Holyoke Purple Knights
League: American League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: HOL
Micro Manager: Tony Soprano
Owner Name: Brian Whitacre
All Time Record: 1957 - Current, -, .000 (Playoffs: 0-0, .000)
Previous Franchise:  Joplin Miners (JOP), 1947 - 1957
Trophy Case: 

 
Majors Roster: 40 (24/16) - 1957 Season
Team WAR: 16.1 (4.0 H / 12.1 P)

POS D TH B PLAYER NAME AGE AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS WAR PR
VIEW
C 9 2 R Sherm Lollar 32 .256 .342 .393 .736 101 403 351 33 90 11 2 11 70 2 0 1.8 942
C 6 -4 R Andy Seminick 36 .091 .167 .091 .258 8 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 930
C 6 0 R Charlie Silvera 32 .208 .263 .264 .527 26 57 53 1 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 -0.3 930
C 8 -1 R Hal R. Smith 26 .279 .314 .351 .665 100 355 333 25 93 12 3 2 37 2 2 0.3 829
1B 3 26 L Julio Becquer 25 .226 .269 .312 .581 105 199 186 14 42 6 2 2 22 3 3 -0.9 930
1B 2 25 L Gail Harris 25 .240 .305 .418 .723 90 249 225 28 54 7 3 9 31 1 0 0.3 390
1B+ 2 31 L Irv Noren 32 .237 .295 .358 .653 98 207 190 11 45 12 1 3 26 0 1 -0.7 340
2B+ 7 34 R Billy Hunter 29 .191 .259 .323 .581 116 359 319 39 61 10 4 8 29 1 2 -1.1 930
3B+ 3 30 R Foster Castleman 26 .162 .205 .297 .502 18 40 37 7 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 -0.2 930
3B 3 32 L Fred Hatfield 32 .202 .316 .228 .544 69 137 114 14 23 3 0 0 8 1 0 0.1 930
3B 4 36 R Brooks Robinson 20 .239 .286 .359 .645 50 126 117 13 28 6 1 2 14 1 0 0.4 197
SS+ 7 33 R Jack Littrell 28 .190 .233 .261 .495 61 164 153 8 29 4 2 1 13 0 0 -1.2 930
SS+ 7 33 R Charlie Neal 26 .270 .356 .411 .767 128 514 448 62 121 13 7 12 62 11 4 3.3 745
SS+ 7 32 R Ron Samford 27 .220 .276 .275 .550 54 99 91 6 20 1 2 0 5 1 0 0.3 930
OF+ 2 31 R Jim Bolger 25 .275 .303 .352 .655 112 291 273 28 75 4 1 5 29 0 1 -0.2 452
OF 1 28 R Gene Green 24 .200 .188 .267 .454 6 16 15 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 -0.2 930
OF 2 35 R Jackie Jensen 30 .281 .367 .469 .836 145 627 544 82 153 29 2 23 103 8 5 1.8 909
OF+ 1 31 L Tony Kubek 21 .297 .335 .381 .716 127 475 431 56 128 21 3 3 39 6 6 2.5 671
OF+ 1 3 R Jay Porter 24 .250 .323 .350 .673 58 156 140 14 35 8 0 2 18 0 0 0.2 245
OF+ 1 29 R Lou Skizas 25 .245 .297 .431 .727 119 410 376 34 92 14 1 18 44 5 2 0.9 812
OF 2 33 R Bill Tuttle 27 .251 .316 .328 .644 133 503 451 49 113 12 4 5 47 2 6 -1.0 726
OF 1 26 L Bob Will 25 .223 .254 .277 .531 70 123 112 13 25 3 0 1 10 1 0 -0.3 930
DNP       Steve Bilko                                    
DNP       Norm Siebern                                    

POS TH PLAYER NAME AGE SG RG CTRL W L SV G GS ERA WHIP IP H HR BB K K/9 MBF WAR VIEW
SP L Luis Arroyo 30 3 4 XZ L 3 11 1 54 10 4.68 1.39 130.2 151 19 31 101 7.0 639 -0.6
SP R Frank Barnes 30 4   W G 0 1 0 3 1 4.50 2.20 10.0 13 0 9 5 4.5 57 0.1
SP R Ray Crone 25 4   7 9 1 36 22 4.36 1.47 163.0 185 19 55 71 3.9 805 0.5
SP R Ruben Gomez 29 9   15 13 0 38 36 3.78 1.28 238.1 233 28 71 92 3.5 1126 3.6
SP L Harvey Haddix 31 4   XZ 10 13 0 27 25 4.06 1.26 170.2 176 18 39 136 7.2 801 1.6
SP R Jay Hook 20 4   YW G 0 1 0 3 2 4.50 1.40 10.0 6 0 8 6 5.4 49 -0.1
SP R Art Houtteman 29 1   G 0 0 0 8 1 13.50 3.00 10.2 26 1 6 6 5.1 77 -1.0
SP L Sandy Koufax 21 7 9 XYW L 5 4 0 34 13 3.88 1.28 104.1 83 14 51 122 10.5 494 1.3
SP R Johnny Kucks 24 9   8 10 2 37 23 3.56 1.27 179.1 169 13 59 78 3.9 851 0.7
SP R Billy Loes 27 11   YZ G 12 7 4 31 18 3.24 1.15 155.1 142 8 37 86 5.0 714 1.9
SP R Von McDaniel 18 10   Y 7 5 0 17 13 3.22 1.18 86.2 71 7 31 45 4.7 399 1.3
SP R Russ Meyer 33 3   W 0 0 0 2 1 5.40 2.60 5.0 10 0 3 1 1.8 33 -0.2
SP R Ramon Monzant 24 4 5 X 3 2 0 24 2 3.99 1.43 49.2 55 6 16 37 6.7 244 0.3
SP R Tom Morgan 27 5   L 9 7 8 46 13 4.64 1.54 143.2 160 19 61 32 2.0 721 0.8
SP R Garland Shifflett 22 1   W G 0 0 0 6 1 10.13 2.00 8.0 6 0 10 2 2.3 48 -0.3
RP R Bob Grim 27   15 X 12 8 19 46 0 2.63 1.33 72.0 60 5 36 52 6.5 343 2.2

Draft Picks Owned (19)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1958 COO Annual Draft #1 1957.2
1958 HOL Annual Draft #1  
1958 HOL Annual Draft #2  
1958 COO Annual Draft #3  
1958 HOL Annual Draft #3 1957.2
1958 COO Annual Draft #4  
1958 HOL Annual Draft #4 1957.2
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