1957 Michigan City White Caps Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 4th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (68-57)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Ballpark: Ames Field
Attendance: 25,484, Avg. 408
1957 Michigan City White Caps RosterTeam Record: 68-57
Finished 4th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (68-57)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Ballpark: Ames Field
Attendance: 25,484, Avg. 408
The Michigan City White Caps of the Midwest League ended the 1957 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the MWL.
The White Caps plated 646 runs and surrendered 583 runs.
Players from the 1957 Michigan City White Caps who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Orsino, Bobby Bolin, Bob Farley, Matty Alou and Manny Mota.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bolin | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.53 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 199.0 | 165 | 111 | 78 | 5 | 172 | 139 | 19 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Chris Riddell | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.71 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 153.0 | 158 | 80 | 63 | 12 | 69 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Donald Norton | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.22 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 151.0 | 138 | 82 | 54 | 8 | 58 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Wheeler | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.14 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 126.0 | 108 | 86 | 72 | 8 | 131 | 94 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ken Bracey | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.30 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 70 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 37 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Albert Johnston | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.49 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 105.0 | 82 | 45 | 29 | 5 | 59 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dean Maas | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.76 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 79.0 | 87 | 43 | 33 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ronald Perry | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.24 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 103.0 | 105 | 67 | 60 | 9 | 70 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Donald Svenson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.68 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 43 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Farley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Stricko | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 57 | .544 | 3.78 | 231 | 126 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 1039.0 | 941 | 568 | 436 | 62 | 667 | 0 | 680 | 45 | 2 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Mota | 126 | 549 | 471 | 82 | 148 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 91 | 12 | 59 | 45 | .314 | .393 | .416 | .810 | 196 | 7 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Hernan Valdes | 127 | 514 | 446 | 65 | 130 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 9 | 62 | 63 | .291 | .383 | .417 | .800 | 186 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Lefever | 124 | 565 | 463 | 108 | 128 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 36 | 82 | 109 | .276 | .392 | .376 | .768 | 174 | 11 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Matty Alou | 124 | 551 | 481 | 79 | 119 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 14 | 55 | 52 | .247 | .329 | .320 | .649 | 154 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Bob Farley | 125 | 532 | 431 | 78 | 117 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 74 | 10 | 92 | 78 | .271 | .402 | .427 | .829 | 184 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Joe Sparks | 126 | 483 | 423 | 57 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 12 | 50 | 79 | .236 | .316 | .307 | .623 | 130 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| John Orsino | 119 | 461 | 408 | 64 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 79 | 0 | 46 | 91 | .223 | .306 | .422 | .727 | 172 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Condron | 69 | 264 | 230 | 25 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 61 | .248 | .338 | .409 | .747 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Robert Jensen | 59 | 209 | 191 | 28 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 40 | .277 | .324 | .393 | .716 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Bolin | 28 | 85 | 73 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .233 | .317 | .329 | .646 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joe Craffey | 39 | 103 | 93 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .172 | .252 | .247 | .500 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Stanton | 22 | 79 | 65 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .200 | .333 | .292 | .626 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Perry | 51 | 75 | 63 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 36 | .159 | .284 | .238 | .522 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Riddell | 29 | 59 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .140 | .189 | .140 | .329 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Jim Wheeler | 27 | 47 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .130 | .149 | .304 | .453 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Norton | 22 | 65 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .082 | .196 | .082 | .278 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Albert Johnston | 17 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .091 | .139 | .091 | .230 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Granowski | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Berry Gang | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Bracey | 37 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .111 | .304 | .111 | .415 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dean Maas | 12 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .065 | .121 | .065 | .186 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Richard Klaus | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Svenson | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Johnson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1315 | 4784 | 4107 | 642 | 1029 | 155 | 33 | 78 | 541 | 97 | 0 | 547 | 815 | .251 | .343 | .361 | .704 | 1484 | 0 | 43 | 57 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Farley | 1B | 125 | 1037 | 99 | 21 | 100 | .982 | 9.088 | ||||
| William Lefever | 2B | 123 | 264 | 323 | 49 | 70 | .923 | 4.772 | ||||
| Joe Sparks | 3B | 124 | 111 | 260 | 37 | 21 | .909 | 2.992 | ||||
| John Orsino | C | 106 | 637 | 61 | 29 | 13 | .960 | 6.585 | 40 | |||
| Joe Craffey | C | 26 | 144 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 5.885 | 10 | |||
| Manny Mota | OF | 125 | 217 | 20 | 13 | 3 | .948 | 1.896 | ||||
| Matty Alou | OF | 124 | 271 | 20 | 10 | 3 | .967 | 2.347 | ||||
| Ronald Condron | OF | 62 | 92 | 11 | 6 | 3 | .945 | 1.661 | ||||
| Robert Jensen | OF | 53 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.698 | ||||
| John Stanton | OF | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ken Bracey | P | 37 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .622 | ||||
| Ronald Perry | P | 31 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 1.032 | ||||
| Chris Riddell | P | 29 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.310 | ||||
| Bobby Bolin | P | 28 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 3 | .910 | 2.179 | ||||
| Jim Wheeler | P | 27 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .926 | ||||
| Donald Norton | P | 22 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .878 | 1.636 | ||||
| Albert Johnston | P | 16 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Donald Svenson | P | 13 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Dean Maas | P | 12 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Robert Stricko | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Johnson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Farley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hernan Valdes | SS | 127 | 199 | 349 | 44 | 74 | .926 | 4.315 | ||||
| Totals | 1241 | 3143 | 1367 | 238 | 306 | .950 | 3.634 | 50 | 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.
