1957 Douglas Copper Kings Statistics
Arizona-Mexico League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-69
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Bob Clear (68-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park
Attendance: 27,949, Avg. 408
1957 Douglas Copper Kings RosterTeam Record: 68-69
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Bob Clear (68-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park
Attendance: 27,949, Avg. 408
The Douglas Copper Kings of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1957 season with a record of 68 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Copper Kings plated 926 runs and conceded 947 runs.
Julián Javier played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Douglas Copper Kings to do so.
Bob Clear 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 Clear | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.63 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 268.0 | 251 | 133 | 108 | 25 | 83 | 2 | 228 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Octavio Acosta | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.86 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 203.0 | 211 | 121 | 87 | 17 | 72 | 2 | 117 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Leonard Lindborg | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.66 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 199.0 | 233 | 145 | 103 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Donald Little | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.16 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 134.0 | 142 | 84 | 62 | 5 | 64 | 2 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Raymond Neal | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 72.0 | 96 | 77 | 49 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Richard Donnelly | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.81 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 62.0 | 81 | 59 | 40 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Mort Ek | 2 | 10 | .167 | 9.83 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 109.0 | 143 | 146 | 119 | 10 | 112 | 1 | 83 | 13 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Arcadio Tejada | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Flynn | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Donald Loustalet | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernon Summers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arthur DeVany | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 66 | .496 | 4.88 | 204 | 125 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 1047.0 | 1157 | 765 | 568 | 87 | 461 | 7 | 698 | 37 | 3 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Cigar | 130 | 598 | 511 | 128 | 187 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 105 | 22 | 60 | 68 | .366 | .445 | .540 | .985 | 276 | 18 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 135 | 626 | 524 | 126 | 181 | 38 | 10 | 21 | 109 | 9 | 97 | 74 | .345 | .446 | .576 | 1.023 | 302 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ralph Torres | 131 | 645 | 540 | 126 | 165 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 14 | 89 | 63 | .306 | .405 | .444 | .849 | 240 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Libo DeRario | 133 | 588 | 505 | 93 | 137 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 104 | 10 | 69 | 115 | .271 | .361 | .455 | .816 | 230 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Dutch Van Burkleo | 125 | 568 | 445 | 100 | 135 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 89 | 8 | 111 | 49 | .303 | .442 | .519 | .961 | 231 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Donald Pulford | 87 | 409 | 364 | 53 | 89 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 39 | 76 | .245 | .320 | .335 | .655 | 122 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Leonard Lindborg | 73 | 227 | 200 | 43 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 17 | 47 | .350 | .394 | .660 | 1.054 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Billy Bell | 45 | 235 | 208 | 47 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 35 | .274 | .350 | .370 | .721 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Richard Binford | 67 | 249 | 220 | 39 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 74 | .245 | .331 | .400 | .731 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Julián Javier | 50 | 209 | 203 | 38 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 53 | .241 | .263 | .365 | .628 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Clear | 50 | 157 | 144 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 35 | .312 | .363 | .458 | .821 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Freed Messner | 52 | 214 | 173 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 40 | .243 | .358 | .382 | .740 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tom Malone | 41 | 166 | 151 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 50 | .205 | .271 | .305 | .576 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Octavio Acosta | 32 | 84 | 77 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .208 | .225 | .234 | .459 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Donald Little | 22 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .250 | .264 | .327 | .591 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Neal | 14 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .229 | .229 | .257 | .486 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mort Ek | 25 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .159 | .178 | .273 | .451 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Samuel Buell | 12 | 48 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .143 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Donnelly | 15 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .211 | .348 | .211 | .558 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Donald Loustalet | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Flynn | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Arthur DeVany | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .167 | .333 | .167 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Summers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Arcadio Tejada | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Aranda | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1276 | 5222 | 4492 | 889 | 1302 | 216 | 65 | 125 | 734 | 97 | 0 | 613 | 869 | .290 | .377 | .450 | .827 | 2023 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Van Burkleo | 1B | 125 | 1024 | 78 | 26 | 95 | .977 | 8.816 | ||||
| Samuel Buell | 1B | 12 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.833 | ||||
| Julián Javier | 2B | 50 | 139 | 133 | 23 | 33 | .922 | 5.440 | ||||
| Billy Bell | 2B | 45 | 101 | 88 | 20 | 16 | .904 | 4.200 | ||||
| Ralph Torres | 2B | 35 | 118 | 104 | 11 | 30 | .953 | 6.343 | ||||
| Ralph Torres | 3B | 73 | 81 | 170 | 34 | 15 | .881 | 3.438 | ||||
| Libo DeRario | 3B | 61 | 60 | 97 | 32 | 14 | .831 | 2.574 | ||||
| Richard Binford | C | 53 | 246 | 29 | 17 | 4 | .942 | 5.189 | 14 | |||
| Freed Messner | C | 52 | 292 | 32 | 10 | 0 | .970 | 6.231 | 8 | |||
| Tom Malone | C | 41 | 275 | 28 | 19 | 4 | .941 | 7.390 | 6 | |||
| Ronnie Wilkins | OF | 135 | 237 | 12 | 15 | 3 | .943 | 1.844 | ||||
| Morris Cigar | OF | 130 | 330 | 14 | 12 | 3 | .966 | 2.646 | ||||
| Libo DeRario | OF | 49 | 93 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .936 | 2.082 | ||||
| Leonard Lindborg | OF | 27 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.667 | ||||
| Richard Binford | OF | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .933 | ||||
| Bob Clear | P | 37 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 1.324 | ||||
| Octavio Acosta | P | 32 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | .860 | 1.156 | ||||
| Leonard Lindborg | P | 28 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .907 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mort Ek | P | 25 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Donald Little | P | 22 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
| Arthur DeVany | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .312 | ||||
| Richard Donnelly | P | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Raymond Neal | P | 13 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.154 | ||||
| Vernon Summers | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Loustalet | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Flynn | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arcadio Tejada | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Pulford | SS | 87 | 113 | 264 | 44 | 44 | .895 | 4.333 | ||||
| Ralph Torres | SS | 24 | 42 | 75 | 16 | 11 | .880 | 4.875 | ||||
| Libo DeRario | SS | 23 | 34 | 47 | 22 | 5 | .786 | 3.522 | ||||
| Totals | 1243 | 3344 | 1367 | 336 | 289 | .933 | 3.790 | 28 | 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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