1957 Winston-Salem Red Birds Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: George Kissell (72-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 101,000, Avg. 1,443

1957 Winston-Salem Red Birds Roster

The Winston-Salem Red Birds of the Carolina League ended the 1957 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Red Birds scored 691 runs and allowed 721 runs.

Gene Oliver and Jimmie Schaffer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

George Kissell 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
George Moton	18	10	.643	3.29	40	26		16	3		219.0	189	96	80	12	90	2	165	4	0	8
Kelly Swift	16	15	.516	3.86	43	23		15	3		226.0	238	119	97	9	74	3	158	11	1	10
Glen Crable	9	3	.750	3.33	26	13		4	2		119.0	107	53	44	8	45	2	64	4	0	2
Carlos Thorne	7	2	.778	2.86	13	11		7	2		85.0	67	30	27	2	42	0	61	4	0	5
Bill Getz	7	7	.500	4.21	43	9		1	1		109.0	102	73	51	7	69	5	66	10	0	8
Harvey Cohen	4	5	.444	5.58	16	12		3	0		71.0	72	54	44	8	38	1	40	0	0	7
John Bartek	3	10	.231	5.77	29	10		0	0		92.0	107	74	59	9	47	0	64	6	1	2
Vernon Cray	2	1	.667		12						0.0
Vincent Kilpela	2	3	.400	4.50	17	11		1	1		58.0	57	36	29	6	46	0	44	0	0	7
Richard Hicks	2	3	.400	8.23	16	4		1	0		47.0	63	43	43	3	26	0	23	1	0	1
Hugh Coy	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Leo Giannecchini	1	7	.125	4.72	24	9		1	0		80.0	87	56	42	3	47	1	30	1	1	2
Bill Knox	0	0			3						0.0
Tony Stathos	0	0			8						0.0
Floyd Shiver	0	0			1						0.0
Charles Lankford	0	0			4						0.0
Haywood Watts	0	0			2						0.0
Roland Passaro	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Harold Byfuss	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	72	68	.514	4.20	311	128	0	49	12	0	1106.0	1089	634	516	67	524	14	715	41	3	52	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
Phil Jantze	136	591	519	77	144	24	7	6	73	5		58	45	.277	.355	.385	.740	200		6	5	3	2
Jack Krol	133	549	503	64	139	28	1	15	72	9		41	98	.276	.328	.425	.754	214		0	1	4	1
Gene Oliver	135	547	477	83	136	26	3	30	94	4		62	103	.285	.369	.541	.910	258		3	2	3	1
Pedro Cardenal	103	446	428	54	128	19	7	7	30	12		13	43	.299	.319	.425	.744	182		0	4	1	1
Gene Davis	115	463	406	77	112	22	5	18	68	6		43	69	.276	.348	.488	.836	198		4	6	4	1
Robert Folkert	126	473	393	67	107	20	6	9	44	14		71	46	.272	.388	.422	.810	166		4	4	1	0
Lindon Duncan	97	409	366	55	96	12	7	5	40	2		32	48	.262	.322	.374	.696	137		2	5	4	0
Glen Sullivan	105	381	334	55	87	13	2	4	36	4		33	43	.260	.337	.347	.684	116		6	7	1	1
Jimmie Schaffer	99	332	294	37	68	13	1	5	34	1		30	41	.231	.307	.333	.640	98		2	6	0	2
Fred Koenig	78	316	266	49	66	20	4	5	42	3		33	48	.248	.331	.410	.741	109		4	5	8	3
William Kunkle	38	121	104	15	23	3	2	2	7	0		15	21	.221	.319	.346	.665	36		0	2	0	0
George Moton	56	107	98	9	22	5	1	1	13	0		7	27	.224	.276	.327	.603	32		0	2	0	1
Bob Bauer	19	74	63	11	19	1	0	3	12	2		10	12	.302	.392	.460	.852	29		0	0	1	0
Alfred Davis	32	77	59	14	14	3	0	2	8	0		12	15	.237	.382	.390	.771	23		3	1	2	0
Carlos Thorne	19	45	43	3	12	4	0	0	9	0		1	6	.279	.295	.372	.668	16		0	1	0	0
Glen Crable	39	51	49	5	9	1	1	0	0	0		1	13	.184	.200	.245	.445	12		0	1	0	0
Clair Troxell	13	34	29	5	5	1	0	0	0	0		4	6	.172	.294	.207	.501	6		1	0	0	0
Harvey Cohen	16	32	30	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	9	.167	.194	.167	.360	5		0	1	0	0
Richard Hicks	17	18	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	0	0	0
John Bartek	29	30	25	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.160	.214	.160	.374	4		0	2	1	0
Bill Getz	43	37	32	6	4	1	0	0	3	0		2	9	.125	.176	.156	.333	5		0	3	0	0
Kelly Swift	43	81	73	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		5	35	.055	.115	.055	.170	4		0	3	0	0
Vincent Kilpela	17	23	21	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.143	.182	.190	.372	4		0	1	0	0
Arthur Burnett	3	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Edward Jones	5	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Harold Byfuss	4	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Roland Passaro	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Vernon Cray	12	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		1	1	0	0
Haywood Watts	2	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Tony Stathos	8	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hugh Coy	7	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Lankford	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Knox	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas DeLuca	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Leo Giannecchini	24	30	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	13	.000	.034	.000	.034	0		0	1	1	0
Totals	1586	5313	4701	694	1219	217	47	112	595	62	0	478	774	.259	.330	.397	.727	1866	0	36	64	34	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Glen Sullivan	1B	99	723	46	13	77	.983	7.768
Fred Koenig	1B	24	158	15	1	14	.994	7.208
Gene Oliver	1B	22	201	7	7	13	.967	9.455
Phil Jantze	2B	134	307	396	34	83	.954	5.246
Gene Davis	3B	92	86	158	29	13	.894	2.652
Fred Koenig	3B	25	21	35	5	10	.918	2.240
Bob Bauer	3B	17	14	35	3	4	.942	2.882
William Kunkle	3B	11	10	13	5	3	.821	2.091
Jimmie Schaffer	C	85	418	50	13	12	.973	5.506	10
Gene Oliver	C	43	230	14	6	3	.976	5.674	15
Alfred Davis	C	23	101	5	2	0	.981	4.609	1
Clair Troxell	C	10	63	5	0	0	1.000	6.800	1
Robert Folkert	OF	121	195	6	3	1	.985	1.661
Pedro Cardenal	OF	100	246	11	7	2	.973	2.570
Lindon Duncan	OF	90	150	15	17	0	.907	1.833
Gene Oliver	OF	81	163	6	11	1	.939	2.086
Fred Koenig	OF	28	55	2	3	0	.950	2.036
Gene Davis	OF	20	26	2	3	1	.903	1.400
William Kunkle	OF	18	24	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Kelly Swift	P	43	8	27	5	1	.875	.814
Bill Getz	P	43	9	14	2	2	.920	.535
George Moton	P	40	17	31	2	2	.960	1.200
John Bartek	P	29	9	14	2	2	.920	.793
Glen Crable	P	26	22	22	1	3	.978	1.692
Leo Giannecchini	P	24	8	12	2	0	.909	.833
Carlos Thorne	P	17	5	11	3	0	.842	.941
Vincent Kilpela	P	17	3	5	2	1	.800	.471
Richard Hicks	P	16	0	8	1	0	.889	.500
Harvey Cohen	P	16	5	12	0	0	1.000	1.062
Vernon Cray	P	12	3	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Tony Stathos	P	8						.000
Hugh Coy	P	7						.000
Roland Passaro	P	4						.000
Charles Lankford	P	4						.000
Bill Knox	P	3						.000
Harold Byfuss	P	3						.000
Haywood Watts	P	2						.000
Floyd Shiver	P	1						.000
Jack Krol	SS	131	249	345	59	72	.910	4.534
Totals		1489	3529	1328	241	320	.953	3.262	27	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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