1957 Oakland Athletics
Record: 87-75
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 754
Runs Allowed: 704
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,392,372
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 6th in the AL
AA: 67-70, 4th in the AL
A: 79-58, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
2B #Jim Gilliam 28 157 555 95 154 47 9 2 59 19 10 104 34 .277 .394 .405 .799 88.8 17.2 8.6
1B *Eddie Lukon 36 157 572 81 157 27 6 30 120 1 1 67 124 .274 .348 .500 .848 96.1 18.3 4.6
2B  Chico Carrasquel 29 155 557 80 156 30 2 7 62 14 9 48 22 .280 .340 .379 .719 71.6 11.2 9.4
SS  Jim Brideweser 30 116 504 78 141 23 3 4 42 22 3 38 60 .280 .330 .361 .691 61.6 9.9 4.8
C  Bruce Edwards 33 130 465 42 120 15 3 8 61 0 0 22 96 .258 .289 .355 .644 47.4 5.5 0.6
CF *Bill Bruton 31 150 426 54 120 20 6 4 62 35 20 41 51 .282 .344 .385 .729 53.4 8.2 4.7
RF *Larry Doby 33 119 390 74 112 23 1 20 76 4 0 63 92 .287 .380 .505 .885 76.3 15.7 2.8
LF *Paul O'Dea 36 116 321 47 119 23 1 0 42 2 0 22 30 .371 .409 .449 .857 51.8 11.4 1.9
RF  Stan Palys 27 115 314 41 77 10 0 18 57 0 0 21 55 .245 .292 .449 .741 43.0 6.4 3.0
DH  Vic Power 29 96 303 34 90 12 0 7 31 1 3 11 2 .297 .322 .406 .728 32.9 4.7 1.7
1B *Billy Klaus 28 89 249 32 59 5 1 5 31 4 0 34 27 .237 .325 .325 .650 31.0 4.1 2.1
SS  Reno Bertoia 22 84 229 21 43 6 0 2 11 1 1 19 50 .188 .250 .240 .490 12.2 0.0 2.8
RF  Bill Wilson 28 86 215 28 48 10 1 9 31 0 0 17 43 .223 .285 .405 .690 23.7 2.6 1.6
C  Sammy White 28 73 193 19 48 8 1 2 31 0 0 14 17 .249 .298 .332 .630 17.9 1.8 0.2
P  Carl Scheib 30 42 120 10 26 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 .217 .240 .242 .482 6.5 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 26 37 103 9 21 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 .204 .212 .252 .464 5.0 0.0 0.0
P #Ted Gray 32 38 92 3 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 34 .130 .167 .141 .308 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Byrd 32 33 70 2 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 18 .143 .153 .157 .310 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Mrozinski 26 9 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .150 .190 .150 .340 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Willard Schmidt 29 20 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Virgil Jester 29 47 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.3 0.5 0.0
P  Tom Acker 27 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 25 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Ross 28 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Hoskins 31 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1966 5721 754 1520 267 35 118 731 103 47 531 813 .266 .328 .386 .714 719.6 117.5 48.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 4 1 4 3 6 4 1 8 5 1 2 3 5 5 5  
* - 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
 Carl Scheib 30 18 18 .500 42 42 0 343.7 308 155 55 151 275 4.06 21.0
 Gene Conley 26 25 5 .833 37 37 0 307.3 226 72 15 68 243 2.11 38.7
*Ted Gray 32 11 13 .458 38 38 0 291.0 226 133 45 143 269 4.11 14.2
 Harry Byrd 32 12 14 .462 33 33 0 211.7 226 129 32 85 141 5.49 2.9
 Virgil Jester 29 9 5 .643 47 0 6 64.0 60 27 9 12 40 3.80 7.7
 Humberto Robinson 27 1 5 .167 50 0 5 56.3 61 37 6 29 36 5.91 0.7
 Willard Schmidt 29 1 2 .333 20 5 1 53.7 50 22 2 29 27 3.69 3.0
*Ron Mrozinski 26 4 1 .800 9 7 0 51.3 44 21 7 23 25 3.68 3.8
 Russ Kemmerer 25 3 8 .273 41 0 9 46.7 67 29 6 17 22 5.59 0.3
*Bob Ross 28 2 4 .333 31 0 0 36.0 29 16 4 29 29 4.00 2.2
 Dave Hoskins 31 0 0 .000 12 0 0 16.3 27 12 2 3 11 6.61 0.0
 Tom Acker 27 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 8.0 8 6 2 2 5 6.75 0.1
Team Totals 28.5 87 75 .537 368 162 21 1486.0 1332 659 185 591 1123 3.99 94.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 8 5 1 2 7 5 6 1 4  
* - 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
B.Edwards 1069.7 118 123 805 37 9 0 .989 25.8
S.White 414.7 44 52 333 15 7 0 .980 50.0
S.Palys 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1485.3 162 176 1139 52 16 0 .987 29.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.32
P.O'Dea 530.7 61 61 566 39 8 57 .987 10.26
V.Power 415.7 44 50 473 30 3 46 .994 10.89
B.Klaus 305.3 33 40 356 28 4 29 .990 11.32
B.Wilson 227.3 24 33 259 22 3 31 .989 11.12
E.Lukon 4.0 0 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
B.Edwards 3.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1486.0 162 189 1661 122 18 163 .990 10.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.67
J.Gilliam 1315.3 144 145 265 530 24 121 .971 5.44
R.Bertoia 121.7 13 20 20 51 1 8 .986 5.25
B.Klaus 44.0 5 6 9 17 0 2 1.000 5.32
S.White 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Carrasquel 2.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Brideweser 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1486.0 162 174 295 602 25 131 .973 5.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.77
J.Brideweser 1017.3 114 114 60 233 11 17 .964 2.59
R.Bertoia 226.0 25 31 15 46 5 9 .924 2.43
B.Klaus 219.0 22 28 14 42 1 4 .982 2.30
J.Gilliam 17.7 1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.06
C.Carrasquel 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
V.Power 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.0 162 182 92 325 17 30 .961 2.53
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.97
C.Carrasquel 1309.3 145 152 203 479 21 97 .970 4.69
R.Bertoia 154.3 16 24 14 57 1 9 .986 4.14
B.Klaus 17.3 1 7 2 7 0 2 1.000 4.67
B.Bruton 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Brideweser 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1486.0 162 185 221 544 22 108 .972 4.63
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
E.Lukon 1201.7 132 135 233 3 0 1 1.000 1.77
P.O'Dea 146.0 14 19 32 0 1 0 .970 1.97
B.Wilson 127.7 16 16 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.40
S.Palys 8.7 0 5 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.12
J.Gilliam 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.0 162 176 300 5 1 2 .997 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.43
B.Bruton 943.3 100 121 241 3 3 0 .988 2.33
S.Palys 366.7 45 50 92 1 0 0 1.000 2.28
E.Lukon 75.0 7 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
B.Wilson 57.0 7 7 10 0 1 0 .909 1.58
P.O'Dea 27.0 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
L.Doby 10.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
B.Klaus 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Acker 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.0 162 206 367 4 4 0 .989 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
L.Doby 879.7 95 104 154 4 1 1 .994 1.62
S.Palys 287.0 34 39 58 2 0 1 1.000 1.88
V.Power 167.0 20 27 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.Wilson 63.0 7 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
P.O'Dea 44.3 3 11 6 0 1 0 .857 1.22
R.Bertoia 36.0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
T.Acker 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
E.Lukon 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1486.0 162 200 278 6 2 2 .993 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.20
C.Scheib 343.7 42 42 26 58 2 3 .977 2.20
G.Conley 307.3 37 37 24 44 4 3 .944 1.99
T.Gray 291.0 38 38 12 44 2 4 .966 1.73
H.Byrd 211.7 33 33 10 29 2 4 .951 1.66
V.Jester 64.0 0 47 6 17 0 2 1.000 3.23
H.Robinson 56.3 0 50 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.56
W.Schmidt 53.7 5 20 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.85
R.Mrozinski 51.3 7 9 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.70
R.Kemmerer 46.7 0 41 2 6 1 1 .889 1.54
B.Ross 36.0 0 31 7 4 0 0 1.000 2.75
D.Hoskins 16.3 0 12 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.10
T.Acker 8.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.0 162 368 94 234 11 18 .968 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carrasquel .280
On-Base Pct Gilliam .394
Slugging Pct Lukon .500
OPS Lukon .848
XR Lukon 96.1
Games Gilliam, Lukon 157
At-Bats Lukon 572
Runs Gilliam 95
Hits Lukon 157
Total Bases Lukon 286
Singles Carrasquel 117
Doubles Gilliam 47
Triples Gilliam 9
Homeruns Lukon 30
RBIs Lukon 120
Stolen Bases Bruton 35
Caught Stealing Bruton 20
Walks Gilliam 104
Strikeouts Lukon 124
ERA Conley 2.11
Wins Conley 25
Losses Scheib 18
Winning Pct Conley .833
Saves Kemmerer 9
Games Pitched Robinson 50
Games Started Scheib 42
Complete Games Scheib 20
Shutouts Conley 8
Innings Pitched Scheib 343.7
Hits Allowed Scheib 308
Homeruns Allowed Scheib 55
Strikeouts Scheib 275
Walks Allowed Scheib 151
Walks per 9IP Conley 2.0
Hits per 9IP Conley 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 8.3
WHiP Conley 0.96
OAVG Conley .205
OOBP Conley .252
OSLG Conley .296
OOPS Conley .548
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Jim Gilliam
Eddie Lukon
Carl Scheib
Player Salaries
Larry Doby $ 15,100,000
Ted Gray $ 6,650,000
Gene Conley $ 6,542,857
Eddie Lukon $ 6,500,000
Carl Scheib $ 6,000,000
Bruce Edwards $ 3,500,000
Jim Brideweser $ 2,321,429
Jim Gilliam $ 2,257,143
Bill Bruton $ 2,237,143
Harry Byrd $ 1,994,286
Chico Carrasquel $ 1,900,000
Willard Schmidt $ 646,429
Sammy White $ 492,857
Paul O'Dea $ 400,000
Dave Hoskins $ 350,000
Reno Bertoia $ 300,000
Tom Acker $ 300,000
Russ Kemmerer $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Billy Klaus $ 300,000
Ron Mrozinski $ 300,000
Stan Palys $ 300,000
Vic Power $ 300,000
Humberto Robinson $ 300,000
Bob Ross $ 300,000
Virgil Jester $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Pat Seerey
Sam Jones
Detroit Ralph Branca
5/1 Signed     Harry Perkowski
5/1 Signed     Nap Reyes