1939 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Steve O'Neill (82-72)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 210,424, Avg. 2,733

1939 Buffalo Bisons Roster

Playoffs - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 1

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1939 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the IL.

Steve O'Neill served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Al Smith	16	2	.889	3.26	31	23					160.0	179	80	58		49
Clay Smith	13	11	.542	2.94	35	24					199.0	195	85	65		61
Ken Ash	10	9	.526	3.94	30	26					192.0	235	103	84		61
Earl Cook	8	7	.533	4.07	23	15					115.0	120	64	52		41
Fabian Kowalik	6	8	.429	5.17	30	16					108.0	146	90	62		40
Bob Kline	6	10	.375	3.50	22	20					131.0	138	74	51		43
Art Jacobs	5	3	.625	4.86	15	1					37.0	44	25	20		8
Bill Zuber	5	4	.556	4.44	13	10					75.0	79	42	37		40
Tom Drake	3	5	.375	0.00	8						54.0	47				31
Sal Maglie	3	7	.300	4.99	39	8					101.0	102	69	56		42
Ray Roche	2	1	.667	4.79	24	1					47.0	56	37	25		32
Fred Archer	2	3	.400	6.75	16	2					36.0	50	38	27		24
John Tulacz	1	0	1.000	0.00	5						10.0	9				8
George Uhle	1	0	1.000	5.73	6	0					11.0	14	9	7		1
Herman Fink	1	1	.500	0.00	4						4.0	12				2
Norm Hibbs	0	0		0.00	4						3.0	6				4
Hal White	0	1	.000	6.75	4						8.0	8	9	6		5
Totals	82	72	.532	3.83	309	146	0	0	0	0	1291.0	1440	725	550	0	492	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Joe Martin	149	570	570		183	33	3	23						.321	.321	.511	.832	291
Jim Oglesby	144	526	526		172	32	4	16						.327	.327	.494	.821	260
Johnnie Tyler	153	597	597		172	30	7	14						.288	.288	.432	.720	258
Lou Boudreau	115	481	481		159	32	7	17						.331	.331	.532	.863	256
Ollie Carnegie	143	497	497		146	25	3	29						.294	.294	.531	.825	264
Ray Mack	115	417	417		122	29	3	15						.293	.293	.484	.777	202
Greg Mulleavy	96	296	296		93	22	2	7						.314	.314	.473	.787	140
Hank Helf	99	310	310		89	16	4	12						.287	.287	.481	.768	149
Hank Nowak	116	325	325		83	14	3	2						.255	.255	.335	.591	109
George Savino	83	270	270		71	14	1	10						.263	.263	.433	.696	117
Proctor Richmond	52	158	158		40	7	2	5						.253	.253	.418	.671	66
Skeeter Webb	39	147	147		35	6	1	4						.238	.238	.374	.612	55
Bill Sodd	41	127	127		26	10	0	5						.205	.205	.402	.606	51
Al Smith	32	65	65		14	1	0	0						.215	.215	.231	.446	15
Bob Kline	22	50	50		10	2	0	0						.200	.200	.240	.440	12
Ken Ash	30	66	66		9	2	0	0						.136	.136	.167	.303	11
Fabian Kowalik	34	37	37		8	3	0	0						.216	.216	.297	.514	11
Bill Zuber	14	27	27		7	1	2	1						.259	.259	.556	.815	15
Clay Smith	35	68	68		7	1	1	0						.103	.103	.147	.250	10
Earl Cook	24	38	38		6	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	6
Sal Maglie	39	35	35		5	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Eddie Howard	5	3	3		2	0	0	0						.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Frank Zubik	5	5	5		2	0	0	0						.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Art Jacobs	15	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Barney Hearn	11	13	13		2	1	0	0						.154	.154	.231	.385	3
Fred Archer	16	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Ray Roche	25	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Ernest Talos	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1653	5160	5160	0	1467	281	43	160	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.284	.448	.733	2314	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Oglesby	1B	144	1335	82	18		.987	9.840
Ray Mack	2B	115	309	368	39		.946	5.887
Greg Mulleavy	2B	39	97	134	10		.959	5.923
Joe Martin	3B	129	114	278	31		.927	3.039
Hank Helf	C	85	330	46	18		.954	4.424
George Savino	C	76	320	37	7		.981	4.697
Johnnie Tyler	OF	153	337	18	22		.942	2.320
Ollie Carnegie	OF	131	210	10	9		.961	1.679
Hank Nowak	OF	102	162	9	12		.934	1.676
Proctor Richmond	OF	41	62	4	2		.971	1.610
Bill Sodd	OF	37	40	1	4		.911	1.108
Sal Maglie	P	39						.000
Clay Smith	P	35						.000
Al Smith	P	31						.000
Fabian Kowalik	P	30						.000
Ken Ash	P	30						.000
Ray Roche	P	24						.000
Earl Cook	P	23						.000
Bob Kline	P	22						.000
Fred Archer	P	16						.000
Art Jacobs	P	15						.000
Bill Zuber	P	13						.000
Tom Drake	P	8						.000
George Uhle	P	6						.000
John Tulacz	P	5						.000
Hal White	P	4						.000
Norm Hibbs	P	4						.000
Herman Fink	P	4						.000
Lou Boudreau	SS	115	234	371	38		.941	5.261
Skeeter Webb	SS	39	91	124	14		.939	5.513
Totals		1515	3641	1482	224	0	.958	3.382

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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