1944 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Bucky Harris (78-76)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 198,907, Avg. 2,583

1944 Buffalo Bisons Roster

Playoffs - Baltimore Orioles 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 3

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1944 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

Bucky Harris served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Walter Wilson	18	14	.562	3.66	36	30		18	3		236.0	251	120	96		82		132	2	2	3
Mike Roscoe	16	10	.615	3.43	30	28		17	3		215.0	217	98	82		66		68	2	0	2
Prince Oana	13	13	.500	3.63	38	28		16	6		211.0	199	100	85		103		112	10	0	2
Joe Orrell	8	1	.889	2.90	14	9		8	0		87.0	73	37	28		24		48	2	0	1
Bob Gillespie	8	9	.471	4.26	20	19		9	1		133.0	133	81	63		82		59	4	1	6
Jack Tising	6	10	.375	4.85	38	16		9	2		143.0	180	91	77		44		78	1	0	3
Zeb Eaton	3	4	.429	5.62	15	3		0	0		48.0	46	33	30		35		38	6	0	3
Jim Hresko	3	9	.250	6.75	32	14		4	0		96.0	104	81	72		84		28	3	1	9
Lowell Hamons	2	2	.500		7						0.0
Lew Fauth	1	1	.500	5.90	15	1		0	0		29.0	27	23	19		28		12	0	1	6
John Burrows	0	0			5						0.0
Joseph Roxbury	0	0			3						0.0
Charley Miller	0	0			3						0.0
Edward Thomas	0	0			2						0.0
William Angstadt	0	0			5						0.0
Earl Whitehill	0	3	.000	4.30	10	2		0	0		23.0	24	15	11		14		9	7	0	1
Totals	78	76	.506	4.15	273	150	0	81	15	0	1221.0	1254	679	563	0	562	0	584	37	5	36	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bob Maier	154	653	588	83	175	22	5	1	78	25	7	51	31	.298	.358	.357	.715	210	18	4	10
Ed Kobesky	148	625	528	106	173	31	2	26	129	10	1	94	42	.328	.431	.542	.973	286	14	2	1
Mayo Smith	150	660	500	123	170	30	4	8	55	12	5	149	15	.340	.495	.464	.959	232	2	4	7
Otto Denning	142	592	527	100	152	34	3	21	99	16	3	65	39	.288	.367	.484	.850	255	19	0	0
Carl McNabb	111	415	375	49	106	22	1	1	30	3	5	27	26	.283	.334	.355	.689	133	8	2	11
Franklin Heller	85	346	297	41	83	15	2	4	42	2	0	45	16	.279	.376	.384	.760	114	9	1	3
Andy Seminick	87	343	297	57	81	8	4	14	50	3	0	40	60	.273	.368	.468	.836	139	9	5	1
Bubba Floyd	81	311	269	33	69	8	1	0	36	10	2	37	21	.257	.355	.294	.649	79	5	4	1
Al Unser	63	240	209	32	46	7	3	8	29	3	1	22	22	.220	.306	.397	.704	83	9	4	5
Jim Levey	62	224	200	16	40	5	0	2	27	1	0	18	32	.200	.269	.255	.524	51	4	1	5
Red Borom	51	195	166	26	36	1	1	1	9	6	3	26	14	.217	.323	.253	.576	42	0	0	3
Jackie Sullivan	43	152	134	24	35	1	2	0	3	5	3	15	19	.261	.340	.299	.639	40	0	1	2
Prince Oana	82	153	137	17	33	2	1	4	23	1	0	14	12	.241	.311	.358	.669	49	4	0	2
Walter Wilson	38	99	94	12	24	4	1	0	10	0	0	4	17	.255	.286	.319	.605	30	1	0	1
Tommy Thompson	53	131	100	14	21	3	0	1	10	0	0	25	6	.210	.368	.270	.638	27	2	0	6
Ed Butka	18	72	71	9	18	1	2	1	16	0	2	0	7	.254	.264	.366	.630	26	4	1	0
Bob Garbark	31	106	93	8	17	1	0	1	12	0	0	12	4	.183	.276	.226	.502	21	1	0	1
Zeb Eaton	34	70	66	7	16	3	1	5	17	0	0	4	9	.242	.286	.545	.831	36	2	0	0
Hack Miller	25	81	69	3	14	1	1	0	10	0	0	10	2	.203	.304	.246	.550	17	1	0	2
Mike Roscoe	33	88	70	7	11	1	1	0	3	0	0	7	12	.157	.234	.200	.434	14	3	0	11
Joe Orrell	14	37	35	4	8	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7	.229	.229	.229	.457	8	1	0	2
Bob Gillespie	20	52	47	5	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	27	.149	.184	.213	.396	10	0	0	3
Jim Hresko	32	33	30	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.167	.194	.167	.360	5	0	0	2
Jack Tising	38	49	46	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.109	.146	.109	.255	5	2	0	1
Earl Whitehill	10	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0
Lew Fauth	15	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Totals	1620	5740	4959	782	1347	201	36	98	702	97	32	672	456	.272	.362	.386	.748	1914	118	29	80	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Franklin Heller	1B	85	714	63	15	57	.981	9.141
Otto Denning	1B	50	439	44	6	40	.988	9.660
Ed Butka	1B	18	151	4	1	8	.994	8.611
Carl McNabb	2B	109	254	302	14	74	.975	5.101
Jackie Sullivan	2B	29	64	76	8	17	.946	4.828
Jim Levey	2B	28	61	67	9	16	.934	4.571
Bob Maier	3B	152	151	296	32	31	.933	2.941
Andy Seminick	C	49	203	34	8	1	.967	4.837	3	26	9	25.7
Al Unser	C	45	165	33	6	1	.971	4.400	5	22	14	38.9
Bob Garbark	C	31	152	17	4	1	.977	5.452	4	21	3	12.5
Hack Miller	C	23	88	10	4	1	.961	4.261	3
Otto Denning	C	13	75	8	2	0	.976	6.385	0	9	1	10.0
Mayo Smith	OF	149	380	15	8	2	.980	2.651
Ed Kobesky	OF	148	240	10	12	3	.954	1.689
Otto Denning	OF	79	130	7	4	2	.972	1.734
Andy Seminick	OF	37	58	6	1	0	.985	1.730
Tommy Thompson	OF	33	47	1	1	0	.980	1.455
Al Unser	OF	14	23	3	0	1	1.000	1.857
Jack Tising	P	38	4	31	4	0	.897	.921
Prince Oana	P	38	9	34	7	4	.860	1.132
Walter Wilson	P	36	7	46	6	2	.898	1.472
Jim Hresko	P	32	5	16	0	3	1.000	.656
Mike Roscoe	P	30	14	43	3	2	.950	1.900
Bob Gillespie	P	20	9	32	3	0	.932	2.050
Lew Fauth	P	15	2	2	1	0	.800	.267
Zeb Eaton	P	15	4	14	1	0	.947	1.200
Joe Orrell	P	14	3	21	2	0	.923	1.714
Earl Whitehill	P	10	0	6	2	0	.750	.600
Lowell Hamons	P	7						.000
John Burrows	P	5						.000
William Angstadt	P	5						.000
Joseph Roxbury	P	3						.000
Charley Miller	P	3						.000
Edward Thomas	P	2						.000
Bubba Floyd	SS	79	169	237	21	46	.951	5.139
Red Borom	SS	50	63	126	11	22	.945	3.780
Jim Levey	SS	34	53	56	7	11	.940	3.206
Totals		1528	3737	1660	203	345	.964	3.532	15	78	27	25.7

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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