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The 1957 season of the National League was the eighty-second 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	Milwaukee Braves	155	95	59	1	.613	-.-	772 (4.98)	613 (3.95)	0.269	0.326	0.442	3.47	0.981
2	St. Louis Cardinals	154	87	67	0	.565	8.0	737 (4.79)	666 (4.32)	0.274	0.334	0.405	3.78	0.979
3	Brooklyn Dodgers	154	84	70	0	.545	11.0	690 (4.48)	591 (3.84)	0.253	0.324	0.387	3.35	0.979
4	Cincinnati Redlegs	154	80	74	0	.519	15.0	747 (4.85)	781 (5.07)	0.269	0.337	0.432	4.62	0.982
5	Philadelphia Phillies	156	77	77	2	.494	18.0	623 (3.99)	656 (4.21)	0.250	0.319	0.375	3.79	0.976
6	New York Giants	154	69	85	0	.448	26.0	643 (4.18)	701 (4.55)	0.252	0.310	0.393	4.01	0.974
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	62	92	1	.400	33.0	586 (3.78)	696 (4.49)	0.268	0.315	0.384	3.88	0.972
8	Chicago Cubs	156	62	92	2	.397	33.0	628 (4.03)	722 (4.63)	0.244	0.304	0.380	4.13	0.976

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Richie Ashburn Ernie Banks	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	156
At Bats	Don Blasingame	St. Louis Cardinals	650
Runs Scored	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	118
Hits	Red Schoendienst	New York Giants/Milwaukee Braves	200
Doubles	Don Hoak	Cincinnati Redlegs	39
Triples	Willie Mays	New York Giants	20
Home Runs	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	44
Total Bases	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	369
Runs Batted In	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	132
Stolen Bases	Willie Mays	New York Giants	38
Caught Stealing	Willie Mays	New York Giants	19
Walks	Richie Ashburn Johnny Temple	Philadelphia Phillies Cincinnati Redlegs	94
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	19
Hit by Pitch	Ed Bouchee	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Strikeouts	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	104
Sacrifice Hits	Johnny Temple	Cincinnati Redlegs	16
Sacrifice Flies	Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	12
Grounded into Double Plays	Granny Hamner	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Batting Average	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	0.351
On-Base Percentage	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	0.422
Slugging Percentage	Willie Mays	New York Giants	0.626
On-Base plus Slugging	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1.034
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Willie Mays	New York Giants	173

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	21
Losses	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Willard Schmidt	St. Louis Cardinals	0.769
Appearances	Turk Lown	Chicago Cubs	67
Games Started	Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
Complete Games	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	18
Shutouts	Johnny Podres	Brooklyn Dodgers	6
Games Finished	Turk Lown	Chicago Cubs	47
Saves	Clem Labine	Brooklyn Dodgers	17
Innings Pitched	Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	277.0
Batters Faced	Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	1148
Hits Allowed	Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	273
Home Runs Allowed	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	40
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Dick Drott	Chicago Cubs	129
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	16
Hit Batsmen	Moe Drabowsky	Chicago Cubs	10
Strikeouts	Jack Sanford	Philadelphia Phillies	188
Wild Pitches	Jack Sanford	Philadelphia Phillies	12
Balks	Dick Drott	Chicago Cubs	2
Runs Allowed	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	122
Earned Runs Allowed	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	113
Earned Run Average	Johnny Podres	Brooklyn Dodgers	2.66
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Johnny Podres	Brooklyn Dodgers	1.082

All-Star Game

The National League lost 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 Walter Alston.

Postseason

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

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Hank Aaron, an outfielder with the Milwaukee Braves. In the award's voting, he had 239 out of a possible 336 points and 9 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 Jack Sanford (sanfoja02), a pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the award's voting, he had 16 out of a possible 24 points and 16 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 National League's St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Chicago White Sox of the American League by a score of 13 to 4.

Umpires

• Bill Baker
• Lee Ballanfant
• Dusty Boggess
• Ken Burkhart
• Jocko Conlan
• Shag Crawford
• Frank Dascoli
• Vic Delmore
• Hal Dixon
• Augie Donatelli
• Tom Gorman
• Bill Jackowski
• Stan Landes
• Frank Secory
• Vinnie Smith
• Ed Sudol
• Tony Venzon