| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 6th, 1957: Great Year Gets Whisenant NL Outstanding Hitter Award
1957's Outstanding Hitter Award has been announced by the AA NL. This season's trophy will be presented by the SION Baseball Writers Association to Pete Whisenant, the talented Chattanooga left fielder.
In 114 games he gave NL pitchers no mercy, finishing out the year with a .297 batting average, 125 hits, 22 home runs, 106 RBIs, .412 OBP and 90 runs scored.
Whisenant will be honored this weekend at the SBWA annual meeting. |
 | Friday, August 23rd, 1957: Akron Is 1957 AA Championship Champions
The Akron Aeros concluded the season in grand fashion -- they won the CCBL Double A AA Championship. They nailed it down at Walruses Stadium by whipping the Chattanooga Lookouts 8-0 to win it all. They took the series 3-0.
Their motto for the season was "Win or Die Trying".
"They never let up and they never stopped trying the whole season," the Aeros manager proudly told reporters. "They hustled and fought the whole season and it continued in the playoffs. They are a very special bunch of guys."
To get their 2nd league crown, the Aeros finished up the regular season in the AA AL with a 79-41 record, ending up in first place in the division standings. |
| Monday, August 12th, 1957: Chattanooga's Whisenant NL's Hottest Hitter
This week Pete Whisenant, left fielder for the Chattanooga Lookouts, slashed, mashed and bashed his way to the AA NL Player of the Week trophy.
Whisenant put up a .444 average as he pounded out 8 hits, 3 home runs, 8 RBIs and scored 7 runs.
This season Whisenant is batting .297 with 21 home runs. He has scored 88 runs and driven in 102. |
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| Pitching Staff | | Role | Throws | Pitcher | W | L | SV | ERA | |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 70-50, .583 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 35-25, .583 PCT | | Record on the road | 35-25, .583 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-3, .625 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 16-8, .667 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 12-9, .571 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 58-41, .586 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 19-6, .760 PCT | | Record in May | 18-8, .692 PCT | | Record in June | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in July | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in August | 6-9, .400 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .260 - 2nd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .375 - 1st in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .381 - 1st in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .755 - 1st in NL | | Runs Scored | 697 - 1st in NL | | Hits | 1042 - 2nd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 299 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs | 80 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 705 - 1st in NL | | Strikeouts | 336 - 2nd in NL | | Stolen Bases | 57 - 4th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.38 - 8th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.28 - 8th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.24 - 8th in NL | | Runs allowed | 606 - 8th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1099 - 8th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .268 - 8th in NL | | BABIP | .293 - 8th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 61 - 5th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 572 - 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 508 - 1st in NL |
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