1946 Houston Buffaloes Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-89
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Johnny Keane (64-89)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 166,759, Avg. 2,180

1946 Houston Buffaloes Roster

The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1946 season with a record of 64 wins and 89 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.

Johnny Keane 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
Pete Brunswick	16	12	.571	2.69	37	27	8	18	4		224.0	211	86	67		40		106	2	1	2
Lester Studener	14	11	.560	2.68	35	25	8	18	2		228.0	186	90	68		91		145	5	1	5
Clarence Beers	10	9	.526	2.65	32	19	11	13	3		173.0	123	62	51		53		70	3	0	1
Arthur Nelson	10	10	.500	4.08	30	21	7	12	1		159.0	188	83	72		41		48	3	0	0
Don Schuchmann	3	6	.333	5.18	15	12	1	4	0		73.0	67	49	42		67		99	3	1	3
Al Sommerer	2	3	.400	4.35	9	3	3	1	0		31.0	38	25	15		19		18	2	0	2
George Koby	1	4	.200	3.66	9	5	4	1	1		32.0	26	22	13		19		23	0	1	1
Andy Mohrlock	1	5	.167	4.09	7	5	2	4	0		44.0	42	25	20		16		16	1	1	1
Charlie Sproull	1	7	.125	3.87	14	11	2	5	1		86.0	96	45	37		18		36	0	0	0
Henry Koch	1	7	.125	4.79	17	5	4	3	1		62.0	62	36	33		26		27	5	0	2
Frank Gudger	0	0		4.50	2	1	1	0	0		6.0	8	3	3		2		6	0	0	0
Dan Hile	0	1	.000	1.50	2	0	1	0	0		6.0	2	1	1		6		0	1	0	0
Rudy Rundus	0	1	.000	5.14	3	0	1	0	0		7.0	11	7	4		2		1	1	0	0
Anthony Scotti	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	2	4	2		3		1	0	0	0
Joe Shroba	0	4	.000	3.06	7	6	1	3	0		47.0	46	22	16		15		14	1	0	1
Totals	59	81	.421	3.39	220	140	54	82	13	0	1179.0	1108	560	444	0	418	0	610	27	5	18	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
Jim Basso	143	564	532	58	145	25	3	5	41	24	10	27	41	.273	.309	.359	.668	191	11	1	4
Eddie Knoblauch	110	424	356	54	109	8	5	2	42	9	4	62	33	.306	.411	.374	.784	133	5	1	5
Lou Ortiz	119	431	377	31	89	11	3	6	34	3	4	49	75	.236	.326	.329	.654	124	6	1	4
James Halkard	95	385	352	42	86	7	9	0	32	3	6	28	44	.244	.302	.315	.617	111	4	1	4
Eddie Filo	96	256	209	30	80	14	4	1	40	1	2	40	23	.383	.486	.502	.988	105	5	2	5
George Niedson	111	339	294	28	72	10	7	5	39	1	0	35	54	.245	.333	.378	.711	111	4	4	6
Adrian Thompson	90	277	263	28	65	12	2	0	19	10	2	7	44	.247	.272	.308	.580	81	10	2	5
Billy Costa	58	263	222	43	63	8	4	0	12	6	5	38	29	.284	.388	.356	.744	79	5	0	3
Robert Collett	77	273	246	27	63	4	2	0	12	7	1	22	29	.256	.317	.289	.606	71	5	0	5
Gerald Burmeister	75	254	226	29	60	13	0	2	24	0	1	19	19	.265	.328	.350	.677	79	9	2	7
Al Kubski	49	204	184	22	49	10	4	0	16	4	2	20	23	.266	.338	.364	.702	67	0	0	0
Hal Marnie	52	207	189	16	37	6	1	1	12	2	2	14	18	.196	.255	.254	.509	48	2	1	3
Chip Marshall	38	121	104	12	27	9	1	2	8	0	1	15	19	.260	.353	.423	.776	44	2	0	2
Arnie Moser	27	93	88	5	23	1	1	0	13	0	0	4	9	.261	.293	.295	.589	26	2	0	1
Gil Turner	23	96	80	8	22	5	0	2	12	0	1	13	18	.275	.383	.412	.795	33	1	1	2
Julius Schoendienst	25	100	94	8	22	2	1	2	7	1	2	4	10	.234	.273	.340	.613	32	2	1	1
Pete Brunswick	38	87	76	8	19	1	2	0	10	0	0	5	22	.250	.305	.316	.621	24	1	1	5
Lester Studener	35	86	82	6	18	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	20	.220	.229	.256	.485	21	0	1	3
Conk Meriwether	14	54	52	2	17	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.327	.340	.365	.705	19	0	0	1
Henry Redmond	21	75	64	6	16	2	1	0	8	1	0	9	7	.250	.342	.312	.655	20	1	0	2
Dean Stafford	18	59	55	10	14	1	1	3	13	1	0	3	11	.255	.293	.473	.766	26	1	0	1
Al Rotermund	20	79	67	10	14	2	3	0	7	1	1	11	6	.209	.321	.328	.649	22	1	0	1
Arthur Nelson	33	65	60	9	13	4	0	0	6	1	0	4	13	.217	.266	.283	.549	17	2	0	1
Lew Morton	23	83	68	10	13	2	1	1	6	0	2	14	12	.191	.329	.294	.623	20	2	0	1
James Jennings	25	89	78	6	12	1	0	0	9	1	0	7	11	.154	.258	.167	.425	13	1	4	0
Eugene Czaplicki	23	63	54	5	11	4	0	1	7	1	0	8	11	.204	.306	.333	.640	18	3	0	1
George Stumpf	10	44	39	4	10	1	1	0	9	0	0	3	2	.256	.326	.333	.659	13	0	1	1
Doug White	24	58	55	7	10	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	7	.182	.196	.218	.415	12	1	0	2
Robert Deese	12	40	32	3	9	0	1	0	4	2	0	7	1	.281	.410	.344	.754	11	0	0	1
Clarence Beers	33	63	62	3	9	3	2	1	7	0	1	1	19	.145	.159	.306	.465	19	2	0	0
Don Schuchmann	15	28	27	3	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	7	.296	.321	.407	.729	11	1	0	0
Lloyd Lowe	24	62	51	6	8	2	1	0	2	0	1	8	18	.157	.295	.235	.530	12	0	2	1
Joe Shroba	7	16	16	2	6									.375	.375	.375	.750	6
Charlie Sproull	14	29	28	1	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	2	.214	.241	.286	.527	8	0	0	0
Henry Koch	17	21	20	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	0	0	1
George Davis	7	20	20	2	4									.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Bill Burich	2	4	4	0	2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Harry Reed	2	7	7	0	2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Al Sommerer	9	8	8	0	2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Gabby Williams	5	9	9	2	2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
George Koby	9	9	9	1	2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Andy Mohrlock	7	12	12	0	2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Dale Larrabee	1	1	1	0	1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Rudy Rundus	3	2	2	0	1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Donald White	8	23	23	4	1									.043	.043	.043	.087	1
Anthony Scotti	1	1	1	0	0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eddie Storenski	3	3	3	0	0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Gudger	3	4	4	0	0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dan Hile	2	1	1	0	0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Johnny Keane	5	8	8	1	0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1661	5500	4914	552	1249	172	64	34	469	79	51	481	664	.254	.324	.336	.660	1651	89	26	79	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Halkard	1B	94	750	52	9	56	.989	8.532
Adrian Thompson	1B	31	207	9	3	12	.986	6.968
James Jennings	1B	24	189	16	2	13	.990	8.542
Conk Meriwether	1B	13	92	9	7	12	.935	7.769
Gabby Williams	1B	2	18	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hal Marnie	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Hal Marnie	2B	51	103	102	9	16	.958	4.020
Lou Ortiz	2B	42	100	94	4	19	.980	4.619
Adrian Thompson	2B	39	92	85	10	17	.947	4.538
Robert Deese	2B	6	13	13	0	4	1.000	4.333
George Davis	2B	6	14	11	1	1	.962	4.167
Robert Collett	3B	70	88	123	21	5	.909	3.014
Al Kubski	3B	38	30	81	7	4	.941	2.921
Lloyd Lowe	3B	22	18	34	4	3	.929	2.364
Al Rotermund	3B	18	26	27	3	4	.946	2.944
Doug White	3B	11	8	23	1	1	.969	2.818
Julius Schoendienst	3B	4	8	5	3	1	.812	3.250
Lou Ortiz	3B	3	5	2	3	0	.700	2.333
Robert Deese	3B	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
Johnny Keane	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Niedson	C	70	307	41	13	7	.964	4.971	7
Gerald Burmeister	C	62	295	52	7	4	.980	5.597	2
Chip Marshall	C	33	149	47	2	2	.990	5.939	4
Doug White	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Bob Kubicek	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jim Basso	CF	95	249	14	3	3	.989	2.768
Eddie Knoblauch	CF	72	167	19	7	1	.964	2.583
Henry Redmond	CF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Eugene Czaplicki	CF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Eddie Filo	LF	52	99	2	5	0	.953	1.942
Eddie Knoblauch	LF	26	45	4	3	2	.942	1.885
Arnie Moser	LF	18	24	4	1	0	.966	1.556
Eugene Czaplicki	LF	15	32	1	3	0	.917	2.200
Al Kubski	LF	11	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.727
Jim Basso	LF	11	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.091
Dean Stafford	LF	10	25	4	2	2	.935	2.900
Henry Redmond	LF	10	11	3	2	0	.875	1.400
Doug White	LF	6	11	0	2	0	.846	1.833
Lew Morton	LF	4	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.750
Lloyd Lowe	LF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Robert Collett	LF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Pete Brunswick	P	37	10	45	2	3	.965	1.486
Lester Studener	P	35	7	44	3	2	.944	1.457
Clarence Beers	P	32	16	47	1	4	.984	1.969
Arthur Nelson	P	30	4	36	1	3	.976	1.333
Henry Koch	P	17	2	6	1	0	.889	.471
Don Schuchmann	P	15	3	15	3	2	.857	1.200
Charlie Sproull	P	14	3	5	2	0	.800	.571
Al Sommerer	P	9	0	12	1	0	.923	1.333
George Koby	P	9	0	9	1	0	.900	1.000
Joe Shroba	P	7	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.857
Andy Mohrlock	P	7	3	12	2	2	.882	2.143
Rudy Rundus	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Frank Gudger	P	3	2	3	1	1	.833	1.667
Dan Hile	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Anthony Scotti	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Basso	RF	41	60	5	1	1	.985	1.585
Eddie Filo	RF	34	58	3	0	1	1.000	1.794
Gil Turner	RF	23	66	0	3	0	.957	2.870
Lew Morton	RF	13	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.308
George Stumpf	RF	10	18	0	2	0	.900	1.800
Henry Redmond	RF	9	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.778
George Niedson	RF	9	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.778
Arnie Moser	RF	8	12	0	2	0	.857	1.500
Donald White	RF	7	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.143
Doug White	RF	3	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.667
Dean Stafford	RF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Harry Reed	RF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Eddie Knoblauch	RF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lou Ortiz	SS	74	139	192	27	34	.925	4.473
Billy Costa	SS	58	130	158	23	21	.926	4.966
Julius Schoendienst	SS	19	33	51	9	13	.903	4.421
Robert Collett	SS	9	5	7	2	1	.857	1.333
Robert Deese	SS	4	4	13	7	0	.708	4.250
Bill Burich	SS	2	6	2	4	1	.667	4.000
Totals		1531	3884	1563	236	278	.958	3.558	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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