1951 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 99-61
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Al Hollingsworth (99-61)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 333,201, Avg. 4,165

1951 Houston Buffalos Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Beaumont Roughnecks 2
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, San Antonio Missions 0

The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1951 season with a record of 99 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the TL.

The Buffalos led the circuit with just 527 runs allowed. Houston scored 614 runs. Ben Steiner paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .262. Al Papai earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Fred Martin, Vinegar Bend Mizell and Octavio Rubert each added 15 or more wins, too Vinegar Bend Mizell earned a 1.97 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1951 Houston Buffalos who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Strick Shofner, Vinegar Bend Mizell, Fred Martin, Jerry Witte, Larry Miggins, Mike Clark, Dick Bokelmann, Al Papai, Les Fusselman, Bill Reeder, Eddie Kazak, Rip Repulski, Jack Crimian, Danny Lynch, Ben Steiner and Lou Ciola.

Al Hollingsworth 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
Al Papai	23	9	.719	2.51	33	33					272.0	270	105	76		83
Octavio Rubert	19	5	.792	2.28	29	29					225.0	215	71	57		80
Vinegar Bend Mizell	16	14	.533	1.97	31	31					238.0	161	65	52		116
Fred Martin	15	11	.577	2.54	32	30					237.0	214	87	67		62
Dick Bokelmann	10	2	.833	0.74	30	3					85.0	44	9	7		28
Mike Clark	10	7	.588	2.78	22	18					139.0	112	46	43		45
Pete Mazar	2	1	.667	0.00	3						20.0
Hisel Patrick	1	1	.500	0.00	4						27.0
Jack Crimian	1	2	.333	0.90	12	0					30.0	15	5	3		14
Elroy Joyce	1	2	.333	4.79	19	4					62.0	72	37	33		29
Bob Clear	1	2	.333	8.13	9	3					31.0	42		28		18
Hal Coffman	0	1	.000	0.00	3						9.0
Bill Reeder	0	1	.000	0.00	3						12.0
Thomas Keating	0	1	.000	0.00	4						13.0
Lou Ciola	0	2	.000	0.00	11	0					28.0	30				15
Totals	99	61	.619	2.31	245	151	0	0	0	0	1428.0	1175	425	366	0	490	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
Larry Miggins	157	572	572		149	34	3	27						.260	.260	.472	.733	270
Jerry Witte	159	546	546		136	16	2	38						.249	.249	.495	.744	270
Vann Harrington	149	526	526		135	20	5	0						.257	.257	.314	.570	165
Ben Steiner	130	473	473		124	15	2	1						.262	.262	.309	.571	146
Les Fusselman	132	432	432		110	36	5	12						.255	.255	.444	.699	192
Eddie Kazak	104	342	342		104	15	2	13						.304	.304	.474	.778	162
Billy Costa	120	364	364		93	11	5	0						.255	.255	.313	.569	114
Strick Shofner	96	295	295		71	14	4	6						.241	.241	.376	.617	111
Pete Lewis	87	296	296		59	11	0	2						.199	.199	.257	.456	76
Roy Broome	41	157	157		42	12	0	2						.268	.268	.382	.650	60
Elbie Flint	67	197	197		35	12	4	1						.178	.178	.294	.472	58
Mel McGaha	53	143	143		32	5	0	1						.224	.224	.280	.503	40
Dick Landis	54	141	141		28	4	1	0						.199	.199	.241	.440	34
Al Papai	34	95	95		18	5	0	0						.189	.189	.242	.432	23
Octavio Rubert	29	82	82		15	1	0	0						.183	.183	.195	.378	16
Rip Repulski	21	60	60		13	3	1	0						.217	.217	.300	.517	18
Fred Martin	32	81	81		13	0	1	0						.160	.160	.185	.346	15
Danny Lynch	27	59	59		12	2	1	0						.203	.203	.271	.475	16
Russ Rac	19	56	56		11	3	0	0						.196	.196	.250	.446	14
Earl Weaver	13	43	43		10	4	0	0						.233	.233	.326	.558	14
Mike Clark	22	45	45		6	1	0	0						.133	.133	.156	.289	7
Vinegar Bend Mizell	31	83	83		6	2	0	0						.072	.072	.096	.169	8
Vincent Moreci	8	28	28		5									.179	.179	.179	.357	5
Lou Ciola	11	7	7		4	0	0	0						.571	.571	.571	1.143	4
Dick Bokelmann	30	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Pete Mazar	3	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Jack Crimian	12	9	9		2	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Hal Coffman	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Buddy Phillips	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Bob Clear	9	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Hisel Patrick	4	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Bill Reeder	3	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Elroy Joyce	19	16	16		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Keating	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1685	5206	5206	0	1242	226	36	103	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.355	.594	1849	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Al Papai	P	33					.000
Fred Martin	P	32					.000
Dick Bokelmann	P	30					.000
Octavio Rubert	P	29					.000
Mike Clark	P	22					.000
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	21					.000
Elroy Joyce	P	19					.000
Jack Crimian	P	12					.000
Lou Ciola	P	11					.000
Totals		209	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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