1957 Knoxville Smokies Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: George Staller (81-73)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 97,751, Avg. 1,269
1957 Knoxville Smokies RosterTeam Record: 81-73
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: George Staller (81-73)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 97,751, Avg. 1,269
Playoffs - Charlotte Hornets 2 games, Knoxville Smokies 0
The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1957 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.
The Smokies scored 702 runs and allowed 641 runs.
Members of the 1957 Knoxville Smokies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Roberts, Jim Pyburn, Milt Pappas, Willie Tasby, Angelo Dagres, Ray Barker, Jack Fisher, Chuck Locke, Fred Besana, Leo Burke and Jim Archer.
George Staller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artie Kay | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.55 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 208.0 | 160 | 75 | 59 | 5 | 83 | 4 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| James Clingan | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.10 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 212.0 | 204 | 89 | 73 | 12 | 54 | 5 | 100 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Roosevelt Evans | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.52 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 161.0 | 156 | 77 | 63 | 5 | 79 | 2 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Jim Archer | 11 | 6 | .647 | 1.89 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 152.0 | 134 | 49 | 32 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dave Jordan | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.44 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 183.0 | 169 | 84 | 70 | 5 | 87 | 1 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bob Schmitt | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.60 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 102 | 62 | 40 | 3 | 64 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Manuel Gonzalez | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.46 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Lang | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Johnson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Gunning | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gary Kolod | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.00 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 48 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Besana | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Angelo Dagres | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kelly Searcy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Locke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Milt Pappas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Kelecava | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Fisher | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 45 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 79 | 71 | .527 | 3.17 | 289 | 131 | 0 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 1170.0 | 1076 | 525 | 412 | 44 | 510 | 25 | 711 | 30 | 4 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Barker | 154 | 653 | 563 | 90 | 174 | 40 | 14 | 23 | 97 | 9 | 80 | 68 | .309 | .399 | .552 | .951 | 311 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Robert Barron | 147 | 661 | 561 | 85 | 148 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 4 | 77 | 80 | .264 | .355 | .406 | .761 | 228 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Willie Tasby | 132 | 553 | 482 | 73 | 131 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 86 | 20 | 57 | 67 | .272 | .349 | .429 | .779 | 207 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Blas Fernandez | 146 | 587 | 497 | 72 | 122 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 9 | 75 | 43 | .245 | .345 | .334 | .679 | 166 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Angelo Dagres | 124 | 499 | 417 | 72 | 110 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 74 | 64 | .264 | .372 | .362 | .735 | 151 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Tippery | 69 | 275 | 231 | 30 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 26 | .299 | .377 | .411 | .788 | 95 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Leo Burke | 97 | 331 | 286 | 30 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 5 | 39 | 54 | .192 | .289 | .346 | .635 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Roberts | 44 | 183 | 153 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 17 | .301 | .403 | .464 | .867 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Pyburn | 49 | 199 | 163 | 26 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 29 | .270 | .392 | .399 | .791 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Burton | 56 | 187 | 153 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 31 | .203 | .328 | .333 | .661 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Clingan | 36 | 88 | 82 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .268 | .310 | .341 | .652 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Samford | 22 | 61 | 54 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .259 | .317 | .296 | .613 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Artie Kay | 28 | 86 | 70 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .200 | .325 | .243 | .568 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roosevelt Evans | 45 | 76 | 56 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18 | .232 | .411 | .250 | .661 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Ferrante | 12 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .308 | .417 | .538 | .955 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Jordan | 35 | 71 | 54 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .222 | .371 | .259 | .631 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Archer | 27 | 54 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .176 | .208 | .235 | .443 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Contos | 10 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .214 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Walker | 10 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .200 | .294 | .233 | .527 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Lairmore | 14 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .162 | .295 | .270 | .566 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Kolod | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .267 | .308 | .574 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Schmitt | 39 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .091 | .118 | .091 | .209 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Pappas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Kelecava | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jake Tarr | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Besana | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Locke | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Gonzalez | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Fisher | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Marshall | 9 | 19 | 19 | 1 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kelly Searcy | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Gunning | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Lang | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1404 | 4876 | 4151 | 587 | 1058 | 171 | 50 | 92 | 499 | 89 | 0 | 600 | 629 | .255 | .350 | .387 | .736 | 1605 | 0 | 26 | 60 | 39 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Barker | 1B | 154 | 1078 | 101 | 16 | 92 | .987 | 7.656 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | 1B | 10 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 8.900 | ||||
| Blas Fernandez | 2B | 71 | 149 | 153 | 13 | 29 | .959 | 4.254 | ||||
| Kenneth Tippery | 2B | 33 | 81 | 88 | 8 | 11 | .955 | 5.121 | ||||
| James Burton | 2B | 21 | 56 | 56 | 5 | 15 | .957 | 5.333 | ||||
| James Samford | 2B | 17 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 6 | .930 | 3.118 | ||||
| Ray Barker | 2B | 12 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 5 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Leo Burke | 3B | 47 | 61 | 65 | 7 | 4 | .947 | 2.681 | ||||
| Robert Barron | 3B | 39 | 46 | 65 | 4 | 3 | .965 | 2.846 | ||||
| Kenneth Tippery | 3B | 33 | 37 | 92 | 9 | 11 | .935 | 3.909 | ||||
| Blas Fernandez | 3B | 29 | 29 | 50 | 9 | 5 | .898 | 2.724 | ||||
| James Burton | 3B | 22 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 4 | .903 | 2.545 | ||||
| Ralph Lairmore | C | 11 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 5.364 | 1 | |||
| Dick Contos | C | 10 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 3.800 | 3 | |||
| Willie Tasby | OF | 131 | 330 | 16 | 15 | 0 | .958 | 2.641 | ||||
| Angelo Dagres | OF | 120 | 207 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .982 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jim Pyburn | OF | 46 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.957 | ||||
| Leo Burke | OF | 41 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.878 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | OF | 33 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Charles Ferrante | OF | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.600 | ||||
| Bob Schmitt | P | 39 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .487 | ||||
| James Clingan | P | 33 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.424 | ||||
| Dave Jordan | P | 32 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .867 | .812 | ||||
| Roosevelt Evans | P | 31 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.581 | ||||
| Artie Kay | P | 28 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jim Archer | P | 23 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .913 | ||||
| Gary Kolod | P | 20 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .750 | ||||
| Manuel Gonzalez | P | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Chuck Locke | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jack Fisher | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Ed Gunning | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Kelecava | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Besana | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Milt Pappas | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Lang | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Johnson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelly Searcy | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angelo Dagres | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Barron | SS | 107 | 180 | 318 | 19 | 49 | .963 | 4.654 | ||||
| Blas Fernandez | SS | 41 | 71 | 109 | 9 | 13 | .952 | 4.390 | ||||
| Totals | 1323 | 2852 | 1431 | 158 | 273 | .964 | 3.237 | 4 | 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.
