1957 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1957 American League Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio William R. Daley Hank Greenberg, Frank Lane Kerby Farrell WEWS-TV(Ken Coleman, Jim Britt) WERE(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal) The 1957 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 76–77, 21 1 2 games behind the New York Yankees Regular season The Indians season was marked by change. Longtime Indians manager Al López took over as manager of the Chicago White Sox, and was replaced by Kerby Farrell, who had led the Indianapolis Indians to the 1956 Junior World Series crown.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 85, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, 978-1-4165-8928-0 Eddie Stanky also became the Indians new infield coach. Rookie Roger Maris, who was part of Farrell's Indianapolis team, joined the Indians as the team's starting center fielder. He made his major league debut against the Chicago White Sox on April 16. In 5 at bats, Maris had 3 hits.Roger Maris at Baseball-Reference Two days later, Maris hit the first home run of his career, a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 87 In grimmer news, on May 7 Gil McDougald of the Yankees hit a pitch off Indians pitcher Herb Score in the first inning. The pitch would strike Score in the face.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, pp. 88–89 Season standings Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions August 24, 1957: Vito Valentinetti was purchased by the Indians from the Brooklyn Dodgers.Vito Valentinetti at Baseball-Reference September 21, 1957: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference Roster 1957 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 28 Hank Aguirre 30 Bob Alexander 10 Bud Daley 25 Mike Garcia  6 Johnny Gray 11 Art Houtteman 21 Bob Lemon 22 Cal McLish 12 Don Mossi 20 Ray Narleski 34 Stan Pitula 27 Herb Score 29 Dick Tomanek 26 Vito Valentinetti 26 Hoyt Wilhelm 24 Early Wynn Catchers 11 Dick Brown  4 Jim Hegan 18 Hal Naragon 15 Russ Nixon Infielders  5 Joe Altobelli  1 Bobby Ávila 17 Chico Carrasquel  6 Billy Harrell  8 Kenny Kuhn  9 Larry Raines  6 Eddie Robinson 16 Al Smith  3 George Strickland 26 Preston Ward 23 Vic Wertz Outfielders 31 Jim Busby 34 Joe Caffie 38 Rocky Colavito 32 Roger Maris 35 Bob Usher 36 Dick Williams 14 Gene Woodling Manager  2 Kerby Farrell Coaches 43 Mel Harder (Pitching) 42 Red Kress (First Base) 40 Bill Lobe (Bullpen) 44 Eddie Stanky (Third Base) 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 Jim Hegan 58 148 32 .216 4 15 1B Vic Wertz 144 515 145 .282 28 105 2B Bobby Ávila 129 463 124 .268 5 48 SS Chico Carrasquel 125 392 108 .276 8 57 3B Al Smith 135 507 125 .247 11 49 LF Gene Woodling 133 430 138 .321 19 78 CF Roger Maris 116 358 84 .235 14 51 RF Rocky Colavito 134 461 116 .252 25 84 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 Larry Raines 96 244 64 .262 2 16 Dick Williams 67 205 58 .283 6 17 George Strickland 89 201 47 .234 1 19 Russ Nixon 62 185 52 .281 2 18 Hal Naragon 57 121 31 .256 0 8 Dick Brown 34 114 30 .263 4 22 Joe Caffie 32 89 24 .270 3 10 Joe Altobelli 83 87 18 .207 0 9 Jim Busby 30 74 14 .189 2 4 Billy Harrell 22 57 15 .263 1 5 Kenny Kuhn 40 53 9 .170 0 5 Eddie Robinson 19 27 6 .222 1 3 Preston Ward 10 11 2 .182 0 0 Bob Usher 10 8 1 .125 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 Early Wynn 40 263.0 14 17 4.31 184 Mike Garcia 38 211.1 12 8 3.75 110 Bob Lemon 21 117.1 6 11 4.60 45 Herb Score 5 36.0 2 1 2.00 39 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 Don Mossi 36 159.0 11 10 4.13 97 Ray Narleski 46 154.1 11 5 3.09 93 Cal McLish 42 144.1 9 7 2.74 88 Bud Daley 34 87.1 2 8 4.43 54 Stan Pitula 23 59.2 2 2 4.98 17 Vito Valentinetti 11 23.2 2 2 4.94 9 Johnny Gray 7 20.0 1 3 5.85 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 Dick Tomanek 34 2 1 0 5.68 55 Hank Aguirre 10 1 1 0 5.75 9 Bob Alexander 5 0 1 0 9.00 1 Art Houtteman 3 0 0 0 6.75 3 Hoyt Wilhelm 2 1 0 1 2.45 0 Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball Open San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Bob Elliott and Catfish Metkovich AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Don Heffner A Reading Indians Eastern League Jo-Jo White B Keokuk Kernels Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Pinky May C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Frank Tornay and Ken Blackman D Cocoa Indians Florida State League Hank Majeski and Jim Gruzdis D North Platte Indians Nebraska State League Rudy York D Batavia Indians New York–Penn League Don Richmond LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ReadingJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 1957 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference 1957 Cleveland Indians team page at baseball-almanac.com Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Indians