1959 Houston Buffs Statistics
Team Record: 58-104
Finished 5th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Rube Walker (0-0), Del Wilber (0-0)
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 120,474, Avg. 1,487
The Houston Buffs of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 58 wins and 104 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Buffs scored 594 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 768 runs. Jim Fridley led Houston with 26 home runs, and Ray Noble walloped 15 or more as well. Jim Fridley drove in 80 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .282 average. Dave Jolly paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.89 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Houston Buffs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mel Wright, Rube Walker, Fritz Dorish, Mike Clark, Lloyd Merritt, Dave Hoskins, Fred Martin, Jim Fridley, Pidge Browne, Ed Blake, Jim Delsing, Eddie Phillips, Dave Jolly, Roy Smalley, Dick Cole, Roberto Vargas, Charlie Gorin, Ossie Álvarez, John Tsitouris, Billy Queen, Ray Noble, Tom Poholsky and Rod Kanehl.
Rube Walker and Del Wilber served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jolly | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.89 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 169.0 | 160 | 87 | 73 | 13 | 86 | 5 | 100 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Glen Crable | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.50 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 128.0 | 137 | 70 | 64 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Boyd Linker | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.08 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 117.0 | 114 | 56 | 53 | 11 | 43 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Tom Poholsky | 5 | 16 | .238 | 4.35 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 182.0 | 203 | 97 | 88 | 12 | 40 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Alvin Spearman | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.64 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 94.0 | 90 | 48 | 38 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Fred Martin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Blake | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.90 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 68.0 | 79 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Tsitouris | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.60 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 55.0 | 57 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.65 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 69.0 | 88 | 54 | 51 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| William Drummond | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 56.0 | 56 | 34 | 32 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Roberto Vargas | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Bethel | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Gorin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Waldo Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fritz Dorish | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Clark | 36 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pidge Browne | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mel Wright | 35 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Merritt | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Briggs | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.75 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 39 | 81 | .325 | 4.45 | 374 | 131 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1006.0 | 1062 | 557 | 497 | 97 | 387 | 39 | 464 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Cole | 144 | 576 | 537 | 57 | 151 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 28 | 34 | .281 | .318 | .361 | .679 | 194 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pidge Browne | 148 | 602 | 547 | 71 | 143 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 1 | 47 | 73 | .261 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 216 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Jim Fridley | 142 | 540 | 485 | 58 | 137 | 28 | 4 | 26 | 80 | 0 | 48 | 82 | .282 | .349 | .518 | .866 | 251 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Ray Noble | 138 | 498 | 415 | 53 | 122 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 68 | 0 | 75 | 49 | .294 | .400 | .453 | .853 | 188 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Jim Delsing | 149 | 583 | 523 | 51 | 122 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 53 | 73 | .233 | .306 | .314 | .619 | 164 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rod Kanehl | 118 | 472 | 429 | 47 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 38 | 47 | .238 | .301 | .291 | .592 | 125 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sanders | 99 | 366 | 310 | 37 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 43 | 65 | .242 | .343 | .365 | .708 | 113 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Curtis Hardaway | 94 | 301 | 243 | 31 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 54 | 63 | .235 | .370 | .350 | .720 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Len Johnston | 58 | 201 | 173 | 27 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 18 | .237 | .338 | .324 | .662 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phil Jantze | 31 | 120 | 108 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .241 | .305 | .333 | .638 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Waldo Gonzalez | 21 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .213 | .288 | .277 | .565 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Jolly | 29 | 64 | 57 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .140 | .169 | .140 | .310 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Poholsky | 48 | 65 | 59 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .136 | .177 | .220 | .398 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilcy Moore | 16 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .190 | .476 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lamar North | 28 | 50 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .149 | .163 | .149 | .312 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Queen | 13 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .273 | .360 | .273 | .633 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Crable | 49 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .167 | .244 | .250 | .494 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Blake | 20 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .160 | .375 | .535 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Martin | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 29 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Spearman | 18 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .074 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Briggs | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Tsitouris | 11 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Drummond | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boyd Linker | 33 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .030 | .086 | .030 | .116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Landis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Gorin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wally Lammers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Merritt | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Vargas | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1503 | 4791 | 4244 | 489 | 1041 | 185 | 20 | 82 | 444 | 36 | 0 | 458 | 636 | .245 | .320 | .356 | .676 | 1512 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 24 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pidge Browne | 1B | 147 | 1343 | 105 | 10 | 87 | .993 | 9.850 | ||||
| Dick Cole | 2B | 128 | 271 | 328 | 17 | 59 | .972 | 4.680 | ||||
| Curtis Hardaway | 2B | 35 | 77 | 65 | 10 | 10 | .934 | 4.057 | ||||
| Dick Sanders | 3B | 90 | 91 | 162 | 16 | 17 | .941 | 2.811 | ||||
| Curtis Hardaway | 3B | 34 | 31 | 73 | 8 | 8 | .929 | 3.059 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | 3B | 27 | 22 | 54 | 11 | 4 | .874 | 2.815 | ||||
| Ray Noble | C | 124 | 526 | 62 | 4 | 12 | .993 | 4.742 | 12 | |||
| Lamar North | C | 23 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.783 | 1 | |||
| Billy Queen | C | 11 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 2.909 | 1 | |||
| Jim Delsing | OF | 138 | 319 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .988 | 2.399 | ||||
| Jim Fridley | OF | 134 | 200 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .972 | 1.537 | ||||
| Rod Kanehl | OF | 64 | 150 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .994 | 2.516 | ||||
| Len Johnston | OF | 42 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.357 | ||||
| Curtis Hardaway | OF | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.154 | ||||
| Wilcy Moore | OF | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Glen Crable | P | 38 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .868 | ||||
| Mike Clark | P | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mel Wright | P | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Poholsky | P | 35 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.286 | ||||
| Boyd Linker | P | 33 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .667 | ||||
| Dave Jolly | P | 28 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | P | 26 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Billy Bethel | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Blake | P | 17 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 1.471 | ||||
| Alvin Spearman | P | 16 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 2.812 | ||||
| Fred Martin | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dave Hoskins | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Drummond | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Arnold Briggs | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Lloyd Merritt | P | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Roberto Vargas | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Tsitouris | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fritz Dorish | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pidge Browne | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Gorin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Waldo Gonzalez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Kanehl | SS | 43 | 79 | 117 | 22 | 18 | .899 | 4.558 | ||||
| Waldo Gonzalez | SS | 16 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 2 | .909 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1454 | 3417 | 1252 | 130 | 236 | .973 | 3.211 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
