| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 6th, 1957: AL Announces Top Batter Award
What a year for Bob Hazle! He finished the year hitting .388 and took home the 1957 AA AL Outstanding Hitter Award.
His season totals included a .499 on-base percentage, 131 hits, 17 doubles, 1 triple, 14 home runs, 52 RBIs and 67 runs scored.
The annual SBWA awards banquet is this weekend. All of the major award winners will be there to be honored for their outstanding achievements this past season. |
 | Saturday, August 17th, 1957: Aeros Whitewash SeaWolves, Witt Winner
George Witt was in command in his outing against the Erie SeaWolves. He hurled the Akron Aeros to a 12-0 shutout victory, yielded 5 hits and chalked up 3 strikeouts and 1 walk.
"A complete game shutout. That's fun territory for me," he told reporters in the postgame interview. "I had good balance and mechanics and was able to keep the ball down. When I do that, good things happen."
Checking out his stats for the season, Witt has notched 14 wins and 6 losses in 23 starts, 2.22 ERA and struck out 45 batters in 174 innings. |
 | Monday, August 5th, 1957: Baumgartner of Erie Crowned Best Player
John Baumgartner of the Erie SeaWolves culminated a sensational week of play by being named the AA AL Player of the Week.
He rocked the opposition with a .542 batting average, 13 hits in 24 at-bats, 3 home runs, and 9 RBIs while scoring 6 times.
Thus far this year Baumgartner is hitting .229 with 6 home runs, 32 RBIs and 38 runs scored. |
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | 3B John Baumgartner | inguinal hernia | 5 weeks | Not on DL |
| Pitching Staff | | Role | Throws | Pitcher | W | L | SV | ERA | |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 39-81, .325 PCT | | Position in Division | 8th, 40.0 GB | | Record at home | 18-42, .300 PCT | | Record on the road | 21-39, .350 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 10-20, .333 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 13-28, .317 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 26-53, .329 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 0-10, .000 PCT | | Record in April | 7-18, .280 PCT | | Record in May | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in June | 8-20, .286 PCT | | Record in July | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in August | 2-13, .133 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .244 - 7th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .326 - 7th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .352 - 4th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .678 - 7th in AL | | Runs Scored | 457 - 7th in AL | | Hits | 974 - 7th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 264 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs | 80 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 467 - 5th in AL | | Strikeouts | 381 - 3rd in AL | | Stolen Bases | 22 - 6th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.86 - 8th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.95 - 7th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.55 - 8th in AL | | Runs allowed | 654 - 8th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1128 - 7th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .278 - 7th in AL | | BABIP | .294 - 7th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 90 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 501 - 5th in AL | | Strikeouts | 433 - 3rd in AL |
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