1959 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 89-64
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Kerby Farrell (89-64)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 413,263, Avg. 5,402

1959 Buffalo Bisons Roster

Playoffs - Richmond Virginians 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 1

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1959 season with a record of 89 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the IL.

The Bisons led the circuit with 797 runs, ignited by 165 home runs. Buffalo surrendered 643 runs. Pancho Herrera walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Jimmie Coker, Bobby Del Greco and Bobby Morgan each added 15 or more also. Pancho Herrera accounted for 128 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .329. Ken Lehman paced the squad with 13 wins, and Chris Short recorded a 3.16 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Morgan, Harry Hanebrink, Ron Mrozinski, Hank Mason, Rubén Amaro, Jack Phillips, Jimmie Coker, Chris Short, Jim Command, John Easton, Pancho Herrera, Joe Caffie, Art Mahaffey, Turk Farrell, Ken Lehman, Bobby Del Greco, Mack Burk, Joe Lonnett, Dick Brown, Fred Hahn, Bob Conley, Dallas Green, Warren Hacker, Buddy Hicks, Max Surkont, Don Erickson, Freddy Rodríguez, Don Landrum, Bill Taylor, Bob Miller, Mickey Harrington, Ed Keegan and Luke Easter.

Kerby Farrell 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
Ken Lehman	13	8	.619	3.26	41	14		7	1		171.0	172	74	62	17	41	13	95	0	0	6
Hank Mason	12	3	.800	3.24	41	6		4	3		125.0	119	51	45	15	37	8	82	2	1	3
Chris Short	12	9	.571	3.16	27	27		12	2		182.0	153	69	64	17	57	4	130	5	0	11
Warren Hacker	10	8	.556	3.67	30	27		13	2		196.0	191	86	80	20	20	3	142	2	0	1
Dallas Green	9	5	.643	2.94	17	15		6	2		101.0	94	39	33	11	28	1	72	2	0	4
Art Mahaffey	8	5	.615	4.42	24	17		4	0		108.0	104	59	53	15	47	2	81	9	0	2
Dick Bunker	8	6	.571	5.00	30	14		3	0		108.0	125	66	60	14	58	4	46	1	2	5
Don Erickson	6	5	.545	3.53	40	9		3	2		130.0	112	62	51	12	69	10	65	2	0	6
Turk Farrell	4	2	.667	3.86	9						28.0	29	14	12		8		26
Earl Hunsinger	2	1	.667		7						0.0
Max Surkont	2	2	.500	3.16	24	3		1	0		57.0	50	22	20	6	22	3	40	1	0	0
Bob Miller					8						0.0
Ron Mrozinski	0	0			12						0.0
Freddy Rodríguez					13						0.0
Bob Conley					10						0.0
Fred Hahn	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Ed Keegan	0	3	.000	12.46	5						13.0	14		18		11		10
Totals	86	58	.597	3.68	342	132	0	53	12	0	1219.0	1163	542	498	127	398	48	789	24	3	38	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
Pancho Herrera	151	656	569	104	187	42	3	37	128	8		73	108	.329	.410	.608	1.018	346		9	0	5	13
Bobby Del Greco	152	667	542	109	155	48	1	21	72	5		88	91	.286	.404	.494	.898	268		24	6	7	1
Don Landrum	132	570	503	81	139	26	8	12	58	11		46	69	.276	.343	.431	.775	217		9	5	7	3
Bobby Morgan	148	591	500	79	131	23	2	21	83	3		81	107	.262	.367	.442	.809	221		4	2	4	11
Rubén Amaro	119	476	423	59	109	18	3	3	31	4		44	29	.258	.329	.336	.665	142		2	5	2	2
Jimmie Coker	111	423	376	60	108	22	3	15	64	5		39	55	.287	.357	.481	.838	181		4	0	4	7
Mickey Harrington	108	339	319	43	96	9	4	4	38	2		12	28	.301	.331	.392	.723	125		3	4	1	1
Lou Vassie	99	364	316	59	82	21	2	9	44	2		43	59	.259	.347	.424	.771	134		1	1	3	4
Jack Phillips	96	279	265	41	76	17	2	9	41	0		13	33	.287	.320	.468	.788	124		0	1	0	2
Bill Taylor	59	225	201	38	66	10	2	12	39	1		20	26	.328	.387	.577	.964	116		1	0	3	8
Joe Caffie	37	153	139	23	38	8	1	7	17	0		13	28	.273	.340	.496	.836	69		1	0	0	3
John Easton	49	143	133	16	33	4	4	0	15	2		6	26	.248	.284	.338	.622	45		1	2	1	0
Ken Lehman	57	94	93	10	26	3	0	4	14	0		1	19	.280	.287	.441	.728	41		0	0	0	0
Warren Hacker	32	78	77	5	16	1	0	0	7	0		0	13	.208	.208	.221	.429	17		0	1	0	0
Dick Brown	13	51	47	6	15	3	1	4	10	0		2	6	.319	.360	.681	1.041	32		1	1	0	1
Joe Lonnett	16	57	50	8	15	5	0	3	8	0		7	10	.300	.386	.580	.966	29		0	0	0	0
Harry Hanebrink	17	75	65	9	15	2	0	4	11	1		8	5	.231	.320	.446	.766	29		1	0	1	0
Gordon Figard	23	73	61	8	12	3	1	0	6	3		11	16	.197	.329	.279	.607	17		1	0	0	2
Buddy Hicks	16	39	35	3	9	2	0	0	5	0		4	5	.257	.333	.314	.648	11		0	0	0	0
Dick Bunker	30	42	40	3	9	0	1	0	6	0		2	7	.225	.262	.275	.537	11		0	0	0	0
Hank Mason	43	45	38	3	8	0	0	0	3	0		3	9	.211	.286	.211	.496	8		1	3	0	0
Mack Burk	13	36	35	0	7	0	0	0	4	0		1	6	.200	.222	.200	.422	7		0	0	0	0
Art Mahaffey	24	39	33	3	6	2	0	0	2	0		2	15	.182	.250	.242	.492	8		1	3	0	0
Don Erickson	41	43	41	3	6	1	0	0	1	0		0	18	.146	.146	.171	.317	7		0	2	0	0
Chris Short	27	70	61	2	6	1	0	0	7	0		1	12	.098	.127	.115	.242	7		1	7	0	0
Dallas Green	17	42	37	4	5	3	0	0	4	0		3	14	.135	.190	.216	.407	8		0	0	2	0
Thomas Shollin	8	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Ron Mrozinski	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0	0
Turk Farrell	9	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Fred Hahn	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Earl Hunsinger	7	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Max Surkont	24	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	1	0	0
Ed Keegan	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1700	5719	5046	780	1380	274	38	165	719	47	0	524	820	.273	.347	.441	.788	2225	0	65	44	40	58

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pancho Herrera	1B	139	1136	97	13	121	.990	8.871
Jack Phillips	1B	14	78	3	1	1	.988	5.786
Lou Vassie	2B	78	177	161	9	44	.974	4.333
Bobby Morgan	2B	74	151	197	6	55	.983	4.703
Gordon Figard	2B	10	23	31	3	7	.947	5.400
Jack Phillips	3B	61	43	97	7	10	.952	2.295
Bobby Morgan	3B	34	25	54	5	5	.940	2.324
Pancho Herrera	3B	23	14	34	6	4	.889	2.087
Harry Hanebrink	3B	17	14	36	3	2	.943	2.941
Lou Vassie	3B	14	5	24	3	2	.906	2.071
Buddy Hicks	3B	13	4	21	2	0	.926	1.923
Jimmie Coker	C	108	634	49	10	11	.986	6.324	11
Joe Lonnett	C	15	96	7	2	0	.981	6.867	1
Mack Burk	C	12	58	2	0	0	1.000	5.000	1
Dick Brown	C	12	82	4	2	2	.977	7.167	0
Bobby Del Greco	OF	152	348	23	5	3	.987	2.441
Don Landrum	OF	127	215	10	3	1	.987	1.772
Mickey Harrington	OF	84	117	3	2	1	.984	1.429
Bill Taylor	OF	55	91	5	1	3	.990	1.745
John Easton	OF	39	52	1	2	0	.964	1.359
Joe Caffie	OF	35	47	1	1	1	.980	1.371
Hank Mason	P	41	5	23	1	1	.966	.683
Ken Lehman	P	41	11	32	0	2	1.000	1.049
Don Erickson	P	40	8	31	1	2	.975	.975
Warren Hacker	P	30	8	17	1	0	.962	.833
Dick Bunker	P	30	6	17	3	1	.885	.767
Chris Short	P	27	10	32	1	1	.977	1.556
Max Surkont	P	24	4	14	0	0	1.000	.750
Art Mahaffey	P	24	8	21	1	4	.967	1.208
Dallas Green	P	17	8	19	3	1	.900	1.588
Freddy Rodríguez	P	13						.000
Ron Mrozinski	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Bob Conley	P	10						.000
Turk Farrell	P	9						.000
Bob Miller	P	8						.000
Earl Hunsinger	P	7						.000
Ed Keegan	P	5						.000
Fred Hahn	P	4						.000
Rubén Amaro	SS	112	206	384	27	84	.956	5.268
Bobby Morgan	SS	44	52	114	7	22	.960	3.773
Totals		1614	3736	1567	131	391	.976	3.286	13	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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