1957 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 91-71
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 780
Runs Allowed: 658
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,641,392
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 2nd in the AL
AA: 81-56, 2nd in the AL
A: 63-74, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Randy Jackson 31 157 595 106 168 28 5 46 120 4 3 62 110 .282 .349 .578 .928 111.2 20.7 3.4
1B *Earl Torgeson 33 158 547 112 153 38 4 35 112 5 1 107 85 .280 .397 .556 .953 112.3 22.6 2.9
LF  Ralph Kiner 34 159 547 88 128 25 2 19 72 0 0 87 109 .234 .338 .391 .729 72.4 9.5 3.4
1B *Bobby Brown 32 148 535 68 146 22 3 3 60 2 6 62 25 .273 .348 .342 .690 64.8 8.6 5.9
CF  Bob Cerv 31 158 547 76 145 35 4 23 71 0 2 43 100 .265 .322 .470 .791 77.2 11.9 5.0
LF *Dusty Rhodes 30 153 462 74 134 18 6 23 80 0 0 50 87 .290 .357 .504 .861 80.8 14.9 3.8
C *Smoky Burgess 30 122 411 64 119 23 5 11 55 0 1 38 55 .290 .348 .450 .798 60.8 10.4 5.6
2B *Don Blasingame 25 131 382 45 109 10 0 1 42 3 4 29 21 .285 .334 .319 .654 38.9 4.3 5.4
SS *Preston Ward 29 131 307 32 94 20 5 3 31 0 0 31 47 .306 .370 .433 .803 43.3 7.4 2.5
1B  Hector Lopez 27 117 285 38 81 9 2 10 39 0 0 26 29 .284 .339 .435 .774 40.1 5.6 2.0
C  Elston Howard 28 87 234 25 59 16 1 4 30 0 0 13 33 .252 .294 .380 .675 23.8 2.4 3.3
1B  Norm Zauchin 27 67 139 8 22 7 0 3 14 0 0 16 38 .158 .253 .273 .527 9.0 0.0 0.7
P  Jack Meyer 25 41 83 5 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 2 25 .157 .174 .217 .391 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Don Drysdale 20 41 82 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 36 .122 .133 .134 .267 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don Kaiser 22 34 82 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 .037 .048 .049 .097 -6.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Wally Westlake 36 84 71 19 21 5 0 5 13 0 1 9 16 .296 .383 .577 .960 14.8 3.2 0.3
P  Lindy McDaniel 21 54 64 5 15 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 26 .234 .234 .313 .547 3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ryne Duren 28 27 53 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .038 .105 .075 .181 -1.5 0.0 0.0
C *Johnny Blanchard 24 29 54 5 9 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 9 .167 .211 .315 .525 3.0 0.0 0.6
3B  Clem Koshorek 32 20 21 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .333 .364 .429 .792 2.3 0.4 0.2
P  Dick Hall 26 55 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Marlowe 28 68 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Rocky Bridges 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Chris Van Cuyk 30 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 28 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 2110 5514 780 1439 273 38 188 767 14 19 583 906 .261 .331 .427 .758 750.6 122.2 45.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 6 7 4 4 3 2 1 2 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Drysdale 20 13 20 .394 41 34 3 262.3 281 128 21 88 172 4.39 10.8
 Jack Meyer 25 19 10 .655 41 41 0 253.3 182 103 40 125 268 3.66 19.1
 Don Kaiser 22 14 13 .519 34 34 0 246.7 249 107 20 81 130 3.90 13.1
 Lindy McDaniel 21 14 6 .700 54 26 2 219.0 220 81 13 60 113 3.33 19.3
 Ryne Duren 28 15 5 .750 27 27 0 177.3 113 58 14 92 199 2.94 16.7
 Dick Marlowe 28 4 4 .500 68 0 1 89.7 82 34 8 31 60 3.41 7.4
*Chris Van Cuyk 30 2 2 .500 60 0 7 72.0 66 34 12 26 56 4.25 5.1
 Dick Hall 26 4 6 .400 51 0 6 55.3 64 24 6 11 25 3.90 4.5
 Tom Qualters 22 6 4 .600 40 0 14 42.0 33 17 1 16 27 3.64 8.6
*Don Ferrarese 28 0 1 .000 18 0 1 26.3 31 18 5 14 18 6.15 0.0
 Joe Landrum 28 0 0 .000 5 0 0 9.0 5 2 0 5 6 2.00 1.0
 Wally Westlake 36 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 26.2 91 71 .562 440 162 34 1454.0 1327 606 140 550 1074 3.75 105.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 4 5 1 2 2 5 3 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 38.0
S.Burgess 849.7 92 108 656 30 2 0 .997 37.5
E.Howard 532.3 62 64 400 13 2 1 .995 36.4
J.Blanchard 72.0 8 11 52 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1454.0 162 183 1108 45 4 1 .997 36.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.32
E.Torgeson 1334.0 149 155 1475 123 11 128 .993 10.78
P.Ward 70.0 8 9 81 4 0 3 1.000 10.93
J.Blanchard 31.0 4 5 37 4 0 4 1.000 11.90
R.Jackson 6.0 0 3 12 2 0 1 1.000 21.00
H.Lopez 6.0 1 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 10.50
W.Westlake 4.0 0 1 10 0 0 1 1.000 22.50
N.Zauchin 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 176 1625 134 11 138 .994 10.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.67
B.Brown 726.0 84 87 154 293 5 53 .989 5.54
H.Lopez 512.0 60 70 102 193 11 40 .964 5.19
P.Ward 113.0 9 24 26 44 1 8 .986 5.58
D.Blasingame 95.0 9 16 17 37 3 7 .947 5.12
C.Koshorek 8.0 0 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1454.0 162 202 302 568 20 108 .978 5.39
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.77
R.Jackson 1323.0 148 153 76 297 25 19 .937 2.54
P.Ward 79.0 9 10 7 21 0 1 1.000 3.19
N.Zauchin 26.0 3 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.73
D.Blasingame 17.0 1 3 0 9 0 0 1.000 4.76
B.Brown 6.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Lopez 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 174 86 331 25 20 .943 2.58
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.97
D.Blasingame 823.7 93 100 122 318 4 56 .991 4.81
B.Brown 441.0 54 57 61 175 4 33 .983 4.82
P.Ward 150.3 13 34 25 58 3 15 .965 4.97
C.Koshorek 34.0 2 10 4 12 1 1 .941 4.24
R.Bridges 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1454.0 162 203 213 565 12 106 .985 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
R.Kiner 1288.0 145 152 230 11 4 3 .984 1.68
P.Ward 79.0 9 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.80
N.Zauchin 40.0 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.Rhodes 21.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
W.Westlake 11.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
H.Lopez 10.0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90
J.Blanchard 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Howard 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 182 253 11 5 3 .981 1.63
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.43
B.Cerv 1291.3 148 155 330 3 3 1 .991 2.32
P.Ward 84.7 6 23 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
W.Westlake 70.0 7 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
C.Koshorek 6.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Howard 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Blasingame 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 196 370 3 3 1 .992 2.31
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
D.Rhodes 1061.0 118 136 235 8 1 0 .996 2.06
N.Zauchin 237.7 30 30 45 0 3 0 .938 1.70
P.Ward 89.0 9 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
H.Lopez 48.0 5 8 8 0 1 0 .889 1.50
W.Westlake 10.3 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Blanchard 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Bridges 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 201 305 8 5 0 .984 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.20
D.Drysdale 262.3 34 41 16 55 5 3 .934 2.44
J.Meyer 253.3 41 41 14 42 0 5 1.000 1.99
D.Kaiser 246.7 34 34 19 51 3 2 .959 2.55
L.McDaniel 219.0 26 54 17 36 0 1 1.000 2.18
R.Duren 177.3 27 27 6 29 2 2 .946 1.78
D.Marlowe 89.7 0 68 4 12 1 2 .941 1.61
C.Van Cuyk 72.0 0 60 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.63
D.Hall 55.3 0 51 5 10 2 0 .882 2.44
T.Qualters 42.0 0 40 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Ferrarese 26.3 0 18 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.03
J.Landrum 9.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
W.Westlake 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 440 90 252 13 17 .963 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rhodes .290
On-Base Pct Torgeson .397
Slugging Pct Jackson .578
OPS Torgeson .953
XR Torgeson 112.3
Games Kiner 159
At-Bats Jackson 595
Runs Torgeson 112
Hits Jackson 168
Total Bases Jackson 344
Singles Brown 118
Doubles Torgeson 38
Triples Rhodes 6
Homeruns Jackson 46
RBIs Jackson 120
Stolen Bases Torgeson 5
Caught Stealing Brown 6
Walks Torgeson 107
Strikeouts Jackson 110
ERA Duren 2.94
Wins Meyer 19
Losses Drysdale 20
Winning Pct Duren .750
Saves Qualters 14
Games Pitched Marlowe 68
Games Started Meyer 41
Complete Games Drysdale 10
Shutouts Kaiser 3
Innings Pitched Drysdale 262.3
Hits Allowed Drysdale 281
Homeruns Allowed Meyer 40
Strikeouts Meyer 268
Walks Allowed Meyer 125
Walks per 9IP McDaniel 2.5
Hits per 9IP Duren 5.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren 10.1
WHiP Duren 1.16
OAVG Duren .183
OOBP Meyer .293
OSLG Duren .298
OOPS Duren .592
Team All-Stars
Randy Jackson
Jack Meyer
Dusty Rhodes
Earl Torgeson
Player Salaries
Earl Torgeson $ 15,090,300
Bobby Brown $ 8,500,000
Ralph Kiner $ 7,000,000
Bob Cerv $ 6,200,000
Randy Jackson $ 4,514,286
Ryne Duren $ 3,192,857
Smoky Burgess $ 2,000,000
Preston Ward $ 1,985,714
Dusty Rhodes $ 1,707,143
Chris Van Cuyk $ 550,000
Don Blasingame $ 300,000
Rocky Bridges $ 300,000
Don Drysdale $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
Dick Hall $ 300,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 300,000
Don Kaiser $ 300,000
Norm Zauchin $ 300,000
Hector Lopez $ 300,000
Dick Marlowe $ 300,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 300,000
Jack Meyer $ 300,000
Tom Qualters $ 300,000
Elston Howard $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Bob Cerv
2/10 Signed     Wally Westlake
3/3 Traded George Thomas St. Louis Ryne Duren
4/2 Traded Earl Battey
Tony Kubek
Brooklyn Randy Jackson
10/16 Released Johnny Temple    
10/16 Released Ben Flowers    
10/16 Released Ron Kline    
10/16 Released Lou Limmer    
10/16 Released Clem Koshorek    
10/16 Released Joe Landrum    
10/16 Released Wally Westlake    
10/16 Released Joe Margoneri    
10/16 Released Owen Friend