1982 Buffalo Bisons
Record: 87-75
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 741
Runs Allowed: 659
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,937,109
Manager: Alex Lamabe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-55, 2nd in the Frick League
AA: 90-48, 1st in the Frick League
A: 71-67, 5th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Landis Memorial Series 4-2 over California Crusaders
Won FL Cartwright Cup 4-2 over Calgary Marauders
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Seattle Storm
 
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
LF  Bill Slover 32 154 597 105 176 29 5 8 54 82 24 68 31 .295 .368 .400 .768 95.8 18.9 3.1
2B  Pete Madewald 35 155 528 76 153 44 4 12 82 31 4 55 118 .290 .358 .456 .815 87.3 18.6 5.2
LF  Larry Hisle 34 153 517 62 117 10 1 23 90 4 2 52 110 .226 .303 .383 .686 62.0 8.0 2.1
SS  Sam Tuttle 31 144 494 64 110 15 1 27 80 6 2 27 116 .223 .269 .421 .690 58.3 7.3 4.8
SS  Hector Garcia 32 134 471 71 110 34 12 9 60 51 14 20 84 .234 .298 .414 .712 60.3 9.1 6.5
LF  Jacob Grothe 33 125 361 52 97 27 2 12 50 9 7 39 30 .269 .345 .454 .799 55.7 10.9 1.5
1B  Brandon Pearce 30 128 351 51 80 16 2 18 50 1 0 31 101 .228 .293 .439 .731 45.5 6.7 2.3
C  Tony Quinn 32 105 328 41 99 15 1 3 37 2 0 24 63 .302 .350 .381 .731 41.8 7.7 4.7
RF *Walter Wambold 35 119 297 37 67 21 1 15 47 3 1 21 84 .226 .278 .455 .733 37.7 5.7 1.1
1B  Clue Heywood 35 108 278 35 62 9 1 12 42 0 0 16 93 .223 .267 .392 .659 29.2 3.3 1.1
RF *Jesus Martinez 26 111 267 33 75 12 3 4 29 3 4 15 52 .281 .326 .393 .720 32.7 5.4 1.0
2B  Roland Coughlan 32 98 234 25 71 19 0 1 25 0 0 30 24 .303 .380 .397 .777 33.0 6.4 2.9
C *Ernie Whitt 29 54 161 18 34 7 1 3 16 0 0 18 36 .211 .291 .323 .613 15.9 1.8 2.4
CF  Pablo Lazaro 32 73 138 29 33 6 1 0 12 0 0 27 40 .239 .359 .297 .656 17.8 2.5 0.8
P  Steve Nebraska 29 37 96 1 3 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 52 .031 .031 .042 .073 -6.5 0.0 0.0
C *William Wright 31 28 80 13 26 5 2 4 20 3 1 10 5 .325 .394 .588 .981 17.7 4.0 1.1
P  Eric Beckmeyer 26 36 80 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 31 .125 .176 .138 .314 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Tanana 27 27 52 5 8 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 18 .154 .151 .212 .362 0.7 0.0 0.0
SS *Joseph Akins 26 22 45 9 17 3 0 0 5 1 2 9 2 .378 .491 .444 .935 9.2 2.1 0.5
P  Steven Cuvelier 24 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .000 .025 .000 .025 -2.6 0.0 0.0
C  Lance Albano 32 16 34 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .235 .316 .294 .610 3.5 0.5 0.6
P  Matt Ryan 25 48 35 4 8 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 16 .229 .229 .286 .514 2.4 0.2 0.0
P  Christopher Pump 26 77 29 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .103 .133 .138 .271 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Chuck Delong 35 53 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .091 .091 .136 .227 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Marty McGraw 31 80 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Efren Sachs 29 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jay Lombardo 30 78 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P *James Rakowski 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Geraldo Garcia 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Rudi Stein 38 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 2328 5550 741 1370 280 39 151 719 198 63 473 1153 .247 .311 .393 .704 696.1 119.5 41.7
  Rank among 12 FL teams 9 6 11 9 9 2 5 3 4 6 10 11 10 8 9 9  
* - 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
 Steve Nebraska 29 19 7 .731 37 37 0 269.3 184 55 5 40 312 1.84 27.4
 Eric Beckmeyer 26 9 11 .450 36 36 0 230.0 210 84 20 17 227 3.29 14.4
*Frank Tanana 27 9 7 .563 27 27 0 155.3 152 72 9 50 122 4.17 6.4
 Christopher Pump 26 12 7 .632 76 13 1 148.0 125 49 18 50 130 2.98 12.5
 Steven Cuvelier 24 3 5 .375 40 24 1 146.0 130 37 6 40 89 2.28 12.0
 Matt Ryan 25 8 11 .421 47 17 2 135.0 131 74 8 70 100 4.93 4.5
 Chuck Delong 35 8 3 .727 53 8 3 99.7 131 57 14 19 60 5.15 2.5
 Marty McGraw 31 7 4 .636 77 0 33 84.0 75 31 11 19 100 3.32 13.6
*Efren Sachs 29 3 3 .500 59 0 2 67.7 73 33 8 28 53 4.39 3.0
*Jay Lombardo 30 4 8 .333 78 0 3 65.0 64 32 8 20 48 4.43 3.4
 Rudi Stein 38 3 5 .375 59 0 1 44.7 51 37 2 27 28 7.46 0.0
 Tommy Euller 37 0 3 .000 6 0 1 6.7 9 8 1 2 6 10.81 0.0
*James Rakowski 29 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 4.3 6 3 1 1 1 6.24 0.2
 Geraldo Garcia 30 1 1 .500 3 0 0 3.7 9 9 1 2 4 22.13 0.0
Team Totals 29.7 87 75 .537 602 162 47 1459.3 1350 581 112 385 1280 3.58 99.8
Rank among 12 FL teams 4 4 4 4 1 1 5 2 3 1 1  
* - 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 .984 28.3
T.Quinn 786.3 88 93 697 45 10 0 .987 33.3
E.Whitt 394.3 45 47 366 19 5 1 .987 24.2
W.Wright 180.0 19 25 157 11 0 0 1.000 31.6
L.Albano 91.0 10 12 76 8 1 1 .988 33.3
J.Grothe 6.7 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
P.Lazaro 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.3 162 179 1305 83 16 2 .989 30.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.17
C.Heywood 583.0 65 87 565 36 4 33 .993 9.28
J.Martinez 531.0 62 78 439 35 2 32 .996 8.03
B.Pearce 344.3 35 59 303 20 2 31 .994 8.44
H.Garcia 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 225 1308 91 8 96 .994 8.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.98
P.Madewald 1187.3 129 148 215 345 10 69 .982 4.24
R.Coughlan 133.0 16 20 38 38 0 7 1.000 5.14
S.Tuttle 91.0 12 12 8 36 1 1 .978 4.35
H.Garcia 46.0 5 6 7 13 0 0 1.000 3.91
J.Grothe 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.3 162 187 269 432 11 77 .985 4.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.59
S.Tuttle 1005.3 111 114 85 184 13 12 .954 2.41
B.Pearce 451.0 51 52 29 90 11 3 .915 2.37
J.Grothe 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Coughlan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 169 114 274 24 15 .942 2.39
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.43
H.Garcia 984.7 107 120 127 300 8 50 .982 3.90
R.Coughlan 357.7 41 43 51 96 3 21 .980 3.70
J.Akins 98.0 12 12 14 22 1 3 .973 3.31
S.Tuttle 17.0 2 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.65
W.Wambold 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 180 193 422 12 74 .981 3.79
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.04
L.Hisle 779.3 87 96 175 6 6 0 .968 2.09
J.Grothe 299.0 34 36 72 0 1 0 .986 2.17
B.Slover 218.0 24 28 60 0 2 0 .968 2.48
P.Lazaro 121.0 14 23 23 0 1 0 .958 1.71
W.Wambold 39.0 3 10 9 0 2 0 .818 2.08
J.Akins 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Martinez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 195 339 6 12 0 .966 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.69
B.Slover 1075.3 119 121 322 9 11 2 .968 2.77
L.Hisle 223.0 25 26 59 2 1 1 .984 2.46
P.Lazaro 142.0 16 18 54 1 0 0 1.000 3.49
W.Wambold 19.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
Team Total 1459.3 162 168 441 12 12 3 .974 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.15
J.Grothe 556.3 65 75 127 1 7 0 .948 2.07
W.Wambold 547.3 61 78 130 2 2 1 .985 2.17
L.Hisle 175.7 18 25 38 0 1 0 .974 1.95
J.Martinez 94.7 10 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
P.Lazaro 69.3 8 15 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.47
J.Akins 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Slover 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Coughlan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.McGraw 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 215 335 4 10 1 .971 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 1.95
S.Nebraska 269.3 37 37 10 31 2 3 .953 1.37
E.Beckmeyer 230.0 36 36 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.06
F.Tanana 155.3 27 27 8 29 0 2 1.000 2.14
C.Pump 148.0 13 76 7 24 3 1 .912 1.89
S.Cuvelier 146.0 24 40 15 16 0 0 1.000 1.91
M.Ryan 135.0 17 47 8 20 0 2 1.000 1.87
C.Delong 99.7 8 53 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.81
M.McGraw 84.0 0 77 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.61
E.Sachs 67.7 0 59 1 5 1 0 .857 0.80
J.Lombardo 65.0 0 78 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Stein 44.7 0 59 2 9 1 1 .917 2.22
T.Euller 6.7 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.05
J.Rakowski 4.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Garcia 3.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1459.3 162 602 70 195 7 13 .974 1.63
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Slover .295
On-Base Pct Slover .368
Slugging Pct Madewald .456
OPS Madewald .815
XR Slover 95.8
Games Madewald 155
At-Bats Slover 597
Runs Slover 105
Hits Slover 176
Total Bases Madewald 241
Singles Slover 134
Doubles Madewald 44
Triples Garcia 12
Homeruns Tuttle 27
RBIs Hisle 90
Stolen Bases Slover 82
Caught Stealing Slover 24
Walks Slover 68
Strikeouts Madewald 118
ERA Nebraska 1.84
Wins Nebraska 19
Losses Beckmeyer, Ryan 11
Winning Pct Nebraska .731
Saves McGraw 33
Games Pitched Lombardo 78
Games Started Nebraska 37
Complete Games Nebraska 4
Shutouts Nebraska 1
Innings Pitched Nebraska 269.3
Hits Allowed Beckmeyer 210
Homeruns Allowed Beckmeyer 20
Strikeouts Nebraska 312
Walks Allowed Ryan 70
Walks per 9IP Beckmeyer 0.7
Hits per 9IP Nebraska 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Nebraska 10.4
WHiP Nebraska 0.83
OAVG Nebraska .192
OOBP Nebraska .243
OSLG Nebraska .289
OOPS Nebraska .532
Team All-Stars
Steve Nebraska
Player Salaries
Steve Nebraska $ 21,500,000
Chuck Delong $ 9,720,000
Frank Tanana $ 8,600,000
Bill Slover $ 5,800,000
Walter Wambold $ 5,500,000
Larry Hisle $ 4,500,000
Hector Garcia $ 4,200,000
Clue Heywood $ 3,760,000
Eric Beckmeyer $ 3,300,000
Marty McGraw $ 3,050,000
Sam Tuttle $ 2,964,286
Christopher Pump $ 2,800,000
Pete Madewald $ 2,750,000
William Wright $ 2,400,000
Jay Lombardo $ 1,600,000
Rudi Stein $ 1,350,000
Brandon Pearce $ 1,100,000
Roland Coughlan $ 750,000
Tony Quinn $ 650,000
Jacob Grothe $ 575,000
Geraldo Garcia $ 500,000
Pablo Lazaro $ 300,000
Ernie Whitt $ 300,000
Steven Cuvelier $ 300,000
Jesus Martinez $ 300,000
Matt Ryan $ 300,000
Joseph Akins $ 300,000
James Rakowski $ 300,000
Efren Sachs $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     Rudi Stein
2/13 Signed     Frank Tanana
3/1 Signed     Hugh Thornsberry
3/1 Signed     Gregg York
3/1 Signed     Tommy Euller
3/1 Signed     Andre Sandoval
3/1 Signed     Haystack Duggeler
7/11 Traded Bubba Bababooey Salt Lake City Ernie Whitt
7/31 Released Willie Bodkin    
7/31 Released Lance Albano    
9/21 Released Tommy Euller