1957 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Lou Klein (86-67)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 125,085, Avg. 1,635

1957 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Chicks topped the league with just 636 runs allowed. Memphis scored 704 runs.

Players from the 1957 Memphis Chicks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Charlie Bicknell, George Piktuzis, Al Lary, Gabe Gabler, Footer Johnson, Glen Hobbie, Hy Cohen, Gene Fodge, Harry Perkowski, Johnny Goryl, Lou Klein, Clem Koshorek, George Shuba, Bill Henry and John Buzhardt.

Lou Klein 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
Hy Cohen	15	7	.682	2.72	30	29		11	1		215.0	200	84	65	13	50	1	82	1	1
Al Lary	15	10	.600	3.27	36	32		11	4		226.0	198	95	82	14	110	3	150	1	4
Glen Hobbie	15	15	.500	3.92	53	19		6	0		179.0	168	99	78	5	98	3	89	5	6
Bill Henry	14	6	.700	3.39	30	28		11	0		210.0	201	89	79	13	68	5	104	1	3
John Buzhardt	7	8	.467	4.28	23	18		4	2		120.0	115	69	57	11	45	1	68	3	3
Gene Fodge	4	3	.571	3.34	10	9		3	0		62.0	54	25	23	3	23	3	40	1	3
Harry Perkowski	4	3	.571	3.73	41	1		0	0		70.0	78	39	29	3	42	4	34	1	6
Martin Garber	4	9	.308	4.12	34	15		2	1		120.0	105	65	55	7	72	1	64	0	9
John Rieder	1	1	.500	4.65	20	0		0	0		31.0	26	21	16	7	24	1	14	5	2
George Piktuzis	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	79	63	.556	3.53	279	151	0	48	8	0	1233.0	1145	586	484	76	532	22	645	18	37	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
Bob Coats	153	641	563	87	184	22	11	3	73	4		70	42	.327	.398	.421	.819	237	9	0	3	5
Johnny Goryl	147	630	535	81	161	24	7	18	86	3		70	59	.301	.382	.473	.855	253	21	5	12	8
Gip Dickens	151	613	507	97	140	20	5	22	97	3		91	70	.276	.385	.465	.850	236	13	1	10	4
Gabe Gabler	152	592	512	77	126	23	6	28	98	4		68	113	.246	.334	.479	.813	245	7	2	6	4
Clem Koshorek	116	508	441	67	111	15	1	0	32	4		53	32	.252	.339	.290	.629	128	9	6	6	2
Bob McKee	108	427	392	41	95	8	3	2	43	4		26	47	.242	.287	.293	.580	115	6	0	5	4
Don Lauters	91	394	326	44	74	11	1	5	25	2		54	52	.227	.340	.313	.653	102	2	4	6	4
Joe Hannah	73	265	228	23	57	9	3	2	25	0		34	44	.250	.350	.342	.692	78	11	1	2	0
George Shuba	74	287	230	40	56	9	0	12	31	0		49	29	.243	.382	.439	.821	101	5	3	4	1
Footer Johnson	53	243	223	31	53	4	1	0	20	0		13	12	.238	.280	.265	.545	59	7	1	4	2
Bob Rivich	59	206	190	18	44	4	0	4	21	1		11	42	.232	.276	.316	.592	60	3	1	3	1
Lou Klein	61	123	99	16	32	7	0	2	26	0		21	13	.323	.431	.455	.885	45	4	0	0	3
Kenneth Worley	35	125	117	8	29	3	0	2	11	0		5	17	.248	.285	.325	.609	38	6	1	2	0
Thomas Nerad	46	143	132	17	29	9	0	6	20	0		11	18	.220	.280	.424	.704	56	3	0	0	0
Hy Cohen	31	90	83	7	23	4	0	0	11	0		3	11	.277	.299	.325	.624	27	4	0	3	1
Bill Henry	44	87	78	18	22	2	3	0	3	0		7	15	.282	.341	.385	.726	30	2	0	2	0
Al Lary	36	91	83	9	19	3	1	0	6	0		7	24	.229	.289	.289	.578	24	1	0	1	0
Glen Hobbie	56	63	57	2	16	3	0	1	7	0		2	22	.281	.305	.386	.691	22	0	0	4	0
Emil Syngel	19	76	68	8	14	1	0	1	10	0		5	8	.206	.257	.265	.521	18	2	0	2	1
Martin Garber	35	42	36	4	11	0	0	0	2	0		4	5	.306	.375	.306	.681	11	1	0	2	0
Gene Fodge	10	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.227	.261	.227	.488	5	2	0	0	0
John Buzhardt	23	42	37	5	5	1	0	0	2	0		3	9	.135	.200	.162	.362	6	1	0	2	0
Harry Perkowski	45	19	18	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	11	.111	.158	.167	.325	3	0	0	0	0
Charles Ferrante	9	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
John Rieder	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
George Piktuzis	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1652	5746	4993	703	1309	183	42	108	651	25	0	609	703	.262	.343	.381	.723	1900	119	25	79	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gabe Gabler	1B	150	1365	86	16	134	.989	9.673
Lou Klein	1B	11	60	2	2	6	.969	5.636
Bob McKee	2B	107	251	358	20	88	.968	5.692
Don Lauters	2B	49	103	143	10	24	.961	5.020
Clem Koshorek	3B	81	74	149	5	18	.978	2.753
Don Lauters	3B	25	18	61	6	2	.929	3.160
Johnny Goryl	3B	22	19	42	9	1	.871	2.773
Emil Syngel	3B	16	14	23	9	2	.804	2.312
Lou Klein	3B	13	17	29	5	5	.902	3.538
Joe Hannah	C	70	352	20	2	5	.995	5.314	12
Bob Rivich	C	55	244	22	6	3	.978	4.836	3
Kenneth Worley	C	34	152	10	4	1	.976	4.765	3
Bob Coats	OF	153	367	6	9	2	.976	2.438
Gip Dickens	OF	145	287	10	8	1	.974	2.048
George Shuba	OF	67	127	6	5	0	.964	1.985
Footer Johnson	OF	53	94	2	3	0	.970	1.811
Thomas Nerad	OF	32	53	3	1	1	.982	1.750
Don Lauters	OF	15	28	1	2	0	.935	1.933
Glen Hobbie	P	53	7	34	2	0	.953	.774
Harry Perkowski	P	44	0	16	0	3	1.000	.364
Al Lary	P	36	18	23	1	2	.976	1.139
Martin Garber	P	34	7	21	6	0	.824	.824
Bill Henry	P	30	9	32	0	3	1.000	1.367
Hy Cohen	P	30	6	19	4	2	.862	.833
John Buzhardt	P	23	9	15	3	1	.889	1.043
John Rieder	P	20	1	9	1	1	.909	.500
Gene Fodge	P	10	2	10	0	0	1.000	1.200
George Piktuzis	P	2						.000
Johnny Goryl	SS	124	223	360	31	86	.950	4.702
Clem Koshorek	SS	30	49	90	9	14	.939	4.633
Totals		1534	3956	1602	179	405	.969	3.623	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.

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