1957 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 59-95
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Mel McGaha (59-95)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 40,919, Avg. 531
1957 Shreveport Sports RosterTeam Record: 59-95
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Mel McGaha (59-95)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 40,919, Avg. 531
The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1957 season with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.
The Sports scored 582 runs and conceded 757 runs, most in the circuit.
Players from the 1957 Shreveport Sports who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Antonello, Rinty Monahan, Bill Tremel, Jim Willis, Fred Baczewski and Dale Coogan.
Mel McGaha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Grimm | 15 | 16 | .484 | 3.84 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 206.0 | 221 | 105 | 88 | 12 | 90 | 11 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Fred Baczewski | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.43 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 173.0 | 172 | 80 | 66 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dave Newkirk | 11 | 14 | .440 | 4.26 | 37 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 239.0 | 215 | 129 | 113 | 24 | 116 | 9 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Rinty Monahan | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.33 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 131.0 | 129 | 75 | 63 | 11 | 78 | 7 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bill Tremel | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.17 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 138 | 80 | 62 | 8 | 46 | 13 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hoyt Benedict | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.52 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 84 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard Jack | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.30 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 38 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Bart DiMaggio | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.96 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 69.0 | 64 | 44 | 38 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Willis | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.25 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.0 | 101 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fred Stegall | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Garmon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.96 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 62 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Rene DeHondt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Dye | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Faulk | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Harrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Knoblauch | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Bogan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Knowles Piercey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Lee | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Wingo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 94 | .386 | 4.07 | 386 | 140 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1223.0 | 1224 | 657 | 553 | 97 | 540 | 66 | 620 | 47 | 4 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Coogan | 151 | 641 | 590 | 63 | 156 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 91 | .264 | .316 | .369 | .686 | 218 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| William Parsons | 144 | 601 | 548 | 71 | 142 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 86 | .259 | .312 | .361 | .673 | 198 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| James Ackeret | 139 | 547 | 501 | 61 | 120 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 58 | .240 | .281 | .389 | .670 | 195 | 7 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Ed Richardson | 135 | 497 | 418 | 57 | 109 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 70 | 84 | .261 | .368 | .383 | .751 | 160 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Nelson Daehn | 133 | 455 | 425 | 40 | 99 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 53 | .233 | .270 | .289 | .560 | 123 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Walter Derucki | 90 | 368 | 322 | 45 | 97 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 64 | .301 | .371 | .484 | .855 | 156 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| J. W. Jones | 119 | 372 | 329 | 25 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 38 | .264 | .337 | .322 | .659 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Pfeiffer | 81 | 315 | 288 | 32 | 81 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 45 | .281 | .334 | .389 | .723 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Antonello | 86 | 362 | 335 | 38 | 75 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 40 | .224 | .277 | .361 | .638 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mel McGaha | 98 | 299 | 258 | 33 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 24 | .271 | .361 | .384 | .744 | 99 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin Dye | 107 | 311 | 279 | 29 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 38 | .240 | .309 | .272 | .581 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Art Bowland | 72 | 205 | 184 | 16 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | .293 | .353 | .386 | .739 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Grimm | 57 | 91 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .171 | .209 | .195 | .404 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Rinty Monahan | 34 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .188 | .216 | .188 | .403 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Mueller | 10 | 44 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .195 | .233 | .268 | .501 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Baczewski | 35 | 72 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .113 | .214 | .113 | .327 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Newkirk | 40 | 88 | 70 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .086 | .177 | .086 | .263 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Bart DiMaggio | 20 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .192 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Tremel | 61 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .267 | .312 | .267 | .579 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Jack | 22 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hoyt Benedict | 32 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowles Piercey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Wingo | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Stegall | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene Klingler | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Lee | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Bogan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Willis | 29 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .042 | .000 | .042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Garmon | 39 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1778 | 5473 | 4923 | 543 | 1219 | 217 | 21 | 75 | 483 | 25 | 28 | 423 | 768 | .248 | .309 | .346 | .655 | 1703 | 0 | 28 | 67 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Coogan | 1B | 151 | 1290 | 95 | 26 | 140 | .982 | 9.172 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 2B | 116 | 262 | 299 | 23 | 95 | .961 | 4.836 | ||||
| Walter Derucki | 2B | 39 | 105 | 99 | 7 | 27 | .967 | 5.231 | ||||
| James Ackeret | 3B | 113 | 117 | 344 | 47 | 35 | .907 | 4.080 | ||||
| Walter Derucki | 3B | 18 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 5 | .936 | 4.056 | ||||
| J. W. Jones | C | 104 | 443 | 53 | 4 | 10 | .992 | 4.769 | 3 | |||
| Art Bowland | C | 51 | 218 | 37 | 3 | 12 | .988 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Benjamin Dye | C | 21 | 77 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .947 | 4.238 | 4 | |||
| William Parsons | CF | 129 | 320 | 14 | 15 | 2 | .957 | 2.589 | ||||
| Nelson Daehn | CF | 16 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.938 | ||||
| Bill Antonello | LF | 67 | 140 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .948 | 2.194 | ||||
| Nelson Daehn | LF | 60 | 95 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 1.650 | ||||
| Mel McGaha | LF | 19 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.895 | ||||
| Benjamin Dye | LF | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.727 | ||||
| Bill Tremel | P | 61 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .344 | ||||
| Jim Grimm | P | 45 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 1.089 | ||||
| Charles Garmon | P | 39 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Dave Newkirk | P | 37 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 4 | .923 | .973 | ||||
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 30 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .633 | ||||
| Fred Baczewski | P | 30 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 1.433 | ||||
| Rinty Monahan | P | 27 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 1.037 | ||||
| Jim Willis | P | 26 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Richard Jack | P | 22 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Bart DiMaggio | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Lee | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benjamin Dye | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Bogan | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Wingo | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Stegall | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Knowles Piercey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Faulk | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Knoblauch | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rene DeHondt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Harrison | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benjamin Dye | RF | 52 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.231 | ||||
| Nelson Daehn | RF | 44 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mel McGaha | RF | 15 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.733 | ||||
| John Pfeiffer | SS | 81 | 117 | 171 | 31 | 50 | .903 | 3.556 | ||||
| Walter Derucki | SS | 32 | 43 | 87 | 9 | 18 | .935 | 4.062 | ||||
| Mel McGaha | SS | 30 | 55 | 87 | 9 | 18 | .940 | 4.733 | ||||
| Joseph Mueller | SS | 10 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 7 | .902 | 4.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1559 | 3638 | 1587 | 223 | 447 | .959 | 3.352 | 8 | 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.
