1957 International League season

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The 1957 International League season was the 72nd in the league's history, and ended with the Buffalo Bisons winning their first Governors' Cup since 1936. The Bisons would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings - schedule[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Toronto Maple Leafs	88	65	.575	--	Dixie Walker	None
Buffalo Bisons	88	66	.571	½	Phil Cavarretta	Kansas City Athletics
Richmond Virginians	81	73	.526	7½	Eddie Lopat	New York Yankees
Miami Marlins	75	78	.490	13	Don Osborn	Philadelphia Phillies
Rochester Red Wings	74	80	.481	14½	Cot Deal	St. Louis Cardinals
Havana Sugar Kings	72	82	.468	16½	Nap Reyes	Cincinnati Reds
Columbus Jets	69	85	.448	19½	Frank Oceak	Detroit Tigers
Montreal Royals	68	86	.442	20½	Tommy Holmes/Greg Mulleavy/Al Ronning	Brooklyn Dodgers

Playoffs[edit]

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals

	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
	4	Miami Marlins	4
						4	Miami Marlins	1
						2	Buffalo Bisons	4
	2	Buffalo Bisons	4
	3	Richmond Virginians	2

First Round[edit]

Toronto vs. Miami
Date	Away	Home
September 11	Miami 6	Toronto 0
September 12	Miami 4	Toronto 10
September 13	Toronto 4	Miami 7
September 14	Toronto 6	Miami 1
	7 innings
September 16	Toronto 4	Miami 8
September 17	Miami 3	Toronto 1
Miami wins series 4-2

Buffalo vs. Richmond
Date	Away	Home
September 11	Richmond 6	Buffalo 3
September 12	Richmond 5	Buffalo 6
September 13	Buffalo 3	Richmond 6
September 14	Buffalo 6	Richmond 0
September 15	Buffalo 5	Richmond 0
September 16	Richmond 4	Buffalo 12
Buffalo wins series 4-2

Governors' Cup Finals[edit]

Buffalo vs. Miami
Date	Away	Home
September 18	Miami 0	Buffalo 2
September 19	Miami 2	Buffalo 3
September 20	Buffalo 2	Miami 3
	18 innings
September 21	Buffalo 2	Miami 0
September 22	Buffalo 7	Miami 1
Buffalo wins series 4-1 and
advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Joe Caffie, Buffalo, .331
Runs Scored Mike Baxes, Buffalo, 101
Hits Baxes, 179
Doubles Baxes, 40
Triples Don Landrum, Miami, 17
Home Runs Luke Easter, Buffalo, 40
Runs Batted In Easter, 128
Stolen Bases Len Johnston, Richmond, 26

Pitching[edit]

Wins Walt Craddock, Buffalo; Humberto Robinson, Toronto, 18
Earned Run Average Mike Cuellar, Havana, 2.44
Complete Games Craddock; Lynn Lovenguth, Rochester, 15
Shutouts Jim Coates, Richmond, 6
Strikeouts Coates, 161

References[edit]

Brian Bennett, On A Silver Diamond: The Story Of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996. Triphammer Publishing, 1997.

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

1958 Baseball Guide

External Links[edit]

1957 Rochester Red Wings review – On A Silver Diamond

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