1957 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1957 MLB Season is the 57th Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Choices
Fred Gladding (RP) - Detroit Tigers

Dave Nicholson (LF) - Detroit Tigers

Bobby Bolin (SP) - New York Giants

Cliff Cook (LF) - Cincinnati Reds

Pete Mikkelsen (RP) - New York Yankees

Tom Parsons (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Howie Reed (SP) - Los Angeles Knights

Motoji Takuwa (SP) - Milwaukee Brewers

Jim Beauchamp (RF) - St. Louis Cardinals

Ed Connolly Jr. (SP) - Boston Red Sox

Guido Grilli (SP) - Boston Red Sox

Johnny Lewis (RF) - St. Louis Cardinals

Al Neiger (SP) - Philadelphia Phillies

Claude Osteen (SP) - Brooklyn Dodgers

Ed Stroud (CF) - Chicago White Sox

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (96-60), Detroit Tigers (84-72), Chicago White Sox (83-73), Buffalo Bisons (80-76), New York Yankees (75-81), Baltimore Orioles (70-86)

AL West: Seattle Rainiers (92-64), San Francisco Athletics (89-67), Los Angeles Angels (81-75), Dallas Rangers (63-93) New Orleans Browns (62-94), Minnesota Twins (61-95)

NL East: Pittsburgh Pirates (82-75), New York Giants (81-76), Philadelphia Phillies (80-76), Washington Nationals (76-80), Chicago Cubs (70-86), Brooklyn Dodgers (66-90)

NL West: Milwaukee Brewers (90-66), Ciincinnati Reds (83-73), St. Louis Cardinals (80-76), Kansas City Blues (77-79), Atlanta Braves (77-79), Cleveland Buckeyes (75-81)

ALCS: Seattle def. Boston 4-1

NLCS: Pittsburgh def. Milwaukee 4-1

World Series: Pittsburgh def. Seattle 4-2

League Leaders
Batting Average - Emilio Vazquez (Philadelphia) .357

Home Runs - Eddie Mathews (Chicago Cubs) 50

RBI - Eddie Mathews (Chicago Cubs) 122

Stolen Bases - Yasumitsu Toyoda (Boston) & Maury Wills (Kansas City) 28

ERA - Quintin Armstrong (Seattle) 2.51

Wins - Frank Lary (Boston) 22

Strikeouts - Quintin Armstrong (Seattle) 297