1957 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 76-51
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Al Unser (76-51)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 52,660, Avg. 829
Playoffs - Decatur Commodores 2 games, Kokomo Dodgers 0
Finals - Decatur Commodores 2 games, Clinton Pirates 0
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1957 season with a record of 76 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the MWL.
The Commodores gave up 559 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Decatur tallied 689 runs.
Members of the 1957 Decatur Commodores who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Hamilton, Bud Bloomfield and Al Unser.
Al Unser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Garcia | 17 | 6 | .739 | 3.02 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 182.0 | 158 | 79 | 61 | 8 | 48 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Al Sanders | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.85 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 158.0 | 149 | 60 | 50 | 6 | 30 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Vincent Magrino | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.20 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 152.0 | 144 | 76 | 54 | 3 | 63 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Wodka | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.31 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 144.0 | 127 | 67 | 53 | 9 | 67 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Michael O'Connor | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.26 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 112.0 | 84 | 70 | 53 | 3 | 128 | 116 | 16 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| John Bartek | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 57.0 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Sorrentino | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fran Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.67 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 52.0 | 53 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Delane Hulsey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30.0 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Michael Gaston | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.78 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 68.0 | 56 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 37 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jack Hamilton | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.56 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 61 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 39 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| George McGlynn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Albert Runtes | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ronald Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 51 | .598 | 3.59 | 211 | 124 | 0 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1044.0 | 949 | 530 | 416 | 44 | 520 | 0 | 744 | 46 | 2 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galen Williams | 125 | 552 | 466 | 93 | 151 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 19 | 76 | 32 | .324 | .419 | .421 | .840 | 196 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Richard Bazinet | 126 | 562 | 462 | 112 | 139 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 79 | 102 | .301 | .402 | .405 | .807 | 187 | 2 | 15 | 4 | |||
| Bobby Moegle | 128 | 547 | 469 | 78 | 120 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 105 | 7 | 63 | 114 | .256 | .342 | .418 | .760 | 196 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Barett Payne | 127 | 509 | 434 | 51 | 119 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 6 | 53 | 67 | .274 | .352 | .348 | .700 | 151 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Ronald Miller | 125 | 546 | 432 | 79 | 117 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 19 | 91 | 62 | .271 | .402 | .345 | .747 | 149 | 8 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Chuck Staniland | 113 | 455 | 384 | 60 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 85 | 4 | 61 | 88 | .286 | .385 | .474 | .859 | 182 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bud Bloomfield | 128 | 497 | 446 | 58 | 104 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 37 | 73 | .233 | .300 | .298 | .598 | 133 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Carlos Dore | 76 | 301 | 269 | 52 | 78 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 32 | .290 | .352 | .416 | .769 | 112 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Ellison | 65 | 260 | 211 | 43 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 63 | .232 | .362 | .412 | .774 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| William Garcia | 52 | 112 | 103 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .243 | .304 | .398 | .702 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Schmitt | 24 | 83 | 76 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .211 | .277 | .289 | .567 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vincent Magrino | 28 | 58 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .178 | .302 | .178 | .480 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Jennings | 8 | 30 | 30 | 7 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .467 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Gaston | 15 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .240 | .296 | .400 | .696 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Sanders | 35 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .111 | .158 | .185 | .343 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Michael O'Connor | 20 | 46 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .111 | .111 | .200 | .311 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Clark | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fran Thomas | 13 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .227 | .250 | .477 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| John Bartek | 8 | 22 | 22 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Boner | 7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Yeninas | 6 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Wodka | 18 | 57 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .064 | .154 | .064 | .218 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Larry Swango | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Frankie Williams | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Sorrentino | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Hamilton | 21 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .067 | .222 | .067 | .289 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George McGlynn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Albert Runtes | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Steinkoenig | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Hoth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Delane Hulsey | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1302 | 4863 | 4147 | 670 | 1087 | 156 | 51 | 61 | 558 | 124 | 0 | 565 | 750 | .262 | .352 | .368 | .721 | 1528 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barett Payne | 1B | 127 | 1028 | 61 | 18 | 111 | .984 | 8.575 | ||||
| Galen Williams | 2B | 125 | 286 | 312 | 36 | 77 | .943 | 4.784 | ||||
| Ronald Miller | 3B | 119 | 119 | 223 | 40 | 24 | .895 | 2.874 | ||||
| Chuck Staniland | C | 109 | 730 | 55 | 16 | 18 | .980 | 7.202 | 15 | |||
| Bobby Moegle | OF | 127 | 203 | 15 | 12 | 4 | .948 | 1.717 | ||||
| Richard Bazinet | OF | 126 | 273 | 24 | 10 | 4 | .967 | 2.357 | ||||
| Carlos Dore | OF | 64 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joseph Ellison | OF | 56 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .988 | 1.518 | ||||
| Ronald Schmitt | OF | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| Al Sanders | P | 35 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .971 | .971 | ||||
| Vincent Magrino | P | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .964 | .964 | ||||
| William Garcia | P | 28 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.071 | ||||
| Jack Hamilton | P | 21 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .762 | ||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 20 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3 | .774 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dick Wodka | P | 18 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .932 | 2.278 | ||||
| Michael Gaston | P | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Fran Thomas | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Albert Runtes | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Bartek | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Delane Hulsey | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| George McGlynn | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sorrentino | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Schmitt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bud Bloomfield | SS | 128 | 199 | 339 | 47 | 72 | .920 | 4.203 | ||||
| Totals | 1207 | 3047 | 1231 | 200 | 326 | .955 | 3.544 | 15 | 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.
