1957 American League Stats

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1957 American League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	98-56 (0.636)	-	723	534	98-56 (0.635)	104-50 (0.675)	1,497,134	59.3	30.4	3.7	25.2
2	Chicago White Sox	90-64 (0.584)	8.0	707	566	92-62 (0.600)	97-57 (0.630)	1,135,668	51.8	22.2	4.6	25.0
3	Boston Red Sox	82-72 (0.532)	16.0	721	668	82-72 (0.535)	89-65 (0.578)	1,181,087	44.0	18.8	5.2	20.0
4	Detroit Tigers	78-76 (0.506)	20.0	614	614	77-77 (0.500)	79-75 (0.513)	1,272,346	34.1	13.5	1.2	19.4
5	Baltimore Orioles	76-76 (0.500)	21.0	597	588	78-76 (0.507)	78-76 (0.506)	1,029,581	32.9	13.2	2.6	17.2
6	Cleveland Indians	76-77 (0.497)	21.5	682	722	73-81 (0.474)	61-93 (0.396)	722,256	15.9	15.9	-5.1	5.0
7	Kansas City Athletics	59-94 (0.386)	38.5	563	710	61-93 (0.395)	61-93 (0.396)	901,067	16.3	5.1	3.8	7.4
8	Washington Senators	55-99 (0.357)	43.0	603	808	57-97 (0.369)	46-108 (0.299)	457,079	0.6	8.3	3.5	-11.2

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	25	13.9	13.5	144	623	173	28	6	34	146	16	3	152.535	0.512	0.665
2	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	38	12.3	12.3	132	546	163	28	1	38	119	0	1	146.070	0.526	0.731
3	Roy Sievers	WS1	LF	30	8.4	8.2	152	657	172	23	5	42	76	1	1	117.468	0.388	0.579
4	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	33	5.9	6.0	153	678	176	36	5	12	79	18	15	102.460	0.408	0.454
5	Gene Woodling	CLE	LF	34	5.5	6.0	133	506	138	25	2	19	64	0	5	85.115	0.408	0.521
6	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	29	5.4	7.9	155	718	196	27	8	6	75	5	6	99.354	0.403	0.415
7	Charlie Maxwell	DET	LF	30	5.1	6.4	138	580	136	23	3	24	76	3	2	84.939	0.377	0.482
8	Vic Wertz	CLE	1B	32	5.0	1.5	144	606	145	21	0	28	78	2	3	87.601	0.371	0.485
9	Gil McDougald	NYA	SS	29	4.5	7.4	141	624	156	25	9	13	59	2	5	78.286	0.362	0.442
10	Al Kaline	DET	RF	22	4.1	5.0	149	636	170	29	4	23	43	11	9	82.796	0.343	0.478
11	Jackie Jensen	BOS	RF	30	4.1	4.1	145	627	153	29	2	23	75	8	5	87.360	0.367	0.469
12	Bob Boyd	BAL	1B	37	4.0	3.2	141	552	154	16	8	4	55	2	4	70.981	0.388	0.408
13	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	26	3.7	3.4	122	501	139	15	5	17	31	3	2	64.976	0.347	0.470
14	Larry Doby	CHA	CF	33	3.6	3.4	119	477	120	27	2	14	56	2	3	67.026	0.373	0.464
15	Bob Nieman	BAL	LF	30	3.5	3.7	129	521	123	17	6	13	63	4	4	65.109	0.363	0.429
16	Rocky Colavito	CLE	RF	23	3.4	4.0	134	544	116	26	0	25	71	1	6	71.316	0.348	0.471
17	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	34	3.2	3.0	137	535	124	22	9	18	42	7	2	61.627	0.321	0.455
18	Earl Torgeson	2 teams	1B	33	3.1	2.2	116	369	86	13	3	8	61	7	3	52.288	0.398	0.429
19	Jim Lemon	WS1	RF	29	3.1	2.9	137	576	147	23	6	17	49	1	7	71.699	0.345	0.450
20	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	32	3.0	4.3	134	545	121	14	2	24	57	1	2	63.088	0.329	0.438
21	Al Pilarcik	BAL	RF	26	2.8	3.2	142	482	113	16	3	9	53	14	7	54.698	0.359	0.398
22	Ray Boone	DET	1B	33	2.8	1.9	129	531	126	25	3	12	57	1	1	62.865	0.353	0.418
23	Jim Rivera	CHA	RF	35	2.6	1.9	125	451	103	21	6	14	40	18	2	51.601	0.326	0.443
24	Gus Triandos	BAL	C	26	2.5	4.2	129	467	106	21	1	19	38	0	0	52.228	0.318	0.445
25	Al Smith	CLE	3B	29	2.3	1.3	135	605	125	23	5	11	79	12	6	63.843	0.348	0.377
26	Hector Lopez	KC1	3B	27	2.2	3.1	121	441	115	19	4	11	41	1	6	56.009	0.357	0.448
27	Harry Simpson	2 teams	1B	31	2.2	2.1	125	440	109	16	9	13	31	1	1	50.222	0.318	0.452
28	George Kell	BAL	3B	34	2.2	2.0	99	345	92	9	0	9	25	2	0	39.918	0.352	0.413
29	Jim Piersall	BOS	CF	27	2.2	2.8	151	687	159	27	5	19	62	14	6	74.662	0.331	0.415
30	Woodie Held	2 teams	CF	25	2.2	2.9	93	372	78	14	3	20	37	4	0	46.145	0.317	0.483
31	Hal Smith	KC1	C	26	2.2	2.5	107	383	109	26	0	13	14	2	2	48.098	0.328	0.483
32	Roger Maris	CLE	CF	22	2.0	2.5	116	424	84	9	5	14	60	8	4	47.998	0.344	0.405
33	Frank Bolling	DET	2B	25	1.9	2.6	146	644	149	27	6	15	57	4	9	67.132	0.327	0.405
34	Frank Malzone	BOS	3B	27	1.9	4.0	153	672	185	31	5	15	31	2	1	72.961	0.323	0.427
35	Billy Gardner	BAL	2B	29	1.8	2.6	154	718	169	36	3	6	53	10	7	64.197	0.325	0.356
36	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	30	1.8	1.5	110	492	104	13	5	9	73	1	11	57.317	0.370	0.372
37	Tony Kubek	NYA	SS	21	1.7	1.9	127	475	128	21	3	3	24	6	6	46.178	0.336	0.381
38	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	32	1.7	2.0	101	403	90	11	2	11	35	2	0	44.134	0.342	0.393
39	Chico Carrasquel	CLE	SS	31	1.7	1.7	125	454	108	14	1	8	41	0	2	48.098	0.351	0.378
40	Gus Zernial	KC1	LF	34	1.6	1.5	131	478	103	20	1	27	34	1	1	52.041	0.290	0.471
41	Harvey Kuenn	DET	SS	26	1.6	-1.2	151	679	173	30	6	9	47	5	8	67.014	0.327	0.388
42	Lou Berberet	WS1	C	27	1.5	2.9	99	313	69	11	2	7	41	0	1	36.287	0.359	0.398
43	Billy Goodman	2 teams	3B	31	1.4	1.2	91	316	82	11	3	3	23	0	2	33.494	0.342	0.387
44	Clint Courtney	WS1	C	30	1.3	2.4	91	260	62	14	1	6	16	0	0	30.574	0.346	0.414
45	Enos Slaughter	NYA	LF	41	1.3	1.5	96	256	53	7	1	5	40	0	2	28.715	0.369	0.368
46	Dick Gernert	BOS	1B	28	1.1	1.0	99	362	75	13	3	14	39	1	1	40.355	0.324	0.430
47	Bobby Avila	CLE	2B	33	1.1	0.3	129	528	124	19	3	5	46	2	4	48.048	0.334	0.354
48	Mickey Vernon	BOS	1B	39	1.1	1.3	102	318	65	18	1	7	41	0	0	35.959	0.350	0.393
49	Lou Skizas	KC1	RF	25	1.0	1.2	119	411	92	14	1	18	27	5	2	40.972	0.297	0.431
50	Bob Cerv	KC1	LF	32	0.9	0.7	124	371	94	14	2	11	20	1	1	37.806	0.312	0.420

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Frank Sullivan	BOS	27	9.2	8.2	31	30	240.67	14	11	14	0	76	48	127	68.99	2.73	1.06	4.75
2	Jim Bunning	DET	25	7.5	7.1	45	30	267.33	20	8	14	1	91	72	182	68.55	2.69	1.07	6.13
3	Dick Donovan	CHA	29	6.3	5.8	28	28	220.67	16	6	16	0	76	45	88	51.58	2.77	1.12	3.59
4	Billy Pierce	CHA	30	6.1	4.9	37	34	257.00	20	12	16	2	98	71	171	49.75	3.26	1.16	5.99
5	Tom Sturdivant	NYA	27	5.3	4.8	28	28	201.67	16	6	7	0	65	80	118	45.95	2.54	1.24	5.27
6	Connie Johnson	BAL	34	4.7	3.4	35	30	242.00	14	11	14	0	93	66	177	40.02	3.20	1.15	6.58
7	Bobby Shantz	NYA	31	4.7	4.4	30	21	173.00	11	5	9	5	58	40	72	40.20	2.45	1.14	3.75
8	Bob Turley	NYA	26	4.5	3.7	32	23	176.33	13	6	9	3	59	85	152	38.67	2.71	1.16	7.76
9	Paul Foytack	DET	26	4.2	3.9	38	27	212.00	14	11	8	1	79	104	118	38.68	3.14	1.32	5.01
10	Tom Brewer	BOS	25	3.8	2.9	32	32	238.33	16	13	15	0	113	93	128	28.76	3.85	1.33	4.83
11	Willard Nixon	BOS	29	3.8	3.8	29	29	191.00	12	13	11	0	86	56	96	28.39	3.68	1.38	4.52
12	Duke Maas	DET	28	3.8	2.6	45	26	219.33	10	14	8	6	92	65	116	34.63	3.28	1.25	4.76
13	Gerry Staley	CHA	36	3.4	3.1	47	0	105.00	5	1	0	7	27	27	44	27.96	2.06	1.16	3.77
14	Jim Wilson	CHA	35	3.4	2.7	30	29	201.67	15	8	12	0	85	65	100	27.37	3.48	1.26	4.46
15	Whitey Ford	NYA	28	3.3	2.8	24	17	129.33	11	5	5	0	46	53	84	28.08	2.57	1.29	5.85
16	Billy Hoeft	DET	25	3.1	2.8	34	28	207.00	9	11	10	1	85	69	111	28.84	3.48	1.24	4.83
17	Billy Loes	BAL	27	3.1	2.3	31	18	155.33	12	7	8	4	59	37	86	26.32	3.24	1.15	4.98
18	Billy O'Dell	BAL	24	3.0	2.6	35	15	140.33	4	10	2	4	48	39	97	25.33	2.69	1.04	6.22
19	Cal McLish	CLE	31	2.9	2.9	42	7	144.33	9	7	2	1	55	67	88	23.74	2.74	1.28	5.49
20	George Zuverink	BAL	32	2.6	2.4	56	0	112.67	10	6	0	9	37	39	36	22.37	2.48	1.28	2.88
21	Ray Narleski	CLE	28	2.5	1.9	46	15	154.33	11	5	7	16	65	70	93	21.03	3.09	1.33	5.42
22	Ralph Terry	2 teams	21	2.5	1.9	28	21	151.33	5	12	4	0	70	55	87	19.37	3.33	1.27	5.17
23	Virgil Trucks	KC1	40	2.5	2.0	48	7	116.00	9	7	0	7	45	62	55	18.66	3.03	1.45	4.27
24	Mike Garcia	CLE	33	2.3	1.5	38	27	211.33	12	8	9	0	98	73	110	19.14	3.75	1.39	4.68
25	Mike Fornieles	2 teams	25	2.3	1.6	40	22	182.33	10	13	8	2	91	55	107	17.28	3.75	1.36	5.28
26	Bob Grim	NYA	27	2.1	2.2	46	0	72.00	12	8	0	19	22	36	52	18.54	2.62	1.33	6.50
27	Jack Urban	KC1	28	2.1	2.1	31	13	129.33	7	4	3	0	55	45	55	15.88	3.34	1.21	3.83
28	Bob Keegan	CHA	36	2.1	1.7	30	20	142.67	10	8	6	2	62	37	36	17.14	3.53	1.18	2.27
29	Frank Lary	DET	27	1.9	0.9	40	35	237.67	11	16	12	3	111	72	107	17.76	3.98	1.35	4.05
30	Bill Fischer	CHA	26	1.8	1.2	33	11	124.00	7	8	3	1	50	35	48	14.64	3.48	1.40	3.48
31	Ray Moore	BAL	31	1.7	1.4	34	32	227.33	11	13	7	0	99	112	117	14.43	3.72	1.35	4.63
32	Bud Byerly	WS1	37	1.7	1.4	47	0	95.00	6	6	0	6	38	22	39	13.87	3.13	1.22	3.69
33	Ike Delock	BOS	27	1.7	1.3	49	2	94.00	9	8	0	11	40	45	62	12.53	3.83	1.33	5.94
34	Ken Lehman	BAL	29	1.6	1.6	30	3	68.00	8	3	1	6	21	22	32	13.70	2.78	1.16	4.24
35	Ned Garver	KC1	31	1.6	1.2	24	23	145.33	6	13	6	0	72	55	61	11.68	3.84	1.20	3.78
36	Tom Gorman	KC1	32	1.5	0.9	38	12	124.67	5	9	3	3	59	33	66	11.23	3.83	1.27	4.76
37	Johnny Kucks	NYA	24	1.5	0.9	37	23	179.33	8	10	4	2	82	59	78	12.83	3.56	1.27	3.91
38	Art Ditmar	NYA	28	1.4	1.1	46	11	127.33	8	3	0	6	55	35	64	12.44	3.25	1.28	4.52
39	Herb Score	CLE	24	1.4	1.2	5	5	36.00	2	1	3	0	9	26	39	11.42	2.00	1.22	9.75
40	Dixie Howell	CHA	37	1.3	1.5	37	0	68.33	6	5	0	6	25	30	37	10.71	3.29	1.38	4.87
41	Arnie Portocarrero	KC1	25	1.3	0.9	33	17	114.67	4	9	1	0	55	34	42	9.76	3.92	1.19	3.30
42	Camilo Pascual	WS1	23	1.1	0.5	29	26	175.67	8	17	8	0	85	76	113	9.29	4.10	1.39	5.79
43	Alex Kellner	KC1	32	1.1	1.2	28	21	132.67	6	5	3	0	65	41	72	8.22	4.27	1.37	4.88
44	Hal Brown	BAL	32	1.0	0.9	25	20	150.00	7	8	7	1	68	37	62	8.60	3.90	1.13	3.72
45	Sal Maglie	NYA	40	1.0	0.9	6	3	26.00	2	0	1	3	6	7	9	8.58	1.73	1.12	3.12
46	Al Cicotte	NYA	27	0.9	0.7	20	2	65.33	2	2	0	2	25	30	36	7.94	3.03	1.33	4.96
47	Bill Wight	BAL	35	0.9	0.2	27	17	121.00	6	6	2	0	53	54	50	7.81	3.64	1.45	3.72
48	Don Mossi	CLE	28	0.8	0.5	36	22	159.00	11	10	6	2	82	57	97	6.68	4.13	1.40	5.49
49	Harry Byrd	DET	32	0.8	0.6	37	1	59.00	4	3	0	5	23	28	20	7.36	3.36	1.37	3.05
50	Bob Porterfield	BOS	33	0.7	0.4	28	9	102.33	4	4	3	1	54	30	28	5.60	4.05	1.34	2.46

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Gus Triandos	BAL	26	1.7	120.0	949.7	580.0	64.0	5.0	13.0	12.448
	2	Yogi Berra	NYA	32	1.5	121.0	1030.7	704.0	61.0	4.0	12.0	11.138
	3	Lou Berberet	WS1	27	1.4	77.0	626.3	349.0	48.0	0.0	8.0	11.299
	4	Frank House	DET	27	1.2	97.0	849.3	535.0	54.0	2.0	5.0	9.089
	5	Clint Courtney	WS1	30	1.1	59.0	474.3	288.0	35.0	2.0	6.0	8.970
	6	Russ Nixon	CLE	22	0.4	57.0	418.7	268.0	31.0	5.0	5.0	3.605
	7	Dick Brown	CLE	22	0.4	33.0	274.0	190.0	18.0	3.0	4.0	3.441
	8	Hal Smith	KC1	26	0.4	103.0	855.0	463.0	55.0	9.0	8.0	3.458
1B	1	Vic Power	KC1	29	2.3	113.0	935.0	968.0	99.0	2.0	95.0	21.560
	2	Dave Philley	2 teams	37	0.6	29.0	240.3	218.0	25.0	1.0	21.0	4.244
	3	Mickey Vernon	BOS	39	0.2	70.0	575.7	662.0	51.0	6.0	47.0	2.130
	4	Dick Williams	BAL	28	0.2	12.0	85.0	82.0	10.0	0.0	12.0	1.587
	5	Harry Simpson	2 teams	31	0.2	48.0	395.7	386.0	31.0	1.0	39.0	2.286
	6	Elston Howard	NYA	28	0.1	2.0	16.0	20.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.659
	7	Irv Noren	KC1	32	0.1	25.0	189.0	191.0	12.0	2.0	24.0	0.686
	8	Jay Porter	DET	24	0.0	3.0	26.0	28.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.318
2B	1	Nellie Fox	CHA	29	2.6	155.0	1392.7	453.0	453.0	13.0	141.0	22.881
	2	Ted Lepcio	BOS	27	0.8	68.0	557.0	136.0	194.0	8.0	58.0	7.116
	3	Frank Bolling	DET	25	0.7	146.0	1325.3	394.0	401.0	16.0	112.0	5.156
	4	Billy Gardner	BAL	29	0.6	148.0	1338.0	393.0	424.0	11.0	96.0	4.143
	5	Milt Bolling	WS1	26	0.5	53.0	430.0	126.0	143.0	5.0	36.0	3.932
	6	Gil McDougald	NYA	29	0.5	21.0	156.3	59.0	48.0	1.0	18.0	3.564
	7	Milt Graff	KC1	26	0.3	53.0	397.7	110.0	127.0	3.0	36.0	2.991
	8	Jerry Coleman	NYA	32	0.2	45.0	286.7	74.0	84.0	5.0	32.0	1.484
3B	1	Frank Malzone	BOS	27	2.1	153.0	1364.0	151.0	370.0	25.0	31.0	19.211
	2	Bubba Phillips	CHA	29	1.9	97.0	799.0	91.0	227.0	14.0	18.0	17.276
	3	Hector Lopez	KC1	27	0.9	111.0	877.3	117.0	227.0	23.0	20.0	8.704
	4	Sammy Esposito	CHA	25	0.7	53.0	347.0	52.0	92.0	6.0	10.0	6.092
	5	Fred Hatfield	CHA	32	0.7	44.0	254.7	23.0	74.0	5.0	10.0	5.873
	6	Larry Raines	CLE	27	0.6	27.0	215.7	33.0	61.0	8.0	7.0	4.798
	7	Jim Finigan	DET	28	0.5	59.0	440.7	58.0	108.0	8.0	9.0	4.123
	8	Pete Runnels	WS1	29	0.5	32.0	284.3	31.0	73.0	3.0	12.0	4.037
SS	1	Rocky Bridges	WS1	29	2.9	108.0	915.3	226.0	382.0	18.0	77.0	23.865
	2	Gil McDougald	NYA	29	2.3	121.0	1051.0	247.0	391.0	16.0	104.0	17.281
	3	Billy Klaus	BOS	28	1.8	118.0	1026.0	204.0	417.0	25.0	93.0	16.659
	4	Sammy Esposito	CHA	25	0.6	22.0	155.7	28.0	73.0	3.0	12.0	5.500
	5	Billy Consolo	BOS	22	0.5	42.0	350.7	61.0	149.0	15.0	30.0	4.580
	6	Tony Kubek	NYA	21	0.4	41.0	297.3	74.0	108.0	6.0	26.0	2.999
	7	George Strickland	CLE	31	0.3	23.0	118.7	24.0	46.0	2.0	13.0	2.750
	8	Willy Miranda	BAL	31	0.3	115.0	880.0	166.0	324.0	17.0	59.0	2.313
LF	1	Charlie Maxwell	DET	30	1.4	136.0	1183.3	321.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	10.388
	2	Gene Woodling	CLE	34	0.5	113.0	943.3	222.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	3.808
	3	Roger Maris	CLE	22	0.2	27.0	177.7	49.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	1.530
	4	Bob Nieman	BAL	30	0.2	116.0	961.3	221.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	1.373
	5	Art Schult	WS1	29	0.2	14.0	115.7	34.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.451
	6	Roy Sievers	WS1	30	0.2	130.0	1140.0	254.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	1.274
	7	Dick Williams	2 teams	28	0.1	32.0	153.7	39.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.122
	8	Tito Francona	BAL	23	0.1	27.0	174.0	43.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.981
CF	1	Woodie Held	KC1	25	0.7	92.0	822.3	265.0	12.0	1.0	2.0	6.452
	2	Jim Piersall	BOS	27	0.7	151.0	1320.7	396.0	12.0	4.0	0.0	6.078
	3	Jim Busby	2 teams	30	0.6	110.0	862.0	273.0	7.0	5.0	2.0	4.788
	4	Bill Tuttle	DET	27	0.5	128.0	1042.3	329.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	4.127
	5	Al Pilarcik	BAL	26	0.3	53.0	399.3	121.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	2.122
	6	Roger Maris	CLE	22	0.3	87.0	679.3	206.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	2.171
	7	Bob Usher	2 teams	32	0.2	96.0	753.0	225.0	7.0	5.0	2.0	1.930
	8	Jim Landis	CHA	23	0.2	41.0	314.7	96.0	6.0	1.0	3.0	1.745
RF	1	Al Kaline	DET	22	0.8	136.0	1130.7	261.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	6.123
	2	Rocky Colavito	CLE	23	0.6	130.0	1126.7	266.0	12.0	11.0	2.0	5.323
	3	Jim Landis	CHA	23	0.2	42.0	341.7	80.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.806
	4	Joe Caffie	CLE	26	0.1	18.0	145.0	37.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.135
	5	Bubba Phillips	CHA	29	0.1	8.0	61.0	18.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.082
	6	Lou Skizas	KC1	25	0.1	69.0	517.7	109.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.940
	7	Marty Keough	BOS	23	0.1	7.0	37.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.807
	8	Zeke Bella	NYA	26	0.1	3.0	21.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.569