1952 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-95
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Al Hollingsworth (66-95)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 195,246, Avg. 2,425
1952 Houston Buffalos Roster

The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 66 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.

The Buffalos scored 503 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 597 runs. Ed Mierkowicz led batters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Al Papai topped Houston with 14 wins, while Floyd Wooldridge registered a 2.34 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1952 Houston Buffalos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ed Sanicki, Chip Marshall, Ed Mickelson, Floyd Wooldridge, Ed Mierkowicz, Strick Shofner, Bob Habenicht, Jack Creel, Al Papai, George Eyrich, Dan Lewandowski, Jerry Witte, Mike Clark and Dick Bokelmann.

Al Hollingsworth 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
Al Papai1413.5193.043130243.0242928262
Mike Clark95.6431.901715128.087322739
Octavio Rubert99.5004.422419114.0124685649
Bob Clear912.4293.453524193.01778674102
Floyd Wooldridge718.2802.343028215.0194735679
Jack Creel611.3533.12449150.0134585246
George Eyrich47.3643.261912105.0102493847
Bob Habenicht32.6000.00637.03019
Dick Bokelmann24.3332.3931064.053191717
Ken Wild210.1673.623611144.0164655847
Jack Cardey101.0000.00215.0130
George Dries000.0029.075
Dick Morgan000.0011.022
Norman Shope0010.5046.013773
Dan Lewandowski01.0000.0039.0106
Leverette Spencer01.0000.0014.083
Hal Coffman02.0000.0023.083
Totals6695.4102.9228814800001440.013685494670529000000

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 Mierkowicz15053853814628411.271.271.400.671215
Vann Harrington15157157113521101.236.236.313.550179
Mel McGaha1324384381151277.263.263.370.632162
Elbie Flint1444934931012122.205.205.268.473132
Billy Costa1184154151001820.241.241.294.535122
Dick Landis128403403921227.228.228.320.548129
Jerry Witte1434384389116019.208.208.374.582164
Earl Weaver5720120144712.219.219.294.51259
Charles Keller4517317337700.214.214.254.46844
Dick Morgan5514914933831.221.221.336.55750
Dave Johnson3610210225400.245.245.284.52929
Hector Mayer6917117123600.135.135.170.30429
Al Papai31878721300.241.241.276.51724
Howard Cantrell29757515300.200.200.240.44018
Ken Wild47545410101.185.185.259.44414
Floyd Wooldridge35666610401.152.152.258.40917
Bob Clear3558588300.138.138.190.32811
Russ Rac1645457002.156.156.289.44413
Chip Marshall1126265100.192.192.231.4236
Mike Clark1743435000.116.116.116.2335
Octavio Rubert2438384000.105.105.105.2114
Jack Creel4439394000.103.103.103.2054
Ed Mickelson3993000.333.333.333.6673
Dick Bokelmann3110102100.200.200.300.5003
George Eyrich1932322100.062.062.094.1563
John McNamara613131000.077.077.077.1541
Totals15764687468701039177315400000.222.222.307.529144000000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jack CreelP44.000
Ken WildP36.000
Bob ClearP35.000
Al PapaiP31.000
Dick BokelmannP31.000
Floyd WooldridgeP30.000
Octavio RubertP24.000
George EyrichP19.000
Mike ClarkP17.000
Totals2670000.000

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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