1957 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 65-57
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Frank Tornay (0-0), Ken Blackman (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Barnett Field
Attendance: 52,819, Avg. 866

1957 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Roster

The Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Northern League ended the 1957 season with a record of 65 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Fargo- Twins tallied 539 runs and surrendered 474 runs.

Players from the 1957 Fargo-Moorhead Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Perry, Dave Tyriver, Billy Williams, Bob Allen and Ron Taylor.

Frank Tornay and Ken Blackman served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jim Perry	15	12	.556	2.88	38	28		21	3		231.0	212	92	74	13	73		150	0	0	5
Dave Tyriver	14	9	.609	2.68	30	26		17	1		208.0	167	78	62	19	100		140	4	0	7
Bob Allen	12	9	.571	3.72	37	23		10	2		184.0	168	92	76	7	87		132	4	3	12
Ron Taylor	9	7	.562	3.40	18	15		9	1		119.0	110	53	45	9	27		78	4	1	1
Elwood Engelbrekt	7	12	.368	4.24	29	19		8	2		153.0	151	86	72	11	67		119	5	2	12
Marvin Gums	4	3	.571	3.15	23	4		2	1		60.0	52	29	21	7	38		42	2	0	4
Roger Drewiske	2	1	.667		3						0.0									0
Howard Becraft	2	4	.333	3.13	19	5		1	0		69.0	64	34	24	3	26		46	1	0	5
Frank Tornay	0	0			1						0.0									0
Totals	65	57	.533	3.29	198	120	0	68	10	0	1024.0	924	464	374	69	418	0	707	20	6	46	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
Billy Williams	121	524	467	68	132	28	7	8	56	13		47	39	.283	.346	.424	.770	198		0	7	3
Mark Gallego	104	427	401	35	114	19	4	4	38	1		20	31	.284	.315	.382	.697	153		0	2	4
Gene Elliott	122	502	451	60	112	18	4	16	75	9		43	51	.248	.311	.412	.724	186		0	4	4
Joseph Balazovic	102	448	384	56	91	19	4	4	34	5		53	49	.237	.330	.339	.668	130		2	5	4
Charlie Smiley	85	348	289	52	89	17	6	7	44	3		51	38	.308	.419	.481	.900	139		5	2	1
Louis Holdener	87	315	284	35	74	14	1	7	34	1		26	52	.261	.326	.391	.717	111		2	2	1
Harry Huber	100	397	309	59	73	12	1	22	54	6		71	97	.236	.394	.495	.890	153		11	4	2
Joe Morlan	73	238	211	22	49	7	1	7	32	2		23	49	.232	.308	.374	.682	79		1	1	2
Alfred Parenti	49	224	198	33	45	5	3	1	15	4		20	17	.227	.301	.298	.599	59		1	5	0
Billy Ray Roberson	42	160	149	18	36	9	4	2	17	2		9	20	.242	.289	.396	.685	59		1	1	0
John Skorupski	29	103	84	23	29	5	1	8	20	4		14	21	.345	.426	.714	1.140	60		0	2	3
Jim Perry	43	105	97	8	26	2	0	0	13	0		6	9	.268	.311	.289	.599	28		0	2	0
Charles Watkins	37	156	125	20	21	5	1	0	20	1		30	27	.168	.333	.224	.557	28		1	0	0
Robert Mayhew	20	80	75	9	18	4	0	1	6	1		4	9	.240	.278	.333	.612	25		0	1	0
Frank Tornay	25	61	59	8	15	5	0	0	5	0		1	7	.254	.267	.339	.606	20		0	1	0
Dave Tyriver	30	72	63	5	15	0	0	0	7	0		5	16	.238	.304	.238	.542	15		1	3	0
Bob Allen	41	74	60	10	10	2	0	1	5	0		8	24	.167	.271	.250	.521	15		1	4	1
Don LeStourgeon	19	71	54	6	8	3	0	0	6	0		14	26	.148	.329	.204	.532	11		1	1	1
Elwood Engelbrekt	29	64	60	2	8	1	0	0	0	0		3	19	.133	.175	.150	.325	9		0	1	0
Ron Taylor	18	51	45	4	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	19	.156	.191	.200	.391	9		0	4	0
Bob Lehner	10	36	32	1	6	0	1	0	3	0		3	8	.188	.250	.250	.500	8		0	0	1
Marvin Gums	23	23	18	5	5	2	0	0	3	0		5	6	.278	.435	.389	.824	7		0	0	0
Howard Becraft	19	25	24	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	11	.125	.160	.167	.327	4		0	0	0
Roger Drewiske	3	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
George Repasky	5	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Totals	1236	4524	3959	539	989	180	38	88	489	52	0	459	645	.250	.330	.381	.711	1509	0	27	52	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Smiley	1B	85	685	38	10	44	.986	8.506
Charles Watkins	1B	37	311	19	3	37	.991	8.919
Mark Gallego	2B	93	239	222	15	58	.968	4.957
John Skorupski	2B	11	32	26	1	6	.983	5.273
Gene Elliott	3B	122	108	229	32	26	.913	2.762
Louis Holdener	C	81	488	46	14	10	.974	6.593	7
Joe Morlan	C	51	280	24	8	3	.974	5.961	5
Billy Williams	OF	121	292	11	5	3	.984	2.504
Joseph Balazovic	OF	102	141	5	6	0	.961	1.431
Harry Huber	OF	100	163	10	7	1	.961	1.730
Don LeStourgeon	OF	19	33	0	2	0	.943	1.737
Jim Perry	P	38	10	39	8	4	.860	1.289
Bob Allen	P	37	7	42	3	1	.942	1.324
Dave Tyriver	P	30	11	43	4	2	.931	1.800
Elwood Engelbrekt	P	29	6	20	2	2	.929	.897
Marvin Gums	P	23	1	7	4	1	.667	.348
Howard Becraft	P	19	3	10	4	0	.765	.684
Ron Taylor	P	18	3	31	0	3	1.000	1.889
Roger Drewiske	P	3						.000
Frank Tornay	P	1						.000
Alfred Parenti	SS	49	77	136	17	30	.926	4.347
Billy Ray Roberson	SS	37	58	113	15	16	.919	4.622
Robert Mayhew	SS	19	31	51	5	4	.943	4.316
John Skorupski	SS	11	18	18	5	2	.878	3.273
Mark Gallego	SS	10	18	30	2	0	.960	4.800
Totals		1146	3015	1170	172	253	.961	3.652	12	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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