1957 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
Team Record: 74-80
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Andy Cohen (74-80)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 159,947, Avg. 2,077
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Indians plated 746 runs and allowed 761 runs. Ron Jackson paced Indianapolis with 21 home runs, while John Romano, Neil Chrisley and Sam Mele each walloped 15 or more as well. Ron Jackson drove in 102 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .310 average. Barry Latman led the squad with 13 wins, and Jim McDonald recorded a 2.98 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1957 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sam Mele, Al Papai, Bob Kennedy, Jim Delsing, Charlie Bicknell, Neil Chrisley, Sam Hairston, José Valdivielso, George Spencer, Ted Beard, Jim Landis, Ron Jackson, Duke Markell, Chico García, Don Rudolph, Jim McDonald, Tom Flanigan, Jerry Dahlke, Barry Latman, John Romano and Cloyd Boyer.
Andy Cohen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Latman | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.95 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 221.0 | 202 | 102 | 97 | 18 | 97 | 6 | 151 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Tony Ponce | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.55 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 176.0 | 203 | 102 | 89 | 19 | 52 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Jim McDonald | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.98 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 124.0 | 125 | 53 | 41 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tom Flanigan | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.25 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 110.0 | 114 | 61 | 52 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Spencer | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.15 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 116 | 59 | 53 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cloyd Boyer | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.70 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 90.0 | 93 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 41 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Roy Tinney | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.36 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 126.0 | 127 | 69 | 61 | 10 | 53 | 7 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Al Papai | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.56 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 110.0 | 138 | 82 | 68 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Billy Dufour | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.39 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 132.0 | 144 | 87 | 79 | 16 | 58 | 3 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Ed Szyczewski | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.75 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 62 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Bicknell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Rudolph | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke Markell | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Howard | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Dahlke | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 75 | .497 | 4.39 | 368 | 145 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1244.0 | 1324 | 689 | 607 | 117 | 439 | 47 | 650 | 21 | 5 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chico García | 153 | 674 | 593 | 92 | 177 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 64 | 24 | .298 | .366 | .390 | .756 | 231 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jackson | 143 | 610 | 536 | 85 | 166 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 102 | 2 | 60 | 110 | .310 | .382 | .519 | .901 | 278 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Neil Chrisley | 114 | 444 | 402 | 69 | 138 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 75 | 5 | 37 | 41 | .343 | .399 | .537 | .936 | 216 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jim Delsing | 139 | 539 | 457 | 68 | 132 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 67 | 57 | .289 | .373 | .398 | .771 | 182 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Ted Beard | 96 | 427 | 349 | 91 | 121 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 68 | 42 | .347 | .454 | .559 | 1.013 | 195 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| José Valdivielso | 130 | 508 | 445 | 48 | 112 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 42 | 35 | .252 | .325 | .317 | .642 | 141 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Sam Mele | 122 | 421 | 370 | 56 | 98 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 65 | 1 | 44 | 54 | .265 | .340 | .476 | .816 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Charles Williams | 105 | 359 | 319 | 47 | 93 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 38 | .292 | .356 | .395 | .751 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| John Romano | 104 | 374 | 324 | 39 | 88 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 1 | 46 | 50 | .272 | .361 | .491 | .852 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Sam Hairston | 89 | 287 | 264 | 27 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 21 | 22 | .254 | .314 | .360 | .673 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald Prohovich | 98 | 358 | 302 | 41 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 49 | 70 | .195 | .311 | .281 | .592 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dick DiTusa | 45 | 126 | 117 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .299 | .328 | .462 | .790 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Landis | 37 | 140 | 118 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 28 | .246 | .353 | .398 | .751 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Ponce | 43 | 83 | 77 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .351 | .362 | .429 | .791 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Latman | 36 | 89 | 86 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .198 | .205 | .279 | .484 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Bernard | 19 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .271 | .352 | .396 | .748 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Tinney | 34 | 59 | 56 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .161 | .175 | .250 | .425 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 21 | 51 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .186 | .271 | .349 | .620 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Spencer | 68 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Papai | 30 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .185 | .312 | .185 | .498 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cloyd Boyer | 33 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .152 | .171 | .182 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dufour | 40 | 43 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bicknell | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Szyczewski | 13 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Flanigan | 50 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .029 | .029 | .029 | .059 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Means | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Howard | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1782 | 5819 | 5097 | 741 | 1411 | 245 | 68 | 107 | 697 | 30 | 0 | 580 | 740 | .277 | .351 | .415 | .766 | 2113 | 0 | 36 | 51 | 55 | 37 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Jackson | 1B | 143 | 1175 | 84 | 17 | 101 | .987 | 8.804 | ||||
| Charles Williams | 1B | 10 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .975 | 7.900 | ||||
| Chico García | 2B | 153 | 361 | 405 | 17 | 85 | .978 | 5.007 | ||||
| Charles Williams | 3B | 80 | 64 | 126 | 8 | 10 | .960 | 2.375 | ||||
| Donald Prohovich | 3B | 67 | 56 | 115 | 9 | 10 | .950 | 2.552 | ||||
| Neil Chrisley | 3B | 15 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.667 | ||||
| Pablo Bernard | 3B | 13 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 2.692 | ||||
| John Romano | C | 87 | 427 | 47 | 6 | 8 | .988 | 5.448 | 15 | |||
| Sam Hairston | C | 75 | 353 | 32 | 1 | 6 | .997 | 5.133 | 6 | |||
| Jim Delsing | OF | 129 | 250 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .985 | 2.008 | ||||
| Ted Beard | OF | 96 | 295 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .966 | 3.208 | ||||
| Sam Mele | OF | 95 | 155 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Neil Chrisley | OF | 95 | 148 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .951 | 1.642 | ||||
| Jim Landis | OF | 35 | 84 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .956 | 2.486 | ||||
| Dick DiTusa | OF | 30 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.900 | ||||
| George Spencer | P | 68 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .897 | .382 | ||||
| Tom Flanigan | P | 50 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .320 | ||||
| Billy Dufour | P | 40 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .700 | ||||
| Barry Latman | P | 34 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 1.118 | ||||
| Tony Ponce | P | 32 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .906 | ||||
| Al Papai | P | 29 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .931 | ||||
| Roy Tinney | P | 26 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .500 | ||||
| Cloyd Boyer | P | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .769 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | P | 20 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.950 | ||||
| Ed Szyczewski | P | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Charlie Bicknell | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Rudolph | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Howard | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Dahlke | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duke Markell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Valdivielso | SS | 130 | 241 | 425 | 25 | 80 | .964 | 5.123 | ||||
| Donald Prohovich | SS | 29 | 37 | 71 | 9 | 11 | .923 | 3.724 | ||||
| Totals | 1650 | 3865 | 1568 | 149 | 342 | .973 | 3.293 | 21 | 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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