1946 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 78-75
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (78-75)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 293,813, Avg. 3,841

1946 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1946 season with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.

Gabby Hartnett 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
Art Houtteman	16	13	.552	4.22	32	30		18	4		226.0	217	120	106		75		147	4	0	2
Hal Manders	10	4	.714	3.90	20	17		9	1		134.0	117	68	58		68		79	4	0	1
Les Mueller	10	8	.556	5.04	23	21		10	1		150.0	161	99	84		79		80	3	1	2
Rufe Gentry	10	8	.556	5.18	25	24		10	2		153.0	142	99	88		113		108	2	0	5
Pete Appleton	9	5	.643	3.66	36	1		0	0		91.0	89	40	37		40		56	1	0	1
Ted Gray	7	11	.389	6.22	25	15		8	0		123.0	140	92	85		82		80	2	0	5
Denny Horton	4	3	.571	4.13	19	10		4	0		85.0	70	48	39		61		46	4	2	2
Billy Pierce	3	4	.429	4.50	10	9		5	0		56.0	52	30	28		44		45	1	0	5
Vern Curtis	3	4	.429	4.58	15	8		2	1		57.0	66	39	29		22		27	0	0	0
Zeb Eaton	3	4	.429	7.07	32	7		3	0		112.0	126	106	88		88		44	2	0	8
Andy Bush	2	7	.222	5.69	19	9		3	1		68.0	70	54	43		37		36	0	0	0
Roy Clark	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Quinn Lee	0	0			2						0.0
Bob Hall	0	0			1						0.0
Lew Fauth	0	0			1						0.0
Floyd Giebell	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	0	0		0		2	0		0
Lou Kretlow	0	3	.000	7.25	11	4		0	0		36.0	51	39	29		33		34	3	0	1
Totals	78	75	.510	4.97	275	155	0	72	10	0	1293.0	1303	834	714	0	742	0	784	26	3	32	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
Neil Berry	136	620	556	93	159	21	8	0	36	8	7	61	54	.286	.357	.353	.709	196	5	0	3
Vic Wertz	139	530	478	75	144	27	9	19	91	2	4	48	40	.301	.367	.515	.882	246	11	2	2
Johnny Bero	134	591	504	93	140	30	3	9	70	5	2	75	60	.278	.372	.403	.775	203	9	1	11
John McHale	133	564	482	84	130	24	4	25	94	6	2	75	83	.270	.374	.492	.865	237	4	5	2
John Radulovich	117	451	393	60	116	20	5	9	63	3	0	49	30	.295	.376	.440	.816	173	2	2	7
Coaker Triplett	101	407	360	56	109	13	4	11	51	1	0	44	19	.303	.379	.453	.831	163	8	0	3
Ed Mierkowicz	103	409	358	53	88	20	4	10	57	3	0	39	45	.246	.327	.408	.735	146	18	4	8
John Antonelli	74	276	251	37	67	14	1	3	32	1	0	24	8	.267	.331	.367	.697	92	6	0	1
Earl Rapp	62	238	204	46	66	13	2	5	38	8	2	31	25	.324	.415	.480	.896	98	4	1	2
Martin Tabacheck	88	279	255	27	65	7	1	0	18	0	0	20	19	.255	.309	.290	.599	74	7	0	4
Eddie Yount	69	227	196	32	61	11	1	9	45	0	0	28	26	.311	.397	.515	.913	101	3	0	3
Walt Chipple	57	178	153	28	42	5	1	5	23	0	0	23	24	.275	.376	.418	.795	64	3	2	0
Zeb Eaton	73	115	107	14	31	4	0	6	23	0	0	7	14	.290	.339	.495	.834	53	2	1	0
Bruce Campbell	33	120	107	15	29	5	1	2	13	1	1	11	14	.271	.350	.393	.743	42	2	2	0
Chester Wieczorek	27	114	103	9	25	5	0	4	15	0	0	10	12	.243	.310	.408	.718	42	2	0	1
Rufe Gentry	25	62	60	5	20	5	0	1	8	0	0	0	8	.333	.333	.467	.800	28	1	0	2
Art Houtteman	33	86	78	10	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	9	.218	.256	.244	.500	19	2	0	4
Ray Hamrick	18	78	65	10	13	2	0	0	2	2	0	11	8	.200	.325	.231	.555	15	1	1	1
Les Mueller	23	60	55	4	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	16	.218	.259	.236	.495	13	1	1	2
Joe Erautt	20	51	45	5	10	2	0	2	5	0	1	4	5	.222	.300	.400	.700	18	1	1	1
Ed Boland	10	38	34	2	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	.265	.342	.265	.607	9	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	24	39	31	7	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	.258	.410	.290	.701	9	0	1	0
Ted Gray	26	48	47	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.170	.188	.170	.358	8	0	0	0
Hal Manders	20	55	53	5	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.151	.151	.170	.321	9	1	0	2
Gene Markland	10	41	32	8	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	5	.156	.308	.250	.558	8	1	1	2
Billy Pierce	12	22	19	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.211	.318	.211	.529	4	0	0	0
Denny Horton	19	29	24	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.167	.231	.208	.439	5	0	0	3
Andy Bush	19	21	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.167	.286	.167	.452	3	0	0	0
Pete Appleton	37	29	25	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.120	.185	.160	.345	4	0	0	2
Vern Curtis	15	15	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	0	0	0
Lou Kretlow	11	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	1
Totals	1668	5804	5116	792	1397	235	44	121	714	40	19	596	580	.273	.352	.407	.759	2083	94	25	67	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
John McHale	1B	132	1004	73	24	79	.978	8.159
Ed Mierkowicz	1B	21	136	7	3	13	.979	6.810
John Radulovich	2B	107	233	299	22	65	.960	4.972
John Antonelli	2B	41	87	113	7	12	.966	4.878
Gene Markland	2B	10	24	23	1	3	.979	4.700
Johnny Bero	3B	132	137	218	29	28	.924	2.689
John Antonelli	3B	23	22	27	3	5	.942	2.130
Martin Tabacheck	C	85	456	49	4	11	.992	5.941	9	37	37	50.0
Hank Riebe	C									9	1	10.0
Vic Wertz	OF	128	225	18	7	4	.972	1.898
Coaker Triplett	OF	92	169	9	4	1	.978	1.935
Ed Mierkowicz	OF	73	200	8	2	1	.990	2.849
Earl Rapp	OF	57	96	9	3	1	.972	1.842
Walt Chipple	OF	47	83	5	2	0	.978	1.872
Bruce Campbell	OF	30	53	2	1	1	.982	1.833
Chester Wieczorek	OF	27	31	3	1	0	.971	1.259
Pete Appleton	P	36	9	19	1	1	.966	.778
Art Houtteman	P	32	18	31	3	1	.942	1.531
Zeb Eaton	P	32	9	22	2	1	.939	.969
Ted Gray	P	25	2	27	0	0	1.000	1.160
Rufe Gentry	P	25	8	24	3	0	.914	1.280
Les Mueller	P	23	10	24	0	2	1.000	1.478
Hal Manders	P	20	3	17	1	0	.952	1.000
Denny Horton	P	19	4	4	0	0	1.000	.421
Andy Bush	P	19	1	18	1	1	.950	1.000
Vern Curtis	P	15	6	16	2	1	.917	1.467
Lou Kretlow	P	11	2	8	3	1	.769	.909
Billy Pierce	P	10	1	6	0	0	1.000	.700
Roy Clark	P	3						.000
Quinn Lee	P	2						.000
Bob Hall	P	1						.000
Floyd Giebell	P	1						.000
Lew Fauth	P	1						.000
Neil Berry	SS	136	278	279	27	52	.954	4.096
Ray Hamrick	SS	18	49	52	8	18	.927	5.611
Totals		1434	3356	1410	164	302	.967	3.324	9	46	38	45.2

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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