1957 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 52-72
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Al Kubski (0-0), Jack Paepke (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 33,808, Avg. 545

1957 Grand Forks Chiefs Roster

The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1957 season with a record of 52 wins and 72 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Chiefs scored 530 runs and gave up 619 runs, most in the circuit.

Ed Bauta played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Grand Forks Chiefs to do so.

Al Kubski and Jack Paepke 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
Joseph Perry	13	13	.500	3.74	32	27		11	1		200.0	224	118	83	10	90		118	2	3	10
Rex Rupert	12	9	.571	3.29	28	23		9	0		178.0	183	88	65	13	68		160	0	0	10
Joe Drotar	7	8	.467	2.98	36	7		3	0		127.0	114	54	42	5	35		105	8	0	7
Ed Bauta	4	3	.571	3.03	32	6		3	0		89.0	93	38	30	3	32		71	0	0	4
Gerardo Torres	4	7	.364	3.00	19	10		6	1		87.0	81	41	29	3	44		70	1	0	5
James Vogelgesang	4	11	.267	5.40	19	14		7	0		100.0	109	68	60	5	44		59	4	0	2
Rudy Trbovich	3	2	.600	2.05	8	7		4	1		57.0	47	20	13	3	12		29	2	0	4
George Miles	2	4	.333	3.86	13	9		1	0		56.0	62	31	24	0	16		28	0	0	4
Alex Perinis	1	2	.333		5						0.0									0
Matt Kuhn	1	2	.333	3.66	13	2		0	0		32.0	29	15	13	2	20		18	1	0	0
Donald Miller	1	4	.200	7.71	9	7		1	0		35.0	50	43	30	7	24		28	1	0	2
Jack Paepke	0	0			1						0.0									0
Roy Stotler	0	0			1						0.0									0
Michael Donato	0	0			1						0.0									0
Henry Brown	0	0			5						0.0									0
Louis Bocci	0	0			1						0.0									0
Donald Wigton	0	0			3						0.0									0
Lawrence Broughton	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Dick Newberg	0	2	.000	5.66	10	3		1	0		35.0	35	24	22	2	32		20	2	0	9
Barney Kunert	0	3	.000		7						0.0									0
Totals	52	71	.423	3.71	249	115	0	46	3	0	996.0	1027	540	411	53	417	0	706	21	3	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
Franklin Williams	107	457	419	75	124	23	4	16	52	11		33	69	.296	.347	.484	.831	203		0	4	1
Robert Koski	118	486	410	55	111	20	6	12	62	14		60	95	.271	.377	.437	.813	179		11	3	2
Lee Utt	125	505	414	71	108	21	2	20	62	14		83	105	.261	.384	.466	.851	193		2	3	3
Donald Whitcomb	93	368	334	41	85	13	3	16	60	0		30	74	.254	.323	.455	.778	152		4	0	0
Alvin Griggs	83	350	305	48	83	14	3	7	51	14		35	35	.272	.355	.407	.762	124		6	1	3
Russell McClenaghan	97	356	317	43	78	13	1	5	28	2		28	39	.246	.314	.341	.655	108		5	3	3
Mal Walton	69	293	263	35	74	10	0	2	19	12		23	18	.281	.343	.342	.685	90		2	4	1
Michael Donato	66	256	239	23	65	8	4	2	17	4		12	23	.272	.307	.364	.671	87		1	2	2
Roy Stotler	70	279	258	31	63	10	4	4	19	12		13	55	.244	.283	.360	.644	93		1	7	0
Mike Weltman	55	245	215	30	52	11	1	4	18	1		27	83	.242	.325	.358	.683	77		0	2	1
Kenneth Kelly	60	222	202	16	44	6	1	1	23	1		19	35	.218	.285	.272	.557	55		0	1	0
Reyes Figueroa	30	97	90	6	21	6	0	1	10	1		5	20	.233	.278	.333	.612	30		1	0	1
Clement Yaskowitz	38	108	102	11	20	1	0	2	9	0		6	21	.196	.241	.265	.505	27		0	0	0
Joseph Perry	34	82	73	6	14	1	1	1	4	0		4	22	.192	.244	.274	.518	20		1	4	0
Thomas Watson	18	80	61	9	10	4	0	0	2	1		19	12	.164	.362	.230	.592	14		0	0	0
Rex Rupert	28	69	59	3	8	3	0	0	6	0		3	26	.136	.177	.186	.364	11		0	7	0
Jack Paepke	14	42	36	2	6	1	1	0	4	0		6	5	.167	.286	.250	.536	9		0	0	0
Rudy Trbovich	11	26	26	0	5	2	0	0	4	0		0	10	.192	.192	.269	.462	7		0	0	0
James Vogelgesang	25	41	36	3	4	1	0	0	2	0		3	10	.111	.200	.139	.339	5		1	1	0
Joe Drotar	36	45	41	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	13	.098	.159	.098	.257	4		0	1	0
Donald Miller	9	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Ed Bauta	32	31	30	0	3	1	0	0	4	0		0	11	.100	.100	.133	.233	4		0	1	0
Tom Cayavec	13	40	36	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		4	8	.083	.175	.111	.286	4		0	0	0
Al Kubski	7	15	15		2									.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Richard Babich	9	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Lawrence Broughton	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Barney Kunert	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Louis Bocci	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Dick Newberg	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	0	0
George Miles	14	20	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.056	.056	.056	.111	1		0	2	0
Donald Erway	11	23	21	2	1	0	0	1	1	0		1	10	.048	.091	.190	.281	4		0	1	0
Gerardo Torres	21	36	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	.032	.118	.032	.150	1		0	2	0
Alex Perinis	5	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Matt Kuhn	14	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	1	0
Donald Wigton	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Minaldi	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Henry Brown	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1353	4634	4109	517	998	170	31	94	460	87	0	423	814	.243	.318	.368	.686	1512	0	35	50	17	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Alvin Griggs	1B	83	713	38	16	58	.979	9.048
Robert Koski	1B	15	124	2	3	3	.977	8.400
Thomas Watson	1B	11	83	8	2	5	.978	8.273
Franklin Williams	2B	60	134	152	10	23	.966	4.767
Mal Walton	2B	48	111	119	6	30	.975	4.792
Reyes Figueroa	2B	10	18	23	2	4	.953	4.100
Lee Utt	3B	68	70	140	13	9	.942	3.088
Michael Donato	3B	46	48	64	15	4	.882	2.435
Donald Whitcomb	C	90	575	64	17	10	.974	7.100	15
Russell McClenaghan	C	25	150	10	5	0	.970	6.400	7
Jack Paepke	C	11	64	4	3	0	.958	6.182	2
Robert Koski	OF	101	133	9	13	0	.916	1.406
Roy Stotler	OF	67	178	4	6	1	.968	2.716
Russell McClenaghan	OF	65	77	13	3	2	.968	1.385
Mike Weltman	OF	55	129	9	7	2	.952	2.509
Franklin Williams	OF	46	64	3	1	0	.985	1.457
Clement Yaskowitz	OF	22	28	3	2	0	.939	1.409
Michael Donato	OF	21	28	2	2	0	.938	1.429
Tom Cayavec	OF	12	14	1	1	0	.938	1.250
Joe Drotar	P	36	0	26	4	2	.867	.722
Joseph Perry	P	32	13	31	5	3	.898	1.375
Ed Bauta	P	32	2	13	1	0	.938	.469
Rex Rupert	P	28	10	26	0	1	1.000	1.286
James Vogelgesang	P	19	5	21	2	2	.929	1.368
Gerardo Torres	P	19	3	19	1	1	.957	1.158
George Miles	P	13	1	12	1	2	.929	1.000
Matt Kuhn	P	13	1	8	1	0	.900	.692
Dick Newberg	P	10	3	5	0	0	1.000	.800
Donald Miller	P	9						.000
Rudy Trbovich	P	8						.000
Barney Kunert	P	7						.000
Lawrence Broughton	P	6						.000
Alex Perinis	P	5						.000
Henry Brown	P	5						.000
Donald Wigton	P	3						.000
Roy Stotler	P	1						.000
Jack Paepke	P	1						.000
Michael Donato	P	1						.000
Louis Bocci	P	1						.000
Kenneth Kelly	SS	56	77	129	30	16	.873	3.679
Lee Utt	SS	47	68	154	20	20	.917	4.723
Mal Walton	SS	18	26	49	10	8	.882	4.167
Totals		1226	2950	1161	202	206	.953	3.353	24	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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