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1964 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 80-69
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (80-69)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 160,804, Avg. 2,158
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 3
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1964 season with a record of 80 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Bisons scored 680 runs and allowed 660 runs. Duke Carmel walloped 35 home runs for Buffalo, while Joe Hicks and Cleon Jones added 15 or more also. Duke Carmel drove in 99 runs. Joe Hicks topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .282. Craig Anderson led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.96 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Dick Ricketts, Elio Chacón, Dennis Musgraves, Ron Swoboda, Joe Hicks, Sherman Jones, Rob Gardner, Al Moran, Marv Throneberry, Cleon Jones, Darrell Sutherland, Ed Bauta, Amado Samuel, Ted Schreiber, John Stephenson, Choo-Choo Coleman, Duane Richards, Cliff Cook, Babe Birrer, Larry Burright, Grover Powell, Duke Carmel, Don Rowe, Craig Anderson, Ron Locke, Mike Joyce, Sammy Drake, Larry Elliot, Dick Smith, Jerry Hinsley, Pumpsie Green, Rick Herrscher, Ed Kranepool, Willard Hunter, Dick Selma, Norm Sherry and Carl Mathias were all players from the 1964 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Whitey Kurowski served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig Anderson | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.96 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 155.0 | 140 | 61 | 51 | 8 | 58 | 10 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
Darrell Sutherland | 10 | 1 | .909 | 3.31 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 117.0 | 120 | 48 | 43 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Dick Selma | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.67 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 131.0 | 126 | 81 | 68 | 18 | 63 | 3 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
Ed Bauta | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.00 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 67 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
Babe Birrer | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.02 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 121 | 50 | 42 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Dick Ricketts | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.07 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 157.0 | 164 | 79 | 71 | 13 | 59 | 5 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
Malcolm Warren | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.24 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 68.0 | 70 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ron Locke | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.53 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Willard Hunter | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Grover Powell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Duane Richards | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Rob Gardner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Ray Apple | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Artie Kay | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Colin MacIvor | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Carl Mathias | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Tom Belcher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Don Rowe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Dennis Musgraves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Mike Joyce | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Totals | 66 | 56 | .541 | 4.00 | 292 | 119 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1035.3 | 1037 | 538 | 460 | 107 | 406 | 42 | 561 | 33 | 5 | 44 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleon Jones | 137 | 556 | 500 | 96 | 139 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 92 | .278 | .338 | .442 | .780 | 221 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
Joe Hicks | 137 | 548 | 468 | 77 | 132 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 67 | .282 | .368 | .444 | .812 | 208 | 8 | 12 | 3 | ||
Pumpsie Green | 139 | 551 | 463 | 62 | 130 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 73 | .281 | .387 | .397 | .784 | 184 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Duke Carmel | 137 | 554 | 447 | 95 | 121 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 113 | .271 | .404 | .573 | .977 | 256 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Dick Smith | 76 | 325 | 287 | 62 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 32 | 71 | .307 | .380 | .453 | .833 | 130 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Norm Sherry | 100 | 329 | 289 | 34 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 50 | .232 | .301 | .349 | .650 | 101 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||
Elio Chacón | 83 | 349 | 301 | 42 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 31 | .223 | .315 | .286 | .601 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Amado Samuel | 46 | 189 | 172 | 26 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 27 | .314 | .362 | .459 | .821 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Cliff Cook | 86 | 266 | 244 | 23 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 52 | .221 | .278 | .299 | .577 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Al Moran | 89 | 295 | 260 | 17 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 46 | .196 | .263 | .250 | .513 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
Choo-Choo Coleman | 73 | 200 | 172 | 24 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16 | .285 | .357 | .488 | .845 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
Ted Schreiber | 79 | 259 | 227 | 25 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 37 | .211 | .301 | .278 | .578 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
John Stephenson | 51 | 174 | 151 | 21 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 20 | .298 | .372 | .536 | .909 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Larry Elliot | 42 | 154 | 130 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 23 | .277 | .377 | .538 | .915 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ed Kranepool | 15 | 64 | 54 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .352 | .453 | .630 | 1.083 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Swoboda | 22 | 77 | 66 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .242 | .338 | .424 | .762 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dick Ricketts | 39 | 67 | 63 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .175 | .224 | .175 | .398 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
William Haas | 13 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .184 | .216 | .224 | .440 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sammy Drake | 8 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .308 | .308 | .423 | .731 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Craig Anderson | 26 | 61 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .158 | .143 | .301 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Dick Selma | 41 | 51 | 47 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .149 | .184 | .170 | .354 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Babe Birrer | 47 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .167 | .189 | .250 | .439 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Don Rowe | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 | .500 | .429 | .929 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick Herrscher | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lloyd Flodin | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Malcolm Warren | 12 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .125 | .160 | .292 | .452 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Darrell Sutherland | 19 | 49 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .065 | .065 | .065 | .130 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Duane Richards | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Musgraves | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rob Gardner | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Apple | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marv Throneberry | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Locke | 12 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .056 | .053 | .056 | .108 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ed Bauta | 42 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Belcher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grover Powell | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willard Hunter | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Carl Mathias | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Joyce | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1659 | 5392 | 4698 | 667 | 1187 | 179 | 34 | 139 | 616 | 49 | 23 | 555 | 872 | .253 | .333 | .394 | .727 | 1851 | 0 | 36 | 59 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duke Carmel | 1B | 114 | 1048 | 62 | 18 | 96 | .984 | 9.737 | ||||
Ed Kranepool | 1B | 15 | 138 | 12 | 1 | 15 | .993 | 1.000 | ||||
William Haas | 1B | 12 | 98 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 9.167 | ||||
Dick Smith | 1B | 10 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .989 | 8.800 | ||||
Ted Schreiber | 2B | 66 | 162 | 204 | 7 | 47 | .981 | 5.545 | ||||
Elio Chacón | 2B | 38 | 85 | 121 | 1 | 26 | .995 | 5.421 | ||||
Pumpsie Green | 2B | 19 | 42 | 47 | 3 | 10 | .967 | 4.684 | ||||
Amado Samuel | 2B | 18 | 34 | 46 | 4 | 16 | .952 | 4.444 | ||||
Pumpsie Green | 3B | 119 | 91 | 241 | 30 | 24 | .917 | 2.790 | ||||
Cliff Cook | 3B | 25 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 1.960 | ||||
John Stephenson | 3B | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .864 | 1.727 | ||||
Norm Sherry | C | 89 | 447 | 38 | 7 | 6 | .986 | 5.449 | 6 | |||
Choo-Choo Coleman | C | 57 | 239 | 26 | 6 | 6 | .978 | 4.649 | 6 | |||
John Stephenson | C | 20 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 4.350 | 1 | |||
Cleon Jones | OF | 130 | 271 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .966 | 2.162 | ||||
Joe Hicks | OF | 126 | 232 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 1.960 | ||||
Dick Smith | OF | 67 | 122 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .985 | 1.925 | ||||
Cliff Cook | OF | 57 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 1.456 | ||||
Larry Elliot | OF | 40 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.650 | ||||
John Stephenson | OF | 21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.000 | ||||
Duke Carmel | OF | 21 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
Ron Swoboda | OF | 18 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
Babe Birrer | P | 47 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .511 | ||||
Ed Bauta | P | 42 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .476 | ||||
Dick Selma | P | 36 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .722 | ||||
Dick Ricketts | P | 30 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.100 | ||||
Craig Anderson | P | 26 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 1.923 | ||||
Willard Hunter | P | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
Darrell Sutherland | P | 18 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
Malcolm Warren | P | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
Don Rowe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Ron Locke | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Ray Apple | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Carl Mathias | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Mike Joyce | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Duane Richards | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Grover Powell | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Dennis Musgraves | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Rob Gardner | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Tom Belcher | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Artie Kay | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Colin MacIvor | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Al Moran | SS | 84 | 124 | 258 | 17 | 47 | .957 | 4.548 | ||||
Elio Chacón | SS | 41 | 63 | 112 | 8 | 23 | .956 | 4.268 | ||||
Amado Samuel | SS | 31 | 52 | 81 | 8 | 17 | .943 | 4.290 | ||||
Totals | 1541 | 3700 | 1519 | 150 | 385 | .972 | 3.387 | 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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