1962 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 73-80
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Kerby Farrell (73-80)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 214,134, Avg. 2,799

1962 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1962 season with a record of 73 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Bisons scored 751 runs, best in the league. Buffalo gave up 729 runs. Pancho Herrera walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while John Herrnstein, Lee Elia, Bob Lipski and Jim Frey each swatted 15 or more, too. Pancho Herrera accounted for 108 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .295. Dick Ricketts and Bobby Locke led the squad with 10 wins each, and Dick Ricketts recorded a 2.85 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jacke Davis, Babe Birrer, Danny Cater, Wally Shannon, Max Surkont, Bill Smith, John Herrnstein, Marcelino López, Ken Lehman, Joe Lonnett, Lee Elia, John Boozer, Dave Baldwin, John Upham, Dwight Siebler, Bobby Locke, Norm Gigon, Dennis Bennett, Pancho Herrera, Bobby Malkmus, Frank Barnes, Gary Kroll, Dick Ricketts, Bobby Morgan, Fergie Jenkins, Bobby Wine, Paul Brown, Bob Lipski and Ed Keegan were all players from the 1962 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Kerby Farrell 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
Dick Ricketts	10	7	.588	2.85	52	6		3	1		136.0	118	50	43	9	52	9	70	2	0	5
Bobby Locke	10	8	.556	4.43	23	20		5	2		128.0	124	75	63	18	48	2	68	3	0	2
John Boozer	8	6	.571	3.98	19	18		8	0		120.0	113	64	53	12	36	2	85	4	0	1
Babe Birrer	8	9	.471	4.72	35	22		5	3		166.0	192	98	87	20	33	4	89	1	0	0
Bill Smith	7	1	.875	2.40	10	10		7	1		75.0	62	24	20	9	19	2	61	0	0	2
Max Surkont	5	7	.417	3.48	52	0		0	0		93.0	81	39	36	6	39	5	81	3	0	4
Joel Gibson	5	8	.385	3.21	18	18		6	2		115.0	93	55	41	11	60	3	92	2	0	6
Wally Seward	4	11	.267	5.56	31	14		1	1		110.0	148	82	68	19	44	5	61	3	0	5
Dennis Bennett	3	1	.750	2.00	5	2		0	0		18.0	10	6	4	3	10	0	24	0	0	0
Frank Barnes	3	4	.429	3.94	30	2		0	0		80.0	76	40	35	8	39	6	44	3	1	1
Marcelino López	3	7	.300	5.57	39	18		3	1		126.0	123	89	78	9	95	5	85	5	0	11
Paul Brown	2	0	1.000	1.69	2	2		2	0		16.0	12	3	3	2	4	0	7	0	0	1
Jack Kerrigan	2	4	.333	4.95	11	6		1	1		40.0	34	27	22	5	28	1	33	3	0	4
Fergie Jenkins	1	1	.500	5.54	3	2		0	0		13.0	18	9	8	2	5	0	6	0	0	1
Dwight Siebler					3						0.0
Ricardo Quiroz	0	0		3.86	4	0		0	0		7.0	8	4	3	0	5	0	6	0	1	1
Robert Baillargeon	0	0		5.62	3	0		0	0		8.0	10	11	5	4	2	0	5	0	0	1
Lou DeBole	0	0		8.18	6	0		0	0		11.0	13	10	10	3	7	0	4	1	0	0
Dave Baldwin	0	0		15.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	6	5	5	2	3	0	3	1	0	0
Ed Keegan	0	1	.000	14.40	2	1		0	0		5.0	7	8	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	0
Gary Kroll	0	2	.000	4.70	5	5		0	0		23.0	19	12	12	5	13	0	11	2	0	3
Totals	71	77	.480	4.20	356	146	0	41	12	0	1293.0	1267	711	604	152	547	44	837	33	2	48	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
John Herrnstein	148	630	569	109	167	30	7	23	83	6	4	51	122	.293	.356	.492	.848	280		6	1	3
Danny Cater	139	557	524	72	151	21	7	12	67	3	5	25	91	.288	.320	.424	.744	222		1	4	3
Pancho Herrera	143	594	509	93	150	25	0	32	108	8	1	71	113	.295	.380	.532	.913	271		5	0	9
Bobby Malkmus	114	499	453	52	126	23	0	3	26	8	5	35	48	.278	.330	.349	.679	158		1	8	2
Jim Frey	134	535	448	67	121	18	1	16	59	7	7	82	34	.270	.383	.422	.805	189		2	0	3
Lee Elia	125	452	382	51	90	10	3	16	50	4	0	60	115	.236	.344	.403	.748	154		5	2	3
Bob Lipski	107	355	292	50	74	12	2	19	52	2	1	57	69	.253	.377	.503	.881	147		3	0	3
Gerald Reimer	89	280	252	37	72	12	2	11	48	0	3	22	31	.286	.346	.480	.827	121		3	0	3
Bobby Morgan	101	324	277	34	66	12	1	7	27	0	1	42	61	.238	.339	.365	.703	101		1	2	2
Wally Shannon	78	221	204	28	60	8	0	12	36	0	0	16	14	.294	.345	.510	.855	104		0	1	0
Norm Gigon	68	272	249	41	59	10	3	4	25	4	1	14	50	.237	.284	.349	.633	87		3	4	2
Jacke Davis	57	211	193	33	47	11	1	14	31	2	4	16	49	.244	.308	.528	.837	102		2	0	0
Bobby Wine	24	99	95	12	23	4	0	3	12	0	2	4	19	.242	.273	.379	.652	36		0	0	0
Larry Cutright	43	136	126	10	23	3	2	4	12	0	0	7	31	.183	.243	.333	.576	42		3	0	0
Joel Gibson	22	46	44	9	15	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	11	.341	.341	.409	.750	18		0	2	0
Bobby Locke	28	58	52	6	12	1	0	4	11	0	0	3	16	.231	.273	.481	.753	25		0	3	0
Dick Ricketts	59	47	40	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	7	.275	.326	.300	.626	12		0	1	2
Wally Seward	31	40	38	4	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	9	.263	.282	.263	.545	10		0	1	0
Babe Birrer	35	58	51	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	14	.118	.196	.216	.412	11		0	2	0
John Boozer	19	45	38	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.132	.195	.132	.327	5		0	4	0
Bill Smith	12	31	27	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.148	.233	.148	.381	4		0	1	0
Marcelino López	49	41	37	6	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	14	.108	.195	.189	.384	7		0	0	0
Fergie Jenkins	6	8	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.625	1.000	5		0	0	0
Jack Kerrigan	11	11	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.333	.400	.333	.733	3		0	1	0
Max Surkont	52	17	15	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.200	.250	.400	.650	6		0	1	0
Ed Keegan	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2		0	0	0
John Upham	5	19	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		0	0	0
Frank Barnes	30	22	20	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.100	.136	.250	.386	5		0	0	1
Paul Brown	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	1	0
Gary Kroll	5	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	1		0	0	0
Ricardo Quiroz	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dennis Bennett	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Robert Baillargeon	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1752	5637	4996	734	1313	207	31	183	675	44	35	531	974	.263	.336	.427	.762	2131	0	35	39	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pancho Herrera	1B	141	1232	115	16	119	.988	9.553
Gerald Reimer	1B	19	123	14	4	12	.972	7.211
Norm Gigon	2B	66	127	198	9	44	.973	4.924
Bobby Malkmus	2B	65	148	202	7	52	.980	5.385
Bobby Morgan	2B	16	39	45	0	5	1.000	5.250
Wally Shannon	2B	15	20	37	2	3	.966	3.800
Danny Cater	3B	72	66	102	8	8	.955	2.333
Wally Shannon	3B	39	31	59	5	5	.947	2.308
Bobby Malkmus	3B	37	26	68	3	8	.969	2.541
Bobby Morgan	3B	28	15	23	1	3	.974	1.357
Bob Lipski	C	93	499	40	6	4	.989	5.796	17
Larry Cutright	C	43	229	30	3	1	.989	6.023	9
John Herrnstein	OF	147	293	11	11	1	.965	2.068
Jim Frey	OF	124	196	17	5	2	.977	1.718
Danny Cater	OF	62	98	9	3	1	.973	1.726
Jacke Davis	OF	53	95	6	7	2	.935	1.906
Gerald Reimer	OF	50	82	0	6	0	.932	1.640
Bobby Morgan	OF	24	37	1	1	1	.974	1.583
Lee Elia	OF	16	25	1	1	0	.963	1.625
Max Surkont	P	52	8	16	0	0	1.000	.462
Dick Ricketts	P	52	11	30	0	1	1.000	.788
Marcelino López	P	39	12	39	1	3	.981	1.308
Babe Birrer	P	35	4	18	3	2	.880	.629
Wally Seward	P	31	5	20	3	0	.893	.806
Frank Barnes	P	30	7	11	1	1	.947	.600
Bobby Locke	P	23	15	20	3	0	.921	1.522
John Boozer	P	19	8	11	2	0	.905	1.000
Joel Gibson	P	18	9	18	0	1	1.000	1.500
Jack Kerrigan	P	11	1	3	0	1	1.000	.364
Bill Smith	P	10	2	13	3	1	.833	1.500
Lou DeBole	P	6						.000
Gary Kroll	P	5						.000
Dennis Bennett	P	5						.000
Ricardo Quiroz	P	4						.000
Dwight Siebler	P	3						.000
Fergie Jenkins	P	3						.000
Dave Baldwin	P	3						.000
Robert Baillargeon	P	3						.000
Ed Keegan	P	2						.000
Paul Brown	P	2						.000
Lee Elia	SS	105	177	312	32	53	.939	4.657
Bobby Wine	SS	24	38	88	3	25	.977	5.250
Bobby Morgan	SS	24	33	66	5	19	.952	4.125
Bobby Malkmus	SS	13	23	33	1	5	.982	4.308
Totals		1632	3734	1676	155	383	.972	3.315	26	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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