1961 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 85-67
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Kerby Farrell (85-67)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 259,724, Avg. 3,417
Playoffs - Buffalo Bisons 4 games, San Juan/Charleston Marlins 0
Finals - Buffalo Bisons 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 1
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1961 season with a record of 85 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Bisons scored 670 runs and allowed 612 runs. Don Mincher, Félix Torres and Ted Savage led Buffalo with 24 home runs apiece., while Jacke Davis and Tony Curry walloped 15 or more also. Félix Torres drove in 97 runs. Ted Savage paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Babe Birrer and Wally Seward topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Bill Smith recorded a 3.56 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1961 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ted Savage, Hank Mason, Bobby Wine, Paul Brown, Taylor Phillips, Humberto Robinson, Julio Becquer, Dick Ricketts, Rubén Gómez, Bobby Morgan, Harry Hanebrink, Don Mincher, Jimmie Coker, Cal Neeman, Dwight Siebler, Stan Pitula, Wally Shannon, Bob Sadowski, Joe Lonnett, Bob Bowman, Babe Birrer, Solly Drake, Jacke Davis, Max Surkont, Bill Smith, Bill Taylor, Ed Keegan, Tony Curry, Mickey Harrington and Félix Torres.
Kerby Farrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Seward | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.55 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 99.0 | 103 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Babe Birrer | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.68 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 164.0 | 180 | 72 | 67 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Ricketts | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.76 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 177.0 | 171 | 98 | 74 | 15 | 68 | 4 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Smith | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.56 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 139.0 | 147 | 73 | 55 | 17 | 45 | 6 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Max Surkont | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.22 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 92 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ed Keegan | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.32 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 111.0 | 101 | 48 | 41 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Rubén Gómez | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.02 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 121.0 | 109 | 59 | 54 | 14 | 42 | 3 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Humberto Robinson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.57 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 126.0 | 135 | 72 | 64 | 14 | 50 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vic Rehm | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.46 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 52.0 | 50 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Bunker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.86 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 49.0 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dwight Siebler | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.58 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 59 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Paul Brown | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 45.0 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Pitula | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Frey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Baillargeon | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Taylor Phillips | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.07 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hank Mason | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.30 | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 67 | .559 | 3.68 | 319 | 152 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 1280.0 | 1268 | 607 | 523 | 134 | 427 | 41 | 836 | 29 | 1 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Savage | 149 | 650 | 547 | 111 | 178 | 29 | 4 | 24 | 65 | 31 | 96 | 115 | .325 | .427 | .525 | .952 | 287 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Félix Torres | 144 | 576 | 532 | 74 | 148 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 97 | 2 | 34 | 81 | .278 | .321 | .474 | .795 | 252 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jacke Davis | 123 | 465 | 432 | 65 | 131 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 72 | 4 | 24 | 64 | .303 | .338 | .509 | .848 | 220 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Wine | 152 | 566 | 534 | 46 | 130 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 29 | 62 | .243 | .282 | .333 | .615 | 178 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tony Curry | 91 | 369 | 337 | 56 | 96 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 57 | 5 | 25 | 69 | .285 | .338 | .534 | .872 | 180 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Don Mincher | 109 | 428 | 370 | 59 | 95 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 66 | 3 | 52 | 54 | .257 | .349 | .497 | .846 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jimmie Coker | 102 | 388 | 348 | 43 | 94 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 35 | 63 | .270 | .339 | .402 | .741 | 140 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jim Frey | 115 | 397 | 354 | 49 | 93 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 33 | 24 | .263 | .326 | .401 | .727 | 142 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Wally Shannon | 90 | 292 | 273 | 30 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 27 | .253 | .294 | .381 | .675 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sadowski | 74 | 244 | 206 | 38 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 36 | .243 | .354 | .437 | .791 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Morgan | 79 | 225 | 181 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 34 | .210 | .332 | .320 | .652 | 58 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bill Taylor | 58 | 121 | 108 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .259 | .339 | .472 | .811 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cal Neeman | 46 | 147 | 127 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 28 | .220 | .313 | .299 | .612 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Babe Birrer | 37 | 65 | 65 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .338 | .338 | .385 | .723 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Ricketts | 29 | 68 | 62 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .258 | .313 | .323 | .636 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rubén Gómez | 29 | 56 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .273 | .327 | .432 | .759 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Smith | 35 | 45 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .233 | .267 | .349 | .616 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Becquer | 19 | 51 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .196 | .275 | .370 | .644 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Solly Drake | 12 | 35 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .233 | .343 | .367 | .710 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Keegan | 29 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .171 | .237 | .200 | .437 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Brown | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Bowman | 11 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .185 | .281 | .259 | .541 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bunker | 12 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Hanebrink | 12 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .094 | .147 | .188 | .335 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lonnett | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Max Surkont | 52 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Humberto Robinson | 33 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .049 | .071 | .049 | .120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Harrington | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dwight Siebler | 30 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .067 | .211 | .067 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vic Rehm | 9 | 21 | 21 | 1 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wally Seward | 17 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .030 | .086 | .030 | .116 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Mason | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Taylor Phillips | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1725 | 5492 | 4913 | 664 | 1286 | 230 | 35 | 161 | 620 | 60 | 0 | 478 | 799 | .262 | .328 | .421 | .749 | 2069 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 36 | 33 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mincher | 1B | 109 | 931 | 71 | 6 | 86 | .994 | 9.193 | ||||
| Julio Becquer | 1B | 19 | 120 | 14 | 2 | 9 | .985 | 7.053 | ||||
| Bill Taylor | 1B | 18 | 119 | 4 | 2 | 15 | .984 | 6.833 | ||||
| Harry Hanebrink | 1B | 12 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .988 | 6.667 | ||||
| Wally Shannon | 2B | 71 | 139 | 157 | 8 | 39 | .974 | 4.169 | ||||
| Bob Sadowski | 2B | 53 | 96 | 136 | 5 | 33 | .979 | 4.377 | ||||
| Bobby Morgan | 2B | 42 | 67 | 111 | 12 | 17 | .937 | 4.238 | ||||
| Félix Torres | 3B | 140 | 94 | 284 | 31 | 26 | .924 | 2.700 | ||||
| Jimmie Coker | C | 95 | 573 | 47 | 3 | 8 | .995 | 6.526 | 10 | |||
| Cal Neeman | C | 41 | 233 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 6.341 | 5 | |||
| Bobby Morgan | C | 24 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 4.000 | 4 | |||
| Ted Savage | OF | 147 | 270 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .959 | 1.918 | ||||
| Jacke Davis | OF | 113 | 209 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .969 | 1.956 | ||||
| Jim Frey | OF | 96 | 180 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 1.958 | ||||
| Tony Curry | OF | 88 | 143 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .949 | 1.682 | ||||
| Max Surkont | P | 52 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .423 | ||||
| Babe Birrer | P | 34 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.412 | ||||
| Humberto Robinson | P | 33 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .893 | .758 | ||||
| Bill Smith | P | 32 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 3 | .854 | 1.281 | ||||
| Dwight Siebler | P | 30 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .433 | ||||
| Dick Ricketts | P | 29 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 1.379 | ||||
| Ed Keegan | P | 26 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Rubén Gómez | P | 19 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
| Wally Seward | P | 16 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Dick Bunker | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Taylor Phillips | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Bobby Wine | SS | 152 | 301 | 430 | 30 | 81 | .961 | 4.809 | ||||
| Totals | 1512 | 3715 | 1534 | 151 | 352 | .972 | 3.472 | 19 | 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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