1949 Houston Buffalos Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 60-91
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Del Wilber (60-91)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 263,965, Avg. 3,496
1949 Houston Buffalos RosterTeam Record: 60-91
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Del Wilber (60-91)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 263,965, Avg. 3,496
The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1949 season with a record of 60 wins and 91 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.
Del Wilber 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Creel | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.39 | 35 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 218.0 | 92 | 204 | 82 | 71 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Clarence Beers | 11 | 14 | .440 | 3.49 | 38 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 235.0 | 112 | 236 | 91 | 84 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Wayne McLeland | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.98 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 145.0 | 74 | 161 | 48 | 44 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Augusto Zande | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.32 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 168.0 | 85 | 189 | 62 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Pete Mazar | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.92 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 128.0 | 84 | 141 | 70 | 53 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Johnny Grodzicki | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.42 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 59.0 | 33 | 62 | 29 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Edwin Green | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.65 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 153.0 | 105 | 155 | 79 | 89 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Octavio Rubert | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.68 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 | 65 | 112 | 52 | 46 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Totals | 60 | 81 | .426 | 3.83 | 259 | 128 | 0 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 1206.0 | 650 | 1260 | 513 | 0 | 469 | 0 | 528 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Miggins | 140 | 586 | 544 | 60 | 146 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 101 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 74 | .268 | .317 | .447 | .764 | 243 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Lou Ortiz | 143 | 606 | 530 | 75 | 143 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 73 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 51 | .270 | .351 | .396 | .747 | 210 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Don Bollweg | 142 | 597 | 494 | 85 | 128 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 82 | 6 | 2 | 94 | 59 | .259 | .382 | .413 | .795 | 204 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Solly Hemus | 109 | 474 | 384 | 79 | 126 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 82 | 26 | .328 | .446 | .490 | .936 | 188 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Gerald Burmeister | 128 | 486 | 412 | 47 | 97 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 53 | .235 | .341 | .359 | .700 | 148 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Bud Hardin | 114 | 452 | 386 | 41 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 33 | .241 | .328 | .282 | .610 | 109 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Vern Benson | 90 | 376 | 290 | 61 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 75 | 44 | .231 | .397 | .324 | .721 | 94 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Del Wilber | 89 | 230 | 207 | 20 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 26 | .309 | .367 | .478 | .846 | 99 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Lou Novikoff | 59 | 233 | 217 | 17 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .230 | .280 | .304 | .584 | 66 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Cusick | 60 | 197 | 166 | 24 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 24 | .289 | .392 | .373 | .765 | 62 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hal Epps | 69 | 266 | 222 | 24 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | .216 | .331 | .302 | .633 | 67 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Whitey Kurowski | 37 | 147 | 116 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 18 | .233 | .386 | .293 | .679 | 34 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Roland LeBlanc | 35 | 135 | 125 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .168 | .218 | .192 | .410 | 24 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Barney Olsen | 21 | 83 | 78 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .256 | .293 | .397 | .690 | 31 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Clarence Beers | 39 | 91 | 82 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .183 | .230 | .195 | .425 | 16 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Creel | 51 | 86 | 70 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .186 | .278 | .200 | .478 | 14 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Bernie Creger | 20 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .147 | .171 | .147 | .318 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Barrett | 17 | 49 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | .243 | .417 | .324 | .741 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Hercinger | 16 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .205 | .255 | .227 | .483 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Octavio Rubert | 25 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .206 | .250 | .206 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Roy Vinbladh | 17 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .206 | .289 | .265 | .554 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pete Mazar | 32 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .159 | .260 | .182 | .442 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Wayne McLeland | 32 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .152 | .170 | .196 | .366 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Augusto Zande | 42 | 60 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .088 | .103 | .105 | .209 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Edwin Green | 43 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .080 | .098 | .160 | .258 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Johnny Grodzicki | 16 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 1586 | 5529 | 4753 | 617 | 1171 | 201 | 56 | 68 | 579 | 55 | 45 | 640 | 600 | .246 | .339 | .355 | .694 | 1688 | 0 | 27 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bollweg | 1B | 137 | 1205 | 73 | 26 | 106 | .980 | 9.328 | ||||
| Solly Hemus | 2B | 99 | 331 | 249 | 15 | 67 | .975 | 5.859 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 51 | 148 | 134 | 10 | 24 | .966 | 5.529 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 3B | 84 | 70 | 161 | 26 | 20 | .899 | 2.750 | ||||
| Whitey Kurowski | 3B | 28 | 36 | 56 | 3 | 4 | .968 | 3.286 | ||||
| Jack Cusick | 3B | 26 | 33 | 50 | 12 | 5 | .874 | 3.192 | ||||
| Gerald Burmeister | C | 117 | 533 | 69 | 13 | 6 | .979 | 5.145 | 11 | |||
| Del Wilber | C | 45 | 156 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .973 | 4.044 | 1 | |||
| Hal Epps | CF | 65 | 143 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 2.292 | ||||
| Vern Benson | CF | 61 | 140 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 2.377 | ||||
| Larry Miggins | CF | 26 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 2.885 | ||||
| Larry Miggins | LF | 79 | 181 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 2.380 | ||||
| Lou Novikoff | LF | 57 | 122 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.281 | ||||
| Augusto Zande | P | 42 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .927 | .905 | ||||
| Edwin Green | P | 41 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .707 | ||||
| Clarence Beers | P | 38 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.842 | ||||
| Jack Creel | P | 35 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 1.829 | ||||
| Wayne McLeland | P | 32 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.062 | ||||
| Pete Mazar | P | 30 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Octavio Rubert | P | 25 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .871 | 1.080 | ||||
| Johnny Grodzicki | P | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Larry Miggins | RF | 38 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .907 | 1.289 | ||||
| Roland LeBlanc | RF | 29 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | ||||
| Lou Colombo | RF | 25 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.400 | ||||
| Barney Olsen | RF | 21 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 2.048 | ||||
| Vern Benson | RF | 20 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| John Barrett | RF | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Bud Hardin | SS | 107 | 178 | 361 | 42 | 61 | .928 | 5.037 | ||||
| Jack Cusick | SS | 20 | 38 | 63 | 8 | 12 | .927 | 5.050 | ||||
| Bernie Creger | SS | 20 | 31 | 56 | 16 | 9 | .845 | 4.350 | ||||
| Solly Hemus | SS | 11 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 6 | .945 | 4.727 | ||||
| Totals | 1436 | 3722 | 1623 | 214 | 343 | .962 | 3.722 | 12 | 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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