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1959 Buffalo Bisons

1959 > Class AAA > 1959 International League
Overall: 89-64
Scored 797 runs, Allowed 643 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-62

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Kerby Farrell
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1958 / 1960

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	IBB
1	Ruben Amaro	23	119	476	423	59	109	18	3	3	31	4	44	29	.258	.329	.336	.665	142	2	5	2	2
2	Dick Brown	24	13	51	47	6	15	3	1	4	10	0	2	6	.319	.360	.681	1.041	32	1	1	0	1
3	Richard Bunker*	24	30	42	40	3	9	0	1	0	6	0	2	7	.225	.262	.275	.537	11	0	0	0	0
4	Mack Burk	24	13	36	35	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	1	6	.200	.222	.200	.422	7	0	0	0	0
5	Joe Caffie*	28	37	153	139	23	38	8	1	7	17	0	13	28	.273	.340	.496	.836	69	1	0	0	3
6	Jimmie Coker	23	111	423	376	60	108	22	3	15	64	5	39	55	.287	.357	.481	.838	181	4	0	4	7
7	Jim Command*	30	16	44	41	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	3	3	.171	.227	.220	.447	9	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
8	Bob Conley	25	14	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
9	Bobby Del Greco	26	152	667	542	109	155	48	1	21	72	5	88	91	.286	.404	.494	.898	268	24	6	7	1
10	Luke Easter*	43	143	570	478	68	125	32	2	22	76	0	84	122	.262	.377	.475	.852	227	6	0	2	9	Stats for 2 teams
11	John Easton	26	49	143	133	16	33	4	4	0	15	2	6	26	.248	.284	.338	.622	45	1	2	1	0
12	Don Erickson	27	41	43	41	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	.146	.146	.171	.317	7	0	2	0	0
13	Turk Farrell	25	9		8		1								.125
14	Gordon Figard#	24	23	73	61	8	12	3	1	0	6	3	11	16	.197	.329	.279	.607	17	1	0	0	2
15	Dallas Green*	24	17	42	37	4	5	3	0	0	4	0	3	14	.135	.190	.216	.407	8	0	0	2	0
16	Warren Hacker	34	32	78	77	5	16	1	0	0	7	0	0	13	.208	.208	.221	.429	17	0	1	0	0
17	Fred Hahn	30	4		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
18	Harry Hanebrink*	31	17	75	65	9	15	2	0	4	11	1	8	5	.231	.320	.446	.766	29	1	0	1	0
19	Mickey Harrington	24	108	339	319	43	96	9	4	4	38	2	12	28	.301	.331	.392	.723	125	3	4	1	1
20	Pancho Herrera	25	151	656	569	104	187	42	3	37	128	8	73	108	.329	.410	.608	1.018	346	9	0	5	13
21	Buddy Hicks#	32	16	39	35	3	9	2	0	0	5	0	4	5	.257	.333	.314	.648	11	0	0	0	0
22	Earl Hunsinger	25	7		6		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
23	Ed Keegan	19	6		2		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
24	Don Landrum*	23	132	570	503	81	139	26	8	12	58	11	46	69	.276	.343	.431	.775	217	9	5	7	3
25	Ken Lehman*	31	57	94	93	10	26	3	0	4	14	0	1	19	.280	.287	.441	.728	41	0	0	0	0
26	Joe Lonnett	32	16	57	50	8	15	5	0	3	8	0	7	10	.300	.386	.580	.966	29	0	0	0	0
27	Art Mahaffey	21	24	39	33	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	15	.182	.250	.242	.492	8	1	3	0	0
28	Hank Mason	28	43	45	38	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	3	9	.211	.286	.211	.496	8	1	3	0	0
29	Bobby Morgan	33	148	591	500	79	131	23	2	21	83	3	81	107	.262	.367	.442	.809	221	4	2	4	11
30	Ron Mrozinski	28	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
31	Jack Phillips	37	96	279	265	41	76	17	2	9	41	0	13	33	.287	.320	.468	.788	124	0	1	0	2
32	Freddy Rodriguez	35	43	17	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	1	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
33	Thomas Shollin	22	8		15		3								.200
34	Chris Short	21	27	70	61	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	1	12	.098	.127	.115	.242	7	1	7	0	0
35	Max Surkont	37	24	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	1	0	0
36	Bill Taylor*	29	59	225	201	38	66	10	2	12	39	1	20	26	.328	.387	.577	.964	116	1	0	3	8
37	Lou Vassie	23	99	364	316	59	82	21	2	9	44	2	43	59	.259	.347	.424	.771	134	1	1	3	4
	37 Players	28.0	153	5851	5155	797	1400	281	38	166	732	48	542	865	.272	.346	.437	.784	2255	67	47	40

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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Richard Bunker*	24	8	6	.571	5.00	30	14	3	0	108.0	125	66	60	14	58	4	46	1	2	5	1.694	10.4	1.2	4.8	3.8	0.79
2	Bob Conley	25	1	4	.200	6.59	11	9	1	0	41.0	49	32	30	11	10	0	17	4	0	0	1.439	10.8	2.4	2.2	3.7	1.70	Stats for 2 teams
3	Don Erickson	27	6	5	.545	3.53	40	9	3	2	130.0	112	62	51	12	69	10	65	2	0	6	1.392	7.8	0.8	4.8	4.5	0.94
4	Turk Farrell	25	4	2	.667	3.86	9				28.0	29	14	12		8		26				1.321	9.3		2.6	8.4	3.25
5	Dallas Green	24	9	5	.643	2.94	17	15	6	2	101.0	94	39	33	11	28	1	72	2	0	4	1.208	8.4	1.0	2.5	6.4	2.57
6	Warren Hacker	34	10	8	.556	3.67	30	27	13	2	196.0	191	86	80	20	20	3	142	2	0	1	1.077	8.8	0.9	0.9	6.5	7.10
7	Fred Hahn*	30	0	1	.000		4
8	Earl Hunsinger	25	2	1	.667		7
9	Ed Keegan	19	0	3	.000	12.46	5				13.0	14		18		11		10				1.923	9.7		7.6	6.9	0.91
10	Ken Lehman*	31	13	8	.619	3.26	41	14	7	1	171.0	172	74	62	17	41	13	95	0	0	6	1.246	9.1	0.9	2.2	5.0	2.32
11	Art Mahaffey	21	8	5	.615	4.42	24	17	4	0	108.0	104	59	53	15	47	2	81	9	0	2	1.398	8.7	1.2	3.9	6.8	1.72
12	Hank Mason	28	12	3	.800	3.24	41	6	4	3	125.0	119	51	45	15	37	8	82	2	1	3	1.248	8.6	1.1	2.7	5.9	2.22
13	Bob Miller	33	1	0	1.000		14																					Stats for 2 teams
14	Ron Mrozinski*	28	0	0			12
15	Freddy Rodriguez	35	3	7	.300	3.69	43	2	1	0	83.0	74	40	34	8	26	7	55	3	1	3	1.205	8.0	0.9	2.8	6.0	2.12	Stats for 2 teams
16	Chris Short*	21	12	9	.571	3.16	27	27	12	2	182.0	153	69	64	17	57	4	130	5	0	11	1.154	7.6	0.8	2.8	6.4	2.28
17	Max Surkont	37	2	2	.500	3.16	24	3	1	0	57.0	50	22	20	6	22	3	40	1	0	0	1.263	7.9	0.9	3.5	6.3	1.82
	17 Players	27.9	89	64	.582		153	153					643

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
Jimmie Coker	108	634	49	10	11	.986	6.32	11
Joe Lonnett	15	96	7	2	0	.981	6.87	1
Dick Brown	12	82	4	2	2	.977	7.17	0
Mack Burk	12	58	2	0	0	1.000	5.00	1
Jim Command	11	64	11	0	3	1.000	6.82	2	Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pancho Herrera	139	1136	97	13	121	.990	8.87
Luke Easter	138	1105	85	20	83	.983	8.62	Stats for 2 teams
Jack Phillips	14	78	3	1	1	.988	5.79

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lou Vassie	78	177	161	9	44	.974	4.33
Bobby Morgan	74	151	197	6	55	.983	4.70
Gordon Figard	10	23	31	3	7	.947	5.40

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Phillips	61	43	97	7	10	.952	2.30
Bobby Morgan	34	25	54	5	5	.940	2.32
Pancho Herrera	23	14	34	6	4	.889	2.09
Harry Hanebrink	17	14	36	3	2	.943	2.94
Lou Vassie	14	5	24	3	2	.906	2.07
Buddy Hicks	13	4	21	2	0	.926	1.92

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ruben Amaro	112		206	384	27	84	.956	5.27
Bobby Morgan	44		52	114	7	22	.960	3.77

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bobby Del Greco	152	348	23	5	3	.987	2.44
Don Landrum	127	215	10	3	1	.987	1.77
Mickey Harrington	84	117	3	2	1	.984	1.43
Bill Taylor	55	91	5	1	3	.990	1.75
John Easton	39	52	1	2	0	.964	1.36
Joe Caffie	35	47	1	1	1	.980	1.37

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Freddy Rodriguez	43	2	21	0	2	1.000	0.53	Stats for 2 teams
Ken Lehman	41	11	32	0	2	1.000	1.05
Hank Mason	41	5	23	1	1	.966	0.68
Don Erickson	40	8	31	1	2	.975	0.98
Richard Bunker	30	6	17	3	1	.885	0.77
Warren Hacker	30	8	17	1	0	.962	0.83
Chris Short	27	10	32	1	1	.977	1.56
Art Mahaffey	24	8	21	1	4	.967	1.21
Max Surkont	24	4	14	0	0	1.000	0.75
Dallas Green	17	8	19	3	1	.900	1.59
Bob Miller	14	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.29	Stats for 2 teams
Ron Mrozinski	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.25
Bob Conley	11	5	6	0	0	1.000	1.00	Stats for 2 teams
Turk Farrell	9						0.00
Earl Hunsinger	7						0.00
Ed Keegan	5						0.00
Fred Hahn	4						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ruben Amaro	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 6, 1936	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, MX
Dick Brown	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	176	Jan 17, 1935	Shinnston, WV, US
Richard Bunker	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	Apr 5, 1935	Norwood, MA, US
Mack Burk	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	180	Apr 21, 1935	Nacogdoches, TX, US
Joe Caffie	28	L	R	5' 10.0"	180	Feb 14, 1931	Ramer, AL, US
Jimmie Coker	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Mar 28, 1936	Holly Hill, SC, US
Jim Command	30	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 15, 1928	Grand Rapids, MI, US
Bob Conley	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Feb 1, 1934	Mousie, KY, US
Bobby Del Greco	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Apr 7, 1933	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Luke Easter	43	L	R	6' 4.0"	240	Aug 4, 1915	Jonestown, MS, US
John Easton	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Mar 4, 1933	Trenton, NJ, US
Don Erickson	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 13, 1931	Springfield, IL, US
Turk Farrell	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Apr 8, 1934	Boston, MA, US
Gordon Figard	24	S	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 16, 1934
Dallas Green	24	L	R	6' 5.0"	210	Aug 4, 1934	Newport, DE, US
Warren Hacker	34	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 21, 1924	Marissa, IL, US
Fred Hahn	30	R	L	6' 3.0"	174	Feb 16, 1929	Nyack, NY, US
Harry Hanebrink	31	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Nov 12, 1927	St. Louis, MO, US
Mickey Harrington	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Oct 8, 1934	Hattiesburg, MS, US
Pancho Herrera	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Jun 16, 1934	Santiago de las Vegas, La Habana, CU
Buddy Hicks	32	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 15, 1927	Belvedere, CA, US
Earl Hunsinger	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	1934
Ed Keegan	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	165	Jul 8, 1939	Camden, NJ, US
Don Landrum	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 16, 1936	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Ken Lehman	31	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jun 10, 1928	Seattle, WA, US
Joe Lonnett	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Feb 7, 1927	Beaver Falls, PA, US
Art Mahaffey	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 4, 1938	Cincinnati, OH, US
Hank Mason	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jun 19, 1931	Marshall, MO, US
Bob Miller	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jun 16, 1926	Detroit, MI, US
Bobby Morgan	33	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Jun 29, 1926	Oklahoma City, OK, US
Ron Mrozinski	28	R	L	5' 11.0"	160	Sep 16, 1930	White Haven, PA, US
Jack Phillips	37	R	R	6' 4.0"	193	Sep 6, 1921	Clarence, NY, US
Freddy Rodriguez	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 29, 1924	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Thomas Shollin	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	188	1937
Chris Short	21	R	L	6' 4.0"	205	Sep 19, 1937	Milford, DE, US
Max Surkont	37	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jun 16, 1922	Central Falls, RI, US
Bill Taylor	29	L	L	6' 3.0"	212	Dec 30, 1929	Alhambra, CA, US
Lou Vassie	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jun 30, 1936

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