1957 Houston Buffalos Statistics
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Harry Walker (97-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Houston, Texas
Ballpark: Busch Stadium
Attendance: 152,914, Avg. 1,986
Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, San Antonio Missions 3
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Dallas Eagles 3
The Houston Buffalos of the Texas League ended the 1957 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the TL.
The Buffalos led the league with just 471 runs allowed. Houston scored 645 runs.
Players from the 1957 Houston Buffalos who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Nelson Burbrink, Wally Shannon, Billy Muffett, Pidge Browne, Benny Valenzuela, Harry Walker, Howie Nunn, Nelson Chittum, Billy Queen, Rubén Amaro, Joe McClain, Phil Clark, Tom Hughes, Ted Wieand and Herb Adams.
Harry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Clark | 16 | 6 | .727 | 1.83 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 81 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Howie Nunn | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.97 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 212.0 | 190 | 84 | 70 | 16 | 60 | 4 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Nelson Chittum | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.38 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 234.0 | 223 | 98 | 88 | 13 | 72 | 9 | 145 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Tom Hughes | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2.87 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 185.0 | 149 | 66 | 59 | 8 | 94 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Billy Muffett | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.20 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 188.0 | 142 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 64 | 6 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ted Wieand | 13 | 14 | .481 | 2.83 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 223.0 | 186 | 76 | 70 | 11 | 62 | 2 | 127 | 11 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joe McClain | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.90 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 62.0 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Stathos | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Mumm | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.14 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 68 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 29 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ernest Palmieri | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Walker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 97 | 57 | .630 | 2.73 | 278 | 148 | 0 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 1307.0 | 1099 | 447 | 397 | 64 | 435 | 34 | 782 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Valenzuela | 146 | 616 | 556 | 86 | 159 | 37 | 3 | 24 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 34 | .286 | .348 | .493 | .841 | 274 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Herb Adams | 136 | 603 | 553 | 67 | 148 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 13 | .268 | .322 | .315 | .637 | 174 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Wally Shannon | 143 | 572 | 522 | 73 | 135 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 37 | .259 | .305 | .312 | .617 | 163 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Pidge Browne | 133 | 514 | 435 | 55 | 125 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 58 | .287 | .383 | .441 | .824 | 192 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Asdrubal Baro | 108 | 469 | 405 | 65 | 117 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 23 | .289 | .372 | .390 | .762 | 158 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Nelson Burbrink | 123 | 431 | 373 | 44 | 115 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 21 | .308 | .399 | .373 | .772 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rubén Amaro | 142 | 529 | 451 | 50 | 100 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 36 | .222 | .324 | .279 | .603 | 126 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Harry Keister | 105 | 417 | 367 | 46 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 52 | .223 | .305 | .384 | .689 | 141 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ray Dabek | 67 | 187 | 167 | 17 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .287 | .337 | .437 | .774 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Harry Walker | 62 | 169 | 153 | 28 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .288 | .345 | .392 | .737 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fred McAlister | 62 | 184 | 173 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 26 | .214 | .253 | .295 | .548 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Muffett | 25 | 70 | 61 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .262 | .313 | .311 | .625 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Chittum | 40 | 96 | 86 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .186 | .205 | .233 | .437 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Howie Nunn | 34 | 77 | 65 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .200 | .278 | .215 | .493 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jose Garcia | 20 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .191 | .263 | .221 | .484 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Hughes | 31 | 75 | 70 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .186 | .208 | .329 | .537 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wieand | 34 | 76 | 69 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .116 | .139 | .145 | .284 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ron Bennett | 21 | 62 | 54 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .130 | .242 | .296 | .538 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Mumm | 34 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .273 | .577 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe McClain | 10 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .158 | .238 | .211 | .449 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James McArdle | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 63 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .065 | .121 | .065 | .186 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Willner | 16 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .030 | .179 | .030 | .210 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Stathos | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernest Palmieri | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Alomar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1575 | 5366 | 4759 | 594 | 1210 | 204 | 22 | 75 | 537 | 28 | 33 | 497 | 458 | .254 | .325 | .354 | .679 | 1683 | 0 | 16 | 66 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pidge Browne | 1B | 103 | 934 | 37 | 10 | 76 | .990 | 9.427 | ||||
| Wally Shannon | 2B | 143 | 307 | 380 | 13 | 78 | .981 | 4.804 | ||||
| Fred McAlister | 2B | 21 | 48 | 59 | 1 | 17 | .991 | 5.095 | ||||
| Benny Valenzuela | 3B | 146 | 129 | 306 | 18 | 25 | .960 | 2.979 | ||||
| Fred McAlister | 3B | 16 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Nelson Burbrink | C | 114 | 624 | 58 | 7 | 6 | .990 | 5.982 | 6 | |||
| Ray Dabek | C | 50 | 232 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 4.960 | 0 | |||
| Herb Adams | CF | 135 | 340 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.615 | ||||
| Harry Walker | CF | 13 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.923 | ||||
| Asdrubal Baro | LF | 97 | 178 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 1.866 | ||||
| Harry Walker | LF | 19 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.368 | ||||
| Harry Keister | LF | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Ron Bennett | LF | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jose Garcia | LF | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Phil Clark | P | 63 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .970 | .508 | ||||
| Nelson Chittum | P | 37 | 11 | 69 | 5 | 2 | .941 | 2.162 | ||||
| Ted Wieand | P | 34 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.324 | ||||
| Howie Nunn | P | 34 | 7 | 51 | 4 | 4 | .935 | 1.706 | ||||
| Donald Mumm | P | 34 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .962 | .735 | ||||
| Tom Hughes | P | 30 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Billy Muffett | P | 28 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| Joe McClain | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Ernest Palmieri | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Stathos | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Walker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Keister | RF | 81 | 153 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 1.988 | ||||
| Pidge Browne | RF | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Alan Willner | RF | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jose Garcia | RF | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Rubén Amaro | SS | 141 | 243 | 430 | 75 | 84 | .900 | 4.773 | ||||
| Fred McAlister | SS | 18 | 39 | 46 | 2 | 6 | .977 | 4.722 | ||||
| Totals | 1462 | 3452 | 1659 | 152 | 321 | .971 | 3.496 | 6 | 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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