# 1957 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1957 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 76 losses.

## Offseason

* February 8, 1957: Jim Brideweser was purchased by the Orioles from the Detroit Tigers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 50‍–‍27 |
| Chicago White Sox | 90 | 64 | .584 | 8 | 45‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 76 | .500 | 21 | 42‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 59 | 94 | .386 | 38½ | 37‍–‍40 | 22‍–‍54 |
| Washington Senators | 55 | 99 | .357 | 43 | 28‍–‍49 | 27‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1957 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 16–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 17–5 |
| Cleveland | 12–9 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 |
| Kansas City | 5–16–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 3–19 | 12–10 |
| New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 19–3 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 24, 1957: Jack Fisher was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.
* September 19, 1957: Eddie Miksis was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals.
* September 19, 1957: Morrie Martin was purchased from the Orioles by the St. Louis Cardinals.

### Roster
## 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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