Buffalo Bisons Top 50 Career Batting Leaders

WAR Position Players †
1.	William Louden	4.8
2.	Hal Chase	3.5
3.	Charlie Hanford	3.1
4.	Tex McDonald	1.5
5.	Roxey Roach	1.4
6.	Jack Dalton	1.1
7.	Joe Agler	0.8
8.	Walter Blair	0.7
9.	Harry Lord	0.6
10.	Larry Schlafly	0.3
	Art Watson	0.3
12.	Rube Marshall	0.2
	Harry Moran	0.2
14.	Russ Ford	0.1
	Victor Schlitzer	0.1
	Bob Smith	0.1

Offensive WAR †
1.	William Louden	5.7
2.	Hal Chase	3.9
3.	Charlie Hanford	1.9
4.	Tex McDonald	1.5
5.	Jack Dalton	1.1
6.	Roxey Roach	0.8
7.	Harry Lord	0.5
	Art Watson	0.5
9.	Joe Agler	0.2
	Rube Marshall	0.2
	Harry Moran	0.2
	Larry Schlafly	0.2
13.	Victor Schlitzer	0.1
	Bob Smith	0.1

Defensive WAR †
1.	Walter Blair	2.7
2.	Tom Downey	1.3
	Roxey Roach	1.3
4.	Charlie Hanford	0.7
5.	Fred Smith	0.6
6.	Harry Lord	0.5
7.	Art LaVigne	0.3
8.	Nick Allen	0.2
	William Louden	0.2
10.	Fred Anderson	0.1
	Gene Krapp	0.1
	Larry Schlafly	0.1
	Al Schulz	0.1

Games Played
1.	William Louden	267
2.	Tom Downey	243
3.	Walter Blair	226
4.	Hal Chase	220
5.	Fred Smith	180
6.	Clyde Engle	173
7.	Joe Agler	160
8.	Tex McDonald	156
9.	Charlie Hanford	155
10.	Jack Dalton	132
11.	Nick Allen	116
12.	Solly Hofman	109
13.	Harry Lord	97
14.	Benny Meyer	93
15.	Roxey Roach	92
	Del Young	92
17.	Gene Krapp	81
18.	Frank Delahanty	79
19.	Everett Booe	76
20.	Fred Anderson	75
21.	Al Schulz	69
22.	Russ Ford	57
23.	Hugh Bedient	53
24.	Art LaVigne	51
	Larry Schlafly	51
26.	Earl Moore	36
27.	Harry Moran	34
28.	Rube Marshall	22
	Art Watson	22
30.	Bill Collins	21
31.	Luther Bonin	20
32.	Dan Woodman	19
33.	Howard Ehmke	18
34.	Bob Smith	16
35.	Ed Lafitte	14
36.	Joe Houser	8
37.	Ed Porray	3
	Victor Schlitzer	3
	Dwight Wertz	3
40.	Ned Pettigrew	2
41.	Ed Gagnier	1
	George LeClair	1
	Chubby Snyder	1

At Bats
1.	William Louden	900
2.	Hal Chase	858
3.	Tom Downey	823
4.	Walter Blair	668
5.	Clyde Engle	611
6.	Charlie Hanford	597
7.	Fred Smith	587
8.	Joe Agler	536
9.	Tex McDonald	501
10.	Jack Dalton	437
11.	Harry Lord	359
12.	Solly Hofman	346
	Roxey Roach	346
14.	Benny Meyer	333
15.	Nick Allen	278
16.	Frank Delahanty	274
17.	Everett Booe	241
18.	Del Young	189
19.	Fred Anderson	170
20.	Al Schulz	165
21.	Gene Krapp	147
22.	Larry Schlafly	127
23.	Russ Ford	121
24.	Art LaVigne	90
25.	Hugh Bedient	83
26.	Luther Bonin	76
27.	Earl Moore	56
28.	Harry Moran	51
29.	Bill Collins	47
30.	Art Watson	30
31.	Ed Lafitte	17
	Rube Marshall	17
33.	Howard Ehmke	12
34.	Dan Woodman	11
35.	Bob Smith	9
36.	Joe Houser	7
37.	Ed Porray	4
38.	Ed Gagnier	2
	Ned Pettigrew	2
40.	Victor Schlitzer	1

Plate Appearances
1.	William Louden	1061
2.	Tom Downey	926
3.	Hal Chase	901
4.	Walter Blair	731
5.	Clyde Engle	678
6.	Fred Smith	674
7.	Joe Agler	652
8.	Charlie Hanford	646
9.	Tex McDonald	562
10.	Jack Dalton	506
11.	Harry Lord	391
12.	Solly Hofman	387
13.	Benny Meyer	378
14.	Roxey Roach	370
15.	Frank Delahanty	311
16.	Nick Allen	305
17.	Everett Booe	271
18.	Del Young	194
19.	Fred Anderson	179
20.	Al Schulz	177
21.	Gene Krapp	168
22.	Larry Schlafly	147
23.	Russ Ford	137
24.	Art LaVigne	99
25.	Hugh Bedient	96
26.	Luther Bonin	87
27.	Earl Moore	65
28.	Harry Moran	58
29.	Bill Collins	51
30.	Art Watson	31
31.	Rube Marshall	20
32.	Ed Lafitte	17
33.	Howard Ehmke	12
34.	Dan Woodman	11
35.	Bob Smith	9
36.	Joe Houser	7
37.	Ed Porray	4
38.	Ed Gagnier	2
	Ned Pettigrew	2
40.	Victor Schlitzer	1
	Chubby Snyder	1

Runs Scored
1.	William Louden	140
2.	Hal Chase	128
3.	Joe Agler	93
	Tom Downey	93
5.	Charlie Hanford	83
6.	Jack Dalton	68
	Clyde Engle	68
8.	Tex McDonald	63
9.	Fred Smith	56
10.	Harry Lord	50
11.	Walter Blair	45
12.	Benny Meyer	37
13.	Roxey Roach	35
14.	Everett Booe	29
	Frank Delahanty	29
	Solly Hofman	29
17.	Nick Allen	17
	Russ Ford	17
	Del Young	17
20.	Larry Schlafly	16
21.	Gene Krapp	12
22.	Art LaVigne	10
23.	Al Schulz	9
24.	Fred Anderson	7
	Earl Moore	7
26.	Luther Bonin	6
	Bill Collins	6
	Art Watson	6
29.	Harry Moran	5
30.	Hugh Bedient	4
	Rube Marshall	4
32.	Bob Smith	2
33.	Joe Houser	1
	Ed Lafitte	1
	Dwight Wertz	1

Hits
1.	William Louden	267
2.	Hal Chase	266
3.	Tom Downey	174
	Charlie Hanford	174
5.	Clyde Engle	159
6.	Walter Blair	157
7.	Tex McDonald	142
8.	Joe Agler	139
9.	Fred Smith	131
10.	Jack Dalton	128
11.	Harry Lord	97
12.	Roxey Roach	93
13.	Solly Hofman	81
14.	Benny Meyer	77
15.	Nick Allen	59
16.	Frank Delahanty	55
17.	Everett Booe	54
18.	Del Young	50
19.	Larry Schlafly	33
20.	Fred Anderson	29
21.	Al Schulz	28
22.	Russ Ford	22
23.	Gene Krapp	20
24.	Luther Bonin	14
	Art LaVigne	14
	Art Watson	14
27.	Harry Moran	10
28.	Hugh Bedient	9
	Earl Moore	9
30.	Bill Collins	7
31.	Rube Marshall	5
32.	Ed Lafitte	2
	Bob Smith	2
	Dan Woodman	2
35.	Joe Houser	1
	Victor Schlitzer	1

Total Bases
1.	Hal Chase	414
2.	William Louden	344
3.	Charlie Hanford	264
4.	Tom Downey	220
5.	Tex McDonald	215
6.	Clyde Engle	212
7.	Walter Blair	199
8.	Fred Smith	179
9.	Joe Agler	173
10.	Jack Dalton	157
11.	Roxey Roach	125
12.	Harry Lord	124
13.	Solly Hofman	103
14.	Benny Meyer	100
15.	Frank Delahanty	79
16.	Del Young	77
17.	Nick Allen	69
18.	Everett Booe	67
19.	Larry Schlafly	48
20.	Al Schulz	37
21.	Fred Anderson	33
22.	Russ Ford	29
23.	Gene Krapp	27
24.	Luther Bonin	20
25.	Art Watson	18
26.	Art LaVigne	16
27.	Bill Collins	13
	Harry Moran	13
29.	Hugh Bedient	10
30.	Earl Moore	9
31.	Rube Marshall	5
32.	Bob Smith	4
33.	Ed Lafitte	3
34.	Dan Woodman	2
35.	Joe Houser	1
	Victor Schlitzer	1

Doubles
1.	Hal Chase	50
2.	Tom Downey	29
	William Louden	29
4.	Charlie Hanford	28
5.	Walter Blair	26
	Clyde Engle	26
7.	Tex McDonald	22
8.	Roxey Roach	20
9.	Joe Agler	18
10.	Jack Dalton	17
11.	Fred Smith	14
12.	Harry Lord	12
13.	Solly Hofman	10
14.	Everett Booe	9
15.	Nick Allen	8
	Benny Meyer	8
17.	Larry Schlafly	7
18.	Russ Ford	5
	Del Young	5
20.	Fred Anderson	4
	Luther Bonin	4
	Frank Delahanty	4
	Al Schulz	4
24.	Gene Krapp	3
25.	Bill Collins	2
	Art LaVigne	2
27.	Hugh Bedient	1
	Ed Lafitte	1
	Harry Moran	1
	Art Watson	1

Triples
1.	Hal Chase	19
2.	Fred Smith	14
3.	Charlie Hanford	13
4.	Tex McDonald	12
5.	Clyde Engle	9
	William Louden	9
7.	Joe Agler	8
8.	Frank Delahanty	7
9.	Solly Hofman	6
	Harry Lord	6
	Benny Meyer	6
12.	Walter Blair	5
	Del Young	5
14.	Tom Downey	4
15.	Jack Dalton	3
	Roxey Roach	3
17.	Everett Booe	2
	Bill Collins	2
	Gene Krapp	2
20.	Nick Allen	1
	Luther Bonin	1
	Russ Ford	1
	Harry Moran	1
	Larry Schlafly	1
	Al Schulz	1
	Bob Smith	1

Home Runs
1.	Hal Chase	20
2.	Charlie Hanford	12
3.	William Louden	10
4.	Tex McDonald	9
5.	Del Young	4
6.	Tom Downey	3
	Clyde Engle	3
8.	Walter Blair	2
	Jack Dalton	2
	Frank Delahanty	2
	Roxey Roach	2
	Larry Schlafly	2
	Fred Smith	2
14.	Harry Lord	1
	Benny Meyer	1
	Al Schulz	1
	Art Watson	1

Runs Batted In
1.	Hal Chase	137
2.	William Louden	111
3.	Charlie Hanford	90
4.	Clyde Engle	83
5.	Tex McDonald	71
6.	Tom Downey	61
7.	Fred Smith	56
8.	Walter Blair	53
9.	Jack Dalton	46
10.	Roxey Roach	31
11.	Benny Meyer	29
12.	Frank Delahanty	27
	Solly Hofman	27
14.	Joe Agler	22
	Del Young	22
16.	Nick Allen	21
	Harry Lord	21
18.	Larry Schlafly	19
19.	Everett Booe	14
20.	Art Watson	13
21.	Al Schulz	12
22.	Russ Ford	11
23.	Fred Anderson	7
	Gene Krapp	7
25.	Luther Bonin	4
	Art LaVigne	4
27.	Hugh Bedient	3
	Bob Smith	3
29.	Bill Collins	2
	Ed Lafitte	2
	Earl Moore	2
32.	Howard Ehmke	1
	Joe Houser	1
	Rube Marshall	1

Bases on Balls
1.	William Louden	116
2.	Joe Agler	97
3.	Tom Downey	66
4.	Fred Smith	62
5.	Walter Blair	50
	Jack Dalton	50
7.	Tex McDonald	47
8.	Clyde Engle	45
9.	Benny Meyer	40
10.	Charlie Hanford	32
11.	Solly Hofman	30
12.	Hal Chase	26
13.	Frank Delahanty	23
14.	Nick Allen	21
	Everett Booe	21
	Harry Lord	21
17.	Roxey Roach	17
18.	Gene Krapp	15
19.	Larry Schlafly	12
20.	Russ Ford	9
21.	Hugh Bedient	8
22.	Luther Bonin	7
	Art LaVigne	7
24.	Al Schulz	6
25.	Fred Anderson	5
	Earl Moore	5
27.	Harry Moran	4
	Del Young	4
29.	Rube Marshall	2
30.	Bill Collins	1
	Chubby Snyder	1

Strikeouts
1.	Walter Blair	96
2.	Fred Smith	93
3.	Joe Agler	92
4.	William Louden	86
5.	Hal Chase	81
	Tom Downey	81
	Charlie Hanford	81
8.	Clyde Engle	61
9.	Tex McDonald	60
10.	Fred Anderson	53
11.	Everett Booe	50
12.	Nick Allen	46
	Hugh Bedient	46
14.	Gene Krapp	45
15.	Jack Dalton	38
16.	Russ Ford	37
	Benny Meyer	37
18.	Roxey Roach	34
	Al Schulz	34
20.	Solly Hofman	28
21.	Art LaVigne	25
22.	Larry Schlafly	22
23.	Earl Moore	21
24.	Frank Delahanty	19
25.	Harry Lord	15
26.	Del Young	13
27.	Luther Bonin	11
28.	Bill Collins	8
29.	Harry Moran	7
30.	Art Watson	4
31.	Howard Ehmke	3
32.	Ed Lafitte	2

Stolen Bases
1.	William Louden	65
2.	Tom Downey	46
3.	Charlie Hanford	37
4.	Hal Chase	33
5.	Clyde Engle	29
6.	Jack Dalton	28
7.	Fred Smith	26
8.	Joe Agler	23
9.	Frank Delahanty	21
10.	Tex McDonald	16
11.	Harry Lord	15
12.	Solly Hofman	12
13.	Roxey Roach	11
14.	Walter Blair	10
15.	Benny Meyer	9
16.	Nick Allen	8
	Everett Booe	8
18.	Russ Ford	4
19.	Luther Bonin	3
	Larry Schlafly	3
21.	Gene Krapp	2
22.	Rube Marshall	1
	Al Schulz	1
	Del Young	1

Singles
1.	William Louden	219
2.	Hal Chase	177
3.	Tom Downey	138
4.	Walter Blair	124
5.	Clyde Engle	121
	Charlie Hanford	121
7.	Joe Agler	113
8.	Jack Dalton	106
9.	Fred Smith	101
10.	Tex McDonald	99
11.	Harry Lord	78
12.	Roxey Roach	68
13.	Solly Hofman	65
14.	Benny Meyer	62
15.	Nick Allen	50
16.	Everett Booe	43
17.	Frank Delahanty	42
18.	Del Young	36
19.	Fred Anderson	25
20.	Larry Schlafly	23
21.	Al Schulz	22
22.	Russ Ford	16
23.	Gene Krapp	15
24.	Art LaVigne	12
	Art Watson	12
26.	Luther Bonin	9
	Earl Moore	9
28.	Hugh Bedient	8
	Harry Moran	8
30.	Rube Marshall	5
31.	Bill Collins	3
32.	Dan Woodman	2
33.	Joe Houser	1
	Ed Lafitte	1
	Victor Schlitzer	1
	Bob Smith	1

Runs Created
1.	Hal Chase	137
2.	William Louden	130
3.	Charlie Hanford	86
4.	Tex McDonald	75
5.	Clyde Engle	66
6.	Joe Agler	64
7.	Tom Downey	60
8.	Walter Blair	57
	Jack Dalton	57
10.	Fred Smith	54
11.	Harry Lord	39
12.	Roxey Roach	38
13.	Benny Meyer	31
14.	Solly Hofman	30
15.	Del Young	22
16.	Frank Delahanty	21
17.	Everett Booe	19
18.	Nick Allen	18
19.	Larry Schlafly	16
20.	Al Schulz	8
	Art Watson	8
22.	Russ Ford	7
23.	Fred Anderson	6
24.	Luther Bonin	5
	Gene Krapp	5
26.	Art LaVigne	3
	Harry Moran	3
28.	Hugh Bedient	2
	Bill Collins	2
	Rube Marshall	2
	Earl Moore	2
32.	Victor Schlitzer	1
	Bob Smith	1

Adj. Batting Runs
1.	Hal Chase	35
2.	William Louden	32
3.	Tex McDonald	17
4.	Charlie Hanford	15
5.	Jack Dalton	11
6.	Joe Agler	8
7.	Art Watson	4
8.	Larry Schlafly	2

Adj. Batting Wins
1.	Hal Chase	3.7
2.	William Louden	3.5
3.	Tex McDonald	1.8
4.	Charlie Hanford	1.6
5.	Jack Dalton	1.2
6.	Joe Agler	0.8
7.	Art Watson	0.4
8.	Larry Schlafly	0.2
9.	Victor Schlitzer	0.1

Extra Base Hits
1.	Hal Chase	89
2.	Charlie Hanford	53
3.	William Louden	48
4.	Tex McDonald	43
5.	Clyde Engle	38
6.	Tom Downey	36
7.	Walter Blair	33
8.	Fred Smith	30
9.	Joe Agler	26
10.	Roxey Roach	25
11.	Jack Dalton	22
12.	Harry Lord	19
13.	Solly Hofman	16
14.	Benny Meyer	15
15.	Del Young	14
16.	Frank Delahanty	13
17.	Everett Booe	11
18.	Larry Schlafly	10
19.	Nick Allen	9
20.	Russ Ford	6
	Al Schulz	6
22.	Luther Bonin	5
	Gene Krapp	5
24.	Fred Anderson	4
	Bill Collins	4
26.	Art LaVigne	2
	Harry Moran	2
	Art Watson	2
29.	Hugh Bedient	1
	Ed Lafitte	1
	Bob Smith	1

Times On Base
1.	William Louden	390
2.	Hal Chase	295
3.	Tom Downey	242
4.	Joe Agler	236
5.	Walter Blair	210
	Charlie Hanford	210
7.	Clyde Engle	208
8.	Fred Smith	197
9.	Tex McDonald	193
10.	Jack Dalton	180
11.	Harry Lord	118
	Benny Meyer	118
13.	Solly Hofman	111
14.	Roxey Roach	110
15.	Nick Allen	81
16.	Frank Delahanty	79
17.	Everett Booe	76
18.	Del Young	54
19.	Larry Schlafly	48
20.	Gene Krapp	36
21.	Al Schulz	35
22.	Fred Anderson	34
23.	Russ Ford	31
24.	Luther Bonin	21
	Art LaVigne	21
26.	Hugh Bedient	17
27.	Earl Moore	14
	Harry Moran	14
	Art Watson	14
30.	Bill Collins	8
31.	Rube Marshall	7
32.	Ed Lafitte	2
	Bob Smith	2
	Dan Woodman	2
35.	Joe Houser	1
	Victor Schlitzer	1
	Chubby Snyder	1

Hit By Pitch
1.	William Louden	7
2.	Clyde Engle	4
	Charlie Hanford	4
	Tex McDonald	4
	Fred Smith	4
6.	Walter Blair	3
	Hal Chase	3
	Larry Schlafly	3
9.	Jack Dalton	2
	Tom Downey	2
11.	Nick Allen	1
	Everett Booe	1
	Frank Delahanty	1
	Gene Krapp	1
	Benny Meyer	1
	Al Schulz	1

Sacrifice Hits
1.	William Louden	38
2.	Tom Downey	30
3.	Clyde Engle	18
4.	Jack Dalton	16
5.	Joe Agler	15
6.	Hal Chase	13
	Fred Smith	13
8.	Charlie Hanford	12
9.	Frank Delahanty	11
	Harry Lord	11
11.	Solly Hofman	10
	Tex McDonald	10
13.	Everett Booe	8
14.	Walter Blair	7
	Russ Ford	7
	Roxey Roach	7
17.	Nick Allen	5
	Hugh Bedient	5
	Al Schulz	5
20.	Gene Krapp	4
	Benny Meyer	4
22.	Earl Moore	3
	Harry Moran	3
24.	Luther Bonin	2
	Bill Collins	2
	Art LaVigne	2
27.	Fred Anderson	1
	Rube Marshall	1
	Larry Schlafly	1
	Art Watson	1
	Del Young	1

Power-Speed #
1.	Hal Chase	24.9
2.	Charlie Hanford	18.1
3.	William Louden	17.3
4.	Tex McDonald	11.5
5.	Tom Downey	5.6
6.	Clyde Engle	5.4
7.	Jack Dalton	3.7
	Frank Delahanty	3.7
	Fred Smith	3.7
10.	Roxey Roach	3.4
11.	Walter Blair	3.3
12.	Larry Schlafly	2.4
13.	Harry Lord	1.9
14.	Benny Meyer	1.8
15.	Del Young	1.6
16.	Al Schulz	1.0

Outs Made
1.	Tom Downey	679
2.	William Louden	671
3.	Hal Chase	605
4.	Walter Blair	518
5.	Clyde Engle	470
6.	Fred Smith	469
7.	Charlie Hanford	435
8.	Joe Agler	412
9.	Tex McDonald	369
10.	Jack Dalton	325
11.	Solly Hofman	275
12.	Harry Lord	273
13.	Benny Meyer	260
	Roxey Roach	260
15.	Frank Delahanty	230
16.	Nick Allen	224
17.	Everett Booe	195
18.	Fred Anderson	142
	Al Schulz	142
20.	Del Young	140
21.	Gene Krapp	131
22.	Russ Ford	106
23.	Larry Schlafly	95
24.	Hugh Bedient	79
25.	Art LaVigne	78
26.	Luther Bonin	64
27.	Earl Moore	50
28.	Harry Moran	44
29.	Bill Collins	42
30.	Art Watson	17
31.	Ed Lafitte	15
32.	Rube Marshall	13
33.	Howard Ehmke	12
34.	Dan Woodman	9
35.	Bob Smith	7
36.	Joe Houser	6
37.	Ed Porray	4
38.	Ed Gagnier	2
	Ned Pettigrew	2

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