1940 Houston Buffaloes Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 105-56
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Eddie Dyer (105-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 90,872, Avg. 1,129

1940 Houston Buffaloes Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffaloes 3 games, Oklahoma City Indians 1
Finals - Houston Buffaloes 4 games, Beaumont Exporters 1

The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1940 season with a record of 105 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the TL.

Eddie Dyer 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
Howie Krist	22	9	.710	1.71	38						253.0	221	66	48		50
Howie Pollet	20	7	.741	2.88	32						228.0	200	91	73		82
Edward Wissman	16	8	.667	2.62	38						189.0	172	67	55		58
Hank Nowak	13	7	.650	2.72	35						212.0	182	87	64		116
Ted Wilks	13	10	.565	2.51	47						197.0	187	63	55		44
Steve Warchol	11	6	.647	2.51	41						179.0	150	67	50		81
Sam Nahem	8	6	.571	1.64	15						104.0	95	34	19		18
Larry Kempe	2	2	.500	9.47	6						19.0	26	21	20		8
Clarence Beers	0	1	.000		1						0.0	2				0
Totals	105	56	.652	2.50	253	0	0	0	0	0	1381.0	1235	496	384	0	457	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
Danny Murtaugh	155	623	623		186	24	8	0						.299	.299	.363	.661	226
Johnny Wyrostek	156	564	564		172	30	8	4						.305	.305	.408	.713	230
John Antonelli	145	535	535		154	16	5	1						.288	.288	.342	.630	183
Tom Winsett	139	443	443		133	29	13	18						.300	.300	.546	.847	242
John Davis	141	511	511		127	27	10	3						.249	.249	.358	.607	183
Nick Cullop	125	423	423		115	18	5	21						.272	.272	.487	.759	206
Jack Angle	138	450	450		109	25	7	3						.242	.242	.349	.591	157
Sam Narron	121	412	412		107	17	5	10						.260	.260	.398	.658	164
Lou Vezilich	130	369	369		96	11	2	1						.260	.260	.309	.569	114
Jeff Cross	115	348	348		81	11	4	1						.233	.233	.296	.529	103
Chip Marshall	67	166	166		36	6	4	2						.217	.217	.337	.554	56
Howie Krist	39	88	88		24	0	0	1						.273	.273	.307	.580	27
Edward Wissman	55	97	97		24	6	2	0						.247	.247	.351	.598	34
Howie Pollet	36	77	77		17	3	2	0						.221	.221	.312	.532	24
Hank Nowak	35	75	75		12	2	1	0						.160	.160	.213	.373	16
Steve Warchol	45	63	63		11	1	0	1						.175	.175	.238	.413	15
Ted Wilks	47	59	59		10	3	0	0						.169	.169	.220	.390	13
Sam Nahem	15	41	41		9	0	0	0						.220	.220	.220	.439	9
Larry Kempe	6	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Streza	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1712	5354	5354	0	1423	229	76	66	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.374	.640	2002	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Angle	1B	136	1161	68	17		.986	9.037
John Antonelli	2B	101	274	288	19		.967	5.564
Danny Murtaugh	3B	93	103	147	21		.923	2.688
Sam Narron	C	117	607	58	6		.991	5.684
Chip Marshall	C	64	134	37	10		.945	2.672
Johnny Wyrostek	OF	154	372	13	8		.980	2.500
Tom Winsett	OF	138	206	11	14		.939	1.572
Nick Cullop	OF	109	175	7	2		.989	1.670
Lou Vezilich	OF	106	195	10	2		.990	1.934
Ted Wilks	P	47						.000
Steve Warchol	P	41						.000
Edward Wissman	P	38						.000
Howie Krist	P	38						.000
Hank Nowak	P	35						.000
Howie Pollet	P	32						.000
Sam Nahem	P	15						.000
Larry Kempe	P	6						.000
Clarence Beers	P	1						.000
Jeff Cross	SS	100	167	268	41		.914	4.350
John Davis	SS	72	150	213	25		.936	5.042
Totals		1443	3544	1120	165	0	.966	3.232

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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