1936 Houston Buffaloes Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 83-69
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Ira Smith (83-69)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 75,057, Avg. 988

1936 Houston Buffaloes Roster

Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 3 games, Houston Buffaloes 1

The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1936 season with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the TL.

Ira Smith 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
Mike Cvengros	15	7	.682	3.54	30	23					183.0	202	89	72		46
John Stevenson	14	11	.560	2.70	32	27					227.0	219	90	68		81
Ira Smith	13	6	.684	2.32	38	7					171.0	147	56	44		26
Jim Lyons	11	3	.786	2.17	17	17					112.0	113	39	27		16
Tom Seats	9	8	.529	2.94	24	18					147.0	121	59	48		57
Herb Moore	8	13	.381	4.38	29	17					154.0	150	88	75		79
Les Munns	5	3	.625	5.54	13	7					65.0	79	45	40		40
Robert Ross	4	4	.500	4.76	17	12					85.0	92	59	45		48
Al Sherer	3	4	.429	6.89	19	6					64.0	70	54	49		25
Vern Taylor	1	2	.333	0.00	4						23.0
Johnny Grodzicki	0	1	.000	0.00	3						10.0
Maurice Forsyth	0	1	.000	0.00	3						6.0
Mays Copeland	0	6	.000	5.59	13	9					58.0	68	37	36		20
Totals	83	69	.546	3.48	242	143	0	0	0	0	1305.0	1261	616	504	0	438	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
Hersh Martin	150	596	596		177	27	21	6						.297	.297	.443	.740	264
Johnny Rizzo	144	551	551		169	30	11	9						.307	.307	.450	.757	248
Johnny Keane	150	534	534		145	21	11	0						.272	.272	.352	.624	188
Johnny Watwood	113	425	425		144	20	11	0						.339	.339	.438	.776	186
Justin Stein	114	410	410		112	20	8	1						.273	.273	.368	.641	151
Emmett Mueller	123	372	372		107	16	5	5						.288	.288	.398	.685	148
Hal Epps	95	354	354		101	18	5	5						.285	.285	.407	.692	144
Heinie Schuble	97	365	365		95	15	5	5						.260	.260	.370	.630	135
Herman Franks	97	312	312		81	12	8	5						.260	.260	.397	.657	124
Bill Conroy	80	225	225		67	15	3	3						.298	.298	.431	.729	97
Don Padgett	49	189	189		47	6	7	0						.249	.249	.354	.603	67
Lonny Backer	42	148	148		38	12	2	0						.257	.257	.365	.622	54
Ira Smith	49	80	80		25	4	2	0						.312	.312	.412	.725	33
Tom Seats	20	55	55		14	4	2	0						.255	.255	.400	.655	22
Mike Cvengros	31	67	67		14	3	0	0						.209	.209	.254	.463	17
John Stevenson	33	78	78		13	2	0	1						.167	.167	.231	.397	18
Les Munns	14	26	26		10	2	0	0						.385	.385	.462	.846	12
Pat Riley	13	45	45		10	1	1	0						.222	.222	.289	.511	13
Robert Ross	17	33	33		9	1	0	0						.273	.273	.303	.576	10
Jim Lyons	19	39	39		9	1	0	0						.231	.231	.256	.487	10
Larry Barton	16	54	54	6	9	2	1	0	5	0				.167	.167	.241	.407	13
Herb Moore	29	55	55		9	1	0	0						.164	.164	.182	.345	10
Mays Copeland	13	19	19		4	1	0	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	5
Vern Taylor	5	9	9		2	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Al Sherer	19	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Totals	1532	5063	5063	6	1413	234	103	40	5	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.390	.669	1973	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Johnny Watwood	1B	105	888	49	12		.987	8.924
Larry Barton	1B	16	122	8	1		.992	8.125
Emmett Mueller	2B	87	194	222	14		.967	4.782
Justin Stein	2B	72	186	177	22		.943	5.042
Heinie Schuble	3B	95	99	172	15		.948	2.853
Lonny Backer	3B	42	64	78	7		.953	3.381
Herman Franks	C	92	436	70	16		.969	5.500
Bill Conroy	C	67	240	31	12		.958	4.045
Hersh Martin	OF	144	325	19	12		.966	2.389
Johnny Rizzo	OF	141	269	18	10		.966	2.035
Hal Epps	OF	94	238	14	9		.966	2.681
Don Padgett	OF	46	116	4	4		.968	2.609
Ira Smith	P	38						.000
John Stevenson	P	32						.000
Mike Cvengros	P	30						.000
Herb Moore	P	29						.000
Tom Seats	P	24						.000
Al Sherer	P	19						.000
Robert Ross	P	17						.000
Jim Lyons	P	17						.000
Les Munns	P	13						.000
Mays Copeland	P	13						.000
Vern Taylor	P	4						.000
Johnny Grodzicki	P	3						.000
Maurice Forsyth	P	3						.000
Johnny Keane	SS	150	291	431	55		.929	4.813
Totals		1393	3468	1293	189	0	.962	3.418

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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