1985 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 66-76
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: John Boles (66-76)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 362,762, Avg. 5,109
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Association ended the 1985 season with a record of 66 wins and 76 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Bisons plated 647 runs and allowed 660 runs. Joe DeSa paced Buffalo with 17 home runs, and Steve Christmas walloped 15 or more also. Mark Ryal and Joe DeSa each drove in 66 runs. Steve Christmas topped all regular batters by hitting .298. Bill Long led the squad with 13 wins, while Steve Fireovid registered a 3.02 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1985 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joel Davis, Jim Siwy, Jackson Todd, Tony Menéndez, Juan Agosto, Randy Johnson, Bruce Tanner, Joe DeSa, Alex Taveras, Jerry Don Gleaton, José Mota, Cliff Speck, Russ Morman, Marv Foley, Jack Hardy, Steve Rogers, Joel McKeon, Bob Owchinko, Steve Fireovid, Bob Fallon, Mark Gilbert, Mark Wagner, Bill Long, Bryan Little, Kelvin Moore, Al Jones, Mark Ryal, Ron Johnson, Joel Skinner, Daryl Boston, John Cangelosi, Steve Christmas, Ron Kittle and Dave Wehrmeister.
John Boles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Long | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.51 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 151.3 | 146 | 69 | 59 | 12 | 43 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.44 | 38 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55.3 | 62 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Fireovid | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.01 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 137.3 | 154 | 50 | 46 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Joel McKeon | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.72 | 49 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 82.3 | 85 | 40 | 34 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cliff Speck | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.86 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 122.3 | 113 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 67 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bruce Tanner | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.46 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109.3 | 99 | 49 | 42 | 9 | 44 | 4 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Wehrmeister | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.77 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 126.3 | 134 | 88 | 81 | 16 | 55 | 3 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scott Stranski | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.46 | 48 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.7 | 73 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jim Siwy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.93 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 54 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Fallon | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.28 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 94 | 53 | 38 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joel Davis | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.63 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | 61 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jim Hickey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.71 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jackson Todd | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.76 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52.7 | 59 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Steve Rogers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Owchinko | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 48 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Juan Agosto | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hardy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.52 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Al Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Menéndez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 19.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mullen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.53 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28.3 | 40 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 66 | 76 | .465 | 4.32 | 375 | 142 | 118 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 1210.7 | 1306 | 660 | 581 | 113 | 491 | 26 | 748 | 36 | 10 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Christmas | 127 | 469 | 409 | 50 | 122 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 36 | .298 | .373 | .445 | .818 | 182 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mark Gilbert | 119 | 498 | 428 | 67 | 114 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 54 | 78 | .266 | .350 | .357 | .708 | 153 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
| José Castro | 134 | 529 | 454 | 68 | 109 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 65 | 77 | .240 | .333 | .335 | .668 | 152 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Joe DeSa | 97 | 414 | 366 | 56 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 46 | .287 | .355 | .500 | .855 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Mark Ryal | 106 | 417 | 392 | 50 | 104 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 50 | .265 | .297 | .423 | .721 | 166 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Joel Skinner | 115 | 436 | 390 | 47 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 115 | .241 | .319 | .367 | .685 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Yobs | 95 | 322 | 280 | 34 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 52 | .300 | .368 | .400 | .768 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Daryl Boston | 63 | 281 | 241 | 45 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 48 | .274 | .369 | .456 | .826 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Cangelosi | 78 | 296 | 244 | 34 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 46 | 32 | .238 | .358 | .324 | .682 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alex Taveras | 109 | 317 | 266 | 36 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 50 | .218 | .317 | .327 | .644 | 87 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bryan Little | 49 | 218 | 183 | 30 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 17 | .306 | .390 | .415 | .805 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cliff Wherry | 89 | 237 | 209 | 23 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 46 | .239 | .315 | .297 | .611 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Randy Johnson | 58 | 194 | 170 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 34 | .224 | .304 | .394 | .698 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Russ Morman | 21 | 76 | 64 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .297 | .408 | .703 | 1.111 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Foley | 40 | 103 | 78 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | .218 | .388 | .423 | .811 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ramon Romero | 28 | 81 | 65 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .200 | .308 | .262 | .569 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nelson Barrera | 25 | 85 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .176 | .282 | .297 | .580 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mark Wagner | 34 | 70 | 60 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .200 | .314 | .233 | .548 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Kittle | 6 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .333 | .481 | .714 | 1.196 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Moore | 13 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .222 | .323 | .222 | .545 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Mota | 6 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .278 | .628 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel McKeon | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Siwy | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1477 | 5123 | 4441 | 634 | 1151 | 190 | 22 | 115 | 572 | 72 | 45 | 558 | 758 | .259 | .343 | .390 | .732 | 1730 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 54 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DeSa | 1B | 82 | 698 | 44 | 5 | 76 | .993 | 9.049 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | 1B | 37 | 258 | 23 | 2 | 32 | .993 | 7.595 | ||||
| Russ Morman | 1B | 18 | 144 | 7 | 2 | 14 | .987 | 8.389 | ||||
| Ron Johnson | 1B | 16 | 130 | 7 | 2 | 11 | .986 | 8.562 | ||||
| Kelvin Moore | 1B | 7 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.857 | ||||
| Bryan Little | 2B | 49 | 98 | 145 | 3 | 34 | .988 | 4.959 | ||||
| Cliff Wherry | 2B | 47 | 79 | 113 | 7 | 24 | .965 | 4.085 | ||||
| José Castro | 2B | 39 | 67 | 97 | 4 | 18 | .976 | 4.205 | ||||
| Ramon Romero | 2B | 16 | 24 | 49 | 3 | 11 | .961 | 4.562 | ||||
| José Mota | 2B | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 2B | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| José Castro | 3B | 79 | 55 | 134 | 12 | 16 | .940 | 2.392 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | 3B | 55 | 43 | 91 | 9 | 11 | .937 | 2.436 | ||||
| Nelson Barrera | 3B | 23 | 13 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .951 | 2.522 | ||||
| Mark Wagner | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ramon Romero | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joel Skinner | C | 114 | 623 | 65 | 10 | 13 | .986 | 6.035 | 7 | |||
| Marv Foley | C | 19 | 81 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 4.947 | 1 | |||
| Steve Christmas | C | 13 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.923 | 1 | |||
| Ramon Romero | C | 5 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2 | |||
| Mark Gilbert | OF | 113 | 227 | 11 | 6 | 3 | .975 | 2.106 | ||||
| Mark Ryal | OF | 104 | 175 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .989 | 1.779 | ||||
| John Cangelosi | OF | 77 | 148 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 2.039 | ||||
| Daryl Boston | OF | 61 | 151 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 2.525 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | OF | 44 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .939 | 1.409 | ||||
| José Castro | OF | 29 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.448 | ||||
| Joe DeSa | OF | 22 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 1.636 | ||||
| Dave Yobs | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Marv Foley | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Kittle | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joel McKeon | P | 49 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .347 | ||||
| Scott Stranski | P | 48 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .271 | ||||
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 38 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .237 | ||||
| Dave Wehrmeister | P | 30 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jackson Todd | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .320 | ||||
| Bill Long | P | 25 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.160 | ||||
| Steve Fireovid | P | 24 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 21 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
| Bruce Tanner | P | 20 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 1.850 | ||||
| Tom Mullen | P | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| Jim Siwy | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Bob Fallon | P | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .933 | ||||
| Bob Owchinko | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Joel Davis | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Jim Hickey | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Juan Agosto | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Rogers | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Al Jones | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jack Hardy | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tony Menéndez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Taveras | SS | 104 | 163 | 251 | 16 | 64 | .963 | 3.981 | ||||
| Cliff Wherry | SS | 37 | 53 | 76 | 7 | 12 | .949 | 3.486 | ||||
| Mark Wagner | SS | 26 | 43 | 45 | 4 | 17 | .957 | 3.385 | ||||
| José Castro | SS | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ramon Romero | SS | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1644 | 3632 | 1478 | 128 | 398 | .976 | 3.108 | 11 | 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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