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Week 16 Summary (07/29/1957 - 08/04/1957)

Week 16 is in the books and the 1957 replay is at the two-thirds mark of the season. If the final eight weeks are anything like the first sixteen this should be a real barn burner. Almost every team is experiencing a few players here and there suddenly needing a string of days off, likely as bumps and bruises begin to accrue. Occasionally these players will be lifted for a pinch-runner, just another sign that they are operating at less than 100% of their abilities. All teams have passed the 100 games player mark and all teams are having to suck it up to some degree and know they have to put a team out there for the next game (or doubleheader).

1957 Philadelphia Phillies

The White Sox are still atop the AL, currently with a 5.5 game lead over the Yankees. Their WL% is just below .700 so while the Yankees are cruising along with a .636 WL% they know it just isn’t enough. New York went 8-2 over their last ten games and during this time frame, they gained only one single game on Chicago. I keep thinking the White Sox are going to level off at some point, but they had a bad couple of weeks last month only to roar back with a vengeance to where they are now.

 

Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis have all spent at least one day in first place over the past week, with the Cardinals as the current resident at the top of the NL. Pittsburgh has gone 4-6 over their past ten games and their pitching appears to be running on fumes, so maybe they have finally come down from their hot start. However, every time I say that they come right back with another winning streak. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati are having their own rough and tumble battle for fourth place, with the Dodgers currently leading the other two by three full games (but they are still below .500).

 

Philadelphia Manager
Mayo Smith
Ted Williams still leads the AL in hitting (.419), ahead of Mickey Mantle (.362) and Minnie Minoso (.357) and Williams and Mantle are tied for the lead in runs (86), just ahead of Billy Gardner (83). Mantle has the lead in RBI’s (90), ahead of Jackie Jensen (86) and Williams (84). Gardner has been on a tear in the second half of the season as he now leads in hits (140) over Minoso (139) and Williams (137) and Gardner leads in doubles (33) ahead of Minoso (28) and Al Kaline (23). Roy Sievers has 33 homeruns, leading Williams (28) and Vic Wertz (26), and Mantle (10) and teammate Hank Bauer (8) lead the AL in triples. Mantle (114) has a considerable lead in walks over Williams (84) and Al Smith (74). Billy Pierce (16-5, 2.38), Dick Donovan (15-3, 2.39), and Frank Sullivan (15-3, 1.93) are setting the pace for the pitchers.

 

Stan Musial (.374) has a considerable lead in the batting race, ahead of Willie Mays (.339) and Dee Fondy (.333) and Musial leads in hits (155) over Hank Aaron (131) and Eddie Mathews (130). Aaron has the lead in runs (88), in front of Musial (86) and Mathews (82), and Aaron leads in RBI’s (102) ahead of Mathews (87) and Musial (86). Bill Virdon has the lead in doubles (29) ahead of Frank Robinson (24) and Musial (24), and Aaron leads in homeruns (36), ahead of Musial (32) and Mathews (28). Bill Bruton, out for the season, still leads in triples (15), ahead of Mays (9). Richie Ashburn has the lead in walks (72) in front of Johnny Temple (63) and Mays (62). Bob Friend (20-4, 1.98), Bob Buhl (16-5, 1.48), and Lindy McDaniel (15-2, 1.91) lead the pitchers, with Don Drysdale (1.80) and Larry Jackson (1.43) both still with ERA’s below 2.00.

 

There are still a lot of unanswered questions in the 1957 pennant race but the teams are starting to run out of time. Someone (or someones) will get hot, someone will cool off, and it is likely that some team toward the bottom will reach up and have a negative impact on someone's pennant chances before this is all over. Eight weeks to go, so let's go play

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