1957 Graceville Oilers Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-54
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Bob Wellman (0-0), Charley Grant (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Graceville, Florida
Ballpark: Sportsman Park
Attendance: 23,098, Avg. 385

1957 Graceville Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Graceville Oilers 4 games, Fort Walton Beach Jets 2
Finals - Graceville Oilers 3 games, Panama City Fliers 3 - Teams were declared co-champions when bad weather cancelled the last game.

The Graceville Oilers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1957 season with a record of 66 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the AAL.

The Oilers scored 650 runs and conceded 598 runs. Bob Wellman walloped 30 home runs for Graceville and drove in 113 runs. Alfred Jakubowski topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .345 clip. William Kakuske and William Beck paced the team with 19 wins each, while William Kakuske registered a 2.26 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Wellman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Graceville Oilers to do so.

Bob Wellman and Charley Grant 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	WP	BF
William Beck	19	7	.731	2.37	33	24		22	2		220.0	178	78	58		85		184	3	10
William Kakuske	19	9	.679	2.26	31	28		23	1		239.0	194	89	60		76		204	6	5
Maurice Cron	7	11	.389	4.83	25	19		4	0		121.0	126	106	65		80		90	6	4
Rodney Hammond	6	3	.667	3.33	27	4		0	0		73.0	53	35	27		56		56	5	5
Thomas Flynn	5	8	.385	5.31	26	12		4	0		105.0	119	77	62		68		61	4	11
Fred Kelly	5	9	.357	5.97	25	19		4	1		101.0	115	89	67		108		84	4	11
Lester Temple	4	6	.400	4.72	22	11		7	1		122.0	118	90	64		88		131	5	18
Richard Meder	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Jerry Alsup	0	0			1						0.0
David Fisher	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Wellman	0	0			6						0.0
Totals	66	54	.550	3.70	202	117	0	64	5	0	981.0	903	564	403	0	561	0	810	33	64	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
Alfred Jakubowski	119	537	473	103	163	24	7	14	69	12		51	68	.345	.419	.514	.932	243		10	2	1
Bob Wellman	82	366	297	80	120	26	1	30	113	3		62	21	.404	.508	.801	1.310	238		4	0	3
Robert Bettin	112	458	390	40	95	9	4	2	53	0		51	69	.244	.342	.303	.645	118		10	2	5
David Fisher	104	453	392	57	93	16	5	4	49	12		44	70	.237	.329	.334	.663	131		11	3	3
John Croke	91	345	296	41	71	10	2	10	45	4		41	63	.240	.336	.389	.725	115		3	3	2
James Niemann	52	228	199	28	55	8	0	2	25	3		22	22	.276	.354	.347	.701	69		3	2	2
Paul Kelly	75	318	250	47	54	3	1	5	17	15		50	66	.216	.356	.296	.652	74		6	9	3
Alex Morrow	62	290	235	55	51	9	3	1	20	11		52	35	.217	.360	.294	.653	69		1	1	1
James Priolo	48	195	174	20	35	4	3	3	22	1		20	58	.201	.287	.310	.598	54		1	0	0
Charley Grant	36	142	122	22	34	4	1	7	24	1		20	18	.279	.380	.500	.880	61		0	0	0
Lester Temple	59	168	157	15	30	2	1	4	19	0		9	44	.191	.238	.293	.531	46		1	0	1
Elmer Lott	23	106	94	12	27	2	2	0	4	1		10	4	.287	.358	.351	.710	33		1	0	1
Richard Zona	31	111	100	18	27	4	2	5	21	0		11	20	.270	.342	.500	.842	50		0	0	0
Robert Birri	33	127	120	7	27	3	1	1	10	0		7	30	.225	.268	.292	.559	35		0	0	0
Frank Birri	32	121	93	18	25	3	2	1	7	2		24	29	.269	.421	.376	.798	35		2	0	2
Samuel Ferretti	22	101	81	18	20	0	0	1	3	1		19	12	.247	.396	.284	.680	23		1	0	0
Ken Hoffman	13	63	58	11	18	2	1	0	10	0		4	11	.310	.365	.379	.744	22		1	0	0
Lou Marcano	21	80	68	10	18	4	0	1	6	1		10	13	.265	.367	.368	.735	25		1	1	0
William Beck	42	108	88	14	17	4	1	0	12	1		16	23	.193	.324	.261	.585	23		1	3	0
Richard Cilento	12	48	47	5	15	3	0	1	6	0		0	6	.319	.333	.447	.780	21		1	0	0
Shane LeStourgeon	10	39	34	9	11	0	2	0	7	3		4	4	.324	.410	.441	.851	15		1	0	0
Fred Kelly	26	45	40	3	10	1	1	0	6	0		3	10	.250	.295	.325	.620	13		0	1	1
Maurice Cron	25	48	44	4	9	0	0	0	1	0		2	12	.205	.239	.205	.444	9		0	2	0
William Kakuske	31	98	86	5	8	1	0	0	2	0		4	43	.093	.141	.105	.246	9		1	6	1
Thomas Flynn	28	48	44	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	15	.114	.188	.114	.301	5		0	0	0
Rodney Hammond	27	28	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	8	.087	.250	.087	.337	2		0	0	0
Richard Meder	5	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Freddie Huffman	1	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Alsup	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1224	4683	4017	647	1040	142	40	92	552	71	0	545	774	.259	.354	.383	.737	1538	0	60	35	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Wellman	1B	79	532	37	6	39	.990	7.203
Elmer Lott	1B	23	185	12	2	25	.990	8.565
John Croke	1B	10	67	2	3	6	.958	6.900
John Croke	2B	42	103	99	17	16	.922	4.810
Alex Morrow	2B	38	68	87	14	6	.917	4.079
Charley Grant	2B	35	85	105	5	28	.974	5.429
David Fisher	3B	104	104	162	24	13	.917	2.558
Frank Birri	3B	11	9	14	6	2	.793	2.091
Robert Bettin	C	108	780	54	19	7	.978	7.722	18
John Croke	C	17	108	10	6	1	.952	6.941	5
Alfred Jakubowski	OF	118	276	13	11	4	.963	2.449
Paul Kelly	OF	73	134	14	7	2	.955	2.027
James Niemann	OF	51	105	6	8	1	.933	2.176
James Priolo	OF	46	76	3	7	0	.919	1.717
Samuel Ferretti	OF	22	27	2	2	1	.935	1.318
John Croke	OF	19	22	1	3	0	.885	1.211
Lester Temple	OF	18	24	0	1	0	.960	1.333
Ken Hoffman	OF	13	14	2	0	0	1.000	1.231
William Beck	P	33	9	23	1	1	.970	.970
William Kakuske	P	31	6	27	6	1	.846	1.065
Rodney Hammond	P	27	2	6	1	1	.889	.296
Thomas Flynn	P	26	10	9	4	0	.826	.731
Fred Kelly	P	25	5	21	3	0	.897	1.040
Maurice Cron	P	25	6	24	7	3	.811	1.200
Lester Temple	P	22	5	14	5	0	.792	.864
Bob Wellman	P	6						.000
Richard Meder	P	5						.000
David Fisher	P	1						.000
Jerry Alsup	P	1						.000
Richard Zona	SS	29	29	57	12	6	.878	2.966
Alex Morrow	SS	29	39	58	10	13	.907	3.345
Robert Birri	SS	24	31	44	18	11	.806	3.125
Lou Marcano	SS	20	25	57	3	15	.965	4.100
Frank Birri	SS	10	13	17	11	2	.732	3.000
Totals		1141	2899	980	222	204	.946	3.400	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.

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