1969 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 58-78
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Héctor López (58-78)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 77,808, Avg. 1,144
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1969 season with a record of 58 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.Played also at Niagara Falls, New York
The Bisons scored 533 runs and surrendered 643 runs. Gene Martin led Buffalo with 15 home runs and drove in 55 runs. Frank Coggins paced all regular hitters by hitting .296. Jan Dukes and Woody Woodson topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Jan Dukes earned a 3.32 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1969 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Martin, Tom Ragland, Jan Dukes, Dick Lines, Sam Bowens, Jeff Terpko, Frank Kreutzer, Dick Billings, Bruce Howard, Fred Klages, Jim Mason, Dick Nen, Bill Gogolewski, Bill Denehy, Gary Holman, Frank Coggins, Dick Such, Dick Smith, Jim Miles, Dick Bosman, Rupe Toppin, Tom Grieve and Billy Bryan.
Héctor López 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Dukes | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.32 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 168.0 | 174 | 74 | 62 | 15 | 38 | 2 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Woody Woodson | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.37 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 175.0 | 169 | 100 | 85 | 20 | 95 | 6 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jim Miles | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.56 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 48.0 | 44 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Terpko | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.73 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 132 | 67 | 62 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Wallace Smallwood | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 46 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Gogolewski | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.25 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 89 | 51 | 49 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Denehy | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.58 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 61 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fred Klages | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.88 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 42 | 39 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Carter | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Howard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Such | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.75 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick Lines | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65.0 | 70 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Bolick | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 40 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rupe Toppin | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.62 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 67 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Baker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Bosman | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Valesente | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 52 | 69 | .430 | 4.73 | 247 | 121 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 13 | 976.0 | 1028 | 580 | 513 | 101 | 407 | 35 | 598 | 30 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Coggins | 110 | 441 | 409 | 61 | 121 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 93 | .296 | .345 | .455 | .799 | 186 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Nen | 131 | 483 | 422 | 52 | 112 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 58 | .265 | .346 | .377 | .723 | 159 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tom Ragland | 135 | 521 | 436 | 57 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 65 | 61 | .252 | .360 | .303 | .663 | 132 | 12 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dick Smith | 84 | 325 | 286 | 42 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 26 | .325 | .403 | .479 | .882 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Garnett | 105 | 402 | 369 | 33 | 92 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 46 | .249 | .301 | .328 | .628 | 121 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gene Martin | 114 | 401 | 370 | 47 | 91 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 87 | .246 | .288 | .449 | .736 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Billy Bryan | 110 | 388 | 333 | 49 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 75 | .264 | .359 | .435 | .795 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Grieve | 99 | 382 | 331 | 53 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 98 | .245 | .327 | .393 | .720 | 130 | 9 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Gary Holman | 66 | 245 | 220 | 27 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 34 | .264 | .335 | .327 | .662 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Hense | 66 | 234 | 214 | 16 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 41 | .252 | .312 | .364 | .676 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sam Bowens | 58 | 227 | 192 | 38 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 45 | .266 | .379 | .495 | .874 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Mackey | 93 | 287 | 256 | 18 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 49 | .176 | .242 | .191 | .433 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jim Mason | 35 | 130 | 113 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | .230 | .315 | .301 | .616 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Vickery | 30 | 100 | 92 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .250 | .300 | .337 | .637 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duane Kalmer | 26 | 73 | 69 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .232 | .274 | .290 | .564 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Billings | 9 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .276 | .280 | .556 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Baldwin | 11 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .133 | .257 | .133 | .390 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Walker | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Miles | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1325 | 4719 | 4182 | 533 | 1072 | 183 | 20 | 91 | 490 | 55 | 39 | 440 | 758 | .256 | .331 | .375 | .706 | 1568 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nen | 1B | 120 | 1002 | 74 | 9 | 85 | .992 | 8.967 | ||||
| Gary Holman | 1B | 12 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .989 | 7.333 | ||||
| Gene Martin | 1B | 9 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .942 | 7.222 | ||||
| Tom Ragland | 2B | 134 | 282 | 388 | 13 | 77 | .981 | 5.000 | ||||
| Frank Garnett | 2B | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | 2B | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | 3B | 86 | 72 | 139 | 17 | 11 | .925 | 2.453 | ||||
| Frank Garnett | 3B | 56 | 41 | 106 | 21 | 4 | .875 | 2.625 | ||||
| Rick Hense | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Kalmer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Bryan | C | 98 | 474 | 34 | 9 | 6 | .983 | 5.184 | 13 | |||
| Duane Kalmer | C | 24 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 4.458 | 2 | |||
| Billy Vickery | C | 20 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.650 | 3 | |||
| James Walker | C | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 4.800 | 1 | |||
| Dick Billings | C | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Tom Grieve | OF | 99 | 213 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 2.202 | ||||
| Dick Smith | OF | 81 | 156 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 2.037 | ||||
| Gene Martin | OF | 60 | 83 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 1.417 | ||||
| Rick Hense | OF | 50 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.780 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | OF | 50 | 69 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .949 | 1.480 | ||||
| Gary Holman | OF | 49 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.633 | ||||
| Frank Garnett | OF | 17 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Dick Baldwin | OF | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 2.273 | ||||
| Dick Billings | OF | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Woody Woodson | P | 32 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.312 | ||||
| Dick Lines | P | 29 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .621 | ||||
| Rupe Toppin | P | 28 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .429 | ||||
| Jim Miles | P | 28 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
| Jan Dukes | P | 27 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 1.741 | ||||
| Jeff Terpko | P | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Bill Gogolewski | P | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fred Klages | P | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bruce Howard | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Denehy | P | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.444 | ||||
| Wallace Smallwood | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Dick Such | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Frank Bolick | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| George Valesente | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jeffrey Vollweiler | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gary Carter | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Dick Bosman | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Baker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Mackey | SS | 83 | 127 | 249 | 16 | 46 | .959 | 4.530 | ||||
| Jim Mason | SS | 33 | 63 | 96 | 18 | 16 | .898 | 4.818 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | SS | 21 | 18 | 48 | 5 | 8 | .930 | 3.143 | ||||
| Totals | 1385 | 3261 | 1382 | 152 | 278 | .968 | 3.352 | 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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