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 (97-69), Philadelphia Athletics (93-73), Cleveland Buckeyes (86-80), New York Yankees (83-83), Baltimore Orioles (78-88), Detroit Tigers (72-94)

AL West: San Francisco Seals (99-67), Chicago White Sox (95-71), Kansas City Monarchs (89-77), Los Angeles Angels (78-88), Dallas Rangers (63-103), Seattle Rainiers (63-103)

NL East: New York Giants (96-70), Philadelphia Phillies (86-80), Atlanta Braves (79-87), Pittsburgh Pirates (77-89), Brooklyn Dodgers (75-91), Washington Nationals (57-109)

NL West: Chicago Cubs (103-63), Cincinnati Reds (95-71), St. Louis Cardinals (95-71), Milwaukee Brewers (89-77), Minnesota Twins (83-83), Los Angeles Knights (61-105)

ALCS: Boston def. San Francisco 4-2

NLCS: Chicago Cubs def. NY Giants 4-1

WS: Chicago Cubs def. Boston 4-3

League Leaders

Batting Average - Tito Francona (Atlanta) .331

Home Runs - Emil Panko (Milwaukee) 34

RBI - Frank Robinson (Cincinnati) 122

Stolen Bases - Richie Ashburn (Philadelphia) 29

OBP + Slugging % - Frank Robinson (Cincinnati) .927

ERA - Kazuhisa Inao (Baltimore) 1.80

Wins - Fred Waters (Chicago WS) 25

Strikeouts - Dave Cole (San Francisco) 292