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
Record vs. opponents
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 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 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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix
Notes
References
1957 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 1957 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com