1957 Regular Season Results

Week 2

Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/standings.html

Highlights:
Home Runs are mounting up like the snow in my backyard! Beaumont's Bob Hazle, Montreal's Wes Covington, and Kansas City's Harry Anderson all had 5 or more HRs this week, even Charleston's slap hitters have a slugger, Jackie Jensen?, with 6 on the season. 10 hitters have 5 long ball's already this season.
Denver's Carl Furillo has a hit in every game so far, doing his best to fill in for the injured Teddy Ballgame.
On the mound, last years strikeout champ looks like he will have a run for his money this year, Amarillo's Jack Sanford, Montreal's Connie Johnson and Louisville's Tom Brewer are all within a few K's of Denver's Herb Score.


Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/leaguefiles/Week_02.zip

Week 4

Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/standings.html

Highlights:
The Mud Hens chase down the Lookouts, putting together their own 8 game win streak, including a sweep of the Lookouts in Chattanooga. Toledo is being led by strong pitching (13 CGs) and offensive speed (1st in SBs and Triples). Bob Buhl leads the team with 5 W's benefiting from over 6 runs per game in RSUP from the Hens lineup. Hank Bauer is providing a big chunk of that offense, batting .410 with 9 HR and 26 RBI.
Denver's Carl Furillo still is getting it done, now with a hit in all 24 games this season!
Charleston's Marv Grissom is keeping the Senators ahead in close games, going 8-8 in save opportunities and not allowing a run in his 8 appearances.
Also in late breaking news (missed highlights from Week 3), three hitters had a 3 HR game last week, Montreal's Roy Seivers on 4/17, Denver's Ted Williams on 4/18, and Louisville's Gil Hodges on 4/20. Commissioner Latorre has asked for an investigation into Rawlings manufacturing plant in St. Louis.

Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/leaguefiles/Week_04.zip

Week 6

Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/standings.html

Highlights:
Toledo is bouncing around the top of the standings, climbing back to the top of the table on the heels of an undefeated week, going 7-0 including shutting out the Blues in each game of their series in Kansas City.
Beaumont chalked up 22 hits on 5/12 beating Louisville 14-9. The Exporters had 5 players with 3 or more hits in the game, including batting leader Bob Hazle (.432 AVG) and RBI leader Hank Aaron (51 RBI, 14 HR).
On the other end of the spectrum, Charleston's Hal Brown spun the first 1 hitter of the season in a 4-1 victory, also on 5/12, against Hollywood. Al Pilarcik broke the no hitter in the 8th with a HR for the Stars only run of the game (off of Brown's card, just to add insult to injury).
Chattanooga's Mickey Mantle is teeing off over the past 10 games, batting .485 in 33 ABs, climbing to 2nd in batting, just .003 points under .400.

Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/leaguefiles/Week_06.zip

Week 8

Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/standings.html

Highlights:
Louisville's Roger Craig spun the 2nd 1 hitter of the season in a 4-1 victory over the Senators on 5/23. The no hitter went into the 7th, broken up by Jerry Lumpe with a 2 out double. Charleston had plenty of chances to score, with 7 runners LOB (from 8 BBs), but Craig came through in the clutch every time. Craig is now 2-3 on the season with a 5.23 ERA!
The Exporters are perfect in their last 10 and have opened up a 3 game lead over the field. Beaumont is scoring runs in bunches thanks to Bob Hazle (1st AVG, 1st H), Hank Aaron (5th Avg, 3 H, 3rd HR, 1st RBI), Dick Groat (2nd H, 4th 2B, 17 game hitting streak), Joe Cunningham (1st RS, 2nd BB, 1st IBB) and Harry Simpson (3rd 3B)
The HR race has really tightened up, with only 2 HR separating 1st through 8th and 5 teams represented, the most by the Royals with 3 sluggers in the top 5.

Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/leaguefiles/Week_08.zip

Week 10

Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/standings.html

Highlights:
In a year of streaks Charleston's Jerry Lumpe is up to 19 games and has climbed to second in AVG, hitting .379. Jerry Lumpe? 1957 was one of only 2 of his 11 seasons that be batted over .300 (.340 in only 40 games in 1957). Lumpe was an All Star in 1964 for Detroit and hit .301 in 1962 (Lumpe BBRef Page).
Amarillo's Jack Sanford is the only pitcher with a sub 2.00 ERA, now at 1.95 for the Gold Sox. Sanford is 10-0 for Amarillo, and has paired with fellow Gold Sox hurler Warren Spahn for a combined 17 CGs. Sanford leads all hurlers with 15 QS and is 4th in WHIP (1.09).
Indianapolis' Ike Delock is 16-0 in save opportunities, and has finished 28 of 66 games for the Indians.
Beaumont took care of business this week, going 5-2 against over .500 teams and extending their lead to 6 games.

Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/leaguefiles/Week_10.zip

Week 12

Standings - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/standings.html

Highlights:
We've reached the All Star break with a great 6 team race shaping up for the playoff spots behind Beaumont. The Exporters have a good chance to run away with the regular season with the 2nd through 7th place teams beating up on each other on a regular basis.
Chattanooga's Joe Caffie had 7 RBI in a 12-5 win over Louisville on 6/21, powered by 2 HR. The light hitting OF now has 5 HR on the season, 1957 was his final year of 2 in the majors.
Beaumont's Hank Aaron had a huge surge just before the break with 16 RBI in his last 10 games and an active 17 game hitting streak. Hank is flirting with a 200 RBI season and his teammates have targeted a 100 W season!
New Orleans and Toledo had a great 13 inning game on 6/21 ending with an 8-7 victory by the Pelicans on a walkoff two out RBI single by Joe Ginsberg. Not to be outdone, Montreal and Kansas City had a terrific 14 inning battle later in the day, closed out on a walkoff HR by Eddie Mathews for the Royals to seal the 4-3 victory.

Daily Recaps and League File - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950kp/1957/leaguefiles/Week_12.zip