1947 Houston Buffaloes Statistics
Team Record: 96-58
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Johnny Keane (96-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 382,275, Avg. 4,965
Playoffs - Houston Buffaloes 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 0
Finals - Houston Buffaloes 4 games, Dallas Rebels 2
The Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League ended the 1947 season with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the TL.
Johnny Keane 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clarence Beers | 25 | 8 | .758 | 2.40 | 39 | 24 | 266.0 | 231 | 76 | 71 | 66 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Al Papai | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.45 | 38 | 27 | 283.0 | 241 | 91 | 77 | 84 | 139 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Jack Creel | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.63 | 34 | 16 | 250.0 | 238 | 85 | 73 | 39 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Pete Brunswick | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.39 | 34 | 8 | 175.0 | 173 | 77 | 66 | 43 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Arthur Nelson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.47 | 18 | 0 | 62.0 | 60 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Herb Moore | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.33 | 9 | 0 | 27.0 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Charlie Sproull | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.42 | 29 | 4 | 129.0 | 146 | 66 | 49 | 44 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Pete Mazar | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.67 | 16 | 4 | 81.0 | 75 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Rudy Rundus | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.38 | 10 | 2 | 48.0 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Roy Lee | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.82 | 8 | 1 | 28.0 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
John Remke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.71 | 5 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Totals | 95 | 54 | .638 | 2.93 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 1370.0 | 1276 | 526 | 446 | 0 | 393 | 0 | 665 | 20 | 5 | 32 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Knoblauch | 156 | 691 | 570 | 93 | 157 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 107 | 46 | .275 | .393 | .337 | .729 | 192 | 3 | 11 | |||
Solly Hemus | 141 | 663 | 546 | 89 | 151 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 12 | 95 | 33 | .277 | .391 | .353 | .745 | 193 | 8 | 14 | |||
Hal Epps | 136 | 573 | 484 | 82 | 146 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 84 | 6 | 5 | 80 | 31 | .302 | .401 | .450 | .851 | 218 | 0 | 9 | |||
Billy Costa | 134 | 627 | 544 | 69 | 126 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 56 | .232 | .315 | .320 | .635 | 174 | 1 | 17 | |||
Tommy Glaviano | 125 | 517 | 412 | 77 | 101 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 93 | 91 | .245 | .391 | .405 | .797 | 167 | 6 | 6 | |||
Vaughn Hazen | 115 | 398 | 346 | 47 | 97 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 60 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 69 | .280 | .358 | .373 | .731 | 129 | 2 | 10 | |||
Jack Angle | 102 | 364 | 315 | 41 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 25 | .251 | .339 | .321 | .660 | 101 | 2 | 7 | |||
Gerald Burmeister | 93 | 334 | 267 | 30 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 32 | .210 | .353 | .247 | .600 | 66 | 2 | 8 | |||
George Niedson | 74 | 250 | 212 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 39 | .212 | .318 | .283 | .601 | 60 | 1 | 5 | |||
Al Papai | 38 | 117 | 103 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .204 | .261 | .262 | .523 | 27 | 0 | 6 | |||
Clarence Beers | 40 | 121 | 107 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .168 | .226 | .243 | .469 | 26 | 1 | 6 | |||
Edmund Lewinski | 15 | 54 | 50 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .320 | .370 | .440 | .810 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pete Brunswick | 36 | 69 | 64 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .250 | .284 | .328 | .612 | 21 | 2 | 2 | |||
Jack Creel | 38 | 100 | 93 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .172 | .222 | .194 | .416 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |||
Claude Wright | 14 | 66 | 63 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .222 | .246 | .270 | .516 | 17 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bill Endicott | 24 | 72 | 61 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .213 | .304 | .213 | .517 | 13 | 1 | 3 | |||
James Halkard | 16 | 48 | 43 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .233 | .283 | .302 | .585 | 13 | 1 | 2 | |||
Charlie Sproull | 30 | 50 | 47 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .213 | .229 | .234 | .463 | 11 | 0 | 2 | |||
Herb Moore | 13 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .529 | .529 | .765 | 1.294 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rudy Rundus | 10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .312 | .646 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
Pete Mazar | 16 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .143 | .226 | .214 | .440 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
Arthur Nelson | 18 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roy Lee | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 1398 | 5217 | 4424 | 622 | 1114 | 163 | 73 | 25 | 536 | 50 | 44 | 651 | 561 | .252 | .352 | .339 | .690 | 1498 | 0 | 31 | 111 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Angle | 1B | 50 | 379 | 15 | 3 | 22 | .992 | 7.880 | ||||
James Halkard | 1B | 14 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.571 | ||||
Edmund Lewinski | 1B | 12 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 13 | .991 | 9.250 | ||||
Solly Hemus | 2B | 141 | 395 | 371 | 19 | 103 | .976 | 5.433 | ||||
Jack Angle | 2B | 19 | 48 | 43 | 6 | 9 | .938 | 4.789 | ||||
Tommy Glaviano | 3B | 123 | 158 | 297 | 29 | 30 | .940 | 3.699 | ||||
Jack Angle | 3B | 16 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 6 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
Gerald Burmeister | C | 89 | 423 | 50 | 8 | 8 | .983 | 5.315 | 4 | |||
George Niedson | C | 63 | 275 | 42 | 11 | 7 | .966 | 5.032 | 7 | |||
Hal Epps | CF | 136 | 323 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .982 | 2.456 | ||||
Vaughn Hazen | CF | 26 | 76 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 3.000 | ||||
Eddie Knoblauch | LF | 154 | 346 | 21 | 9 | 5 | .976 | 2.383 | ||||
Clarence Beers | P | 39 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 3 | .900 | 1.154 | ||||
Al Papai | P | 38 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 2.132 | ||||
Jack Creel | P | 34 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 3 | .917 | 1.618 | ||||
Pete Brunswick | P | 34 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.147 | ||||
Charlie Sproull | P | 29 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .955 | .724 | ||||
Arthur Nelson | P | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
Pete Mazar | P | 16 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
Rudy Rundus | P | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
Roy Lee | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Herb Moore | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
John Remke | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Vaughn Hazen | RF | 74 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.514 | ||||
Bill Endicott | RF | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
Billy Costa | SS | 133 | 235 | 411 | 43 | 71 | .938 | 4.857 | ||||
Claude Wright | SS | 12 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 5 | .927 | 4.250 | ||||
Totals | 1318 | 3081 | 1568 | 169 | 309 | .965 | 3.527 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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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