1956 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 64-87
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (64-87)
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 186,811, Avg. 2,474
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 64 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
The Bisons plated 598 runs and allowed 722 runs.
Johnny Blatnik, Roger Bowman, Joe Brovia, George Bullard, Joe Caffie, Pete Castiglione, Phil Cavarretta, Jim Clark, Joe Coleman, Billy DeMars, Karl Drews, Luke Easter, Zeb Eaton, Bill Froats, Fred Hahn, Milt Jordan, Gus Keriazakos, Peanuts Lowrey, Ed Mierkowicz, Ron Mrozinski, Steve Nagy, Mario Picone, Bob Schultz, Bill Serena, Norm Sherry, Clyde Vollmer and Junior Walsh were all players from the 1956 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Phil Cavarretta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Drews | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.84 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 171.0 | 186 | 79 | 73 | 17 | 49 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Donovan | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.67 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 174.0 | 172 | 77 | 71 | 12 | 64 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.47 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 163.0 | 166 | 93 | 81 | 20 | 101 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Roger Bowman | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.29 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 128.0 | 141 | 69 | 61 | 15 | 57 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Harry Nicholas | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.52 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 119.0 | 120 | 75 | 73 | 19 | 61 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Joe Coleman | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.22 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 78 | 47 | 37 | 11 | 52 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.37 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 68.0 | 74 | 35 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gus Keriazakos | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.77 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 66.0 | 71 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John Weiss | 3 | 12 | .200 | 4.37 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 136.0 | 156 | 73 | 66 | 9 | 56 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Froats | 2 | 8 | .200 | 7.02 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 109.0 | 133 | 92 | 85 | 13 | 63 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Vic Stryska | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ron Mrozinski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zeb Eaton | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mario Picone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Junior Walsh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Moeller | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Milt Jordan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Schultz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 87 | .424 | 4.56 | 329 | 146 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 1213.0 | 1297 | 681 | 615 | 129 | 559 | 0 | 657 | 50 | 0 | 32 | 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 Caffie | 128 | 526 | 482 | 84 | 150 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 19 | 39 | 53 | .311 | .364 | .419 | .783 | 202 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Luke Easter | 145 | 593 | 483 | 75 | 148 | 20 | 3 | 35 | 106 | 0 | 105 | 116 | .306 | .433 | .578 | 1.011 | 279 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lou Ortiz | 148 | 599 | 518 | 89 | 140 | 39 | 1 | 25 | 88 | 3 | 73 | 67 | .270 | .360 | .494 | .854 | 256 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Pete Castiglione | 128 | 488 | 445 | 39 | 122 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 31 | 33 | .274 | .322 | .337 | .659 | 150 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Bill Serena | 135 | 504 | 419 | 62 | 106 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 73 | 1 | 82 | 75 | .253 | .378 | .487 | .865 | 204 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Peanuts Lowrey | 117 | 391 | 352 | 41 | 97 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 25 | .276 | .335 | .349 | .684 | 123 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| George Bullard | 96 | 377 | 322 | 46 | 80 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 49 | 45 | .248 | .348 | .329 | .677 | 106 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Billy DeMars | 104 | 358 | 320 | 26 | 78 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 22 | .244 | .306 | .281 | .587 | 90 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Pat Tomkinson | 91 | 262 | 229 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 34 | .197 | .284 | .258 | .541 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Norm Sherry | 64 | 208 | 181 | 14 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 44 | .215 | .302 | .276 | .579 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Joe Brovia | 46 | 141 | 122 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 23 | .230 | .326 | .434 | .761 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Phil Cavarretta | 57 | 84 | 69 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .261 | .393 | .333 | .726 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Blatnik | 22 | 56 | 49 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .306 | .393 | .429 | .821 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Louis Heyman | 36 | 104 | 90 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 33 | .156 | .269 | .344 | .614 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Hahn | 36 | 64 | 55 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .236 | .288 | .255 | .543 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Karl Drews | 29 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .145 | .242 | .145 | .387 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Clyde Vollmer | 14 | 45 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .163 | .200 | .256 | .456 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Donovan | 31 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .121 | .150 | .172 | .322 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Harry Nicholas | 39 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .132 | .195 | .132 | .327 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Zeb Eaton | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .308 | .308 | .462 | .769 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Weiss | 45 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .108 | .132 | .189 | .321 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joe Coleman | 46 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Froats | 37 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .120 | .290 | .120 | .410 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gus Keriazakos | 14 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Roger Bowman | 24 | 46 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .048 | .087 | .048 | .135 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vic Stryska | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Clark | 10 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Nagy | 18 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .042 | .179 | .042 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Moeller | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mario Picone | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Milt Jordan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Mrozinski | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1691 | 5203 | 4536 | 565 | 1141 | 184 | 24 | 116 | 524 | 43 | 0 | 574 | 749 | .252 | .337 | .379 | .716 | 1721 | 0 | 18 | 55 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Easter | 1B | 144 | 1148 | 113 | 12 | 136 | .991 | 8.757 | ||||
| Phil Cavarretta | 1B | 19 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.263 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 147 | 370 | 365 | 10 | 100 | .987 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bill Serena | 3B | 128 | 136 | 322 | 18 | 36 | .962 | 3.578 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | 3B | 27 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 6 | .966 | 3.111 | ||||
| Pat Tomkinson | C | 82 | 372 | 26 | 7 | 4 | .983 | 4.854 | 7 | |||
| Norm Sherry | C | 56 | 244 | 16 | 7 | 3 | .974 | 4.643 | 2 | |||
| Louis Heyman | C | 35 | 154 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 4.686 | 1 | |||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 124 | 272 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .976 | 2.258 | ||||
| Peanuts Lowrey | OF | 94 | 146 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 1.660 | ||||
| George Bullard | OF | 90 | 198 | 11 | 9 | 4 | .959 | 2.322 | ||||
| Joe Brovia | OF | 36 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.361 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | OF | 26 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.654 | ||||
| Johnny Blatnik | OF | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Clyde Vollmer | OF | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Joe Coleman | P | 46 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .565 | ||||
| John Weiss | P | 45 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .976 | .889 | ||||
| Bill Froats | P | 37 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | P | 36 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Larry Donovan | P | 31 | 17 | 43 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.935 | ||||
| Karl Drews | P | 29 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.345 | ||||
| Harry Nicholas | P | 28 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Roger Bowman | P | 23 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .889 | 1.043 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | P | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Gus Keriazakos | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Vic Stryska | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Zeb Eaton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Mrozinski | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Moeller | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Junior Walsh | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Schultz | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Milt Jordan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Picone | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy DeMars | SS | 94 | 153 | 244 | 12 | 49 | .971 | 4.223 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | SS | 59 | 87 | 153 | 8 | 35 | .968 | 4.068 | ||||
| Totals | 1520 | 3578 | 1559 | 116 | 392 | .978 | 3.380 | 10 | 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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