1963 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-77
Finished 4th in the IL's North Division
Manager: Kerby Farrell (74-77)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 136,020, Avg. 1,802
1963 Buffalo Bisons RosterTeam Record: 74-77
Finished 4th in the IL's North Division
Manager: Kerby Farrell (74-77)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 136,020, Avg. 1,802
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1963 season with a record of 74 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Ricketts | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.74 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 137.0 | 117 | 61 | 57 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Willard Hunter | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Craig Anderson | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.47 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 155.0 | 155 | 93 | 77 | 24 | 64 | 7 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Babe Birrer | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.11 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 160.0 | 168 | 84 | 73 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Carl Mathias | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.86 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 140 | 71 | 60 | 16 | 43 | 4 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Duane Richards | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.00 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 97 | 55 | 54 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ray Daviault | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.62 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 96 | 44 | 41 | 14 | 42 | 7 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ray Apple | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.98 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 103.0 | 114 | 64 | 57 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Steve Dillon | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.94 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 124.0 | 139 | 78 | 68 | 20 | 45 | 3 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marty Kutyna | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Schmidt | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.51 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Addington | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.38 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 105 | 79 | 73 | 19 | 50 | 2 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Don Rowe | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.50 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 36.0 | 54 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Malcolm Warren | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Casale | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.38 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Alan Brice | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Belcher | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Max Surkont | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 74 | 75 | .497 | 4.64 | 376 | 146 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1302.0 | 1350 | 745 | 671 | 196 | 463 | 43 | 853 | 30 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpsie Green | 130 | 536 | 452 | 69 | 139 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 90 | .308 | .404 | .491 | .895 | 222 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Elio Chacón | 139 | 593 | 504 | 83 | 137 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 77 | 75 | .272 | .368 | .363 | .731 | 183 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Joe Hicks | 81 | 350 | 309 | 51 | 99 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 62 | .320 | .392 | .511 | .903 | 158 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dick Smith | 105 | 417 | 378 | 50 | 99 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 110 | .262 | .317 | .426 | .743 | 161 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Rick Herrscher | 112 | 385 | 345 | 44 | 87 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 50 | .252 | .318 | .359 | .678 | 124 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Joe Christopher | 85 | 367 | 295 | 54 | 85 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 57 | 46 | .288 | .405 | .546 | .951 | 161 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 93 | 341 | 308 | 28 | 82 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 73 | .266 | .324 | .412 | .736 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ted Schreiber | 71 | 276 | 247 | 33 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 49 | .279 | .346 | .421 | .767 | 104 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kranepool | 53 | 223 | 203 | 28 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 34 | .310 | .372 | .507 | .880 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Bouchee | 87 | 276 | 218 | 36 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 51 | .266 | .416 | .477 | .893 | 104 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Catton | 68 | 215 | 189 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 25 | .254 | .324 | .354 | .678 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Marv Throneberry | 88 | 297 | 261 | 35 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 55 | .176 | .269 | .364 | .633 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Grimm Mason | 46 | 193 | 176 | 23 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 30 | .250 | .307 | .358 | .665 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Cook | 48 | 185 | 164 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 56 | .262 | .341 | .470 | .810 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Burright | 57 | 187 | 174 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 36 | .224 | .274 | .276 | .550 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Powers | 53 | 162 | 140 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 32 | .243 | .346 | .464 | .810 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Barth | 21 | 92 | 83 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | .289 | .341 | .446 | .786 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Babe Birrer | 36 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .273 | .344 | .364 | .708 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Al Moran | 13 | 45 | 43 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .279 | .311 | .326 | .637 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Ricketts | 29 | 59 | 54 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .222 | .271 | .315 | .586 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Apple | 25 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .200 | .263 | .200 | .463 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Mathias | 40 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .189 | .231 | .216 | .447 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Dillon | 31 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .162 | .225 | .216 | .441 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Addington | 32 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Anderson | 45 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schmidt | 10 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .150 | .150 | .250 | .400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Casale | 18 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .222 | .417 | .222 | .639 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Daviault | 50 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .095 | .174 | .143 | .317 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duane Richards | 17 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .074 | .194 | .111 | .305 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Willard Hunter | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Rowe | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .200 | .083 | .283 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Belcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Surkont | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Malcolm Warren | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1733 | 5584 | 4878 | 668 | 1274 | 199 | 38 | 149 | 626 | 62 | 39 | 580 | 1047 | .261 | .342 | .409 | .751 | 1996 | 0 | 35 | 60 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Throneberry | 1B | 70 | 547 | 55 | 10 | 44 | .984 | 8.600 | ||||
| Ed Bouchee | 1B | 56 | 436 | 34 | 6 | 41 | .987 | 8.393 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | 1B | 24 | 184 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 8.750 | ||||
| Phillip Barth | 1B | 10 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.100 | ||||
| Ted Schreiber | 2B | 70 | 158 | 177 | 6 | 27 | .982 | 4.786 | ||||
| Larry Burright | 2B | 39 | 101 | 91 | 5 | 23 | .975 | 4.923 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | 2B | 25 | 51 | 69 | 7 | 12 | .945 | 4.800 | ||||
| Pumpsie Green | 2B | 15 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 3.733 | ||||
| Elio Chacón | 2B | 11 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 12 | .957 | 6.091 | ||||
| Pumpsie Green | 3B | 114 | 108 | 222 | 13 | 21 | .962 | 2.895 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | 3B | 20 | 21 | 31 | 2 | 6 | .963 | 2.600 | ||||
| Grimm Mason | 3B | 15 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .812 | 1.733 | ||||
| Phillip Barth | 3B | 11 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .931 | 2.455 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | C | 81 | 472 | 27 | 7 | 1 | .986 | 6.160 | 6 | |||
| Bobby Catton | C | 58 | 318 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .997 | 5.810 | 5 | |||
| Dick Smith | OF | 98 | 187 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 1.939 | ||||
| Joe Christopher | OF | 83 | 147 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 1.843 | ||||
| Joe Hicks | OF | 81 | 187 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 2.358 | ||||
| Ed Kranepool | OF | 53 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .990 | 1.792 | ||||
| Cliff Cook | OF | 43 | 93 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 2.209 | ||||
| John Powers | OF | 40 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.625 | ||||
| Grimm Mason | OF | 27 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | OF | 21 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ray Daviault | P | 50 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .360 | ||||
| Craig Anderson | P | 45 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Carl Mathias | P | 40 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .850 | ||||
| Babe Birrer | P | 34 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 1.529 | ||||
| Tommy Addington | P | 32 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Steve Dillon | P | 31 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .710 | ||||
| Willard Hunter | P | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .276 | ||||
| Ray Apple | P | 28 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.107 | ||||
| Dick Ricketts | P | 20 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.950 | ||||
| Jerry Casale | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Duane Richards | P | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Schmidt | P | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Don Rowe | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Marty Kutyna | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Elio Chacón | SS | 124 | 202 | 330 | 20 | 53 | .964 | 4.290 | ||||
| Al Moran | SS | 13 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 9 | .933 | 4.308 | ||||
| Larry Burright | SS | 12 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | SS | 11 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 3.727 | ||||
| Totals | 1599 | 3753 | 1533 | 129 | 293 | .976 | 3.306 | 11 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
