1950 Houston Buffalos Statistics
Team Record: 61-93
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Kemp Wicker (0-0), Benny Borgmann (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 255,809, Avg. 3,322
The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1950 season with a record of 61 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.
The Buffalos plated 608 runs and conceded 707 runs. Chuck Kress led all regular batters by hitting .297. Joe Presko topped Houston with 16 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Lou Ciola, Rip Repulski, Herb Moford, Les Fusselman, Bud Hardin, Johnny Blatnik, Jack Cusick, Dick Bokelmann, Jerry Witte, Wally Moon, Ross Grimsley, George Hausmann, Frank Kellert, Clarence Beers, Joe Presko, Bob Stephenson, Chuck Kress and Danny Gardella were all players from the 1950 Houston Buffalos who played in the Majors during their careers.
Kemp Wicker and Benny Borgmann served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Presko | 16 | 16 | .500 | 3.14 | 36 | 32 | 258.0 | 239 | 104 | 90 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Garlock | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.28 | 23 | 21 | 140.0 | 122 | 62 | 51 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Elroy Joyce | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.34 | 29 | 21 | 159.0 | 167 | 67 | 59 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mazar | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3.73 | 32 | 25 | 193.0 | 193 | 93 | 80 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.15 | 17 | 14 | 102.0 | 92 | 54 | 47 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Keating | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.27 | 17 | 7 | 66.0 | 51 | 32 | 24 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Lou Ciola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.59 | 47 | 2 | 104.0 | 115 | 57 | 53 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hoch | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.31 | 41 | 3 | 98.0 | 102 | 46 | 36 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Donald Stephens | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.73 | 25 | 8 | 82.0 | 73 | 52 | 34 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Hisel Patrick | 2 | 12 | .143 | 4.80 | 35 | 12 | 120.0 | 93 | 78 | 64 | 84 | |||||||||||
| George Condrick | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 6 | 5 | 31.0 | 31 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Ross Grimsley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Herb Moford | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Cohan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 15.0 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 91 | .401 | 3.52 | 314 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374.0 | 1293 | 649 | 538 | 0 | 629 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vann Harrington | 145 | 548 | 548 | 162 | 31 | 8 | 6 | .296 | .296 | .414 | .710 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Kress | 137 | 501 | 501 | 149 | 32 | 8 | 12 | .297 | .297 | .465 | .762 | 233 | |||||||||||
| Fran Haus | 143 | 484 | 484 | 117 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .242 | .242 | .300 | .541 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Bud Hardin | 143 | 515 | 515 | 114 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .256 | .478 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Blatnik | 110 | 373 | 373 | 94 | 17 | 3 | 9 | .252 | .252 | .386 | .638 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Witte | 99 | 370 | 370 | 92 | 14 | 2 | 30 | .249 | .249 | .541 | .789 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Tom Westcott | 88 | 316 | 316 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .326 | .547 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Les Fusselman | 76 | 236 | 236 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .284 | .284 | .428 | .712 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Mel McGaha | 67 | 193 | 193 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .269 | .269 | .363 | .632 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Vern Rapp | 72 | 186 | 186 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | .188 | .188 | .323 | .511 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Rip Repulski | 37 | 125 | 125 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .256 | .256 | .416 | .672 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Bob Stephenson | 59 | 152 | 152 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .230 | .408 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jim Neufeldt | 31 | 96 | 96 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .292 | .542 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Danny Gardella | 39 | 114 | 114 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .325 | .535 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Joe Presko | 39 | 93 | 93 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .183 | .183 | .312 | .495 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Morgan | 18 | 51 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .392 | .627 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Elroy Joyce | 29 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .231 | .442 | 12 | |||||||||||
| James Dickey | 19 | 63 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .286 | .460 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Frank Kellert | 14 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .263 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Zernia | 14 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .159 | .318 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mazar | 43 | 60 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .117 | .117 | .133 | .250 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lou Ciola | 47 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 19 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .128 | .128 | .231 | .359 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Garlock | 23 | 47 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .106 | .106 | .106 | .213 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Keating | 17 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hoch | 42 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hisel Patrick | 36 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .079 | .158 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Richard Czaplewski | 10 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bernie Gerl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Wally Moon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| George Condrick | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Donald Stephens | 25 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Rahmes | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1655 | 4847 | 4847 | 0 | 1163 | 184 | 54 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .352 | .592 | 1707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Ciola | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hoch | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Presko | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Hisel Patrick | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Mazar | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Elroy Joyce | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Stephens | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Maurice Garlock | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Keating | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Bokelmann | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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