1952 Houston Buffalos Statistics
Team Record: 66-95
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Al Hollingsworth (66-95)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 195,246, Avg. 2,425
The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1952 season with a record of 66 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.
The Buffalos scored 503 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 597 runs. Ed Mierkowicz led batters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Al Papai topped Houston with 14 wins, while Floyd Wooldridge registered a 2.34 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1952 Houston Buffalos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Strick Shofner, Chip Marshall, Ed Mickelson, Ed Mierkowicz, Ed Sanicki, Floyd Wooldridge, Bob Habenicht, Jack Creel, Al Papai, George Eyrich, Dan Lewandowski, Jerry Witte, Dick Bokelmann and Mike Clark.
Al Hollingsworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Papai | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.04 | 31 | 30 | 243.0 | 242 | 92 | 82 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Mike Clark | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.90 | 17 | 15 | 128.0 | 87 | 32 | 27 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Octavio Rubert | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.42 | 24 | 19 | 114.0 | 124 | 68 | 56 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Bob Clear | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.45 | 35 | 24 | 193.0 | 177 | 86 | 74 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | 7 | 18 | .280 | 2.34 | 30 | 28 | 215.0 | 194 | 73 | 56 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Jack Creel | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.12 | 44 | 9 | 150.0 | 134 | 58 | 52 | 46 | |||||||||||
| George Eyrich | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.26 | 19 | 12 | 105.0 | 102 | 49 | 38 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Bob Habenicht | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.00 | 6 | 37.0 | 30 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.39 | 31 | 0 | 64.0 | 53 | 19 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 2 | 10 | .167 | 3.62 | 36 | 11 | 144.0 | 164 | 65 | 58 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cardey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 15.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Dries | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Norman Shope | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 4 | 6.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dan Lewandowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Leverette Spencer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal Coffman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 95 | .410 | 2.92 | 288 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1440.0 | 1368 | 549 | 467 | 0 | 529 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Mierkowicz | 150 | 538 | 538 | 146 | 28 | 4 | 11 | .271 | .271 | .400 | .671 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Vann Harrington | 151 | 571 | 571 | 135 | 21 | 10 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .313 | .550 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Mel McGaha | 132 | 438 | 438 | 115 | 12 | 7 | 7 | .263 | .263 | .370 | .632 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Elbie Flint | 144 | 493 | 493 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .205 | .205 | .268 | .473 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Billy Costa | 118 | 415 | 415 | 100 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .294 | .535 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Dick Landis | 128 | 403 | 403 | 92 | 12 | 2 | 7 | .228 | .228 | .320 | .548 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Witte | 143 | 438 | 438 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 19 | .208 | .208 | .374 | .582 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Earl Weaver | 57 | 201 | 201 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .219 | .219 | .294 | .512 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Charles Keller | 45 | 173 | 173 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .254 | .468 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Dick Morgan | 55 | 149 | 149 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .221 | .221 | .336 | .557 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Dave Johnson | 36 | 102 | 102 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .284 | .529 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Hector Mayer | 69 | 171 | 171 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .170 | .304 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Al Papai | 31 | 87 | 87 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .276 | .517 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Howard Cantrell | 29 | 75 | 75 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 47 | 54 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .444 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | 35 | 66 | 66 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .152 | .152 | .258 | .409 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Bob Clear | 35 | 58 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .190 | .328 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Russ Rac | 16 | 45 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .156 | .156 | .289 | .444 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Chip Marshall | 11 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Clark | 17 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .116 | .233 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Octavio Rubert | 24 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jack Creel | 44 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .205 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ed Mickelson | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 31 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| George Eyrich | 19 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .094 | .156 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John McNamara | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1576 | 4687 | 4687 | 0 | 1039 | 177 | 31 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .307 | .529 | 1440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Creel | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Wild | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Clear | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Al Papai | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Bokelmann | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Octavio Rubert | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| George Eyrich | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Clark | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 267 | 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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