1957 Panama City Fliers Statistics
Team Record: 59-61
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: James Deery (59-61)
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 21,876, Avg. 365
Playoffs - Panama City Fliers 4 games, Montgomery Rebels 3
Finals - Graceville Oilers 3 games, Panama City Fliers 3 - Teams were declared co-champions when bad weather cancelled the last game.
The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1957 season with a record of 59 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Fliers plated 578 runs and allowed 581 runs. Louis Caputo paced Panama City with 13 home runs and drove in 83 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .275 clip. Charles Townsend topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.7 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Cecil Butler played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Panama City Fliers to do so.
James Deery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Townsend | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.70 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 170.0 | 149 | 67 | 51 | 42 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Cecil Butler | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.81 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 205.0 | 176 | 97 | 64 | 70 | 187 | 16 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Herbert Clay | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.25 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 166.0 | 120 | 80 | 60 | 98 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Harold Preston | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.53 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 131.0 | 128 | 91 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| David Knoll | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 48.0 | 43 | 29 | 18 | 50 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.90 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Gene Farr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Fentem | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Farmer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.91 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33.0 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Dwain Addison | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 44 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Joseph DeSandis | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.57 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 53.0 | 54 | 34 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Bill Duffield | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Nix | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Cacciarelli | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 59 | .464 | 3.45 | 177 | 107 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 879.0 | 769 | 464 | 337 | 0 | 415 | 0 | 579 | 36 | 1 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Hay | 113 | 469 | 433 | 62 | 115 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 76 | 4 | 28 | 64 | .266 | .314 | .393 | .707 | 170 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Louis Caputo | 120 | 527 | 396 | 86 | 109 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 83 | 15 | 120 | 65 | .275 | .438 | .442 | .880 | 175 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| James Deery | 102 | 452 | 401 | 72 | 109 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 46 | 38 | .272 | .347 | .324 | .672 | 130 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Larry Lowe | 120 | 539 | 463 | 77 | 102 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 24 | 67 | 84 | .220 | .321 | .283 | .604 | 131 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||
| James Callaway | 75 | 326 | 268 | 43 | 76 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 15 | .284 | .392 | .377 | .769 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Dave Patterson | 70 | 284 | 253 | 30 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 24 | 59 | .225 | .306 | .328 | .634 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wayland Goza | 52 | 233 | 192 | 24 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 32 | 25 | .286 | .399 | .406 | .805 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Stapp | 45 | 169 | 155 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .226 | .286 | .258 | .544 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Scroggs | 36 | 110 | 99 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .343 | .394 | .414 | .809 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rafael Rodriguez | 34 | 151 | 136 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 19 | .199 | .273 | .221 | .494 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wendell Tarleton | 40 | 166 | 139 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 20 | .194 | .321 | .230 | .551 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Olin Saylors | 34 | 132 | 125 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25 | .192 | .217 | .200 | .417 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Jarvinen | 17 | 80 | 73 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .260 | .316 | .370 | .686 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ruben Prater | 19 | 86 | 76 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .237 | .326 | .316 | .641 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Herzog | 17 | 65 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .211 | .254 | .333 | .587 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Herbert Clay | 25 | 64 | 62 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .194 | .219 | .210 | .428 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cecil Butler | 36 | 88 | 74 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .149 | .250 | .176 | .426 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Grady Moore | 18 | 71 | 64 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .156 | .239 | .156 | .396 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Dunbar | 11 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .216 | .356 | .297 | .653 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Dodd | 14 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .160 | .283 | .200 | .483 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Wright | 12 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .219 | .342 | .250 | .592 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Townsend | 24 | 69 | 60 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .117 | .221 | .133 | .354 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harold Preston | 29 | 55 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .109 | .236 | .109 | .345 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Farmer | 7 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Salvatore Licata | 7 | 23 | 23 | 4 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Rechlitz | 8 | 26 | 26 | 3 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Phillips | 6 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Cacciarelli | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Duffield | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| David Knoll | 12 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Nix | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Murphee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roderick Large | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Fentem | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene Farr | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph DeSandis | 11 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwain Addison | 12 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1147 | 4445 | 3851 | 538 | 903 | 125 | 29 | 38 | 434 | 65 | 0 | 505 | 625 | .234 | .326 | .312 | .638 | 1200 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland Goza | 1B | 46 | 383 | 20 | 13 | 28 | .969 | 8.761 | ||||
| Dave Patterson | 1B | 27 | 196 | 11 | 2 | 14 | .990 | 7.667 | ||||
| Grady Moore | 1B | 16 | 125 | 6 | 5 | 11 | .963 | 8.188 | ||||
| Tom Dunbar | 1B | 11 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 4 | .967 | 7.909 | ||||
| James Deery | 2B | 100 | 257 | 267 | 25 | 52 | .954 | 5.240 | ||||
| Rafael Rodriguez | 2B | 19 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 7 | .946 | 4.579 | ||||
| Louis Caputo | 3B | 120 | 123 | 255 | 37 | 29 | .911 | 3.150 | ||||
| James Hay | C | 108 | 693 | 55 | 25 | 2 | .968 | 6.926 | 21 | |||
| Larry Lowe | OF | 120 | 321 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .959 | 2.750 | ||||
| Dave Patterson | OF | 43 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.721 | ||||
| Wendell Tarleton | OF | 40 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.900 | ||||
| John Stapp | OF | 36 | 65 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .922 | 1.972 | ||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | OF | 24 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ruben Prater | OF | 19 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.105 | ||||
| Vernon Jarvinen | OF | 17 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.765 | ||||
| Tom Herzog | OF | 17 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.471 | ||||
| Gary Dodd | OF | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .765 | .929 | ||||
| Cecil Butler | P | 32 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Harold Preston | P | 27 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.370 | ||||
| Herbert Clay | P | 25 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.200 | ||||
| Charles Townsend | P | 24 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Knoll | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Dwain Addison | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Joseph DeSandis | P | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Bruce Farmer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Duffield | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Fentem | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Cacciarelli | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Farr | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Nix | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Callaway | SS | 75 | 139 | 196 | 33 | 23 | .910 | 4.467 | ||||
| Olin Saylors | SS | 32 | 54 | 75 | 18 | 8 | .878 | 4.031 | ||||
| Rafael Rodriguez | SS | 16 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 5 | .867 | 4.062 | ||||
| Totals | 1077 | 2820 | 1143 | 223 | 191 | .947 | 3.680 | 21 | 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.
