1940 Houston Buffaloes Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 105-56
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Eddie Dyer (105-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 90,872, Avg. 1,129
1940 Houston Buffaloes Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffaloes 3 games, Oklahoma City Indians 1
Finals - Houston Buffaloes 4 games, Beaumont Exporters 1

The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1940 season with a record of 105 wins and 56 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
Howie Krist229.7101.7138253.0221664850
Howie Pollet207.7412.8832228.0200917382
Edward Wissman168.6672.6238189.0172675558
Hank Nowak137.6502.7235212.01828764116
Ted Wilks1310.5652.5147197.0187635544
Steve Warchol116.6472.5141179.0150675081
Sam Nahem86.5711.6415104.095341918
Larry Kempe22.5009.47619.02621208
Clarence Beers01.00010.020
Totals10556.6522.50253000001381.012354963840457000000

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
Danny Murtaugh1556236231862480.299.299.363.661226
Johnny Wyrostek1565645641723084.305.305.408.713230
John Antonelli1455355351541651.288.288.342.630183
Tom Winsett139443443133291318.300.300.546.847242
John Davis14151151112727103.249.249.358.607183
Nick Cullop12542342311518521.272.272.487.759206
Jack Angle1384504501092573.242.242.349.591157
Sam Narron12141241210717510.260.260.398.658164
Lou Vezilich130369369961121.260.260.309.569114
Jeff Cross115348348811141.233.233.296.529103
Chip Marshall6716616636642.217.217.337.55456
Howie Krist39888824001.273.273.307.58027
Edward Wissman55979724620.247.247.351.59834
Howie Pollet36777717320.221.221.312.53224
Hank Nowak35757512210.160.160.213.37316
Steve Warchol45636311101.175.175.238.41315
Ted Wilks47595910300.169.169.220.39013
Sam Nahem1541419000.220.220.220.4399
Larry Kempe6770000.000.000.000.0000
John Streza2330000.000.000.000.0000
Totals17125354535401423229766600000.266.266.374.640200200000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jack Angle1B13611616817.9869.037
John Antonelli2B10127428819.9675.564
Danny Murtaugh3B9310314721.9232.688
Sam NarronC117607586.9915.684
Chip MarshallC641343710.9452.672
Johnny WyrostekOF154372138.9802.500
Tom WinsettOF1382061114.9391.572
Nick CullopOF10917572.9891.670
Lou VezilichOF106195102.9901.934
Ted WilksP47.000
Steve WarcholP41.000
Edward WissmanP38.000
Howie KristP38.000
Hank NowakP35.000
Howie PolletP32.000
Sam NahemP15.000
Larry KempeP6.000
Clarence BeersP1.000
Jeff CrossSS10016726841.9144.350
John DavisSS7215021325.9365.042
Totals1443354411201650.9663.232

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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