1945 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-89
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Bucky Harris (64-89)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 129,463, Avg. 1,692
1945 Buffalo Bisons RosterTeam Record: 64-89
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Bucky Harris (64-89)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 129,463, Avg. 1,692
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1945 season with a record of 64 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Oana | 15 | 14 | .517 | 4.20 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 242.0 | 260 | 134 | 113 | 117 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Lloyd Brown | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.04 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 167.0 | 169 | 91 | 75 | 86 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Bob Gillespie | 7 | 15 | .318 | 5.03 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 161.0 | 165 | 117 | 90 | 121 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Billy Pierce | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.42 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 83.0 | 75 | 55 | 50 | 71 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Bowman | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.79 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 112.0 | 144 | 99 | 72 | 67 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Quinn Lee | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.49 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 85.0 | 88 | 37 | 33 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Mike Roscoe | 4 | 11 | .267 | 6.67 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 89.0 | 129 | 78 | 66 | 39 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Art Houtteman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Cleary | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Callan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 52 | 32 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Jim Hresko | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Herstek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.70 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 63 | 43 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| William Angstadt | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.94 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 34 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Orrell | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lyle Parkhurst | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.07 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 84 | 55 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Lyle Bliss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Woody Wheaton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lowell Hamons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 64 | 89 | .418 | 5.18 | 265 | 132 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 1113.0 | 1274 | 782 | 640 | 0 | 655 | 0 | 453 | 24 | 0 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Mierkowicz | 131 | 551 | 498 | 91 | 151 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 94 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 51 | .303 | .370 | .540 | .910 | 269 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ed Boland | 127 | 522 | 469 | 84 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 23 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 20 | .301 | .372 | .510 | .881 | 239 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carl McNabb | 121 | 504 | 471 | 44 | 129 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 29 | .274 | .312 | .348 | .660 | 164 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Woody Wheaton | 103 | 443 | 390 | 83 | 119 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 6 | .305 | .378 | .372 | .750 | 145 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John McHale | 92 | 376 | 335 | 63 | 105 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 75 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 37 | .313 | .388 | .600 | .988 | 201 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Preston Gómez | 108 | 395 | 375 | 52 | 101 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 75 | .269 | .299 | .355 | .654 | 133 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mike Mordarski | 105 | 352 | 330 | 37 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 38 | .288 | .330 | .406 | .737 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Herschel Held | 75 | 313 | 275 | 51 | 81 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 26 | .295 | .368 | .444 | .812 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerard Lipscomb | 56 | 222 | 189 | 24 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13 | .307 | .407 | .429 | .836 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ed Butka | 57 | 228 | 204 | 26 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 19 | .260 | .332 | .417 | .749 | 85 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Prince Oana | 82 | 185 | 169 | 22 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 16 | .278 | .341 | .402 | .743 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Red Borom | 35 | 152 | 133 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .241 | .313 | .316 | .629 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Miguel Lastra | 83 | 189 | 162 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 21 | .198 | .293 | .235 | .528 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Walt Chipple | 27 | 111 | 102 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .304 | .349 | .500 | .849 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ollie Carnegie | 39 | 103 | 93 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .301 | .369 | .505 | .874 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Welch | 41 | 131 | 127 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .181 | .206 | .197 | .403 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Radakovich | 31 | 116 | 108 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .204 | .259 | .241 | .499 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Brown | 44 | 92 | 82 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .256 | .330 | .354 | .683 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hresko | 22 | 49 | 43 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .442 | .500 | .791 | 1.291 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ted Petoskey | 14 | 59 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .236 | .276 | .255 | .530 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Gillespie | 34 | 62 | 56 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .214 | .267 | .268 | .535 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Scavone | 10 | 48 | 44 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .298 | .386 | .684 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hub Walker | 15 | 39 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .323 | .447 | .548 | .996 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ab Wright | 13 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .233 | .324 | .400 | .724 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Roscoe | 17 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Billy Pierce | 16 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .206 | .273 | .479 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Callan | 17 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .167 | .265 | .200 | .465 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Parkhurst | 13 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Quinn Lee | 19 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .125 | .219 | .344 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Angstadt | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Bowman | 41 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .111 | .314 | .111 | .425 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Herstek | 16 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Hamons | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1639 | 5579 | 5038 | 749 | 1396 | 259 | 44 | 113 | 693 | 47 | 32 | 453 | 494 | .277 | .341 | .413 | .754 | 2082 | 100 | 33 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McHale | 1B | 77 | 616 | 39 | 12 | 63 | .982 | 8.506 | ||||
| Ed Butka | 1B | 56 | 469 | 36 | 9 | 35 | .982 | 9.018 | ||||
| Carl McNabb | 2B | 121 | 341 | 331 | 20 | 77 | .971 | 5.554 | ||||
| Miguel Lastra | 2B | 25 | 77 | 51 | 11 | 14 | .921 | 5.120 | ||||
| Herschel Held | 3B | 61 | 90 | 139 | 32 | 10 | .877 | 3.754 | ||||
| Gerard Lipscomb | 3B | 55 | 60 | 110 | 12 | 10 | .934 | 3.091 | ||||
| Miguel Lastra | 3B | 21 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.714 | ||||
| James Scavone | 3B | 10 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 3.100 | ||||
| Jim Hresko | 3B | 10 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mike Mordarski | C | 91 | 735 | 69 | 10 | 12 | .988 | 8.835 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 37.2 |
| Milt Welch | C | 40 | 154 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .955 | 4.225 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 17.9 |
| Dan Radakovich | C | 31 | 130 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .968 | 4.871 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 26.9 |
| Gerard Lipscomb | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Ed Mierkowicz | OF | 129 | 232 | 26 | 7 | 4 | .974 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ed Boland | OF | 126 | 206 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .965 | 1.762 | ||||
| Woody Wheaton | OF | 100 | 236 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .988 | 2.470 | ||||
| Ollie Carnegie | OF | 20 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.550 | ||||
| John McHale | OF | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ted Petoskey | OF | 14 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Bob Bowman | P | 41 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .861 | .756 | ||||
| Bob Gillespie | P | 33 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Prince Oana | P | 31 | 8 | 56 | 4 | 1 | .941 | 2.065 | ||||
| Lloyd Brown | P | 28 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 1.643 | ||||
| Quinn Lee | P | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Roscoe | P | 17 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| William Herstek | P | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Billy Pierce | P | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Lyle Parkhurst | P | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Bob Callan | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| William Angstadt | P | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Jim Hresko | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Orrell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Cleary | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Houtteman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lowell Hamons | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Woody Wheaton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lyle Bliss | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Gómez | SS | 106 | 202 | 288 | 43 | 59 | .919 | 4.623 | ||||
| Miguel Lastra | SS | 28 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 12 | .880 | 3.143 | ||||
| Red Borom | SS | 25 | 56 | 80 | 9 | 15 | .938 | 5.440 | ||||
| Totals | 1456 | 3969 | 1583 | 231 | 346 | .960 | 3.813 | 10 | 99 | 44 | 30.8 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
