Strat-O-Matic Daily Report

NEWSPAPER TEAM 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 YESTERDAY'S GAMES MLN NYN PIN SLN WHO'S BATTER G.Crowe W.Mays J.Gilliam E.Bailey E.Mathews WHO'S BATTER W.Lockman D.Zimmer R.Katt P.Reese G.Bell INJURY No STYLE RECAP FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/25/1957 WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN CIN 25 9 D.Groat PIN .385 D.Snider BRN 10 D.Ennis SLN 27 BRN 18 12 W.Moryn CHN .381 G.Crowe CIN 10 D.Hoak CIN 26 MLN 17 13 S.Musial SLN .378 E.Banks CHN 8 D.Snider BRN 24 SLN 14 17 C.Furillo BRN .364 OTHERS TIED W 7 G.Crowe CIN 23 NYN 15 19 W.Mays NYN .359 OTHERS TIED W 22 PHN 13 18 PIN 12 18 WINS SAVES ERA CHN 10 18 S.Jones SLN 5 C.Labine BRN 5 B.Buhl MLN 1.65 OTHERS TIED W 4 E.Roebuck BRN 4 W.Hacker CIN 1.66 R.Sanchez CIN 4 B.Lawrenc CIN 1.82 H.Wilhelm SLN 4 W.Spahn MLN 2.32 OTHERS TIED W 3 J.Klippst CIN 2.48 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS G.Hamner PHN 8 D.Fondy *** 11 S.Jones SLN 52 K.Boyer SLN 8 W.Mays NYN 10 B.Friend PIN 40 W.Mays NYN 7 E.Banks CHN 4 J.Sanford PHN 38 W.Post CIN 6 OTHERS TIED W 3 D.Drott CHN 35 H.Anderso PHN 6 R.Roberts PHN 32 TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS 0 at CHN 2 MLN-Buhl(4-1, 1.65) at CHN-Kaiser(0-2, 3.42) 10 at BRN 8 NYN-Worthin(1-2, 5.10) at BRN-Drysdal(4-0, 3.76) 1 at PHN 2 PIN-Kline(2-4, 4.47) at PHN-Haddix(0-3, 5.84) 3 at CIN 17 SLN-Schmidt(2-1, 4.87) at CIN-Lawrenc(3-1, 1.82) HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS CIN .400 45 18 17 0 8 J.Pizarro MLN 9 5 0 1 9 0 100 NYN .471 34 16 8 3 4 M.Drabowsky CHN 18 14 2 12 17 1 200 BRN .323 31 10 10 5 3 M.McCormick NYN 17 16 3 6 15 1 200 CIN .393 28 11 3 6 2 D.Gross CIN 18 12 5 2 4 3 200 MLN .304 23 7 5 2 2 J.Nuxhall CIN 18 15 5 3 7 2 200 NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS NYN .129 31 4 1 2 0 V.Mizell SLN 12 24 19 15 7 1 010 BRN .125 24 3 1 2 0 A.Worthington NYN 6 10 7 3 1 3 010 NYN .172 29 5 2 3 0 S.Miller NYN 12 19 13 3 6 4 010 BRN .133 30 4 5 2 0 L.McDaniel SLN 9 12 11 3 6 1 010 CIN .233 43 10 4 2 0 J.Antonelli NYN 12 16 13 13 7 3 010 REPORT injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1957 National League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1957 Cincinnati CIN 25 9 .735 ---- 118 80 74 .519 1957 Brooklyn BRN 18 12 .600 5.0 84 70 .545 1957 Milwaukee MLN 17 13 .567 6.0 95 59 .617 1957 St. Louis SLN 14 17 .452 9.5 87 67 .565 1957 New York NYN 15 19 .441 10.0 69 85 .448 1957 Philadelphia PHN 13 18 .419 10.5 77 77 .500 1957 Pittsburgh PIN 12 18 .400 11.0 62 92 .403 1957 Chicago CHN 10 18 .357 12.0 62 92 .403 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BRN 18 12 .600 11- 5 7- 7 2- 1 16-11 3- 2 8- 7 4-6 Lost 3 CHN 10 18 .357 6- 5 4-13 2- 4 8-14 3- 5 4- 7 6-4 Won 5 CIN 25 9 .735 13- 4 12- 5 8- 5 17- 4 2- 1 7- 4 8-2 Won 5 MLN 17 13 .567 6- 6 11- 7 1- 0 16-13 2- 2 2- 8 7-3 Lost 1 NYN 15 19 .441 9-10 6- 9 1- 8 14-11 4- 0 6- 2 3-7 Won 1 PHN 13 18 .419 6-10 7- 8 4- 2 9-16 1- 4 7- 6 5-5 Won 1 PIN 12 18 .400 8- 9 4- 9 6- 5 6-13 1- 3 7- 7 3-7 Lost 2 SLN 14 17 .452 8- 8 6- 9 5- 9 9- 8 3- 2 5- 5 3-7 Lost 3 TOTAL 124 124 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BRN 8- 3 10- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 CHN 2- 9 8- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 CIN 8- 4 17- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 MLN 5- 6 12- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 NYN 5- 8 10-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 PHN 5- 7 8-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 PIN 5- 7 7-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 SLN 8- 2 6-15 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN BRN - 2 0 3 3 2 4 4 CHN 1 - 0 2 2 2 2 1 CIN 4 5 - 4 4 3 2 3 MLN 1 2 2 - 3 2 3 4 NYN 2 3 2 0 - 4 1 3 PHN 0 1 1 1 4 - 4 2 PIN 3 1 2 2 2 2 - 0 SLN 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1957 National League Date: 5/25/1957

MILWAUKEE AT CHICAGO Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Cubs............ 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Win:Drabowsky(2-3) Loss:Spahn(3-3) Moe Drabowsky whitewashed Milwaukee as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Braves by a score of 2 to 0 at Wrigley Field. Drabowsky(2-3) had a strong outing. He didn't allow much, just 6 hits and 6 walks in 9 innings lowering his ERA to 3.32. After the 4th inning, neither team was able to score. Warren Spahn(3-3) was hit with the loss. He gave up 2 runs and 9 hits in 8 innings. PITTSBURGH AT PHILADELPHIA Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 10 0 Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 8 0 Win:Miller(2-0) Loss:Face(0-2) 18,228 fans watched an exciting game at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies topped the Pittsburgh Pirates by the slimmest of margins, 2 to 1. The score was knotted at 1 after nine innings. Finally, Philadelphia pulled the game out in the 10th inning. Bob Miller drew a walk. After an out was recorded, Richie Ashburn came to the plate and doubled. One out later, Stan Lopata stepped in and he banged out a single making Philadelphia the winners and sending the 18,228 fans home happy. The game was a scoreless duel until the 7th inning. The win went to Miller(2-0) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Roy Face(0-2) absorbed the loss in relief. He pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up 2 hits and 1 walk. ST. LOUIS AT CINCINNATI Cardinals....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 3 Redlegs......... 0 6 4 1 0 6 0 0 - 17 21 2 Win:Nuxhall(3-1) Loss:Jones(5-1) Homeruns- J.Cunningham(3rd), W.Post(3rd), G.Crowe(10th) Wally Post had 4 hits and 4 RBI as the Cincinnati Redlegs crushed the St. Louis Cardinals 17 to 3. The home town fans were very appreciative of the fine hitting performance provided by Post. He lashed a single resulting in a run in the 2nd inning, bombed a two-run dinger (his 3rd of the season) in the 3rd inning, doubled in the 5th inning and delivered a one-base hit knocking in a run in the 6th inning. Cincinnati provided plenty of action in the 2nd inning with 6 runs on 5 hits and the 6th inning which saw them plate 6 runs on 7 hits. Cincinnati ended up with 21 hits for the game while St. Louis had 9. The victory went to Joe Nuxhall(3-1) who went 8 and 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs. Sam Jones(5-1) was tagged with the loss. He surrendered 6 runs and 5 hits in 1 and 1/3 innings. NEW YORK AT BROOKLYN Giants.......... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 - 10 13 1 Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 8 11 2 Win:McCormick(3-0) Loss:Bessent(1-1) Homeruns- W.Mays(6th), H.Sauer-3(7th), D.Spencer(1st), J.Gilliam-2(4th) Hank Sauer rocketed 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Ebbets Field as the New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 12 innings 10 to 8. The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings. New York came out on top in the 12th inning. After two were out Willie Mays got things rolling when he hit a bases-empty home run (his 6th of the season). Sauer came to the plate and smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 7th of the season). New York rapped out 13 hits for the night. Mike McCormick(3-0) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the win. Don Bessent(1-1) was hit with the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 2 hits in 1 inning. 'I was really seeing the ball tonight,' Sauer said 'I wish it was always this easy.'

1957 Milwaukee Braves At 1957 Chicago Cubs 5/24/1957 Braves AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG D.O'Connell 2B 4 0 0 0 .242 B.Morgan 2B 5 0 0 0 .316 H.Aaron RF,CF 2 0 1 0 .260 L.Walls CF 4 0 1 0 .196 E.Mathews 3B 5 0 1 0 .331 E.Banks 3B,SS 4 0 1 0 .239 J.Adcock 1B 4 0 1 0 .245 D.Long 1B 1 1 1 0 .243 C.Tanner LF 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Bolger LF 4 1 1 0 .216 J.Logan SS 4 0 1 0 .228 F.Ernaga RF 4 0 3 1 .750 B.Bruton CF 3 0 0 0 .269 C.Neeman C 3 0 1 1 .204 B-A.Pafko PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .333 J.Littrell SS 2 0 0 0 .529 D.Crandall C 3 0 1 0 .215 A-J.Kindall 3B 1 0 1 0 .111 W.Spahn P 1 0 1 0 .227 M.Drabowsky P 3 0 0 0 .077 C-F.Torre PH 1 0 0 0 .286 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 31 2 9 2 A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Littrell In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Bruton In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 9th Inning Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Cubs............ 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Braves (17-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA W.Spahn LOSS(3-3) 8 9 2 2 4 4 0 157 2.32 Totals 8 9 2 2 4 4 0 Cubs (10-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Drabowsky WIN(2-3) 9 6 0 0 6 8 0 161 3.32 Totals 9 6 0 0 6 8 0 ATTENDANCE- 8,327 DATE- Friday, May 24th 1957 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Tony Venzon, Lee Ballanfant, Lon Warneke, Bill Baker T- 2:17 LEFT ON BASE- Braves:12 Cubs:11 DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Cubs: 0 ERRORS- D.O'Connell DOUBLES- E.Mathews(7th), J.Logan(3rd), F.Ernaga(1st) TRIPLES- F.Ernaga(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- W.Spahn, M.Drabowsky SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Neeman WALKS- D.O'Connell, H.Aaron-3, D.Crandall, W.Spahn, D.Long-3, J.Littrell STRIKE OUTS- E.Mathews-2, J.Adcock-2, J.Logan, B.Bruton-2, D.Crandall, B.Morgan, E.Banks, C.Neeman, M.Drabowsky GIDP- J.Bolger

1957 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1957 Philadelphia Phillies 5/24/1957 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG R.Clemente RF 5 0 1 1 .309 R.Ashburn CF 4 0 1 0 .269 B.Virdon CF 4 0 1 0 .233 G.Hamner 2B,SS 5 0 1 0 .226 D.Fondy 1B 5 0 0 0 .340 S.Lopata C 5 0 1 1 .230 F.Thomas 3B 4 0 2 0 .339 E.Bouchee 1B 3 1 1 0 .310 B.Skinner LF 5 0 1 0 .239 W.Jones 3B 4 0 1 1 .191 D.Groat SS 5 0 0 0 .385 R.Repulski LF 4 0 2 0 .317 G.Baker 2B 4 0 0 0 .229 B.Bowman RF 4 0 0 0 .259 H.Foiles C 4 1 3 0 .337 C.Fernandez SS 2 0 1 0 .284 B.Friend P 3 0 2 0 .280 A-M.Blaylock PH 1 0 0 0 .222 R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .333 B.Miller P 0 1 0 0 ---- J.Sanford P 2 0 0 0 .091 B-T.Kazanski PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .234 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 1 10 1 Totals 36 2 8 2 A-Pinch Hit For Fernandez In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Sanford In 8th Inning Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 10 0 Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 8 0 Pirates (12-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Friend 9 6 1 1 2 1 0 130 3.21 R.Face LOSS(0-2) 0 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 16 4.40 Totals 9 2/3 8 2 2 3 1 0 Phillies (13-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Sanford 8 7 1 1 2 3 0 127 3.23 B.Miller WIN(2-0) 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 0.00 Totals 10 10 1 1 2 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 18,228 DATE- Friday, May 24th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Ken Burkhart, Frank Secory, Dusty Boggess, Ed Sudol T- 2:18 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:11 Phillies: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Phillies: 0 DOUBLES- B.Virdon(4th), R.Ashburn(5th) TRIPLES- E.Bouchee(1st) STOLEN BASES- B.Skinner(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Friend WALKS- B.Virdon, F.Thomas, R.Ashburn, E.Bouchee, B.Miller STRIKE OUTS- F.Thomas, H.Foiles, B.Friend, S.Lopata GIDP- B.Bowman

1957 St. Louis Cardinals At 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs 5/24/1957 Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG D.Blasingame 2B 4 0 0 1 .242 J.Temple 2B 5 2 1 2 .326 A.Dark SS 5 0 1 0 .317 W.Post RF 6 2 4 4 .266 S.Musial 1B 4 0 0 0 .378 G.Bell CF 6 0 2 2 .291 K.Boyer CF 4 0 2 0 .276 F.Robinson LF 6 1 2 1 .225 W.Moon LF 4 0 1 0 .339 G.Crowe 1B 6 2 4 1 .333 E.Miksis RF 3 0 0 0 .100 E.Bailey C 3 3 2 0 .284 H.Smith C 4 2 2 0 .244 D.Hoak 3B 3 2 2 1 .323 E.Kasko 3B 4 0 2 0 .278 R.McMillan SS 4 3 3 2 .336 S.Jones P 0 0 0 0 .158 J.Nuxhall P 4 2 1 3 .182 V.Mizell P 0 0 0 0 .143 H.Freeman P 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Davis P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-D.Ennis PH 1 0 0 0 .304 L.Merritt P 0 0 0 0 .200 B-J.Cunningham PH 1 1 1 2 .412 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 43 17 21 16 A-Pinch Hit For Davis In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Merritt In 9th Inning Cardinals....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 3 Redlegs......... 0 6 4 1 0 6 0 0 - 17 21 2 Cardinals (14-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Jones LOSS(5-1) 1 1/3 5 6 4 1 1 1 44 3.48 V.Mizell 2 2/3 8 5 5 2 2 1 70 8.01 H.Wilhelm 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 26 10.05 J.Davis 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 38 7.36 L.Merritt 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 39 5.29 Totals 8 21 17 15 6 5 2 Redlegs (25-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Nuxhall WIN(3-1) 8 2/3 9 3 3 2 4 1 145 4.45 H.Freeman 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.38 Totals 9 9 3 3 2 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 19,380 DATE- Friday, May 24th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Vinnie Smith, Frank Dascoli, Stan Landes, Jocko Conlan T- 3:00 LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 9 Redlegs:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Redlegs: 1 ERRORS- A.Dark-2, E.Miksis, G.Crowe, J.Nuxhall DOUBLES- A.Dark(7th), J.Temple(6th), W.Post(6th), F.Robinson(4th) TRIPLES- E.Bailey(3rd) HOME RUNS- J.Cunningham(3rd), W.Post(3rd), G.Crowe(10th) SACRIFICE HITS- S.Jones, V.Mizell, J.Nuxhall SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Blasingame, R.McMillan WALKS- S.Musial, E.Miksis, J.Temple, E.Bailey-3, D.Hoak-2 STRIKE OUTS- A.Dark-2, S.Musial, E.Miksis, G.Bell-2, E.Bailey, D.Hoak, J.Nuxhall GIDP- H.Smith, G.Bell PASSED BALLS- H.Smith

1957 New York Giants At 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers 5/24/1957 Giants AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 1 0 .307 J.Gilliam 2B 6 2 5 4 .351 W.Lockman 1B 6 1 1 0 .210 P.Reese SS 6 0 0 1 .208 W.Mays CF 6 3 3 3 .359 G.Cimoli LF 6 1 1 0 .237 H.Sauer LF 6 3 4 5 .193 C.Furillo RF 5 1 1 0 .364 R.Jablonski 3B 6 1 1 0 .188 G.Hodges 1B 3 1 1 1 .304 D.Mueller RF 5 0 1 1 .250 R.Campanella C 4 1 1 1 .221 R.Katt C 5 0 0 0 .262 D.Snider CF 4 1 1 0 .252 D.Spencer SS 4 1 1 1 .241 D.Zimmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .200 J.Antonelli P 4 1 1 0 .125 A-S.Amoros PH 0 0 0 1 .306 C-G.Harris PH 1 0 0 0 .221 R.Craig P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.McCormick P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .500 D.Bessent P 0 0 0 01.000 D.Newcombe P 4 0 1 0 .208 C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .500 E.Roebuck P 0 0 0 0 .500 B-C.Neal PH,3B 1 1 0 0 .229 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 48 10 13 10 Totals 43 8 11 8 A-Pinch Hit For Zimmer In 10th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Roebuck In 10th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 11th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Craig In 11th Inning Giants.......... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 - 10 13 1 Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 8 11 2 Giants (15-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Antonelli 10 10 8 8 9 5 2 186 6.70 M.McCormick WIN(3-0) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 37 2.25 Totals 12 11 8 8 11 5 2 Dodgers (18-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Newcombe 9 8 5 4 1 4 2 133 4.03 C.Labine 0 1/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 15 4.86 E.Roebuck 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.68 R.Craig 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.48 D.Bessent LOSS(1-1) 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 18 3.60 Totals 12 13 10 9 1 5 5 ATTENDANCE- 18,382 DATE- Friday, May 24th 1957 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Hal Dixon, Shag Crawford, Tony Venzon, Dusty Burkhart T- 3:34 LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 4 Dodgers:13 DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 3 Dodgers: 2 ERRORS- W.Mays, G.Cimoli, D.Newcombe DOUBLES- W.Mays(7th), J.Gilliam(8th) TRIPLES- W.Mays(6th), D.Mueller(1st) HOME RUNS- W.Mays(6th), H.Sauer-3(7th), D.Spencer(1st), J.Gilliam-2(4th) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Schoendienst SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Reese, S.Amoros WALKS- D.Spencer, J.Gilliam, G.Cimoli, C.Furillo, G.Hodges-3, R.Campanella-2, D.Snider-2, D.Zimmer HIT BY PITCH- C.Neal STRIKE OUTS- R.Schoendienst, W.Mays, R.Katt-2, D.Spencer, C.Furillo, D.Snider-2, D.Newcombe-2 GIDP- R.Katt, J.Antonelli, P.Reese, R.Campanella, D.Zimmer WILD PITCHES- M.McCormick-2