1957 American Association season

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The 1957 American Association season was the 56th in the league's history, and ended with the Denver Bears winning their first league championship in team history. The Bears would go on to win the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Wichita Braves	93	61	.604	--	Ben Geraghty	Milwaukee Braves
Denver Bears	90	64	.584	3	Ralph Houk	New York Yankees
Minneapolis Millers	85	69	.552	8	Red Davis	Boston Red Sox
St. Paul Saints	82	72	.532	11	Max Macon	Brooklyn Dodgers
Omaha Cardinals	76	78	.494	17	Johnny Keane	St. Louis Cardinals
Indianapolis Indians	74	80	.481	19	Andy Cohen	Chicago White Sox
Charleston Senators	67	87	.435	26	Bill Norman/Don Griffin/Frank Skaff	Detroit Tigers
Louisville Colonels	49	105	.318	44	Dutch Meyer	None

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Wichita Braves	1
	4	St. Paul Saints	4
						4	St. Paul Saints	2
						2	Denver Bears	4
	2	Denver Bears	4
	3	Minneapolis Millers	0

First Round

Wichita vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 10 St. Paul 1 Wichita 4 September 12 St. Paul 3 Wichita 2 10 innings September 13 St. Paul 4 Wichita 3 September 14 Wichita 0 St. Paul 1 September 14 Wichita 5 St. Paul 6 St. Paul wins series 4-1

Denver vs. Minneapolis Date Away Home September 10 Minneapolis 2 Denver 4 September 11 Minneapolis 2 Denver 4 September 12 Denver 4 Minneapolis 1 September 13 Denver 2 Minneapolis 1 Denver wins series 4-0

Championship Finals

Denver vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 16 St. Paul 2 Denver 1 September 17 St. Paul 6 Denver 9 September 18 Denver 5 St. Paul 4 September 19 Denver 8 St. Paul 1 September 20 Denver 6 St. Paul 7 September 21 St. Paul 2 Denver 14 Denver wins series 4-2 and advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Norm Siebern, Denver, .349
• Runs Scored Siebern, 124
• Hits Siebern, 191
• Doubles Siebern, 45
• Triples Siebern, 15
• Home Runs Marv Throneberry, Denver, 40
• Runs Batted InThroneberry, 124
• Stolen Bases Curt Roberts, Denver, 23

Pitching

• Wins Carl Willey, Wichita, 21
• Earned Run Average Frank Barnes, Omaha, 2.41
• Complete Games Joey Jay, Wichita, 18
• Shutouts Barnes, 6
• Strikeouts Stan Williams, St. Paul, 223

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1958 Baseball Guide