1996 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 84-60
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Brian Graham (84-60)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Coca Cola Field
Attendance: 825,530, Avg. 12,899 in 64 home dates
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 3 games, Buffalo Bisons 1
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Association ended the 1996 season with a record of 84 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Bisons topped the league with 723 runs, fueled by 163 home runs. Buffalo allowed 632 runs. Nigel Wilson walloped 30 home runs for the squad, while Brian Giles and Ryan Thompson swatted 15 or more as well. Nigel Wilson drove in 95 runs. Casey Candaele paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .311. Jimmy Williams led the squad with 12 wins, and Joe Roa earned a 3.27 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1996 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Dunn, Julián Tavárez, Reid Cornelius, Bill Wertz, Brian Giles, Albie Lopez, Ryan Thompson, Damian Jackson, John Farrell, Paul Shuey, Tom Marsh, Geronimo Pena, Paul Faries, Darryl Scott, Tom Wilson, Kent Mercker, Eric Helfand, Bruce Aven, Erik Plantenberg, Brian Anderson, Tim Costo, Bartolo Colón, Greg Cadaret, Enrique Wilson, Alan Embree, Mike Butcher, Casey Candaele, Danny Graves, Chad Ogea, Herbert Perry, Scott Leius, Nigel Wilson and Joe Roa.
Brian Graham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Williams | 12 | 3 | .800 | 4.04 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 | 116 | 60 | 51 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 496 |
| Brian Anderson | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.59 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 128.0 | 125 | 57 | 51 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 531 |
| Joe Roa | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.27 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165.3 | 161 | 66 | 60 | 19 | 36 | 0 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 676 |
| Albie Lopez | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.87 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104.7 | 90 | 54 | 45 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 89 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 444 |
| Jim Lewis | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.01 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 120.3 | 134 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 530 |
| Reid Cornelius | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.60 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 101 | 64 | 56 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 422 |
| Alan Embree | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.93 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34.3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 142 |
| Danny Graves | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.48 | 43 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 79.0 | 57 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 308 |
| John Farrell | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.67 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Paul Shuey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.81 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33.3 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
| Casey Whitten | 3 | 4 | .429 | 8.04 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 54 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 209 |
| Darryl Scott | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.89 | 50 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 81.0 | 61 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 323 |
| Erik Plantenberg | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.74 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.7 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| Julián Tavárez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Bill Wertz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.71 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| Mike Butcher | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 115 |
| Greg Cadaret | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.66 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.0 | 59 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 274 |
| Benji Grigsby | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Bartolo Colón | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | |
| Chad Ogea | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| Kent Mercker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.94 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Totals | 84 | 60 | .583 | 3.98 | 390 | 144 | 133 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 1252.7 | 1198 | 632 | 554 | 126 | 454 | 12 | 935 | 50 | 8 | 54 | 5342 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sparks | 137 | 580 | 511 | 69 | 151 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 72 | .295 | .358 | .425 | .782 | 217 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
| Nigel Wilson | 128 | 552 | 482 | 88 | 144 | 23 | 6 | 30 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 117 | .299 | .374 | .558 | .932 | 269 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Ryan Thompson | 138 | 574 | 540 | 79 | 140 | 26 | 4 | 21 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 119 | .259 | .294 | .439 | .733 | 237 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Casey Candaele | 94 | 426 | 392 | 66 | 122 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 35 | .311 | .355 | .423 | .778 | 166 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Damian Jackson | 133 | 521 | 452 | 77 | 116 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 24 | 7 | 48 | 78 | .257 | .333 | .374 | .707 | 169 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Giles | 83 | 366 | 318 | 65 | 100 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 29 | .314 | .395 | .594 | .989 | 189 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Tom Marsh | 112 | 419 | 395 | 45 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 58 | .235 | .271 | .357 | .628 | 141 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Dunn | 92 | 335 | 300 | 35 | 87 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 74 | .290 | .355 | .483 | .839 | 145 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Tom Wilson | 72 | 250 | 208 | 28 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 66 | .269 | .390 | .486 | .875 | 101 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Costo | 83 | 276 | 252 | 25 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 59 | .214 | .268 | .357 | .626 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Eric Helfand | 90 | 320 | 258 | 31 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 51 | .209 | .350 | .306 | .656 | 79 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Herbert Perry | 40 | 161 | 151 | 21 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .338 | .375 | .497 | .872 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Faries | 49 | 191 | 172 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 24 | .250 | .299 | .349 | .648 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Lis | 51 | 167 | 146 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .233 | .319 | .411 | .730 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Leius | 35 | 138 | 123 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .268 | .341 | .407 | .747 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Geronimo Pena | 24 | 102 | 89 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .348 | .422 | .607 | 1.028 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Bryant | 27 | 71 | 64 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | .172 | .243 | .188 | .430 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Aven | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .727 | 1.000 | 1.727 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrique Wilson | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .556 | .625 | 1.181 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1394 | 5469 | 4870 | 723 | 1330 | 245 | 32 | 163 | 676 | 65 | 41 | 456 | 885 | .273 | .340 | .437 | .777 | 2128 | 99 | 62 | 33 | 48 | 43 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Costo | 1B | 54 | 417 | 35 | 1 | 39 | .998 | 8.370 | ||||
| Steve Dunn | 1B | 52 | 385 | 27 | 2 | 37 | .995 | 7.923 | ||||
| Herbert Perry | 1B | 29 | 209 | 19 | 3 | 20 | .987 | 7.862 | ||||
| Scott Leius | 1B | 14 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .979 | 6.786 | ||||
| Don Sparks | 1B | 10 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 8.800 | ||||
| Geronimo Pena | 1B | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.400 | ||||
| Eric Helfand | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Casey Candaele | 2B | 56 | 98 | 131 | 5 | 37 | .979 | 4.089 | ||||
| Paul Faries | 2B | 44 | 79 | 107 | 3 | 28 | .984 | 4.227 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 2B | 36 | 68 | 63 | 2 | 24 | .985 | 3.639 | ||||
| Geronimo Pena | 2B | 11 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 3.000 | ||||
| Scott Leius | 2B | 10 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 9 | .957 | 4.400 | ||||
| Don Sparks | 2B | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tom Wilson | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Costo | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Don Sparks | 3B | 129 | 66 | 250 | 16 | 21 | .952 | 2.450 | ||||
| Herbert Perry | 3B | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Geronimo Pena | 3B | 5 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 3B | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Tim Costo | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Leius | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Paul Faries | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Enrique Wilson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Wilson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Bryant | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Helfand | C | 87 | 573 | 34 | 5 | 3 | .992 | 6.977 | 16 | 81 | 16 | 16.5 |
| Tom Wilson | C | 66 | 386 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 6.242 | 8 | 74 | 8 | 9.8 |
| Ryan Thompson | CF | 136 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Marsh | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Casey Candaele | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Aven | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nigel Wilson | LF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Marsh | LF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Casey Candaele | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Bryant | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herbert Perry | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Costo | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Aven | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Leius | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Dunn | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Thompson | OF | 136 | 317 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .973 | 2.390 | ||||
| Tom Marsh | OF | 107 | 203 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Giles | OF | 83 | 132 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 1.651 | ||||
| Nigel Wilson | OF | 65 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.662 | ||||
| Casey Candaele | OF | 35 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.229 | ||||
| Pat Bryant | OF | 22 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 2.136 | ||||
| Herbert Perry | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tim Costo | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Bruce Aven | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Scott Leius | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Dunn | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Darryl Scott | P | 50 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
| Danny Graves | P | 43 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .791 | ||||
| Jimmy Williams | P | 35 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .457 | ||||
| Greg Cadaret | P | 32 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .594 | ||||
| Joe Roa | P | 26 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.962 | ||||
| Jim Lewis | P | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .952 | ||||
| Alan Embree | P | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Reid Cornelius | P | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Paul Shuey | P | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .105 | ||||
| Brian Anderson | P | 19 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.263 | ||||
| Bill Wertz | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Erik Plantenberg | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Albie Lopez | P | 17 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Casey Whitten | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .818 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Butcher | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Benji Grigsby | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Bartolo Colón | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Chad Ogea | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| John Farrell | P | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Kent Mercker | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Julián Tavárez | P | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brian Giles | RF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Marsh | RF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Bryant | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Costo | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Aven | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Damian Jackson | SS | 131 | 203 | 403 | 29 | 84 | .954 | 4.626 | ||||
| Casey Candaele | SS | 13 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 8 | .949 | 4.308 | ||||
| Paul Faries | SS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom Wilson | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Enrique Wilson | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Geronimo Pena | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2104 | 3758 | 1454 | 125 | 355 | .977 | 2.477 | 24 | 155 | 24 | 13.4 |
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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