1957 Columbus Jets

1957 > Class AAA > 1957 International League
Overall: 69-85
Scored 627 runs, Allowed 674 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Frank Oceak
Represented: Columbus, OH
Ballpark: n/a
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	HBP	SH	SF
1	Joe Altobelli*	25	22	86	77	16	18	5	1	2	10	0	9	16	.234	.314	.403	.717	31	0	0	0
2	Bob Anderton	24	13	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
3	Dick Barone	24	95	355	314	39	57	10	3	2	16	4	35	42	.182	.269	.252	.521	79	3	2	1
4	Tony Bartirome*	25	29	97	85	11	21	3	0	1	1	1	11	4	.247	.333	.318	.651	27	0	1	0
5	Ron Blackburn	22	40	76	70	4	12	3	0	0	2	0	5	20	.171	.227	.214	.441	15	0	1	0
6	Jack Brown	24	9		12		3								.250
7	Moe Burtschy	35	44	27	22	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	0	3	0
8	Joe Christopher	21	9		10		1								.100
9	Marcos Cobos	25	15	54	50	6	13	0	1	0	2	0	4	6	.260	.315	.300	.615	15	0	0	0
10	Don Dangleis	23	2		2		0								.000
11	Lino Donoso*	34	11	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	0	1	0
12	Whammy Douglas	22	26	49	47	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	.106	.125	.106	.231	5	0	1	0
13	Howie Goss	22	131	464	427	53	110	18	6	16	67	2	28	90	.258	.302	.440	.742	188	1	4	4
14	Reginaldo Grenald	25	9		15		4								.267
15	Al Grunwald*	27	40	108	100	9	20	5	1	2	9	0	8	24	.200	.259	.330	.589	33	0	0	0
16	Dick Hall	26	29	74	72	2	10	3	0	0	11	0	1	13	.139	.151	.181	.331	13	0	1	0
17	Gail Henley*	28	126	439	383	58	89	8	1	15	52	3	48	66	.232	.323	.376	.699	144	4	2	2
18	Cal Hogue	29	3		2		1								.500
19	Al Jackson*	21	6		5		2								.400
20	Don Kildoo	22	37	51	49	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.082	.118	.082	.199	4	0	0	0
21	Danny Kravitz*	26	107	366	345	30	86	15	4	5	34	1	16	38	.249	.281	.359	.640	124	0	3	2
22	Bob Kuzava#	34	20	35	33	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	16	.152	.200	.152	.352	5	0	0	0
23	Johnny Lipon	34	135	548	485	47	135	25	1	5	59	1	46	31	.278	.338	.365	.703	177	0	12	5
24	Roman Mejias	26	28	117	110	15	35	7	2	4	20	3	4	9	.318	.350	.527	.878	58	2	0	1
25	Cholly Naranjo*	22	36	66	61	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	4	13	.131	.185	.131	.316	8	0	1	0
26	Eddie O'Brien	26	87	350	319	48	88	15	1	3	18	4	21	20	.276	.326	.357	.683	114	3	6	1
27	George O'Donnell	28	32	35	33	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	.212	.235	.212	.447	7	0	1	0
28	Bill Onuska	23	14	40	36	3	10	3	0	0	1	0	4	9	.278	.350	.361	.711	13	0	0	0
29	Hardy Peterson	27	47	164	148	7	26	7	0	2	9	0	10	21	.176	.241	.264	.504	39	3	2	1
30	Leslie Phillips	25	5		1		0								.000
31	John Powers*	27	127	537	476	73	140	16	11	29	95	3	45	78	.294	.365	.557	.922	265	10	3	3
32	James Rice	23	99	348	293	43	78	14	2	2	23	2	50	36	.266	.373	.348	.721	102	0	5	0
33	Roger Sawyer*	22	5		4		1								.250
34	Ronald Sheetz	23	4		2		0								.000
35	R C Stevens	22	59	230	197	21	58	15	2	8	36	0	29	43	.294	.384	.513	.897	101	1	1	2
36	Russ Sullivan*	34	138	520	424	68	133	23	3	13	55	1	86	66	.314	.432	.474	.906	201	4	4	2	Stats for 2 teams
37	Kenneth Toothman*	22	130	474	403	71	97	9	5	13	61	6	58	53	.241	.340	.385	.725	155	5	4	4
38	Deward Williams	25	5		1		0								.000
	38 Players	26.5	154	5676	5029	627	1247	201	42	118	577	31	524	787	.248	.322	.375	.697	1886	35	60	28

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bob Anderton	24	1	4	.200	7.02	13	8	0	0	41.0	53	32	32	4	28	19	2	0	6	1.976	11.6	0.9	6.1	4.2	0.68
2	Ron Blackburn	22	9	13	.409	4.30	33	27	9	1	199.0	209	104	95	20	61	101	7	1	0	1.357	9.5	0.9	2.8	4.6	1.66
3	Jack Brown	24	2	2	.500	4.89	7	7	2	1	35.0	24	21	19	2	37	33	0	0	1	1.743	6.2	0.5	9.5	8.5	0.89
4	Moe Burtschy	35	5	9	.357	4.25	44	5	0	0	110.0	105	59	52	10	61	55	6	0	1	1.509	8.6	0.8	5.0	4.5	0.90
5	Don Dangleis	23	0	1	.000		2
6	Lino Donoso*	34	1	2	.333	4.74	11	2	2	0	38.0	39	24	20	8	20	18	1	1	0	1.553	9.2	1.9	4.7	4.3	0.90
7	Whammy Douglas	22	10	10	.500	2.71	26	20	11	2	133.0	104	45	40	8	59	88	2	0	1	1.226	7.0	0.5	4.0	6.0	1.49
8	Al Grunwald*	27	3	3	.500	3.00	14	3	1	0	39.0	29	19	13	1	21	25	1	0	0	1.282	6.7	0.2	4.8	5.8	1.19
9	Dick Hall	26	4	7	.364	4.15	14	12	6	1	91.0	84	47	42	16	32	65	2	0	0	1.275	8.3	1.6	3.2	6.4	2.03
10	Cal Hogue	29	0	1	.000		3
11	Al Jackson*	21	0	2	.000		5
12	Don Kildoo*	22	7	11	.389	4.19	36	20	5	1	144.0	153	74	67	8	66	77	5	0	6	1.521	9.6	0.5	4.1	4.8	1.17
13	Bob Kuzava*	34	8	1	.889	3.41	20	10	4	2	95.0	80	38	36	8	25	48	2	0	1	1.105	7.6	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.92
14	Cholly Naranjo	22	8	12	.400	3.95	33	26	11	3	180.0	181	95	79	15	85	96	9	0	8	1.478	9.0	0.8	4.2	4.8	1.13
15	Eddie O'Brien	26	2	0	1.000	3.97	9	2	1	0	34.0	31	17	15	7	16	14	1	0	0	1.382	8.2	1.9	4.2	3.7	0.88
16	George O'Donnell	28	9	5	.643	2.92	32	7	6	1	114.0	113	38	37	6	32	44	4	1	0	1.272	8.9	0.5	2.5	3.5	1.38
17	Leslie Phillips	25	0	1	.000		5
18	Roger Sawyer*	22	0	0			5
19	Ronald Sheetz	23	0	1	.000		3
20	Deward Williams	25	0	0			5
	20 Players	25.7	69	85	.448		154	154					674

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
Danny Kravitz	95	443	41	7	8	.986	5.09	6
Hardy Peterson	41	225	21	3	7	.988	6.00	3
Marcos Cobos	15	60	3	2	0	.969	4.20	1
Bill Onuska	11	52	9	1	2	.984	5.55	4

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
R C Stevens	59	473	54	5	54	.991	8.93
Tony Bartirome	27	201	15	2	18	.991	8.00
Al Grunwald	23	188	16	7	23	.967	8.87
Joe Altobelli	22	176	20	3	21	.985	8.91
Johnny Lipon	15	107	10	0	11	1.000	7.80
John Powers	10	90	6	0	5	1.000	9.60

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Kenneth Toothman	110		273	310	16	69	.973	5.30
James Rice	49		117	143	6	32	.977	5.31

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Johnny Lipon	100	79	190	5	20	.982	2.69
James Rice	38	30	68	10	5	.907	2.58
Dick Barone	19	12	26	2	1	.950	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eddie O'Brien	71	133	178	14	48	.957	4.38
Dick Barone	67	121	156	18	46	.939	4.13
Johnny Lipon	21	38	57	0	21	1.000	4.52

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russ Sullivan	129	199	8	6	0	.972	1.60	Stats for 2 teams
Howie Goss	122	285	5	7	1	.976	2.38
John Powers	117	259	7	6	3	.978	2.27
Gail Henley	113	198	13	4	3	.981	1.87
Roman Mejias	28	41	4	0	0	1.000	1.61

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Moe Burtschy	44	4	11	2	1	.882	0.34
Don Kildoo	36	12	21	2	3	.943	0.92
Ron Blackburn	33	22	41	1	4	.984	1.91
Cholly Naranjo	33	20	43	4	3	.940	1.91
George O'Donnell	32	11	38	3	3	.942	1.53
Whammy Douglas	26	3	11	1	0	.933	0.54
Bob Kuzava	20	5	15	0	2	1.000	1.00
Al Grunwald	14	1	8	1	1	.900	0.64
Dick Hall	14	5	11	0	3	1.000	1.14
Bob Anderton	13	1	8	0	0	1.000	0.69
Lino Donoso	11	4	6	0	0	1.000	0.91
Eddie O'Brien	9						0.00
Jack Brown	7						0.00
Al Jackson	5						0.00
Leslie Phillips	5						0.00
Roger Sawyer	5						0.00
Deward Williams	5						0.00
Cal Hogue	3						0.00
Ronald Sheetz	3						0.00
Don Dangleis	2						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Joe Altobelli	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	May 26, 1932	Detroit, MI, US
Bob Anderton	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Apr 29, 1933	Cullman, AL, US
Dick Barone	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 13, 1932	San Jose, CA, US
Tony Bartirome	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	155	May 9, 1932	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Ron Blackburn	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Apr 23, 1935	Mount Airy, NC, US
Jack Brown	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 7, 1933	Elizabeth, PA, US
Moe Burtschy	35	R	R	6' 3.0"	208	Apr 18, 1922	Cincinnati, OH, US
Joe Christopher	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 13, 1935	Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI
Marcos Cobos	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Aug 13, 1931
Don Dangleis	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	170	May 11, 1934	Los Angeles, CA, US
Lino Donoso	34	L	L	5' 11.0"	160	Sep 23, 1922	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Whammy Douglas	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Feb 17, 1935	Carrboro, NC, US
Howie Goss	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	204	Nov 1, 1934	Wewoka, OK, US
Reginaldo Grenald	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1932
Al Grunwald	27	L	L	6' 4.0"	210	Feb 13, 1930	Los Angeles, CA, US
Dick Hall	26	R	R	6' 6.0"	200	Sep 27, 1930	St. Louis, MO, US
Gail Henley	28	L	R	5' 9.0"	180	Oct 15, 1928	Wichita, KS, US
Cal Hogue	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 24, 1927	Dayton, OH, US
Al Jackson	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	169	Dec 26, 1935	Waco, TX, US
Don Kildoo	22	R	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 6, 1935	Washington, DC, US
Danny Kravitz	26	L	R	5' 11.0"	195	Dec 21, 1930	Lopez, PA, US
Bob Kuzava	34	S	L	6' 2.0"	202	May 28, 1923	Wyandotte, MI, US
Johnny Lipon	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Nov 10, 1922	Martins Ferry, OH, US
Roman Mejias	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 9, 1930	Abreus, CU
Cholly Naranjo	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Nov 25, 1934	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Eddie O'Brien	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Dec 11, 1930	South Amboy, NJ, US
George O'Donnell	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	May 27, 1929	Winchester, IL, US
Bill Onuska	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	Jan 15, 1934	Trumbull, CT, US
Hardy Peterson	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Oct 17, 1929	Perth Amboy, NJ, US
Leslie Phillips	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Sep 11, 1931	Torrance, CA, US
John Powers	27	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 8, 1929	Birmingham, AL, US
James Rice	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Sep 25, 1933
Roger Sawyer	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 31, 1934	Warsaw, NY, US
Ronald Sheetz	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	1934
R C Stevens	22	R	L	6' 5.0"	219	Jul 22, 1934	Moultrie, GA, US
Russ Sullivan	34	L	R	6' 0.0"	196	Feb 19, 1923	Fredericksburg, VA, US
Kenneth Toothman	22	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Apr 6, 1935
Deward Williams	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Sep 14, 1931

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