1958 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 69-83
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Phil Cavarretta (69-83)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Offermann Stadium
Attendance: 286,480, Avg. 3,769
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1958 season with a record of 69 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Bisons plated 638 runs and allowed 631 runs. Luke Easter walloped 38 home runs for Buffalo, while Ray Noble, Lou Ortiz and Bobby Morgan each added 15 or more also. Luke Easter drove in 109 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .307. Glenn Cox led the team with 16 wins, and Rip Coleman recorded a 3.27 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1958 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bud Daley, Bobby Morgan, Ray Noble, Glenn Cox, Joe Caffie, John Tsitouris, Jack Phillips, Pete Castiglione, Mike Kume, Al Aber, Ken Johnson, Coot Veal, Karl Drews, Bobby Balcena, George Brunet, Steve Nagy, Luke Easter, Jim Small, Harry Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Rip Coleman, Milt Graff, Fred Hahn, Sam Mele, Bob Borkowski and Joe Astroth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Cox | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.55 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 218.0 | 212 | 94 | 86 | 28 | 68 | 2 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ken Johnson | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.52 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 220.0 | 213 | 101 | 86 | 21 | 49 | 8 | 148 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Rip Coleman | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.27 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 154.0 | 144 | 77 | 56 | 10 | 46 | 5 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Fred Hahn | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.86 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 88.0 | 74 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Freddy Rodríguez | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.48 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 54 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bud Daley | 4 | 6 | .400 | 1.58 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 74.0 | 66 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dave Newkirk | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.61 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 127.0 | 120 | 71 | 65 | 15 | 82 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Tsitouris | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 53 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Stadnicki | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 78 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| George Brunet | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.17 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 94.0 | 92 | 62 | 54 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Aber | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Nagy | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.88 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 62 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Kume | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Karl Drews | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Taylor | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.68 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 83 | .454 | 3.70 | 317 | 151 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 1272.0 | 1204 | 614 | 523 | 114 | 469 | 40 | 823 | 31 | 2 | 49 | 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 | 151 | 672 | 603 | 89 | 178 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 14 | 62 | 94 | .295 | .363 | .421 | .784 | 254 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Luke Easter | 148 | 600 | 502 | 89 | 154 | 33 | 0 | 38 | 109 | 1 | 89 | 122 | .307 | .415 | .600 | 1.015 | 301 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | ||
| George Risley | 124 | 472 | 447 | 50 | 126 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 17 | 38 | .282 | .312 | .394 | .706 | 176 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Noble | 127 | 490 | 424 | 59 | 114 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 72 | 0 | 61 | 71 | .269 | .361 | .467 | .828 | 198 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Milt Graff | 117 | 448 | 408 | 46 | 108 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 23 | .265 | .325 | .346 | .671 | 141 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jack Phillips | 122 | 441 | 416 | 55 | 104 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 1 | 22 | 56 | .250 | .286 | .433 | .719 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Lou Ortiz | 120 | 430 | 358 | 45 | 87 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 65 | 1 | 60 | 52 | .243 | .355 | .455 | .811 | 163 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Morgan | 118 | 475 | 408 | 61 | 86 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 63 | 91 | .211 | .321 | .387 | .708 | 158 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Balcena | 53 | 229 | 189 | 37 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 32 | 15 | .296 | .412 | .450 | .861 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Borkowski | 70 | 202 | 169 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 28 | .213 | .327 | .290 | .617 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Sam Mele | 58 | 155 | 134 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 20 | .216 | .323 | .261 | .584 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jim Small | 47 | 160 | 120 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 19 | .217 | .406 | .292 | .698 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Alan Scott | 34 | 104 | 87 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 30 | .264 | .385 | .483 | .867 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Holton | 35 | 106 | 96 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .240 | .302 | .281 | .583 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Cox | 38 | 95 | 86 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .198 | .250 | .477 | .727 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Facchini | 18 | 54 | 50 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .280 | .333 | .300 | .633 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bud Daley | 11 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .360 | .385 | .400 | .785 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Castiglione | 19 | 49 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .234 | .267 | .501 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Johnson | 45 | 84 | 77 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | .117 | .160 | .221 | .381 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Coleman | 31 | 60 | 53 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .132 | .148 | .170 | .318 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coot Veal | 19 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .133 | .264 | .267 | .531 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Nagy | 36 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .800 | 1.300 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Hahn | 17 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .161 | .188 | .161 | .349 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Newkirk | 36 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .108 | .154 | .216 | .370 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Astroth | 18 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .115 | .258 | .115 | .373 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Brunet | 30 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .103 | .161 | .138 | .299 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Taylor | 11 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stadnicki | 18 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .091 | .087 | .136 | .223 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Freddy Rodríguez | 31 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Brown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Tsitouris | 25 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kume | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1741 | 5645 | 4958 | 637 | 1245 | 251 | 26 | 149 | 591 | 36 | 0 | 587 | 860 | .251 | .333 | .402 | .736 | 1995 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 19 | 71 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Easter | 1B | 147 | 1271 | 86 | 20 | 106 | .985 | 9.231 | ||||
| Jack Phillips | 1B | 16 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 4.438 | ||||
| Milt Graff | 2B | 92 | 191 | 245 | 10 | 56 | .978 | 4.739 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 73 | 190 | 201 | 10 | 40 | .975 | 5.356 | ||||
| George Risley | 3B | 115 | 86 | 259 | 15 | 23 | .958 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jack Phillips | 3B | 19 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 5 | .966 | 2.947 | ||||
| Milt Graff | 3B | 17 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .941 | 2.824 | ||||
| Ray Noble | C | 122 | 690 | 70 | 3 | 14 | .996 | 6.230 | 6 | |||
| Ray Holton | C | 33 | 163 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 5.242 | 1 | |||
| Joe Astroth | C | 17 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 2.765 | 0 | |||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 151 | 295 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .974 | 2.020 | ||||
| Jack Phillips | OF | 87 | 124 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .956 | 1.506 | ||||
| Bob Borkowski | OF | 62 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.161 | ||||
| Bobby Balcena | OF | 53 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 2.075 | ||||
| Sam Mele | OF | 44 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.409 | ||||
| Jim Small | OF | 42 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 1.881 | ||||
| Alan Scott | OF | 31 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .907 | 1.581 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | OF | 30 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 42 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.262 | ||||
| Steve Nagy | P | 36 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Dave Newkirk | P | 35 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .929 | .743 | ||||
| Freddy Rodríguez | P | 31 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .548 | ||||
| Glenn Cox | P | 31 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.774 | ||||
| Rip Coleman | P | 31 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .815 | .710 | ||||
| George Brunet | P | 22 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| John Tsitouris | P | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| John Stadnicki | P | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Kume | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bud Daley | P | 11 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Harry Taylor | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Drews | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Aber | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Morgan | SS | 118 | 180 | 369 | 30 | 60 | .948 | 4.653 | ||||
| Coot Veal | SS | 16 | 20 | 35 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 3.438 | ||||
| Alfred Facchini | SS | 16 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 7 | .912 | 3.875 | ||||
| Milt Graff | SS | 11 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .938 | 4.091 | ||||
| Totals | 1629 | 3858 | 1671 | 149 | 345 | .974 | 3.394 | 7 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
