
1955 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 65-89
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Danny Carnevale (65-89)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 120,490, Avg. 1,565
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1955 season with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Bisons scored 571 runs and gave up 699 runs.
Chick King, Chuck Kress, Mel Hoderlein, Jim Stump, Dick Marlowe, Ben Flowers, Van Fletcher, Walt Streuli, Ron Samford, Hal Erickson, Jim Bunning, Clyde Vollmer, Leo Cristante, Tom Yewcic, Steve Demeter, Sal Yvars, Bud Souchock, Wayne Belardi, Bob Mavis, Fred Hahn, George Bullard, Duke Maas, Babe Birrer, John Baumgartner, Jay Porter, Buddy Hicks, Jerry Davie, Bob Schultz and Bill Froats were all players from the 1955 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Danny Carnevale served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Flowers | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.24 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 173.0 | 145 | 53 | 43 | 8 | 58 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bob Schultz | 10 | 14 | .417 | 5.75 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 177.0 | 189 | 120 | 113 | 23 | 103 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Dick Marlowe | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.34 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 186.0 | 179 | 83 | 69 | 17 | 64 | 111 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Jim Bunning | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.77 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 129.0 | 106 | 59 | 54 | 13 | 81 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Fred Hahn | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.43 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 70 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 38 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Jim Stump | 5 | 13 | .278 | 6.19 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 125.0 | 151 | 98 | 86 | 13 | 73 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Duke Maas | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.80 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 71.0 | 65 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Van Fletcher | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Hal Erickson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.24 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 75 | 34 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Babe Birrer | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.06 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 68 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Vincent Trakan | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.88 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Robert Hamley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Ron Rozman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.49 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 60 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Edward Marchefsky | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Larry Donovan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jerry Davie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Leo Cristante | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bill Froats | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 65 | 89 | .422 | 4.20 | 314 | 140 | 0 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 1142.0 | 1166 | 605 | 533 | 111 | 503 | 0 | 661 | 28 | 3 | 31 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Demeter | 142 | 552 | 516 | 68 | 147 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 79 | 4 | 24 | 86 | .285 | .319 | .473 | .792 | 244 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
Buddy Hicks | 148 | 607 | 539 | 71 | 145 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 9 | 54 | 44 | .269 | .338 | .332 | .670 | 179 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |||
Chick King | 143 | 530 | 485 | 65 | 143 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 14 | 41 | 93 | .295 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 194 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Chuck Kress | 140 | 552 | 448 | 73 | 116 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 76 | 9 | 95 | 64 | .259 | .384 | .429 | .813 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
Ron Samford | 125 | 460 | 437 | 40 | 111 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 4 | 17 | 52 | .254 | .282 | .384 | .667 | 168 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
Walt Streuli | 99 | 327 | 284 | 18 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 33 | 40 | .232 | .316 | .282 | .597 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
Clyde Vollmer | 69 | 264 | 230 | 31 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 32 | 44 | .278 | .365 | .400 | .765 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Jay Porter | 74 | 269 | 234 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 46 | .252 | .349 | .440 | .790 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paul Lepley | 85 | 309 | 257 | 33 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 47 | 39 | .230 | .351 | .296 | .646 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
George Bullard | 52 | 217 | 185 | 28 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 21 | .249 | .335 | .368 | .702 | 68 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
Mel Hoderlein | 77 | 245 | 201 | 29 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 31 | .229 | .352 | .393 | .745 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
Wayne Belardi | 74 | 235 | 201 | 31 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 26 | .229 | .333 | .423 | .756 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
Tom Yewcic | 43 | 119 | 110 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .218 | .269 | .364 | .633 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bud Souchock | 30 | 98 | 87 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .264 | .320 | .448 | .768 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Bob Mavis | 44 | 81 | 71 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .211 | .288 | .225 | .513 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Pierce McWhorter | 21 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .231 | .333 | .404 | .737 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Schultz | 35 | 64 | 56 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .179 | .220 | .250 | .470 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Dick Marlowe | 37 | 63 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .175 | .217 | .211 | .427 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
Frederick Flemming | 25 | 69 | 60 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .167 | .275 | .217 | .492 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ben Flowers | 28 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .158 | .183 | .175 | .359 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Jim Bunning | 20 | 54 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | .163 | .196 | .184 | .380 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Sal Yvars | 9 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Duke Maas | 15 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Stump | 38 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .152 | .216 | .152 | .368 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
Ron Rozman | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Vincent Trakan | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Killinger | 15 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .143 | .269 | .333 | .603 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Hal Erickson | 26 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Babe Birrer | 14 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Donovan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Francis McElroy | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Van Fletcher | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
John Baumgartner | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Hamley | 14 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .154 | .091 | .245 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Fred Hahn | 35 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Jerry Davie | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Bill Froats | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Leo Cristante | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1748 | 5480 | 4831 | 572 | 1203 | 179 | 33 | 108 | 540 | 51 | 0 | 527 | 784 | .249 | .324 | .367 | .691 | 1772 | 0 | 28 | 57 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Kress | 1B | 65 | 528 | 38 | 3 | 51 | .995 | 8.708 | ||||
Wayne Belardi | 1B | 64 | 502 | 37 | 4 | 52 | .993 | 8.422 | ||||
Jay Porter | 1B | 37 | 283 | 22 | 1 | 21 | .997 | 8.243 | ||||
Ron Samford | 2B | 113 | 251 | 289 | 18 | 67 | .968 | 4.779 | ||||
Mel Hoderlein | 2B | 40 | 88 | 82 | 4 | 23 | .977 | 4.250 | ||||
Bob Mavis | 2B | 15 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.733 | ||||
Steve Demeter | 3B | 140 | 117 | 321 | 19 | 32 | .958 | 3.129 | ||||
Mel Hoderlein | 3B | 16 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 2.875 | ||||
Walt Streuli | C | 92 | 444 | 50 | 9 | 6 | .982 | 5.370 | 4 | |||
Tom Yewcic | C | 36 | 152 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .958 | 4.417 | 7 | |||
Pierce McWhorter | C | 20 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 5.150 | 1 | |||
Jay Porter | C | 18 | 86 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 5.222 | 4 | |||
Chick King | OF | 140 | 317 | 12 | 11 | 4 | .968 | 2.350 | ||||
Paul Lepley | OF | 83 | 101 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .940 | 1.325 | ||||
Chuck Kress | OF | 78 | 121 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 1.615 | ||||
Clyde Vollmer | OF | 66 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
George Bullard | OF | 52 | 127 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 2.538 | ||||
Bud Souchock | OF | 26 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.500 | ||||
Jay Porter | OF | 21 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.190 | ||||
Frederick Flemming | OF | 19 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .864 | 2.000 | ||||
Bob Schultz | P | 35 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .571 | ||||
Dick Marlowe | P | 34 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
Fred Hahn | P | 34 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .618 | ||||
Jim Stump | P | 33 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .964 | .818 | ||||
Ben Flowers | P | 27 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 1.519 | ||||
Hal Erickson | P | 26 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .385 | ||||
Jim Bunning | P | 20 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
Ron Rozman | P | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
Vincent Trakan | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
Duke Maas | P | 14 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
Robert Hamley | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .214 | ||||
Babe Birrer | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
Bill Froats | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Van Fletcher | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Jerry Davie | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Edward Marchefsky | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Larry Donovan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Leo Cristante | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Buddy Hicks | SS | 147 | 243 | 397 | 29 | 77 | .957 | 4.354 | ||||
Ron Samford | SS | 11 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.455 | ||||
Totals | 1613 | 3803 | 1560 | 145 | 366 | .974 | 3.325 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
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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