1936 Houston Buffaloes

1936 > Class A-1 > 1936 Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Ira Smith
Represented: Houston, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1935 / 1937

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA	SLG	TB
1	Lonny Backer	29	42	148		38	12	2	0			.257	.365	54
2	Larry Barton*	23	16	54	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	.167	.241	13
3	Bill Conroy	21	80	225		67	15	3	3			.298	.431	97
4	Mays Copeland	22	13	19		4	1	0	0			.211	.263	5
5	Mike Cvengros*	35	31	67		14	3	0	0			.209	.254	17
6	Hal Epps*	22	95	354		101	18	5	5			.285	.407	144
7	Herman Franks*	22	97	312		81	12	8	5			.260	.397	124
8	Johnny Keane	24	150	534		145	21	11	0			.272	.352	188
9	Jim Lyons	22	19	39		9	1	0	0			.231	.256	10
10	Hersh Martin#	26	150	596		177	27	21	6			.297	.443	264
11	Herb Moore*	20	29	55		9	1	0	0			.164	.182	10
12	Heinie Mueller#	23	123	372		107	16	5	5			.288	.398	148
13	Les Munns	27	14	26		10	2	0	0			.385	.462	12
14	Don Padgett*	24	49	189		47	6	7	0			.249	.354	67
15	Patrick Riley*	22	13	45		10	1	1	0			.222	.289	13
16	Johnny Rizzo	23	144	551		169	30	11	9			.307	.450	248
17	Robert Ross*	20	17	33		9	1	0	0			.273	.303	10
18	Heinie Schuble	29	97	365		95	15	5	5			.260	.370	135
19	Tom Seats	25	20	55		14	4	2	0			.255	.400	22
20	Al Sherer	21	19	22		2	0	0	0			.091	.091	2
21	Ira Smith	30	49	80		25	4	2	0			.313	.413	33
22	Justin Stein	24	114	410		112	20	8	1			.273	.368	151
23	John Stevenson?	21	33	78		13	2	0	1			.167	.231	18
24	Vernon Taylor?	24	5	9		2	0	0	0			.222	.222	2
25	Johnny Watwood*	30	113	425		144	20	11	0			.339	.438	186
	25 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	Mays Copeland	22	0	6	.000	5.59	13	9	58.0	68	37	36	20	1.517	10.6	3.1
2	Mike Cvengros*	35	15	7	.682	3.54	30	23	183.0	202	89	72	46	1.355	9.9	2.3
3	Maurice Forsythe?	21	0	1	.000		3		6.0
4	Johnny Grodzicki	19	0	1	.000		3		10.0
5	Jim Lyons*	22	11	3	.786	2.17	17	17	112.0	113	39	27	16	1.152	9.1	1.3
6	Herb Moore*	20	8	13	.381	4.38	29	17	154.0	150	88	75	79	1.487	8.8	4.6
7	Les Munns	27	5	3	.625	5.54	13	7	65.0	79	45	40	40	1.831	10.9	5.5
8	Robert Ross?	20	4	4	.500	4.76	17	12	85.0	92	59	45	48	1.647	9.7	5.1
9	Tom Seats*	25	9	8	.529	2.94	24	18	147.0	121	59	48	57	1.211	7.4	3.5
10	Al Sherer	21	3	4	.429	6.89	19	6	64.0	70	54	49	25	1.484	9.8	3.5
11	Ira Smith	30	13	6	.684	2.32	38	7	171.0	147	56	44	26	1.012	7.7	1.4
12	John Stevenson	21	14	11	.560	2.70	32	27	227.0	219	90	68	81	1.322	8.7	3.2
13	Vernon Taylor	24	1	2	.333		4		23.0
	13 Players	24.7

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
Herman Franks	92		436	70	16		.969	5.50
Bill Conroy	67		240	31	12		.958	4.04

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Johnny Watwood	105		888	49	12		.987	8.92
Larry Barton	16		122	8	1		.992	8.13

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Heinie Mueller	87		194	222	14		.967	4.78
Justin Stein	72		186	177	22		.943	5.04

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Heinie Schuble	95		99	172	15		.948	2.85
Lonny Backer	42		64	78	7		.953	3.38

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Johnny Keane	150		291	431	55		.929	4.81

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Hersh Martin	144	325	19	12	.966	2.39
Johnny Rizzo	141	269	18	10	.966	2.04
Hal Epps	94	238	14	9	.966	2.68
Don Padgett	46	116	4	4	.968	2.61

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ira Smith	38							0.00
John Stevenson	32							0.00
Mike Cvengros	30							0.00
Herb Moore	29							0.00
Tom Seats	24							0.00
Al Sherer	19							0.00
Jim Lyons	17							0.00
Robert Ross	17							0.00
Mays Copeland	13							0.00
Les Munns	13							0.00
Vernon Taylor	4							0.00
Maurice Forsythe	3							0.00
Johnny Grodzicki	3							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Lonny Backer	29	R	R	5' 8.0"	163	Feb 5, 1907	Franklin, CA, US
Larry Barton	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	195	Nov 21, 1912	Pueblo, CO, US
Bill Conroy	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Feb 26, 1915	Bloomington, IL, US
Mays Copeland	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 31, 1913	Mountain View, AR, US
Mike Cvengros	35	L	L	5' 8.0"	159	Dec 1, 1900	Pana, IL, US
Hal Doerr	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	May 15, 1913	Los Angeles, CA, US
Hal Epps	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 26, 1914	Athens, GA, US
Maurice Forsythe	21	L		6' 0.0"	171	1915
Herman Franks	22	L	R	5' 10.0"	187	Jan 4, 1914	Price, UT, US
Johnny Grodzicki	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 26, 1917	Nanticoke, PA, US
Johnny Keane	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Nov 3, 1911	St. Louis, MO, US
Jim Lyons	22	R	L	5' 5.0"	145	Jan 7, 1914	Canway, AR, US
Hersh Martin	26	S	R	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 19, 1909	Birmingham, AL, US
Herb Moore	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	200	Nov 27, 1915	Prince George County, VA, US
Heinie Mueller	23	S	R	5' 6.0"	167	Jul 20, 1912	St. Louis, MO, US
Les Munns	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	212	Dec 1, 1908	Fort Bragg, CA, US
Don Padgett	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 5, 1911	Caroleen, NC, US
Patrick Riley	22	L		5' 10.0"	165	Jul 29, 1913	Port Arthur, TX, US
Johnny Rizzo	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Jul 30, 1912	Houston, TX, US
Robert Ross	20	L		6' 4.0"	198	1916
Heinie Schuble	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	152	Nov 1, 1906	Houston, TX, US
Tom Seats	25	R	L	5' 11.0"	190	Sep 24, 1910	Farmington, NC, US
Al Sherer	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 28, 1914	Quincy, IL, US
Ira Smith	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 5, 1905	Shabbona, IL, US
Justin Stein	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 9, 1911	St. Louis, MO, US
John Stevenson	21		R	6' 0.0"	175	1915
Vernon Taylor	24		R	6' 1.0"	190	1912
Johnny Watwood	30	L	L	6' 1.0"	186	Aug 17, 1905	Alexander City, AL, US

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