1956 Houston Buffalos Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 96-58
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Harry Walker (96-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 232,696, Avg. 3,022

1956 Houston Buffalos Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 1
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Dallas Eagles 1

The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the TL.

The Buffalos topped the league with just 593 runs allowed. Houston scored 783 runs. Pidge Browne led the team with 29 home runs, while Benny Valenzuela, Bobby Smith and Russ Rac each walloped 15 or more, too. Bobby Smith drove in 109 runs. Herb Adams paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .333. Bob Mabe paced the squad with 21 wins, and Ted Wieand and Tom Hughes also added 15 or more victories also Billy Muffett recorded a 2.68 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1956 Houston Buffalos who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Mabe, Bobby Smith, Ted Wieand, Phil Clark, Don Lassetter, Rubén Amaro, Bill Greason, Tom Patton, Tom Hughes, Herb Adams, Ralph Beard, Benny Valenzuela, Harry Walker, Billy Muffett, Pidge Browne and Marty Kutyna.

Harry 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
Bob Mabe	21	10	.677	2.83	38	34		18	4		264.0	240	99	83	18	89	3	195	2	1	3
Tom Hughes	18	6	.750	2.70	33	32		16	3		223.0	170	80	67	15	123	2	178	5	1	8
Ted Wieand	16	9	.640	3.27	36	32		12	0		223.0	209	94	81	21	81	2	129	4	1	7
Billy Muffett	14	10	.583	2.68	28	16		11	2		171.0	127	58	51	11	54	4	98	6	0	4
Bill Greason	10	6	.625	4.68	27	20		7	1		154.0	149	86	80	22	87	2	80	3	0	8
Phil Clark	7	3	.700	3.71	49	2		0	0		102.0	108	47	42	5	33	9	69	5	0	2
Billy Joe Bowman	7	8	.467	4.57	37	13		2	1		124.0	110	64	63	12	68	6	76	2	0	1
Donald Mumm	1	0	1.000	3.77	27	0		0	0		31.0	33	13	13	5	14	3	12	0	0	1
Marty Kutyna	0	0			3						0.0
Harry Hoitsma					4						0.0
Knowles Piercey	0	0			4						0.0
George Storti					2						0.0
Kelly Swift					10						0.0
Harry Walker	0	0			3						0.0
Ralph Beard					7						0.0
Totals	94	52	.644	3.34	308	149	0	66	11	0	1292.0	1146	541	480	109	549	31	837	27	3	34	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
Herb Adams	134	616	561	84	187	11	6	0	38	8	12	46	17	.333	.383	.374	.757	210		0	7	2
Bobby Smith	153	667	618	99	185	29	6	21	109	11	5	34	61	.299	.333	.468	.801	289		2	4	9
Pidge Browne	149	630	539	100	177	37	3	29	105	2	4	87	62	.328	.420	.570	.990	307		0	2	2
Howie Phillips	154	695	587	97	170	27	5	4	42	10	4	90	47	.290	.386	.373	.759	219		4	11	3
Benny Valenzuela	130	560	488	92	153	28	2	18	99	2	4	61	39	.314	.387	.490	.876	239		1	4	6
Russ Rac	146	615	502	84	145	27	0	19	86	10	6	100	47	.289	.405	.456	.861	229		4	0	9
Rubén Amaro	152	624	533	53	142	15	2	2	64	7	8	76	53	.266	.362	.313	.675	167		6	5	4
Harry Walker	82	200	177	32	58	9	0	3	31	3	0	19	14	.328	.390	.429	.819	76		1	0	3
Tom Patton	79	256	238	29	57	10	1	7	32	2	0	16	27	.239	.287	.378	.666	90		0	2	0
Robert Rand	66	249	218	29	47	12	1	6	31	1	1	24	37	.216	.297	.362	.659	79		2	3	2
Tom Hughes	37	98	92	11	18	3	0	3	11	0	0	2	13	.196	.219	.326	.545	30		1	2	1
Don Lassetter	22	53	50	14	16	1	1	4	9	0	0	1	5	.320	.327	.620	.947	31		0	1	1
Billy Muffett	28	67	64	4	16	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	9	.250	.262	.328	.590	21		0	2	0
Gerry Thomas	22	88	75	11	16	2	2	2	9	3	1	12	5	.213	.330	.373	.703	28		1	0	0
Fred McAlister	44	80	70	9	15	2	0	2	6	0	0	7	14	.214	.291	.329	.620	23		1	1	1
Bill Greason	27	62	50	8	13	3	0	4	8	0	0	10	15	.260	.383	.560	.943	28		0	2	0
Ted Wieand	36	86	68	5	11	3	0	1	7	0	0	12	26	.162	.284	.250	.534	17		0	5	1
Bob Mabe	40	106	93	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	36	.097	.125	.097	.222	9		0	10	0
Donald Mumm	32	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.308	.593	4		0	0	0
Billy Joe Bowman	37	47	35	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	13	.086	.200	.114	.314	4		0	7	0
Phil Clark	49	25	22	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.136	.227	3		0	3	0
Marty Kutyna	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob White	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Czekaj	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1624	5842	5097	770	1443	225	30	125	695	60	46	607	552	.283	.359	.413	.772	2103	0	23	71	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pidge Browne	1B	148	1115	83	20	110	.984	8.095
Fred McAlister	1B	10	50	0	1	4	.980	5.000
Howie Phillips	2B	154	455	372	17	96	.980	5.370
Benny Valenzuela	3B	130	97	234	19	22	.946	2.546
Gerry Thomas	3B	21	14	32	3	7	.939	2.190
Fred McAlister	3B	11	1	10	0	1	1.000	1.000
Tom Patton	C	71	368	41	4	7	.990	5.761	1
Robert Rand	C	64	363	31	6	5	.985	6.156	1
Herb Adams	CF	133	359	8	9	0	.976	2.759
Bobby Smith	CF	25	83	6	1	3	.989	3.560
Russ Rac	LF	126	219	16	5	2	.979	1.865
Harry Walker	LF	42	62	4	0	0	1.000	1.571
Phil Clark	P	49	3	16	0	0	1.000	.388
Bob Mabe	P	38	13	47	4	5	.938	1.579
Billy Joe Bowman	P	37	6	18	2	1	.923	.649
Ted Wieand	P	36	11	28	5	3	.886	1.083
Tom Hughes	P	33	8	26	1	1	.971	1.030
Billy Muffett	P	28	10	22	4	1	.889	1.143
Donald Mumm	P	27	0	4	0	1	1.000	.148
Bill Greason	P	27	4	22	1	2	.963	.963
Kelly Swift	P	10						.000
Ralph Beard	P	7						.000
Knowles Piercey	P	4						.000
Harry Hoitsma	P	4						.000
Harry Walker	P	3						.000
Marty Kutyna	P	3						.000
George Storti	P	2						.000
Bobby Smith	RF	132	218	20	5	0	.979	1.803
Russ Rac	RF	25	35	2	1	0	.974	1.480
Rubén Amaro	SS	152	257	471	42	79	.945	4.789
Totals		1552	3751	1513	150	350	.972	3.392	2	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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