1949 Buffalo Bisons

1949 > Class AAA > 1949 International League
Overall: 90-64

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Paul Richards
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1948 / 1950

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
1	Luis Aloma	26	38	65	54	8	6	1	0	0	2	0	7	21	.111	.213	.130	.343	7	0	4
2	Cy Block	30	87	292	252	48	65	16	1	4	34	4	37	29	.258	.353	.377	.730	95	0	3
3	Moe Burtschy	27	2		1		0								.000
4	George Byam	29	136	556	482	73	138	21	2	19	106	9	66	80	.286	.376	.456	.832	220	3	5
5	Alex Carrasquel	36	12	13	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.154	.154	.385	.538	5	0	0
6	Ray Coleman*	27	153	646	555	109	164	29	8	23	113	10	81	49	.295	.386	.501	.887	278	1	9
7	Doc Cramer*	43	65	146	135	22	37	7	0	3	27	2	9	4	.274	.324	.393	.717	53	1	1
8	Billy DeMars	23	109	435	378	49	105	18	1	6	56	3	47	26	.278	.362	.378	.740	143	3	7
9	Zeb Eaton	29	5		3		1								.333
10	Lonny Frey*	38	93	390	314	74	94	14	1	11	51	4	69	34	.299	.426	.455	.881	143	0	7
11	Lum Harris	34	41	46	42	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	3	11	.143	.200	.190	.390	8	0	1
12	Clem Hausmann	29	31	72	43	11	6	0	0	0	3	0	21	7	.140	.422	.140	.561	6	0	8
13	Bob Hooper	27	43	71	66	11	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	23	.197	.197	.227	.424	15	0	5
14	Jack Hussey	27	51	164	138	22	29	2	2	8	32	4	26	35	.210	.335	.428	.763	59	0	0
15	Chet Laabs	37	123	497	403	84	109	18	4	22	75	1	92	107	.270	.407	.499	.906	201	1	1	Stats for 2 teams
16	Edward Marchefsky*	24	5		2		0								.000
17	Gene Markland	29	151	690	522	142	159	36	4	25	90	12	155	79	.305	.470	.533	1.003	278	8	5
18	Bill McCahan	28	5		2		0								.000
19	Anse Moore*	31	131	525	466	72	138	32	1	12	88	1	57	30	.296	.375	.446	.822	208	2	0
20	Len Okrie	25	40	114	98	13	21	3	0	2	10	0	15	27	.214	.319	.306	.625	30	0	1
21	James Parton*	24	29	43	37	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	.189	.268	.189	.457	7	0	2
22	Paul Richards	40	2		1		0								.000
23	Saul Rogovin	25	39	95	90	13	24	5	0	3	18	0	5	17	.267	.305	.422	.727	38	0	0
24	Ernest Sills	27	50	63	50	6	6	0	0	0	5	0	11	17	.120	.279	.120	.399	6	0	2
25	Martin Tabacheck	27	116	395	353	37	84	16	0	2	44	1	28	18	.238	.296	.300	.596	106	1	13
26	Frank Trechock	33	80	247	198	32	42	9	0	2	17	2	42	25	.212	.353	.288	.641	57	1	6
27	Coaker Triplett	37	127	497	419	98	135	25	1	22	102	6	75	37	.322	.427	.544	.972	228	2	1
28	Jake Wade*	37	41	26	22	4	4	2	0	1	1	0	3	9	.182	.280	.409	.689	9	0	1
29	Bennie Warren	37	37	97	78	11	17	2	0	3	18	0	17	22	.218	.358	.359	.717	28	0	2
30	Jim Wilson	27	32	62	55	4	10	2	0	1	4	0	7	11	.182	.274	.273	.547	15	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
	30 Players	30.6	155	5936	4995	904	1348	253	23	158	853	58	832	660	.270	.377	.425	.801	2121	23	86

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	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Luis Aloma	26	10	9	.526	4.60	38	22	7	1	180.0	177	99	92	94	115	2	0	4	1.506	8.8	4.7	5.8	1.22
2	Moe Burtschy	27	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	1	4.000	9.0	27.0	9.0	0.33
3	Alex Carrasquel	36	2	3	.400	4.19	12	4	1	0	43.0	53	20	20	15	18	2	0	4	1.581	11.1	3.1	3.8	1.20
4	Zeb Eaton	29	1	0	1.000	2.57	4	1	0	0	7.0	5	4	2	5	4	0	0	0	1.429	6.4	6.4	5.1	0.80
5	Lum Harris	34	4	7	.364	4.93	41	9	2	0	126.0	137	74	69	62	76	0	0	1	1.579	9.8	4.4	5.4	1.23
6	Clem Hausmann	29	15	7	.682	4.23	31	23	11	3	168.0	176	86	79	59	62	2	2	0	1.399	9.4	3.2	3.3	1.05
7	Bob Hooper	27	19	3	.864	3.96	36	18	9	0	175.0	176	94	77	85	75	3	0	0	1.491	9.1	4.4	3.9	0.88
8	Edward Marchefsky?	24	1	0	1.000	8.10	5	1	0	0	10.0	10	9	9	4	6	1	0	0	1.400	9.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
9	Bill McCahan	28	0	4	.000	9.00	5	4	0	0	13.0	20	15	13	19	5	0	0	0	3.000	13.8	13.2	3.5	0.26
10	James Parton*	24	4	7	.364	4.70	29	20	3	0	111.0	120	68	58	72	44	2	0	3	1.730	9.7	5.8	3.6	0.61
11	Saul Rogovin	25	16	6	.727	3.65	29	22	19	1	197.0	188	91	80	101	163	1	0	3	1.467	8.6	4.6	7.4	1.61
12	Ernest Sills	27	12	11	.522	5.54	50	17	4	0	164.0	189	114	101	76	63	1	0	1	1.616	10.4	4.2	3.5	0.83
13	Jake Wade*	37	3	4	.429	6.70	41	7	3	0	82.0	106	70	61	43	42	1	0	0	1.817	11.6	4.7	4.6	0.98
14	Jim Wilson	27	7	11	.389	3.94	26	18	10	1	153.0	167	80	67	63	100	2	0	1	1.503	9.8	3.7	5.9	1.59	Stats for 2 teams
	14 Players	28.5	90	64	.584		155	155

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
Martin Tabacheck	110	554	61	10	10	.984	5.59	3
Len Okrie	38	143	12	4	3	.975	4.08	4
Bennie Warren	20	110	9	2	2	.983	5.95	1

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Byam	134		1059	69	6	103	.995	8.42
Jack Hussey	28		201	9	3	18	.986	7.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gene Markland	80	202	212	11	51	.974	5.18
Lonny Frey	57	139	145	14	32	.953	4.98
Frank Trechock	40	72	70	2	24	.986	3.55

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gene Markland	77	85	145	16	7	.935	2.99
Cy Block	75	78	119	14	11	.934	2.63
Lonny Frey	13	15	21	2	1	.947	2.77

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy DeMars	109	228	329	28	67	.952	5.11
Frank Trechock	34	32	105	7	18	.951	4.03
Lonny Frey	21	36	56	7	11	.929	4.38

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ray Coleman	152	374	10	5	1	.987	2.53
Anse Moore	123	192	6	6	2	.971	1.61
Chet Laabs	118	208	6	10	1	.955	1.81	Stats for 2 teams
Coaker Triplett	113	203	12	2	2	.991	1.90
Doc Cramer	45	44	2	2	0	.958	1.02
Jack Hussey	18	22	2	0	0	1.000	1.33

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ernest Sills	50	1	24	1	1	.962	0.50
Lum Harris	41	11	25	1	0	.973	0.88
Jake Wade	41	5	17	2	1	.917	0.54
Luis Aloma	38	6	26	0	1	1.000	0.84
Bob Hooper	36	17	45	3	2	.954	1.72
Clem Hausmann	31	11	32	3	3	.935	1.39
James Parton	29	3	23	1	1	.963	0.90
Saul Rogovin	29	10	26	1	0	.973	1.24
Jim Wilson	26	15	26	1	1	.976	1.58	Stats for 2 teams
Alex Carrasquel	12	1	6	0	1	1.000	0.58
Edward Marchefsky	5						0.00
Bill McCahan	5						0.00
Zeb Eaton	4						0.00
Moe Burtschy	2						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Luis Aloma	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jun 19, 1923	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Cy Block	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 4, 1919	Brooklyn, NY, US
Moe Burtschy	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	208	Apr 18, 1922	Cincinnati, OH, US
George Byam	29	R		6' 1.0"	180	Nov 11, 1919	Lowell, MA, US
Raymond Carlson	25	R		5' 11.0"	170	1924
Alex Carrasquel	36	R	R	6' 1.0"	182	Jul 24, 1912	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Ray Coleman	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jun 4, 1922	Dunsmuir, CA, US
Doc Cramer	43	L	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 22, 1905	Beach Haven, NJ, US
Billy DeMars	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 26, 1925	Brooklyn, NY, US
Zeb Eaton	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Feb 2, 1920	Cooleemee, NC, US
Lonny Frey	38	L	R	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 23, 1910	St. Louis, MO, US
Lum Harris	34	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 17, 1915	New Castle, AL, US
Clem Hausmann	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 17, 1919	Houston, TX, US
Bob Hooper	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	May 30, 1922	Leamington, ON, CA
Jack Hussey	27	R		6' 2.0"	210	1922
Chet Laabs	37	R	R	5' 8.0"	175	Apr 30, 1912	Milwaukee, WI, US
Edward Marchefsky	24	L		5' 10.0"	175	Nov 21, 1924
Gene Markland	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Dec 26, 1919	Detroit, MI, US
Bill McCahan	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	200	Jun 7, 1921	Philadelphia, PA, US
Anse Moore	31	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Sep 22, 1917	Delhi, LA, US
Len Okrie	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 16, 1923	Detroit, MI, US
James Parton	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	1925
Paul Richards	40	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 21, 1908	Waxahachie, TX, US
Saul Rogovin	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Oct 10, 1923	Brooklyn, NY, US
Ernest Sills	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1922
Martin Tabacheck	27	R		5' 10.0"	175	1922
Frank Trechock	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 24, 1915	Windber, PA, US
Coaker Triplett	37	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 18, 1911	Boone, NC, US
Jake Wade	37	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	Apr 1, 1912	Morehead City, NC, US
Bennie Warren	37	R	R	6' 1.0"	184	Mar 2, 1912	Elk City, OK, US
Jim Wilson	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 20, 1922	San Diego, CA, US

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