1953 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
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
1953 Houston Buffalos Roster

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.


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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
Floyd Wooldridge1513.5362.203431176246.020771601293145614
Al Papai1116.4073.683333135230.02201119418931014111
Jack Cardey810.4443.79271451121.0110545187173404
Dick Bokelmann62.7505.143000063.077393621616103
Octavio Rubert63.6673.122340072.082332542549001
Cloyd Boyer42.6672.772831165.064262062831302
Bob Clear46.4003.3540920113.0100534246979123
Fred Hahn31.750100.0
Larry Jackson31.7505.371191052.059343182742200
Mike Clark22.500100.0
Floyd Melliere27.2224.2016104075.084423542827100
Fred Martin290.0
Jim Atchley260.0
Totals6463.5043.423171130431301037.01003463394664500563224280

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 Ciaffone14156851355156331566063816.304.359.402.761206611
Howie Phillips155710596901533326518510754.257.372.349.72120825
Harry Elliott115497439641443128631144313.328.395.462.85820369
Eddie Phillips11046640954125214935535347.306.388.443.83018122
Fred Marolewski1234984476111322423651647104.253.325.474.80021213
Dick Rand11442737337106231446205367.284.373.383.75714301
Donald Spencer682812463469111925252829.280.356.443.79910916
Roy Broome712632322358141327232528.250.326.358.6838315
Fred McAlister632472202057130533012325.259.335.386.7218522
Vern Benson58242194324872722063923.247.376.412.7888018
Larry Miggins421791622346111727001624.284.352.494.8468010
Vann Harrington81196172244210101431195.244.326.314.6405423
Frank Mancuso6318716683980213001923.235.314.319.6335302
Grant Dunlap35124112133150114011111.277.347.348.6953910
Wally Lammers41143122172780110421518.221.317.311.6283824
Floyd Wooldridge409786219100800719.221.287.233.5202013
Neal Hertweck2477647163204111113.250.360.359.7192302
Benjamin Downs2772557113015011611.200.389.309.6981710
Al Papai339180410101500420.125.167.175.3421407
Pete Riggan2162552901150158.164.246.255.5001411
Bob Clear4134313800020025.258.303.258.561801
Jim Neufeldt2140364830121042.222.300.389.6891400
Jack Cardey2744401720020029.175.233.225.458911
William McGhee1040353510010127.143.211.171.382612
Cloyd Boyer2817174420020003.235.235.353.588600
Larry Jackson1123201310000028.150.227.200.427401
Mike Clark1011110200010003.182.182.182.364200
Fred Hahn1013111200000003.182.182.182.364202
Floyd Melliere1628251210000018.080.115.120.235302
Octavio Rubert2321152000010021.000.118.000.118004
Dick Bokelmann3015130000000026.000.133.000.133000
Totals165257134997597132026823945494047596613.264.346.383.73019160338700

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Fred Marolewski1B1221078831363.9899.516
Neal Hertweck1B1713010111.9938.235
Howie Phillips2B15546544827118.9715.890
Eddie Phillips3B81801773023.8953.173
Vern Benson3B35225957.9422.314
Vann Harrington3B28175356.9332.500
Donald Spencer3B19224533.9573.526
Dick RandC107555651013.9845.7944
Frank MancusoC472062882.9674.9793
Roy BroomeCF63135521.9862.222
Larry MigginsCF3888120.9782.342
Eddie PhillipsCF2260211.9842.818
Vern BensonCF1845422.9612.722
Jim NeufeldtCF10100001.0001.000
Harry ElliottLF1031961761.9732.068
Larry CiaffoneLF4891410.9901.979
Bob ClearP4051510.952.500
Floyd WooldridgeP34133454.9041.382
Al PapaiP33103721.9591.424
Dick BokelmannP30218001.000.667
Cloyd BoyerP285410.900.321
Jack CardeyP2792153.8571.111
Octavio RubertP23218011.000.870
Floyd MelliereP1662011.9631.625
Larry JacksonP111521.750.545
Fred HahnP1051010.9381.500
Mike ClarkP102520.778.700
Larry CiaffoneRF92142851.9681.630
Grant DunlapRF21263001.0001.381
Benjamin DownsRF1612211.933.875
Vann HarringtonRF1181011.000.818
Harry ElliottRF11142001.0001.455
Fred McAlisterSS631161981046.9694.984
Donald SpencerSS46721441431.9394.696
Wally LammersSS39661001213.9334.256
Totals147437161646178355.9683.638700

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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