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1957 Portland Beavers

1957 > Class Open > 1957 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 60-108
Scored 591 runs, Allowed 851 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-111

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Bill Sweeney, Bill Posedel and Frank Carswell
Represented: Portland, OR
Ballpark: PGE Park (Portland, OR)
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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bobby Adams 35 74 285 247 31 69 4 2 2 21 1 25 28 .279 .342 .336 .678 83 7 1 7 5
2 Bob Alexander 34 36 71 61 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 27 .082 .136 .082 .218 5 0 0 5 1
3 Bob Anderson 21 34 19 16 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 .313 .353 .313 .665 5 0 0 2 0
4 Danny Baich 31 65 210 192 12 40 4 0 2 8 1 14 26 .208 .268 .260 .528 50 5 2 1 1
5 Eddie Basinski 34 136 491 436 53 118 22 1 10 42 3 29 47 .271 .318 .394 .712 172 4 2 22 2 Stats for 2 teams
6 Ray Bauer 28 53 29 23 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .174 .269 .174 .443 4 1 0 3 0
7 Bob Borkowski 31 156 559 504 66 153 28 2 12 58 3 47 70 .304 .363 .438 .801 221 13 1 5 2 Stats for 2 teams
8 Ron Bottler 23 59 168 146 11 31 3 0 3 5 0 20 35 .212 .307 .295 .602 43 2 0 2 0
9 Ron Bowen 31 37 137 129 9 26 3 2 2 14 0 3 32 .202 .216 .302 .519 39 1 0 3 2
10 John Briggs 23 16 15 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .200 .143 .343 2 1 0 0 0
11 Sam Calderone 31 57 178 173 15 33 2 1 2 12 0 4 14 .191 .209 .249 .458 43 8 0 1 0
12 Jack Carmichael 28 38 55 44 4 7 2 0 1 4 0 7 19 .159 .288 .273 .561 12 3 1 3 0 Stats for 2 teams
13 Frank Carswell 37 115 238 217 20 57 11 0 9 49 1 16 23 .263 .312 .438 .750 95 9 1 1 3
14 Tom Clarkson* 21 15 35 34 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .324 .324 .324 .647 11 0 0 1 0
15 Billy DeMars 31 137 394 356 35 86 16 1 3 34 4 24 25 .242 .293 .317 .610 113 11 3 8 3
16 Solly Drake# 26 168 733 624 84 181 34 6 4 41 36 88 78 .290 .378 .383 .761 239 7 4 10 7
17 Frank Ernaga 26 31 122 107 12 27 4 0 3 10 1 13 11 .252 .333 .374 .707 40 0 0 2 0
18 Dick Fiedler 30 50 41 39 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 14 .179 .179 .256 .436 10 0 0 2 0
19 Gene Fodge 25 14 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
20 George Freese 30 71 271 253 27 66 12 0 11 39 1 13 18 .261 .296 .439 .735 111 4 1 1 3
21 Martin Garber* 21 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
22 Ron Goerger* 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
23 Dave Hillman 29 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0
24 Don Kaiser 22 13 29 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .034 .000 .034 0 0 0 0 0
25 Vern Kindsfather 32 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
26 Jack Littrell 28 29 113 108 14 28 5 0 5 17 0 4 21 .259 .283 .444 .728 48 0 0 0 1
27 Joe Macko 29 22 76 67 6 14 4 0 2 8 0 6 22 .209 .303 .358 .661 24 0 3 0 0
28 Dick Marlowe 28 50 25 25 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 .360 .360 .360 .720 9 0 0 0 0 Stats for 2 teams
29 Luis Marquez 31 167 674 610 92 169 31 6 21 85 13 47 69 .277 .326 .451 .777 275 11 1 8 8
30 Darrell Martin 21 26 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 1 0 0 0 0
31 Milt Martin 30 26 70 64 6 15 3 1 0 4 0 5 11 .234 .290 .313 .602 20 2 0 1 0
32 Bob McKee 24 30 82 77 6 17 2 0 0 4 1 4 14 .221 .256 .247 .503 19 2 0 0 1
33 Ed Mickelson 30 61 247 219 27 74 12 0 2 28 1 24 29 .338 .398 .420 .818 92 10 0 1 3
34 Dolan Nichols 27 46 32 30 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 .133 .133 .200 .333 6 0 0 2 0 Stats for 2 teams
35 Earl Rapp* 36 83 232 205 27 57 7 2 3 19 1 25 31 .278 .359 .376 .735 77 5 1 1 0 Stats for 2 teams
36 Ray Shore 36 42 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0
37 Bob Thorpe 22 60 78 72 7 13 2 0 0 7 0 5 21 .181 .234 .208 .442 15 2 0 1 0
38 Bill Tremel 27 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0
39 Bill Werle* 36 40 82 74 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 4 14 .176 .228 .189 .417 14 0 1 3 0 Stats for 2 teams
40 Ed Winceniak 28 133 505 464 45 116 18 6 5 51 10 33 71 .250 .302 .347 .649 161 7 3 2 3
41 Casey Wise# 24 81 333 297 24 73 9 3 0 27 2 27 30 .246 .303 .296 .599 88 14 0 3 6
41 Players 29.8 168 5991 5387 591 1374 214 31 92 549 74 459 808 .255 .313 .358 .671 1926 124 21 77 47
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 SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Bob Alexander 34 14 13 .519 3.49 36 27 13 3 203.2 188 91 79 14 81 126 9 0 3 1.321 8.3 0.6 3.6 5.6 1.56
2 Bob Anderson 21 4 9 .308 5.04 32 8 1 0 80.1 89 51 45 4 53 58 5 0 5 1.768 10.0 0.4 5.9 6.5 1.09
3 Ray Bauer* 28 4 4 .500 4.15 48 6 0 0 102.0 115 50 47 7 38 39 3 0 0 1.500 10.1 0.6 3.4 3.4 1.03
4 John Briggs 23 2 3 .400 5.23 14 7 1 0 51.2 67 33 30 2 31 28 1 0 6 1.897 11.7 0.3 5.4 4.9 0.90
5 Jack Carmichael 28 8 18 .308 5.20 37 29 5 3 164.1 199 106 95 17 55 91 7 1 2 1.546 10.9 0.9 3.0 5.0 1.65 Stats for 2 teams
6 Dick Fiedler 30 4 13 .235 4.97 50 16 3 0 150.1 183 101 83 14 46 76 8 1 6 1.523 11.0 0.8 2.8 4.5 1.65
7 Gene Fodge 25 1 4 .200 6.39 13 2 1 0 25.1 35 18 18 3 7 16 0 0 2 1.658 12.4 1.1 2.5 5.7 2.29
8 Martin Garber* 21 0 0 6.52 4 2 0 0 9.2 12 7 7 2 6 5 0 0 1 1.862 11.2 1.9 5.6 4.7 0.83
9 Ron Goerger* 20 0 2 .000 10.80 3 2 0 0 6.2 12 10 8 1 6 6 1 0 1 2.700 16.2 1.4 8.1 8.1 1.00
10 Dave Hillman 29 1 1 .500 2.41 4 2 2 0 18.2 16 5 5 1 4 12 0 0 0 1.071 7.7 0.5 1.9 5.8 3.00
11 Don Kaiser 22 6 5 .545 2.72 12 10 3 0 72.2 74 35 22 4 20 27 2 0 2 1.294 9.2 0.5 2.5 3.3 1.35
12 Vern Kindsfather 32 0 1 .000 9.49 4 2 0 0 12.1 19 13 13 5 2 9 0 0 0 1.703 13.9 3.6 1.5 6.6 4.50
13 Dick Marlowe 28 1 8 .111 5.15 50 4 2 0 113.2 139 79 65 19 51 53 0 0 0 1.672 11.0 1.5 4.0 4.2 1.04 Stats for 2 teams
14 Luis Marquez 31 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Darrell Martin 21 1 5 .167 6.75 25 6 0 0 49.1 70 40 37 6 16 16 1 0 4 1.743 12.8 1.1 2.9 2.9 1.00
16 Dolan Nichols 27 8 5 .615 4.08 46 2 0 0 106.0 96 51 48 14 34 51 9 1 2 1.226 8.2 1.2 2.9 4.3 1.50 Stats for 2 teams
17 Bill Posedel 50 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
18 Ray Shore 36 4 3 .571 4.99 41 0 0 0 61.1 59 40 34 10 35 47 1 0 0 1.533 8.7 1.5 5.1 6.9 1.34
19 Bob Thorpe 22 7 15 .318 4.05 35 29 8 1 208.2 199 110 94 21 87 152 6 4 7 1.371 8.6 0.9 3.8 6.6 1.75
20 Bill Tremel 27 0 0 5.68 8 0 0 0 12.2 20 9 8 3 3 3 0 0 1 1.816 14.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.00
21 Bill Werle* 36 9 8 .529 3.88 26 23 10 2 174.0 219 85 75 15 17 58 5 0 4 1.356 11.3 0.8 0.9 3.0 3.41 Stats for 2 teams
21 Players 28.0 60 108 .357 168 168 851

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Danny Baich 61 274 31 3 8 .990 5.00 2 13
Ron Bottler 53 232 24 7 2 .973 4.83 2 12
Sam Calderone 52 215 31 3 8 .988 4.73 2 10
Milt Martin 23 105 8 3 0 .974 4.91 3 5
Luis Marquez 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ed Mickelson 59 496 41 1 51 .998 9.10
Luis Marquez 41 356 14 5 28 .987 9.02
Ron Bowen 37 314 24 2 30 .994 9.14
Joe Macko 19 160 7 4 11 .977 8.79
Bobby Adams 11 95 9 1 12 .990 9.45
George Freese 3 29 1 0 4 1.000 10.00
Billy DeMars 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 3.00
Casey Wise 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eddie Basinski 84 194 201 3 54 .992 4.70 Stats for 2 teams
Casey Wise 81 198 207 9 58 .978 5.00
Bobby Adams 39 80 101 1 23 .995 4.64
Bob McKee 29 54 59 3 20 .974 3.90
Billy DeMars 21 26 43 1 7 .986 3.29
Ed Winceniak 19 38 38 7 15 .916 4.00
George Freese 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
Luis Marquez 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy DeMars 73 56 154 4 13 .981 2.88
George Freese 63 59 139 10 10 .952 3.14
Bobby Adams 30 14 34 2 5 .960 1.60
Luis Marquez 5 4 6 1 0 .909 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ed Winceniak 112 173 370 32 64 .944 4.85
Billy DeMars 30 54 84 5 21 .965 4.60
Jack Littrell 29 45 96 8 23 .946 4.86
Bob McKee 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Solly Drake 168 447 9 5 2 .989 2.71
Bob Borkowski 130 216 8 4 2 .982 1.72 Stats for 2 teams
Luis Marquez 121 250 9 9 2 .966 2.14
Earl Rapp 54 83 4 1 1 .989 1.61 Stats for 2 teams
Frank Carswell 47 68 5 1 2 .986 1.55
Frank Ernaga 31 50 3 0 1 1.000 1.71
Tom Clarkson 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.70

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dick Fiedler 50 10 31 4 0 .911 0.82
Dick Marlowe 50 8 12 2 1 .909 0.40 Stats for 2 teams
Ray Bauer 48 6 28 2 2 .944 0.71
Dolan Nichols 46 8 24 1 1 .970 0.70 Stats for 2 teams
Ray Shore 41 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.12
Jack Carmichael 37 2 31 3 0 .917 0.89 Stats for 2 teams
Bob Alexander 36 6 24 2 2 .938 0.83
Bob Thorpe 35 9 29 2 2 .950 1.09
Bob Anderson 32 2 15 1 0 .944 0.53
Bill Werle 26 11 37 1 8 .980 1.85 Stats for 2 teams
Darrell Martin 25 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.20
John Briggs 14 4 4 2 0 .800 0.57
Gene Fodge 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.31
Don Kaiser 12 4 7 1 0 .917 0.92
Bill Tremel 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Martin Garber 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.00
Dave Hillman 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.00
Vern Kindsfather 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ron Goerger 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33
Luis Marquez 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Bill Posedel 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bobby Adams 35 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Dec 14, 1921 Tuolumne, CA, US
Bob Alexander 34 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Aug 7, 1922 Vancouver, BC, CA
Bob Anderson 21 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Sep 29, 1935 East Chicago, IN, US
Danny Baich 31 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Dec 25, 1925 Detroit, MI, US
Eddie Basinski 34 R R 6' 1.0" 172 Nov 4, 1922 Buffalo, NY, US
Ray Bauer 28 R L 6' 3.0" 170 Jul 9, 1928 Roosevelt, NY, US
Bob Borkowski 31 R R 6' 0.0" 182 Jan 27, 1926 Dayton, OH, US
Ron Bottler 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Aug 21, 1933 Portland, OR, US
Ron Bowen 31 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Nov 16, 1925 Portland, OR, US
John Briggs 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jan 24, 1934 Natoma, CA, US
Sam Calderone 31 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Feb 6, 1926 Beverly, NJ, US
Jack Carmichael 28 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 4, 1929 Topeka, KS, US
Frank Carswell 37 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Nov 6, 1919 Palestine, TX, US
Tom Clarkson 21 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Nov 9, 1935 San Diego, CA, US
Billy DeMars 31 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Aug 26, 1925 Brooklyn, NY, US
Solly Drake 26 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 23, 1930 Little Rock, AR, US
Frank Ernaga 26 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 22, 1930 Susanville, CA, US
Dick Fiedler 30 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Apr 24, 1927 Union City, NJ, US
Gene Fodge 25 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 9, 1931 South Bend, IN, US
George Freese 30 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Sep 12, 1926 Wheeling, WV, US
Martin Garber 21 L L 6' 3.0" 198 Dec 29, 1935 Baltimore, MD, US
Ron Goerger 20 L L 6' 2.0" 200 Jan 23, 1937 Tacoma, WA, US
Dave Hillman 29 R R 5' 11.0" 168 Sep 14, 1927 Dungannon, VA, US
Don Kaiser 22 R R 6' 5.0" 195 Feb 3, 1935 Byng, OK, US
Vern Kindsfather 32 R R 5' 11.0" 176 Dec 12, 1924 Portland, OR, US
Jack Littrell 28 R R 6' 0.0" 179 Jan 22, 1929 Louisville, KY, US
Joe Macko 29 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Feb 19, 1928 Port Clinton, OH, US
Dick Marlowe 28 R R 6' 2.0" 165 Jun 27, 1929 Hickory, NC, US
Luis Marquez 31 R R 5' 10.0" 174 Oct 28, 1925 Aguadilla, PR
Darrell Martin 21 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Oct 5, 1935 Prague, OK, US
Milt Martin 30 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Apr 25, 1927 Chicago, IL, US
Bob McKee 24 R 5' 11.0" 170 Aug 31, 1932 Davenport, IA, US
Ed Mickelson 30 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Sep 9, 1926 Ottawa, IL, US
Dolan Nichols 27 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Feb 28, 1930 Tishomingo, MS, US
Bill Posedel 50 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Aug 2, 1906 San Francisco, CA, US
Earl Rapp 36 L R 6' 2.0" 185 May 20, 1921 Corunna, MI, US
Ray Shore 36 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Jun 9, 1921 Cincinnati, OH, US
Bob Thorpe 22 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Jun 12, 1935 San Diego, CA, US
Bill Tremel 27 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Jul 4, 1929 Lilly, PA, US
Bill Werle 36 L L 6' 2.0" 182 Dec 21, 1920 Oakland, CA, US
Ed Winceniak 28 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Apr 16, 1929 Chicago, IL, US
Casey Wise 24 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 8, 1932 Lafayette, IN, US

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