1965 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 51-96
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Sheriff Robinson (0-0), Kerby Farrell (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 97,695, Avg. 1,329

1965 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1965 season with a record of 51 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.

The Bisons scored 502 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 632 runs, most in the circuit. William Haas led Buffalo with 18 home runs, and Cleon Jones walloped 15 or more, too. Wayne Graham drove in 52 runs. Cleon Jones paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .269. Darrell Sutherland and Don Rowe topped the team with 8 wins each, while Don Rowe earned a 3.28 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Willard Hunter, Pumpsie Green, Jerry Hinsley, Larry Bearnarth, Dick Selma, George Alusik, Amado Samuel, Darrell Sutherland, Cleon Jones, Jack Warner, Joe Hicks, Sherman Jones, Danny Napoleon, Wayne Graham, Ed Bauta, Dennis Musgraves, Rob Gardner, Bud Harrelson, Hawk Taylor, Ted Schreiber, John Stephenson, Bill Wakefield, Craig Anderson, Ron Locke, Larry Miller, Carl Willey, Don Rowe, Duke Carmel, Billy Cowan, Choo-Choo Coleman, Gordie Richardson, Bernie Smith, Jim Bethke, Larry Burright, Sammy Drake, Dennis Ribant and Babe Birrer were all players from the 1965 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Majors during their careers.

Sheriff Robinson and 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
Don Rowe	8	8	.500	3.28	34	18		5	1		140.0	139	60	51	15	27	4	90	1	1	1
Darrell Sutherland	8	8	.500	3.99	30	17		3	1		124.0	124	64	55	8	42	8	69	7	0	0
Larry Miller	6	1	.857	2.59	10	8		3	1		59.0	47	24	17	6	22	0	50	1	0	5
Rob Gardner	4	1	.800	1.70	10	9		5	2		69.0	55	17	13	2	21	0	56	3	0	5
Jack Warner	4	1	.800	3.38	26	0		0	0		56.0	45	25	21	6	17	0	48	4	0	2
Larry Bearnarth	3	2	.600	2.25	6	5		1	0		28.0	23	10	7	1	11	1	20	0	0	1
Dennis Ribant	3	12	.200	3.88	21	15		3	0		109.0	95	52	47	14	30	4	62	3	0	4
Ron Locke	2	2	.500	3.60	6	5		0	0		40.0	41	18	16	2	24	3	26	1	0	2
Dennis Musgraves	2	5	.286	3.70	13	13		1	0		73.0	59	35	30	6	33	2	58	3	0	9
Gordie Richardson	2	8	.200	3.31	30	7		0	0		87.0	77	36	32	6	29	4	77	2	1	1
Carl Willey	2	9	.182	3.96	23	19		2	2		100.0	98	55	44	8	32	4	54	2	0	3
Craig Anderson	2	12	.143	5.02	30	13		1	0		104.0	119	75	58	14	41	7	69	6	0	2
Jerry Hinsley	1	2	.333	7.80	4	4		0	0		15.0	16	16	13	2	15	1	10	0	0	2
Dick Selma	1	3	.250	2.45	9	4		0	0		33.0	23	15	9	1	18	0	36	2	0	2
Jim Bethke	1	5	.167	5.70	6	5		0	0		30.0	32	20	19	2	22	2	20	5	0	4
Babe Birrer	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Sherman Jones	0	0		2.25	1	0		0	0		4.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	0
Paul Alspach	0	1	.000	6.30	7	0		0	0		10.0	10	8	7	3	8	0	7	0	0	2
Willard Hunter	0	2	.000	6.19	26	0		0	0		32.0	44	28	22	2	16	5	30	2	0	1
Jerry Wild	0	4	.000	4.50	6	3		0	0		18.0	21	13	9	1	14	1	22	0	0	6
Bill Wakefield	0	4	.000	5.82	23	2		1	0		51.0	47	36	33	5	31	4	25	3	0	3
Totals	49	90	.353	3.83	323	147	0	25	7	0	1185.0	1127	608	504	104	458	51	833	45	2	55	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
Cleon Jones	123	492	454	61	122	15	3	15	49	14	8	33	77	.269	.321	.414	.735	188		2	3	0
Bud Harrelson	131	507	446	37	112	15	1	2	36	6	8	50	90	.251	.329	.303	.631	135		3	5	3
Wayne Graham	131	500	461	45	112	23	3	3	52	7	2	26	34	.243	.288	.325	.613	150		5	3	5
William Haas	120	462	420	51	106	21	2	18	49	3	4	36	72	.252	.311	.440	.751	185		1	2	3
Amado Samuel	120	411	381	32	90	13	2	4	30	1	3	24	56	.236	.287	.312	.599	119		3	3	0
Jack Tracy	89	351	320	28	82	18	2	1	23	5	5	18	50	.256	.305	.334	.640	107		5	7	1
Hawk Taylor	61	224	208	27	50	5	1	10	32	0	0	11	30	.240	.279	.418	.698	87		1	2	2
Joe Hicks	44	179	151	27	48	2	1	12	25	3	2	23	19	.318	.416	.583	.999	88		3	1	1
George Alusik	55	212	191	22	48	12	0	5	18	2	1	17	21	.251	.321	.393	.713	75		3	0	1
Duke Carmel	82	295	240	29	39	4	1	10	27	4	1	51	95	.162	.319	.312	.631	75		4	0	0
Choo-Choo Coleman	54	177	150	21	37	1	0	6	19	7	2	19	16	.247	.349	.373	.722	56		5	2	1
John Stephenson	44	145	136	13	32	3	0	5	12	0	0	9	19	.235	.283	.368	.650	50		0	0	0
Danny Napoleon	30	120	113	14	31	5	2	1	9	2	2	6	21	.274	.317	.381	.697	43		1	0	0
Bernie Smith	30	124	113	11	24	2	3	0	8	1	2	8	10	.212	.270	.283	.554	32		1	2	0
Larry Burright	43	135	121	11	21	0	1	0	7	3	0	10	29	.174	.241	.190	.431	23		1	2	1
Jim Handley	49	119	104	8	15	3	0	3	9	0	0	10	41	.144	.239	.260	.499	27		3	2	0
Sammy Drake	18	63	55	10	14	3	3	1	6	0	0	7	3	.255	.339	.473	.811	26		0	1	0
Don Rowe	69	81	73	7	13	4	0	1	8	0	0	8	18	.178	.259	.274	.533	20		0	0	0
Larry Miller	18	33	27	5	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	6	7	.407	.515	.444	.960	12		0	0	0
Craig Anderson	33	36	33	3	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	8	.212	.278	.212	.490	7		0	0	0
Larry Bearnarth	6	12	10	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.500	.545	.600	1.145	6		0	1	0
Gordie Richardson	30	26	22	3	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	.227	.320	.364	.684	8		0	1	0
Dennis Ribant	25	38	34	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.147	.216	.147	.363	5		1	1	0
Carl Willey	23	32	32	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.094	.094	.094	.188	3		0	0	0
Dick Selma	13	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2		0	2	0
Darrell Sutherland	31	46	37	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.054	.125	.054	.179	2		0	6	0
Sherman Jones	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Willard Hunter	26	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	1	0
Jerry Hinsley	4	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	1		0	2	0
Billy Cowan	2	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0	0
Bill Wakefield	25	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	0	0
Jim Bethke	6	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	0	0
Jack Warner	26	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	0	0
Dennis Musgraves	13	27	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.045	.125	.045	.170	1		0	3	0
Rob Gardner	10	23	23	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.043	.043	.087	.130	2		0	0	0
Ron Locke	6	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Jerry Wild	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Paul Alspach	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1605	4956	4453	479	1045	153	25	98	444	58	40	388	820	.235	.301	.346	.647	1542	0	42	55	18	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Haas	1B	116	969	81	19	91	.982	9.052
Duke Carmel	1B	13	95	4	2	6	.980	7.615
Pumpsie Green	1B	10	84	5	2	5	.978	8.900
Jack Tracy	2B	89	204	259	23	66	.953	5.202
Larry Burright	2B	37	81	105	8	19	.959	5.027
Amado Samuel	2B	23	27	58	4	4	.955	3.696
Amado Samuel	3B	77	60	162	6	11	.974	2.883
Wayne Graham	3B	64	44	101	5	8	.967	2.266
Hawk Taylor	C	51	274	22	3	4	.990	5.804	11
Jim Handley	C	44	212	20	3	5	.987	5.273	10
Choo-Choo Coleman	C	38	214	23	4	6	.983	6.237	6
John Stephenson	C	36	214	18	3	1	.987	6.444	7
Cleon Jones	OF	120	243	6	12	0	.954	2.075
Duke Carmel	OF	68	107	2	6	0	.948	1.603
Wayne Graham	OF	66	105	4	4	1	.965	1.652
George Alusik	OF	51	78	5	2	2	.976	1.627
Joe Hicks	OF	44	53	2	1	1	.982	1.250
Danny Napoleon	OF	30	44	1	2	0	.957	1.500
Bernie Smith	OF	29	49	0	0	0	1.000	1.690
Ted Schreiber	OF	23	21	1	2	0	.917	.957
Sammy Drake	OF	16	16	0	1	0	.941	1.000
Don Rowe	P	34	9	8	0	2	1.000	.500
Darrell Sutherland	P	30	11	27	4	2	.905	1.267
Gordie Richardson	P	30	4	13	0	2	1.000	.567
Craig Anderson	P	30	9	17	5	2	.839	.867
Jack Warner	P	26	4	5	0	0	1.000	.346
Willard Hunter	P	26	1	5	1	0	.857	.231
Carl Willey	P	23	6	21	2	0	.931	1.174
Bill Wakefield	P	23	9	5	0	0	1.000	.609
Dennis Ribant	P	21	7	18	2	3	.926	1.190
Dennis Musgraves	P	13	5	12	2	0	.895	1.308
Larry Miller	P	10	0	8	1	1	.889	.800
Rob Gardner	P	10	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.300
Dick Selma	P	9						.000
Paul Alspach	P	7						.000
Jerry Wild	P	6						.000
Ron Locke	P	6						.000
Jim Bethke	P	6						.000
Larry Bearnarth	P	6						.000
Jerry Hinsley	P	4						.000
Babe Birrer	P	2						.000
Sherman Jones	P	1						.000
Bud Harrelson	SS	129	243	350	31	74	.950	4.597
Amado Samuel	SS	19	24	50	5	9	.937	3.895
Totals		1516	3529	1428	165	325	.968	3.270	34	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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