1957 Syracuse/Allentown Chiefs Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Frank Calo (56-84)
Location: Syracuse, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Max Hess Stadium, MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 68,110, Avg. 973

1957 Syracuse/Allentown Chiefs Roster

The Syracuse/Allentown Chiefs of the Eastern League ended the 1957 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.Syracuse (29-52) transferred to Allentown (27-32) July 13.

The Chiefs scored 503 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 704 runs, most in the circuit.

Players from the 1957 Syracuse/Allentown Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Marv Rotblatt, Bob Moorhead, John Romonosky, Jim Kirby and Cliff Ross.

Frank Calo 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	BK	WP	BF
Leverette Spencer	16	14	.533	2.90	47	26		19	3		245.0	219	96	79	22	61		198	2	0	4
John Isaac	9	10	.474	5.05	39	15		6	1		148.0	163	108	83	14	70		108	2	0	6
George Aitken	9	13	.409	4.97	39	25		11	0		203.0	219	134	112	10	99		130	10	0	18
Marv Rotblatt	8	5	.615	4.01	25	15		6	1		101.0	107	58	45	9	49		85	0	0	8
Cliff Ross	3	15	.167	5.32	28	18		2	0		120.0	130	89	71	11	95		95	2	0	13
Larry Kendig	2	6	.250	3.36	39	2		0	0		91.0	92	45	34	4	17		66	1	0	3
Ralph Birkofer	2	8	.200	4.90	19	10		1	0		79.0	106	51	43	4	19		48	0	0	2
Gary Kolod	1	1	.500		6						0.0
Frank Calo	0	0			1						0.0
John Wall					15						0.0
Mike Kvasnak	0	0			2						0.0
Joseph Pirro	0	0			3						0.0
John Romonosky	0	0			3						0.0
Jack Fuller	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Bob Moorhead	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Joe Lewis	0	3	.000		10						0.0
Totals	50	78	.391	4.26	285	111	0	45	5	0	987.0	1036	581	467	74	410	0	730	17	0	54	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
Edward Kneuper	138	554	494	75	130	36	0	12	74	2		57	43	.263	.340	.409	.749	202		1	1	1
Tom Sarna	133	544	466	57	118	12	8	8	59	0		67	94	.253	.348	.365	.712	170		2	6	3
Andrew Rellick	127	508	448	65	111	11	6	18	67	6		56	89	.248	.329	.420	.748	188		0	0	4
Jerry Elder	134	480	421	57	94	18	3	8	29	5		46	75	.223	.307	.337	.644	142		5	7	1
Julio Palazzini	92	398	330	52	92	8	2	0	17	4		60	34	.279	.391	.315	.706	104		2	4	2
Jim Kirby	118	420	371	41	92	15	0	2	33	2		37	31	.248	.315	.305	.619	113		1	7	4
Bill Sinton	106	342	277	27	65	17	1	4	47	1		62	61	.235	.377	.347	.724	96		2	0	1
Jim Tolleson	115	359	317	17	61	13	1	1	33	0		30	57	.192	.261	.249	.511	79		1	7	4
Clell Hobson	72	272	243	31	56	11	1	2	26	1		22	25	.230	.291	.309	.600	75		0	4	3
Frank Calo	89	229	191	13	44	10	0	0	21	0		33	12	.230	.344	.283	.626	54		1	2	2
Tom McDevitt	34	136	112	18	26	7	1	1	5	0		23	16	.232	.368	.339	.707	38		1	0	0
Irving Carlson	38	139	121	7	20	3	0	0	4	1		13	21	.165	.255	.190	.446	23		2	2	1
Leverette Spencer	55	105	94	5	19	1	0	0	3	0		6	16	.202	.250	.213	.463	20		0	5	0
Cliff Ross	41	57	53	5	13	0	1	0	2	0		1	15	.245	.286	.283	.569	15		2	1	0
Felipe Valdes	21	72	63	3	10	2	0	0	1	0		8	14	.159	.254	.190	.444	12		0	1	0
Ray Giannelli	43	102	76	10	9	3	0	0	3	4		22	26	.118	.320	.158	.478	12		1	2	1
John Isaac	46	53	43	6	7	0	0	0	3	0		7	14	.163	.275	.163	.437	7		0	2	1
George Aitken	50	73	67	5	7	0	0	0	2	0		5	25	.104	.167	.104	.271	7		0	1	0
John Wrye	13	34	33	1	6	2	0	0	3	0		1	6	.182	.206	.242	.448	8		0	0	0
Larry Kendig	39	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	10	.105	.261	.105	.366	2		0	0	0
Marv Rotblatt	30	35	32	3	2	0	0	0	2	0		3	10	.062	.143	.062	.205	2		0	0	0
Gary Kolod	7	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Ralph Birkofer	19	26	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		4	10	.048	.192	.048	.240	1		0	0	1
Joseph Pirro	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Moorhead	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Lewis	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jack Fuller	8	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Emil Karlik	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1585	4986	4317	500	986	169	24	56	435	26	0	567	706	.228	.319	.318	.637	1371	0	21	52	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Edward Kneuper	1B	138	990	57	29	84	.973	7.587
Clell Hobson	2B	69	152	154	15	29	.953	4.435
Tom McDevitt	2B	29	69	57	10	17	.926	4.345
Ray Giannelli	2B	17	23	20	6	5	.878	2.529
Felipe Valdes	2B	15	28	25	3	7	.946	3.533
Jim Kirby	2B	13	36	21	5	7	.919	4.385
Tom Sarna	3B	132	128	268	25	19	.941	3.000
Jim Tolleson	C	100	594	63	11	5	.984	6.570	12
Frank Calo	C	66	359	25	5	7	.987	5.818	3
Jerry Elder	OF	126	254	9	15	2	.946	2.087
Andrew Rellick	OF	117	200	14	6	3	.973	1.829
Bill Sinton	OF	97	132	9	5	1	.966	1.454
Jim Kirby	OF	88	214	5	6	1	.973	2.489
Jim Tolleson	OF	12	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.417
John Wrye	OF	11	9	3	1	1	.923	1.091
Leverette Spencer	P	47	8	36	1	1	.978	.936
Larry Kendig	P	39	2	9	0	0	1.000	.282
John Isaac	P	39	4	26	0	2	1.000	.769
George Aitken	P	39	10	36	1	2	.979	1.179
Cliff Ross	P	28	3	17	3	0	.870	.714
Marv Rotblatt	P	25	5	23	1	2	.966	1.120
Ralph Birkofer	P	19	2	16	3	1	.857	.947
John Wall	P	15						.000
Joe Lewis	P	10	0	1	1	0	.500	.100
Gary Kolod	P	6						.000
Jack Fuller	P	6						.000
John Romonosky	P	3						.000
Joseph Pirro	P	3						.000
Bob Moorhead	P	3						.000
Mike Kvasnak	P	2						.000
Frank Calo	P	1						.000
Julio Palazzini	SS	86	152	208	27	37	.930	4.186
Irving Carlson	SS	36	44	81	13	12	.906	3.472
Ray Giannelli	SS	15	7	21	5	1	.848	1.867
Totals		1452	3441	1205	197	246	.959	3.200	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.

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