1955 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-75
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Mike Ryba (86-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 224,651, Avg. 2,791

1955 Houston Buffalos Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 1 game, Tulsa Oilers 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Dallas Eagles 2
Finals - Shreveport Sports 4 games, Houston Buffalos 3

The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1955 season with a record of 86 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

The Buffalos tallied 739 runs and allowed 641 runs.

Players from the 1955 Houston Buffalos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Boyd, Willard Brown, Hal Smith, Bill Greason, Mike Ryba, George Lerchen, Floyd Wooldridge, Ralph Beard, Barney Schultz, John Romonosky, Herb Adams, Ted Wieand, Frank Carswell and Bob Mabe.

Mike Ryba 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
Bill Greason	17	11	.607	4.16	34	33		17	2		240.0	222	124	111	25	114	4	160	1	0	6
Bob Mabe	16	10	.615	3.31	34	21		15	7		215.0	204	91	79	15	95	13	121	2	0	4
Harry Hoitsma	13	3	.812	2.64	56	0		0	0		109.0	80	40	32	10	52	4	83	2	0	6
Hugh Sooter	11	14	.440	3.56	32	30		13	4		215.0	203	102	85	22	71	4	87	9	0	5
Ralph Beard	7	6	.538	2.94	19	15		6	1		107.0	94	45	35	12	43	4	52	4	0	5
Barney Schultz	5	7	.417	3.46	19	18		7	2		125.0	106	52	48	11	48	6	111	1	0	2
Richard Atkinson	4	2	.667	1.38	6	4		3	0		39.0	42	16	6	5	17	0	12	0	1	0
John Romonosky	4	6	.400	3.24	41	4		0	0		125.0	97	49	45	4	85	7	84	4	0	4
Rogers Fister	4	8	.333	4.50	17	16		2	2		92.0	84	48	46	6	69	1	66	0	1	5
Floyd Wooldridge	3	2	.600	2.70	6	5		3	1		40.0	24	15	12	2	17	3	19	0	0	2
Ted Wieand	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Clarence Peerenboom	0	0			2						0.0									0
Mike Ryba	0	0			1						0.0									0
Jim Atchley					22						0.0
Francisco Ramirez	0	1	.000		7						0.0									0
Knowles Piercey	0	2	.000		12						0.0									0
Totals	85	73	.538	3.44	311	146	0	66	19	0	1307.0	1156	582	499	112	611	46	795	23	2	39	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
Bob Boyd	163	728	635	96	197	39	6	15	94	13	7	81	28	.310	.388	.461	.850	293		3	4	5
Willard Brown	149	589	544	73	164	34	4	19	104	3	2	39	42	.301	.345	.483	.829	263		0	1	5
Russ Rac	154	626	523	83	163	30	1	21	98	5	1	84	52	.312	.408	.493	.901	258		6	6	7
Hal Smith	139	545	512	58	153	22	7	8	67	7	2	21	32	.299	.330	.416	.746	213		4	5	3
Whitey Ries	157	623	549	71	151	25	0	9	58	5	5	64	31	.275	.352	.370	.722	203		4	1	5
Sherwin Dixon	162	714	609	112	151	20	3	18	64	40	9	83	104	.248	.343	.379	.723	231		7	12	3
Herb Adams	110	475	428	61	127	13	3	0	36	5	4	37	16	.297	.352	.341	.693	146		0	9	1
George Lerchen	119	404	333	63	89	21	7	11	52	3	1	60	58	.267	.382	.471	.854	157		4	4	3
Al Grandcolas	92	359	301	37	75	17	0	5	34	0	4	47	49	.249	.352	.355	.708	107		3	4	4
Fred McAlister	92	276	243	28	57	11	0	5	30	3	1	27	34	.235	.316	.342	.658	83		3	1	2
Bill Greason	36	104	88	14	26	4	0	3	14	0	2	12	33	.295	.376	.443	.819	39		0	3	1
Frank Carswell	29	97	79	8	19	4	0	0	11	0	0	10	8	.241	.347	.291	.639	23		4	2	2
Walter Fassler	30	90	74	8	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	10	12	.135	.241	.162	.404	12		1	3	2
John Romonosky	45	29	29	2	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.276	.276	.414	.690	12		0	0	0
Barney Schultz	20	49	43	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.163	.217	.209	.427	9		0	3	0
Hugh Sooter	32	79	69	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	17	.101	.162	.116	.278	8		1	5	0
Ralph Beard	19	41	36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.139	.184	.139	.323	5		0	3	0
Bob Mabe	34	84	72	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	35	.056	.092	.056	.148	4		0	8	1
Isaac Seaone	10	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	3		0	0	0
Richard Atkinson	6	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Harry Hoitsma	56	26	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	2		0	0	0
Ted Wieand	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Floyd Wooldridge	6	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Rogers Fister	17	30	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.036	.036	.036	.071	1		0	2	0
Knowles Piercey	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Francisco Ramirez	7	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1699	6022	5272	730	1424	249	31	114	672	84	39	590	601	.270	.345	.394	.739	2077	0	40	76	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Boyd	1B	163	1415	118	20	130	.987	9.405
Sherwin Dixon	2B	162	385	458	23	98	.973	5.204
Whitey Ries	3B	157	156	321	28	32	.945	3.038
Hal Smith	C	134	761	78	7	13	.992	6.261	5
Herb Adams	CF	110	237	8	2	1	.992	2.227
George Lerchen	CF	53	100	5	1	0	.991	1.981
Russ Rac	CF	11	20	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Russ Rac	LF	121	227	16	4	2	.984	2.008
George Lerchen	LF	30	46	0	3	0	.939	1.533
Frank Carswell	LF	21	38	0	3	0	.927	1.810
Harry Hoitsma	P	56	5	17	1	2	.957	.393
John Romonosky	P	41	7	18	0	2	1.000	.610
Bob Mabe	P	34	22	33	1	1	.982	1.618
Bill Greason	P	34	14	42	3	3	.949	1.647
Hugh Sooter	P	32	8	42	2	4	.962	1.562
Jim Atchley	P	22						.000
Barney Schultz	P	19	8	25	0	4	1.000	1.737
Ralph Beard	P	19	8	26	2	2	.944	1.789
Rogers Fister	P	17	6	14	2	0	.909	1.176
Knowles Piercey	P	12	2	6	0	1	1.000	.667
Francisco Ramirez	P	7						.000
Floyd Wooldridge	P	6						.000
Richard Atkinson	P	6						.000
Ted Wieand	P	3						.000
Clarence Peerenboom	P	2						.000
Mike Ryba	P	1						.000
Willard Brown	RF	135	197	14	4	4	.981	1.563
Russ Rac	RF	20	21	1	2	0	.917	1.100
Al Grandcolas	SS	86	159	218	23	53	.942	4.384
Fred McAlister	SS	56	83	144	7	24	.970	4.054
Walter Fassler	SS	27	47	53	3	6	.971	3.704
Totals		1597	3972	1659	141	382	.976	3.526	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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