1954 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Billy Hitchcock (71-83)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 120,621, Avg. 1,567

1954 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Bisons plated 726 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Ron Northey paced Buffalo with 25 home runs, while Frank Carswell and Chick King walloped 15 or more as well. Frank Carswell accounted for 87 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .318. Frank Lary led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1954 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Mullin, Frank Carswell, Earl Harrist, Dick Gernert, Doug Hansen, Ron Northey, Mel Hoderlein, Al Lakeman, Hal Erickson, Chick King, Milt Jordan, Billy Hitchcock, Sammy Meeks, Frank Lary, Duke Maas, Johnny Bucha, Ernie Nevel, Jack Wallaesa, John Baumgartner, Bill Froats, Jake Crawford, Ken Johnson, Harry Bright, Hal Hudson, Buddy Hicks and Paul Foytack.

Billy Hitchcock 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
Frank Lary	15	11	.577	3.39	41	25		13	3		207.0	206	86	78	10	82		102	5	1	10
Ken Johnson	14	14	.500	3.78	30	29		15	5		205.0	166	97	86	20	109		150	8	0	10
Hal Erickson	11	8	.579	4.19	34	26		12	1		206.0	228	106	96	23	48		98	4	0	2
Duke Maas	7	4	.636	3.92	17	14		7	1		101.0	95	44	44	7	53		65	1	0	1
Bill Froats	7	5	.583	3.96	31	17		3	1		125.0	109	70	55	5	86		81	6	2	4
Hal Hudson	6	14	.300	4.98	35	15		4	1		121.0	136	82	67	14	55		37	9	0	5
Don Swartz	4	4	.500	4.36	32	3		2	0		66.0	87	35	32	6	19		21	5	0	0
Paul Foytack	4	7	.364	5.33	17	13		4	1		98.0	113	59	58	10	48		75	1	0	7
Earl Harrist	3	10	.231	5.01	38	9		3	0		88.0	100	57	49	16	33		41	4	0	2
Dick Hoeksema	0	0			1						0.0
Milo Johnson	0	1	.000		10						0.0
Jim Harper	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Milt Jordan	0	2	.000		23						0.0
Ernie Nevel	0	2	.000		10						0.0
Totals	71	83	.461	4.18	321	151	0	63	13	0	1217.0	1240	636	565	111	533	0	670	43	3	41	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
Ron Northey	148	583	504	83	155	23	2	25	85	1		70	46	.308	.392	.510	.902	257		1	6	2
Chick King	130	583	516	91	138	24	9	16	61	34		54	96	.267	.339	.442	.780	228		4	4	5
Frank Carswell	130	493	421	60	134	26	1	16	87	3		53	34	.318	.393	.499	.892	210		3	10	6
Buddy Hicks	119	518	434	73	119	24	1	2	44	9		67	41	.274	.370	.348	.718	151		0	15	2
Harvey Zernia	126	434	337	73	100	13	1	11	43	3		89	58	.297	.444	.439	.883	148		2	4	2
Al Lakeman	92	336	307	26	75	11	0	7	48	2		26	71	.244	.305	.349	.654	107		1	2	0
Mel Hoderlein	93	341	280	42	72	10	0	6	25	2		56	38	.257	.385	.357	.742	100		2	3	0
Sammy Meeks	65	270	236	32	70	17	1	5	34	2		26	35	.297	.364	.441	.804	104		0	6	2
Harry Bright	70	264	228	32	64	12	1	6	34	0		26	25	.281	.354	.421	.775	96		2	4	4
Dick Gernert	74	299	232	44	63	13	0	13	44	2		58	43	.272	.424	.496	.920	115		5	2	2
Doug Hansen	82	271	241	28	53	6	0	8	35	3		23	43	.220	.287	.344	.632	83		1	3	3
John Baumgartner	56	210	190	20	45	9	0	3	15	2		14	33	.237	.295	.332	.626	63		2	3	1
Pat Mullin	57	167	142	27	41	7	1	7	23	3		23	32	.289	.383	.500	.883	71		0	0	2
Daniel Ryan	51	161	143	14	32	3	0	2	10	0		14	14	.224	.289	.287	.576	41		0	2	2
Johnny Bucha	30	110	91	15	25	3	1	2	15	1		15	4	.275	.380	.396	.775	36		1	2	1
Jack Wallaesa	35	145	125	16	24	5	0	4	23	0		13	23	.192	.271	.328	.599	41		1	5	1
Frank Lary	53	81	74	12	17	3	0	2	10	0		6	10	.230	.288	.351	.639	26		0	1	0
Billy Hitchcock	25	69	62	3	16	0	0	2	10	0		6	10	.258	.324	.355	.678	22		0	1	0
Hal Erickson	34	76	70	6	16	0	0	0	6	0		3	20	.229	.270	.229	.499	16		1	2	0
Ken Johnson	47	93	80	8	15	1	0	3	11	0		1	11	.188	.209	.312	.522	25		2	7	3
Duke Maas	20	41	39	3	8	0	0	1	1	0		0	8	.205	.205	.282	.487	11		0	2	0
Hal Hudson	37	38	31	3	7	0	0	1	2	0		2	3	.226	.286	.323	.608	10		1	3	1
Paul Foytack	17	38	35	0	5	1	0	0	4	0		1	6	.143	.167	.171	.338	6		0	2	0
Jake Crawford	31	52	39	5	4	1	0	0	1	2		12	9	.103	.314	.128	.442	5		0	1	0
Don Swartz	50	23	22	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.136	.174	.136	.310	3		0	0	0
Ernie Nevel	10	11	8	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.250	.455	.250	.705	2		1	0	0
Bill Froats	31	48	40	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		7	18	.050	.191	.050	.241	2		0	1	0
Milo Johnson	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Milt Jordan	23	8	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.125	.125	.250	.375	2		0	0	0
Earl Harrist	38	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	6	.056	.190	.056	.246	1		0	0	0
Jim Harper	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1787	5790	4959	725	1308	213	18	142	678	69	0	671	748	.264	.353	.400	.752	1983	0	30	91	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Gernert	1B	72	600	50	3	61	.995	9.028
Harvey Zernia	1B	50	419	31	3	31	.993	9.000
Jack Wallaesa	1B	33	264	22	7	23	.976	8.667
Doug Hansen	2B	70	169	194	11	43	.971	5.186
Harry Bright	2B	36	93	83	8	15	.957	4.889
Mel Hoderlein	2B	23	56	55	1	13	.991	4.826
Sammy Meeks	2B	13	25	28	8	9	.869	4.077
Billy Hitchcock	2B	10	24	30	1	7	.982	5.400
John Baumgartner	3B	43	40	80	6	8	.952	2.791
Mel Hoderlein	3B	37	44	89	5	12	.964	3.595
Sammy Meeks	3B	36	25	76	4	5	.962	2.806
Harry Bright	3B	34	24	71	3	6	.969	2.794
Harvey Zernia	3B	22	11	32	3	2	.935	1.955
Al Lakeman	C	86	427	48	10	9	.979	5.523	6
Daniel Ryan	C	50	228	29	2	6	.992	5.140	2
Johnny Bucha	C	27	140	9	2	0	.987	5.519	0
Ron Northey	OF	139	197	17	9	8	.960	1.540
Chick King	OF	127	386	6	11	2	.973	3.087
Frank Carswell	OF	116	184	9	3	2	.985	1.664
Pat Mullin	OF	40	49	3	2	0	.963	1.300
Harvey Zernia	OF	39	50	3	1	0	.981	1.359
Jake Crawford	OF	24	19	2	1	0	.955	.875
John Baumgartner	OF	17	24	2	1	0	.963	1.529
Frank Lary	P	41	11	37	4	3	.923	1.171
Earl Harrist	P	38	6	12	2	1	.900	.474
Hal Hudson	P	35	9	21	1	0	.968	.857
Hal Erickson	P	34	8	24	2	0	.941	.941
Don Swartz	P	32	4	9	1	2	.929	.406
Bill Froats	P	31	1	18	0	0	1.000	.613
Ken Johnson	P	30	6	40	2	3	.958	1.533
Milt Jordan	P	23	1	7	0	0	1.000	.348
Duke Maas	P	17	3	17	0	1	1.000	1.176
Paul Foytack	P	17	6	11	2	1	.895	1.000
Ernie Nevel	P	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Milo Johnson	P	10	2	1	0	0	1.000	.300
Jim Harper	P	2						.000
Dick Hoeksema	P	1						.000
Buddy Hicks	SS	114	211	349	22	60	.962	4.912
Mel Hoderlein	SS	26	48	68	7	18	.943	4.462
Sammy Meeks	SS	18	28	37	0	5	1.000	3.611
Totals		1623	3843	1624	148	356	.974	3.368	8	0	0

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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