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 Left: Steve
Stavrianoudakis (in a "borrowed" Saskatoon uniform),
Charlie Beene and Bob Garcia at spring
practice 1952. 2nd from left, Ben Reniker.
Right, catcher Jim
Garrett
(Left
photo courtesy Charlie Beene, others courtesy Roy Taylor and Jim
Garrett)
Top, left to right: Rich Rubio,
Bill Sheffield, Roy Arnold.
Bottom, Len Tucker, James Hansen, Jim
Peterson. (Len
Tucker photo courtesy Neill Sanders ,others courtesy Roy Taylor and Jim
Garrett)
Back row (left to right) : Ernie Tressler, Frank Alves, Jim
Hansen, Ted Hiltel, Bill Key, Mike Guy, Coach Roy Taylor.
Middle row (left to right) : Buddy Burgess, Mel Silva, Jim
Garrett, Marv Weekly, Dick Doepker, Glen McMillan, Joe
Hernandez. Front row (left to right) : Babe Castillo, Paul
Morrison, Bill Ryan, Joe Morillo, Thurman Zearley, Jim Chatham,
Art Browning. Not pictured - Gene Graves, Ben Reniker,
Mike Wlasichuk.
Roster : Jim Allen P, Frank Alves OF, Art Browning P, Buddy
Burgess SS, Babe Castillo 2B, Dick Doepker P, Jim Garrett C,
Mike Guy P, Jim Hansen P, Jose Hernandez INF, Ted Hiltel 1B,
Bill Key OF, Glen McMillan OF, Joe Morillo P, Paul Morrison OF,
Ben Reniker P, Bill Ryan 1B, Mel Silva 3B, Ernie Tressler C,
Marv Weekly P, Thurman Zearley P
Leaders : Hitting - Buddy Burgess .326, 47 RBI, 12
home runs; Ted Hiltel .350, 40 RBI, Mel Silva
.307, 47 RBI; Bill Key .305, 33 RBI
Pitching - Jim Hansen 9-3, 1.94 ERA, 101 innings;
Marv Weekly 5-2, 2.24, 51 innings, Dick
Doepker 5-0, 2.83, 41 innings.
Overall, COS went 23-13 in 36 games (including four exhibition
games).
1957 Championship Season
(There's
some missing information and, if you can help fill in some
blanks, I would appreciate hearing from you.
)
Feb 22 : COS 3 Monterey JC 0
COS opened the season with a 3-0 win over
Monterey Peninsula College in Visalia as Dick Doepker, Ben Reniker and Jim Hansen combined on a
one-hitter and compiled 14 strikeouts. Bill Ryan led COS at the plate
with
three hits. Jim Garrett had a pair of doubles.
Feb 26 :
COS 7
Bakersfield
JC
1
Dick Doepker, Ben Reniker and
Jim Hansen combined
to limit Bakersfield to six hits as COS scored a 7-1 win in Visalia.
March 1 : LA Valley JC 5 COS 4
Los Angeles Valley College shaded COS 5-4 as the
Giants made five costly errors.
March 4 : COS 6 Taft JC 1
Dick Doepker
and Jim Hansen hooked up in a brilliant
pitching performance to lead COS to a 6-1 decision over Taft in the opening
conference game of the season. The two combined
for 19 strikeouts. Doepker, who went the first six innings, fanned 12 and
Hansen
struck out another 7 in the final three innings.
March 5 : COS 6 Fresno St JV 5
A three-run triple by Frank Alves in the 8th inning
gave COS a 6-5 win over Fresno State College Junior Varsity at the COS diamond.
March 9
: COS 18
Hancock JC
0
COS whipped Hancock 18-0 in the first game of a
twin-bill in a contest called at the end of five innings. Dick Doepker and
Marvel Weekly combined to hold Hancock to one hit while the Giants banged out 14.
Buddy Burgess drove in seven runs and Mel Silva hit for the cycle
for the Giants.
March 9 : COS 13 Hancock JC 3
COS pounded out 15 hits to
trounce Hancock 13-3
in the second game of the double-header.
March 12 : COS 17 Fresno JC 6
COS roared back from a six-run, first inning
deficit to score 17 unanswered runs and whip Fresno Junior College 17-6. The Rams drove COS mound ace
Dick
Doepker from the hill in the opening frame but were limited to three hits the
rest of the way by Jim Hansen and Ben Reniker.
Jerry Burcher
took the loss. Buddy Burgess, Mel Silva and Bill
Key each had four hits for COS.
Frank Alves belted a homer for the Giants.
Stan Busch had three of Fresno's ten hits. It was the fourth
conference win for COS and gives them an 8-1 record overall.
Burcher, Keller and xxx
Doepker, Hansen (1), Reniker and Garrett
March
15 : UCLA 11 COS 3
UCLA
scored four runs in the opening frame and went on to trounce COS
11-3 in an exhibition match at Westwood.
Reniker, Guy (3) and Garrett
Bolt, Exton (7) and Roberts, McKee (7)
March 19 : Porterville JC 2 COS 1
A brilliant pitching duel highlighted
Porterville's 2-1, 10-inning win over COS. Mountie Bedford allowed just two hits
and fanned 11 in taking the win while Jim Hansen gave up just three hits and
struck out nine. The Pirates scored the winner on a sacrifice fly by Maynard
Summers.
March 22 : Coalinga JC 3 COS 2
Leroy Gregory doubled in Larry
Yogi with the
winning run in the 9th as Coalinga beat COS 3-2. Dave Buss had a homer for the
Falcons.
March 26 : Bakersfield JC 6 COS 3
March 29 : Reedley JC 12 COS 6
Reedley College had 10 hits and cashed in on
14 COS errors to whip the Giants 12-6.
Coalinga
4-1
Reedley
3-1
Fresno 3-2
COS
4-3
Porterville 4-2
Taft
1-6
Hancock 0-3
April 4 : Fresno State JV 11 COS 10
Fresno exploded for seven runs in the first
inning then held on to top COS 11-10. Each team collected 14 hits. COS committed
seven errors. Columbus Craig and Jim Maraccini led the Bullpups
each with three hits. Buddy Burgess had a homer for the Giants while Jim
Garrett chipped in
with a double and a single.
Weekly, Zearly (1), Guy (9) and Garrett, Tressler
(7)
Millhorn, Emery (7) and Hastings, Schmidt (6)
April 5 : COS 3 Taft JC 1
Ben Reniker tossed a four-hitter and fanned 18 to
lead COS to 3-1 win over Taft JC in a CCJCA game in Visalia. The win broke a
six-game losing streak for COS (5-3) and kept alive their chance for at least a tie
for the league title. Buddy Burgess belted a two-run homer in the
second inning
and rapped a double in the fourth and scored on Frank Alves' single.
Scott and Diaz
Reniker and Garrett
?? Las Vegas Wranglers 8 COS 7
(Exhibition)
The Las Vegas Wranglers of the Arizona-Mexico League opened
its spring training with an 8-7 win over COS. Buddy Burgess had a three-run
homer for the Giants.
Reedley
4-1
Coalinga 6-2
COS
5-3
Fresno 3-3
Porterville 4-4
Hancock 3-5
Taft
0-7
April 9
: COS 5 Fresno JC
0
Dick Doepker allowed just two hits in pitching
COS to a 5-0 win over Fresno JC. The win gave Roy Taylor's Giants a 6-3 record
in the Central California Junior College Association. Reedley leads the loop
with a 5-1 mark. Doepker gave up a single to Stan Busch in the third and another
to Cloyce Keeney in the fifth. He fanned 10 and walked three.
Bill Key and Mel Silva each had three hits for the winners.
Doepker and Garrett
Keller and Bertlesen
April 11 : (Azusa Tournament )
COS 10 SB 1
LACC 3 COS 0
April 12 : Visalia
Redlegs 2 COS 1 (Exhibition)
??
COS 7 Las Vegas 6 (Exhibition)
COS scored four in the first and went on to down Las Vegas
Wrangers (Arizona-Mexico League) 7-6. Jim Garrett's two-run homer in the fifth was the winning margin. Garret had
three hits.
April
17 : COS 9 Antelope Valley 4
College of Sequoias downed Antelope Valley
9-4 in the opening round of the Bakersfield Tournament.
April
17 : COS 6 Coalinga 4
COS won a spot in the final of the
Bakersfield Tournament with a 6-4 victory over Coalinga College.
April 19 : Fresno JV
14 COS 6
Fresno
Rams took advantage of 14 hits and 9 walks to dump the Sequoias
Giants 14-6 to capture the third annual Bakersfield College
invitational baseball tournament. Clyde Reed,
Stan Busch and Cloyce Keeney provided
the offense for Fresno combining for nine hits and 10 runs.
Reed collected three hits, including a triple and knocked in
four. Busch hit three for four with a double and Keeney
went three for five with a triple and double. Jerry
Burcher went the route allowing 11 hits and eight walks.
Doepker, Zearley (3), Hansen (5), Guy (5),
Morrillo (6) and Garrett
Burcher and Bartelsen
April 23 : COS 16 Porterville 2
Centrefielder Glen McMillan pounded two homers
and a single to pace COS to a 16-2 win over Porterville. Buddy Burgess had a
homer and two singles. COS erupted for nine runs in the fifth to salt away the
victory. Jim Hansen held the Pirates to two hits over the first seven innings.
Therman Zearley and Mike Guy finished up.
April 25
: Fresno JV 5 COS 3
The
pitching of Paul Millhorn and the heavy hitting of Columbus
Craig paced the Fresno State College Junior Varsity baseeball
team to a 5-3 win over College of Sequoias. Millhorn
allowed just five hits while registering 12 strikeouts.
Craig poked a homer, triple and two doubles. For COS,
a two-run homer by Buddy Burgess was the big blow.
Millhorn and Schmidt
Guy, Zearly (4), Browning (5) and Tressler
The Fresno State Junior Varsity defeated COS 5-3, their
second win in three starts against the Giants. Paul Millhorn pitched a
five-hitter with 12 strikeouts. Columbus Craig belted a homer, triple and two
doubles. Buddy Burgess had the big blow for the Giants, a third inning homer.
April 26 : COS 4 Coalinga JC 3
COS took a 4-0 lead then held on for a 4-3
win over Coalinga. Giants scored three in the fourth, two on Babe Castillo's
single to break a scoreless game. Marvel Weekly and Jim Hansen combined on a
six-hitter.
April 29 : Fresno State JV 5 COS 2
?? COS 9 Poplar Cardinals 2
(Exhibition)
May 4 : COS 15 Reedley JC 8
COS remained in the hunt for the CCJCA title
with a 15-8 win over Reedley College. COS scored six in the first and coasted to
the win. Jim Hansen tossed seven shutout innings before the Tigers erupted for
seven in the 8th inning. Bud Silva led the Giants with four hits.
May 11
: COS 9 Coalinga 5
COS won the CCJCA title downing Coalinga 9-5 in a one-game
playoff. Buddy Burgess belted a pair of two-run homers. Jim Hansen went the
distance scattering nine hits for the win. COS plated the winning run in
the 5th inning on a triple by Mal Silva, a walk and singles by Ted
Hiltel, Phil Castillo and Hansen. Glen McMillan had
a triple and two singles. It was the 18th win against 13 defeats for
Sequoias which has a league record of 9-3.
Gregory, Lovewell (5) and Peek
Hansen and Garrett
May 21 : COS 7 Sierra 2
COS advanced to the semi-finals of California JC playoffs with a
7-2 win over Sierra College. Jim Hansen tossed a seven-hitter for the win. The
right-hander fanned 13 and allowed just one base on balls. Jim Garrett led the
offensive with a homer and two singles.
May 24 : COS 3 Modesto 0
Marvel Weekly threw a four-hit shutout as COS downed Modesto 3-0
in the first game of a best-of-three series for the Northern California Junior
College title
May 25 : COS 7 Modesto 3
Jim Hansen's six-hitter led COS to a 7-3 win over Modesto
Pirates. to win the series in two straight games.
May 30 : COS 4 San Diego 1
 COS won the opening game of the final series with a 4-1 win over
San Diego JC as Marvel Weekly tossed a three-hitter. The freshman from Exeter
pitched hitless ball over the final six innings. Catcher Jim Garrett sparked the
offense and performed brilliantly on defense as he picked two runners off first base and
handled a pair of bunts flawlessly. The Giants had 14 hits off two
San Diego hurlers.
Rico, Griffith (7) and Maxwell
Weekly and Garrett
May 31 : COS 6 San Diego 5
 COS won the Cal JC title with a 6-5 victory over SD College to
take the best-of-three final in two straight games. Jim Hansen
went the distance to pick up his fourth straight playoff victory after finishing the regular
season with a 6-3 mark. Jim Garrett scored the winning run in
the eighth after reaching on a walk and being driven home on Bill Ryan's single.
Buddy Burgess belted his 12th homer for the Giants.
Collins, Sada (8) and Maxwell
Hansen and Garrett
Rams, Giants
Dominate Loop
All Star Nine
The state champion College of the Sequoias
Giants of Visalia placed four men and Fresno three on the first
team of the all Central California Junior College Association
baseball team selected by the coaches of eight CCJCA schools.
Catcher Jim Garrett, pitcher Jim
Hansen, second baseman Phil Castillo and
shortstop Buddy Burgess are the choices from COS.
Fresno has second baseman Augie Caldera, a tie
with Castillo and Cloyce Keeney and Larry
Keller, who tied for one outfield post.
The co-league champion Coalinga team had
outfielder Larry Yogi and third baseman Raul
Quezada. The other first team positions went to
Maynard Sommers, Porterville, first base, and L.H.
McDaniels, Reedley, outfield. (Fresno Bee, June 12,
1957)
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