1957 Minnesota Twins
Record: 91-71
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 736
Runs Allowed: 730
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,427,896
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
AA: 56-81, 7th in the AL
A: 63-74, 7th 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 *Vic Wertz 32 155 562 102 157 20 4 54 127 0 0 71 52 .279 .360 .617 .977 116.7 29.7 4.3
LF *Jerry Lynch 26 156 574 81 162 24 3 22 74 1 2 41 65 .282 .327 .449 .777 83.7 17.3 2.7
RF *Duke Snider 30 148 535 104 156 47 2 49 119 0 0 83 122 .292 .386 .662 1.048 124.4 34.3 4.3
3B  Bobby Thomson 33 154 566 60 134 21 6 20 71 0 0 46 76 .237 .294 .401 .695 65.5 10.8 3.1
2B  Roy Hartsfield 31 149 562 68 153 14 1 6 52 10 7 31 89 .272 .308 .333 .641 58.0 8.3 3.5
C  Gil Hodges 33 149 509 86 134 26 2 28 88 1 1 58 122 .263 .336 .487 .823 82.1 17.1 3.2
SS  Gene Mauch 31 143 424 39 85 11 2 2 27 3 2 52 57 .200 .287 .250 .537 31.5 0.5 5.7
SS  Johnny Logan 30 115 413 51 102 23 1 10 33 0 1 46 48 .247 .322 .380 .702 49.8 8.6 5.3
SS  Alvin Dark 35 120 330 33 83 10 2 7 34 1 0 10 38 .252 .280 .358 .637 32.5 4.1 3.5
CF  Carl Furillo 35 106 183 26 46 10 0 3 18 0 2 14 23 .251 .308 .355 .663 19.0 2.8 0.8
1B  Darrell Johnson 28 91 182 14 49 7 1 4 24 0 0 13 22 .269 .317 .385 .701 22.0 3.5 1.2
P  Paul Foytack 26 44 122 5 17 4 0 1 11 0 0 2 35 .139 .151 .197 .348 2.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Luis Olmo 37 79 112 16 27 5 2 3 15 0 0 7 22 .241 .286 .402 .688 13.1 2.4 1.6
P  Bob Miller 31 42 92 7 14 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 29 .152 .168 .196 .364 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 30 43 81 9 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 19 .185 .224 .222 .446 3.6 0.0 0.0
P *Luis Arroyo 30 35 73 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .151 .173 .164 .338 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Paul Lehner 36 38 80 9 23 6 0 0 14 1 0 1 9 .288 .282 .363 .645 8.2 0.9 0.3
CF *Dave Pope 36 57 67 14 12 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 17 .179 .225 .254 .479 2.6 0.0 0.6
1B  Virgil Stallcup 35 26 36 6 10 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 7 .278 .278 .389 .667 3.6 0.6 0.3
P *Bill Kennedy 36 92 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
C  Dixie Howell 37 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 33 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Banta 32 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Gorman 32 41 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.5 0.7 0.0
P  Jim Hearn 36 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Kermit Wahl 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 32.5 2118 5526 736 1394 236 30 210 723 19 15 488 874 .252 .312 .420 .732 723.1 141.6 40.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 5 7 4 1 5 3 5 8 3 4 6 2 4 4  
* - 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
 Paul Foytack 26 23 18 .561 44 44 0 348.3 314 117 24 99 184 3.02 28.3
 Bob Miller 31 17 11 .607 42 42 0 296.3 290 104 9 43 117 3.16 23.9
*Billy Pierce 30 13 11 .542 43 40 0 282.7 285 145 38 106 238 4.62 11.2
*Luis Arroyo 30 10 10 .500 35 35 0 229.3 206 115 42 103 180 4.51 8.0
*Bill Kennedy 36 13 7 .650 92 0 22 114.7 103 54 15 61 76 4.24 10.9
 Jack Banta 32 6 5 .545 59 1 4 70.3 60 39 11 52 49 4.99 2.9
 Tom Gorman 32 6 2 .750 41 0 4 49.7 53 16 2 13 15 2.90 5.6
 Bob Porterfield 33 3 4 .429 40 0 3 45.3 69 43 6 14 13 8.54 0.0
 Jim Hearn 36 0 3 .000 26 0 2 24.3 32 22 5 16 16 8.14 0.0
Team Totals 31.8 91 71 .562 422 162 35 1461.0 1412 655 152 507 888 4.04 90.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 2 3 3 5 4 4 2 5 5  
* - 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
G.Hodges 1176.0 128 138 715 35 9 0 .988 35.5
D.Johnson 279.0 33 33 195 6 1 0 .995 0.0
D.Howell 6.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 162 172 912 41 10 0 .990 29.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.32
V.Wertz 1297.0 146 149 1592 126 6 144 .997 11.92
P.Lehner 107.0 11 18 120 4 0 18 1.000 10.43
V.Stallcup 40.7 5 6 52 6 1 7 .983 12.84
D.Snider 12.0 0 5 16 1 1 0 .944 12.75
D.Johnson 3.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
G.Hodges 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1461.0 162 180 1786 137 8 169 .996 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.67
R.Hartsfield 1233.7 140 147 284 472 30 117 .962 5.52
A.Dark 117.0 14 18 29 44 1 7 .986 5.62
L.Olmo 76.0 6 20 19 27 1 9 .979 5.45
G.Mauch 22.7 2 4 6 8 0 3 1.000 5.56
J.Logan 9.0 0 2 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00
K.Wahl 2.7 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 13.53
Team Total 1461.0 162 193 339 558 33 136 .965 5.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.77
G.Mauch 1016.0 122 126 63 293 8 29 .978 3.15
A.Dark 239.0 29 35 13 67 9 4 .899 3.01
L.Olmo 118.3 11 30 15 38 2 1 .964 4.03
D.Johnson 74.7 0 33 2 19 0 2 1.000 2.53
B.Thomson 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Pope 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Wahl 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 229 93 419 19 36 .964 3.15
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.97
J.Logan 965.0 109 111 121 404 21 66 .962 4.90
A.Dark 352.7 42 44 45 161 7 37 .967 5.26
L.Olmo 55.0 5 10 12 25 0 4 1.000 6.05
V.Stallcup 43.7 2 13 6 15 1 3 .955 4.33
G.Mauch 42.7 4 9 5 21 1 4 .963 5.49
K.Wahl 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1461.0 162 188 190 628 30 114 .965 5.04
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.81
J.Lynch 1250.0 141 145 245 2 11 0 .957 1.78
D.Pope 140.7 17 23 34 3 0 1 1.000 2.37
P.Lehner 32.0 4 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
G.Hodges 20.7 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
V.Wertz 10.7 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
L.Olmo 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Thomson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 190 292 5 11 1 .964 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.43
D.Snider 1253.3 141 142 341 6 12 1 .967 2.49
C.Furillo 181.7 20 22 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Pope 14.0 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Thomson 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Olmo 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lynch 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 174 383 7 12 1 .970 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
B.Thomson 1304.7 148 151 253 6 4 2 .985 1.79
C.Furillo 109.7 12 15 25 0 1 0 .962 2.05
P.Lehner 25.0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36
J.Lynch 11.7 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
V.Wertz 7.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Pope 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 182 281 7 5 2 .983 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.20
P.Foytack 348.3 44 44 22 80 0 5 1.000 2.64
B.Miller 296.3 42 42 31 55 1 6 .989 2.61
B.Pierce 282.7 40 43 15 50 0 3 1.000 2.07
L.Arroyo 229.3 35 35 10 42 2 4 .963 2.04
B.Kennedy 114.7 0 92 7 23 0 2 1.000 2.35
J.Banta 70.3 1 59 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.18
T.Gorman 49.7 0 41 5 9 1 2 .933 2.54
B.Porterfield 45.3 0 40 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.98
J.Hearn 24.3 0 26 0 3 1 0 .750 1.11
Team Total 1461.0 162 422 99 285 5 23 .987 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Snider .292
On-Base Pct Snider .386
Slugging Pct Snider .662
OPS Snider 1.048
XR Snider 124.4
Games Lynch 156
At-Bats Lynch 574
Runs Snider 104
Hits Lynch 162
Total Bases Snider 354
Singles Hartsfield 132
Doubles Snider 47
Triples Thomson 6
Homeruns Wertz 54
RBIs Wertz 127
Stolen Bases Hartsfield 10
Caught Stealing Hartsfield 7
Walks Snider 83
Strikeouts Snider, Hodges 122
ERA Foytack 3.02
Wins Foytack 23
Losses Foytack 18
Winning Pct Kennedy .650
Saves Kennedy 22
Games Pitched Kennedy 92
Games Started Foytack 44
Complete Games Foytack 14
Shutouts Foytack 3
Innings Pitched Foytack 348.3
Hits Allowed Foytack 314
Homeruns Allowed Arroyo 42
Strikeouts Pierce 238
Walks Allowed Pierce 106
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.3
Hits per 9IP Arroyo 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Pierce 7.6
WHiP Miller 1.12
OAVG Arroyo .240
OOBP Miller .286
OSLG Miller .351
OOPS Miller .637
Team All-Stars
Paul Foytack
Gil Hodges
Bill Kennedy
Duke Snider
Vic Wertz
Player Salaries
Duke Snider $ 10,180,000
Vic Wertz $ 8,000,000
Bob Miller $ 7,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 7,100,000
Gil Hodges $ 6,750,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 6,000,000
Bobby Thomson $ 4,000,000
Luis Olmo $ 3,000,000
Johnny Logan $ 2,564,286
Bill Kennedy $ 2,500,000
Jack Banta $ 1,291,429
Alvin Dark $ 1,250,000
Bob Porterfield $ 1,250,000
Carl Furillo $ 1,000,000
Gene Mauch $ 775,714
Jim Hearn $ 700,000
Tom Gorman $ 500,000
Paul Lehner $ 450,000
Dixie Howell $ 350,000
Paul Foytack $ 300,000
Virgil Stallcup $ 300,000
Darrell Johnson $ 300,000
Luis Arroyo $ 300,000
Dave Pope $ 300,000
Jerry Lynch $ 300,000
Kermit Wahl $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Tom Gorman
2/13 Signed     Alvin Dark
2/14 Signed     Paul Lehner
2/15 Signed     Carl Furillo
3/3 Traded George Wilson New York (N) Billy Pierce
Dave Pope