1954 Buffalo Bisons

1954 > Class AAA > 1954 International League
Overall: 71-83
Scored 726 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Billy Hitchcock
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1953 / 1955

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1	John Baumgartner	23	56	210	190	20	45	9	0	3	15	2	14	33	.237	.295	.332	.626	63	2	3	1
2	Harry Bright	24	70	264	228	32	64	12	1	6	34	0	26	25	.281	.354	.421	.775	96	2	4	4
3	Johnny Bucha	29	30	110	91	15	25	3	1	2	15	1	15	4	.275	.380	.396	.775	36	1	2	1
4	Frank Carswell	34	130	493	421	60	134	26	1	16	87	3	53	34	.318	.393	.499	.892	210	3	10	6
5	Jake Crawford	26	31	52	39	5	4	1	0	0	1	2	12	9	.103	.314	.128	.442	5	0	1	0
6	Hal Erickson	34	34	76	70	6	16	0	0	0	6	0	3	20	.229	.270	.229	.499	16	1	2	0
7	Paul Foytack	23	17	38	35	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	.143	.167	.171	.338	6	0	2	0
8	Bill Froats*	23	31	48	40	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	18	.050	.191	.050	.241	2	0	1	0
9	Dick Gernert	25	74	299	232	44	63	13	0	13	44	2	58	43	.272	.424	.496	.920	115	5	2	2
10	Doug Hansen	25	82	271	241	28	53	6	0	8	35	3	23	43	.220	.287	.344	.632	83	1	3	3
11	James Harper?	23	2		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
12	Earl Harrist	35	38	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	.056	.190	.056	.246	1	0	0	0
13	Buddy Hicks#	27	119	518	434	73	119	24	1	2	44	9	67	41	.274	.370	.348	.718	151	0	15	2
14	Billy Hitchcock	37	25	69	62	3	16	0	0	2	10	0	6	10	.258	.324	.355	.678	22	0	1	0
15	Mel Hoderlein#	31	93	341	280	42	72	10	0	6	25	2	56	38	.257	.385	.357	.742	100	2	3	0
16	Hal Hudson*	27	37	38	31	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	.226	.286	.323	.608	10	1	3	1
17	Ken Johnson*	31	47	93	80	8	15	1	0	3	11	0	1	11	.188	.209	.313	.522	25	2	7	3
18	Milo Johnson*	35	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
19	Milt Jordan	27	23	8	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	0
20	Chick King	23	130	583	516	91	138	24	9	16	61	34	54	96	.267	.339	.442	.780	228	4	4	5
21	Al Lakeman	35	92	336	307	26	75	11	0	7	48	2	26	71	.244	.305	.349	.654	107	1	2	0
22	Frank Lary	24	53	81	74	12	17	3	0	2	10	0	6	10	.230	.288	.351	.639	26	0	1	0
23	Duke Maas	25	20	41	39	3	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	.205	.205	.282	.487	11	0	2	0
24	Sammy Meeks	31	65	270	236	32	70	17	1	5	34	2	26	35	.297	.364	.441	.804	104	0	6	2
25	Pat Mullin*	36	57	167	142	27	41	7	1	7	23	3	23	32	.289	.383	.500	.883	71	0	0	2
26	Ernie Nevel	34	10	11	8	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.250	.455	.250	.705	2	1	0	0
27	Ron Northey*	34	148	583	504	83	155	23	2	25	85	1	70	46	.308	.392	.510	.902	257	1	6	2
28	Daniel Ryan	29	51	161	143	14	32	3	0	2	10	0	14	14	.224	.289	.287	.576	41	0	2	2
29	Donald Swartz	29	50	23	22	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.136	.174	.136	.310	3	0	0	0
30	Jack Wallaesa#	34	35	145	125	16	24	5	0	4	23	0	13	23	.192	.271	.328	.599	41	1	5	1
31	Harvey Zernia*	28	126	434	337	73	100	13	1	11	43	3	89	58	.297	.444	.439	.883	148	2	4	2
	31 Players	29.1	155	5799	4957	726	1307	213	18	142	673	66	680	748	.264	.353	.400	.753	1982	29	95	38

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Hal Erickson	34	11	8	.579	4.19	34	26	12	1	206.0	228	106	96	23	48	98	4	0	2	1.340	10.0	1.0	2.1	4.3	2.04
2	Paul Foytack	23	4	7	.364	5.33	17	13	4	1	98.0	113	59	58	10	48	75	1	0	7	1.643	10.4	0.9	4.4	6.9	1.56
3	Bill Froats*	23	7	5	.583	3.96	31	17	3	1	125.0	109	70	55	5	86	81	6	2	4	1.560	7.8	0.4	6.2	5.8	0.94
4	James Harper?	23	0	1	.000		2
5	Earl Harrist	35	3	10	.231	5.01	38	9	3	0	88.0	100	57	49	16	33	41	4	0	2	1.511	10.2	1.6	3.4	4.2	1.24
6	Richard Hoeksema*	25	0	0			1
7	Hal Hudson*	27	6	14	.300	4.98	35	15	4	1	121.0	136	82	67	14	55	37	9	0	5	1.579	10.1	1.0	4.1	2.8	0.67
8	Ken Johnson*	31	14	14	.500	3.78	30	29	15	5	205.0	166	97	86	20	109	150	8	0	10	1.341	7.3	0.9	4.8	6.6	1.38
9	Milo Johnson	35	0	1	.000		10
10	Milt Jordan	27	0	2	.000		23
11	Frank Lary	24	15	11	.577	3.39	41	25	13	3	207.0	206	86	78	10	82	102	5	1	10	1.391	9.0	0.4	3.6	4.4	1.24
12	Duke Maas	25	7	4	.636	3.92	17	14	7	1	101.0	95	44	44	7	53	65	1	0	1	1.465	8.5	0.6	4.7	5.8	1.23
13	Ernie Nevel	34	0	2	.000		10
14	Donald Swartz	29	4	4	.500	4.36	32	3	2	0	66.0	87	35	32	6	19	21	5	0	0	1.606	11.9	0.8	2.6	2.9	1.11
	14 Players	28.4	71	83	.461		155	155					694

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
Al Lakeman	86	427	48	10	9	.979	5.52	6
Daniel Ryan	50	228	29	2	6	.992	5.14	2
Johnny Bucha	27	140	9	2	0	.987	5.52	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dick Gernert	72	600	50	3	61	.995	9.03
Harvey Zernia	50	419	31	3	31	.993	9.00
Jack Wallaesa	33	264	22	7	23	.976	8.67

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Doug Hansen	70	169	194	11	43	.971	5.19
Harry Bright	36	93	83	8	15	.957	4.89
Mel Hoderlein	23	56	55	1	13	.991	4.83
Sammy Meeks	13	25	28	8	9	.869	4.08
Billy Hitchcock	10	24	30	1	7	.982	5.40

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Baumgartner	43	40	80	6	8	.952	2.79
Mel Hoderlein	37	44	89	5	12	.964	3.59
Sammy Meeks	36	25	76	4	5	.962	2.81
Harry Bright	34	24	71	3	6	.969	2.79
Harvey Zernia	22	11	32	3	2	.935	1.95

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Buddy Hicks	114	211	349	22	60	.962	4.91
Mel Hoderlein	26	48	68	7	18	.943	4.46
Sammy Meeks	18	28	37	0	5	1.000	3.61

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ron Northey	139	197	17	9	8	.960	1.54
Chick King	127	386	6	11	2	.973	3.09
Frank Carswell	116	184	9	3	2	.985	1.66
Pat Mullin	40	49	3	2	0	.963	1.30
Harvey Zernia	39	50	3	1	0	.981	1.36
Jake Crawford	24	19	2	1	0	.955	0.88
John Baumgartner	17	24	2	1	0	.963	1.53

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Lary	41	11	37	4	3	.923	1.17
Earl Harrist	38	6	12	2	1	.900	0.47
Hal Hudson	35	9	21	1	0	.968	0.86
Hal Erickson	34	8	24	2	0	.941	0.94
Donald Swartz	32	4	9	1	2	.929	0.41
Bill Froats	31	1	18	0	0	1.000	0.61
Ken Johnson	30	6	40	2	3	.958	1.53
Milt Jordan	23	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.35
Paul Foytack	17	6	11	2	1	.895	1.00
Duke Maas	17	3	17	0	1	1.000	1.18
Milo Johnson	10	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.30
Ernie Nevel	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.50
James Harper	2						0.00
Richard Hoeksema	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
John Baumgartner	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	May 29, 1931	Birmingham, AL, US
Harry Bright	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 22, 1929	Kansas City, MO, US
Johnny Bucha	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jan 22, 1925	Allentown, PA, US
Frank Carswell	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Nov 6, 1919	Palestine, TX, US
Jake Crawford	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 20, 1928	Campbell, MO, US
Hal Erickson	34	R	R	6' 5.0"	230	Jul 17, 1919	Portland, OR, US
Paul Foytack	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 16, 1930	Scranton, PA, US
Bill Froats	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 20, 1930	New York, NY, US
Dick Gernert	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	209	Sep 28, 1928	Reading, PA, US
Doug Hansen	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 16, 1928	Los Angeles, CA, US
James Harper	23					1931	Allentown, PA, US
Earl Harrist	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 20, 1919	Dubach, LA, US
Buddy Hicks	27	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 15, 1927	Belvedere, CA, US
Billy Hitchcock	37	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 31, 1916	Inverness, AL, US
Mel Hoderlein	31	S	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jun 24, 1923	Mount Carmel, OH, US
Richard Hoeksema	25	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	1929
Hal Hudson	27	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	May 4, 1927	Grosse Pointe, MI, US
Ken Johnson	31	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 14, 1923	Topeka, KS, US
Milo Johnson	35	L	R	6' 1.0"	165	Jun 22, 1919	Manitowoc, WI, US
Milt Jordan	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	207	May 24, 1927	Mineral Springs, PA, US
Chick King	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Nov 10, 1930	Paris, TN, US
Al Lakeman	35	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 31, 1918	Cincinnati, OH, US
Frank Lary	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 10, 1930	Northport, AL, US
Duke Maas	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jan 31, 1929	Utica, MI, US
Sammy Meeks	31	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Apr 23, 1923	Anderson, SC, US
Pat Mullin	36	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Nov 1, 1917	Trotter, PA, US
Ernie Nevel	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Aug 17, 1919	Charleston, MO, US
Ron Northey	34	L	R	5' 10.0"	195	Apr 26, 1920	Mahanoy City, PA, US
Daniel Ryan	29	R		5' 10.0"	180	1925
Donald Swartz	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	1925
Jack Wallaesa	34	S	R	6' 3.0"	191	Aug 31, 1919	Easton, PA, US
Harvey Zernia	28	L		6' 1.0"	175	May 31, 1926	Milwaukee, WI, US

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