1956 Buffalo Bisons

1956 > Class AAA > 1956 International League
Overall: 64-87
Scored 598 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-88

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Phil Cavarretta
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1955 / 1957

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	Johnny Blatnik	35	22	56	49	5	15	6	0	0	2	0	7	12	.306	.393	.429	.821	21	0	0	0
2	Roger Bowman	28	24	46	42	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	14	.048	.087	.048	.135	2	0	0	2
3	Joe Brovia*	34	46	141	122	12	28	7	0	6	28	0	17	23	.230	.326	.434	.761	53	1	0	1
4	George Bullard	27	96	377	322	46	80	12	4	2	17	15	49	45	.248	.348	.329	.677	106	1	3	2
5	Joe Caffie*	25	128	526	482	84	150	16	6	8	46	19	39	53	.311	.364	.419	.783	202	1	4	0
6	Pete Castiglione	35	128	488	445	39	122	20	4	0	33	2	31	33	.274	.322	.337	.659	150	2	7	3
7	Phil Cavarretta*	39	57	84	69	10	18	2	0	1	10	1	14	14	.261	.393	.333	.726	23	1	0	0
8	Jim Clark	28	10	22	21	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	1	0	0	0
9	Joe Coleman	33	46	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	0
10	Billy DeMars	30	104	358	320	26	78	9	0	1	22	2	29	22	.244	.306	.281	.587	90	0	8	1
11	Lawrence Donovan	22	31	65	58	3	7	3	0	0	4	0	2	17	.121	.150	.172	.322	10	0	5	0
12	Karl Drews	36	29	63	55	2	8	0	0	0	9	0	7	22	.145	.242	.145	.387	8	0	1	0
13	Luke Easter*	40	145	593	483	75	148	20	3	35	106	0	105	116	.306	.433	.578	1.011	279	4	0	1
14	Zeb Eaton	36	11	13	13	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.308	.308	.462	.769	6	0	0	0
15	Bill Froats*	25	37	35	25	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	15	.120	.290	.120	.410	3	0	4	0
16	Fred Hahn	27	36	64	55	4	13	1	0	0	5	0	4	17	.236	.288	.255	.543	14	0	5	0
17	Louis Heyman	36	36	104	90	7	14	5	0	4	12	0	13	33	.156	.269	.344	.614	31	1	0	0
18	Milt Jordan	29	2		2		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
19	Gus Keriazakos	24	14	25	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	0	1	0
20	Peanuts Lowrey	38	117	391	352	41	97	12	1	4	33	0	32	25	.276	.335	.349	.684	123	1	3	3
21	Ed Mierkowicz	32	120	410	357	39	84	16	1	8	47	3	47	48	.235	.327	.353	.680	126	2	3	1	Stats for 3 teams
22	Edgar Moeller	28	3		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
23	Ron Mrozinski	25	3		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
24	Steve Nagy*	37	18	28	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.042	.179	.042	.220	1	0	0	0
25	Harry Nicholas	26	39	43	38	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	14	.132	.195	.132	.327	5	0	2	0
26	Lou Ortiz	33	148	599	518	89	140	39	1	25	88	3	73	67	.270	.360	.494	.854	256	1	4	3
27	Mario Picone	29	6		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
28	Bill Serena	31	135	504	419	62	106	16	5	24	73	1	82	75	.253	.378	.487	.865	204	2	1	0
29	Norm Sherry	24	64	208	181	14	39	5	0	2	7	0	21	44	.215	.302	.276	.579	50	2	3	1
30	Victor Stryska*	29	6		1		1								1.000
31	Pat Tomkinson	29	91	262	229	21	45	8	0	2	13	0	29	34	.197	.284	.258	.541	59	0	1	3
32	Clyde Vollmer	34	14	45	43	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	1	10	.163	.200	.256	.456	11	1	0	0
33	John Weiss	31	45	41	37	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	19	.108	.132	.189	.321	7	0	3	0
	33 Players	31.9	151	5530	4814	598	1205	196	25	124	560	47	617	803	.250	.336	.379	.715	1823	20	55	24

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	Roger Bowman*	28	8	12	.400	4.29	23	19	8	2	128.0	141	69	61	15	57	66	0	0	6	1.547	9.9	1.1	4.0	4.6	1.16
2	Joe Coleman	33	4	2	.667	4.22	46	0	0	0	79.0	78	47	37	11	52	34	1	0	2	1.646	8.9	1.3	5.9	3.9	0.65
3	Lawrence Donovan	22	11	10	.524	3.67	31	25	12	2	174.0	172	77	71	12	64	70	12	0	1	1.356	8.9	0.6	3.3	3.6	1.09
4	Karl Drews	36	13	11	.542	3.84	29	24	11	3	171.0	186	79	73	17	49	88	11	0	3	1.374	9.8	0.9	2.6	4.6	1.80
5	Zeb Eaton	36	0	0			5
6	Bill Froats*	25	2	8	.200	7.02	37	9	2	1	109.0	133	92	85	13	63	93	8	0	4	1.798	11.0	1.1	5.2	7.7	1.48
7	Fred Hahn*	27	10	11	.476	4.47	36	20	6	0	163.0	166	93	81	20	101	104	7	0	5	1.638	9.2	1.1	5.6	5.7	1.03
8	Milt Jordan	29	0	1	.000		2
9	Gus Keriazakos	24	3	5	.375	4.77	14	11	4	0	66.0	71	41	35	6	35	32	2	0	3	1.606	9.7	0.8	4.8	4.4	0.91
10	Edgar Moeller	28	0	0			3
11	Ron Mrozinski*	25	1	1	.500		3
12	Steve Nagy*	37	3	3	.500	4.37	16	7	3	0	68.0	74	35	33	7	21	18	5	0	0	1.397	9.8	0.9	2.8	2.4	0.86
13	Harry Nicholas	26	5	10	.333	5.52	28	18	5	0	119.0	120	75	73	19	61	94	1	0	5	1.521	9.1	1.4	4.6	7.1	1.54
14	Mario Picone	29	0	0			1
15	Bob Schultz*	32	0	1	.000		2
16	Victor Stryska	29	1	0	1.000		6
17	Junior Walsh	37	0	0			2
18	John Weiss	31	3	12	.200	4.37	45	13	6	0	136.0	156	73	66	9	56	58	3	0	3	1.559	10.3	0.6	3.7	3.8	1.04
	18 Players	28.8	64	87	.424		151	151					722

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
Pat Tomkinson	82	372	26	7	4	.983	4.85	7
Norm Sherry	56	244	16	7	3	.974	4.64	2
Louis Heyman	35	154	10	1	0	.994	4.69	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Luke Easter	144	1148	113	12	136	.991	8.76
Phil Cavarretta	19	58	4	0	3	1.000	3.26
Ed Mierkowicz	11	92	12	4	6	.963	9.45	Stats for 3 teams

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lou Ortiz	147		370	365	10	100	.987	5.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bill Serena	128		136	322	18	36	.962	3.58
Pete Castiglione	27		31	53	3	6	.966	3.11

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Billy DeMars	94		153	244	12	49	.971	4.22
Pete Castiglione	59		87	153	8	35	.968	4.07

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Caffie	124	272	8	7	2	.976	2.26
Peanuts Lowrey	94	146	10	1	2	.994	1.66
George Bullard	90	198	11	9	4	.959	2.32
Ed Mierkowicz	90	139	10	2	3	.987	1.66	Stats for 3 teams
Joe Brovia	36	44	5	1	1	.980	1.36
Pete Castiglione	26	40	3	1	0	.977	1.65
Johnny Blatnik	18	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.17
Clyde Vollmer	12	18	3	1	1	.955	1.75

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Coleman	46	7	19	2	1	.929	0.57
John Weiss	45	18	22	1	2	.976	0.89
Bill Froats	37	2	13	0	1	1.000	0.41
Fred Hahn	36	13	29	6	1	.875	1.17
Lawrence Donovan	31	17	43	2	1	.968	1.94
Karl Drews	29	10	29	4	1	.907	1.34
Harry Nicholas	28	11	13	0	0	1.000	0.86
Roger Bowman	23	3	21	3	2	.889	1.04
Steve Nagy	16	3	12	0	0	1.000	0.94
Gus Keriazakos	14	2	12	0	1	1.000	1.00
Victor Stryska	6						0.00
Zeb Eaton	5						0.00
Edgar Moeller	3						0.00
Ron Mrozinski	3						0.00
Milt Jordan	2						0.00
Bob Schultz	2						0.00
Junior Walsh	2						0.00
Mario Picone	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Johnny Blatnik	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Mar 10, 1921	Bridgeport, OH, US
Roger Bowman	28	R	L	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 18, 1927	Amsterdam, NY, US
Joe Brovia	34	L	R	6' 3.0"	195	Feb 18, 1922	Davenport, CA, US
George Bullard	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 24, 1928	Lynn, MA, US
Joe Caffie	25	L	R	5' 10.0"	180	Feb 14, 1931	Ramer, AL, US
Pete Castiglione	35	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Feb 13, 1921	Greenwich, CT, US
Phil Cavarretta	39	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Jul 19, 1916	Chicago, IL, US
Jim Clark	28	R	R	5' 9.0"	150	Sep 21, 1927	Baggaley, PA, US
Joe Coleman	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jul 30, 1922	Medford, MA, US
Billy DeMars	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 26, 1925	Brooklyn, NY, US
Lawrence Donovan	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	1934
Karl Drews	36	R	R	6' 4.0"	192	Feb 22, 1920	Staten Island, NY, US
Luke Easter	40	L	R	6' 4.0"	240	Aug 4, 1915	Jonestown, MS, US
Zeb Eaton	36	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Feb 2, 1920	Cooleemee, NC, US
Bill Froats	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 20, 1930	New York, NY, US
Fred Hahn	27	R	L	6' 3.0"	174	Feb 16, 1929	Nyack, NY, US
Louis Heyman	36	R	R	6' 3.0"	230	Jun 2, 1920	Chicago, IL, US
Milt Jordan	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	207	May 24, 1927	Mineral Springs, PA, US
Gus Keriazakos	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	187	Jul 28, 1931	West Orange, NJ, US
Peanuts Lowrey	38	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Aug 27, 1917	Culver City, CA, US
Ed Mierkowicz	32	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Mar 6, 1924	Wyandotte, MI, US
Edgar Moeller	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1928
Ron Mrozinski	25	R	L	5' 11.0"	160	Sep 16, 1930	White Haven, PA, US
Steve Nagy	37	L	L	5' 9.0"	174	May 28, 1919	Franklin, NJ, US
Harry Nicholas	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Sep 28, 1929	Valley Stream, NY, US
Lou Ortiz	33	R		6' 3.0"	200	May 14, 1923	Albuquerque, NM, US
Mario Picone	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 5, 1926	Brooklyn, NY, US
Bob Schultz	32	R	L	6' 3.0"	200	Nov 27, 1923	Louisville, KY, US
Bill Serena	31	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 2, 1924	Alameda, CA, US
Norm Sherry	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 16, 1931	New York, NY, US
Victor Stryska	29	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	1927
Pat Tomkinson	29	R		6' 1.0"	190	Jan 20, 1927
Clyde Vollmer	34	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 24, 1921	Cincinnati, OH, US
Junior Walsh	37	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 7, 1919	Newark, NJ, US
John Weiss	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Oct 20, 1924

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