1955 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
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

1955 Buffalo Bisons Roster

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.

Chuck Kress, Chick King, Ben Flowers, Ron Samford, Jim Bunning, Jim Stump, Dick Marlowe, Mel Hoderlein, Clyde Vollmer, Hal Erickson, Leo Cristante, Walt Streuli, Van Fletcher, Tom Yewcic, Steve Demeter, Sal Yvars, John Baumgartner, Wayne Belardi, Babe Birrer, Fred Hahn, Bud Souchock, Bob Mavis, George Bullard, Duke Maas, Jerry Davie, Buddy Hicks, Jay Porter, Bill Froats and Bob Schultz were all players from the 1955 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Danny Carnevale 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
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
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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