1957 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1957 American League Memorial Stadium Baltimore, Maryland 76–76 (.500) 5th Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart Paul Richards Paul Richards WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV WCBM(Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal, Larry Ray) The 1957 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses. It was the franchise's first non-losing season since 1945, when it was still the St. Louis Browns. Offseason February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased by the Orioles from the Detroit Tigers.Jim Brideweser at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL Notable transactions June 24, 1957: Jack Fisher was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals.Eddie Miksis at Baseball-Reference September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals.Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference Roster 1957 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers 27 Charlie Beamon 28 Hal Brown 16 Art Ceccarelli 21 Sandy Consuegra 39 Don Ferrarese 41 Mike Fornieles 21 Art Houtteman 36 Connie Johnson 39 Ken Lehman 18 Billy Loes 29 Ray Moore 38 Billy O'Dell 23 Milt Pappas 24 Dizzy Trout 41 Jerry Walker 17 Bill Wight 35 George Zuverink Catchers 22 Joe Ginsberg 10 Tom Patton 11 Gus Triandos 42 Frank Zupo Infielders  1 Bob Boyd 19,40 Jim Brideweser 33 Wayne Causey  9 Billy Gardner 10 Billy Goodman  6 Bob Hale  3 George Kell  7 Willy Miranda  8 Buddy Peterson 5,34 Brooks Robinson Outfielders 23 Jim Busby 27 Joe Durham 44 Tito Francona 21 Lenny Green 37 Tex Nelson  4 Bob Nieman  2 Al Pilarcik 42 Carl Powis  8 Jim Pyburn 23 Dick Williams Other batters  6 Eddie Miksis 37 Eddie Robinson Manager 12 Paul Richards Coaches 45 Jimmy Adair 31 Harry Brecheen 26 Lum Harris 37 Eddie Robinson 30 Al Vincent Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Gus Triandos 129 418 106 .254 19 72 1B Bob Boyd 141 485 154 .318 4 34 2B Billy Gardner 154 644 169 .262 6 55 SS Willy Miranda 115 314 61 .194 0 20 3B George Kell 99 310 92 .297 9 44 LF Bob Nieman 129 445 123 .276 13 70 CF Jim Busby 86 288 72 .250 3 19 RF Al Pilarcik 142 407 113 .278 9 49 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Tito Francona 97 274 65 .233 7 38 Billy Goodman 73 263 81 .308 3 33 Joe Ginsberg 85 175 48 .274 1 18 Dick Williams 47 167 39 .234 1 17 Joe Durham 77 157 29 .185 4 17 Jim Brideweser 91 142 38 .268 1 18 Brooks Robinson 50 117 28 .239 2 14 Bob Hale 42 44 11 .250 0 7 Carl Powis 15 41 8 .195 0 2 Jim Pyburn 35 40 9 .225 1 2 Lenny Green 19 33 6 .182 1 5 Tex Nelson 15 23 5 .217 0 5 Buddy Peterson 7 17 3 .176 0 0 Frank Zupo 10 12 1 .083 0 0 Wayne Causey 14 10 2 .200 0 1 Eddie Robinson 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Tom Patton 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Eddie Miksis 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Connie Johnson 35 242.0 14 11 3.20 177 Ray Moore 34 227.1 11 13 3.72 117 Hal Brown 25 150.0 7 8 3.90 62 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Billy Loes 31 155.1 12 7 3.24 86 Billy O'Dell 35 140.1 4 10 2.69 97 Bill Wight 27 121.0 6 6 3.64 50 Art Ceccarelli 20 58.0 0 5 4.50 30 Mike Fornieles 15 57.0 2 6 4.26 43 Jerry Walker 13 27.2 1 0 2.93 13 Don Ferrarese 8 19.0 1 1 4.74 13 Charlie Beamon 4 8.2 0 0 5.19 5 Art Houtteman 5 6.2 0 0 17.55 3 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO George Zuverink 56 10 6 9 2.48 36 Ken Lehman 30 8 3 6 2.78 32 Sandy Consuegra 5 0 0 1 1.80 0 Milt Pappas 4 0 0 0 1.00 3 Dizzy Trout 2 0 0 0 81.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Charlie Metro AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Joe Schultz A Knoxville Smokies Sally League George Staller C Phoenix Stars Arizona–Mexico League Bob Hooper C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Billy Capps and Barney Lutz D Kingsport Orioles Appalachian League Enid Drake D Fitzgerald Orioles Georgia–Florida League Earl Weaver D Paris Orioles Sooner State League Barney Lutz and Billy Capps LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1957 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 1957 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season Baltimore Orio Category:Long stubs with short prose