LEAGUE NEWS Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Gene Bearden retires ... Tommy Byrne retires ... Sandy Consuegra retires ... Bob Gillespie retires ... Fred Hutchinson retires ... Earl Johnson retires ... Paul Lehner retires ... Willard Marshall retires ... Walt Masterson retires ... Tommy O'brien retires ... Joe Page retires ... Jerry Priddy retires ... Vic Raschi retires ... Eddie Robinson retires ... Johnny Schmitz retires ... Bill Serena retires ... BOS: Jim Rivera retires ... BOS: Sam Dente retires ... CLE: Lou Boudreau retires ... He will be in the Hall Of Fame! CLE: Early Wynn retires ... NYY: Ralph Houk retires ... NYY: Snuffy Stirnweiss retires ... NYY: Jim Dyck retires ... BAL: Ted Williams retires ... He will be in the Hall Of Fame! BAL: Bill Sommers retires ... BAL: John Andre retires ... WS1: Sid Gordon retires ... WS1: Al Kozar retires ... WS1: Al Sima retires ... BRO: Joe Landrum retires ... CHN: Johnny Wyrostek retires ... CIN: Dixie Howell retires ... CIN: Duane Pillette retires ... CIN: Ray Coleman retires ... CIN: Buddy Kerr retires ... CIN: Paul Burris retires ... CIN: Hank Schenz retires ... CIN: Cliff Chambers retires ... CIN: Matt Batts retires ... PHI: Joe Muir retires ... PHI: Steve Gromek retires ... PHI: Red Murff retires ... PIT: Clint Hartung retires ... PIT: Fred Sanford retires ... CHA: Fan loyalty increases to Average! NYY: Fan loyalty increases to Good! WS1: Fan loyalty drops to Fair... MIL: Fan loyalty drops to Average... CHN: Fan loyalty drops to Fair... PIT: Fan loyalty drops to Poor... SLN: Fan loyalty increases to Good!
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BRO: Bob Friend pitches a 2-hit shutout against Chicago (N)!!
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AL-Player of the Week: CF Ken Wood (BOS)! He batted .350 in 20 AB, with 4 HR and 9 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: RF Earl Torgeson (MIL)! He batted .542 in 24 AB, with 1 HR and 9 RBI.
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BAL: Alvin Dark sets a new single Extra-Inning Game AL-Record for Hits with 6! BAL: Alvin Dark has 6 hits against Washington.
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AL-Player of the Week: P Jim Bunning (NYY)! He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings with an ERA of 1.00, fanning 13. NL-Player of the Week: CF Johnny Groth (CIN)! He batted .462 in 26 AB, with 2 HR and 10 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: 2B Red Schoendienst (KC)! He batted .455 in 22 AB, with 2 HR and 6 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: CF Johnny Groth (CIN)! He batted .500 in 28 AB, with 4 HR and 16 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: 3B Roy Sievers (BAL)! He batted .545 in 22 AB, with 3 HR and 8 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: 1B Gil Hodges (BRO)! He batted .560 in 25 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI. AL-Pitcher of the Month: Jim Bunning (NYY)! He had a record of 5-0 in 6 games started, with an ERA of 2.22 and 2 shutouts. AL-Batter of the Month: Roy Sievers (BAL)! He batted .415 in 94 AB, with 7 homers and 26 RBI. NL-Pitcher of the Month: Frank Smith (CIN)! He had a record of 5-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.92 and 1 shutouts. NL-Batter of the Month: Johnny Groth (CIN)! He batted .426 in 101 AB, with 8 homers and 36 RBI.
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PHI: Eddie Mathews sets a new single game NL-Record for Bases on Balls with 5!
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WS1: Ramon Monzant pitches a 3-hit shutout against New York (A)!!
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AL-Player of the Week: LF Wally Moon (KC)! He batted .524 in 21 AB, with 2 HR and 9 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: RF Duke Snider (BRO)! He batted .480 in 25 AB, with 4 HR and 9 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: LF Larry Doby (NYY)! He batted .400 in 25 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: RF Frank Robinson (CHN)! He batted .440 in 25 AB, with 5 HR and 12 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: 3B Randy Jackson (CHA)! He batted .333 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 7 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: CF Willie Mays (PIT)! He batted .545 in 22 AB, with 6 HR and 20 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: P Ken Johnson (BAL)! He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17.2 innings with an ERA of 1.02, fanning 12. NL-Player of the Week: 1B Ed Bouchee (CHN)! He batted .545 in 22 AB, with 3 RBI.
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AL-Pitcher of the Month: Don Drysdale (BOS)! He had a record of 2-0 in 3 games started, with an ERA of 1.05. AL-Batter of the Month: Ted Kluszewski (CHA)! He batted .467 in 75 AB, with 8 homers and 35 RBI. NL-Pitcher of the Month: Don Cardwell (NYN)! He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 3.48. NL-Batter of the Month: Willie Mays (PIT)! He batted .350 in 100 AB, with 12 homers and 43 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: 1B Ted Kluszewski (CHA)! He batted .500 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 7 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: LF Bobby Thomson (PHI)! He batted .593 in 27 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI.
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CHN: Gene Conley pitches a 3-hit shutout against New York (N)!!
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WS1: Jim Delsing sets a new single game AL-Record for Bases on Balls with 5!
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AL-Player of the Week: 3B Ray Boone (CLE)! He batted .520 in 25 AB, with 4 HR and 10 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: LF Rocky Colavito (CHN)! He batted .700 in 20 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI.
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CIN: Frank Smith pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
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AL-Player of the Week: CF Walt Moryn (CHA)! He batted .440 in 25 AB, with 3 HR and 12 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: LF Charlie Maxwell (PIT)! He batted .636 in 22 AB, with 4 HR and 11 RBI.
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CIN: Frank Smith pitches a 1-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
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AL-Player of the Week: RF Bob Nieman (CHA)! He batted .556 in 18 AB, with 1 HR and 6 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: LF Dick Gernert (MIL)! He batted .500 in 16 AB, with 4 HR and 10 RBI.
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KC: Jim Brosnan pitches a 3-hit shutout against New York (A)!! BOS: Mel Parnell pitches a 3-hit shutout against Washington!! SLN: Tex Clevenger pitches a 3-hit shutout against Brooklyn!! Ken Boyer hits a 484-foot homerun!!
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AL-Pitcher of the Month: Ewell Blackwell (CHA)! He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.28 and 1 shutouts. AL-Batter of the Month: Bill Virdon (BAL)! He batted .371 in 97 AB, with 8 homers and 26 RBI. NL-Pitcher of the Month: Frank Smith (CIN)! He had a record of 6-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.64 and 2 shutouts. NL-Batter of the Month: Charlie Maxwell (PIT)! He batted .494 in 81 AB, with 9 homers and 25 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: CF Bill Virdon (BAL)! He batted .500 in 28 AB, with 5 HR and 16 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: 3B Eddie Mathews (PHI)! He batted .500 in 24 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: RF Vic Wertz (BAL)! He batted .579 in 19 AB, with 2 HR and 10 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: 1B Frank Thomas (NYN)! He batted .423 in 26 AB, with 3 HR and 12 RBI.
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CLE: Bob Lemon pitches a 3-hit shutout against Boston!!
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AL-Player of the Week: 1B Irv Noren (BOS)! He batted .294 in 17 AB, with 3 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: CF Willie Mays (BOS)! He batted .250 in 16 AB, with 1 HR and 3 RBI.
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NYY: Sandy Koufax pitches a 1-hit shutout against Kansas City!! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 29!
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AL-Player of the Week: C Gus Triandos (WS1)! He batted .455 in 22 AB, with 4 HR and 12 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: C Les Moss (PIT)! He batted .500 in 24 AB, with 2 HR and 7 RBI.
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AL-Player of the Week: CF Jim Delsing (WS1)! He batted .500 in 26 AB, with 4 HR and 7 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: 2B Hector Lopez (CIN)! He batted .500 in 28 AB, with 3 HR and 8 RBI.
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AL-Pitcher of the Month: Sandy Koufax (NYY)! He had a record of 6-0 in 6 games started, with an ERA of 1.50 and 1 shutouts. AL-Batter of the Month: Willie Mays (BOS)! He batted .422 in 90 AB, with 8 homers and 28 RBI. NL-Pitcher of the Month: Roy Face (CIN)! He had a record of 6-2 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 3.34. NL-Batter of the Month: Hank Aaron (BRO)! He batted .430 in 107 AB, with 7 homers and 27 RBI.
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MIL: Herb Score strikes out 15 against Philadelphia (N).
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AL-Player of the Week: C Elston Howard (NYY)! He batted .571 in 21 AB, with 2 HR and 8 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: LF Bob Skinner (MIL)! He batted .476 in 21 AB, with 3 HR and 10 RBI. NYY: Sandy Koufax pitches a 3-hit shutout against Kansas City!!
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NYY: Larry Doby sets a new single game AL-Record for RBI with 9! NYY: Larry Doby crushes 3 homers against Kansas City. NYY: Larry Doby has 9 RBI against Kansas City.
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PIT: Russ Meyer pitches a 1-hit shutout against New York (N)!!
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AL-Player of the Week: RF Larry Doby (NYY)! He batted .455 in 22 AB, with 5 HR and 14 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: C Joe Garagiola (SLN)! He batted .500 in 22 AB, with 2 HR and 6 RBI.
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NYY: Eddie Yost sets a new single game AL-Record for Bases on Balls with 5!
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AL-Player of the Week: RF Vic Wertz (BAL)! He batted .429 in 28 AB, with 2 HR and 9 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: 2B Hector Lopez (CIN)! He batted .579 in 19 AB, with 3 HR and 10 RBI. Duke Snider hits a 485-foot homerun!! CHN: Art Houtteman pitches a 3-hit shutout against St. Louis (N)!!
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CIN: Frank Smith sets a new season Cincinnati-Record for Wins with 26!
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AL-Player of the Week: 3B Ray Boone (CLE)! He batted .483 in 29 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: C Del Crandall (MIL)! He batted .417 in 24 AB, with 5 HR and 10 RBI.
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CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season Chicago (N)-Record for Runs with 112!
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AL-Pitcher of the Month: Ernie Johnson (NYY)! He had a record of 6-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.07 and 1 shutouts. AL-Batter of the Month: Elston Howard (NYY)! He batted .407 in 91 AB, with 7 homers and 25 RBI. NL-Pitcher of the Month: Frank Smith (CIN)! He had a record of 8-0 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.84. NL-Batter of the Month: Duke Snider (BRO)! He batted .314 in 102 AB, with 13 homers and 30 RBI. WS1: Bob Nieman sets a new season Washington-Record for Doubles with 38! NYY: Ewell Blackwell sets a new season AL-Record for Wins with 27!
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CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for RBI with 99!
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AL-Player of the Week: C Hardy Peterson (BAL)! He batted .435 in 23 AB, with 2 HR and 7 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: RF Don Mueller (NYN)! He batted .519 in 27 AB, with 2 HR and 9 RBI.
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CIN: Ed Bailey sets a new season Cincinnati-Record for RBI with 116!
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BOS: Warren Spahn pitches a 2-hit shutout against Kansas City!!
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CIN: Frank Smith pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!! CIN: Frank Smith sets a new season NL-Record for Wins with 29!
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NYY: Sandy Koufax sets a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 263! CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season Chicago (N)-Record for Homeruns with 42! CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 42! CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season Chicago (N) Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 42!
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AL-Player of the Week: 3B Ray Boone (CLE)! He batted .476 in 21 AB, with 4 HR and 9 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: 1B Ed Bouchee (CHN)! He batted .625 in 24 AB, with 2 HR and 7 RBI.
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CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for RBI with 104! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for RBI with 105! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season Chicago (N)-Record for Homeruns with 43! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 43! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season Chicago (N) Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 43!
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CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for RBI with 105! CIN: Frank Smith sets a new season Cincinnati-Record for Strikeouts with 256!
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CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for RBI with 106!
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BOS: Irv Noren sets a new single game AL-Record for Hits with 6! BOS: Irv Noren has 6 hits against Kansas City.
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Bruce Edwards hits a 519-foot homerun!! CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season Chicago (N)-Record for Homeruns with 44! CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 44! CHN: Rocky Colavito sets a new season Chicago (N) Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 44!
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AL-Player of the Week: 1B Irv Noren (BOS)! He batted .520 in 25 AB, with 2 HR and 5 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: RF Duke Snider (BRO)! He batted .500 in 20 AB, with 3 HR and 8 RBI. Dick Gernert hits a 490-foot homerun!!
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Gus Zernial hits a 499-foot homerun!! CIN: Johnny Groth sets a new season Cincinnati-Record for Runs with 118! Earl Torgeson hits a 481-foot homerun!! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season Chicago (N)-Record for Homeruns with 45! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 45! CHN: Frank Robinson sets a new season Chicago (N) Rookie-Record for Homeruns with 45!
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WS1: Bob Cain pitches a 2-hit shutout against Detroit!!
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CHN: Ed Bouchee sets a new season NL-Record for Doubles with 50!
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BAL: Roy Sievers sets a new season Baltimore-Record for Doubles with 37!
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AL-Player of the Week: CF Willie Mays (BOS)! He batted .577 in 26 AB, with 2 HR and 11 RBI. NL-Player of the Week: RF Frank Robinson (CHN)! He batted .448 in 29 AB, with 5 HR and 8 RBI.
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AL-Pitcher of the Month: Ken Johnson (BAL)! He had a record of 5-0 in 5 games started, with an ERA of 2.51 and 1 shutouts. AL-Batter of the Month: Willie Mays (BOS)! He batted .395 in 76 AB, with 5 homers and 23 RBI. NL-Pitcher of the Month: Frank Smith (CIN)! He had a record of 4-1 in 5 games started, with an ERA of 2.58 and 1 shutouts. NL-Batter of the Month: Ed Bouchee (CHN)! He batted .407 in 91 AB, with 5 homers and 21 RBI.
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