1957 Red Sox

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 08:58 AM

After several years away from actively and regularly OOTP'ing it, I decided it was time to jump back in. Using a random number generator to choose which Red Sox team I would take the helm of, I wound up with the 1957 iteration.

In reality, the '57 Sox went 82-72, finishing third in the American League behind the Yankees (98-56) and White Sox (90-64). Boston, led by Pinky Higgins as manager, was a pretty young team with 38-year-old Ted Williams being the lone guy over 30 in the starting lineup. The pitching staff was much the same, with 33-year-old Bob Porterfield being the only pitcher over 29 to appear in more than 11 games. The starting rotation featured three guys — Tom Brewer, Mike Fornieles, and Dave Sisler — in their age 25 season. Willard Nixon, 29, was the old man in the rotation.

1957 was an impressive season for Ted Williams. The 38-year-old Splendid Splinter hit an eye-popping .388 for the Red Sox, clubbing 38 home runs. Frank Malzone and Jackie Jensen drove in 103 runs each, with Jimmie Piersall scoring 103 times.

I'll be serving in Challenge Mode as the General Manager of the Red Sox. In the game, the team owner isn't the famed Tom Yawkey, but rather a 56-year-old Australian penny-pincher named Phillip Reynolds. While his involvement is hands-off, he is demanding and has a priority of extreme winning.

How will my OOTP version of the '57 Sox fare? There's only one way to tell.

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 09:05 AM

Ownership has issued its goals for the upcoming season.

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 12:28 PM

Transaction Log
Sunday, March 10, 1957
Cincinnati Redlegs: Signed SP Walt Craddock to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Redlegs: Signed SP Karl Drews to a minor league contract.
Kansas City Athletics: Signed 1B Bill White to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Phillies: Signed SS Don Buddin to a minor league contract.

Monday, March 11, 1957
Chicago White Sox: Signed SS Alex George to a minor league contract.

Tuesday, March 12, 1957
Boston Red Sox: Signed SS buddy Kerr to a minor league contract.

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 01:08 PM

April 2, 1957

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 03:19 PM

Diary entry from April 8, 1957

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 03:33 PM

The roster is set for Opening Day.

Red Sox manager Pinky Higgins will be sending Frank Sullivan to the mound. Sullivan, 27, is coming off a 14-7 season with a 3.42 ERA. The year prior, 1955, he led the league in wins (18), starts (35), and innings pitched (260).

Moriarty9 · 05-27-2020, 03:42 PM

Diary entry from April 15, 1957

Moriarty9 · 06-02-2020, 12:53 PM

Frank Sullivan was in midseason form on Opening Day, tossing a complete game shutout against the Orioles. Sullivan held Baltimore to four hits, issued no walks, and struck out three as he bested Billy Loes. The O’s right-hander worked 8 ⅔ innings, yielding two runs on six hits and no walks.
Red Sox leadoff hitter Jimmy Piersall was responsible for the game’s only scoring, hitting a two-run single off Loes in the top of the eighth inning.

Moriarty9 · 06-06-2020, 09:39 PM

The Red Sox dropped two of three to open their first homestand of the 1957 season — and it's against the hated New York Yankees.

beatle · 06-07-2020, 01:20 AM

Interesting graphics. Where did you get them?

Moriarty9 · 06-07-2020, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by beatle

Interesting graphics. Where did you get them?

I'm making them as I go. I wanted it to be something other than a block of text or screen grabs. I've pulled some digital copies of 1957 newspapers and cleared out some article columns to put in my own articles. Made a simple faux Red Sox letterhead with the appropriate logo of the time period, and found a notebook image and I'm filling it in as needed.

Moriarty9 · 06-07-2020, 12:32 PM

April 23, 1957

Moriarty9 · 06-07-2020, 12:51 PM

After dropping two of their first three home games, Boston has now won three straight games and is 3-0 on the year against the Orioles.

Moriarty9 · 06-07-2020, 01:13 PM

The Red Sox split a two game series in Washington, ending an early season four-game win streak.

Buster Cherry · 06-07-2020, 01:27 PM

Maybe your Australian owner will let you sign a few black players whereas Southern gentleman Tom Yawkey was the last MLB owner to the party in that regards.

Moriarty9 · 06-07-2020, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buster Cherry

Maybe your Australian owner will let you sign a few black players whereas Southern gentleman Tom Yawkey was the last MLB owner to the party in that regards.

Absolutely. Willie Mays just got himself hurt in the simulation, and he's a guy the Red Sox could have had for pennies on the dollar a solid 10 years or so before Pumpsie Green was the first to cross Boston's color barrier.

I can only imagine what it would've been like for the Red Sox to have Willie Mays in the same outfield as Ted Williams and later Carl Yastrzemski.

Moriarty9 · 06-07-2020, 02:43 PM

The Red Sox are now 6-5 after losing two of three games at Yankee Stadium in a weekend series.

Moriarty9 · 06-09-2020, 10:43 AM

The Red Sox swept a two game set against the Kansas City Athletics with a blowout in the first game and a pitchers' duel in the second game.

Moriarty9 · 06-09-2020, 11:08 AM

MLB standings, Boston Red Sox statistics through May 1, 1957

Moriarty9 · 06-09-2020, 11:34 AM

After a rain out on Thursday, the Red Sox had a tough Friday in Detroit.

05-27-2020, 08:58 AM	#1
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	1957 Red Sox After several years away from actively and regularly OOTP'ing it, I decided it was time to jump back in. Using a random number generator to choose which Red Sox team I would take the helm of, I wound up with the 1957 iteration. In reality, the '57 Sox went 82-72, finishing third in the American League behind the Yankees (98-56) and White Sox (90-64). Boston, led by Pinky Higgins as manager, was a pretty young team with 38-year-old Ted Williams being the lone guy over 30 in the starting lineup. The pitching staff was much the same, with 33-year-old Bob Porterfield being the only pitcher over 29 to appear in more than 11 games. The starting rotation featured three guys — Tom Brewer, Mike Fornieles, and Dave Sisler — in their age 25 season. Willard Nixon, 29, was the old man in the rotation. 1957 was an impressive season for Ted Williams. The 38-year-old Splendid Splinter hit an eye-popping .388 for the Red Sox, clubbing 38 home runs. Frank Malzone and Jackie Jensen drove in 103 runs each, with Jimmie Piersall scoring 103 times. I'll be serving in Challenge Mode as the General Manager of the Red Sox. In the game, the team owner isn't the famed Tom Yawkey, but rather a 56-year-old Australian penny-pincher named Phillip Reynolds. While his involvement is hands-off, he is demanding and has a priority of extreme winning. How will my OOTP version of the '57 Sox fare? There's only one way to tell.

05-27-2020, 09:05 AM	#2
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Owner's Goals for 1957 Ownership has issued its goals for the upcoming season. Attached Images

05-27-2020, 12:28 PM	#3
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Veteran infielder Kerr signed to minor league deal Transaction Log Sunday, March 10, 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs: Signed SP Walt Craddock to a minor league contract. Cincinnati Redlegs: Signed SP Karl Drews to a minor league contract. Kansas City Athletics: Signed 1B Bill White to a minor league contract. Philadelphia Phillies: Signed SS Don Buddin to a minor league contract. Monday, March 11, 1957 Chicago White Sox: Signed SS Alex George to a minor league contract. Tuesday, March 12, 1957 Boston Red Sox: Signed SS buddy Kerr to a minor league contract. Attached Images

05-27-2020, 01:08 PM	#4
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Red Sox, Tigers make minor league trade April 2, 1957 Attached Images

05-27-2020, 03:19 PM	#5
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Tigers send House to Boston for minor leaguer Diary entry from April 8, 1957 Attached Images

05-27-2020, 03:33 PM	#6
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Opening Day Roster: 1957 The roster is set for Opening Day. Red Sox manager Pinky Higgins will be sending Frank Sullivan to the mound. Sullivan, 27, is coming off a 14-7 season with a 3.42 ERA. The year prior, 1955, he led the league in wins (18), starts (35), and innings pitched (260). Attached Images

05-27-2020, 03:42 PM	#7
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Vernon out for Opening Day Diary entry from April 15, 1957 Attached Images

06-02-2020, 12:53 PM	#8
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	1957 Season Opener Frank Sullivan was in midseason form on Opening Day, tossing a complete game shutout against the Orioles. Sullivan held Baltimore to four hits, issued no walks, and struck out three as he bested Billy Loes. The O’s right-hander worked 8 ⅔ innings, yielding two runs on six hits and no walks. Red Sox leadoff hitter Jimmy Piersall was responsible for the game’s only scoring, hitting a two-run single off Loes in the top of the eighth inning. Attached Images

06-06-2020, 09:39 PM	#9
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Red Sox narrowly avoid sweep at home The Red Sox dropped two of three to open their first homestand of the 1957 season — and it's against the hated New York Yankees. Attached Images

06-07-2020, 01:20 AM	#10
beatle All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 639	Interesting graphics. Where did you get them? __________________ If you hang with the buzzards, you eat the dead mule! Beatle

06-07-2020, 12:32 PM	#12
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Willie Mays out for six weeks April 23, 1957 Attached Images

06-07-2020, 12:51 PM	#13
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	O's swept in two game set After dropping two of their first three home games, Boston has now won three straight games and is 3-0 on the year against the Orioles. Attached Images

06-07-2020, 01:13 PM	#14
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Red Sox, Senators split two-game set The Red Sox split a two game series in Washington, ending an early season four-game win streak. Attached Images

06-07-2020, 01:27 PM	#15
Buster Cherry Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2019 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 297	Maybe your Australian owner will let you sign a few black players whereas Southern gentleman Tom Yawkey was the last MLB owner to the party in that regards.

06-07-2020, 02:43 PM	#17
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Sox drop two of three in the Bronx The Red Sox are now 6-5 after losing two of three games at Yankee Stadium in a weekend series. Attached Images

06-09-2020, 10:43 AM	#18
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Red Sox sweep A's in KC The Red Sox swept a two game set against the Kansas City Athletics with a blowout in the first game and a pitchers' duel in the second game. Attached Images Last edited by Moriarty9; 06-09-2020 at 11:14 AM. Reason: Corrected graphic

06-09-2020, 11:08 AM	#19
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Through May 1, 1957 MLB standings, Boston Red Sox statistics through May 1, 1957 Attached Images

06-09-2020, 11:34 AM	#20
Moriarty9 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,109	Tigers take double-header from Red Sox After a rain out on Thursday, the Red Sox had a tough Friday in Detroit. Attached Images