WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Ernie Rodriguez, Moose Jaw outfielder, won the 1957 Western Canada Baseball League batting championship with a hefty .402 average according to official statistics released by the Howe News Bureau.
Len Tucker of Saskatoon captured runner-up honors with a mark of .394. Ike Jackson of Regina placed third with .371, followed by Willie (Curly) Williams of Lloydminster with .343 and Larry Elliott of Edmonton with .339.
Rodriguez also took honors in hits with 98 and scored the most runs, 67. Jackson paced the circuit in doubles with 23, one more than Rodriguez garnered. Bobby Cesar, Regina shortstop led in triples with 11.
Len Tucker copped the homer run crown with 18 round-trippers and was high in runs batted in with 68. North Battleford's Bob Herron registered the most total bases, 156.
Tom Roberts and Roberto Zayas, both of Lloydminster, tied for honors in stolen bases, each with 18. Ken Guffey of Edmonton and Larry Yogi of Regina had the most sacrifice bunts, nine apiece, while Edmonton's Ron Fairly racked up the most sacrifice flies, six.
Rodriguez drew the most bases on balls, 68. Herron struck out the most times, 60. Ken Guffey of Edmonton was hit by pitched ball the most times, 10. North Battleford's Curtis Tate was credited with the most official times at bat, 303.
Edmonton won the club batting championship with a .283 average while Regina placed first in club fielding with a mark of .954.
Dale Zeigler, Edmonton left-hander, topped the pitchers for the second straight year with a 2.40 earned run average. His pace-setting mark in 1956 was 2.32. Moose Jaw's Gordon Nevers was high percentage-wise with an .833 figure, winning 10 and losing two games.
Zeigler, Bill Vanderlaan of Regina, and Blaine Sylvester of Edmonton won the most games, 11 apiece. Bennie Griggs of North Battleford worked the most innings, 147, appeared in the most games, 29, faced the most official batsmen, 553, and allowed the most earned runs, 74.
Griggs and teammate Tom Garcia gave up the most runs, 92 apiece, the most hits, 155 apiece, and home runs, 16 apiece. Zeigler was high in strikeouts with 149, bases on balls with 127, and games started with 17. He, teammate Ralph Vold, and Vanderlaan pitched the most complete games, 10 apiece. Sylvester hit the most batsmen, 12. Chuck Beene or Saskatoon threw the most wild pitches, 13. Zeigler tossed the most shutouts, three.
Average : Ernie Rodriguez MJM - .402 Hits : Rodriguez MJM - 98 Doubles : Ike Jackson RGB - 23 Triples : Bobby Cesar RGB - 11 Home Runs : Len Tucker SKG - 18 Runs : Rodriguez MJM - 67 RBI : Len Tucker SKG - 68 Stolen Bases : Tom Roberts LM & Roberto Zayas LM - 18 OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE BATTING RECORDS *** SEASON 1957 *** FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 *** COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. Club AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR SH SF SB BB HB SO LOB RBI PCT
Edmonton 2210 419 301 626 947 92 38 51 35 25 41 339 27 429 560 372 283
Moose Jaw 2106 404 362 576 874 99 32 45 32 20 57 380 25 341 547 365 274
Saskatoon 2276 415 406 602 894 98 16 54 28 32 56 362 29 406 537 368 264
Lloydminster 2237 353 456 587 849 98 22 40 28 19 62 315 19 325 517 327 262
Regina 2272 365 377 581 804 90 38 19 45 20 63 364 31 415 582 317 256
N Battleford 2310 378 432 570 902 98 39 52 27 20 44 375 17 410 532 332 247 WCBL 10 or more games G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Rodriguez Ernest MJM* 65 244 67 98 22 8 2 11 68 10 37 .402
Tucker Len SKG 53 198 56 78 12 5 18 17 43 32 68 .394
Fairly Ronald EDE* 44 178 41 69 14 6 10 5 19 19 55 .388
Jackson Isaac RGB 57 224 39 83 23 8 5 2 18 20 53 .371
Tucker WayneL EDE* 23 90 11 32 2 0 2 2 7 5 19 .356
Williams William LM* 66 242 50 83 14 3 15 4 46 20 55 .343
Elliott Lawrence EDE* 57 227 49 77 12 7 10 6 28 58 46 .339
Cesar Robert RGB 69 253 47 85 18 11 1 5 39 30 58 .336
Schall William SKG 19 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .333
Herron Robert NB 67 256 50 83 21 5 14 2 44 60 64 .324
Sada Edward EDE 54 224 51 72 8 9 5 3 23 45 30 .321
Temple Floyd MJM 58 206 33 66 10 1 7 11 22 17 43 .320
Stefureak Edward 4NB-10LM 14 50 9 16 1 1 2 0 5 10 14 .320
Wilson Leon NB* 68 257 65 82 12 8 9 10 60 30 46 .319
Breckner Leonard SKG 65 256 48 81 14 2 8 0 33 34 58 .316
Roberts Thomas LM 65 248 63 78 17 4 8 18 44 22 43 .315
Pemberton Clifford SKG* 53 206 46 63 9 0 4 6 31 11 33 .306
Munatones Conrad EDE 53 196 34 60 11 1 3 8 36 28 37 .306
Riney Joseph EDE* 28 95 16 29 3 1 2 3 26 14 18 .305
Toft Bo MJM 21 82 19 25 5 2 3 2 10 12 23 .305
Martin Lorne MJM* 59 229 42 69 11 4 1 4 33 35 28 .301
Tartabul1 Jose RGB* 36 123 30 37 2 1 0 12 30 20 13 .301
Haller Thomas MJM* 60 230 54 69 17 5 15 10 39 37 63 .300
Moriarity David LM* 44 160 24 48 8 1 0 7 32 19 12 .300
Ford John NB 60 202 40 60 9 3 7 5 42 24 32 .297
Shollin Thomas EDE 63 238 60 70 12 4 12 2 55 47 56 .294
Garcia Thomas NB 45 96 16 28 2 2 4 6 17 19 18 .292
Zayas Roberto LM 65 250 44 72 5 1 2 18 26 50 27 .288
Carter Suge RGB 61 218 28 62 13 3 0 5 41 31 42 .284
McGhee Thomas 25LM-9SKG 34 135 15 38 9 3 2 2 10 22 20 .281
Jackson Daniel SKG 58 197 25 55 10 1 4 5 17 25 20 .279
Cross Al SKG* 23 83 13 23 4 0 1 1 18 10 10 .277
Sylvester Blaine EDE* 18 52 6 14 1 0 1 0 2 16 4 .269
Guffey Kenneth EDE* 63 235 56 62 7 3 3 6 60 39 30 .264
Williams Robert LM 33 129 21 34 9 0 4 1 13 20 30 .264
Brewer Sherwood SKG* 64 240 53 63 6 2 9 7 36 13 32 .263
Kating John MJM 65 229 30 60 7 5 5 1 47 48 40 .262
McCartney John SKG 64 227 40 59 18 0 5 2 21 53 36 .260
Miller Larry MJM* 28 54 9 14 3 0 0 2 8 1 4 .259
Castanon Michael EDE 63 248 41 64 12 2 1 2 30 39 44 .258
Birk Jerry 15SKG-48LM 63 241 48 62 8 7 1 5 29 38 31 .257
Bussan Mark NB 64 253 53 64 6 7 5 5 60 38 29 .253
Tanner Edward LM* 63 212 24 53 10 0 3 4 44 21 35 .250
Read Darrel SKG 19 40 3 10 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 .250
Robertson Barry MJM 52 193 37 48 10 2 3 2 27 23 42 .249
Rinks Thomas RGB 61 218 44 54 6 5 5 7 47 45 37 .248
Goewert Terry 10SKG-58NB* 68 238 33 58 13 0 4 4 35 57 33 .244
Kosteniuk David MJM 15 41 4 10 1 1 0 0 2 7 3 .244
Risher Modie LM 57 185 20 45 8 0 2 1 15 9 21 .243
Griggs Ben NB 36 66 10 16 3 0 0 0 9 19 12 .242
Yogi Larry RGB 65 234 37 56 10 0 1 8 44 48 23 .239
Tate Curtis NB 68 303 41 72 13 8 5 0 10 42 51 .238
Phillips James SKG 29 98 16 23 3 1 0 3 23 24 16 .235
Wainwright Henry MJM 16 34 10 8 2 0 2 2 11 10 8 .235
Stafford Robert NB 13 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 .235
Hoppe James MJM 65 219 40 51 6 3 2 11 54 34 32 .233
White Jerry RGB 68 246 31 57 3 2 0 9 37 37 22 .232
Nelson Kenneth NB 52 203 30 47 8 3 2 3 16 19 27 .232
Zeigler Dale EDE* 22 56 10 13 2 1 0 0 7 13 3 .232
Kretschmar Joseph SKG 34 123 24 28 1 1 1 1 30 20 12 .228
Howard Daniel SKG 20 71 12 16 4 0 2 3 14 19 14 .225
Maxcy Russell LM 23 77 4 17 4 2 0 1 9 14 9 .221
Vold Ralph EDE 33 77 8 17 1 0 0 1 2 15 9 .221
Halsey Tuck RGB 25 50 10 11 2 0 0 0 10 16 5 .220
Nevers Gordon MJM 24 41 4 9 0 0 0 0 3 13 2 .220
Lott Benjamin LM 18 64 4 14 0 0 0 1 12 6 6 .219
Henry Robert LM* 28 32 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 6 5 .219
Vanderlann William RGB 20 47 11 10 0 1 0 0 12 9 1 .213
Murphy Lee RGB 55 194 19 41 7 2 5 1 17 45 35 .211
Gregory Robert MJM 46 110 13 23 3 1 1 1 18 18 16 .209
Garrett James SKG 18 43 5 9 2 0 0 0 16 10 17 .209
Key Harold SKG 51 174 26 36 7 0 3 7 23 48 22 .207
Walker Eugene RGB# 19 29 4 6 0 1 0 0 4 10 1 .207
Gentry Lewis 11R-1S 12 29 5 6 1 0 0 0 5 8 3 .207
Lehow Robert 20LM-8RGB* 28 34 8 7 0 0 0 0 9 7 3 .206
Hayes Garth MJM* 22 44 10 9 1 1 1 0 12 18 5 .205
Williams Babe RGB 22 39 3 8 0 0 0 0 6 13 1 .205
Blewett Michael EDE 26 86 20 17 2 3 1 3 18 22 5 .198
Stone Arthur NB 64 218 27 43 6 4 2 9 27 29 21 .197
Wiley Ronald MJM 19 42 7 8 3 1 1 0 10 15 10 .190
Modrell Gary RGB 24 53 5 10 1 2 1 1 3 21 7 .189
Shahzade Arthur RGB 61 206 38 36 3 2 1 8 34 35 11 .175
Pieper Charles MJM 27 47 5 8 0 0 0 0 3 11 5 .170
Berner Ted LM 35 85 11 14 2 1 0 0 7 21 8 .165
Anderson Frank SKG 25 37 7 6 1 0 0 0 7 7 2 .162
Montgomery Bruce EDE 14 44 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 22 3 .159
McLeod Jack 12SKG-20NB 32 58 3 9 1 0 0 0 14 15 7 .155
Slusser Frank NB 21 34 4 5 2 0 0 0 5 7 1 .147
Beene Charles SKG 25 35 4 5 0 0 0 0 9 19 3 .143
Michaels Michael EDE 22 71 5 9 1 1 0 2 15 19 6 .127
Stevens James SKG* 21 26 5 3 0 0 1 0 9 9 3 .115
Swartzkopf Al MJM 11 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 .105
Evans Steven EDE 16 39 4 4 2 0 0 0 3 17 3 .103
Gostlin Douglas 5SKG-8NB 13 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 .091
Barnes Frank LM 10 34 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 .088
Green Louis 30NB-6LM 36 86 5 7 0 0 0 0 19 13 7 .081
Eigl Rudy NB 20 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 14 1 .080
Rodriguez Rueben MJM 12 25 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 .080
Sanders David 5SKG-8MJM 13 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 8 9 5 .074
Dayne Michael NB* 17 30 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 12 1 .067
Stillman Martin LM 21 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 3 .061
Hansen James LM 20 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 20 0 .061
Fouste Luis RGB* 14 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .059
Hobson Lewis SKG 19 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 .000
Less than 10 games G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
DeCarbo Anthony EDE 2 1 1 1.000
Griffin Richard LM* 5 5 2 .400
Sockett Donald LM 6 5 2 .400
Rodriguez Jose RGB* 2 5 2 .400
Marshall Vernon RGB* 9 19 7 .368
Lopez Rafael SKG 4 11 4 .364
Zyla Allan NB 7 3 1 .333
Golden Richard LM 7 28 8 .286
Gerst Robert EDE 3 11 3 .273
Stewart Don EDE* 3 12 3 .250
Barber Jerry RGB* 5 14 3 .214
Graves Eugene SKG 9 14 3 .214
Couch Gerald NB 6 12 2 .167
Hardy Neil EDE 9 25 4 .160
Blanks Jerry LM-RGB 6 19 3 .158
Quillan Raymond RGB* 9 13 2 .154
Kuodis Donald LM* 9 14 2 .143
Donaldson Barry MJM* 9 24 3 .125
Gregory LeRoy RGB* 7 8 1 .125
Flichel Morley LM 5 4 0 .000
Labins Jerry LM* 2 1 0 .000
Morgenstern Howard LM* 4 12 0 .000
Stratton Patrick LM 6 5 0 .000
Tanner Charles LM* 3 3 0 .000
Ebker Robert MJM 2 1 0 .000
Catherwood Henry NB* 5 6 0 .000
Johnson Gordon NB 1 3 0 .000
Prediger Peter NB* 6 4 0 .000
Verreau Mervin NB 2 2 0 .000
Bouza Roberto RGB* 2 2 0 .000
Cavillan David RGB 3 4 0 .000
Peerless Charles RGB 3 8 0 .000
Anderson Robert SKG-LM 7 3 0 .000
Bowes Jack SKG 1 1 0 .000
Carrera Rafael SKG 2 3 0 .000
McIlvain Harry SKG 2 3 0 .000
Willie James SKG 1 2 0 .000
Weekly Marvel MJM-SKG* 4 0 0 .000
Dean Leslie NB 2 0 0 .000
Source : Howe News Bureau
(1)Decarbo shown as 2-1-1-.000 for G, AB, H, PCT, but should be either 2-1-0-.000, or 2-1-1-1.000
Wins : Zeigler EDE, Vanderlaan RGB, Sylvester EDE - 11
Games : Griggs NB - 29
Games Started : Zeigler EDE - 17
Complete Games : Zeigler EDE, Vold EDE, Vanderlaan RGB - 10
Innings : Griggs NB - 147
Strikeouts : Zeigler EDE - 149
ERA : Zeigler EDE - 2.40
OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE PITCHERS' RECORDS *** SEASON 1957
*** FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1957 *** COMPILED BY
HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS
CLUB PITCHING G CG IP AB R H HR ER SH BB SO HB WP BK SHO ERA
Edmonton 63 33 555 2066 301 488 21 213 43 402 458 37 30 1 7 3.45
Moose Jaw 65 29 551 2105 362 524 45 259 51 373 421 29 25 2 3 4.23
Regina 69 30 582 2246 377 621 42 284 65 326 279 20 27 1 0 4.39
Saskatoon 67 33 592 2360 406 627 52 298 59 312 429 19 30 1 2 4.53
North Battleford 68 29 605 2378 432 663 65 340 56 329 423 26 27 0 2 5.06
Lloydminster 66 19 565 2256 456 619 36 323 57 393 316 17 34 2 1 5.15
PITCHERS' RECORDS (Includes pitchers in 70 or more innings rated
according to earned run average) * THROWS LEFT
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE
70 or more IP G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Zeigler Dale EDE* 20 17 10 11 3 .786 135 84 56 36127 149 11 11 2.40
Nevers Gordon MJM 22 8 6 10 2 .833 99 68 38 32 68 82 7 5 2.91
Miller Larry MJM* 19 16 4 7 2 .778 92 65 49 31 53 110 4 0 3.03
Vold Ralph EDE 27 10 10 6 9 .400 134 133 63 47 48 138 6 2 3.16
Walker Eugene RGB 19 14 4 3 6 .333 86 71 47 31 74 44 6 9 3.24
Slusser Frank NB 21 11 6 6 4 .600 108 90 53 39 56 65 2 3 3.25
Hansen James LM 19 9 4 7 3 .700 93 81 56 34 54 61 2 1 3.29
Beene Charles SKG 21 12 5 4 6 .400 116 112 63 44 45 87 5 13 3.41
Berner Ted LM 19 13 7 6 7 .462 126 131 61 49 50 72 1 4 3.50
Vanderlaan William RGB 18 14 10 11 5 .688 119 129 63 48 35 57 5 4 3.63
Williams Babe RGB 17 7 3 3 7 .300 76 78 41 31 33 31 0 0 3.67
Read Darrel SKG 18 11 7 8 6 .571 100 101 53 42 37 57 1 0 3.78
Pieper Charles MJM* 22 13 5 7 4 .636 101 100 65 43 75 79 5 3 3.83
Modrell Gary RGB 19 11 6 4 6 .400 105 94 59 46 46 54 3 2 3.94
Kosteniuk David MJM 13 9 6 7 4 .636 73 68 52 33 48 40 3 3 4.07
Sylvester Blaine EDE* 18 16 6 11 4 .733 111 120 72 53 82 69 12 6 4.30
Hobson Lewis SKG 19 10 1 6 4 .600 76 86 56 38 35 45 0 1 4.50
Evans Steven EDE 14 11 4 5 4 .556 70 66 49 35 66 43 5 1 4.50
Griggs Ben NB 29 16 8 10 9 .526 147 155 92 74 76 120 9 10 4.53
Dayne Michael NB 13 9 7 4 5 .444 81 92 49 41 25 54 3 1 4.56
Stevens James SKG* 19 13 5 4 6 .400 93 75 64 52 74 106 6 8 5.03
Garcia Thomas NB 22 16 6 5 11 .313 121 155 92 68 54 81 4 4 5.06
Anderson Frank SKG 21 10 3 6 4 .600 94 120 78 53 49 69 3 2 5.07
Lehow Robert LM-RGB* 24 9 0 1 5 .167 72 73 68 42 86 26 0 6 5.25
Henry Robert LM* 26 11 1 6 9 .400 81 88 68 52 64 45 3 3 5.78
Stillman Martin LM 21 14 5 4 6 .400 93 95 73 61 68 54 3 7 5.90
Eigl Rudy NB 20 7 1 1 3 .250 70 79 72 52 54 52 3 4 6.69
Fewer than 70 IP G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Blewett Michael EDE 5 0 0 3 0 1.000 28 21 8 7 16 18 0 1 2.25
Elliot Lawrence EDE 6 3 1 0 1 .000 36 24 20 10 37 19 1 7 2.50
Willie James SKG 1 1 0 0 1 .000 7 8 4 2 3 1 0 1 2.57
Fouste Luis RGB 14 1 1 2 2 .500 35 50 27 13 22 16 0 0 3.34
Graves Eugene SKG 8 4 2 4 1 .800 43 38 27 18 29 38 0 1 3.77
Kuodis Donald LM 7 4 2 1 3 .250 32 27 21 14 33 30 1 5 3.94
Swartskopf Al MJM 11 4 1 2 3 .400 53 64 33 25 28 22 1 3 4.25
Bouza Roberto RGB 2 2 0 1 0 1.000 8 7 4 4 6 3 0 1 4.50
Wiley Ronald MJM 10 8 3 4 4 .500 56 71 49 29 45 43 6 6 4.66
Halsey Tuck RGB 12 7 6 6 4 .600 69 77 44 39 20 40 3 5 5.09
Montgomery Bruce EDE 8 4 2 1 4 .200 38 37 30 22 22 20 1 2 5.21
Zyla Allan NB 5 2 0 0 2 .000 14 20 14 9 10 15 1 1 5.79
Schall William SKG 19 1 0 4 1 .800 32 44 28 21 13 12 2 2 6.10
Gregory Leroy RGB* 7 3 0 0 3 .000 24 31 20 17 26 15 1 0 6.38
Cavillan David RGB* 3 1 1 0 1 .000 11 17 11 8 5 3 0 0 6.55
McLeod Jack SKG-NB 9 2 1 0 3 .000 30 36 25 22 17 14 0 0 6.60
Gostlin Douglas SKG-NB 10 4 0 2 2 .500 26 25 25 20 30 10 1 0 6.92
Martin Lorne MJM 12 0 0 1 2 .333 31 28 27 24 29 25 2 2 6.97
Quillan Raymond RGB 8 3 0 0 1 .000 24 34 28 20 18 10 2 2 7.50
Anderson Robert LM-SKG 7 3 0 0 2 .000 16 21 25 14 20 10 1 5 7.88
Rodriguez Rueben MJM 7 5 2 3 1 .750 40 49 40 36 20 18 1 1 8.10
Stratton Patrick LM 5 2 0 0 1 .000 15 22 22 14 10 10 1 2 8.40
Griffin Richard LM* 5 1 0 0 1 .000 9 12 12 9 8 3 0 0 9.00
Labins Jerry LM 2 1 0 0 1 .000 4 5 4 4 4 1 0 1 9.00
DeCarbo Anthony EDE 2 2 0 0 1 .000 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 0 9.00
Tanner Charles LM 2 0 0 0 1 .000 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 9.00
Stafford Robert NB 1 1 0 0 1 .000 2 3 2 2 4 2 0 2 9.00
Catherwood Henry NB* 5 2 0 0 2 .000 15 20 16 16 15 10 2 2 9.60
Sockett Donald LM 6 1 0 0 3 .000 12 16 22 15 16 4 3 1 11.25
Peerless Charles RGB* 2 2 0 1 1 .500 8 20 16 15 3 2 0 2 16.88
Weekly Marvel SKG-MJM 4 2 0 0 1 .000 3 8 9 8 7 2 1 3 24.00 NO-DECISIONS G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Flichel Morley LM 5 13
Williams Robert LM 2 12
McIlvain Harry SKG* 2 7
Pemberton Cliff SKG* 3 4
Ebker Robert MJM 2 4
Verreau Mervin NB 2 4
Dean Leslie NB 2 3
Tanner Edward LM 1 3
Moriarity David LM* 2 1
TIES: Hansen, Nevers, Stillman, Lehow, 1 each.
BALKS: Nevers, Walker, Hansen, Beene, Kosteniuk, Stillman
SHUTOUTS: Zeigler (3), Nevers (2), Vold (2), Slusser (1), Berner (1), Evans (1),
Griggs (1), Stevens (1) SHUTOUTS : Graves, Wiley, Montgomery
BALKS : Elliot MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, SKG = Saskatoon Gems, RGB = Regina Braves, NB = North Battleford Beavers, LM = Lloydminster Meridians, EDE = Edmonton Eskimos
CLUB FIELDING
G DP TP PB PO A E PCT
Regina 69 64 0 10 1747 795 123 .954
Moose Jaw 65 50 1 11 1653 620 118 .951
Edmonton 63 66 0 13 1665 702 125 .950
N Battleford 68 53 0 14 1816 688 137 .948
Saskatoon 67 47 0 18 1777 705 156 .941
Lloydminster 66 46 0 16 1694 754 157 .940
INDIVIDUAL FIELDING LEADERS
Guffey, ED .985
White, RG .972
Rinks, RG .920
Cesar, RG .926
Nelson, NB .986
Haller, MJ, and Key, SK .983
Williams, RG 1.000
STANDING OF CLUBS AT CLOSE OF SEASON
MJM EDE SKG RGB NB LM W L T PCT GB
Moose Jaw 6 7 10 9 9 41 23 1 .641
Edmonton 5 8 7 10 7 37 26 0 .587 3.5
Saskatoon 6 6 7 7 10 36 31 0 .537 6.5
Regina 4 7 6 6 8 31 38 0 .449 12.5
North Battleford 4 4 6 8 6 28 40 0 .412 15.0
Lloydminster 4 3 4 6 8 25 40 1 .385 16.5
23 26 31 38 40 40
INDIVIDUAL FIELDING (Ten or More Games) FIRST BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Toft,MJM 10 66 3 0 7 1.000 Tucker,SKG 42 361 7 7 32 .981 Gregory,MJM 33 188 13 2 20 .990 Haller,MJM 21 150 4 3 11 .981 Kretschmar,SKG 10 79 5 1 4 .988 Jackson,RGB 28 241 22 6 24 .978 R.Williams,LM 31 283 23 4 21 .987 Goewert,SKG-NB* 66 521 27 13 43 .977 Guffey,EDE* 63 538 36 9 63 .985 Risher,LM 33 221 11 10 16 .959 Murphy,RGB 43 406 14 7 40 .984 McLeod,SKG-NB* 10 37 1 2 4 .950
SECOND BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Tucker,EDE 23 65 58 3 19 .976 Castanon,EDE 41 82 103 13 26 .934 White,RGB 67 177 203 11 41 .972 Brewer,SKG 55 141 151 26 30 .918 Birk,SKG-LM 43 125 134 10 28 .963 Lott,LM 18 68 42 11 11 .909 Stone,NB 61 158 151 14 40 .957 Wilson,NB 13 23 24 6 4 .887 Hoppe,MJM 65 164 168 18 38 .949 McCartney,SKG 12 23 36 9 7 .868
THIRD BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Cross,SKG 23 36 42 3 3 .963 W.Williams,LM 58 65 143 22 14 .904 Sada,EDE 14 7 33 2 1 .952 Tate,NB 67 72 147 29 11 .883 Pemberton,SKG 28 26 63 6 4 .937 Munatones,EDE 36 33 61 14 2 .870 Rinks,RGB 60 58 148 18 15 .920 McGhee,LM-SKG 12 10 21 5 0 .861 Temple,MJM 53 41 98 14 12 .908 Blewett,EDE 11 8 16 6 2 .800
SHORTSTOPS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Roberts,LM 15 22 40 4 5 .939 Maxcy,LM 23 32 69 12 13 .894 Phillips,SKG 29 56 85 11 15 .928 Bussan,NB 64 130 160 36 36 .890 Cesar,RGB 69 119 233 28 34 .926 Castanon,EDE 23 34 67 14 20 .878 W.Williams,LM 10 16 21 3 4 .925 Kretschmar,SKG 20 35 54 14 11 .864 Sada,EDE 41 68 130 17 28 .921 McCartney,SKG 13 21 29 11 3 .820 Robertson,MJM 52 95 126 23 24 .906 TRIPLE PLAY: Robertson
OUTFIELDERS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Munatones,EDE 17 26 3 0 0 1.000 Stefureak,NB-LM 14 19 0 1 0 .950 Risher,LM 16 26 0 0 0 1.000 Breckner,SKG 63 102 6 6 0 .947 Garcia,NB 17 15 0 0 0 1.000 Jackson,SKG 40 67 3 4 0 .946 (1) Blewett,EDE 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 Shahzade,RGB 60 92 6 6 1 .942 Nelson,NB 52 132 4 2 1 .986 Wilson,NB 59 95 2 6 0 .942 E.Rodriguez,MJM 65 126 9 3 1 .978 Tartabull,RGB* 36 60 3 4 0 .940 Yogi,RGB 64 161 11 4 0 .977 McGhee,LM-SKG 22 31 0 2 0 .939 Pemberton,SKG 21 36 1 1 1 .974 Roberts,LM 44 56 2 4 2 .935 Shollin,EDE 20 30 3 1 1 .971 Riney,EDE 28 39 0 3 0 .929 Herron,NB 67 113 11 4 1 .969 Birk,SKG-LM 14 23 2 2 1 .926 Martin,MJM 57 83 4 3 0 .967 Moriarty,LM* 41 61 4 7 0 .903 McCartney,SKG 36 81 5 3 0 .966 Kating,MJM 57 76 5 9 0 .900 Farily,EDE* 44 103 8 4 4 .965 Howard,SKG 20 20 3 3 1 .885 Jackson,RGB 21 24 2 1 0 .963 McLeod,SKG-NB* 11 13 1 2 0 .875 Tucker,SKG 12 24 1 1 0 .962 Berner,LM 13 10 0 2 0 .833 Zayas,LM 65 129 5 6 1 .957 Tanner,LM 10 7 0 2 0 .778 Elliot,EDE* 54 74 14 4 1 .957 TRIPLEPLAY: Kating.
(1) Printed stats showed a .944 fielding average, with the PO, A, & E noted should be .946.
CATCHERS G PO A E DP PB PCT G PO A E DP PB PCT Risher,LM 12 31 1 0 1 31.000 Jackson,RGB 11 36 3 1 0 3 .975 Haller,MJM 45 316 27 6 6 9 .983 Green,NB-LM 31 166 18 5 2 3 .974 Key,SKG 48 305 32 6 2 18 .983 Garrett,SKG 13 99 14 3 0 2 .974 Gregory,MJM 12 54 1 1 0 0 .982 Tanner,LM 51 283 40 10 5 1 .970 Sanders,SKG-MJM 10 50 4 1 0 0 .982 Carter,RGB 59 269 34 10 5 4 .968 Michaels,EDE 20 147 10 3 3 4 .981 Shollin,EDE 44 332 33 13 2 8 .966 Ford,NB 45 253 30 6 2 9 .979 Roberts,LM 11 36 5 2 0 2 .953
PITCHERS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Williams,RGB 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 Eigl,NB 20 2 9 1 0 .917 Vanderlaan,RGB 18 1 15 0 0 1.000 Kostenuik,MJM 13 6 11 2 0 .895 Evans,EDE 14 3 10 0 0 1.000 Garcia,NB 22 5 19 3 0 .889 Dayne,NB* 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 Halsey,RGB 12 4 16 3 1 .870 Miller,MJM* 19 3 9 0 0 1.000 Sylvester,EDE* 18 3 23 4 1 .867 Slusser,NB 21 9 27 1 1 .973 Anderson,SKG 21 1 17 3 0 .857 Hansen,LM 19 3 27 1 0 .968 Vold,EDE 27 5 15 4 1 .833 Berner,LM 19 5 21 1 2 .963 Martin,MJM 12 1 4 1 1 .833 Zeigler,EDE* 20 9 40 2 1 .961 Swartzkopf,MJM 11 1 4 1 0 .833 Read,SKG 18 5 18 1 2 .958 Gostlin,SKG-NB 10 2 3 1 0 .833 Nevers,MJM 22 3 16 1 0 .950 Lehow,LM-RGB* 24 5 13 4 1 .818 Stillman,LM 21 3 13 1 0 .941 Pieper,MJM* 22 0 22 5 2 .815 Walker,RGB 19 5 11 1 1 .941 Beene,SKG 21 3 18 5 0 .808 Hobson,SKG 19 1 12 1 0 .929 Stevens,SKG* 19 5 14 5 2 .792 Wiley,MJM 10 3 10 1 0 .929 Henry,LM* 25 4 18 6 1 .786 Griggs,NB 29 8 29 3 3 .925 Nodrell,RGB 19 4 13 5 0 .773 Fouste,RGB* 14 1 11 1 3 .923 Schall,SKG 19 0 5 2 0 .714 TRIPLE PLAY: Martin
SOUTHERN (SASKATCHEWAN) LEAGUE
Ed Bearss, shortstop and clean-up hitter for the Notre Dame Hounds, is the new Southern League batting champion and winner of the Dave Dryburgh Memorial trophy. Bearss clubbed out a total of 41 hits in 94 at bats for a lusty .436 mark to finish well ahead of Estevan's Gary McKechney who came in at .398 in the runner-up spot. Morris McNabb of Southey Red Sox was third at .387
Estevan teammates Gord McDonald and Gary McKechney tied for the most pitching wins, each with 7, while Vic Wall of Southey had the top winning percentage, with his 6-0 record. McKechney tied with Phil Resch of Notre Dame in appearing in the most games, 15, led in games started, 12, and tied with Dave Hoff of Weyburn for the most complete games, 8.
Average : Bearss ND/MJL - .436
Hits : Bearss ND/MJL - 41
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Bearss Ed ND/MJL 94 41 .436
McKechney Gary ES 83 33 .398
McNabb Morris SRS 75 29 .387
Wall Vic SRS 67 25 .373
Skjerven Gord AS 83 30 .361
Smith Glen MJL 59 21 .356
Hennenfent Mel MJL 68 24 .353
McEachern Ken SRS 68 24 .353
Nutzhorn Ray MJL 60 21 .350
Davis Bob ES 73 25 .342
Goodhue Sam SRS 79 27 .342
Donald Bob ND 50 17 .340
Hayes Garth MJL 62 21 .339
Greaves Barry WY 65 22 .338
Lawrick Nick AS 77 26 .338
Gilbert Ron RG 51 17 .333
Peerless Charlie SRS/MJL/RG 85 28 .329
McKechney Ron ES 67 22 .328
Cochrane Denny SRS 61 20 .328
Koemsteadt Rod AS 61 20 .328
Smail Murray MJL 59 19 .322
Kreuger Erwin ES 53 17 .321
Schnell Nasie ES 72 23 .319
Dundas Ron RG 47 15 .319
Wetsch Dale ES 66 21 .318
McCarron Cece WY 60 19 .317
Booth Ossie AS 79 25 .316
Pasch Ted MJL 64 20 .313
Campbell Gordon ND 61 19 .311
Lyons Jim ND 84 26 .310
North Wayne ES 82 25 .305
Blaisdell Wally MJL 46 14 .304
Palmer Bud MJL 48 14 .292
Heidt Ed RG 52 15 .288
Lovett Herb MJL 59 17 .288
Lysack Lou RG/MJL 59 17 .288
Huck Hugh ND 84 24 .286
Ruhr Lionel SRS 85 24 .282
Doetzl Ed ND 100 27 .270
Becker Walt "Wally" ES 78 21 .269
Prosofsky Ed SRS 52 14 .269
Woolley Don RG 67 18 .269
Sanderson Archie ND 45 12 .267
Erfle Rube AS 49 13 .265
Bent James "Buzz" WY 68 18 .265
Martin Doug ES 57 15 .263
White Jim AS 65 17 .262
Moser Luke SRS 73 19 .260
Townsend Ken ND 89 23 .258
Glazier Vern ND 91 23 .253
Bushko WY 40 10 .250
Franks Elmer WY 52 13 .250
Hingley Doug RG 48 12 .250
Manz Elton Al SRS 52 13 .250
McMillan Hugh WY 72 18 .250
Rennie Art SRS 52 13 .250
Schell Al RG 40 10 .250
Mohr Ken SRS 65 16 .246
Springer Merv "Chick" WY 65 16 .246
Lee Ron AS 57 14 .246
Brooks Ron MJL 49 12 .245
Elsom Charlie MJL 46 11 .239
Floyd Arnie RG 55 13 .236
Carr/Dombowsky Hugo ND 47 11 .234
Garner Jim "Baldy" WY 47 11 .234
Mang Wayne "Charlie" RG 60 14 .233
Covert Keith WY 56 13 .232
Fornwald Jonas ND 55 12 .218
Waterton Reg AS 65 14 .215
Ciocia George AS 62 13 .210
Nicholson WY 55 11 .200
Hoff Dave WY 66 13 .197 Source : Regina Leader-Post, September 14, 1957 Wins : Gord McDonald ES, Gary McKechney ES - 7 Won-Lost Pct : Vic Wall SRS - 6-0, 1.000 Games : McKechney ES, Phil Resch ND - 15 Games Started : McKechney ES - 12 Complete Games : McKechney ES, Dave Hoff WY - 8 SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
McDonald Gord ES 11 6 5 7 2 .778
McKechney Gary ES 15 12 8 7 3 .700
Wall Vic SRS 9 7 5 6 0 1.000
Devine Jack MJL 8 7 6 6 2 .750
Resch Phil ND 15 11 6 6 3 .667
Leverick Tom SRS 8 3 2 4 0 1.000
Peerless Charlie SRS 8 7 4 4 3 .571
Blaisdell Wally MJL 9 7 4 4 3 .571
Skjerven Gord AS 9 8 5 4 5 .444
Maloney Paul ES 5 3 1 3 0 1.000
Blondeau Guy RC 7 7 4 3 2 .600
Carr Hugh ND 11 6 4 3 4 .429
Richardson Wes SRS 4 4 0 2 1 .667
Hall John AS 8 3 2 2 1 .667
Bearss Eddie ND 7 2 2 2 2 .500
Bobowski Ed RC 9 7 6 2 4 .333
Bell Bob MJL 3 0 0 1 0 1.000
Nutzhorn Ray MJL 2 1 1 1 0 1.000
Genge Mark MJL 2 1 1 1 0 1.000
Campbell Gordon ND 2 2 1 1 0 1.000
Townsend Ken ND 2 1 1 1 0 1.000
Guillaume George MJL 2 2 1 1 1 .500
Lowes Al AS 7 4 1 1 2 .333
Pearson Paul AS 10 5 3 1 3 .250
Hoff Dave WY 13 9 8 1 7 .125
Weckerly Ron SRS 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Batley Chris SRS 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Marshall Keith MJL 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Tumback John ND 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Griffin Dick ND 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Lee Ron AS 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dodds Doug RC 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Lysack Lou RC 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Lauterbach Ed WY 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Mohr Ken SRS 1 1 1 0 1 .000
McKechney Ron ES 3 2 1 0 1 .000
Doerr Jack ES 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Hobbs Bob MJL 2 2 1 0 1 .000
Hall Ronnie RC 1 0 0 0 1 .000
McFadyen George RC 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Harrison Cliff RC 3 1 0 0 1 .000
Sirdar John WY 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Ruttergar Rod WY 1 1 0 0 1 .000
McCarron Cece WY 3 1 1 0 1 .000
Flichel Morley WY 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Hogg Ralph WY 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Heidt Ed RC 2 2 0 0 2 .000
Covert Keith WY 7 4 1 0 2 .000
Franks Elmer WY 4 3 2 0 2 .000
Scott Dick WY 2 2 1 0 2 .000
Floyd Arnie RC 7 5 4 0 4 .000 SRS = Southey Red Sox, ES = Estevan Maple Leafs, MJL = Moose Jaw Lakers, ND = Notre Dame Houngs, AS = Assiniboia Aces, RC = Regina Cardinals, WY = Weyburn Beavers
FOOTHILLS - WHEATBELT LEAGUE
Picture Butte's Bobby Lee captured the Foothills-Wheatbelt batting crown with a .424 average according to final statistics released by the league. Augie Scornaienchi of Vulcan finished well back with a .382 mark. Marty Hurd of Calgary was third at .378 and Jim Lester of Granum fourth at .355. Johnny Vaselenak topped the circuit in homers with 11. Hurd knocked in the most runs, 41.
Don Kirk of the Calgary Dodgers, with a 7-0 pitching mark, had the top winning percentage. Chuck Dailey of Vulcan captured the most wins, 8, and made the most starts, 13. \
Average : Bobby Lee PB - .424 Hits : Lee PB & Ron Laughlin VU - 452 Doubles : Ken Mitchell CGD - 11 Triples : Hank Bassen CGD - 3 Home Runs : John Vaselenak GR - 11 Runs : Marty Hurd CGD - 40 RBI : Hurd CGD - 41 Stolen Bases : Bill Fennessey GR - 15 At Bats : Dennis Totland CGD - 138 FOOTHILLS-WHEATBELT LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Lee Bobby PB 42 .424
Scornaienchi Augie VU .382
Hurd Marty CGD 40 41 .378
Lester Jim GR .355
Bassen Hank CGD 3 .347
Vaselenak John GR 11 .347
Ingarfield Earl LBM 113 22 39 5 2 6 1 31 .345
Goto Owen PB .344
Hanoian Larry PB .342
Houck Jim VU .339
Fennessey Bill GR 15 .338
Yanosik Clarence LBM 114 30 38 4 1 9 3 28 .333
Alvarez Art VU .330
Pung Hans PB .330
Laughlin Ron VU 42 .328
Jantzie Don VU .325
Mitchell Ken CGD 11 .322
Sztaba Mitch LBM 113 19 36 6 0 6 1 25 .319
Horton Itch VU .315
Vejprava Gordon GR .312
Warnick Al LBM 52 2 16 0 0 0 0 1 .308
Tarnava Joe LBM 121 26 36 5 2 1 14 10 .298
Deak Frank LBM 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Phillips John LBM 31 2 8 2 0 0 0 2 .258
Klem Johnny LBM 111 20 26 5 0 2 6 19 .234
Moore Larry LBM 71 6 15 0 0 2 1 9 .211
Stasiuk Vic LBM 99 12 20 3 0 1 3 9 .202
Kucheran Bill LBM 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Ferens Don LBM 29 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 .172
Colwill Les LBM 109 16 18 2 0 1 1 10 .165
Speyer Frank LBM 22 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 .136
Nyrose Bert LBM 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Scott Ray LBM 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067
Kjeldgaard Jerry LBM 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .043
Remple Dick LBM 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Weremy Joe LBM 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rice Wes LBM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totland Dennis CGD 138 n/a Source : Lethbridge Herald, August 16, 1957 Wins : Dailey VU - 8 Won-Lost Pct : Kirk CGD - 7-0 Games Started - Dailey VU - 13 Complete Games - Warnick LBM - 8 Innings : Warnick LBM - 113 Strikeouts : Warnick LBM - 92 FOOTHILLS-WHEATBELT FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Warnick Al LBM 8 8 113 61 92
Dailey Chuck VU 13 8
Davidson Billy Joe MH 8
Kirk Don CGD 7 0 GR = Granum White Sox, CGD = Calgary Dodgers, VU = Vulcan Elks, PB = Picture Butte Indians, LBM = Lethbridge Miners, MH = Medicine Hat Superiors
MANDAK LEAGUE
In the final season of the ManDak League, Bismarck's Len Van De Hey hit .404 to win the batting title well ahead of Minot's Zoonie McLean who finished second with a .365 mark. Bill Lynn of Williston clouted the ball at a .459 clip but, with just 122 at bats, was not eligible for the batting title.
Williston's Bill Raehse was tops in homers, with 19, and led the league in runs batted in, with 88 (a ManDak League record). Jackie Bowes and Jack Ackers, both of Bismarck were the top hurlers, each with 10 wins. Bowes finished with a 3.62 ERA, Ackers at 6.21 (Adapted from Barry Swanton's The ManDak League)
Average : Len VanDeHey BI - .404 Hits : VanDeHey BI - 113 Doubles : Zoonie McLean MI - 26 Triples : Willard Brown MI & Jesse Rogers MI - 9 Home Runs : Bill Raehse WL - 19 RBI : Raehse WL - 88 MANDAK FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Lynn Bill WL 122 56 7 1 5 33 .459
VanDeHey Len BI 280 113 20 5 10 66 .404
Mclean Zoonie MI 274 100 26 3 9 58 .365
Rogers Jesse MI 292 106 20 9 14 66 .363
Adair Jerry WL 101 36 5 2 0 8 .356
Sharp Bill WL 167 57 4 0 1 18 .341
Jarvis Gideon MI 136 46 11 2 5 26 .338
Bush Carl MI 287 97 15 3 11 55 .338
Johnson Gene BI 259 87 13 7 11 36 .336
Massaro Joe WL 268 90 21 2 2 55 .336
Lyons Al BR 229 76 9 2 12 46 .332
Raeshe Bill WL 261 85 15 2 19 88 .326
Leap Al BI 260 83 11 0 14 53 .319
Cain Sugar MI 88 28 0 8 .318
Hockenbury Bill BI 192 60 9 3 11 52 .313
Giuliano Tom BR 272 84 11 4 1 24 .309
Brown Willard MI 150 46 9 9 9 29 .307
Ackers Jack BI 184 56 12 0 9 44 .304
Bowman Ed WL 89 27 5 0 0 7 .303
Bowman Duke MI 137 41 9 3 3 23 .299
Paylor Carl WL 289 86 17 2 10 39 .298
Lewis Doug BR 286 84 12 6 2 37 .294
Molonari Steve WL 130 38 1 0 4 17 .292
Elkins Preston WL 152 44 8 1 6 25 .289
McNeal Clyde BI 249 72 16 6 16 61 .289
Lawing Garland BR 229 66 12 3 6 39 .288
Neri Frank BI 258 73 11 2 11 30 .283
Orner Chuck MI 233 64 19 4 2 28 .275
Lott Benjamin BR 165 45 4 3 2 21 .273
Sanoff Jack WL 11 3 1 0 0 2 .273
Thonn Dick BI 238 64 7 2 3 26 .269
Messina Buddy MI 242 65 9 2 12 33 .269
Moore Dee BR 56 15 1 0 0 8 .268
Weatherly Roy WL 65 17 7 0 2 9 .262
MacKay Gerry BR 265 68 10 1 4 27 .257
Louden Lou BR 195 50 5 0 3 24 .256
Wilcox Ralph BR 176 45 6 2 9 37 .256
Ball Bob WL 16 4 4 1 0 0 .250
Meland Bruce BI 8 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Anderson Andy MI 293 73 11 4 10 37 .249
Tanana Frank WL 57 14 2 0 4 8 .246
Konyar Pete WL 92 22 1 1 1 8 .239
Healy Fran WL 126 30 7 2 0 18 .238
Morgenstern Howard MI 9 2 0 0 0 1 .222
Rous Bob BR 188 41 4 5 7 25 .218
Smith Don MI 101 22 3 0 1 14 .218
Perez Mike BI 166 36 4 2 0 14 .217
Mayling Rudy MI/WI 133 28 7 0 10 22 .211
Williams Dewey WL 30 5 0 1 0 1 .167
Rowan Tom WL 31 4 0 0 0 0 .129
Munyer Billy WL 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Source : Statistics compiled by ManDak historian Barry Swanton Wins : Bowes BI, Ackers BI - 10 ERA : Lyons BR - 3.08 MAN-DAK LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Adair, Jerry WL 1 0 1.000 2 5 0.00
Moore, Dee BR 1 0 1.000 6 10 1.10
Sanoff, Jack WL 3 0 1.000 6 26 2.07
Lyons, Al BR 9 4 .692 19 42 3.08
Bowes, Jack BI 10 5 .667 45 73 3.34
Bennett, Bob BR 7 10 .412 76 98 3.62
Cain, Sugar MI 7 5 .583 34 61 3.94
Upton, Bill MI 7 6 .538 29 40 3.96
Hockenbury, Bill BI 0 1 .000 15 13 4.23
Oster, Bill MI 9 5 .643 59 58 4.27
Gibbons, Dirk MI 3 9 .250 60 51 4.33
Yanen, Bob WL 7 9 .438 41 62 4.41
Fitzgerald, John BI 6 4 .600 59 44 4.75
McGlothin, Gib BR 7 4 .636 42 31 4.89
Schwartz, Frank BI 7 6 .538 39 60 5.09
Andre, John MI 3 3 .500 43 35 5.37
Hale, Jack MI 6 6 .500 63 46 5.49
Ackers, Jack BI 10 6 .625 84 55 6.21
Smith, Jay WL 0 0 .000 8 4 6.23
Best, Bill WL 5 4 .556 25 42 6.38
Wiiliams, Ed WL 2 6 .250 21 41 6.49
Rowan, Tom WL 0 1 .000 2 7 6.75
Bachmann, Kaye BI 6 9 .400 64 21 6.79
Elkins, Preston WL 6 6 .500 35 48 7.03
Lawing, Garland BR 1 2 .333 20 22 7.04
Rous, Bob BR 2 2 .500 18 10 7.23
Hahn, Elwin WL 3 1 .750 12 28 7.47
Johnson, Norm WL/BR 7 10 .412 68 31 7.52
Gettel, Al WL 1 3 .250 2 12 7.82
Mathews, Roy WL 1 1 .500 1 1 9.01
Anderson, Andy MI 1 0 1.000 2 2 12.00 Budz, Norman MI 0 0 .000
Harder, Gerry BI 0 0 .000
Wright, Mort BR 0 0 .000
McCollum, Frank MI 0 1 .000
Cashill, Gerry BR 0 1 .000
Funai, Ed BR 0 1 .000
Leap, Al BI 0 1 .000
Hein, Mel BR 0 1 .000 * Stats compiled by Man-Dak historian Barry Swanton from Minot Daily News and boxscores. BI = Bismarck Barons, MI = Minot Mallards, WL = Williston Oilers, BR = Brandon Greys
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE
Gord Beecroft of the Kamloops Okonots captured the batting crowd in the 1957 Okanagan Mainline League finishing with an outstanding .493 mark, nearly 30 points ahead of runner-up Frank Fritz of Princeton. Gord Mundle of Oliver was third, at .447, and Sam Drossos of Penticton followed at .438. Jack Cleveland of Oliver was fifth, with a .390 average. (Only the full Kelowna & Vernon statistics are available, the Vernon numbers not final).
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Beecroft Gord KAM 67 33 .493 Fritz Frank PRN 86 40 .465 Mundle Gord OLE 76 34 .447 Drossos Sam PEN 64 28 .438 Cleveland Jack OLE 59 23 .390 Kashuba Alex VER 74 26 .351 Burgart Lloyd PEN 88 30 .341 Schnider Richie OLE 95 32 .337 Taylor George SUM 82 27 .329 Martino Bill KEL 82 26 .317 Burtch Charlie PEN 64 20 .313 Ito Hromi KEL 75 23 .307 Sarich George PRN 69 21 .304 Kaiser Joe KEL 79 24 .304
KELOWNA ORIOLES
Wickenheiser Vic 12 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 .583
Campbell Bob 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .500
Martino Bill 82 20 26 4 0 6 3 24 .317
Ito Hromi 75 25 23 1 0 0 8 8 .307
Kaiser Joe 79 15 24 2 0 0 0 4 .304
Schaefer Les 38 7 11 1 0 2 0 5 .289
Kielbiski Ed 42 4 11 1 0 0 0 6 .262
Schaefer Al 27 2 7 1 0 0 0 2 .259
Wickenheiser Rich 31 5 8 3 0 0 1 5 .258
Culos Johnny 90 20 22 2 0 3 2 17 .244
Graff Red 45 7 11 2 0 0 0 5 .244
Gatherum Dave 27 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 .222
Jablonski Greg 57 8 11 1 0 1 3 4 .193
Favell Cec 54 3 10 1 0 0 1 2 .185
Barber Gerry 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .182
Englesby Bud 52 7 7 1 0 0 0 3 .135
Radies Bob 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Tostenson Hank 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .125
Gamie Merv 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cundliffe Wilf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Denbow Jack 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
VERNON CLIPPERS
Kashuba Alex 18 68 24 .353
Dye Vern 14 44 15 .341
Keckalo Walter 6 15 5 .333
Keckalo Russ 17 59 19 .322
Kashuba Johnny 20 70 20 .286
Stecyk Tom 13 39 11 .282
Stecyk Walt 19 59 16 .271
Munk Al 15 29 7 .241
Christie Wilf 12 26 6 .231
Johnson R.(Bob) 7 27 6 .222
Adams Ray 22 79 17 .215
Hay Doug 19 53 10 .189
Blaney Vern 7 13 2 .154
DeRosa A.(Tony) 6 14 2 .143
McLeod Jim 8 17 2 .118
Kornitsky Joe 10 30 3 .100
Jellison Jerry 20 60 5 .083
Source : Kelowna Courier, September 24, 1957 & Vernon News, September 9, 1957
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE
Jim Dickey, of Listowel Legionnaires, took the batting title in the Intercounty League, with a .377 percentage. Tedd Bogal of St. Thomas belted nine homers to take the home run crown. Dickey and Joe Yosurak of Kitchener tied for the most runs batted in, 26.
Bill Jamieson of the St. Thomas Elgins topped the hurlers with a 9-2 won-lost record.
Average : Dickey LS - .377 Hits : Psutka Harry KR - 45 Home Runs : Bogal Ted STT - 9 RBI : Dickey LS, Yosurak KR - 26 Stolen Bases : Kucker Pete LS, Maltby Clare LS - 8 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Dickey Jim LS .377 Source : Intercounty Record Book Wins : Jamieson STT - 9 Won-Lost Pct : Jamieson STT - .818 Strikeouts : Paton Ross OV - 106 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Jamieson Bill STT 9 2 .818
Source : Intercounty Record Book OV=Oakville Oaks, KW=Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, STT=St. Thomas Elgins, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph Plymouths, LS=Listowel Legionnaires
GREAT LAKES-NIAGARA LEAGUE
Stan "Gabby" Anderson of the London Majors captured the batting crown in the inaugural season of the Great Lakes - Niagara League. Anderson finished with a .403 mark. Only the London stats are available.
Average : Anderson LDN - .403
GREAT LAKES-NIAGARA LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Anderson Stan LDN .403
Mayes Don LDN .367
Creighton Dale LDN .310
Wilson Jerry LDN .279
McLennan Don LDN .268
Zubyk Billy LDN .266
Mendham Danny LDN .115
Source : London Free Press / LDN=London Majors
BASIN LEAGUE : Incomplete.
Incomplete.
BASIN LEAGUE (Incomplete) G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Angel Bob PC 10 1 5 0 2 .500
Schwall Don MK 14 4 7 1 2 .500
Staab ED YT 50 12 20 6 13 .400
Todd Dayton RCC 103 15 39 2 16 .379
Huffstetler John VH 16 4 6 0 4 .375
Bowman Duke HU 75 13 28 5 0 1 19 .373 a
Howard Frank RCC 97 29 36 8 34 .371
Blash George WLS 54 13 20 5 16 .370
Belak Joe WP 38 8 14 0 7 .368
Quayle Don RCC 57 9 21 5 25 .368
Fisher Eddie MK 22 0 8 1 2 .364
Tanana Frank WP 107 21 38 6 26 .355
Vodicka Jerry VH 85 20 30 4 13 .353
Horning Bill WLS 117 23 41 3 19 .350
Frisina Joe VH 95 16 33 0 12 .347
Feldman John YT 101 19 35 0 21 .347
Hunt Len RCC 81 20 28 2 17 .346
Boone Ron P 96 23 33 2 12 .344
Ranson Jim WP 99 27 34 3 20 .343
Adzick Nick VH 83 11 28 0 10 .337
Stella Don HU 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 .333 a
Torpey Joe CC 51 13 17 1 9 .333
Carey Lee RCC 97 26 32 4 22 .330
Howser Dick WLS 88 26 29 2 7 .330
Crouch Jack T 111 24 36 3 15 .324
Brodeur Denny HU 34 6 11 1 0 0 2 .324 a
White Bill VH 73 13 23 3 11 .315
Daugherty Hal MK 108 22 34 9 38 .315
Hamrick Hank PC 16 2 5 1 1 .313
Risinger Tony MK 16 5 5 0 2 .313
Kiddy Allen MK 110 19 34 3 15 .309
Kelliher Andy RCC 23 3 7 0 2 .304
Buckstead Joe YT 112 21 34 2 13 .304
Frye Ken PC 149 45 7 6 31 .302 b
O'Keefe Pat WP 107 16 32 3 18 .299
Cloud Buster WLS 91 22 27 2 15 .297
Adair Jerry HU 102 15 30 2 0 4 11 .294 a
Rayburn Tom WP 72 13 21 1 6 .292
Wahl Kermit WLS 31 5 9 1 4 .290
Lindblom WLS 100 16 29 3 12 .290
Goldy Purnal WLS 103 16 29 6 20 .282
Nipp Don VH 25 1 7 0 2 .280
Snyders Ray HU 18 3 5 4 0 0 0 .278 a
Juelke Connie HU 135 37 7 2 5 20 .274 c
Emery Cal WLS 84 20 23 8 26 .274
Shirley Jack MK 11 0 3 0 1 .273
Tretiak Paul YT 78 10 21 1 8 .269
Bowman Ed HU 86 10 23 2 0 0 7 .267 a
Pawlow Dick MK 87 20 23 0 1 .264
Smallwood Sick PC 19 2 5 0 2 .263
Jorgensen Merlyn YT 80 12 21 2 10 .263
Robison Vince VH 92 11 24 4 11 .261
Bonczek Lonegan PC 96 12 25 2 3 .260
Falk Tom YT 100 22 26 0 5 .260
Lutz Joe MK 81 18 21 9 21 .259
White Bob VH 85 13 22 8 26 .259
Montgomery Don PC 58 8 15 3 7 .259
McKee Vern HU 129 33 2 20 .256 c
Ackerman Dick HU 133 34 8 19 14 .256 c
Mayling Rudy HU 51 7 13 0 0 1 9 .255 a
Samford Bob HU 28 22 7 1 0 0 3 .250 a
Schrieber Ted WP 105 13 26 0 3 .248
Hunt Phil YT 106 22 26 0 5 .245
George VH/MK 103 13 25 1 14 .243
Donovan Paul WLS 91 19 22 2 15 .242
Betz Bob HU 25 5 6 2 0 2 2 .240 a
Herrnstein John PC 7 .240 b
Ware Al WP 100 13 24 3 24 .240
O'Toole Jim MK 17 4 4 0 1 .235
Shoemaker Jack VH 51 7 12 0 4 .235
Orton Tom HU 75 8 17 1 11 .227
Burr Bob MK 80 6 18 4 7 .225
Allen Red HU 18 22 4 0 0 0 0 .222 a
Ellis Chuck RCC 99 23 22 1 9 .222
O'Connor Tom VH 27 6 6 0 0 .222
Paskiewwicz Hank RCC 104 20 23 1 10 .221
Wingo Al WP 14 1 3 0 1 .214
Orton Tom HU 101 11 21 6 0 1 13 .208 a
Maynard Pete PC 73 8 15 0 5 .205
Allen Bob PC 112 17 23 1 5 .205
Haroldson Bruce RCC 10 1 2 0 0 .200
Watts Gil PC 45 2 9 0 2 .200
Janocha MK 91 15 18 7 18 .198
Walker Steve PC 92 13 17 0 3 .185
Little Dick WP 38 6 7 0 2 .184
Radatz Dick WLS 22 1 4 0 0 .182
Williams Bob HU 22 5 4 0 0 0 2 .182 a
Greenhagen Duaine PC 39 5 7 1 2 .179
Kuehl Dewey HU 112 10 20 6 0 0 11 .179 a
Murray Ray VH 17 1 3 0 0 .176
Thies Dave HU 29 4 5 2 0 1 2 .172 a
Wise Harry YT 29 3 5 0 0 .172
Semon Sid WP/PC 64 4 11 0 3 .172
Bowman Wally HU 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 a
Guenthner Bert WLS 12 2 2 1 3 .167
Lebedz George VH 24 8 4 0 4 .167
Martin Billy YT 102 13 17 3 13 .167
Swota Andy HU 36 3 6 1 0 0 2 .167 a
Clary Dave RCC 79 13 13 0 5 .165
Hammond Jim VH 25 3 4 0 0 .160
Schmid George RCC 25 4 4 1 6 .160
Wellman Guy RCC 25 2 4 0 1 .160
Dalluge Harlan RCC 20 2 3 0 1 .150
McCaig Tom WP 20 1 3 0 0 .150
Ridenour Bob VH 20 1 3 0 1 .150
Messick Harry PC 90 9 13 1 5 .144
French Curtis VH 21 1 3 0 1 .143
Perranoski Ron WLS 16 2 2 1 3 .125
Tedesco Bob HU 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 .125 a
Branson Bill YT 17 2 2 0 1 .118
Wiegand Dick RCC 17 2 1 0 0 .059
Cashill Jerry HU 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Dale Jerry HU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a
McDuffie Fred HU 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Satchell Darrell HU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a Source : The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, July 28, 1957
(a) Incomplete Huron stats, published August 6
(b) Final Pierre stats, published August 22
(c) Final Huron stats, published August 28 BASIN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Swota Andy HU 6 5 .545 91 84 36 24 19 40 2.37 a
Dickey Jim PC 4 1 .800 2.29 b
Thies Dave HU 5 4 .556 89 87 46 33 46 71 3.32 a
Tedesco Bob HU 2 0 1.000 33 27 16 13 26 33 3.58 a
Dale Jerry HU 0 2 .000 20 23 10 9 7 8 4.05 a
Cashill Jerry HU 1 3 .250 31 20 16 17 16 4.69 a
Snyders Ray HU 4 3 .571 54 7 52 36 24 34 6.00 a
Hamrick Hank PC 4 6 .400 b
Smallwood Dick PC 3 9 .250 101 b
Schwall Don MK * 8 2 .800
(a) Aug 28 The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN (b) Aug 22 The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN * No-Hitter RCC=Rapid City Chiefs, MK= Mitchell Kernels, WLS=Watertown Lake Sox, HU=Huron Elks, YT=Yankton Terrys, WP=Winner Pheasants, PC=Pierre Cowboys, VH=Valentine Hearts
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE
Dick Newberry of Rochester Royals set a Southern Minnesota League record in 1957 in winning the batting crown with a .420 average, well ahead of Bill Ankoviak of Albert Lea and Dick Lubinski of Rochester who tied at .401. Newberry's sensational season topped the .404 modern era mark set by Jack Verby of Mankato in 1948. Dick Cordell, the homer king, with 20, was fourth at .374. Newberry led the loop in runs and hits. Frank Brown of Mason City knocked in the most runs, 49.
Fred Brenzel of Faribault captured the most pitching wins, 11, while teammate Hal Hudson had the best winning percentage with 9 wins and just 2 losses.
AVE : Newberry ROC - .420
RUNS : Newberry ROC - 46
HITS : Newberry ROC - 76
2B : Brown MAC - 20
3B : Three tied with 3
HR : Cordell AUS - 20
RBI : Brown MAC - 49
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Newberry Dick ROC 46 76 14 15 .420
Ankoviak Bill LEA 42 162 28 65 9 0 12 44 .401
Lubinski Dick ROC 34 65 3 .401
Cordell Dick AUS 41 171 64 14 0 20 42 .374
Banton Herb FAI 65 .369
Regelsku Dolph FAR 13 .366
Staples Ken FAI 12 .363
Lawler Jim MAC 24 53 5 19 1 0 1 9 .358
Ackerman Jerry FAI .356
Boiko Fred FAR 42 67 14 3 15 .353
Pennington Art MAC 43 174 44 61 10 1 13 42 .351
House Sam AUS 9 26 9 1 0 1 6 .346
Boles Howie LEA 38 154 29 53 13 0 11 26 .344
Radebach Buster FAR .327
Parenti Al AUS 22 90 29 8 0 1 10 .322
Kaess Dick FAR 40 .313
Schultz Howie FAR .305
Riggenbach Bob AUS 41 165 50 10 0 6 20 .303
Brown Frank MAC 43 189 29 57 20 0 11 49 .302
Rinaldi Denny MAC 26 108 17 32 3 1 4 16 .296
Berger Bud MAC 22 69 11 20 5 1 0 4 .290
Bruns Paul MAC 23 49 9 14 0 0 2 9 .286
Snyder Hal LEA 16 39 5 11 3 0 2 3 .282
Wilkinson Jim AUS 33 132 37 5 0 2 15 .280
Flores Paul LEA 42 156 35 43 4 1 16 36 .276
Sichko Mike LEA 42 168 24 46 8 0 6 19 .274
Bellotti Carl LEA 42 173 33 47 3 3 1 11 .272
Raso Joey AUS 40 149 40 10 1 4 17 .268
Lindgren Red AUS 43 164 43 4 1 8 30 .262
Tracy Burt AUS 16 54 14 1 0 3 8 .259
Brummer Don MAC 41 187 16 48 3 0 2 17 .257
Petschow Don MAC 43 168 29 43 9 0 10 28 .256
Hochstatter Earl LEA 42 166 19 42 5 0 8 25 .253
Rye Doug LEA 6 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Stalker Ed LEA 16 49 4 12 1 0 1 4 .245
Morgan Dick LEA 39 142 12 34 6 0 6 21 .239
Notermann Dick MAC 41 130 19 31 3 0 3 18 .238
Harrison Hal MAC 30 115 15 26 5 0 0 3 .226
Scheuerman MAC 18 49 6 11 1 0 2 6 .224
Haddican Hal LEA 29 121 18 27 3 0 2 8 .223
Ciola Lou AUS 24 48 10 1 0 2 6 .208
Folkes Fred MAC 43 183 26 37 6 1 0 22 .202
March Ed LEA 16 33 1 6 0 0 1 2 .182
Paige Wayne MAC 9 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 .182
Spasoff Pete AUS 13 19 3 0 0 0 4 .158
Koolbeck Rich LEA 19 33 6 5 1 0 0 4 .152
Felker Whitey LEA 19 51 0 7 0 0 0 2 .137
Fessette Les LEA 10 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 .125
Whitehead Jack LEA 11 42 6 5 2 0 0 1 .119
Freese Bill MAC 22 33 6 3 0 0 0 1 .091
Rabung Charlie AUS 11 23 2 0 0 0 0 .087
Schultz Mike LEA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Walch Jim LEA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Berns Ray FAR 13
Dahlke Don FAI 58 15
Frey Charlie MAK 45
Goody Sam WIN 36
Martin Olin ROC 11
Nielson Milt FAI 57
Nodar Joe WIN 35
Seguso Art AUS-WIN 34 16
Weathers Charlie MAK 14
Weiss Chuck MAK 3 15
AUS=Austin, FAI=Fairmont, FAR=Faribault, LEA=Albert Lea, MAC=Mason City,
MAK=Mankato, ROC=Rochester, WIN=WInona
Source : Albert Lea Tribune, September 11 & August 29, 1957; Austin Daily Herald,
August 26, 1957; Mason City Globe-Gazette, August 27, 1957
WINS : Brenzel FAR - 11
PCT : Hudson FAR - .818
IP : Foley ROC - 146
SO : Foley ROC - 119
ERA : Ciola AUS - 3.07
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE W L PCT IP H R BB SO ERA Ciola Lou AUS 5 2 .714 100 24 38 3.07 Pritts Harry FAI 128 64 3.23 Hoffman Myron FAI 5 3 .625 3.25 Davis Herb MAK 145 3.34 Felker Whitey LEA-AUS 9 5 .643 131 94 3.65 Rabung Charlie AUS 5 2 .714 60 19 25 3.93 Hudson Hal FAR 9 2 .818 135 81 4.07 Bloxam Loyal FAI 151 102 4.42 Brenzel Fred FAR 11 5 .688 125 64 4.46 Foley Pat ROC 146 119 4.61 Freese Bill MAC 9 3 .750 88 93 36 58 Scheuerman Tom MAC 6 2 .750 118 104 44 89 Paul Lee WIN 8 3 .727 76 Lawler Jim MAC 5 8 .385 111 116 45 56 Paige Wayne MAC 1 2 .333 32 34 12 16 Spasoff Pete AUS 2 5 .286 63 26 50 Barnhardt Jim FAR 97 Evans Leo MAK 122 Nehring Merlin WIN 121 86
PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Andy Kuchurian of the Willow River Red Sox captured the 1957 batting title in the Prince George and District League, topping Frank Bencher of Prince George Athletics for the crown. Kuchurian, with a .460 average in 50 at bats, was nearly fourty points ahead of his nearest challenger. Norm Gronskei of the Quesnel Clippers was third. Gary Tuttle of the Clippers and Willie McDermid of the Red Sox tied for the most homers, each with three.
Tom Bryan of the Clippers finished with a perfect 6-0 won-lost record to top the hurlers.
PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LEAGU GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Kuchurian Andy WRR 50 23 0 .460
Bencher Frank PGA 64 27 0 .422
Gronskei Norm QCP 42 15 1 .357
Crutchley W.(Bill) QLM 50 17 1 .340
Bachman Ken QCP 51 17 0 .333
Stevenson Frank QCP 51 17 0 .333
Tuttle Gary QCP 50 16 3 .320
Cruikshank Gordie PGA 69 22 2 .319
Stettner Andy PGA 47 15 1 .319
Festerling Oscar QCP 45 13 1 .289
McDermid Willie WRR 3
PGA=Prince George Athletics, PGC=Prince George Canadas,QCP=Quesnel Clippers,
QLM=Quesnel Lumbermen, WRR=Willow River Red Sox
Source : Prince George Citizen, August 12, 1957
PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LEAGU G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Bryan Tom QCP 6 0 1.000
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE
The H&D League operated with only four teams for the first time in its history in 1957, when Halifax and Liverpool chose to fold their operations. Kentville third-baseman Jack Kubiszyn, who had played two previous years with the Larrupers, was the league batting leader with a .358 average followed by second-baseman Harry Lee Lloyd of the Dartmouth Arrows at .324. The only other player in the .300 circle was Bob Coccodrilli who chipped in with a .313 average for Dartmouth.
Ray Looney, another Arrow, was the homerun leader with 11 round trippers in 158 at bats. Among non-qualifiers, Kentville native Billy Wade chipped in with a .301 average in 63 appearances splitting time on the mound with backup appearances at first-base. Truro’s Chook Maxwell was stolen base leader with 11.
On the mound, Dartmouth’s John Stokoe went 6-1 with a sparkling 1.80 ERA. Other solid pitching performances came from Jack McGInley (Stellarton) 4-4 and 2.52, Jim Craig of the Arrows 5-3 and 2.53; old pro Eddie Lyons 4-3 and 2.76 and Hal Deitz 4-3 and 3.11. Both Lyons and Deitz were with Kentville. Future major league bonus baby Ralph Lumenti struck 90 batters in 66 innings for Truro.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Kubiszyn Jack KTV 44 163 30 58 10 2 7 3 28 .356 Lloyd HarryLee DAR 43 173 31 56 15 5 3 7 35 .324 Coccodrilli Bob DAR 43 163 33 51 11 0 4 5 24 .313 Czerniakowski Ed KTV 44 163 34 48 16 2 4 2 22 .294 Looney Ray DAR 43 158 41 46 8 2 11 6 34 .291 Cooper Joe SLL 41 156 27 45 11 1 8 2 20 .288 Deitz Emmett SLL 42 154 22 43 6 1 8 1 24 .279 Maxwell Stan(Chook) TRU 43 168 26 46 3 3 5 11 26 .274 Rancourt Larry KTV 44 164 31 43 8 2 3 1 21 .262
Nicholas Herb TRU 46 161 32 42 5 1 5 2 27 .261 Morgan Tom KTV 42 142 27 37 5 3 0 10 18 .261 Garafola John KTV 38 131 17 33 2 5 5 3 15 .252 Hoch Art DAR 43 168 26 42 9 4 3 4 38 .250 Hafer Don DAR 43 160 24 40 6 2 8 6 29 .250 McMillan Rex SLL 43 140 25 35 6 3 4 4 16 .250 Phillips Jack SLL 45 152 21 37 7 4 3 0 23 .243 Rabbits Jack SLL 44 165 20 39 9 1 2 7 24 .236 Liptak Ron KTV 44 147 26 34 14 0 4 3 23 .231 Pike Charley TRU 46 154 35 35 3 5 0 8 19 .227 Stokoe John DAR 33 116 24 26 2 2 1 3 8 .224 McGowan Jack KTV 38 112 10 25 3 3 2 6 14 .223 Mendez Hugh TRU 45 154 23 34 3 2 1 10 14 .221 Brissette Paul DAR 38 148 14 32 4 2 2 1 13 .216 McCafferty George TRU 46 160 24 34 7 0 5 3 27 .213 Keating Dick KTV 42 128 16 27 4 0 3 2 16 .211 Tierney Tom TRU 46 160 22 33 9 1 2 7 27 .206 Baker Al SLL 43 167 20 30 7 0 1 1 10 .180 (FEWER THAN 111 ABs) Wade Bill KTV 26 63 9 19 1 1 0 3 7 .302 Brendle Paul DAR 24 49 8 14 1 0 2 0 8 .286 Parent Leo SLL 27 46 8 13 4 0 2 0 8 .283 Craig Jim DAR 17 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Scannell Tom TRU 20 73 12 20 2 0 0 0 6 .274 Barnett Bill SLL 19 75 11 19 1 0 2 0 8 .253 Farino Jim KTV 13 32 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Deitz Hal KTV 17 24 2 6 2 1 0 0 2 .250 Lumenti Ralph TRU 24 41 4 10 1 0 1 0 6 .244 Stallings Jack TRU 23 67 5 16 2 0 0 0 7 .239 Ford Bill DAR 15 21 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Krop Bob KTV 15 17 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 .235
MacLeod Don TRU 21 39 3 9 1 1 0 0 4 .231 Ritacco Bob TRU 17 31 3 7 0 0 0 0 4 .226 Wright DAR 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 McGinley Jack SLL 24 61 9 13 1 1 0 1 5 .213 MacLean Marsh (DAR-TRU) 36 101 13 21 2 1 0 0 7 .208 Horbelt Ed DAR 24 69 13 14 2 2 3 0 11 .203 Weinstein Dan DAR 37 110 12 21 3 3 0 0 11 .191 Martens Dave TRU 21 42 5 8 3 0 0 0 6 .190 Muench Burt KTV 28 64 7 11 1 1 0 0 2 .172 Spadafora Joe TRU 15 42 6 7 1 0 0 0 5 .167 Baker Ben SLL 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Murray Meredith SLL 14 29 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 .138 Dorrington Danky SLL 15 32 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 .125 Boozer John SLL 14 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Barr Walt SLL 13 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 .118 Defino Bob TRU 16 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118 List Bob KTV 17 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Risley John TRU 17 22 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Brandt Lew SLL 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Lyons Ed KTV 19 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .087 Steeb Art DAR 16 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .043
Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald. HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE G W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA 43 OR MORE INNINGS Stokoe John DAR 11 6 1 .857 60 37 17 12 26 47 1.80 McGinley Jack SLL 14 4 4 .500 94 88 43 26 47 66 2.50 Craig Jim KTV 16 5 3 .625 46 50 21 13 12 36 2.53 Lyons Ed KTV 19 4 3 .571 78 63 29 24 17 42 2.78 Deitz Hal KTV 18 4 3 .571 95 70 38 33 27 72 3.12 Brendle Paul DAR 9 4 2 .667 62 50 28 22 28 36 3.21 Boozer John SLL 14 3 3 .500 68 61 33 25 52 58 3.29 Farino Jim KTV 13 4 6 .400 80 62 43 31 55 52 3.49 Murray Meredith SLL 13 7 6 .538 89 88 50 35 35 58 3.53 Parent Leo SLL 13 4 5 .444 63 55 36 26 35 48 3.71 Lumenti Ralph TRU 15 3 6 .333 67 59 49 30 69 90 4.05 List Bob KTV 17 6 2 .750 67 64 39 32 39 61 4.32 Martens Dave TRU 10 2 5 .286 53 63 39 26 37 44 4.42 Ford Bill DAR 12 2 3 .400 46 39 26 23 35 28 4.47 DeFino Bob (T 14 1 2 .333 47 37 29 26 34 37 5.01 Ritacco Bob TRU 10 3 3 .500 48 48 37 27 44 30 5.06 MacLeod Don TRU 14 2 7 .222 78 72 56 45 47 73 5.19 Steeb Art DAR 15 3 3 .500 58 63 43 34 33 25 5.25 Risley John TRU 16 4 7 .364 59 74 56 46 45 45 6.98 FEWER THAN 43 INNINGS Wright DAR 12 1 1 .500 37 28 20 15 23 18 3.68 (1) Horbelt Ed DAR 7 4 2 .667 36 23 15 15 25 24 3.72 Brandt DAR 11 3 0 1.000 29 30 15 12 10 19 3.72 Krop Bob KTV 11 3 4 .429 31 30 14 14 28 32 4.02 Wade Bill KTV 9 4 1 .800 28 26 22 14 31 16 4.45 Barr Walter SLL 10 2 3 .400 35 36 28 18 38 12 4.67 (1) Baker H. SLL 6 0 2 .000 22 28 21 16 21 14 6.45 (1) ERA - Wright shown in the newspaper report at 4.14, should be 3.68, Barr 4.76, should be 4.67