1957 Valdosta Tigers Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (77-62)
Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Ballpark: Pendleton Park
Attendance: 35,910, Avg. 517

1957 Valdosta Tigers Roster

Playoffs - Albany Cardinals 3 games, Valdosta Tigers 2

The Valdosta Tigers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1957 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the GGL.

The Tigers allowed 602 runs, least in the league. Valdosta plated 716 runs.

Fred Gladding and Bill Graham both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Stan Wasiak 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
Fred Gladding	16	8	.667	2.12	37	24		16	5		217.0	185	73	51	5	93		185	5	0	8
Phillip Kliewer	14	7	.667	2.71	29	23		13	2		186.0	172	76	56	4	104		121	5	0	11
Dick Sheldon	13	11	.542	4.06	41	24		16	1		226.0	217	121	102	18	83		213	7	0	5
Dick Walter	12	6	.667	2.49	24	21		15	3		159.0	125	59	44	7	71		123	2	0	3
David Justus	9	13	.409	4.08	29	18		8	1		159.0	137	99	72	7	88		129	5	0	11
Bill Graham	5	4	.556	4.37	12	11		5	3		68.0	58	36	33	3	53		66	4	0	2
Fred Swertfager	4	2	.667	2.50	7	4		2	2		36.0	24	14	10	0	23		24	2	0	0
Bob Williams	4	7	.364	5.11	17	10		4	0		88.0	100	73	50	8	63		52	5	0	8
James Cross	0	0			3						0.0									0
Stan Wasiak	0	0			2						0.0									0
Peter Walski	0	0			1						0.0									0
Donald Seiferlein	0	0			5						0.0									0
Gus Yapell	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Donald Bridges	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Gene Bacque	0	2	.000		6						0.0									1
Totals	77	62	.554	3.30	220	135	0	79	17	0	1139.0	1018	551	418	52	578	0	913	35	1	48	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
Dan Briner	132	616	550	97	171	15	5	2	45	14		55	43	.311	.374	.367	.741	202		4	1	6
James Cross	130	603	501	85	135	18	4	5	72	24		95	52	.269	.386	.351	.737	176		1	4	2
Jack Bowen	126	495	413	72	125	22	3	3	61	12		69	40	.303	.404	.392	.796	162		4	5	4
James Spyhalski	138	592	502	84	125	18	3	19	80	11		80	89	.249	.354	.410	.765	206		4	2	4
Thomas Gonzalez	101	448	395	64	120	14	7	3	51	1		38	36	.304	.361	.397	.759	157		1	8	6
Donald Meadows	137	576	460	74	108	15	1	8	88	16		103	55	.235	.372	.324	.696	149		2	4	7
Robert White	74	299	254	31	72	11	0	1	28	0		33	22	.283	.373	.339	.712	86		4	7	1
Leo Smith	82	262	227	30	65	9	3	2	27	1		32	31	.286	.375	.379	.754	86		1	1	1
John Tasker	66	297	224	54	57	6	2	3	34	8		65	41	.254	.422	.339	.761	76		2	3	3
Richard LoCicero	38	141	118	15	25	2	0	0	16	1		20	30	.212	.333	.229	.562	27		2	0	1
Chuck Bancroft	22	92	77	13	23	1	1	0	6	1		11	7	.299	.393	.338	.731	26		1	3	0
Stan Wasiak	28	90	69	11	21	0	1	0	15	1		18	8	.304	.438	.333	.772	23		0	1	2
Nathan Price	27	103	83	16	20	6	0	4	15	1		16	26	.241	.369	.458	.827	38		2	0	2
Bob Duncan	32	103	90	6	18	3	0	2	16	1		11	35	.200	.291	.300	.591	27		1	0	1
Dick Sheldon	41	90	81	10	16	1	0	0	7	0		4	18	.198	.235	.210	.445	17		0	5	0
Fred Gladding	38	92	77	6	15	2	1	0	8	0		7	20	.195	.279	.247	.526	19		2	6	0
Rudolph Kelsch	29	92	77	8	14	1	1	0	9	1		13	13	.182	.297	.221	.517	17		0	1	1
Dick Walter	28	66	57	8	12	3	0	0	3	0		1	19	.211	.224	.263	.487	15		0	8	0
George McCue	17	56	47	8	8	2	0	1	8	2		8	6	.170	.286	.277	.562	13		0	0	1
Bob Williams	24	50	45	3	7	0	1	0	3	0		3	8	.156	.208	.200	.408	9		0	2	0
David Justus	38	76	61	6	7	2	0	0	6	0		10	21	.115	.233	.148	.380	9		0	3	2
Phillip Kliewer	29	77	61	8	7	0	0	0	0	0		7	25	.115	.229	.115	.343	7		2	7	0
Bill Graham	18	36	30	5	6	2	0	1	2	0		3	5	.200	.273	.367	.639	11		0	3	0
Peter Walski	11	29	26	1	4	2	1	0	2	0		3	7	.154	.241	.308	.549	8		0	0	0
Donald Bridges	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Fred Swertfager	7	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Donald Seiferlein	6	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Bacque	6	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gus Yapell	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1432	5409	4553	715	1183	155	34	54	602	95	0	705	657	.260	.360	.344	.704	1568	0	33	74	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert White	1B	74	567	24	16	58	.974	7.986
John Tasker	1B	66	523	44	10	49	.983	8.591
Thomas Gonzalez	2B	99	208	270	32	60	.937	4.828
Richard LoCicero	2B	38	71	76	14	15	.913	3.868
James Cross	3B	114	119	188	26	22	.922	2.693
Chuck Bancroft	3B	22	23	32	4	7	.932	2.500
Jack Bowen	C	119	793	91	16	20	.982	7.429	6
Leo Smith	C	32	172	10	3	2	.984	5.688	9
James Spyhalski	OF	138	255	21	7	9	.975	2.000
Dan Briner	OF	132	272	19	10	5	.967	2.205
Leo Smith	OF	40	59	1	3	0	.952	1.500
Bob Duncan	OF	31	47	0	1	0	.979	1.516
Rudolph Kelsch	OF	27	22	3	1	0	.962	.926
Nathan Price	OF	26	32	2	2	1	.944	1.308
Donald Meadows	OF	22	27	0	0	0	1.000	1.227
George McCue	OF	15	20	2	3	1	.880	1.467
Dick Sheldon	P	41	8	28	2	2	.947	.878
Fred Gladding	P	37	7	50	3	5	.950	1.541
Phillip Kliewer	P	29	14	44	6	3	.906	2.000
David Justus	P	29	7	30	5	3	.881	1.276
Dick Walter	P	24	9	32	2	2	.953	1.708
Bob Williams	P	16	2	21	1	0	.958	1.438
Bill Graham	P	12	2	12	1	0	.933	1.167
Fred Swertfager	P	7						.000
Gene Bacque	P	6						.000
Donald Seiferlein	P	5						.000
Donald Bridges	P	5						.000
James Cross	P	3						.000
Gus Yapell	P	2						.000
Stan Wasiak	P	2						.000
Peter Walski	P	1						.000
Donald Meadows	SS	118	219	273	37	64	.930	4.169
James Cross	SS	28	36	52	6	8	.936	3.143
Totals		1360	3514	1325	211	336	.958	3.558	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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