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1957 Midwest League

1957 > Class D > League History
Overall: 501 games, 8 teams, approx. 125 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
Kokomo Dodgers LAD 77 50 .606 --
Decatur Commodores STL 76 51 .598 1
Dubuque Packers CHW 73 51 .589 2.5
Michigan City White Caps SFG 68 57 .544 8
Clinton Pirates PIT 56 68 .452 19.5
Lafayette Red Sox BOS 55 67 .451 19.5
Paris Lakers CHC 51 73 .411 24.5
Mattoon Athletics OAK 43 82 .344 33
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
Dubuque Packers CHW 21.1 6.05 124 4734 3930 750 1001 156 26 113 633 56 726 814 .255 .368 .394 .762 1548 43 35
Kokomo Dodgers BRO 20.7 5.61 127 4807 4195 712 1130 169 37 83 589 149 539 766 .269 .350 .387 .737 1622 43 30
Decatur Commodores STL 21.8 5.38 128 4849 4145 689 1088 157 52 61 666 127 585 817 .262 .351 .370 .720 1532 79 40
Paris Lakers CHC 21.4 5.35 124 4742 3991 664 1015 174 21 63 548 65 656 691 .254 .357 .356 .713 1420 65 30
Michigan City White Caps NYG 19.6 5.09 127 4736 4099 646 1029 154 34 78 542 96 552 828 .251 .338 .362 .700 1485 54 31
Clinton Pirates PIT 21.6 5.00 124 4719 4026 620 974 147 50 59 520 62 624 859 .242 .341 .347 .688 1398 33 36
Mattoon Athletics KCA 20.8 4.57 126 4621 3937 576 940 162 38 54 483 68 605 953 .239 .337 .340 .677 1340 38 41
Lafayette Red Sox BOS 20.1 4.39 122 4489 3862 535 922 152 33 44 441 73 556 674 .239 .332 .329 .662 1272 42 29
League Totals 20.9 5.18 1002 37697 32185 5192 8099 1271 291 555 4422 696 4843 6402 .252 .347 .361 .708 11617 397 272

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Decatur Commodores STL 22.2 4.37 76 51 .598 3.69 128 128 57 71 13 1075.0 982 559 441 45 552 772 51 2 63 1.427 8.2 0.4 4.6 6.5 1.40
Dubuque Packers CHW 19.8 4.59 73 51 .589 3.72 124 124 65 59 8 1023.0 969 569 423 92 512 798 37 2 58 1.448 8.5 0.8 4.5 7.0 1.56
Michigan City White Caps NYG 20.4 4.59 68 57 .544 3.77 127 127 72 55 7 1065.0 965 583 446 67 681 707 48 2 67 1.546 8.2 0.6 5.8 6.0 1.04
Lafayette Red Sox BOS 21.7 4.68 55 67 .451 3.73 122 122 68 54 12 1012.0 958 571 419 64 518 783 38 2 69 1.458 8.5 0.6 4.6 7.0 1.51
Kokomo Dodgers BRO 22.1 5.06 77 50 .606 3.97 127 127 69 58 7 1069.0 1010 642 472 69 615 912 41 1 79 1.520 8.5 0.6 5.2 7.7 1.48
Clinton Pirates PIT 20.0 5.69 56 68 .452 4.36 124 124 62 62 10 1042.0 999 706 505 54 646 872 51 8 75 1.579 8.6 0.5 5.6 7.5 1.35
Mattoon Athletics KCA 20.5 6.12 43 82 .344 5.00 126 126 72 54 5 1027.0 1088 771 571 71 699 818 39 6 105 1.740 9.5 0.6 6.1 7.2 1.17
Paris Lakers CHC 19.7 6.38 51 73 .411 5.26 124 124 82 42 6 1019.0 1128 791 596 93 620 740 59 4 76 1.715 10.0 0.8 5.5 6.5 1.19
League Totals 20.8 5.18 499 499 .500 4.18 1002 1002 547 455 68 8332.0 8099 5192 3873 555 4843 6402 364 27 592 1.553 8.7 0.6 5.2 6.9 1.32

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Decatur Commodores STL 128 3225 1308 216 128 .955 21 Al Unser
Michigan City White Caps NYG 127 3194 1405 244 125 .950 50 Richard Klaus
Lafayette Red Sox BOS 122 3036 1189 234 90 .948 38 Kenneth Deal
Dubuque Packers CHW 124 3068 1165 230 93 .948 27 George Noga
Paris Lakers CHC 124 3057 1094 249 108 .943 21 Rube Walker
Kokomo Dodgers BRO 127 3208 1238 280 109 .941 36 Carl Ackerman and Pete Reiser
Clinton Pirates PIT 124 3127 1218 280 86 .939 39 Stan Wentzel
Mattoon Athletics KCA 126 3083 1131 283 96 .937 29 Lew Krausse
League Totals 1002 24998 9748 2016 835 .945 261