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Winston-Salem Warthogs (A) 09-08-1957
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| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 24th, 1957: Hillcats Win A Championship
The Lynchburg faithful were cheering in the streets and the Winston-Salem fans were crying in their beer -- The Hillcats won the A Championship. They clinched it by knocking off the Warthogs 6-1 to take their 2nd CCBL Single A crown. Lynchburg took the series 3-1.
"This club never gave up all year long. They believed they could win the title and they did," the victorious skipper told the press.
"We just didn't play well enough to win," the Warthogs manager lamented, "We just didn't make the big plays like they did."
On the way to the A Championship title Lynchburg compiled a 76-44 won-loss record and finished first in the A NL. |
 | Monday, August 5th, 1957: AL Votes Winston-Salem Catcher Top Player
Winston-Salem sports fans can't stop singing the praises of Lou Berberet, who has been selected the A AL Player of the Week.
Berberet was in a comfort zone all week, finishing with a .417 average (10-24), 5 RBIs and no home runs.
So far this season Berberet has gotten 113 hits in 392 at-bats for a .288 batting average with 8 home runs. His stats include 47 RBIs and 54 runs scored. He has played in 103 games. |
 | Monday, June 10th, 1957: Week's Best Player - Winston-Salem's Freese
It was announced today that Winston-Salem third baseman George Freese was selected the A AL Player of the Week Award for his superb play last week.
During the week he compiled a .429 batting average (12-28) with no home runs, 4 runs batted in and scored 5 runs.
This season Freese has hit 3 home runs and posted a .265 batting average.
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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 | 34-26, .567 PCT | | Record on the road | 36-24, .600 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-10, .474 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 25-14, .641 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 8-9, .471 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 62-41, .602 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 14-10, .583 PCT | | Record in May | 15-11, .577 PCT | | Record in June | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in July | 16-9, .640 PCT | | Record in August | 10-7, .588 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .244 - 5th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .330 - 4th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .330 - 5th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .660 - 5th in AL | | Runs Scored | 487 - 2nd in AL | | Hits | 991 - 5th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 234 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs | 49 - 4th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 479 - 4th in AL | | Strikeouts | 441 - 6th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 57 - 1st in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.00 - 2nd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 2.62 - 2nd in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.94 - 8th in AL | | Runs allowed | 426 - 2nd in AL | | Hits allowed | 928 - 3rd in AL | | Opponents AVG | .231 - 2nd in AL | | BABIP | .249 - 2nd in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 51 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 448 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 448 - 5th in AL |
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