1958 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-74
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Harry Walker (79-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 121,234, Avg. 1,585

1958 Houston Buffalos Roster

Playoffs - Corpus Christi Giants 4 games, Houston Buffalos 1

The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1958 season with a record of 79 wins and 74 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Buffalos scored 660 runs and conceded 698 runs. Ellis Burton led Houston with 22 home runs, while Charlie James walloped 15 or more, too. Charlie James drove in 104 runs. Herb Adams paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Glen Crable and Billy Joe Bowman topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Howie Nunn recorded a 3.39 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1958 Houston Buffalos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Miller, Wally Shannon, Don Choate, Duke Carmel, Howie Nunn, Harry Walker, Bob Thorpe, Charlie James, Gordie Richardson, Herb Adams, Von McDaniel, Jim Donohue, Karl Spooner, Fred Baczewski, Paul Toth, Jim McKnight, Bill Abernathie, Lloyd Merritt, Mel Nelson and Ellis Burton.

Harry 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
Glen Crable	12	6	.667	3.85	28	24		7	0		159.0	157	74	68	20	56	4	81	2	0	5
Billy Joe Bowman	12	7	.632	3.67	37	23		8	4		189.0	182	87	77	17	87	4	118	3	1	1
Howie Nunn	11	9	.550	3.39	35	23		8	3		186.0	198	80	70	13	52	6	97	8	0	3
Lloyd Merritt	10	3	.769	4.36	52	2		0	0		95.0	97	60	46	8	37	9	46	6	0	1
Bob Miller	8	11	.421	3.54	27	21		8	2		160.0	157	79	63	6	64	6	115	1	0	0
Don Choate	5	4	.556	3.77	9	8		4	0		62.0	54	34	26	7	30	3	44	0	0	7
Fred Baczewski	5	6	.455	3.51	55	4		0	0		95.0	118	47	37	6	27	8	50	2	0	2
Mel Nelson	4	1	.800	1.29	8	6		3	2		49.0	35	8	7	0	24	1	47	1	0	1
Jim Donohue	3	7	.300	4.50	19	12		4	2		82.0	70	43	41	5	46	3	89	7	0	5
Paul Toth	2	2	.500		13						0.0									0
Ted Thiem	2	2	.500	5.40	9	5		0	0		35.0	42	23	21	2	13	0	11	0	0	0
George Moton	2	8	.200	4.71	18	10		2	0		86.0	98	56	45	7	28	4	59	1	0	2
Harold Byfuss	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Von McDaniel	1	2	.333		6						0.0									0
Harry Walker	0	0			3						0.0									0
Karl Spooner	0	0			2						0.0									0
Russ Rac					55						0.0
William Garcia	0	0			4						0.0									0
Gordie Richardson	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Ernest Palmieri	0	1	.000		7						0.0									0
Bill Abernathie	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Kelton Russell	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Totals	78	74	.513	3.76	398	138	0	44	13	0	1198.0	1208	591	501	91	464	48	757	31	1	27	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
Charlie James	153	630	600	83	167	36	11	19	104	7	5	23	69	.278	.310	.470	.780	282		5	1	1
Jim McKnight	149	598	569	67	162	34	7	7	77	8	6	21	39	.285	.312	.406	.718	231		3	2	3
Ellis Burton	147	595	504	109	144	41	6	22	77	4	6	80	82	.286	.387	.522	.909	263		5	3	3
Herb Adams	128	473	443	75	141	14	4	1	25	1	3	29	10	.318	.360	.375	.735	166		0	1	0
Wally Shannon	113	459	427	62	124	12	4	5	36	1	2	25	34	.290	.330	.372	.702	159		0	7	0
Russ Rac	120	441	391	63	122	26	0	12	71	1	0	33	37	.312	.368	.471	.839	184		7	1	9
Waldo Gonzalez	104	386	353	19	81	11	3	0	41	3	0	30	40	.229	.293	.278	.570	98		2	0	1
Edward Czerniakowski	60	225	211	15	54	7	0	4	25	0	0	8	40	.256	.286	.346	.632	73		2	1	3
Donald Brown	46	205	192	22	48	7	4	2	15	4	3	10	22	.250	.284	.359	.644	69		0	1	2
Duke Carmel	53	212	180	31	46	9	1	8	17	0	1	28	35	.256	.354	.450	.804	81		1	0	3
Ray Dabek	81	228	207	15	43	5	2	9	35	0	2	17	29	.208	.274	.382	.656	79		2	2	0
Lloyd Jenney	57	209	170	17	37	9	0	2	26	0	1	35	12	.218	.344	.306	.650	52		0	0	4
Fred McAlister	63	153	146	11	36	4	0	3	10	2	2	5	17	.247	.275	.336	.610	49		1	0	1
Richard Czekaj	32	117	114	10	28	9	0	1	10	0	0	3	22	.246	.265	.351	.616	40		0	0	0
Harry Walker	45	97	85	8	23	2	0	2	13	1	0	11	8	.271	.351	.365	.715	31		0	0	1
Howie Nunn	35	73	69	4	14	4	0	0	8	0	0	1	11	.203	.225	.261	.486	18		1	2	0
David Garcia	19	61	52	7	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	8	.250	.344	.308	.652	16		0	0	1
Bob Thorpe	16	64	58	8	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	4	.190	.266	.190	.455	11		0	0	0
Billy Joe Bowman	40	67	60	2	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	20	.183	.234	.200	.434	12		0	3	0
Glen Crable	39	64	54	7	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	18	.111	.158	.111	.269	6		0	7	0
Bob Miller	27	55	47	2	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	25	.106	.208	.170	.378	8		0	2	0
George Moton	18	28	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	4		0	2	0
Fred Baczewski	56	33	29	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.138	.219	.138	.357	4		0	1	0
Von McDaniel	6	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Don Choate	9	20	20		2									.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Mel Nelson	12	23	23	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.087	.087	.087	.174	2		0	0	0
Charles Green	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Ernest Palmieri	7	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Ted Thiem	9	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Charlie Jennings	4	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Jim Donohue	19	28	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.042	.115	.042	.157	1		0	2	0
Paul Toth	13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Karl Spooner	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Kelton Russell	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Garcia	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lloyd Merritt	52	18	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	2	0
Harold Byfuss	3	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Abernathie	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1750	5613	5117	644	1335	232	43	98	606	32	33	395	631	.261	.316	.380	.696	1947	0	29	40	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Russ Rac	1B	50	414	31	5	27	.989	8.900
Duke Carmel	1B	47	395	20	3	27	.993	8.830
Lloyd Jenney	1B	40	358	17	4	25	.989	9.375
Harry Walker	1B	19	132	10	3	12	.979	7.474
Wally Shannon	2B	108	219	273	10	55	.980	4.556
Russ Rac	2B	28	45	60	3	7	.972	3.750
Ellis Burton	2B	25	60	61	12	15	.910	4.840
Fred McAlister	2B	11	15	20	4	2	.897	3.182
Jim McKnight	3B	141	127	277	38	30	.914	2.865
Russ Rac	3B	13	10	26	7	1	.837	2.769
Ray Dabek	C	63	322	29	6	6	.983	5.571	4
Edward Czerniakowski	C	59	369	22	9	9	.978	6.627	5
Richard Czekaj	C	32	172	17	4	4	.979	5.906	3
Lloyd Jenney	C	12	56	5	2	2	.968	5.083	3
Herb Adams	CF	103	229	6	4	1	.983	2.282
Donald Brown	CF	42	112	5	4	1	.967	2.786
Charlie James	LF	148	301	17	8	3	.975	2.149
Russ Rac	P	55	4	15	2	2	.905	.345
Fred Baczewski	P	55						.000
Lloyd Merritt	P	52	3	24	3	0	.900	.519
Billy Joe Bowman	P	37	10	25	4	0	.897	.946
Howie Nunn	P	35	12	46	2	2	.967	1.657
Glen Crable	P	28	11	29	3	1	.930	1.429
Bob Miller	P	27	8	28	3	1	.923	1.333
Jim Donohue	P	19	6	12	1	2	.947	.947
George Moton	P	18	3	11	0	1	1.000	.778
Paul Toth	P	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	.308
Ted Thiem	P	9						.000
Don Choate	P	9						.000
Mel Nelson	P	8						.000
Ernest Palmieri	P	7						.000
Von McDaniel	P	6						.000
Kelton Russell	P	4						.000
William Garcia	P	4						.000
Harry Walker	P	3						.000
Harold Byfuss	P	3						.000
Karl Spooner	P	2						.000
Gordie Richardson	P	2						.000
Bill Abernathie	P	2						.000
Ellis Burton	RF	114	175	12	4	3	.979	1.640
Russ Rac	RF	21	26	5	0	2	1.000	1.476
Bob Thorpe	RF	15	17	2	0	0	1.000	1.267
Waldo Gonzalez	SS	104	172	297	34	50	.932	4.510
Fred McAlister	SS	33	40	88	6	5	.955	3.879
David Garcia	SS	17	37	42	6	7	.929	4.647
Jim McKnight	SS	12	16	21	3	1	.925	3.083
Totals		1655	3876	1557	197	304	.965	3.283	15	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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