
1957 Omaha Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (76-78)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 177,066, Avg. 2,300
The Omaha Cardinals of the American Association ended the 1957 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Cardinals tallied 629 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Don Lassetter paced Omaha with 27 home runs, while Jim King and Lou Limmer walloped 15 or more, too. Don Lassetter drove in 84 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .289. Bob Mabe and Tom Cheney led the team with 14 wins each, and Frank Barnes recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bob Gibson, Bob Thorpe, Nelson Burbrink, Glen Gorbous, Marty Kutyna, Dick Brown, Lou Limmer, Herb Moford, John Mackinson, Chuck Diering, Jim King, Bob Mabe, Gary Geiger, Ed Mayer, Frank Barnes, Don Liddle, Billy Queen, Rance Pless, Fred Marsh, Bruce Barmes, Tom Cheney, Bobby Durnbaugh, Joe McClain, Barney Schultz, Don Lassetter, Milt Smith and Jim Command were all players from the 1957 Omaha Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Johnny Keane 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Cheney | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.62 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 182.0 | 151 | 60 | 53 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
Bob Mabe | 14 | 17 | .452 | 3.81 | 38 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 229.0 | 212 | 118 | 97 | 18 | 74 | 4 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
Frank Barnes | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.41 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 205.0 | 153 | 66 | 55 | 9 | 93 | 10 | 165 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
Glen Stabelfeld | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.79 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 121.0 | 122 | 55 | 51 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Barney Schultz | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.83 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 121.0 | 101 | 43 | 38 | 15 | 39 | 5 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Boyd Linker | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.87 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 114.0 | 111 | 52 | 49 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Kelton Russell | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bob Gibson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.29 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
Don Liddle | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.28 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 120 | 66 | 61 | 15 | 48 | 5 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
John Mackinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Marty Kutyna | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Dave Benedict | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ed Mayer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Herb Moford | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Glen Gorbous | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Joe McClain | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Joseph Lains | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 70 | 69 | .504 | 3.40 | 310 | 128 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1160.0 | 1055 | 508 | 438 | 89 | 469 | 37 | 779 | 21 | 2 | 35 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Lassetter | 144 | 539 | 478 | 68 | 138 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 84 | 2 | 56 | 103 | .289 | .363 | .502 | .865 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | ||
Milt Smith | 145 | 600 | 516 | 88 | 136 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 70 | 9 | 67 | 82 | .264 | .351 | .409 | .760 | 211 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||
Lou Limmer | 140 | 573 | 498 | 73 | 131 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 49 | 3 | 60 | 48 | .263 | .346 | .416 | .762 | 207 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 8 | ||
Jim King | 116 | 491 | 426 | 48 | 114 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 73 | 1 | 54 | 64 | .268 | .350 | .472 | .822 | 201 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
Sherwin Dixon | 133 | 511 | 438 | 55 | 99 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 59 | 72 | .226 | .321 | .326 | .648 | 143 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
Glen Gorbous | 97 | 301 | 272 | 34 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 22 | .243 | .310 | .346 | .656 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jim Command | 88 | 261 | 226 | 19 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 24 | .248 | .332 | .305 | .637 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Bobby Durnbaugh | 70 | 247 | 207 | 25 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 33 | 14 | .266 | .370 | .319 | .689 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
Fred Marsh | 64 | 249 | 224 | 22 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 22 | .228 | .294 | .290 | .584 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Chuck Diering | 78 | 263 | 232 | 24 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 47 | .220 | .292 | .302 | .594 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Billy Queen | 62 | 207 | 183 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 34 | .235 | .311 | .372 | .682 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dick Brown | 46 | 179 | 161 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .261 | .306 | .416 | .723 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bruce Barmes | 35 | 133 | 121 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .339 | .389 | .413 | .803 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Harry Keister | 24 | 83 | 75 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .267 | .337 | .640 | .977 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Asdrubal Baro | 22 | 80 | 74 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .230 | .266 | .338 | .604 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Gary Geiger | 20 | 71 | 60 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .267 | .371 | .433 | .805 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Cheney | 27 | 74 | 67 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .224 | .221 | .299 | .519 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank Barnes | 34 | 78 | 72 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .208 | .208 | .264 | .472 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Whitey Ries | 17 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .191 | .264 | .255 | .519 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Barney Schultz | 45 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .200 | .182 | .382 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Mabe | 39 | 84 | 79 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | .076 | .099 | .089 | .187 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Liddle | 39 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .172 | .294 | .172 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Gibson | 12 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .235 | .278 | .471 | .748 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Boyd Linker | 36 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .154 | .214 | .192 | .407 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marty Kutyna | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Glen Stabelfeld | 32 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .054 | .146 | .054 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe McClain | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Mayer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Nelson Burbrink | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Joseph Lains | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Kelton Russell | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Mackinson | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1597 | 5275 | 4627 | 571 | 1149 | 180 | 41 | 110 | 517 | 43 | 0 | 508 | 746 | .248 | .324 | .376 | .701 | 1741 | 0 | 26 | 85 | 29 | 46 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Limmer | 1B | 139 | 1081 | 86 | 6 | 108 | .995 | 8.396 | ||||
Don Lassetter | 1B | 10 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 8.100 | ||||
Sherwin Dixon | 2B | 88 | 201 | 262 | 16 | 61 | .967 | 5.261 | ||||
Milt Smith | 2B | 47 | 78 | 94 | 11 | 18 | .940 | 3.660 | ||||
Milt Smith | 3B | 95 | 116 | 183 | 15 | 23 | .952 | 3.147 | ||||
Whitey Ries | 3B | 11 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 2.273 | ||||
Jim Command | C | 72 | 418 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .991 | 6.222 | 7 | |||
Billy Queen | C | 53 | 273 | 16 | 3 | 6 | .990 | 5.453 | 7 | |||
Dick Brown | C | 45 | 283 | 32 | 1 | 7 | .997 | 7.000 | 6 | |||
Don Lassetter | OF | 123 | 217 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .966 | 1.829 | ||||
Jim King | OF | 112 | 244 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 2.277 | ||||
Glen Gorbous | OF | 78 | 151 | 14 | 3 | 5 | .982 | 2.115 | ||||
Chuck Diering | OF | 64 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 2.094 | ||||
Bruce Barmes | OF | 32 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.781 | ||||
Harry Keister | OF | 20 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.900 | ||||
Asdrubal Baro | OF | 18 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.889 | ||||
Gary Geiger | OF | 16 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Barney Schultz | P | 44 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .591 | ||||
Bob Mabe | P | 38 | 11 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
Don Liddle | P | 36 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .417 | ||||
Boyd Linker | P | 35 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .486 | ||||
Glen Stabelfeld | P | 32 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .750 | ||||
Frank Barnes | P | 31 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.032 | ||||
Tom Cheney | P | 25 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.760 | ||||
Herb Moford | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
Kelton Russell | P | 10 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Bob Gibson | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
Dave Benedict | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Marty Kutyna | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe McClain | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
John Mackinson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Joseph Lains | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Ed Mayer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Glen Gorbous | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Bobby Durnbaugh | SS | 66 | 94 | 157 | 17 | 30 | .937 | 3.803 | ||||
Fred Marsh | SS | 64 | 122 | 193 | 19 | 38 | .943 | 4.922 | ||||
Sherwin Dixon | SS | 36 | 50 | 66 | 12 | 13 | .906 | 3.222 | ||||
Totals | 1499 | 3761 | 1356 | 139 | 328 | .974 | 3.414 | 20 | 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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