1960 Houston Buffs Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Enos Slaughter (83-71)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 118,584, Avg. 1,540

1960 Houston Buffs Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Houston Buffs 3

The Houston Buffs of the American Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Buffs tallied 629 runs and yielded 586 runs. Joe Macko paced Houston with 27 home runs, and Billy Williams walloped 15 or more also. Joe Macko recorded 91 runs batted in. Billy Williams topped hitters with significant playing time with a .323 average. Al Lary led the squad with 12 wins, while Barney Schultz registered a 3.02 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1960 Houston Buffs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Moe Thacker, Ed Donnelly, Ray Noble, Barney Schultz, Marcelino Solis, Dave Pope, Ron Santo, Jim McKnight, Tom Qualters, Howie Koplitz, Tom Carroll, Lou Johnson, Joe Schaffernoth, Bob Talbot, Enos Slaughter, Ben Johnson, Jim Fridley, Al Schroll, Billy Williams, Art Schult, Dave Jolly, Moe Drabowsky, Al Lary, John Goetz, Dick Ellsworth, Dick Bertell, Jim Brewer, Morrie Martin, Jerry Kindall, Dave Gerard and Sammy Drake.

Enos Slaughter 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 Lary	12	8	.600	3.53	30	27		10	2		171.0	172	74	67	12	52	3	119	1	0	5
Ed Donnelly	11	6	.647	3.00	53	0		0	0		87.0	78	32	29	3	44	8	48	0	0	6
Joe Schaffernoth	8	2	.800	2.52	16	14		4	1		93.0	90	35	26	2	40	0	38	6	1	3
Jim Brewer	8	5	.615	3.38	18	18		5	2		120.0	119	51	45	12	28	1	75	2	0	2
Barney Schultz	8	9	.471	3.02	53	3		0	0		146.0	130	56	49	7	41	4	103	3	0	6
Al Schroll	8	10	.444	3.04	25	21		10	3		157.0	159	68	53	11	56	3	84	2	0	10
Ben Johnson	7	5	.583	3.74	18	18		4	1		113.0	107	53	47	12	48	2	61	3	0	2
Moe Drabowsky	5	0	1.000	0.90	5	5		4	2		40.0	20	4	4	1	16	0	31	0	0	1
Boyd Linker	4	7	.364	3.31	32	15		3	0		136.0	139	65	50	9	46	1	68	5	0	2
Morrie Martin	3	3	.500	3.13	33	0		0	0		69.0	70	26	24	8	16	2	38	0	0	0
Harold Deitz	3	3	.500	3.45	7	7		3	1		47.0	48	18	18	3	15	1	34	1	0	0
Dick Ellsworth	2	0	1.000	0.86	3	3					21.0	9	3	2	1	7				0
Dave Jolly	2	3	.400	6.26	9	3					23.0	27	17	16	2	10				0
Tom Qualters					10						0.0
Howie Koplitz					7						0.0
John Goetz					4						0.0
Dave Gerard	0	2	.000	3.54	5	4					28.0	28	11	11	3	13				1
Marcelino Solis	0	2	.000	5.18	9	3		0	0		33.0	42	22	19	2	22	1	7	1	0	1
Totals	81	65	.555	3.22	337	141	0	43	12	0	1284.0	1238	535	460	88	454	26	706	24	2	38	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
Billy Williams	126	530	473	74	153	28	3	26	80	5		53	58	.323	.390	.560	.950	265		0	2	2	13
Dave Pope	135	534	498	61	138	33	5	12	62	9		30	88	.277	.320	.436	.755	217		2	2	2	6
Joe Macko	152	623	547	79	131	18	1	27	91	2		58	122	.239	.325	.424	.749	232		13	1	4	6
Lou Johnson	103	446	409	54	118	23	6	12	58	13		23	67	.289	.336	.462	.798	189		7	5	2	2
Dick Bertell	114	398	360	33	104	16	1	6	45	1		32	40	.289	.345	.389	.734	140		0	4	2	2
Wayne Connally	100	426	384	52	95	9	4	0	26	3		32	59	.247	.308	.292	.600	112		2	7	1	1
Ron Santo	71	310	272	40	73	16	1	7	32	6		33	21	.268	.351	.412	.762	112		2	2	1	2
Art Schult	89	341	304	32	72	11	2	8	29	0		32	36	.237	.312	.365	.677	111		2	1	2	1
Bill Davidson	104	368	299	43	68	10	4	5	25	2		58	42	.227	.353	.338	.690	101		2	5	4	5
Jim McKnight	67	211	196	17	57	11	0	3	19	3		14	13	.291	.338	.393	.731	77		0	1	0	0
Ray Noble	92	235	208	18	57	6	1	6	21	0		26	33	.274	.353	.399	.752	83		0	0	1	0
Jerry Kindall	27	126	112	14	26	4	0	3	9	3		14	24	.232	.317	.348	.666	39		0	0	0	0
Jim Fridley	24	100	86	12	24	2	0	0	7	0		13	20	.279	.374	.302	.676	26		0	1	0	3
Sammy Drake	26	120	105	19	23	3	0	2	11	7		14	17	.219	.311	.305	.616	32		0	1	0	2
Al Lary	47	71	62	10	17	1	1	0	7	1		5	15	.274	.328	.323	.651	20		0	4	0	0
Moe Thacker	13	48	45	8	16	2	0	2	6	0		2	10	.356	.396	.533	.929	24		1	0	0	0
Ray Bellino	37	133	109	8	16	1	0	0	8	0		19	21	.147	.265	.156	.421	17		0	1	4	0
Enos Slaughter	40	58	45	7	13	3	1	1	8	1		13	6	.289	.448	.467	.915	21		0	0	0	2
Al Schroll	30	65	56	4	10	1	0	0	2	0		5	22	.179	.246	.196	.442	11		0	4	0	0
Barney Schultz	54	37	31	2	8	2	0	0	4	0		2	5	.258	.294	.323	.617	10		0	3	1	0
Jim Brewer	18	47	42	5	8	2	0	0	2	0		2	15	.190	.227	.238	.465	10		0	3	0	0
Phil Jantze	17	50	46	5	6	1	0	0	1	1		4	6	.130	.200	.152	.352	7		0	0	0	0
Boyd Linker	33	46	36	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		5	16	.111	.214	.111	.325	4		0	4	1	0
Morrie Martin	33	21	16	1	3	1	0	0	3	0		4	10	.188	.350	.250	.600	4		0	1	0	0
Ben Johnson	19	43	34	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	12	.088	.139	.088	.227	3		0	7	0	0
Joe Schaffernoth	21	36	34	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	15	.088	.088	.118	.206	4		0	2	0	0
Marcelino Solis	9	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Harold Deitz	8	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Lewis Bishop	17	34	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		5	9	.071	.206	.071	.277	2		0	0	1	0
Bob Hartsfield	16	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	0	0	0
Ed Donnelly	53	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	5	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	5	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Ellsworth	3	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Gerard	5	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Jolly	10	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	1	0
Totals	1718	5540	4909	609	1253	205	30	120	561	57	0	505	812	.255	.327	.383	.709	1878	0	31	66	29	45

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Macko	1B	103	897	66	10	89	.990	9.350
Art Schult	1B	61	518	20	4	40	.993	8.820
Wayne Connally	2B	98	238	261	9	58	.982	5.092
Jerry Kindall	2B	27	56	72	5	18	.962	4.741
Sammy Drake	2B	26	62	59	8	15	.938	4.654
Jim McKnight	2B	14	7	14	0	2	1.000	1.500
Ron Santo	3B	71	72	148	16	9	.932	3.099
Joe Macko	3B	54	51	105	7	10	.957	2.889
Jim McKnight	3B	33	18	61	4	1	.952	2.394
Dick Bertell	C	104	521	68	21	9	.966	5.663	18
Ray Noble	C	58	289	35	3	2	.991	5.586	5
Moe Thacker	C	13	64	15	1	1	.988	6.077	2
Dave Pope	OF	132	262	12	7	3	.975	2.076
Billy Williams	OF	126	207	7	7	1	.968	1.698
Lou Johnson	OF	103	259	15	5	2	.982	2.660
Art Schult	OF	28	41	2	1	1	.977	1.536
Jim Fridley	OF	24	32	2	1	0	.971	1.417
Jim McKnight	OF	22	29	4	1	0	.971	1.500
Phil Jantze	OF	13	13	6	1	0	.950	1.462
Lewis Bishop	OF	10	9	3	1	1	.923	1.200
Barney Schultz	P	53	5	24	1	1	.967	.547
Ed Donnelly	P	53	4	28	1	4	.970	.604
Morrie Martin	P	33	5	11	1	0	.941	.485
Boyd Linker	P	32	4	22	4	4	.867	.812
Al Lary	P	30	13	27	3	0	.930	1.333
Al Schroll	P	25	9	32	4	1	.911	1.640
Ben Johnson	P	18	4	16	2	1	.909	1.111
Jim Brewer	P	18	5	16	1	3	.955	1.167
Joe Schaffernoth	P	16	1	19	3	2	.870	1.250
Bill Davidson	SS	102	168	271	22	62	.952	4.304
Ray Bellino	SS	37	69	139	5	29	.977	5.622
Totals		1537	3932	1580	159	369	.972	3.586	25	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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