1939 Houston Buffaloes Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 97-63
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Eddie Dyer (97-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 125,364, Avg. 1,567
1939 Houston Buffaloes RosterTeam Record: 97-63
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Eddie Dyer (97-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 125,364, Avg. 1,567
Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 3 games, Houston Buffaloes 2
The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1939 season with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the TL.
Eddie Dyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murry Dickson | 22 | 15 | .595 | 3.25 | 51 | 31 | 263.0 | 252 | 117 | 95 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Harry Brecheen | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.51 | 42 | 28 | 251.0 | 216 | 88 | 70 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Ernie White | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.62 | 32 | 22 | 189.0 | 136 | 65 | 55 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Ted Wilks | 14 | 15 | .483 | 2.60 | 45 | 23 | 235.0 | 229 | 92 | 68 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Frank Barrett | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.10 | 42 | 28 | 215.0 | 209 | 92 | 74 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Hank Nowak | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.93 | 27 | 17 | 135.0 | 118 | 68 | 59 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Howie Krist | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.58 | 27 | 9 | 103.0 | 95 | 51 | 41 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Howie Pollet | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.67 | 11 | 2 | 27.0 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Homer Rainey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Kelleher | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2.0 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Roland Van Slate | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 10.0 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 97 | 63 | .606 | 3.00 | 284 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1430.0 | 1296 | 593 | 476 | 0 | 559 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Cullop | 157 | 554 | 554 | 176 | 29 | 5 | 25 | .318 | .318 | .523 | .841 | 290 | |||||||||||
| Hal Epps | 139 | 543 | 543 | 156 | 22 | 22 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .431 | .718 | 234 | |||||||||||
| John Antonelli | 151 | 568 | 568 | 156 | 33 | 11 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .377 | .651 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Lake | 164 | 598 | 598 | 156 | 22 | 7 | 14 | .261 | .261 | .391 | .652 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Hopp | 133 | 497 | 497 | 155 | 28 | 15 | 3 | .312 | .312 | .447 | .759 | 222 | |||||||||||
| John Davis | 153 | 563 | 563 | 154 | 26 | 11 | 2 | .274 | .274 | .369 | .643 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Tom Turner | 137 | 472 | 472 | 147 | 32 | 3 | 4 | .311 | .311 | .417 | .729 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Mike Christoff | 55 | 189 | 189 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 9 | .312 | .312 | .545 | .857 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Lou Scoffic | 62 | 235 | 235 | 56 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .374 | .613 | 88 | |||||||||||
| A. C. Phillips | 93 | 221 | 221 | 51 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .312 | .543 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Wyrostek | 37 | 123 | 123 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .285 | .285 | .398 | .683 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Murry Dickson | 55 | 102 | 102 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .304 | .304 | .392 | .696 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Joe Schultz | 36 | 71 | 71 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .338 | .634 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Harry Brecheen | 47 | 97 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .227 | .412 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Harry Schmiel | 14 | 47 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .362 | .362 | .511 | .872 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Ernie White | 36 | 76 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .250 | .461 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Joe Cusick | 27 | 70 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .229 | .414 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Ted Wilks | 45 | 74 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .189 | .338 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Howie Krist | 27 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .394 | .667 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bill Endicott | 14 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .395 | .632 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Hank Nowak | 27 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .217 | .413 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Frank Barrett | 42 | 83 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .084 | .084 | .120 | .205 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Howie Pollet | 12 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jim Asbell | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Robert Joratz | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Richard Tichacek | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1671 | 5330 | 5330 | 0 | 1468 | 258 | 93 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .398 | .674 | 2122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Hopp | 1B | 133 | 1138 | 45 | 18 | .985 | 8.895 | |
| John Antonelli | 2B | 128 | 365 | 344 | 18 | .975 | 5.539 | |
| A. C. Phillips | 2B | 41 | 83 | 98 | 6 | .968 | 4.415 | |
| John Davis | 3B | 151 | 184 | 247 | 15 | .966 | 2.854 | |
| Tom Turner | C | 133 | 742 | 98 | 16 | .981 | 6.316 | |
| Joe Schultz | C | 24 | 97 | 14 | 1 | .991 | 4.625 | |
| Joe Cusick | C | 24 | 106 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.875 | |
| Nick Cullop | OF | 156 | 249 | 17 | 8 | .971 | 1.705 | |
| Hal Epps | OF | 139 | 344 | 12 | 13 | .965 | 2.561 | |
| Lou Scoffic | OF | 62 | 119 | 6 | 6 | .954 | 2.016 | |
| Mike Christoff | OF | 55 | 83 | 5 | 1 | .989 | 1.600 | |
| Johnny Wyrostek | OF | 36 | 71 | 3 | 5 | .937 | 2.056 | |
| Harry Schmiel | OF | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .880 | 1.692 | |
| Bill Endicott | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | .947 | 1.636 | |
| Murry Dickson | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Wilks | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Brecheen | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Barrett | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie White | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Hank Nowak | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Howie Krist | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Howie Pollet | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Lake | SS | 164 | 296 | 472 | 57 | .931 | 4.683 | |
| Totals | 1547 | 3915 | 1374 | 168 | 0 | .969 | 3.419 |
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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