1931 Houston Buffaloes Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: A
Team Record: 108-51
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Joe Schultz (108-51)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 229,540, Avg. 2,887
1931 Houston Buffaloes RosterTeam Record: 108-51
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Joe Schultz (108-51)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 229,540, Avg. 2,887
Playoffs - Houston Buffaloes 3 games, Beaumont Exporters 1 - For first half title.
The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1931 season with a record of 108 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the TL.
Joe Schultz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dizzy Dean | 26 | 10 | .722 | 1.57 | 41 | 32 | 304.0 | 210 | 71 | 53 | 90 | |||||||||||
| George Payne | 23 | 13 | .639 | 2.75 | 51 | 36 | 321.0 | 332 | 116 | 98 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Tex Carleton | 20 | 7 | .741 | 1.90 | 36 | 28 | 237.0 | 171 | 69 | 50 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Hanson | 16 | 7 | .696 | 1.81 | 42 | 18 | 189.0 | 150 | 61 | 38 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Fowler | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.40 | 30 | 28 | 206.0 | 158 | 74 | 55 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Robert Durham | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.94 | 11 | 7 | 48.0 | 46 | 28 | 21 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Breeden | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.77 | 9 | 5 | 43.0 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Rose | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 7 | 1 | 12.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hart | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Starr | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tink Riviere | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Dean | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 108 | 51 | .679 | 2.23 | 239 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1371.0 | 1116 | 443 | 339 | 0 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Hock | 158 | 658 | 658 | 197 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .299 | .299 | .342 | .641 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Carey Selph | 156 | 608 | 608 | 196 | 36 | 10 | 3 | .322 | .322 | .429 | .752 | 261 | |||||||||||
| Joe Medwick | 161 | 616 | 616 | 188 | 47 | 8 | 19 | .305 | .305 | .500 | .805 | 308 | |||||||||||
| Homer Peel | 146 | 533 | 533 | 174 | 32 | 3 | 7 | .326 | .326 | .437 | .764 | 233 | |||||||||||
| Guy Sturdy | 159 | 552 | 552 | 163 | 27 | 11 | 3 | .295 | .295 | .400 | .696 | 221 | |||||||||||
| Hal Funk | 128 | 401 | 401 | 102 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .327 | .581 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Sanders | 117 | 349 | 349 | 97 | 20 | 9 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .395 | .673 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Tom Carey | 117 | 392 | 392 | 94 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .240 | .240 | .334 | .574 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Earl Smith | 67 | 257 | 257 | 70 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .272 | .272 | .385 | .658 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Red Rollings | 41 | 151 | 151 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .311 | .570 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Joe Sprinz | 50 | 133 | 133 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .316 | .602 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Billy Myers | 44 | 127 | 127 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .244 | .244 | .354 | .598 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Tex Carleton | 39 | 85 | 85 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .353 | .647 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Dizzy Dean | 41 | 117 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .231 | .444 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Hanson | 53 | 77 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .247 | .442 | 19 | |||||||||||
| George Payne | 51 | 107 | 107 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .131 | .159 | .290 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Fowler | 30 | 72 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .181 | .181 | .361 | 13 | |||||||||||
| George Puccinelli | 13 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .195 | .195 | .341 | .537 | 14 | |||||||||||
| George Binder | 10 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Breeden | 9 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Byron Lackey | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Durham | 11 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Rose | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1619 | 5343 | 5343 | 0 | 1499 | 271 | 61 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .377 | .657 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Sturdy | 1B | 159 | 1352 | 79 | 25 | .983 | 9.000 | |
| Carey Selph | 2B | 156 | 401 | 411 | 39 | .954 | 5.205 | |
| Ed Hock | 3B | 158 | 167 | 288 | 31 | .936 | 2.880 | |
| Hal Funk | C | 124 | 803 | 91 | 7 | .992 | 7.210 | |
| Joe Sprinz | C | 49 | 227 | 31 | 1 | .996 | 5.265 | |
| Joe Medwick | OF | 161 | 307 | 16 | 6 | .982 | 2.006 | |
| Homer Peel | OF | 140 | 271 | 4 | 10 | .965 | 1.964 | |
| Jimmy Sanders | OF | 96 | 201 | 3 | 14 | .936 | 2.125 | |
| Earl Smith | OF | 63 | 76 | 9 | 2 | .977 | 1.349 | |
| George Puccinelli | OF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .941 | 1.600 | |
| George Payne | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Elmer Hanson | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Dizzy Dean | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Tex Carleton | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Jesse Fowler | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Durham | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Breeden | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Rose | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Hart | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Starr | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tink Riviere | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Dean | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Klinger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Carey | SS | 113 | 203 | 325 | 35 | .938 | 4.673 | |
| Red Rollings | SS | 26 | 30 | 62 | 7 | .929 | 3.538 | |
| Billy Myers | SS | 26 | 37 | 49 | 10 | .896 | 3.308 | |
| Totals | 1520 | 4091 | 1368 | 188 | 0 | .967 | 3.591 |
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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