1957 Omaha Cardinals

1957 > Class AAA > 1957 American Association
Overall: 76-78
Scored 629 runs, Allowed 633 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Johnny Keane
Represented: Omaha, NE
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (Omaha, NE)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1956 / 1958

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bruce Barmes*	27	35	133	121	15	41	5	2	0	12	0	10	17	.339	.389	.413	.803	50		0	2	0	2
2	Frank Barnes	30	34	78	72	2	15	4	0	0	3	0	0	24	.208	.208	.264	.472	19		0	6	0	0
3	Alberto Baro	28	22	80	74	7	17	5	0	1	7	0	4	7	.230	.266	.338	.604	25		0	1	1	1
4	David Benedict*	27	35	93	83	9	13	3	0	0	8	0	6	15	.157	.209	.193	.402	16		0	2	2	0	Stats for 2 teams
5	Dick Brown	22	46	179	161	14	42	8	1	5	16	0	9	29	.261	.306	.416	.723	67		2	6	1	0
6	Nelson Burbrink	35	3		3		1								.333
7	Tom Cheney	22	27	74	67	3	15	2	0	1	12	0	0	10	.224	.221	.299	.519	20		0	6	1	0
8	Jim Command*	28	88	261	226	19	56	7	0	2	25	0	30	24	.248	.332	.305	.637	69		0	2	3	4
9	Chuck Diering	34	78	263	232	24	51	11	1	2	20	2	24	47	.220	.292	.302	.594	70		1	3	3	3
10	Sherwin Dixon?	26	133	511	438	55	99	17	6	5	29	13	59	72	.226	.321	.326	.648	143		4	7	3	1
11	Bobby Durnbaugh	24	70	247	207	25	55	7	2	0	10	2	33	14	.266	.370	.319	.689	66		2	4	1	1
12	Gary Geiger*	20	20	71	60	11	16	2	1	2	9	0	10	11	.267	.371	.433	.805	26		0	1	0	0
13	Bob Gibson	21	12	18	17	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	6	.235	.278	.471	.748	8		0	0	0	0
14	Glen Gorbous*	26	97	301	272	34	66	11	4	3	20	5	24	22	.243	.310	.346	.656	94		3	1	1	0
15	Kenny Hilyer	24	50	204	187	23	45	7	4	3	17	0	13	34	.241	.294	.369	.663	69		1	3	0	4	Stats for 2 teams
16	Harry Keister*	25	24	83	75	16	20	3	2	7	20	1	8	16	.267	.337	.640	.977	48		0	0	0	1
17	Jim King*	24	116	491	426	48	114	17	5	20	73	1	54	64	.268	.350	.472	.822	201		3	3	5	5
18	Marty Kutyna	24	6		4		2								.500
19	Joseph Lains#	19	3		4		1								.250
20	Don Lassetter	24	144	539	478	68	138	15	3	27	84	2	56	103	.289	.363	.502	.865	240		0	4	1	15
21	Don Liddle*	32	39	35	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	13	.172	.294	.172	.467	5		0	1	0	0
22	Lou Limmer*	32	140	573	498	73	131	20	1	18	49	3	60	48	.263	.346	.416	.762	207		4	10	1	8
23	Boyd Linker	24	36	30	26	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	.154	.214	.192	.407	5		0	2	0	0
24	Bob Mabe	27	39	84	79	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	41	.076	.099	.089	.187	7		0	3	0	0
25	John Mackinson	33	4		5		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
26	Fred Marsh	33	64	249	224	22	51	9	1	1	18	2	19	22	.228	.294	.290	.584	65		2	4	0	2
27	Ed Mayer*	25	2		3		1								.333
28	Joe McClain	24	4		3		1								.333
29	Herb Moford	28	37	55	47	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.149	.163	.149	.312	7		0	6	1	0	Stats for 2 teams
30	Rance Pless	31	121	508	441	63	132	27	1	15	82	2	48	67	.299	.364	.467	.831	206		2	8	9	5	Stats for 2 teams
31	Billy Queen	28	62	207	183	24	43	7	0	6	23	3	21	34	.235	.311	.372	.682	68		0	1	2	0
32	Whitey Ries	27	17	53	47	5	9	0	0	1	7	0	5	6	.191	.264	.255	.519	12		0	0	1	0
33	Kelton Russell#	23	10	14	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	7	0	0
34	Barney Schultz	30	45	37	33	3	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	.182	.200	.182	.382	6		0	2	1	0
35	Milt Smith	28	145	600	516	88	136	27	12	8	70	9	67	82	.264	.351	.409	.760	211		5	8	4	3
36	Glen Stabelfeld	26	32	42	37	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	.054	.146	.054	.200	2		0	1	0	0
37	Bob Thorpe	30	120	478	453	51	128	26	9	18	77	1	15	78	.283	.307	.499	.805	226		2	5	3	3	Stats for 2 teams
	37 Players	27.6	154	5806	5100	629	1270	203	46	122	578	45	542	839	.249	.323	.379	.701	1931	98	29	101	34	54

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	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
1	Frank Barnes	30	12	10	.545	2.41	31	27		14	6	205.0	153	66	55	9	93	10	165	7	0	5	1.200	6.7	0.4	4.1	7.2	1.77
2	David Benedict*	27	12	16	.429	4.69	35	31		16	0	240.0	282	141	125	18	104	8	106	1	1	8	1.608	10.6	0.7	3.9	4.0	1.02	Stats for 2 teams
3	Tom Cheney	22	14	8	.636	2.62	25	24		16	2	182.0	151	60	53	9	61	3	175	2	1	3	1.165	7.5	0.4	3.0	8.7	2.87
4	Bob Gibson	21	2	1	.667	4.29	10	4		0	0	42.0	46	26	20	5	27	0	25	2	0	7	1.738	9.9	1.1	5.8	5.4	0.93
5	Glen Gorbous	26	0	0			2
6	Marty Kutyna	24	1	1	.500		5
7	Joseph Lains*	19	0	2	.000		3
8	Don Liddle*	32	2	7	.222	5.28	36	13		1	0	104.0	120	66	61	15	48	5	74	1	0	4	1.615	10.4	1.3	4.2	6.4	1.54
9	Boyd Linker	24	5	9	.357	3.87	35	11		3	1	114.0	111	52	49	6	62	8	58	2	1	1	1.518	8.8	0.5	4.9	4.6	0.94
10	Bob Mabe	27	14	17	.452	3.81	38	31		15	1	229.0	212	118	97	18	74	4	128	5	0	5	1.249	8.3	0.7	2.9	5.0	1.73
11	John Mackinson	33	1	0	1.000		4
12	Ed Mayer*	25	0	0			2
13	Joe McClain	24	0	1	.000		4
14	Herb Moford	28	7	12	.368	4.97	37	21		5	2	154.0	172	96	85	17	54	4	90	7	0	1	1.468	10.1	1.0	3.2	5.3	1.67	Stats for 2 teams
15	Kelton Russell*	23	2	1	.667	3.00	10	6		2	0	42.0	39	22	14	3	32	0	18	0	0	2	1.690	8.4	0.6	6.9	3.9	0.56
16	Barney Schultz	30	8	7	.533	2.83	44	3		1	0	121.0	101	43	38	15	39	5	86	2	0	4	1.157	7.5	1.1	2.9	6.4	2.21
17	Glen Stabelfeld	26	9	5	.643	3.79	32	9		3	1	121.0	122	55	51	9	33	2	50	0	0	4	1.281	9.1	0.7	2.5	3.7	1.52
	17 Players	27.0	76	78	.494	3.70	154	154	91	63	14	1351.0	1279	633	555	113	538	41	889	27	2	43	1.345	8.5	0.8	3.6	5.9	1.65

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jim Command	72	418	30	4	4	.991	6.22	7
Billy Queen	53	273	16	3	6	.990	5.45	7
Dick Brown	45	283	32	1	7	.997	7.00	6

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lou Limmer	139	1081	86	6	108	.995	8.40
Don Lassetter	10	75	6	1	2	.988	8.10
Rance Pless	10	78	7	0	14	1.000	8.50	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sherwin Dixon	88	201	262	16	61	.967	5.26
Milt Smith	47	78	94	11	18	.940	3.66
Kenny Hilyer	44	121	99	10	24	.957	5.00	Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rance Pless	108	92	203	8	19	.974	2.73	Stats for 2 teams
Milt Smith	95	116	183	15	23	.952	3.15
Whitey Ries	11	11	14	2	1	.926	2.27

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bobby Durnbaugh	66	94	157	17	30	.937	3.80
Fred Marsh	64	122	193	19	38	.943	4.92
Sherwin Dixon	36	50	66	12	13	.906	3.22

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Don Lassetter	123	217	8	8	1	.966	1.83
Jim King	112	244	11	7	2	.973	2.28
Bob Thorpe	108	190	13	7	4	.967	1.88	Stats for 2 teams
Glen Gorbous	78	151	14	3	5	.982	2.12
Chuck Diering	64	132	2	1	1	.993	2.09
Bruce Barmes	32	52	5	0	1	1.000	1.78
Harry Keister	20	36	2	1	0	.974	1.90
Alberto Baro	18	32	2	1	0	.971	1.89
Gary Geiger	16	37	3	0	1	1.000	2.50

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Barney Schultz	44	6	20	1	0	.963	0.59
Bob Mabe	38	11	39	2	1	.962	1.32
Herb Moford	37	4	30	0	4	1.000	0.92	Stats for 2 teams
Don Liddle	36	4	11	1	2	.938	0.42
David Benedict	35	7	39	5	3	.902	1.31	Stats for 2 teams
Boyd Linker	35	1	16	0	0	1.000	0.49
Glen Stabelfeld	32	8	16	2	1	.923	0.75
Frank Barnes	31	10	22	3	1	.914	1.03
Tom Cheney	25	14	30	1	1	.978	1.76
Bob Gibson	10	1	4	1	0	.833	0.50
Kelton Russell	10	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.50
Marty Kutyna	5						0.00
John Mackinson	4						0.00
Joe McClain	4						0.00
Joseph Lains	3						0.00
Glen Gorbous	2						0.00
Ed Mayer	2						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bruce Barmes	27	L	R	5' 8.0"	165	Oct 23, 1929	Vincennes, IN, US
Frank Barnes	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 26, 1926	Longwood, MS, US
Alberto Baro	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	Nov 21, 1928	Mayari, Oriente, CU
David Benedict	27	L	L	6' 3.0"	200	1930
Dick Brown	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	176	Jan 17, 1935	Shinnston, WV, US
Nelson Burbrink	35	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	Dec 28, 1921	Cincinnati, OH, US
Tom Cheney	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 14, 1934	Morgan, GA, US
Jim Command	28	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 15, 1928	Grand Rapids, MI, US
Chuck Diering	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Feb 5, 1923	St. Louis, MO, US
Sherwin Dixon	26		R	6' 0.0"	170	Nov 4, 1930	Lynchburg, VA, US
Bobby Durnbaugh	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Jan 15, 1933	Dayton, OH, US
Gary Geiger	20	L	R	6' 0.0"	168	Apr 4, 1937	Sand Ridge, IL, US
Richard Gentry	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 12, 1932	Torrence County, NM, US
Bob Gibson	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	189	Nov 9, 1935	Omaha, NE, US
Glen Gorbous	26	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jul 8, 1930	Drumheller, AB, CA
Kenny Hilyer	24	R		6' 1.0"	180	Jan 26, 1933	Fremont, NE, US
Harry Keister	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	188	1932
Jim King	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 27, 1932	Elkins, AR, US
Marty Kutyna	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Nov 14, 1932	Philadelphia, PA, US
Joseph Lains	19	S	L	5' 11.0"	185	1938
Don Lassetter	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Mar 27, 1933	Newnan, GA, US
Don Liddle	32	L	L	5' 10.0"	165	May 25, 1925	Mount Carmel, IL, US
Lou Limmer	32	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 10, 1925	New York, NY, US
Boyd Linker	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1933
Bob Mabe	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Oct 8, 1929	Danville, VA, US
John Mackinson	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 29, 1923	Orange, NJ, US
Fred Marsh	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Jan 5, 1924	Valley Falls, KS, US
Ed Mayer	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	Nov 30, 1931	San Francisco, CA, US
Joe McClain	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	183	May 5, 1933	Johnson City, TN, US
Herb Moford	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Aug 6, 1928	Brooksville, KY, US
Rance Pless	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Dec 6, 1925	Greeneville, TN, US
Billy Queen	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 28, 1928	Gastonia, NC, US
Whitey Ries	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 3, 1929	St. Louis, MO, US
Kelton Russell	23	S	L	6' 2.0"	185	1934
Barney Schultz	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Aug 15, 1926	Beverly, NJ, US
Milt Smith	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Mar 27, 1929	Columbus, GA, US
Glen Stabelfeld	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Sep 9, 1930
Bob Thorpe	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 19, 1926	Caryville, FL, US

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