1968 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 66-81
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger (66-81)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 109,749, Avg. 1,493
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1968 season with a record of 66 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Bisons scored 604 runs and surrendered 684 runs, most in the circuit. Brant Alyea walloped 31 home runs for Buffalo, while Bob Chance swatted 15 or more, too. Bob Chance drove in 84 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .293. Steve Jones led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1968 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hank Allen, Casey Cox, Billy Bryan, Terry Harmon, George Smith, Gene Freese, Jim French, John Orsino, Mike Epstein, Brant Alyea, Paul Casanova, Wayne Terwilliger, Don Loun, Barry Moore, Frank Kreutzer, Sam Bowens, Bob Humphreys, Bob Saverine, Dick Lines, Jan Dukes, Gary Holman, Frank Coggins, Bob Chance, Jim Hannan, Bill Denehy, Héctor López, Jim Miles, Gerry Schoen, Dave Baldwin, Dick Smith, Steve Jones, Jack Jenkins, Buster Narum and Dick Billings.
Wayne Terwilliger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Jones | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.02 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 185.0 | 148 | 71 | 62 | 13 | 69 | 1 | 184 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jan Dukes | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.75 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 163.0 | 201 | 103 | 86 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 107 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bill Denehy | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.87 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 146.0 | 167 | 91 | 79 | 15 | 58 | 3 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Jack Jenkins | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.97 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 179.0 | 174 | 101 | 79 | 11 | 66 | 3 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Casey Cox | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.34 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 83 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jim Hannan | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.23 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 53.0 | 53 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dave Baldwin | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Miles | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.32 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 82 | 42 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gerry Schoen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Barry Moore | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Lines | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.81 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 132 | 69 | 50 | 10 | 37 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bob Humphreys | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Loun | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.43 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 57 | 45 | 32 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Buster Narum | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 67 | 46 | 45 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 79 | .440 | 4.11 | 321 | 140 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1207.0 | 1245 | 661 | 551 | 102 | 424 | 39 | 884 | 26 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Chance | 140 | 559 | 509 | 79 | 149 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 110 | .293 | .343 | .519 | .862 | 264 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bob Saverine | 120 | 506 | 457 | 49 | 111 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 44 | 71 | .243 | .310 | .344 | .654 | 157 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dick Billings | 130 | 450 | 387 | 71 | 107 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 50 | 59 | .276 | .371 | .398 | .769 | 154 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Héctor López | 117 | 390 | 353 | 44 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 73 | .258 | .319 | .405 | .724 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| James Walrath | 102 | 377 | 345 | 50 | 87 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 36 | .252 | .311 | .374 | .685 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Brant Alyea | 87 | 334 | 297 | 54 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 98 | .253 | .326 | .589 | .916 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Hank Allen | 64 | 266 | 248 | 33 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 40 | .262 | .302 | .379 | .681 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Terry Harmon | 74 | 279 | 245 | 21 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 38 | .257 | .342 | .355 | .697 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Holman | 60 | 202 | 176 | 26 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 25 | .267 | .347 | .352 | .699 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Frank Coggins | 55 | 210 | 191 | 16 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 43 | .246 | .306 | .304 | .610 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim French | 60 | 217 | 175 | 26 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 31 | .263 | .398 | .509 | .907 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sam Bowens | 55 | 211 | 188 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 55 | .191 | .271 | .431 | .702 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Duane Kalmer | 39 | 116 | 110 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .273 | .304 | .400 | .704 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Smith | 22 | 89 | 77 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .325 | .391 | .442 | .832 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Paul Casanova | 24 | 90 | 84 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .274 | .303 | .357 | .661 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Billy Bryan | 26 | 89 | 82 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .232 | .281 | .451 | .732 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Jones | 27 | 77 | 69 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .246 | .288 | .290 | .578 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Walter Czopczyc | 28 | 80 | 69 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .217 | .312 | .304 | .617 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jan Dukes | 38 | 74 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .214 | .233 | .271 | .504 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dick Smith | 35 | 117 | 102 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .147 | .250 | .225 | .475 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Epstein | 11 | 46 | 35 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .400 | .543 | .886 | 1.429 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Jenkins | 47 | 87 | 76 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .171 | .250 | .303 | .553 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Vlasin | 19 | 56 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .200 | .273 | .240 | .513 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ratliff | 18 | 59 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .164 | .220 | .255 | .475 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Sheridan | 12 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .238 | .300 | .538 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lines | 52 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .250 | .280 | .292 | .572 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Bechtel | 14 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .147 | .147 | .294 | .441 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Freese | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hirtz | 10 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .174 | .240 | .217 | .457 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hannan | 7 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederic Jacobs | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Loun | 29 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buster Narum | 12 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Denehy | 25 | 53 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .040 | .040 | .060 | .100 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Miles | 39 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Brescher | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Schoen | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Baldwin | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Humphreys | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Moore | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Casey Cox | 60 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Orsino | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1696 | 5322 | 4767 | 602 | 1170 | 167 | 31 | 153 | 553 | 78 | 34 | 449 | 976 | .245 | .313 | .390 | .703 | 1858 | 0 | 34 | 42 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Chance | 1B | 129 | 1040 | 53 | 23 | 92 | .979 | 8.473 | ||||
| Gary Holman | 1B | 25 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 3.440 | ||||
| Mike Epstein | 1B | 11 | 94 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .972 | 9.364 | ||||
| Billy Bryan | 1B | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Hank Allen | 1B | 4 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 9.250 | ||||
| Bob Saverine | 2B | 55 | 118 | 156 | 13 | 34 | .955 | 4.982 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | 2B | 55 | 148 | 149 | 12 | 32 | .961 | 5.400 | ||||
| George Smith | 2B | 22 | 51 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 4.955 | ||||
| Terry Harmon | 2B | 10 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Ronald Vlasin | 2B | 6 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 5.167 | ||||
| Frederic Jacobs | 2B | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Héctor López | 3B | 68 | 54 | 130 | 12 | 12 | .939 | 2.706 | ||||
| Hank Allen | 3B | 41 | 33 | 100 | 12 | 8 | .917 | 3.244 | ||||
| Dick Billings | 3B | 13 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.846 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | 3B | 11 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 2.636 | ||||
| Richard Bechtel | 3B | 9 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .818 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Saverine | 3B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Ronald Vlasin | 3B | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | 3B | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gene Freese | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 3B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Frederic Jacobs | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Duane Kalmer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim French | C | 59 | 357 | 39 | 2 | 7 | .995 | 6.712 | 7 | |||
| Duane Kalmer | C | 25 | 144 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .957 | 6.160 | 0 | |||
| Walter Czopczyc | C | 24 | 165 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 7.125 | 1 | |||
| Paul Casanova | C | 23 | 152 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.043 | 3 | |||
| Billy Bryan | C | 21 | 132 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 7.000 | 5 | |||
| Wayne Brescher | C | 6 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| John Orsino | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Héctor López | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Dick Billings | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| Dick Billings | OF | 114 | 146 | 15 | 6 | 3 | .964 | 1.412 | ||||
| James Walrath | OF | 94 | 192 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .962 | 2.160 | ||||
| Brant Alyea | OF | 82 | 125 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.561 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | OF | 53 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .946 | 1.642 | ||||
| Gary Holman | OF | 50 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dick Smith | OF | 28 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.571 | ||||
| Hank Allen | OF | 21 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Gary Ratliff | OF | 13 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 2.462 | ||||
| Héctor López | OF | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Bob Chance | OF | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Duane Kalmer | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jack Jenkins | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Roger Sheridan | OF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Casey Cox | P | 60 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .970 | .533 | ||||
| Dick Lines | P | 52 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .925 | .712 | ||||
| Jim Miles | P | 39 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .590 | ||||
| Jack Jenkins | P | 31 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.097 | ||||
| Jan Dukes | P | 29 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Steve Jones | P | 25 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .840 | ||||
| Bill Denehy | P | 25 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.480 | ||||
| Don Loun | P | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .524 | ||||
| Buster Narum | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Dave Baldwin | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Jim Hannan | P | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Gerry Schoen | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Barry Moore | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Humphreys | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Harmon | SS | 67 | 109 | 190 | 16 | 36 | .949 | 4.463 | ||||
| Bob Saverine | SS | 61 | 86 | 177 | 13 | 33 | .953 | 4.311 | ||||
| Héctor López | SS | 18 | 35 | 60 | 1 | 17 | .990 | 5.278 | ||||
| Ronald Vlasin | SS | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Dave Hirtz | SS | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Hank Allen | SS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Richard Bechtel | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1614 | 3781 | 1587 | 182 | 342 | .967 | 3.326 | 18 | 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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