1957 Little Rock Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 64-88
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Al Evans (64-88)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 75,181, Avg. 989
The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 64 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.
The Travelers scored 610 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 737 runs.
Members of the 1957 Little Rock Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Leo Posada, Carl Duser, Tony Bartirome, Ken Johnson, Mike Kume, Les Peden, Troy Herriage, Bill Bradford, Bill Kern, Gene Host, Bob Spicer, Gordon MacKenzie, Al Grunwald, Spider Wilhelm, Dixie Upright, Rinty Monahan, Ben Taylor, Eric Rodin, Dutch Romberger, Harry Taylor and George Brunet.
Al Evans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Brunet | 14 | 15 | .483 | 3.42 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 213.0 | 162 | 92 | 81 | 12 | 127 | 2 | 235 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ken Johnson | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.50 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 208.0 | 218 | 100 | 81 | 16 | 50 | 8 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bob Spicer | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.64 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 163.0 | 187 | 96 | 84 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Carl Duser | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.26 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 101.0 | 131 | 74 | 59 | 10 | 64 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jim Miller | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.90 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 149.0 | 126 | 52 | 48 | 6 | 66 | 5 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Dutch Romberger | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.97 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 75 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Harry Taylor | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.72 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 74.0 | 84 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Troy Herriage | 4 | 13 | .235 | 5.22 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 138.0 | 149 | 97 | 80 | 16 | 66 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Robert Schmidt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Host | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.94 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31.0 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Bradford | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.59 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 58 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rinty Monahan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Les Phillips | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Heyman | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Grunwald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Kume | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 88 | .421 | 4.15 | 319 | 150 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 1209.0 | 1229 | 654 | 557 | 87 | 543 | 46 | 832 | 29 | 2 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Rodin | 123 | 472 | 425 | 64 | 145 | 35 | 9 | 14 | 75 | 0 | 34 | 46 | .341 | .394 | .565 | .959 | 240 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Benjamin Downs | 142 | 556 | 477 | 72 | 144 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 83 | 3 | 76 | 52 | .302 | .398 | .465 | .864 | 222 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Kern | 145 | 596 | 531 | 70 | 140 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 54 | 6 | 54 | 57 | .264 | .334 | .369 | .703 | 196 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| R. C. Otey | 129 | 556 | 506 | 68 | 134 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 40 | 15 | .265 | .325 | .308 | .633 | 156 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Les Peden | 134 | 480 | 431 | 59 | 128 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 36 | 48 | .297 | .354 | .450 | .804 | 194 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Russ Rose | 114 | 450 | 395 | 44 | 90 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 43 | 39 | .228 | .308 | .261 | .569 | 103 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Dixie Upright | 115 | 356 | 314 | 34 | 84 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 39 | 38 | .268 | .348 | .404 | .753 | 127 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Grunwald | 68 | 268 | 240 | 26 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 44 | .238 | .300 | .346 | .645 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tony Bartirome | 39 | 180 | 154 | 28 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 4 | .357 | .444 | .370 | .814 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lane Akers | 55 | 182 | 168 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 40 | .232 | .268 | .298 | .566 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Louis Heyman | 70 | 191 | 169 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .231 | .307 | .355 | .662 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Streeter | 47 | 169 | 144 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 31 | .236 | .317 | .306 | .623 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Spider Wilhelm | 42 | 163 | 140 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .207 | .294 | .271 | .565 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Claude Horn | 17 | 69 | 60 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .333 | .406 | .500 | .906 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 19 | 74 | 61 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .262 | .370 | .361 | .731 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Stuifbergen | 17 | 52 | 49 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .306 | .346 | .367 | .714 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pahr | 28 | 86 | 74 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .176 | .291 | .216 | .507 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Taylor | 23 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl Duser | 24 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .250 | .341 | .250 | .591 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Johnson | 35 | 83 | 72 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .097 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| George Brunet | 33 | 81 | 76 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .079 | .114 | .092 | .206 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Leo Posada | 9 | 28 | 28 | 5 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 47 | 48 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .111 | .130 | .111 | .242 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Spicer | 39 | 60 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .096 | .175 | .096 | .272 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Troy Herriage | 35 | 47 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .100 | .182 | .125 | .307 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gene Host | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Taylor | 8 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rinty Monahan | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Thomas | 6 | 16 | 16 | 1 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dutch Romberger | 52 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schmidt | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Kume | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Les Phillips | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Bradford | 11 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1660 | 5417 | 4809 | 578 | 1239 | 181 | 34 | 76 | 538 | 26 | 0 | 486 | 618 | .258 | .328 | .357 | .685 | 1716 | 106 | 30 | 63 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Grunwald | 1B | 68 | 539 | 51 | 6 | 56 | .990 | 8.676 | ||||
| Dixie Upright | 1B | 40 | 293 | 17 | 5 | 24 | .984 | 7.750 | ||||
| Tony Bartirome | 1B | 39 | 325 | 30 | 4 | 26 | .989 | 9.103 | ||||
| R. C. Otey | 2B | 127 | 304 | 339 | 15 | 66 | .977 | 5.063 | ||||
| Russ Rose | 3B | 38 | 30 | 52 | 5 | 8 | .943 | 2.158 | ||||
| Spider Wilhelm | 3B | 37 | 48 | 80 | 5 | 13 | .962 | 3.459 | ||||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 3B | 19 | 27 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .938 | 3.158 | ||||
| Joseph Pahr | 3B | 13 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.538 | ||||
| Lane Akers | 3B | 13 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .912 | 2.385 | ||||
| Les Peden | 3B | 10 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 3.400 | ||||
| Les Peden | C | 108 | 639 | 43 | 10 | 7 | .986 | 6.315 | 14 | |||
| Louis Heyman | C | 54 | 265 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .986 | 5.278 | 4 | |||
| Bill Kern | OF | 143 | 331 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 2.364 | ||||
| Benjamin Downs | OF | 130 | 192 | 8 | 13 | 3 | .939 | 1.538 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | OF | 110 | 214 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .961 | 2.018 | ||||
| Dixie Upright | OF | 50 | 66 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .921 | 1.400 | ||||
| Claude Horn | OF | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| Bill Stuifbergen | OF | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | P | 52 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Jim Miller | P | 43 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .974 | .860 | ||||
| Bob Spicer | P | 37 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 34 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.206 | ||||
| Troy Herriage | P | 34 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .852 | .676 | ||||
| George Brunet | P | 33 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.121 | ||||
| Carl Duser | P | 21 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .871 | 1.286 | ||||
| Harry Taylor | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Bradford | P | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Mike Kume | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Robert Schmidt | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Les Phillips | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Host | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rinty Monahan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Heyman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Grunwald | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Russ Rose | SS | 75 | 117 | 178 | 14 | 31 | .955 | 3.933 | ||||
| Lane Akers | SS | 37 | 66 | 81 | 11 | 17 | .930 | 3.973 | ||||
| Jerry Streeter | SS | 34 | 59 | 74 | 2 | 20 | .985 | 3.912 | ||||
| Totals | 1494 | 3644 | 1283 | 138 | 290 | .973 | 3.298 | 18 | 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.
