 21 | 75 | .970 | 5.344 | ||||
| Philip Mateja | 2B | 29 | 70 | 68 | 2 | 10 | .986 | 4.759 | ||||
| Philip Mateja | 3B | 71 | 73 | 127 | 30 | 11 | .870 | 2.817 | ||||
| Jack Falls | 3B | 29 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 2 | .840 | 2.172 | ||||
| John Malangone | 3B | 17 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 2.824 | ||||
| Joe Montalvo | C | 116 | 520 | 62 | 11 | 11 | .981 | 5.017 | 11 | |||
| John Malangone | C | 25 | 114 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| Jack Falls | C | 14 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 4.286 | 2 | |||
| John Kropf | OF | 133 | 361 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 2.835 | ||||
| Glenn Zimmerman | OF | 128 | 314 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .973 | 2.523 | ||||
| John Grice | OF | 95 | 155 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .959 | 1.726 | ||||
| Vince Magi | OF | 85 | 122 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 1.447 | ||||
| Len VanDeHey | OF | 14 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 2.214 | ||||
| Jack Falls | OF | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Sam Hill | OF | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| William Kearns | P | 39 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .949 | .949 | ||||
| Angel Oliva | P | 37 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 1.568 | ||||
| Dean Padgett | P | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .314 | ||||
| Douglas Clark | P | 31 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 1.710 | ||||
| Bob Saban | P | 26 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 1.885 | ||||
| Garland Shifflett | P | 25 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 1.480 | ||||
| Ted Sadowski | P | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Lazaro Rivero | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Ralph Groves | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Joseph Langhamer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Clapham | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Bloodworth | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Evelio Hernández | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rene Nodarse | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Silvio Castellanos | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Neal Zimmerman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Mullins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Verble | SS | 118 | 204 | 364 | 24 | 72 | .959 | 4.814 | ||||
| Philip Mateja | SS | 39 | 77 | 83 | 9 | 14 | .947 | 4.103 | ||||
| Totals | 1480 | 3773 | 1507 | 174 | 335 | .968 | 3.568 | 16 | 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.
