1957 Texas League

1957 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 618 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1956 / 1958
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1956 / 1958

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1956 / 1958

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Dallas Eagles	SFG	102	52	.662	--
Houston Buffaloes	STL	97	57	.630	5
San Antonio Missions	BAL	76	78	.494	26
Tulsa Oilers	PHI	75	79	.487	27
Austin Senators	ATL	71	83	.461	31
Fort Worth Cats	CHC	70	84	.455	32
Oklahoma City Indians	BOS	66	88	.429	36
Shreveport Sports		59	95	.383	43

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Dallas Eagles	NYG	25.7	4.59	155	5876	5127	711	1345	236	46	92	638	50	32	544	629	.262	.335	.380	.715	1949	126	40	121	44	47
Tulsa Oilers	PHI	27.5	4.30	156	5827	5090	671	1292	254	41	75	626	57	53	597	689	.254	.331	.364	.695	1853	112	15	81	44	55
Houston Buffaloes	STL	26.9	4.19	154	5716	5060	645	1283	225	23	89	575	33	37	531	528	.254	.324	.360	.684	1821	104	18	69	38	60
Oklahoma City Indians	BOS	25.1	4.05	154	5677	5026	624	1249	244	26	120	594	34	41	519	850	.249	.319	.379	.698	1905	111	18	78	36	34
San Antonio Missions	BAL	26.5	3.83	155	5761	5007	593	1244	185	42	112	545	43	31	611	675	.248	.332	.369	.701	1849	132	30	78	35	50
Shreveport Sports		27.6	3.78	154	5707	5107	582	1261	223	21	82	518	24	30	470	807	.247	.312	.347	.659	1772	114	28	70	32	29
Fort Worth Cats	CHC	25.6	3.60	154	5680	4925	555	1172	191	26	85	504	32	26	590	714	.238	.321	.339	.661	1670	125	35	90	40	48
Austin Senators	MLN	27.6	3.46	154	5544	4884	533	1183	192	33	88	499	49	56	513	727	.242	.316	.349	.666	1705	135	30	89	28	39
League Totals		26.6	3.98	1236	45788	40226	4914	10029	1750	258	743	4499	322	306	4375	5619	.249	.324	.361	.685	14524	959	214	676	297	362

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Houston Buffaloes	STL	23.7	3.06	97	57	.630	2.68	154	154	85	69	23	1364.0	1223	471	406	72	461	35	819	28	2	17	1.235	8.1	0.5	3.0	5.4	1.78
Dallas Eagles	NYG	25.7	3.15	102	52	.662	2.70	155	155	78	77	17	1382.0	1129	489	414	76	496	53	596	19	4	27	1.176	7.4	0.5	3.2	3.9	1.20
Austin Senators	MLN	29.0	3.63	71	83	.461	3.13	154	154	96	58	22	1327.0	1234	559	462	82	507	48	659	16	1	37	1.312	8.4	0.6	3.4	4.5	1.30
Fort Worth Cats	CHC	25.2	4.06	70	84	.455	3.66	154	154	95	59	15	1334.0	1355	626	542	81	443	39	629	24	3	31	1.348	9.1	0.5	3.0	4.2	1.42
San Antonio Missions	BAL	23.4	4.18	76	78	.494	3.61	155	155	109	46	9	1337.0	1247	648	537	123	547	28	815	29	2	31	1.342	8.4	0.8	3.7	5.5	1.49
Oklahoma City Indians	BOS	23.7	4.32	66	88	.429	3.91	154	154	110	44	6	1316.0	1160	665	572	94	746	50	787	28	6	56	1.448	7.9	0.6	5.1	5.4	1.06
Tulsa Oilers	PHI	28.4	4.48	75	79	.487	3.75	156	156	103	53	12	1358.0	1344	699	566	104	587	32	647	25	4	37	1.422	8.9	0.7	3.9	4.3	1.10
Shreveport Sports		26.8	4.92	59	95	.383	4.36	154	154	117	37	8	1332.0	1337	757	646	111	588	77	667	45	4	49	1.445	9.0	0.8	4.0	4.5	1.13
League Totals		25.7	3.98	616	616	.500	3.47	1236	1236	793	443	112	10750.0	10029	4914	4145	743	4375	362	5619	214	26	285	1.340	8.4	0.6	3.7	4.7	1.28

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Houston Buffaloes	STL	154	4054	1725	111	139	.981	6	25	33	57%	Harry Walker
Dallas Eagles	NYG	155	4148	1843	137	170	.978	10	39	24	38%	Salty Parker
Austin Senators	MLN	154	3983	1789	133	186	.977	9	51	26	34%	Sibby Sisti
San Antonio Missions	BAL	155	4016	1575	161	130	.972	12	40	48	55%	Joe Schultz
Fort Worth Cats	CHC	154	3991	1750	163	143	.972	6	54	43	44%	Gene Handley
Oklahoma City Indians	BOS	154	4013	1585	167	154	.971	11	41	41	50%	Sheriff Robinson
Tulsa Oilers	PHI	156	4071	1672	182	137	.969	7	28	33	54%	Al Widmar
Shreveport Sports		154	4000	1784	213	174	.964	9	44	61	58%	Mel McGaha
League Totals		1236	32276	13723	1267	1233	.973	70	322	309	49%

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