1957 Topeka Hawks Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-64
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Red Smith (0-0), Bill Dossey (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 88,014, Avg. 1,166

1957 Topeka Hawks Roster

The Topeka Hawks of the Western League ended the 1957 season with a record of 87 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Hawks scored 921 runs and conceded 807 runs.

Players from the 1957 Topeka Hawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chuck Cottier, Roger McKee, Jim Umbricht, Daryl Robertson and Mike Krsnich.

Red Smith and Bill Dossey 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
John Stadnicki	23	6	.793	3.34	35	26		19	3		221.0	226	95	82	18	67		146	1	1	5
Jim Umbricht	13	8	.619	3.24	29	23		13	3		178.0	176	87	64	10	82		94	2	1	4
Thomas Graham	10	7	.588	4.65	38	22		7	1		176.0	173	115	91	20	97		120	10	2	8
Wendell Doss	10	8	.556	4.53	40	24		8	1		179.0	223	111	90	12	64		98	4	1	5
Michael Kirmer	7	8	.467	5.64	37	14		2	0		118.0	126	87	74	13	97		87	8	0	5
James Stuart	6	6	.500	4.30	40	6		2	1		90.0	115	57	43	12	32		34	4	0	2
Wynton Overstreet	6	8	.429	5.26	25	8		6	1		89.0	84	61	52	13	51		53	0	0	8
Dick Green	4	2	.667	6.66	11	7		2	0		50.0	54	41	37	6	39		27	1	0	5
Burt Touchberry	2	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Joe Haberl	2	5	.286	6.22	24	7		0	0		68.0	76	54	47	10	40		40	1	2	1
Robert Arendt	1	2	.333		8						0.0									0
Ivan Mills	1	2	.333		5						0.0									0
Jimmie McDaniel	0	0			6						0.0									0
Rogers Fister	0	0			3						0.0									0
Andrew Bratkowitz					6						0.0
Arnie Hallgren	0	0			1						0.0									0
Totals	85	62	.578	4.47	312	137	0	59	10	0	1169.0	1253	708	580	114	569	0	699	31	7	43	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
Leonard Williams	141	613	534	119	169	27	5	43	113	4		70	115	.316	.398	.627	1.025	335	13	4	2	3
Chuck Cottier	151	684	603	95	158	29	4	20	79	11		66	89	.262	.333	.423	.756	255	12	1	9	5
Rudy Tanner	133	581	502	104	157	24	2	18	76	6		62	49	.313	.394	.476	.871	239	14	9	3	5
Jimmie McDaniel	115	608	490	122	153	26	4	36	116	10		107	84	.312	.431	.602	1.033	295	8	1	2	8
Mike Krsnich	117	517	433	105	151	28	4	33	108	9		69	43	.349	.443	.661	1.103	286	12	9	0	6
Daryl Robertson	10	667	564	92	148	31	3	16	66	5		87	127	.262	.370	.413	.783	233	16	11	2	3
James Pokel	141	543	456	92	122	10	0	41	120	3		80	124	.268	.380	.559	.939	255	11	4	1	2
Ray Engel	133	521	440	56	103	13	0	18	69	1		70	82	.234	.344	.386	.731	170	10	6	1	4
Arnie Hallgren	90	360	311	41	80	14	5	3	34	2		45	63	.257	.350	.363	.713	113	8	1	0	3
Jim Umbricht	53	135	127	17	33	3	2	0	14	0		6	10	.260	.291	.315	.606	40	6	0	1	1
Rufus Johnson	30	97	79	22	29	6	1	4	19	1		16	16	.367	.479	.620	1.099	49	1	1	1	0
John Stadnicki	38	97	85	11	22	4	1	0	8	0		7	13	.259	.315	.329	.645	28	3	0	5	0
Bill Dossey	29	76	64	14	17	3	0	1	6	1		12	18	.266	.382	.359	.741	23	1	0	0	0
Wendell Doss	42	72	67	4	14	1	0	1	4	0		3	13	.209	.243	.269	.512	18	1	0	2	0
Red Smith	20	50	47	2	9	1	0	0	5	0		3	15	.191	.240	.213	.453	10	1	0	0	0
Michael Kirmer	40	47	40	2	8	3	0	0	0	0		6	18	.200	.304	.275	.579	11	0	0	1	0
Roger McKee	3	11	11		7									.636	.636	.636	1.273	7
Ivan Mills	112	29	27	2	7	3	0	1	1	0		2	8	.259	.310	.481	.792	13	2	0	0	0
Thomas Graham	38	72	65	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		5	36	.077	.143	.077	.220	5	2	0	2	0
Wynton Overstreet	58	32	30	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.133	.161	.133	.295	4	0	0	1	0
Joe Haberl	25	27	25	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		2	6	.120	.185	.160	.345	4	1	0	0	0
Dick Green	11	21	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	1	0	2	0
James Stuart	40	32	29	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	13	.069	.100	.069	.169	2	6	0	2	0
Robert Arendt	8	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Rogers Fister	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Burt Touchberry	4	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1585	5908	5063	907	1405	227	31	235	845	53	0	721	959	.278	.370	.474	.844	2399	129	47	37	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Pokel	1B	127	1073	75	24	134	.980	9.039
Leonard Williams	1B	14	111	2	3	17	.974	8.071
Jim Umbricht	1B	11	87	5	0	4	1.000	8.364
Chuck Cottier	2B	151	389	479	30	130	.967	5.748
Mike Krsnich	3B	116	101	232	35	35	.905	2.871
Leonard Williams	3B	34	32	65	5	3	.951	2.853
Ray Engel	C	131	694	75	7	11	.991	5.870	17
Bill Dossey	C	23	72	13	6	1	.934	3.696	2
Red Smith	C	11	57	9	1	1	.985	6.000	1
Jimmie McDaniel	OF	137	214	15	9	3	.962	1.672
Rudy Tanner	OF	127	279	12	5	1	.983	2.291
Leonard Williams	OF	92	166	9	6	1	.967	1.902
Arnie Hallgren	OF	82	176	14	11	0	.945	2.317
Rufus Johnson	OF	21	49	2	0	0	1.000	2.429
James Stuart	P	40	6	12	2	0	.900	.450
Wendell Doss	P	40	8	25	1	5	.971	.825
Thomas Graham	P	38	7	17	2	0	.923	.632
Michael Kirmer	P	37	2	18	5	6	.800	.541
John Stadnicki	P	35	7	29	1	2	.973	1.029
Jim Umbricht	P	29	15	36	1	1	.981	1.759
Wynton Overstreet	P	25	0	18	1	3	.947	.720
Joe Haberl	P	24	0	9	3	0	.750	.375
Dick Green	P	11	2	13	3	0	.833	1.364
Robert Arendt	P	8						.000
Jimmie McDaniel	P	6						.000
Andrew Bratkowitz	P	6						.000
Ivan Mills	P	5						.000
Burt Touchberry	P	4						.000
Rogers Fister	P	3						.000
Arnie Hallgren	P	1						.000
Daryl Robertson	SS	148	294	410	69	110	.911	4.757
Totals		1537	3841	1594	230	468	.959	3.536	20	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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