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The 1957 season of the American League was the fifty-seventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	98	56	0	.636	-.-	723 (4.69)	534 (3.47)	0.268	0.338	0.409	3.00	0.980
2	Chicago White Sox	155	90	64	1	.581	8.0	707 (4.56)	566 (3.65)	0.260	0.339	0.375	3.35	0.982
3	Boston Red Sox	154	82	72	0	.532	16.0	721 (4.68)	668 (4.34)	0.262	0.340	0.405	3.88	0.976
4	Detroit Tigers	154	78	76	0	.506	20.0	614 (3.99)	614 (3.99)	0.257	0.321	0.378	3.56	0.980
5	Baltimore Orioles	154	76	76	2	.494	21.0	597 (3.88)	588 (3.82)	0.252	0.317	0.353	3.46	0.982
6	Cleveland Indians	153	76	77	0	.497	21.5	682 (4.46)	722 (4.72)	0.252	0.329	0.382	4.06	0.974
7	Kansas City Athletics	154	59	94	1	.383	38.5	563 (3.66)	710 (4.61)	0.244	0.294	0.394	4.19	0.979
8	Washington Senators	154	55	99	0	.357	43.0	603 (3.92)	808 (5.25)	0.244	0.313	0.363	4.85	0.979

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	155
At Bats	Billy Gardner	Baltimore Orioles	644
Runs Scored	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	121
Hits	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	196
Doubles	Billy Gardner Minnie Minoso	Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox	36
Triples	Hank Bauer Gil McDougald Harry Simpson	New York Yankees New York Yankees Kansas City Athletics/New York Yankees	9
Home Runs	Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	42
Total Bases	Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	331
Runs Batted In	Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	114
Stolen Bases	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	28
Caught Stealing	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	15
Walks	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	146
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	33
Hit by Pitch	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	21
Strikeouts	Jim Lemon	Washington Senators	94
Sacrifice Hits	Gil McDougald	New York Yankees	19
Sacrifice Flies	Vic Wertz	Cleveland Indians	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	22
Batting Average	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.388
On-Base Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.526
Slugging Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.731
On-Base plus Slugging	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1.257
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	233

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jim Bunning Billy Pierce	Detroit Tigers Chicago White Sox	20
Losses	Chuck Stobbs	Washington Senators	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Dick Donovan Tom Sturdivant	Chicago White Sox New York Yankees	0.727
Appearances	George Zuverink	Baltimore Orioles	56
Games Started	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	37
Complete Games	Dick Donovan Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox	16
Shutouts	Jim Wilson	Chicago White Sox	5
Games Finished	George Zuverink	Baltimore Orioles	37
Saves	Bob Grim	New York Yankees	19
Innings Pitched	Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	267.1
Batters Faced	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	1146
Hits Allowed	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	270
Home Runs Allowed	Pedro Ramos	Washington Senators	43
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Ray Moore	Baltimore Orioles	112
Intentional Base-on-Balls	George Zuverink	Baltimore Orioles	13
Hit Batsmen	Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	12
Strikeouts	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	184
Wild Pitches	Cal McLish	Cleveland Indians	8
Balks	8 players tied		2
Runs Allowed	Chuck Stobbs	Washington Senators	140
Earned Runs Allowed	Chuck Stobbs Early Wynn	Washington Senators Cleveland Indians	126
Earned Run Average	Bobby Shantz	New York Yankees	2.45
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	1.055

All-Star Game

The American League won the twenty-fourth midsummer classic at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, July 9, 1957 by a score of 6 to 5. The league's manager was Casey Stengel.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's Milwaukee Braves, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Mickey Mantle, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 233 out of a possible 336 points and 6 first place votes.

The winner of the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball irrespective of league, was Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves (NL). In the award's voting, he had 15 out of a possible 16 points and 15 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Tony Kubek, a shortstop with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 23 out of a possible 24 points and 23 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the best fielders at their respective position, in both the American and National Leagues. The awards were voted upon by sportswriters.

Position	Player	Team
P	Bobby Shantz	New York Yankees (AL)
C	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox (AL)
1B	Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)
2B	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox (AL)
3B	Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox (AL)
SS	Roy McMillan	Cincinnati Redlegs (NL)
LF	Minnie Miñoso	Chicago White Sox (AL)
CF	Willie Mays	New York Giants (NL)
RF	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers (AL)

Hall of Fame Game

The sixteenth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 22 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Chicago White Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League by a score of 13 to 4.

Umpires

• Charlie Berry
• Nestor Chylak
• Red Flaherty
• Jim Honochick
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill McKinley
• Larry Napp
• Joe Paparella
• John Rice
• Eddie Rommel
• Ed Runge
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bill Summers
• Frank Tabacchi
• Frank Umont