1953 Houston Buffalos Statistics
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Al Hollingsworth (0-0), Dixie Walker (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 203,543, Avg. 2,643
The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Buffalos plated 608 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 659 runs. Fred Marolewski paced Houston with 23 home runs Larry Ciaffone accounted for 66 RBI. Harry Elliott led all regular hitters by hitting .328. Floyd Wooldridge topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.2 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1953 Houston Buffalos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Vern Benson, Gary Blaylock, Dick Bokelmann, Cloyd Boyer, Larry Ciaffone, Mike Clark, Grant Dunlap, Harry Elliott, Al Gerheauser, Fred Hahn, Neal Hertweck, Larry Jackson, Frank Mancuso, Fred Marolewski, Fred Martin, Larry Miggins, Al Papai, Eddie Phillips, Dick Rand, Jay Van Noy and Floyd Wooldridge.
Al Hollingsworth and Dixie Walker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wooldridge | 15 | 13 | .536 | 2.20 | 34 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 246.0 | 207 | 71 | 60 | 12 | 93 | 145 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Al Papai | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.68 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 230.0 | 220 | 111 | 94 | 18 | 93 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Jack Cardey | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.79 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 121.0 | 110 | 54 | 51 | 8 | 71 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Bokelmann | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 77 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Octavio Rubert | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 82 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cloyd Boyer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.77 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 65.0 | 64 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Clear | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.35 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 100 | 53 | 42 | 4 | 69 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | 3 | 1 | .750 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Jackson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.37 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 59 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 27 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Clark | 2 | 2 | .500 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 75.0 | 84 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Martin | 29 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Atchley | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 63 | .504 | 3.42 | 317 | 113 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 1037.0 | 1003 | 463 | 394 | 66 | 450 | 0 | 563 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 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 Ciaffone | 141 | 568 | 513 | 55 | 156 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 16 | .304 | .359 | .402 | .761 | 206 | 6 | 11 | |||
| Howie Phillips | 155 | 710 | 596 | 90 | 153 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 107 | 54 | .257 | .372 | .349 | .721 | 208 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Harry Elliott | 115 | 497 | 439 | 64 | 144 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 13 | .328 | .395 | .462 | .858 | 203 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Eddie Phillips | 110 | 466 | 409 | 54 | 125 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 47 | .306 | .388 | .443 | .830 | 181 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Fred Marolewski | 123 | 498 | 447 | 61 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 104 | .253 | .325 | .474 | .800 | 212 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Dick Rand | 114 | 427 | 373 | 37 | 106 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 67 | .284 | .373 | .383 | .757 | 143 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donald Spencer | 68 | 281 | 246 | 34 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 29 | .280 | .356 | .443 | .799 | 109 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Roy Broome | 71 | 263 | 232 | 23 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 28 | .250 | .326 | .358 | .683 | 83 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Fred McAlister | 63 | 247 | 220 | 20 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 25 | .259 | .335 | .386 | .721 | 85 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Vern Benson | 58 | 242 | 194 | 32 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 23 | .247 | .376 | .412 | .788 | 80 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Larry Miggins | 42 | 179 | 162 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | .284 | .352 | .494 | .846 | 80 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Vann Harrington | 81 | 196 | 172 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | .244 | .326 | .314 | .640 | 54 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Frank Mancuso | 63 | 187 | 166 | 8 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | .235 | .314 | .319 | .633 | 53 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Grant Dunlap | 35 | 124 | 112 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | .277 | .347 | .348 | .695 | 39 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wally Lammers | 41 | 143 | 122 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | .221 | .317 | .311 | .628 | 38 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Floyd Wooldridge | 40 | 97 | 86 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .221 | .287 | .233 | .520 | 20 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Neal Hertweck | 24 | 77 | 64 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .250 | .360 | .359 | .719 | 23 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Benjamin Downs | 27 | 72 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | .200 | .389 | .309 | .698 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Papai | 33 | 91 | 80 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .125 | .167 | .175 | .342 | 14 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Pete Riggan | 21 | 62 | 55 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .164 | .246 | .255 | .500 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bob Clear | 41 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .258 | .303 | .258 | .561 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Neufeldt | 21 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .389 | .689 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Cardey | 27 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .175 | .233 | .225 | .458 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||
| William McGhee | 10 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .143 | .211 | .171 | .382 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cloyd Boyer | 28 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .588 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Jackson | 11 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .150 | .227 | .200 | .427 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Clark | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Hahn | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Floyd Melliere | 16 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .080 | .115 | .120 | .235 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Octavio Rubert | 23 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick Bokelmann | 30 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1652 | 5713 | 4997 | 597 | 1320 | 268 | 23 | 94 | 549 | 40 | 47 | 596 | 613 | .264 | .346 | .383 | .730 | 1916 | 0 | 33 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Marolewski | 1B | 122 | 1078 | 83 | 13 | 63 | .989 | 9.516 | ||||
| Neal Hertweck | 1B | 17 | 130 | 10 | 1 | 11 | .993 | 8.235 | ||||
| Howie Phillips | 2B | 155 | 465 | 448 | 27 | 118 | .971 | 5.890 | ||||
| Eddie Phillips | 3B | 81 | 80 | 177 | 30 | 23 | .895 | 3.173 | ||||
| Vern Benson | 3B | 35 | 22 | 59 | 5 | 7 | .942 | 2.314 | ||||
| Vann Harrington | 3B | 28 | 17 | 53 | 5 | 6 | .933 | 2.500 | ||||
| Donald Spencer | 3B | 19 | 22 | 45 | 3 | 3 | .957 | 3.526 | ||||
| Dick Rand | C | 107 | 555 | 65 | 10 | 13 | .984 | 5.794 | 4 | |||
| Frank Mancuso | C | 47 | 206 | 28 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 4.979 | 3 | |||
| Roy Broome | CF | 63 | 135 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 2.222 | ||||
| Larry Miggins | CF | 38 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 2.342 | ||||
| Eddie Phillips | CF | 22 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.818 | ||||
| Vern Benson | CF | 18 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 2.722 | ||||
| Jim Neufeldt | CF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harry Elliott | LF | 103 | 196 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .973 | 2.068 | ||||
| Larry Ciaffone | LF | 48 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.979 | ||||
| Bob Clear | P | 40 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .500 | ||||
| Floyd Wooldridge | P | 34 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 4 | .904 | 1.382 | ||||
| Al Papai | P | 33 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.424 | ||||
| Dick Bokelmann | P | 30 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Cloyd Boyer | P | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .321 | ||||
| Jack Cardey | P | 27 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 3 | .857 | 1.111 | ||||
| Octavio Rubert | P | 23 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .870 | ||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 16 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Larry Jackson | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .545 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Clark | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Larry Ciaffone | RF | 92 | 142 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 1.630 | ||||
| Grant Dunlap | RF | 21 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.381 | ||||
| Benjamin Downs | RF | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Vann Harrington | RF | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Harry Elliott | RF | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Fred McAlister | SS | 63 | 116 | 198 | 10 | 46 | .969 | 4.984 | ||||
| Donald Spencer | SS | 46 | 72 | 144 | 14 | 31 | .939 | 4.696 | ||||
| Wally Lammers | SS | 39 | 66 | 100 | 12 | 13 | .933 | 4.256 | ||||
| Totals | 1474 | 3716 | 1646 | 178 | 355 | .968 | 3.638 | 7 | 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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