1976 Buffalo Bisons Index Page

1976 Buffalo Bisons

Record: 92-71
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 713
Runs Allowed: 627
Exp W-L: 91-72

Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,614,362
Manager: Squiz Jorgensen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-63, 4th in the Frick League
AA: 73-65, 4th in the Frick League
A: 82-56, 2nd in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 1-3 to Las Vegas Hustlers

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
1B	#Mickey Masutto	31	157	582	103	172	23	4	41	106	7	3	65	146	.296	.374	.560	.934	114.3	26.7	1.0
2B	Cravin Moorhead	22	153	573	84	139	23	12	7	28	70	20	65	149	.243	.322	.361	.684	76.7	12.9	5.8
SS	Andy Zalot	31	151	548	77	156	16	11	15	49	48	19	47	123	.285	.346	.436	.782	86.0	17.2	6.2
CF	Scott Malitz	32	150	503	73	128	17	5	20	75	1	2	42	83	.254	.325	.427	.752	69.1	12.0	2.9
LF	*Davey Mellor	29	150	509	66	122	15	5	24	86	34	11	37	47	.240	.295	.430	.725	65.8	10.1	3.3
C	Al Janski	33	121	453	62	143	15	1	19	76	0	0	37	105	.316	.369	.479	.848	74.9	16.8	6.6
SS	Marcel Sandoval	26	82	258	29	65	16	5	8	38	11	2	16	57	.252	.314	.446	.760	35.9	6.7	1.5
3B	Tony Trudeau	28	65	213	24	53	8	4	4	21	0	2	37	18	.249	.359	.380	.739	30.9	5.6	1.4
RF	Paxton Quigley	31	74	219	25	65	6	3	4	33	3	4	15	40	.297	.345	.406	.751	30.1	5.7	1.1
CF	*Jack Elliott	33	75	207	23	44	5	1	8	26	2	2	11	26	.213	.258	.362	.620	17.8	0.9	1.4
2B	Bill Zzyzzy	35	92	201	26	53	7	0	6	19	2	2	16	22	.264	.321	.388	.709	25.8	4.7	2.2
CF	Rocky Simmes	32	52	151	17	43	10	1	1	20	2	1	12	39	.285	.339	.384	.723	18.2	3.3	0.9
3B	Luis Persaud	29	65	136	16	30	10	1	4	26	1	0	14	27	.221	.289	.397	.687	16.7	2.4	1.3
RF	Greg Marvin	31	46	125	8	28	3	0	5	12	6	5	7	31	.224	.265	.368	.633	10.4	0.6	1.0
C	David Richardson	34	51	111	13	27	5	0	3	12	0	0	8	8	.243	.303	.369	.673	12.5	1.7	1.5
RF	Troy Sills	34	46	117	8	20	2	0	3	13	1	1	4	22	.171	.205	.265	.470	4.1	0.0	0.6
P	#Chuck Delong	29	37	107	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	51	.065	.082	.084	.166	-4.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Bill Max	25	36	93	7	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	45	.129	.147	.161	.309	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	Michael Hick	31	29	85	2	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	30	.071	.102	.118	.220	-2.2	0.0	0.0
RF	*Colby Vicknair	26	42	78	7	28	4	2	1	11	6	0	3	12	.359	.383	.500	.883	13.7	3.6	0.6
C	*Aron Mayorga	25	24	62	6	16	3	0	1	4	2	2	3	16	.258	.299	.355	.653	6.1	0.7	1.0
C	Dino Houston	26	25	57	13	18	1	3	1	5	7	2	4	16	.316	.361	.491	.852	9.4	2.2	0.7
P	Burke Eschette	35	13	40	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	20	.125	.182	.150	.332	0.6	0.0	0.0
P	Bernie Crotchmeyer	30	13	36	2	6	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	16	.167	.211	.167	.377	0.8	0.0	0.0
SS	Russ Brand	28	16	20	4	10	1	0	1	3	1	0	2	2	.500	.545	.700	1.245	6.1	2.0	0.2
P	Todd Vogler	30	8	18	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	.167	.167	.333	.500	1.1	0.0	0.0
C	Tony Quinn	26	8	20	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.200	.190	.250	.440	1.1	0.0	0.3
P	*Kerwin Parker	35	16	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.125	.176	.188	.364	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Haystack Duggeler	30	11	14	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.500	.833	2.2	0.4	0.0
LF	Carlos Herrera	28	4	13	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.308	.357	.385	.742	1.7	0.4	0.2
P	Todd Adams	24	6	11	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.182	.231	.182	.413	0.9	0.0	0.0
P	*Rodney Villec	31	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	-0.6	0.0	0.0
C	Steve Desalvo	30	2	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.6	0.2	0.1
P	Devin Crum	31	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Kevin Robinson	24	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Marty McGraw	25	50	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
CF	*Brett Jones	32	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0.6	0.3	0.0
P	Vincent Vance	30	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Louis Mattison	26	62	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Kip Gunner	36	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Thomas Knepper	28	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Keith Krill	37	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
C	Lance Albano	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.7	2069	5614	713	1418	202	60	177	686	205	79	463	1196	.253	.314	.405	.719	725.4	137.1	41.8
	Rank among 12 FL teams			3	3	2	12	3	3	3	1	12	5	6	2	3	3	3	2
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Chuck Delong	29	19	12	.613	37	37	0	301.0	255	104	21	44	221	3.11	18.1
*Bill Max	25	18	8	.692	36	36	0	264.3	220	88	11	105	286	3.00	19.3
Michael Hick	31	13	11	.542	29	29	0	220.7	219	86	18	38	152	3.51	10.1
Burke Eschette	35	9	3	.750	13	13	0	109.7	75	27	7	38	89	2.22	10.8
Bernie Crotchmeyer	30	7	3	.700	13	13	0	96.3	85	41	12	24	76	3.83	4.4
*Kerwin Parker	35	5	3	.625	16	6	0	59.7	52	24	4	29	32	3.62	3.7
Louis Mattison	26	7	5	.583	62	0	37	56.0	38	12	1	18	62	1.93	14.3
Todd Vogler	30	2	4	.333	8	8	0	55.0	52	25	6	12	46	4.09	1.9
Marty McGraw	25	3	2	.600	47	0	2	50.7	32	20	8	21	45	3.55	3.6
Haystack Duggeler	30	1	4	.200	11	9	0	47.7	57	41	3	37	30	7.74	0.0
Kip Gunner	36	0	4	.000	46	0	0	46.7	42	21	5	19	51	4.05	1.5
Devin Crum	31	3	0	1.000	25	0	0	34.0	25	9	3	9	25	2.38	3.4
*Rodney Villec	31	0	4	.000	10	6	1	33.7	32	27	9	18	20	7.22	0.0
Todd Adams	24	1	2	.333	6	6	0	32.7	39	25	7	8	17	6.89	0.0
Vincent Vance	30	2	0	1.000	18	0	0	25.7	18	3	1	10	21	1.05	3.6
*Thomas Knepper	28	2	3	.400	24	0	2	19.3	21	9	4	7	14	4.19	0.8
*Kevin Robinson	24	0	2	.000	2	2	0	12.7	19	11	2	2	9	7.81	0.0
Keith Krill	37	0	0	.000	7	0	1	10.0	3	1	0	2	9	0.90	1.7
Cedric Larosa	25	0	1	.000	2	0	0	2.0	4	4	3	0	2	18.00	0.0
Team Totals	29.6	92	71	.564	412	165	43	1477.6	1288	578	125	441	1207	3.52	97.1
Rank among 12 FL teams				3	3	7	3	2	4	2	6	6	6	5
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	30.7
A.Janski	981.9	109	118	788	54	4	4	.995	39.8
D.Richardson	211.6	24	37	174	12	1	0	.995	27.3
A.Mayorga	134.8	18	18	108	10	1	1	.992	53.3
D.Houston	100.7	12	14	98	5	1	0	.990	55.6
T.Quinn	37.0	4	5	33	2	0	0	1.000	50.0
S.Desalvo	9.0	1	1	10	0	0	0	1.000	0.0
L.Albano	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0
Team Total	1475.0	169	194	1211	83	7	5	.995	40.2
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.55
M.Masutto	1323.0	146	148	1323	80	15	106	.989	9.54
B.Zzyzzy	132.7	15	15	127	11	1	10	.993	9.36
D.Richardson	14.3	2	2	17	1	0	1	1.000	11.33
D.Houston	9.0	1	1	5	1	0	0	1.000	6.00
P.Quigley	8.0	1	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
C.Vicknair	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	5.40
Team Total	1492.0	165	168	1481	95	16	117	.990	9.51
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	4.71
C.Moorhead	1279.0	148	149	226	436	9	89	.987	4.66
B.Zzyzzy	195.7	15	43	56	74	2	13	.985	5.98
R.Simmes	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1475.9	163	192	282	510	11	102	.986	4.83
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.948	2.52
M.Sandoval	593.0	66	73	34	107	8	4	.946	2.14
T.Trudeau	515.1	59	63	37	102	6	7	.959	2.43
L.Persaud	332.7	37	49	24	79	4	3	.963	2.79
Team Total	1440.8	162	185	95	288	18	14	.955	2.39
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.07
A.Zalot	1267.0	145	147	155	428	20	77	.967	4.14
B.Zzyzzy	132.7	12	26	25	45	3	9	.959	4.75
R.Brand	47.9	14	14	6	17	1	3	.958	4.32
M.Sandoval	47.0	4	8	5	12	1	4	.944	3.26
D.Richardson	2.1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.000	12.86
C.Moorhead	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
J.Elliott	0.8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	11.25
L.Albano	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1498.5	175	197	192	505	25	93	.965	4.19
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.09
D.Mellor	1183.7	134	137	290	7	0	1	1.000	2.26
S.Malitz	125.0	13	15	31	0	1	0	.969	2.23
P.Quigley	52.0	5	7	13	1	1	1	.933	2.42
C.Herrera	37.0	4	4	14	0	0	0	1.000	3.41
R.Simmes	29.6	3	6	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.22
T.Sills	7.5	1	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.40
G.Marvin	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
J.Elliott	0.8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1437.6	160	172	354	8	3	2	.992	2.27

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.983	2.63
J.Elliott	466.6	53	59	125	3	2	0	.985	2.47
R.Simmes	329.2	40	43	80	2	0	0	1.000	2.24
P.Quigley	326.0	36	41	86	0	2	0	.977	2.37
G.Marvin	281.0	32	34	93	0	2	0	.979	2.98
C.Vicknair	119.3	12	22	38	1	0	1	1.000	2.94
B.Jones	5.0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
T.Sills	3.7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.43
A.Mayorga	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1531.1	174	202	424	6	6	1	.986	2.53
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.978	2.05
S.Malitz	1089.3	125	129	250	5	3	0	.988	2.11
T.Sills	216.4	24	26	52	2	0	1	1.000	2.25
P.Quigley	86.0	7	18	9	1	0	1	1.000	1.05
C.Vicknair	32.0	4	4	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.53
D.Mellor	28.0	0	11	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
G.Marvin	9.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
M.McGraw	5.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
B.Jones	3.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
M.Masutto	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
L.Albano	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1470.7	161	192	331	9	3	2	.991	2.08
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.957	1.77
C.Delong	301.0	37	37	11	39	2	1	.962	1.50
B.Max	264.3	36	36	12	35	1	5	.979	1.60
M.Hick	220.7	29	29	16	34	4	1	.926	2.04
B.Eschette	109.7	13	13	5	9	2	0	.875	1.15
B.Crotchmeyer	96.3	13	13	7	13	0	0	1.000	1.87
K.Parker	59.7	6	16	5	13	0	1	1.000	2.72
L.Mattison	56.0	0	62	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.29
T.Vogler	55.0	8	8	2	11	0	2	1.000	2.13
M.McGraw	50.7	0	47	5	8	0	1	1.000	2.31
H.Duggeler	47.7	9	11	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.70
K.Gunner	46.7	0	46	0	8	1	1	.889	1.54
D.Crum	34.0	0	25	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.06
R.Villec	33.7	6	10	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.60
T.Adams	32.7	6	6	1	3	1	0	.800	1.10
V.Vance	25.7	0	18	2	2	0	1	1.000	1.40
T.Knepper	19.3	0	24	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
K.Robinson	12.7	2	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.13
K.Krill	10.0	0	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.80
C.Larosa	2.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1477.6	165	412	75	198	11	13	.961	1.66

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Janski	.310
On-Base Pct	Masutto	.374
Slugging Pct	Masutto	.560
OPS	Masutto	.934
XR	Masutto	114.3
Games	Masutto	157
At-Bats	Masutto	582
Runs	Masutto	103
Hits	Masutto	172
Total Bases	Masutto	326
Singles	Zalot	114
Doubles	Masutto, Moorhead	23
Triples	Moorhead	12
Homeruns	Masutto	41
RBIs	Masutto	106
Stolen Bases	Moorhead	70
Caught Stealing	Moorhead	20
Walks	Masutto, Moorhead	65
Strikeouts	Moorhead	149

ERA	Max	3.00
Wins	Delong	19
Losses	Delong	12
Winning Pct	Max	.692
Saves	Mattison	37
Games Pitched	Mattison	62
Games Started	Delong	37
Complete Games	Delong	16
Shutouts	Hick	3
Innings Pitched	Delong	301.0
Hits Allowed	Delong	255
Homeruns Allowed	Delong	21
Strikeouts	Max	286
Walks Allowed	Max	105
Walks per 9IP	Delong	1.3
Hits per 9IP	Max	7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP	Max	9.7
WHiP	Delong	0.99
OAVG	Max	.227
OOBP	Delong	.256
OSLG	Max	.339
OOPS	Delong	.624

Team All-Stars

Al Janski

Mickey Masutto

Player Salaries
Mickey Masutto	$ 8,500,000
Burke Eschette	$ 6,000,000
Davey Mellor	$ 5,130,000
Al Janski	$ 4,010,000
Kip Gunner	$ 3,260,000
Todd Vogler	$ 2,990,000
Chuck Delong	$ 2,250,000
Scott Malitz	$ 2,000,000
Andy Zalot	$ 2,000,000
Jack Elliott	$ 2,000,000
Eric Ezell	$ 2,000,000
Carlos Herrera	$ 2,000,000
Paxton Quigley	$ 2,000,000
Keith Krill	$ 1,914,000
Michael Hick	$ 1,800,000
Bill Zzyzzy	$ 1,234,567
Bernie Crotchmeyer	$ 1,200,000
Thomas Knepper	$ 1,000,000
Vincent Vance	$ 990,000
Phillip Hoffman	$ 800,000
Luis Persaud	$ 800,000
Roger Wilson	$ 750,000
Marty McGraw	$ 707,750
Joshua Eddins	$ 695,000
Brett Jones	$ 625,000
Bill Waldschmidt	$ 562,000
Louis Mattison	$ 300,000
Lance Albano	$ 300,000
Bill Max	$ 300,000
Steve Desalvo	$ 300,000
Rodney Villec	$ 300,000
Marcel Sandoval	$ 300,000
Tom Greaves	$ 300,000
Todd Adams	$ 300,000
Cedric Larosa	$ 300,000
Cravin Moorhead	$ 300,000
Dino Houston	$ 300,000
Tony Quinn	$ 300,000
Colby Vicknair	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
5/1		Kevin Robinson John Fillion		Michael Hick
5/1		Cordell Tidwell David Meiners Reid Cornelius		Al Janski
6/1		Russ Brand Greg Marvin		Jack Elliott Fred Clarke
6/21		Haystack Duggeler Tony Trudeau Rocky Simmes		Steven Cuvelier Efren Sachs Marcel Sandoval
7/1		Aron Mayorga Troy Sills		Lance Albano Todd Vogler Colby Vicknair
7/1		David Richardson		Edward Osborne
7/30		Douglas Hilton		Burke Eschette