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1940 Houston Buffaloes

1940 > Class A-1 > 1940 Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Eddie Dyer
Represented: Houston, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939 / 1941

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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jack Angle 24 138 450 109 25 7 3 .242 .349 157
2 John Antonelli 24 145 535 154 16 5 1 .288 .342 183
3 Jeff Cross 21 115 348 81 11 4 1 .233 .296 103
4 Nick Cullop 39 125 423 115 18 5 21 .272 .487 206
5 John Davis 24 141 511 127 27 10 3 .249 .358 183
6 Larry Kempe 20 6 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
7 Howie Krist* 24 39 88 24 0 0 1 .273 .307 27
8 Chip Marshall 20 67 166 36 6 4 2 .217 .337 56
9 Danny Murtaugh 22 155 623 186 24 8 0 .299 .363 226
10 Sam Nahem 24 15 41 9 0 0 0 .220 .220 9
11 Sam Narron 26 121 412 107 17 5 10 .260 .398 164
12 Hank Nowak 21 35 75 12 2 1 0 .160 .213 16
13 Howie Pollet* 19 36 77 17 3 2 0 .221 .312 24
14 John Streza 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
15 Lou Vezilich 28 130 369 96 11 2 1 .260 .309 114
16 Steve Warchol 26 45 63 11 1 0 1 .175 .238 15
17 Ted Wilks 24 47 59 10 3 0 0 .169 .220 13
18 Tom Winsett* 30 139 443 133 29 13 18 .300 .546 242
19 Edward Wissman* 25 55 97 24 6 2 0 .247 .351 34
20 Johnny Wyrostek* 20 156 564 172 30 8 4 .305 .408 230
20 Players 25.0
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 SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Clarence Beers 21 0 1 .000 inf 1 0.0 2 0
2 Larry Kempe* 20 2 2 .500 9.47 6 19.0 26 21 20 8 1.789 12.3 3.8
3 Howie Krist 24 22 9 .710 1.71 38 253.0 221 66 48 50 1.071 7.9 1.8
4 Sam Nahem 24 8 6 .571 1.64 15 104.0 95 34 19 18 1.087 8.2 1.6
5 Hank Nowak 21 13 7 .650 2.72 35 212.0 182 87 64 116 1.406 7.7 4.9
6 Howie Pollet* 19 20 7 .741 2.88 32 228.0 200 91 73 82 1.237 7.9 3.2
7 Steve Warchol 26 11 6 .647 2.51 41 179.0 150 67 50 81 1.291 7.5 4.1
8 Ted Wilks 24 13 10 .565 2.51 47 197.0 187 63 55 44 1.173 8.5 2.0
9 Edward Wissman* 25 16 8 .667 2.62 38 189.0 172 67 55 58 1.217 8.2 2.8
9 Players 23.3

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Sam Narron 117 607 58 6 .991 5.68
Chip Marshall 64 134 37 10 .945 2.67

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Angle 136 1161 68 17 .986 9.04

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Antonelli 101 274 288 19 .967 5.56

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Danny Murtaugh 93 103 147 21 .923 2.69

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeff Cross 100 167 268 41 .914 4.35
John Davis 72 150 213 25 .936 5.04

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Johnny Wyrostek 154 372 13 8 .980 2.50
Tom Winsett 138 206 11 14 .939 1.57
Nick Cullop 109 175 7 2 .989 1.67
Lou Vezilich 106 195 10 2 .990 1.93

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Wilks 47 0.00
Steve Warchol 41 0.00
Howie Krist 38 0.00
Edward Wissman 38 0.00
Hank Nowak 35 0.00
Howie Pollet 32 0.00
Sam Nahem 15 0.00
Larry Kempe 6 0.00
Clarence Beers 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jack Angle 24 R R 5' 11.0" 167 1916
John Antonelli 24 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Jul 15, 1915 Memphis, TN, US
Clarence Beers 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 9, 1918 El Dorado, KS, US
Jeff Cross 21 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Aug 28, 1918 Tulsa, OK, US
Nick Cullop 39 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Oct 16, 1900 St. Louis, MO, US
John Davis 24 R R 5' 11.0" 172 Jul 15, 1915 Wilkes-Barre, PA, US
Larry Kempe 20 R L 6' 4.0" 190 Jul 6, 1919 Hinton, IA, US
Howie Krist 24 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Feb 28, 1916 West Henrietta, NY, US
Chip Marshall 20 R R 5' 10.0" 178 Aug 28, 1919 Wilmington, DE, US
Danny Murtaugh 22 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Oct 8, 1917 Chester, PA, US
Sam Nahem 24 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 19, 1915 New York, NY, US
Sam Narron 26 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Aug 25, 1913 Middlesex, NC, US
Hank Nowak 21 R R 6' 1.0" 192 Aug 9, 1918 Buffalo, NY, US
Howie Pollet 19 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Jun 26, 1921 New Orleans, LA, US
John Streza 20 R 6' 3.0" 220 Apr 7, 1920 Alliance, OH, US
Lou Vezilich 28 R 6' 2.0" 185 May 30, 1912 Oakland, CA, US
Steve Warchol 26 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1914
Ted Wilks 24 R R 5' 9.0" 178 Nov 13, 1915 Fulton, NY, US
Tom Winsett 30 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 24, 1909 McKenzie, TN, US
Edward Wissman 25 L L 6' 0.0" 180 1915
Johnny Wyrostek 20 L R 6' 2.0" 180 Jul 12, 1919 Fairmont City, IL, US

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