1954 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 89-72
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Dixie Walker (89-72)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 310,531, Avg. 3,858

1954 Houston Buffalos Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Oklahoma City Indians 1
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 1

The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 89 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Buffalos tallied 719 runs and gave up 719 runs. Ken Boyer paced Houston with 21 home runs, while Fred Marolewski walloped 15 or more also. Ken Boyer recorded 116 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .319. Willard Schmidt led the team with 18 wins, and Hugh Sooter recorded a 3.27 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Luis Arroyo, George Lerchen, Fred Marolewski, Don Blasingame, Phil Clark, Ken Boyer, Gordon Jones, Larry Miggins, Willard Schmidt, Mike Clark, Dick Rand, Larry Jackson, Bob Boyd, Willard Brown, Bobby Tiefenauer, Hal Smith, Eddie Phillips and Sonny Senerchia were all players from the 1954 Houston Buffalos who played in the Majors during their careers.

Dixie Walker 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
Willard Schmidt	18	5	.783	3.69	43	29		11	1		234.0	181	108	96	7	136		186	3	0	7
Hugh Sooter	14	13	.519	3.27	32	30		17	3		234.0	213	100	85	18	63		103	9	0	2
Hisel Patrick	10	3	.769	3.77	42	19		7	1		160.0	144	78	67	16	91		90	7	0	3
Bobby Tiefenauer	10	5	.667	4.16	52	0		0	0		106.0	101	55	49	11	36		48	1	0	0
Luis Arroyo	8	3	.727	2.35	14	14		9	3		115.0	78	36	30	15	44		130	1	0	3
George Condrick	8	10	.444	4.28	36	17		5	0		166.0	159	85	79	19	69		76	3	1	4
Jim Atchley	7	6	.538	3.62	42	1		0	0		72.0	83	35	29	7	19		31	2	0	1
Richard Atkinson	6	7	.462	3.72	22	14		4	0		104.0	103	52	43	6	51		38	5	0	4
Tony Stathos	4	6	.400	4.04	19	12		5	1		89.0	87	55	40	4	73		50	4	1	7
Gordon Jones	2	3	.400	5.02	9	7		1	0		52.0	63	31	29	8	22		47	2	0	0
Dennis Reeder	2	4	.333		10						0.0
Ron Kump	0	0			4						0.0
Larry Jackson	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Jose Bracho	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Jim Lewey	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Phil Clark	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	89	72	.553	3.70	346	143	0	59	9	0	1332.0	1212	635	547	111	604	0	799	37	2	31	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
Ken Boyer	159	714	634	116	202	42	7	21	116	29	10	63	82	.319	.378	.506	.885	321		1	11	5
Howie Phillips	161	755	653	100	200	31	3	3	72	13	8	76	51	.306	.377	.377	.753	246		2	17	7
Don Blasingame	144	674	575	114	181	25	16	5	53	34	10	91	44	.315	.409	.440	.849	253		2	4	2
Bob Boyd	94	398	358	59	115	22	2	7	63	3	7	28	22	.321	.369	.453	.821	162		3	2	7
George Lerchen	113	441	367	53	96	24	4	7	63	9	2	61	76	.262	.373	.406	.779	149		6	4	3
Fred Marolewski	119	427	373	53	95	14	2	18	67	10	7	41	72	.255	.331	.448	.779	167		4	4	5
Dick Rand	103	358	304	40	83	17	6	0	42	3	3	51	46	.273	.375	.368	.744	112		0	1	2
Emil Tellinger	95	372	327	48	75	12	2	6	45	2	1	37	41	.229	.309	.333	.642	109		2	3	3
Fred McAlister	102	303	269	41	74	13	1	6	45	0	0	24	42	.275	.346	.398	.743	107		6	2	2
Hal Smith	79	286	270	27	70	9	1	5	39	2	1	13	29	.259	.295	.356	.650	96		1	1	1
Sonny Senerchia	47	176	156	24	42	6	2	5	24	2	1	11	22	.269	.331	.429	.761	67		4	4	1
Russ Rac	43	153	134	29	41	8	1	9	27	1	0	19	25	.306	.392	.582	.974	78		0	0	0
Larry Miggins	39	152	133	24	33	5	0	7	22	0	0	17	15	.248	.329	.444	.773	59		0	0	2
Vincent Moreci	56	164	134	22	29	4	2	1	16	2	0	27	30	.216	.346	.299	.644	40		0	2	1
Eddie Phillips	32	104	84	13	18	4	1	2	9	2	3	18	11	.214	.359	.357	.716	30		1	1	0
Donald McLennan	20	49	45	4	14	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	.311	.347	.356	.702	16		1	0	1
Willard Schmidt	49	93	85	10	14	4	0	0	9	1	0	2	18	.165	.180	.212	.392	18		0	4	2
Hisel Patrick	42	60	52	5	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	5	10	.250	.310	.365	.676	19		0	2	1
George Condrick	36	56	50	4	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.200	.259	.240	.499	12		1	2	0
Paul Donovan	18	62	51	6	10	1	0	0	5	0	1	9	13	.196	.311	.216	.527	11		0	1	1
Hugh Sooter	32	93	82	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	21	.122	.182	.134	.316	11		0	5	0
Tony Stathos	24	35	32	6	9	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	4	.281	.324	.312	.636	10		0	1	0
Luis Arroyo	15	49	43	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	8	.163	.208	.163	.371	7		0	1	2
Bobby Tiefenauer	52	29	25	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	10	.160	.250	.160	.410	4		0	1	0
Dennis Reeder	10	13	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.308	.333	.641	4		0	0	0
Larry Jackson	9	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Pete Riggan	3	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Gordon Jones	9	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Richard Atkinson	23	36	30	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.067	.125	.067	.192	2		0	4	0
Jose Bracho	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Jim Lewey	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jim Atchley	42	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Phil Clark	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ron Kump	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1786	6102	5326	805	1458	251	50	103	742	114	55	617	733	.274	.350	.398	.748	2118	0	34	77	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Boyd	1B	88	765	51	3	86	.996	9.273
Fred Marolewski	1B	71	625	45	4	57	.994	9.437
Howie Phillips	2B	161	463	442	23	116	.975	5.621
Ken Boyer	3B	156	145	333	39	30	.925	3.064
Dick Rand	C	99	509	46	10	2	.982	5.606	5
Hal Smith	C	75	451	43	12	9	.976	6.587	0
George Lerchen	CF	112	280	3	6	1	.979	2.527
Eddie Phillips	CF	24	53	2	0	0	1.000	2.292
Paul Donovan	CF	13	27	2	1	1	.967	2.231
Vincent Moreci	LF	40	55	0	3	0	.948	1.375
Russ Rac	LF	38	57	4	1	0	.984	1.605
Larry Miggins	LF	34	51	3	3	0	.947	1.588
Fred McAlister	LF	34	50	3	2	0	.964	1.559
Sonny Senerchia	LF	17	19	1	0	0	1.000	1.176
Fred Marolewski	LF	13	25	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	52	5	27	0	2	1.000	.615
Willard Schmidt	P	43	14	43	1	0	.983	1.326
Hisel Patrick	P	42	12	16	2	3	.933	.667
Jim Atchley	P	42	4	12	1	0	.941	.381
George Condrick	P	36	9	34	2	5	.956	1.194
Hugh Sooter	P	32	15	48	2	5	.969	1.969
Richard Atkinson	P	22	7	16	1	1	.958	1.045
Tony Stathos	P	19	1	17	5	2	.783	.947
Luis Arroyo	P	14	1	12	0	1	1.000	.929
Dennis Reeder	P	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Gordon Jones	P	9						.000
Larry Jackson	P	9						.000
Jim Lewey	P	6						.000
Ron Kump	P	4						.000
Phil Clark	P	3						.000
Jose Bracho	P	3						.000
Emil Tellinger	RF	76	94	3	7	0	.933	1.276
Sonny Senerchia	RF	22	30	4	3	0	.919	1.545
Fred Marolewski	RF	18	28	3	0	0	1.000	1.722
Don Blasingame	SS	140	284	414	43	89	.942	4.986
Fred McAlister	SS	22	35	78	7	20	.942	5.136
Totals		1599	4115	1710	181	430	.970	3.643	5	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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