1957 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersWilliam R. Daley
General managersHank Greenberg, Frank Lane
ManagersKerby Farrell
TelevisionWEWS-TV
(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt)
RadioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)
Seasons

The 1957 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 76–77, 21½ games behind the New York Yankees

Regular season

The Indians season was marked by change. Longtime Indians manager Al López took over as manager of the Chicago White Sox, and was replaced by Kerby Farrell, who had led the Indianapolis Indians to the 1956 Junior World Series crown.[1] Eddie Stanky also became the Indians new infield coach.

Rookie Roger Maris, who was part of Farrell's Indianapolis team, joined the Indians as the team's starting center fielder. He made his major league debut against the Chicago White Sox on April 16. In 5 at bats, Maris had 3 hits.[2] Two days later, Maris hit the first home run of his career, a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.[3]

In grimmer news, on May 7 Gil McDougald of the Yankees hit a pitch off Indians pitcher Herb Score in the first inning. The pitch would strike Score in the face.[4]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 48–29 50–27
Chicago White Sox 9064 0.584 8 45–32 45–32
Boston Red Sox 8272 0.532 16 44–33 38–39
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 7676 0.500 21 42–33 34–43
Cleveland Indians 7677 0.497 21½ 40–37 36–40
Kansas City Athletics 5994 0.386 38½ 37–40 22–54
Washington Senators 5599 0.357 43 28–49 27–50

Record vs. opponents

1957 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–1410–12–19–129–1316–5–19–1315–7
Boston 14–8—8–1412–1010–1216–68–1414–8
Chicago 12–10–114–8—14–811–1114–88–1417–5
Cleveland 12–910–128–14—11–1111–119–1315–7
Detroit 13–912–1011–1111–11—8–1410–1213–9
Kansas City 5–16–16–168–1411–1114–8—3–1912–10
New York 13–914–814–813–912–1019–3—13–9
Washington 7–158–145–177–159–1310–129–13—

Notable transactions

Roster

1957 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJim Hegan5814832.216415
1BVic Wertz144515145.28228105
2BBobby Ávila129463124.268548
SSChico Carrasquel125392108.276857
3BAl Smith135507125.2471149
LFGene Woodling133430138.3211978
CFRoger Maris11635884.2351451
RFRocky Colavito134461116.2522584

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Raines9624464.262216
Dick Williams6720558.283617
George Strickland8920147.234119
Russ Nixon6218552.281218
Hal Naragon5712131.25608
Dick Brown3411430.263422
Joe Caffie328924.270310
Joe Altobelli838718.20709
Jim Busby307414.18924
Billy Harrell225715.26315
Kenny Kuhn40539.17005
Eddie Robinson19276.22213
Preston Ward10112.18200
Bob Usher1081.12500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Early Wynn40263.014174.31184
Mike Garcia38211.11283.75110
Bob Lemon21117.16114.6045
Herb Score536.0212.0039

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Mossi36159.011104.1397
Ray Narleski46154.11153.0993
Cal McLish42144.1972.7488
Bud Daley3487.1284.4354
Stan Pitula2359.2224.9817
Vito Valentinetti1123.2224.949
Johnny Gray720.0135.853

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dick Tomanek342105.6855
Hank Aguirre101105.759
Bob Alexander50109.001
Art Houtteman30006.753
Hoyt Wilhelm21012.450

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
Open San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Bob Elliott and Catfish Metkovich
AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Don Heffner
A Reading Indians Eastern League Jo-Jo White
B Keokuk Kernels Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Pinky May
C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Frank Tornay and Ken Blackman
D Cocoa Indians Florida State League Hank Majeski and Jim Gruzdis
D North Platte Indians Nebraska State League Rudy York
D Batavia Indians New York–Penn League Don Richmond

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Reading[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 85, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
  2. ↑ Roger Maris at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87
  4. ↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, pp. 88–89
  5. ↑ Vito Valentinetti at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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