1957 Reading Indians Statistics
Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (74-66)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 95,528, Avg. 1,365
1957 Reading Indians RosterTeam Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (74-66)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 95,528, Avg. 1,365
Playoffs - Reading Indians 3 games, Schenectady Blue Jays 0
Finals - Reading Indians 3 games, Albany Senators 1
The Reading Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1957 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the EL.
The Indians paced the league with just 535 runs allowed. Reading scored 631 runs.
Players from the 1957 Reading Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Wynn Hawkins, Carl Mathias, Don Dillard and Kenny Kuhn.
Jo-Jo White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Wegerek | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.56 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 193.0 | 159 | 66 | 55 | 7 | 93 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jim Peete | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.02 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 188.0 | 164 | 79 | 63 | 12 | 104 | 128 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Charles Kolakowski | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.58 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 171.0 | 139 | 82 | 68 | 5 | 96 | 138 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Lawrence Dresen | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.87 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 141.0 | 111 | 60 | 45 | 3 | 84 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ernest Craumer | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.98 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 122.0 | 94 | 63 | 54 | 15 | 92 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wynn Hawkins | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.04 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 145.0 | 118 | 59 | 49 | 7 | 73 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Edward Drapcho | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.35 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 94.0 | 74 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 53 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Carl Mathias | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.35 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 90 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 47 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hal Dodeward | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.60 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Merlin Beatty | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Coppock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 3.22 | 259 | 139 | 0 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 1191.0 | 989 | 519 | 426 | 64 | 665 | 0 | 818 | 29 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 121 | 551 | 487 | 96 | 156 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 48 | 53 | 54 | 105 | .320 | .392 | .485 | .876 | 236 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Theodore Narleski | 120 | 480 | 419 | 49 | 114 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 50 | 41 | .272 | .349 | .379 | .729 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Paul Jones | 131 | 546 | 427 | 92 | 111 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 23 | 99 | 71 | .260 | .406 | .370 | .776 | 158 | 10 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Mitchell June | 98 | 363 | 339 | 39 | 84 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 13 | 16 | 57 | .248 | .283 | .381 | .664 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Steve Jankowski | 81 | 303 | 277 | 38 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 19 | 56 | .285 | .334 | .444 | .778 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Frank Biskup | 98 | 335 | 284 | 41 | 72 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 16 | .254 | .347 | .296 | .643 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Les Mattinson | 101 | 360 | 315 | 34 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 36 | 42 | .216 | .300 | .298 | .598 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Leonard Farrell | 70 | 265 | 246 | 30 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 42 | .268 | .308 | .350 | .658 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Arlan Barber | 56 | 216 | 188 | 21 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 37 | .287 | .366 | .378 | .743 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Don Dillard | 54 | 216 | 191 | 21 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 19 | 45 | .283 | .344 | .455 | .800 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| John Rucker | 50 | 206 | 180 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 52 | .261 | .328 | .311 | .640 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Freddie Frickie | 37 | 160 | 141 | 13 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .241 | .319 | .319 | .638 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eny Wilcox | 43 | 146 | 118 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 26 | .229 | .372 | .229 | .601 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Weygandt | 34 | 141 | 122 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 30 | .213 | .305 | .311 | .616 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Roy Nixon | 25 | 103 | 91 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .275 | .333 | .341 | .674 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Kuhn | 21 | 91 | 84 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .286 | .330 | .393 | .723 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Herman Green | 32 | 99 | 83 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 21 | .241 | .364 | .337 | .701 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Wegerek | 30 | 81 | 76 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .224 | .241 | .303 | .543 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Charles Kolakowski | 38 | 61 | 48 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .333 | .429 | .542 | .970 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Joe Camacho | 16 | 45 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .308 | .378 | .564 | .942 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wynn Hawkins | 37 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Cook | 21 | 74 | 67 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .149 | .230 | .224 | .454 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Dresen | 31 | 55 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .151 | .167 | .151 | .318 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Peete | 29 | 76 | 61 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .131 | .254 | .180 | .434 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Rogers | 17 | 66 | 63 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .127 | .152 | .159 | .310 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ernest Craumer | 26 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .158 | .158 | .184 | .342 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jerry DelGaudio | 14 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .150 | .393 | .300 | .693 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Edward Drapcho | 15 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .143 | .091 | .234 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Larry Spinner | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal Dodeward | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bill Pinckard | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Mathias | 33 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .053 | .174 | .053 | .227 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Jim Coppock | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Merlin Beatty | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rosario Ciatto | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1520 | 5266 | 4593 | 627 | 1169 | 176 | 57 | 58 | 570 | 120 | 0 | 521 | 856 | .255 | .333 | .356 | .689 | 1633 | 0 | 45 | 57 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Mattinson | 1B | 44 | 316 | 19 | 9 | 32 | .974 | 7.614 | ||||
| Freddie Frickie | 1B | 37 | 286 | 12 | 8 | 21 | .974 | 8.054 | ||||
| Al Weygandt | 1B | 33 | 252 | 9 | 1 | 31 | .996 | 7.909 | ||||
| Roy Nixon | 1B | 25 | 182 | 22 | 4 | 25 | .981 | 8.160 | ||||
| Theodore Narleski | 2B | 105 | 276 | 274 | 13 | 76 | .977 | 5.238 | ||||
| Kenny Kuhn | 2B | 21 | 57 | 59 | 4 | 13 | .967 | 5.524 | ||||
| Steve Jankowski | 2B | 15 | 37 | 39 | 3 | 14 | .962 | 5.067 | ||||
| Steve Jankowski | 3B | 56 | 59 | 91 | 6 | 13 | .962 | 2.679 | ||||
| Eny Wilcox | 3B | 39 | 30 | 81 | 7 | 13 | .941 | 2.846 | ||||
| Leonard Farrell | 3B | 30 | 39 | 49 | 3 | 3 | .967 | 2.933 | ||||
| Frank Biskup | C | 90 | 514 | 47 | 7 | 14 | .988 | 6.233 | 11 | |||
| Arlan Barber | C | 53 | 368 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .992 | 7.321 | 4 | |||
| Dave Mann | OF | 114 | 256 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 2.351 | ||||
| Mitchell June | OF | 87 | 145 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 1.759 | ||||
| Les Mattinson | OF | 57 | 88 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .969 | 1.632 | ||||
| Don Dillard | OF | 51 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.745 | ||||
| John Rucker | OF | 47 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 2.064 | ||||
| Paul Jones | OF | 27 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.481 | ||||
| Edward Cook | OF | 18 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jesse Rogers | OF | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Herman Green | OF | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joe Camacho | OF | 10 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.400 | ||||
| Charles Kolakowski | P | 36 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| Wynn Hawkins | P | 35 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 1 | .850 | .971 | ||||
| Carl Mathias | P | 33 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .852 | .697 | ||||
| Lawrence Dresen | P | 30 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .967 | ||||
| Dave Wegerek | P | 29 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 1.276 | ||||
| Jim Peete | P | 28 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.357 | ||||
| Ernest Craumer | P | 26 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .462 | ||||
| Hal Dodeward | P | 19 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Edward Drapcho | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Merlin Beatty | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Coppock | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Jones | SS | 101 | 154 | 285 | 27 | 63 | .942 | 4.347 | ||||
| Leonard Farrell | SS | 40 | 75 | 114 | 17 | 23 | .917 | 4.725 | ||||
| Totals | 1387 | 3496 | 1346 | 156 | 371 | .969 | 3.491 | 15 | 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.
