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1960 Buffalo Bisons

1960 > Class AAA > 1960 International League
Overall: 78-75
Scored 687 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-77

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Kerby Farrell
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1959 / 1961

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 Bobby Balcena 34 41 143 132 20 44 10 1 1 14 0 0 10 14 .333 .378 .447 .825 59 0 0 1
2 Babe Birrer 31 37 66 62 1 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 22 .210 .234 .242 .476 15 0 2 0 Stats for 2 teams
3 Bob Bowman 29 98 364 330 40 91 16 2 10 63 2 1 30 53 .276 .336 .427 .763 141 1 1 2
4 Jacke Davis 24 118 396 367 39 87 14 1 18 58 3 2 25 87 .237 .290 .428 .718 157 3 0 1
5 Solly Drake# 29 124 482 407 68 99 21 3 5 36 16 2 63 69 .243 .347 .346 .693 141 4 3 5
6 Don Erickson 28 32 36 33 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .212 .250 .273 .523 9 0 0 1
7 Ruben Gomez 32 26 50 44 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .227 .292 .250 .542 11 1 2 0 Stats for 2 teams
8 Wayne Graham 24 52 169 158 13 46 3 1 3 23 2 1 9 17 .291 .325 .380 .705 60 0 0 2
9 Johnny Gray 32 7 2 1 .500
10 Dallas Green* 25 11 29 27 5 10 1 1 3 7 0 0 2 6 .370 .414 .815 1.229 22 0 0 0
11 Warren Hacker 35 43 55 50 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 .160 .160 .180 .340 9 0 5 0
12 Harry Hanebrink* 32 93 313 278 36 65 10 1 6 29 3 4 27 29 .234 .313 .342 .655 95 6 0 2
13 Mickey Harrington 25 4 4 1 .250
14 Frederick Hopke* 23 88 346 290 41 83 13 1 13 47 2 3 35 36 .286 .389 .472 .861 137 15 4 2
15 Frank House* 30 31 113 107 10 21 1 0 2 13 0 1 3 8 .196 .212 .262 .474 28 0 0 3
16 Dave Jolly 35 12 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0
17 Ed Keegan 20 5 4 3 .750
18 Don Landrum* 24 155 694 610 112 178 35 10 18 75 13 4 63 70 .292 .362 .470 .833 287 8 7 6
19 Ken Lehman* 32 49 86 78 4 14 1 0 1 5 0 0 7 16 .179 .244 .231 .475 18 0 0 1
20 Joe Lonnett 33 82 297 257 38 63 14 0 10 34 1 1 35 49 .245 .347 .416 .763 107 5 0 0
21 Art Mahaffey 22 23 59 56 3 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 13 .196 .211 .286 .496 16 1 2 0
22 Hank Mason 29 41 30 27 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .222 .300 .259 .559 7 1 0 0
23 Bobby Morgan 34 136 519 429 66 108 27 1 17 51 1 3 81 100 .252 .374 .438 .812 188 4 3 2
24 Al Neiger* 21 7 5 0 .000
25 Taylor Phillips* 27 35 26 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .083 .120 .083 .203 2 0 1 0
26 Bud Podbielan 36 12 15 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .154 .308 2 0 2 0
27 Humberto Robinson 30 11 27 25 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .160 .192 .160 .352 4 0 1 0
28 Bill Smith* 26 47 55 47 9 14 1 0 2 7 0 0 7 11 .298 .389 .447 .836 21 0 1 0
29 Max Surkont 38 58 16 14 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .429 .643 6 0 2 0
30 Bill Taylor* 30 93 278 252 33 62 12 1 11 55 2 1 21 33 .246 .310 .433 .743 109 3 1 1
31 Dick Teed# 34 67 197 166 13 32 5 0 3 18 1 0 26 25 .193 .306 .277 .583 46 1 4 0 Stats for 2 teams
32 Lou Vassie 24 107 347 292 44 65 16 0 6 32 2 4 49 60 .223 .333 .339 .672 99 0 5 1
33 Coot Veal 27 15 23 21 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .182 .190 .372 4 0 1 0
34 Bobby Wine 21 154 619 569 61 153 28 5 8 53 2 2 40 90 .269 .318 .378 .696 215 2 6 2
35 Norm Zauchin 30 123 407 363 39 78 7 2 8 31 2 1 38 97 .215 .289 .311 .600 113 1 2 3 Stats for 2 teams
35 Players 27.9 155 5812 5141 687 1299 236 28 140 642 50 31 537 867 .253 .328 .391 .719 2011 53 48 33
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 Dave Baldwin 22 0 0 0.00 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0
2 Babe Birrer 31 8 18 .308 4.04 36 26 9 1 187.0 178 93 84 27 44 8 78 2 1 0 1.187 8.6 1.3 2.1 3.8 1.77 Stats for 2 teams
3 Bob Bowman 29 0 0 4 0
4 Don Erickson 28 7 9 .438 4.81 32 11 3 0 103.0 117 69 55 17 46 1 59 3 0 9 1.583 10.2 1.5 4.0 5.2 1.28
5 Ruben Gomez 32 7 6 .538 2.27 14 12 9 1 103.0 78 32 26 5 28 2 70 5 0 1 1.029 6.8 0.4 2.4 6.1 2.50 Stats for 2 teams
6 Johnny Gray 32 0 0 7 0
7 Dallas Green 25 3 4 .429 3.36 11 11 4 0 75.0 72 35 28 6 26 1 44 2 0 3 1.307 8.6 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.69
8 Warren Hacker 35 9 11 .450 3.24 41 20 6 3 164.0 162 69 59 21 18 4 132 2 0 0 1.098 8.9 1.2 1.0 7.2 7.33
9 Dave Jolly 35 1 0 1.000 6.52 12 0 0 0 29.0 32 23 21 7 18 2 13 1 0 1 1.724 9.9 2.2 5.6 4.0 0.72
10 Ed Keegan 20 1 1 .500 6.92 5 13.0 15 10 6 10 0 1.615 10.4 4.2 6.9 1.67
11 Ken Lehman* 32 13 14 .481 3.38 32 26 14 1 184.0 189 81 69 17 53 5 92 2 0 11 1.315 9.2 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.74
12 Art Mahaffey 22 11 9 .550 3.74 22 20 8 2 149.0 111 66 62 19 69 3 136 5 0 4 1.208 6.7 1.1 4.2 8.2 1.97
13 Hank Mason 29 2 5 .286 5.01 41 12 2 1 115.0 125 70 64 22 45 4 70 2 0 4 1.478 9.8 1.7 3.5 5.5 1.56
14 Al Neiger* 21 1 1 .500 7 0
15 Taylor Phillips* 27 6 3 .667 3.65 35 3 0 0 79.0 79 36 32 3 41 6 61 2 0 4 1.519 9.0 0.3 4.7 6.9 1.49
16 Bud Podbielan 36 2 2 .500 5.11 12 9 1 0 44.0 45 25 25 5 13 0 14 1 0 1 1.318 9.2 1.0 2.7 2.9 1.08
17 Humberto Robinson 30 6 3 .667 3.82 11 10 4 1 73.0 79 34 31 10 17 3 52 2 0 2 1.315 9.7 1.2 2.1 6.4 3.06
18 Bill Smith* 26 8 5 .615 4.66 37 20 4 0 139.0 149 78 72 16 69 5 104 2 0 3 1.568 9.6 1.0 4.5 6.7 1.51
19 Max Surkont 38 6 3 .667 4.70 58 0 0 0 92.0 84 52 48 8 40 8 76 1 1 9 1.348 8.2 0.8 3.9 7.4 1.90
19 Players 30.2 78 75 .510 4.07 155 155 106 49 11 1352.0 1364 690 612 160 497 46 929 28 1 53 1.376 9.1 1.1 3.3 6.2 1.87

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
Joe Lonnett 75 423 37 9 6 .981 6.13 10
Dick Teed 61 302 18 1 2 .997 5.25 7 Stats for 2 teams
Jacke Davis 33 191 14 1 3 .995 6.21 13
Frank House 30 207 11 3 1 .986 7.27 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Norm Zauchin 116 941 63 9 90 .991 8.66 Stats for 2 teams
Frederick Hopke 86 691 38 12 75 .984 8.48
Bill Taylor 37 230 13 8 26 .968 6.57
Bobby Morgan 10 52 6 2 4 .967 5.80

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lou Vassie 85 203 236 15 60 .967 5.16
Bobby Morgan 82 176 195 10 47 .974 4.52

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Hanebrink 82 79 126 10 13 .953 2.50
Bobby Morgan 49 38 85 8 10 .939 2.51
Wayne Graham 21 19 26 3 7 .938 2.14
Bob Bowman 16 14 24 3 1 .927 2.38
Coot Veal 12 11 11 3 2 .880 1.83

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobby Wine 154 246 500 33 104 .958 4.84

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Landrum 155 341 20 4 1 .989 2.33
Solly Drake 107 199 5 4 0 .981 1.91
Bob Bowman 76 116 6 4 1 .968 1.61
Jacke Davis 75 118 12 4 1 .970 1.73
Bill Taylor 34 61 3 1 0 .985 1.88
Bobby Balcena 30 42 2 1 1 .978 1.47
Wayne Graham 20 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.55

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Max Surkont 58 1 15 1 0 .941 0.28
Warren Hacker 41 10 21 1 4 .969 0.76
Hank Mason 41 8 18 1 2 .963 0.63
Bill Smith 37 3 31 1 0 .971 0.92
Babe Birrer 36 14 33 1 2 .979 1.31 Stats for 2 teams
Taylor Phillips 35 2 16 0 1 1.000 0.51
Don Erickson 32 6 19 2 0 .926 0.78
Ken Lehman 32 10 45 1 5 .982 1.72
Art Mahaffey 22 8 18 2 1 .929 1.18
Ruben Gomez 14 3 22 1 0 .962 1.79 Stats for 2 teams
Dave Jolly 12 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.75
Bud Podbielan 12 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.83
Dallas Green 11 3 17 2 0 .909 1.82
Humberto Robinson 11 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.09
Johnny Gray 7 0.00
Al Neiger 7 0.00
Ed Keegan 5 0.00
Bob Bowman 4 0.00
Dave Baldwin 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bobby Balcena 34 R L 5' 7.0" 160 Aug 1, 1925 San Pedro, CA, US
Dave Baldwin 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Mar 30, 1938 Tucson, AZ, US
Babe Birrer 31 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jul 4, 1928 Buffalo, NY, US
Bob Bowman 29 R R 6' 1.0" 195 May 10, 1931 Laytonville, CA, US
Jacke Davis 24 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Mar 5, 1936 Carthage, TX, US
Solly Drake 29 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 23, 1930 Little Rock, AR, US
Don Erickson 28 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 13, 1931 Springfield, IL, US
Ruben Gomez 32 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Jul 13, 1927 Arroyo, PR
Wayne Graham 24 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Apr 6, 1936 Yoakum, TX, US
Johnny Gray 32 R R 6' 4.0" 226 Dec 11, 1927 West Palm Beach, FL, US
Dallas Green 25 L R 6' 5.0" 210 Aug 4, 1934 Newport, DE, US
Warren Hacker 35 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 21, 1924 Marissa, IL, US
Harry Hanebrink 32 L R 6' 0.0" 165 Nov 12, 1927 St. Louis, MO, US
Mickey Harrington 25 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Oct 8, 1934 Hattiesburg, MS, US
Frederick Hopke 23 L L 6' 3.0" 225 Jan 25, 1937
Frank House 30 L R 6' 1.0" 190 Feb 18, 1930 Bessemer, AL, US
Dave Jolly 35 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Oct 14, 1924 Stony Point, NC, US
Ed Keegan 20 R R 6' 3.0" 165 Jul 8, 1939 Camden, NJ, US
Don Landrum 24 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Feb 16, 1936 Santa Rosa, CA, US
Ken Lehman 32 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Jun 10, 1928 Seattle, WA, US
Joe Lonnett 33 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Feb 7, 1927 Beaver Falls, PA, US
Art Mahaffey 22 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 4, 1938 Cincinnati, OH, US
Hank Mason 29 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jun 19, 1931 Marshall, MO, US
Bobby Morgan 34 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Jun 29, 1926 Oklahoma City, OK, US
Al Neiger 21 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Mar 26, 1939 Wilmington, DE, US
Taylor Phillips 27 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Jun 18, 1933 Atlanta, GA, US
Bud Podbielan 36 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Mar 6, 1924 Curlew, WA, US
Humberto Robinson 30 R R 6' 1.0" 155 Jun 25, 1930 Colon, Colon, PA
Bill Smith 26 L L 6' 0.0" 190 Jun 8, 1934 Washington, DC, US
Max Surkont 38 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jun 16, 1922 Central Falls, RI, US
Bill Taylor 30 L L 6' 3.0" 212 Dec 30, 1929 Alhambra, CA, US
Dick Teed 34 S R 5' 11.0" 180 Mar 8, 1926 Springfield, MA, US
Lou Vassie 24 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 30, 1936
Coot Veal 27 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Jul 9, 1932 Sandersville, GA, US
Bobby Wine 21 R R 6' 1.0" 187 Sep 17, 1938 New York, NY, US
Norm Zauchin 30 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Nov 17, 1929 Royal Oak, MI, US

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