1965 Buffalo Bisons

1965 > Class AAA > 1965 International League
Overall: 51-96
Scored 502 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-89

Affiliation: New York Mets-NL
Manager: Kerby Farrell and Sheriff Robinson
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1964 / 1966

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Paul Alspach	23	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2	George Alusik	30	55	212	191	22	48	12	0	5	18	2	1	17	21	.251	.321	.393	.713	75	3	0	1
3	Craig Anderson	26	33	36	33	3	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	8	.212	.278	.212	.490	7	0	0	0
4	Ed Bauta	30	47	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0		Stats for 2 teams
5	Larry Bearnarth	23	6	12	10	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.500	.545	.600	1.145	6	0	1	0
6	Jim Bethke	18	6	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0
7	Larry Burright	27	43	135	121	11	21	0	1	0	7	3	0	10	29	.174	.241	.190	.431	23	1	2	1
8	Duke Carmel*	28	82	295	240	29	39	4	1	10	27	4	1	51	95	.163	.319	.313	.631	75	4	0	0
9	Choo-Choo Coleman*	27	54	177	150	21	37	1	0	6	19	7	2	19	16	.247	.349	.373	.722	56	5	2	1
10	Billy Cowan	26	2	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0
11	Sammy Drake#	30	18	63	55	10	14	3	3	1	6	0	0	7	3	.255	.339	.473	.811	26	0	1	0
12	Rob Gardner	20	10	23	23	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.043	.043	.087	.130	2	0	0	0
13	Wayne Graham	29	131	500	461	45	112	23	3	3	52	7	2	26	34	.243	.288	.325	.613	150	5	3	5
14	Pumpsie Green#	31	33	117	97	12	24	1	2	3	14	0	1	19	19	.247	.371	.392	.762	38	0	1	0		Stats for 2 teams
15	William Haas*	22	120	462	420	51	106	21	2	18	49	3	4	36	72	.252	.311	.440	.751	185	1	2	3
16	James Handley	23	49	119	104	8	15	3	0	3	9	0	0	10	41	.144	.239	.260	.499	27	3	2	0
17	Bud Harrelson#	21	131	507	446	37	112	15	1	2	36	6	8	50	90	.251	.329	.303	.631	135	3	5	3
18	Joe Hicks*	32	44	179	151	27	48	2	1	12	25	3	2	23	19	.318	.416	.583	.999	88	3	1	1
19	Jerry Hinsley	20	4	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	2	0
20	Willard Hunter	31	26	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	1	0
21	Cleon Jones	22	123	492	454	61	122	15	3	15	49	14	8	33	77	.269	.321	.414	.735	188	2	3	0
22	Sherman Jones*	30	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
23	Ron Locke	23	6	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0
24	Larry Miller*	28	18	33	27	5	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	6	7	.407	.515	.444	.960	12	0	0	0
25	Dennis Musgraves	21	13	27	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.045	.125	.045	.170	1	0	3	0
26	Danny Napoleon	23	30	120	113	14	31	5	2	1	9	2	2	6	21	.274	.317	.381	.697	43	1	0	0
27	Dennis Ribant	23	25	38	34	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.147	.216	.147	.363	5	1	1	0
28	Gordie Richardson	26	30	26	22	3	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	.227	.320	.364	.684	8	0	1	0
29	Don Rowe*	29	69	81	73	7	13	4	0	1	8	0	0	8	18	.178	.259	.274	.533	20	0	0	0
30	Amado Samuel	26	120	411	381	32	90	13	2	4	30	1	3	24	56	.236	.287	.312	.599	119	3	3	0
31	Ted Schreiber	26	77	234	206	22	46	9	1	1	16	3	0	22	36	.223	.300	.291	.591	60	1	4	1		Stats for 2 teams
32	Dick Selma	21	13	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	2	0
33	Bernie Smith	23	30	124	113	11	24	2	3	0	8	1	2	8	10	.212	.270	.283	.554	32	1	2	0
34	John Stephenson*	24	44	145	136	13	32	3	0	5	12	0	0	9	19	.235	.283	.368	.650	50	0	0	0
35	Darrell Sutherland	23	31	46	37	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.054	.125	.054	.179	2	0	6	0
36	Hawk Taylor	26	61	224	208	27	50	5	1	10	32	0	0	11	30	.240	.279	.418	.698	87	1	2	2
37	Jack Tracy	22	89	351	320	28	82	18	2	1	23	5	5	18	50	.256	.305	.334	.640	107	5	7	1
38	Bill Wakefield	24	25	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0
39	Jack Warner	24	26	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0
40	Jerry Wild	23	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
41	Carl Willey	34	23	32	32	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.094	.094	.094	.188	3	0	0	0
	41 Players	25.3	147	5188	4653	502	1091	161	27	101	464	59	41	415	856	.234	.302	.346	.648	1609	42	60	18	37

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Paul Alspach	23	0	1	.000	6.30	7	0		0	0	10.0	10	8	7	3	8	0	7	0	0	2	1.800	9.0	2.7	7.2	6.3	0.88
2	Craig Anderson	26	2	12	.143	5.02	30	13		1	0	104.0	119	75	58	14	41	7	69	6	0	2	1.538	10.3	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.68
3	Ed Bauta	30	5	7	.417	3.42	47	0		0	0	71.0	73	36	27	2	28	14	47	2	0	3	1.423	9.3	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.68	Stats for 2 teams
4	Larry Bearnarth	23	3	2	.600	2.25	6	5		1	0	28.0	23	10	7	1	11	1	20	0	0	1	1.214	7.4	0.3	3.5	6.4	1.82
5	Jim Bethke	18	1	5	.167	5.70	6	5		0	0	30.0	32	20	19	2	22	2	20	5	0	4	1.800	9.6	0.6	6.6	6.0	0.91
6	Babe Birrer	36	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	3.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
7	Rob Gardner*	20	4	1	.800	1.70	10	9		5	2	69.0	55	17	13	2	21	0	56	3	0	5	1.101	7.2	0.3	2.7	7.3	2.67
8	Jerry Hinsley	20	1	2	.333	7.80	4	4		0	0	15.0	16	16	13	2	15	1	10	0	0	2	2.067	9.6	1.2	9.0	6.0	0.67
9	Willard Hunter*	31	0	2	.000	6.19	26	0		0	0	32.0	44	28	22	2	16	5	30	2	0	1	1.875	12.4	0.6	4.5	8.4	1.88
10	Sherman Jones	30	0	0		2.25	1	0		0	0	4.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	2.750	13.5	0.0	11.2	4.5	0.40
11	Ron Locke*	23	2	2	.500	3.60	6	5		0	0	40.0	41	18	16	2	24	3	26	1	0	2	1.625	9.2	0.4	5.4	5.8	1.08
12	Larry Miller*	28	6	1	.857	2.59	10	8		3	1	59.0	47	24	17	6	22	0	50	1	0	5	1.169	7.2	0.9	3.4	7.6	2.27
13	Dennis Musgraves	21	2	5	.286	3.70	13	13		1	0	73.0	59	35	30	6	33	2	58	3	0	9	1.260	7.3	0.7	4.1	7.2	1.76
14	Dennis Ribant	23	3	12	.200	3.88	21	15		3	0	109.0	95	52	47	14	30	4	62	3	0	4	1.147	7.8	1.2	2.5	5.1	2.07
15	Gordie Richardson*	26	2	8	.200	3.31	30	7		0	0	87.0	77	36	32	6	29	4	77	2	1	1	1.218	8.0	0.6	3.0	8.0	2.66
16	Don Rowe*	29	8	8	.500	3.28	34	18		5	1	140.0	139	60	51	15	27	4	90	1	1	1	1.186	8.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	3.33
17	Dick Selma	21	1	3	.250	2.45	9	4		0	0	33.0	23	15	9	1	18	0	36	2	0	2	1.242	6.3	0.3	4.9	9.8	2.00
18	Darrell Sutherland	23	8	8	.500	3.99	30	17		3	1	124.0	124	64	55	8	42	8	69	7	0	0	1.339	9.0	0.6	3.0	5.0	1.64
19	Bill Wakefield	24	0	4	.000	5.82	23	2		1	0	51.0	47	36	33	5	31	4	25	3	0	3	1.529	8.3	0.9	5.5	4.4	0.81
20	Jack Warner	24	4	1	.800	3.38	26	0		0	0	56.0	45	25	21	6	17	0	48	4	0	2	1.107	7.2	1.0	2.7	7.7	2.82
21	Jerry Wild	23	0	4	.000	4.50	6	3		0	0	18.0	21	13	9	1	14	1	22	0	0	6	1.944	10.5	0.5	7.0	11.0	1.57
22	Carl Willey	34	2	9	.182	3.96	23	19		2	2	100.0	98	55	44	8	32	4	54	2	0	3	1.300	8.8	0.7	2.9	4.9	1.69
	22 Players	25.9	51	96	.347	3.82	147	147	122	25	8	1231.0	1173	632	522	106	477	60	865	46	2	65	1.340	8.6	0.8	3.5	6.3	1.81

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Hawk Taylor	51	274	22	3	4	.990	5.80	11
James Handley	44	212	20	3	5	.987	5.27	10
Choo-Choo Coleman	38	214	23	4	6	.983	6.24	6
John Stephenson	36	214	18	3	1	.987	6.44	7

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
William Haas	116		969	81	19	91	.982	9.05
Duke Carmel	13		95	4	2	6	.980	7.62

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Tracy	89	204	259	23	66	.953	5.20
Larry Burright	37	81	105	8	19	.959	5.03
Ted Schreiber	33	64	92	3	14	.981	4.73	Stats for 2 teams
Amado Samuel	23	27	58	4	4	.955	3.70

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Amado Samuel	77	60	162	6	11	.974	2.88
Wayne Graham	64	44	101	5	8	.967	2.27
Pumpsie Green	18	11	28	5	3	.886	2.17	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bud Harrelson	129		243	350	31	74	.950	4.60
Amado Samuel	19		24	50	5	9	.937	3.89

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cleon Jones	120	243	6	12	0	.954	2.08
Duke Carmel	68	107	2	6	0	.948	1.60
Wayne Graham	66	105	4	4	1	.965	1.65
George Alusik	51	78	5	2	2	.976	1.63
Joe Hicks	44	53	2	1	1	.982	1.25
Danny Napoleon	30	44	1	2	0	.957	1.50
Bernie Smith	29	49	0	0	0	1.000	1.69
Sammy Drake	16	16	0	1	0	.941	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Bauta	47	3	15	0	2	1.000	0.38	Stats for 2 teams
Don Rowe	34	9	8	0	2	1.000	0.50
Craig Anderson	30	9	17	5	2	.839	0.87
Gordie Richardson	30	4	13	0	2	1.000	0.57
Darrell Sutherland	30	11	27	4	2	.905	1.27
Willard Hunter	26	1	5	1	0	.857	0.23
Jack Warner	26	4	5	0	0	1.000	0.35
Bill Wakefield	23	9	5	0	0	1.000	0.61
Carl Willey	23	6	21	2	0	.931	1.17
Dennis Ribant	21	7	18	2	3	.926	1.19
Dennis Musgraves	13	5	12	2	0	.895	1.31
Rob Gardner	10	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.30
Larry Miller	10	0	8	1	1	.889	0.80
Dick Selma	9						0.00
Paul Alspach	7						0.00
Larry Bearnarth	6						0.00
Jim Bethke	6						0.00
Ron Locke	6						0.00
Jerry Wild	6						0.00
Jerry Hinsley	4						0.00
Babe Birrer	2						0.00
Sherman Jones	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Paul Alspach	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Feb 28, 1942
George Alusik	30	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Feb 11, 1935	Ashley, PA, US
Craig Anderson	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jul 1, 1938	Washington, DC, US
Ed Bauta	30	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Jan 6, 1935	Florida, CU
Larry Bearnarth	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	203	Sep 11, 1941	New York, NY, US
Jim Bethke	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Nov 5, 1946	Falls City, NE, US
Babe Birrer	36	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Jul 4, 1928	Buffalo, NY, US
Larry Burright	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 10, 1937	Roseville, IL, US
Duke Carmel	28	L	L	6' 3.0"	202	Apr 23, 1937	New York, NY, US
Choo-Choo Coleman	27	L	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 25, 1937	Orlando, FL, US
Billy Cowan	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 28, 1938	Calhoun City, MS, US
Sammy Drake	30	S	R	5' 11.0"	175	Oct 7, 1934	Little Rock, AR, US
Rob Gardner	20	R	L	6' 1.0"	176	Dec 19, 1944	Binghamton, NY, US
Wayne Graham	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Apr 6, 1936	Yoakum, TX, US
Pumpsie Green	31	S	R	6' 0.0"	175	Oct 27, 1933	Boley, OK, US
William Haas	22	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Feb 4, 1943
James Handley	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	1942
Bud Harrelson	21	S	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jun 6, 1944	Niles, CA, US
Joe Hicks	32	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 7, 1933	Ivy, VA, US
Jerry Hinsley	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Apr 9, 1945	Hugo, OK, US
Willard Hunter	31	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 8, 1934	Newark, NJ, US
Cleon Jones	22	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 4, 1942	Plateau, AL, US
Sherman Jones	30	L	R	6' 4.0"	205	Feb 10, 1935	Winton, NC, US
Ron Locke	23	R	L	5' 11.0"	168	Apr 4, 1942	Wakefield, RI, US
Larry Miller	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	195	Jun 19, 1937	Topeka, KS, US
Dennis Musgraves	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	188	Dec 25, 1943	Indianapolis, IN, US
Danny Napoleon	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jan 11, 1942	Claysburg, PA, US
Dennis Ribant	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Sep 20, 1941	Detroit, MI, US
Gordie Richardson	26	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 19, 1938	Colquitt, GA, US
Don Rowe	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 3, 1936	Brawley, CA, US
Amado Samuel	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Dec 6, 1938	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Ted Schreiber	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jul 11, 1938	Brooklyn, NY, US
Dick Selma	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Nov 4, 1943	Santa Ana, CA, US
Bernie Smith	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	164	Sep 4, 1941	Ponchatoula, LA, US
John Stephenson	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Apr 13, 1941	South Portsmouth, KY, US
Darrell Sutherland	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	169	Nov 14, 1941	Glendale, CA, US
Hawk Taylor	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	Apr 3, 1939	Metropolis, IL, US
Jack Tracy	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Aug 11, 1942
Bill Wakefield	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	May 24, 1941	Kansas City, MO, US
Jack Warner	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 12, 1940	Brandywine, WV, US
Jerry Wild	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 31, 1941	Franklin, NC, US
Carl Willey	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 6, 1931	Cherryfield, ME, US

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