1942 Houston Buffaloes Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 81-70
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Clay Hopper (81-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 52,692, Avg. 698

1942 Houston Buffaloes Roster

The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1942 season with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.

Clay Hopper 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
Paul Dean	19	8	.704	2.05	30						219.0	182	59	50		26
George Kleine	19	9	.679	2.12	38						255.0	231	79	60		71
Jack Creel	13	6	.684	1.92	38						197.0	174	74	42		54
Elmer Rummans	8	9	.471	2.34	34						119.0	106	41	31		55
Bud Byerly	8	10	.444	2.77	31						172.0	166	75	53		56
Al Brazle	8	13	.381	3.45	33						175.0	176	89	67		53
Harry Polly	5	14	.263	3.24	36						150.0	137	71	54		75
Jean-Pierre Roy	2	1	.667	1.04	5						26.0	26	7	3		6
Edwin Puck					4						0.0
Luther French					1						0.0
Ralph Scheef					3						0.0
Totals	82	70	.539	2.47	253	0	0	0	0	0	1313.0	1198	495	360	0	396	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
Hal Epps	149	600	600		179	23	8	1						.298	.298	.368	.667	221
Eddie Knoblauch	151	558	558		172	22	9	0						.308	.308	.380	.688	212
Emil Verban	134	511	511		155	11	3	0						.303	.303	.337	.640	172
Dain Clay	149	551	551		149	17	3	9						.270	.270	.361	.632	199
Jeff Cross	124	464	464		137	21	5	1						.295	.295	.369	.664	171
Eddie Kazak	118	424	424		109	23	0	5						.257	.257	.347	.604	147
Chester Wieczorek	108	293	293		71	18	5	4						.242	.242	.379	.621	111
Billy Kerr	71	225	225		54	13	2	2						.240	.240	.342	.582	77
Jake Suytar	82	263	263		53	6	1	2						.202	.202	.255	.456	67
Jim Bucher	47	157	157		50	7	1	0						.318	.318	.376	.694	59
Stan Galle	56	223	223		50	10	1	1						.224	.224	.291	.516	65
Roy Easterwood	53	145	145		30	5	1	2						.207	.207	.297	.503	43
Joe Mack	22	67	67		20	4	1	1						.299	.299	.433	.731	29
Paul Dean	30	67	67		17	0	0	0						.254	.254	.254	.507	17
Jack Creel	47	74	74		17	0	0	0						.230	.230	.230	.459	17
Al Brazle	41	74	74		17	1	1	0						.230	.230	.270	.500	20
George Jumonville	25	77	77		13	2	0	0						.169	.169	.195	.364	15
Jerry Gardner	16	41	41		10	1	0	0						.244	.244	.268	.512	11
George Kleine	38	80	80		10	2	0	0						.125	.125	.150	.275	12
William Adams	6	24	24		7									.292	.292	.292	.583	7
Harry Polly	36	47	47		7	0	1	0						.149	.149	.191	.340	9
Bud Byerly	31	63	63		7	1	0	0						.111	.111	.127	.238	8
Tommy Reed	9	29	29		4									.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Elmer Rummans	34	37	37		3	0	0	0						.081	.081	.081	.162	3
Francis Bartolomei	5	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Jean-Pierre Roy	5	6	6		1	1	0	0						.167	.167	.333	.500	2
Edwin Puck	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1591	5121	5121	0	1344	188	42	28	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.332	.594	1700	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jake Suytar	1B	82	607	41	15		.977	7.902
Joe Mack	1B	22	141	10	2		.987	6.864
Eddie Kazak	2B	114	307	283	21		.966	5.175
Emil Verban	2B	48	124	127	11		.958	5.229
Stan Galle	3B	56	51	124	10		.946	3.125
Jim Bucher	3B	44	44	84	19		.871	2.909
George Jumonville	3B	18	14	39	3		.946	2.944
Chester Wieczorek	C	74	306	43	9		.975	4.716
Billy Kerr	C	64	322	40	9		.976	5.656
Roy Easterwood	C	52	132	12	7		.954	2.769
Jerry Gardner	C	16	68	12	1		.988	5.000
Eddie Knoblauch	OF	149	233	20	8		.969	1.698
Hal Epps	OF	148	350	12	9		.976	2.446
Dain Clay	OF	103	229	10	7		.972	2.320
George Kleine	P	38						.000
Jack Creel	P	38						.000
Harry Polly	P	36						.000
Elmer Rummans	P	34						.000
Al Brazle	P	33						.000
Bud Byerly	P	31						.000
Paul Dean	P	30						.000
Jean-Pierre Roy	P	5						.000
Edwin Puck	P	4						.000
Ralph Scheef	P	3						.000
Luther French	P	1						.000
Jeff Cross	SS	124	216	393	54		.919	4.911
Totals		1367	3144	1250	185	0	.960	3.214

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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