1938 Houston Buffaloes

1938 > Class A-1 > 1938 Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Ira Smith
Represented: Houston, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1937 / 1939

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	John Antonelli	22	136	484	121	20	14	0	.250	.349	169
2	Harry Brecheen*	23	46	80	13	2	0	0	.163	.188	15
3	Mort Cooper	25	41	79	16	5	1	1	.203	.329	26
4	Walker Cooper	23	41	141	33	9	4	0	.234	.355	50
5	Jeff Cross	19	23	73	14	0	0	0	.192	.192	14
6	Al Cuccinello	23	74	273	74	11	1	2	.271	.341	93
7	John Davis	22	112	393	97	19	4	2	.247	.331	130
8	Paul Dean	25	30	75	15	2	1	0	.200	.253	19	Stats for 2 teams
9	Paul Easterling	32	101	363	107	20	9	5	.295	.441	160
10	Hal Epps*	24	157	610	186	26	21	4	.305	.436	266
11	Johnny Grodzicki	21	46	94	19	2	1	0	.202	.245	23
12	Francis Healy	27	55	171	46	8	0	2	.269	.351	60
13	Dick Lang*	20	37	135	29	7	1	0	.215	.281	38
14	Tony Malinosky	28	13	51	10	2	0	0	.196	.235	12
15	Red Munger	19	14	23	6	0	0	0	.261	.261	6
16	A. Phillips*	22	53	192	57	7	3	0	.297	.365	70
17	Hugh Poland*	28	100	336	80	12	8	1	.238	.330	111
18	Bob Repass	20	142	472	118	18	3	3	.250	.320	151
19	Lou Scoffic	25	107	397	107	25	5	7	.270	.411	163
20	Tom Seats	27	7	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
21	Bill Seinsoth#	20	47	111	31	8	2	1	.279	.414	46
22	David Smith*	20	16	64	16	1	0	0	.250	.266	17
23	Ira Smith	32	32	57	12	2	0	0	.211	.246	14
24	Arnott Thompson?	--	15	49	10	2	0	0	.204	.245	12
25	Johnny Watwood*	32	145	542	157	24	6	0	.290	.356	193
26	Ted Wilks	22	11	25	4	0	0	0	.160	.160	4
27	Jim Winford	28	33	83	17	3	0	2	.205	.313	26
	27 Players	24.7

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Harry Brecheen*	23	13	10	.565	3.06	43	24	212.0	196	93	72	87	1.335	8.3	3.7
2	Mort Cooper	25	13	10	.565	2.32	31	23	202.0	161	61	52	54	1.064	7.2	2.4
3	Paul Dean	25	8	16	.333	3.72	29	25	201.0	202	104	83	36	1.184	9.0	1.6	Stats for 2 teams
4	Johnny Grodzicki	21	12	21	.364	4.25	46	33	269.0	250	166	127	166	1.546	8.4	5.6
5	Red Munger	19	2	5	.286	3.97	14	9	68.0	67	33	30	40	1.574	8.9	5.3
6	Tom Seats*	27	0	4	.000	4.95	7	2	20.0	20	18	11	14	1.700	9.0	6.3
7	Bill Seinsoth*	20	9	9	.500	3.59	23	18	133.0	119	62	53	76	1.466	8.1	5.1
8	Ira Smith	32	4	5	.444	3.23	27	7	128.0	122	66	46	35	1.227	8.6	2.5
9	Ted Wilks	22	3	5	.375	2.74	11	8	69.0	57	30	21	21	1.130	7.4	2.7
10	Jim Winford	28	17	10	.630	2.34	33	29	246.0	228	82	64	58	1.163	8.3	2.1
	10 Players	24.1

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Hugh Poland	85	361	59	12	.972	4.94
Francis Healy	47	260	19	5	.982	5.94
Walker Cooper	36	216	28	12	.953	6.78

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Johnny Watwood	143		1069	86	12		.990	8.08

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Al Cuccinello	71	216	149	14	.963	5.14
A. Phillips	50	145	127	10	.965	5.44
John Antonelli	43	111	77	4	.979	4.37

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bob Repass	91		104	178	28		.910	3.10

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Davis	68	141	167	36	.895	4.53
Jeff Cross	23	42	63	18	.854	4.57
Tony Malinosky	13	22	30	7	.881	4.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Hal Epps	157	389	14	13	.969	2.57
Lou Scoffic	99	249	15	7	.974	2.67
Paul Easterling	95	132	7	5	.965	1.46
Dick Lang	25	50	8	3	.951	2.32
David Smith	16	25	3	5	.848	1.75
Arnott Thompson	14	9	1	1	.909	0.71

P

	G
Johnny Grodzicki	46
Harry Brecheen	43
Jim Winford	33
Mort Cooper	31
Paul Dean	29	Stats for 2 teams
Ira Smith	27
Bill Seinsoth	23
Red Munger	14
Ted Wilks	11
Tom Seats	7

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
John Antonelli	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jul 15, 1915	Memphis, TN, US
Harry Brecheen	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 14, 1914	Broken Bow, OK, US
Stephen Colosky	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	167	1918
Mort Cooper	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Mar 2, 1913	Atherton, MO, US
Walker Cooper	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jan 8, 1915	Atherton, MO, US
Jeff Cross	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Aug 28, 1918	Tulsa, OK, US
Robert Crow	22	R		6' 0.0"	165	1916
Al Cuccinello	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Aug 26, 1914	Long Island City, NY, US
John Davis	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	172	Jul 15, 1915	Wilkes-Barre, PA, US
Paul Dean	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 14, 1912	Lucas, AR, US
Paul Easterling	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Sep 28, 1905	Reidsville, GA, US
Hal Epps	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 26, 1914	Athens, GA, US
Johnny Grodzicki	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 26, 1917	Nanticoke, PA, US
Francis Healy	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Jul 29, 1910	Holyoke, MA, US
Leonard Hill	21	R		6' 1.0"		1917
Dick Lang	20	L		5' 10.0"	155	Dec 14, 1917	Selma, CA, US
Tony Malinosky	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 7, 1909	Collinsville, IL, US
Red Munger	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 4, 1918	Houston, TX, US
A. Phillips	22	L		5' 4.0"	165	1916	Gaffney, SC, US
Hugh Poland	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 19, 1910	Tompkinsville, KY, US
Bob Repass	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 6, 1917	West Pittston, PA, US
Lou Scoffic	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	182	May 20, 1913	Herrin, IL, US
Tom Seats	27	R	L	5' 11.0"	190	Sep 24, 1910	Farmington, NC, US
Bill Seinsoth	20	S	L	6' 3.0"	225	Feb 5, 1918	Salt Lake City, UT, US
David Smith	20	L		6' 0.0"	161	1918
Ira Smith	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 5, 1905	Shabbona, IL, US
Frank Steen	24	R	R	6' 0.0"		1914
Arnott Thompson	--					Unknown
Lawrence Toten	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 26, 1913
Tom Turner	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 8, 1916	Custer, OK, US
Johnny Watwood	32	L	L	6' 1.0"	186	Aug 17, 1905	Alexander City, AL, US
Ted Wilks	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	178	Nov 13, 1915	Fulton, NY, US
Jim Winford	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 9, 1909	Shelbyville, TN, US

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