1957 Evansville Braves Statistics
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 81-49
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (81-49)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 54,295, Avg. 835
1957 Evansville Braves RosterTeam Record: 81-49
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (81-49)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 54,295, Avg. 835
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1957 season with a record of 81 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
The Braves led the league with just 530 runs allowed. Evansville scored 710 runs.
Members of the 1957 Evansville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ron Piché, Em Lindbeck and Bob Uecker.
Bob Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Mickelsen | 17 | 5 | .773 | 2.54 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 191.0 | 177 | 66 | 54 | 7 | 50 | 148 | 7 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Hank Hemmerly | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.36 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 179.0 | 166 | 81 | 47 | 7 | 86 | 121 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Antonio Diaz | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.77 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 211.0 | 194 | 97 | 65 | 10 | 66 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Ron Piché | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.57 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 154.0 | 130 | 69 | 44 | 7 | 83 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.11 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 113.0 | 103 | 55 | 39 | 6 | 62 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Mike Dalton | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.13 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 135.0 | 114 | 69 | 47 | 10 | 83 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bob Lee | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ed Banach | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.48 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 71 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 70 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jimmy Phelan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30.0 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| David Scranton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Huda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 49 | .623 | 2.83 | 255 | 128 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 1131.0 | 997 | 515 | 356 | 53 | 550 | 0 | 855 | 30 | 6 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Holder | 127 | 562 | 511 | 81 | 148 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 16 | 36 | 38 | .290 | .341 | .360 | .701 | 184 | 7 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Billy Smith | 130 | 612 | 466 | 107 | 146 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 118 | 39 | .313 | .461 | .401 | .862 | 187 | 11 | 15 | 2 | |||
| John Stratton | 123 | 584 | 496 | 85 | 130 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 7 | 77 | 92 | .262 | .358 | .347 | .705 | 172 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Horace Garner | 108 | 461 | 383 | 69 | 128 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 100 | 4 | 67 | 64 | .334 | .437 | .564 | 1.001 | 216 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Raymond Reed | 107 | 462 | 396 | 73 | 118 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 92 | 5 | 45 | 67 | .298 | .366 | .495 | .861 | 196 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Robert Jacobs | 129 | 530 | 440 | 63 | 102 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 76 | 71 | .232 | .346 | .311 | .657 | 137 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Joe Trenary | 106 | 457 | 411 | 69 | 100 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 34 | 68 | .243 | .302 | .358 | .660 | 147 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Sidney Goldfader | 80 | 330 | 306 | 41 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 18 | 46 | .239 | .283 | .366 | .649 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Bill Moss | 106 | 353 | 289 | 49 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 54 | 69 | .197 | .334 | .329 | .663 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| John Grace | 53 | 167 | 145 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .255 | .353 | .317 | .671 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Uecker | 17 | 67 | 63 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .238 | .284 | .444 | .728 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noel Mickelsen | 38 | 84 | 69 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .188 | .282 | .275 | .557 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Hank Hemmerly | 43 | 79 | 68 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .176 | .188 | .206 | .394 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Dale Hendrickson | 29 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .256 | .289 | .326 | .614 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ron Piché | 30 | 65 | 62 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .145 | .145 | .194 | .339 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Fletcher | 14 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .211 | .231 | .263 | .494 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Diaz | 43 | 88 | 73 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 32 | .110 | .226 | .137 | .363 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Em Lindbeck | 14 | 44 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .179 | .273 | .205 | .478 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gayle Moore | 9 | 30 | 30 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Dalton | 34 | 53 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .128 | .163 | .149 | .312 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ed Banach | 37 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .095 | .174 | .190 | .364 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Phelan | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Huda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill McKeon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Click | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Scranton | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Lee | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1408 | 5180 | 4433 | 715 | 1137 | 171 | 43 | 77 | 605 | 56 | 0 | 581 | 755 | .256 | .346 | .367 | .712 | 1625 | 0 | 44 | 82 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | 1B | 129 | 1157 | 88 | 21 | 101 | .983 | 9.651 | ||||
| Robert Jacobs | 2B | 129 | 344 | 336 | 18 | 69 | .974 | 5.271 | ||||
| Brent Holder | 3B | 115 | 116 | 217 | 45 | 16 | .881 | 2.896 | ||||
| Raymond Reed | 3B | 17 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .922 | 2.765 | ||||
| Sidney Goldfader | C | 68 | 468 | 39 | 17 | 3 | .968 | 7.456 | 14 | |||
| John Grace | C | 40 | 232 | 21 | 14 | 4 | .948 | 6.325 | 3 | |||
| Bob Uecker | C | 16 | 115 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .953 | 7.688 | 4 | |||
| Raymond Fletcher | C | 10 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .946 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| Joe Trenary | OF | 104 | 218 | 13 | 10 | 2 | .959 | 2.221 | ||||
| Horace Garner | OF | 101 | 144 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .949 | 1.485 | ||||
| Bill Moss | OF | 92 | 145 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .955 | 1.630 | ||||
| Raymond Reed | OF | 85 | 106 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 1.388 | ||||
| Brent Holder | OF | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Sidney Goldfader | OF | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Antonio Diaz | P | 39 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .896 | 1.103 | ||||
| Hank Hemmerly | P | 37 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 0 | .883 | 1.432 | ||||
| Ed Banach | P | 37 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .486 | ||||
| Noel Mickelsen | P | 34 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Mike Dalton | P | 33 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .818 | ||||
| Ron Piché | P | 27 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Dale Hendrickson | P | 22 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| David Scranton | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Jimmy Phelan | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Lee | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Huda | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Stratton | SS | 120 | 177 | 355 | 43 | 66 | .925 | 4.433 | ||||
| Totals | 1304 | 3392 | 1337 | 221 | 278 | .955 | 3.627 | 23 | 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.
