1957 Salinas Packers Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-67
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Leo Thomas (0-0), Bill Krueger (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 40,876, Avg. 606
1957 Salinas Packers RosterTeam Record: 68-67
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Leo Thomas (0-0), Bill Krueger (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 40,876, Avg. 606
Playoffs - Salinas Packers 2 games, Modesto Reds 1
Finals - Salinas Packers 3 games, Reno Silver Sox 1
The Salinas Packers of the California League ended the 1957 season with a record of 68 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Packers plated 688 runs and allowed 732 runs.
Leo Thomas and Chuck Estrada both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Leo Thomas and Bill Krueger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Estrada | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.63 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 223.0 | 180 | 106 | 90 | 16 | 136 | 230 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Stoico | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.66 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 187.0 | 191 | 96 | 76 | 4 | 76 | 154 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| David Weeks | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.05 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 120.0 | 130 | 76 | 54 | 3 | 68 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.96 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 116.0 | 112 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 55 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Tony Komisar | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.47 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 157.0 | 166 | 108 | 78 | 12 | 67 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Donald Jones | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.77 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 75 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 54 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Vaughn Stedman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.79 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 42.0 | 64 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.88 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 83.0 | 80 | 64 | 45 | 5 | 63 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Allan Hoisington | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Florian Wittichen | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.88 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 75.0 | 89 | 65 | 49 | 11 | 47 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Leo Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Minor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Hazlewood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kent Geisler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rice | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 67 | .504 | 4.18 | 248 | 128 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1089.0 | 1087 | 659 | 506 | 64 | 586 | 0 | 820 | 41 | 8 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gilmore | 128 | 554 | 471 | 90 | 159 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 74 | 33 | .338 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 202 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Chet Schmidt | 135 | 621 | 541 | 87 | 145 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 68 | 77 | .268 | .354 | .342 | .696 | 185 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Harry Minor | 121 | 481 | 377 | 83 | 117 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 70 | 8 | 96 | 61 | .310 | .446 | .477 | .923 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Kenneth Hansen | 120 | 476 | 409 | 58 | 105 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 4 | 50 | 53 | .257 | .336 | .386 | .722 | 158 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| James Dyer | 91 | 380 | 340 | 49 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 41 | .288 | .349 | .385 | .735 | 131 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| William Dennis | 85 | 353 | 312 | 37 | 94 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 30 | 43 | .301 | .368 | .449 | .817 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Lucas | 87 | 366 | 306 | 55 | 93 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 14 | 49 | 49 | .304 | .403 | .428 | .831 | 131 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Al Forthmann | 85 | 378 | 318 | 47 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 47 | 27 | .264 | .362 | .346 | .708 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Hunt | 82 | 313 | 275 | 32 | 69 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 54 | .251 | .324 | .313 | .636 | 86 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Robert Turk | 46 | 189 | 165 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 16 | .242 | .317 | .376 | .693 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Gerald Dawson | 34 | 134 | 121 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 29 | .231 | .291 | .281 | .572 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Carlos Ramirez | 29 | 117 | 95 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 18 | .232 | .351 | .316 | .667 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Leo Thomas | 27 | 80 | 62 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 3 | .274 | .403 | .371 | .774 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Hazlewood | 27 | 74 | 62 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .258 | .378 | .323 | .701 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Komisar | 30 | 69 | 64 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .234 | .269 | .312 | .581 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Stoico | 49 | 80 | 60 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .183 | .315 | .200 | .515 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Robert Fleer | 18 | 75 | 61 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .164 | .301 | .213 | .514 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Lutz | 27 | 63 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .180 | .250 | .260 | .510 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Florian Wittichen | 33 | 58 | 52 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .173 | .241 | .212 | .453 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Mihal | 10 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .312 | .646 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Shank | 19 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .242 | .381 | .455 | .835 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Estrada | 46 | 89 | 78 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | .077 | .110 | .090 | .199 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Vaughn Stedman | 10 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .294 | .333 | .353 | .686 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Weeks | 36 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .139 | .225 | .139 | .364 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Dandurand | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 17 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .097 | .176 | .161 | .338 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Willie Holmes | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rice | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Jones | 24 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .069 | .129 | .069 | .198 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Allan Hoisington | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kent Geisler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Michael | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1445 | 5200 | 4434 | 669 | 1186 | 162 | 41 | 63 | 551 | 101 | 0 | 600 | 665 | .267 | .357 | .365 | .722 | 1619 | 0 | 40 | 80 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Hansen | 1B | 111 | 882 | 64 | 19 | 63 | .980 | 8.523 | ||||
| Harry Minor | 1B | 28 | 196 | 10 | 7 | 13 | .967 | 7.357 | ||||
| Al Forthmann | 2B | 84 | 184 | 219 | 14 | 39 | .966 | 4.798 | ||||
| James Dyer | 2B | 28 | 56 | 54 | 12 | 7 | .902 | 3.929 | ||||
| Carlos Ramirez | 2B | 21 | 33 | 55 | 5 | 5 | .946 | 4.190 | ||||
| James Dyer | 3B | 65 | 73 | 105 | 27 | 6 | .868 | 2.738 | ||||
| Robert Turk | 3B | 28 | 36 | 40 | 10 | 3 | .884 | 2.714 | ||||
| William Dennis | 3B | 18 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 0 | .756 | 1.889 | ||||
| Leo Thomas | 3B | 14 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .902 | 2.643 | ||||
| Kenneth Hazlewood | 3B | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| William Gilmore | C | 125 | 852 | 83 | 16 | 8 | .983 | 7.480 | 9 | |||
| Harry Minor | C | 13 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 4.077 | 0 | |||
| Chet Schmidt | OF | 117 | 309 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .982 | 2.752 | ||||
| Harry Minor | OF | 78 | 76 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .888 | 1.013 | ||||
| Thomas Hunt | OF | 77 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.338 | ||||
| William Dennis | OF | 68 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.191 | ||||
| Gerald Dawson | OF | 34 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .969 | 1.853 | ||||
| Robert Turk | OF | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Ronald Mihal | OF | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Bob Stoico | P | 39 | 10 | 69 | 3 | 3 | .963 | 2.026 | ||||
| Chuck Estrada | P | 39 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .930 | 1.026 | ||||
| David Weeks | P | 35 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .714 | ||||
| Tony Komisar | P | 28 | 19 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.964 | ||||
| Donald Jones | P | 24 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .583 | ||||
| Florian Wittichen | P | 19 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.105 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | P | 17 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.118 | ||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | P | 16 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Vaughn Stedman | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Rice | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allan Hoisington | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kent Geisler | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Minor | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Thomas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Hazlewood | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Lucas | SS | 86 | 141 | 247 | 29 | 32 | .930 | 4.512 | ||||
| Chet Schmidt | SS | 22 | 33 | 47 | 13 | 5 | .860 | 3.636 | ||||
| Robert Fleer | SS | 18 | 33 | 44 | 11 | 8 | .875 | 4.278 | ||||
| Totals | 1322 | 3326 | 1286 | 220 | 205 | .954 | 3.489 | 9 | 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.
