1927 Houston Buffaloes Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A
Team Record: 85-70
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Joe Mathes (85-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: West End Park
Attendance: 141,857, Avg. 1,830

1927 Houston Buffaloes Roster

The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1927 season with a record of 85 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the TL.

Joe Mathes served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Fred Frankhouse	21	9	.700	3.24	35						261.0	250	116	94		105
Ken Penner	19	11	.633	2.54	34						248.0	257	105	70		55
Larry Jacobus	12	9	.571	3.38	35						181.0	191	82	68		90
Dick Whitworth	12	12	.500	3.93	43						215.0	227	112	94		67
Tex Carleton	10	13	.435	3.87	41						186.0	191	109	80		98
Hal Smith	5	3	.625	2.56	16						81.0	77	41	23		33
Al Grabowski	4	5	.444	3.89	24						104.0	96	67	45		48
Roy Boyd	1	2	.333	8.04	13						28.0	42	29	25		13
Johnny Schelberg	1	3	.250	9.41	7						22.0	33	28	23		16
Totals	85	67	.559	3.54	248	0	0	0	0	0	1326.0	1364	689	522	0	525	0	0	0	0	0	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
Ed Hock	149	606	606		190	23	8	1						.314	.314	.383	.696	232
Pepper Martin	147	552	552		169	24	12	8						.306	.306	.437	.743	241
Ray Powell	128	468	468		151	25	8	5						.323	.323	.442	.765	207
Snake Henry	136	492	492		143	43	10	2						.291	.291	.431	.722	212
Tommy Taylor	139	481	481		141	34	6	6						.293	.293	.426	.719	205
Ernie Orsatti	122	403	403		133	26	16	5						.330	.330	.511	.841	206
John Kane	149	523	523		128	9	2	0						.245	.245	.270	.514	141
Bill Warwick	129	424	424		110	26	0	7						.259	.259	.370	.630	157
Wally Roettger	82	300	300		101	18	5	2						.337	.337	.450	.787	135
Fred Frankhouse	67	123	123		44	6	0	1						.358	.358	.431	.789	53
Ken Penner	56	105	105		26	8	0	2						.248	.248	.381	.629	40
Joe Mathes	22	44	44		17	3	1	1						.386	.386	.568	.955	25
Tex Carleton	41	62	62		16	5	0	0						.258	.258	.339	.597	21
Ernie Vick	29	70	70		16	1	0	0						.229	.229	.243	.471	17
Stan Baker	35	85	85		14	3	0	0						.165	.165	.200	.365	17
Dick Whitworth	44	71	71		13	2	0	1						.183	.183	.254	.437	18
Al Grabowski	25	39	39		12	0	0	0						.308	.308	.308	.615	12
Larry Jacobus	34	64	64		11	3	0	0						.172	.172	.219	.391	14
Artie Schacht	13	36	36		6	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	6
Roy Boyd	13	9	9		5	0	0	0						.556	.556	.556	1.111	5
Johnny Schelberg	7	8	8		2	0	1	0						.250	.250	.500	.750	4
Hal Smith	16	25	25		2	1	0	0						.080	.080	.120	.200	3
Totals	1583	4990	4990	0	1450	260	69	41	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.291	.395	.686	1971	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Snake Henry	1B	136	1198	68	17		.987	9.309
John Kane	2B	148	403	405	32		.962	5.459
Tommy Taylor	3B	123	144	253	32		.925	3.228
Stan Baker	3B	24	14	41	11		.833	2.292
Bill Warwick	C	121	397	72	14		.971	3.876
Ernie Vick	C	27	85	19	3		.972	3.852
Pepper Martin	OF	145	336	27	14		.963	2.503
Ray Powell	OF	126	309	15	11		.967	2.571
Wally Roettger	OF	74	195	8	3		.985	2.743
Ernie Orsatti	OF	48	118	5	2		.984	2.562
Totals		972	3199	913	139	0	.967	4.230

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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