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