1986 Buffalo Bison
Record: 110-52
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 993
Runs Allowed: 669
Exp W-L: 109-53
 
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,686,403
Manager: JQ Lorenz

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 89-49, 3rd in the Frick League
AA: 73-65, 4th in the Frick League
A: 70-68, 6th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Birmingham Bandits
 
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 #Frank Boerner 26 153 574 136 169 40 3 47 131 24 11 93 84 .294 .394 .620 1.014 132.1 24.2 5.4
RF  Dave Winfield 33 155 581 140 188 43 8 53 144 31 14 60 137 .324 .387 .699 1.086 140.9 27.8 2.9
2B  Johnny Fever 32 152 524 131 154 26 3 47 113 42 12 104 138 .294 .416 .624 1.040 133.1 25.5 6.5
C  Doug Gwosdz 26 147 531 79 139 30 1 30 96 0 0 60 106 .262 .334 .492 .825 85.8 11.9 6.6
1B *Rick Leach 29 147 519 103 161 48 7 20 64 1 0 60 32 .310 .383 .545 .928 100.3 18.7 2.3
3B  Amos Moses South 25 147 446 86 141 40 3 40 124 0 0 57 99 .316 .396 .688 1.084 110.5 22.3 3.9
1B *Randy Bass 31 126 354 60 107 8 1 23 67 0 0 32 48 .302 .374 .525 .899 68.0 11.4 2.0
3B  Ivan Kovishkov 29 139 361 39 76 17 0 15 54 0 0 36 100 .211 .284 .382 .667 39.4 2.5 2.8
RF  Jacob Grothe 37 126 291 49 71 19 5 13 46 7 3 33 25 .244 .330 .478 .808 46.4 6.6 1.6
RF #Gerry Frey 25 74 210 22 45 6 0 10 25 0 0 12 59 .214 .262 .386 .648 22.7 1.3 1.2
SS *Joseph Akins 30 74 155 24 40 6 1 1 13 0 0 18 11 .258 .343 .329 .672 19.0 1.8 1.6
1B *Wilford Rarick 35 50 158 27 49 8 7 3 18 2 1 15 25 .310 .375 .506 .881 27.7 4.7 2.1
3B  Willie Lozado 27 68 157 17 32 6 0 4 10 0 0 17 41 .204 .282 .318 .600 15.0 0.5 1.5
C *William Wright 35 58 106 15 22 6 3 4 16 2 2 15 13 .208 .311 .434 .745 13.3 1.1 0.8
1B #Tyree Calderon 35 38 99 14 23 5 0 2 7 0 0 14 13 .232 .330 .343 .674 12.3 1.2 0.5
P  Steve Nebraska 33 35 92 5 7 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 47 .076 .105 .130 .236 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Ryan 29 33 70 6 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 32 .143 .221 .157 .378 1.7 0.0 0.0
2B  William Johnson 30 67 66 8 15 5 0 3 9 2 2 15 16 .227 .370 .439 .810 10.8 1.5 0.8
2B #Michael Diamond 22 28 68 16 18 8 1 1 6 4 3 5 8 .265 .320 .456 .776 9.5 1.3 1.1
P  Pete Redfern 30 35 62 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 32 .016 .076 .032 .108 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Washington Jones 25 28 42 2 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 3 23 .167 .217 .214 .432 2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Beckmeyer 30 48 28 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 14 .071 .161 .179 .340 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Sterling Wong 21 7 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 .087 .185 .087 .272 0.4 0.0 0.4
P *Leo Chavarria 29 10 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ray Fontenot 28 29 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Sam Morton 25 5 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Tony Quinn 36 5 9 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1 0.1 0.1
1B *Willie Mays Aikens 31 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Marty McGraw 35 96 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Marty Powers 23 82 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Christopher Pump 30 56 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Roland Goodwyn 34 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Steven Cuvelier 28 98 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2332 5592 993 1489 331 44 317 960 117 49 672 1145 .266 .348 .511 .859 986.3 164.6 44.2
  Rank among 12 FL teams 11 1 8 4 5 1 1 10 3 1 6 7 2 1 1 1  
* - 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 33 24 4 .857 35 35 0 240.7 177 54 11 36 343 2.02 29.3
 Matt Ryan 29 16 5 .762 33 33 0 234.7 200 71 8 57 229 2.72 24.4
 Pete Redfern 30 15 6 .714 35 33 0 207.0 172 60 7 57 175 2.61 20.5
*Washington Jones 25 6 10 .375 28 26 0 144.3 151 89 23 61 133 5.55 2.7
 Eric Beckmeyer 30 12 1 .923 48 12 5 114.0 93 50 16 24 123 3.95 11.3
 Steven Cuvelier 28 9 2 .818 98 0 1 112.7 91 46 11 42 89 3.67 11.4
 Marty Powers 23 10 7 .588 82 0 24 89.3 105 51 8 36 61 5.14 7.8
 Marty McGraw 35 3 10 .231 94 0 10 89.3 85 59 20 42 121 5.94 2.8
*Ray Fontenot 28 4 3 .571 29 13 1 71.3 70 28 3 8 35 3.53 5.6
 Christopher Pump 30 5 2 .714 56 0 5 64.3 79 37 22 31 56 5.18 2.2
 Leo Chavarria 29 3 1 .750 9 9 0 48.0 52 24 5 20 36 4.50 2.0
 Sam Morton 25 2 1 .667 5 4 0 26.3 32 17 6 10 15 5.81 0.8
*Roland Goodwyn 34 0 0 .000 12 2 1 15.0 26 17 6 9 10 10.20 0.0
*Jimmy Farner 25 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.3 5 3 2 0 1 8.11 0.0
 Tony Quinn 36 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 3 3 4.50 0.3
Team Totals 29.3 110 52 .679 568 167 47 1462.3 1340 607 148 436 1430 3.74 121.1
Rank among 12 FL teams 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2  
* - 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 .989 29.8
D.Gwosdz 1220.3 134 143 1217 87 22 2 .983 30.6
W.Wright 171.0 20 21 162 8 3 0 .983 27.3
S.Wong 51.0 6 7 55 8 0 0 1.000 70.0
T.Quinn 20.0 2 3 19 2 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1462.3 162 174 1453 105 25 2 .984 32.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.00
R.Bass 769.3 86 92 723 70 2 61 .997 9.28
R.Leach 370.3 40 50 367 25 2 22 .995 9.53
T.Calderon 195.0 26 26 168 12 3 5 .984 8.31
A.South 71.7 5 19 66 5 3 4 .959 8.92
W.Johnson 24.0 2 7 32 3 0 1 1.000 13.13
I.Kovishkov 20.0 2 4 15 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
W.Aikens 9.0 1 1 10 2 0 2 1.000 12.00
W.Rarick 2.2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 8.18
Team Total 1461.5 162 201 1382 118 10 95 .993 9.24
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.02
J.Fever 915.7 102 104 179 283 9 45 .981 4.54
W.Rarick 316.9 34 39 74 105 5 18 .973 5.08
A.South 103.0 11 12 20 29 2 6 .961 4.28
M.Diamond 79.8 8 10 22 27 0 6 1.000 5.53
W.Lozado 78.7 8 13 14 31 0 8 1.000 5.15
W.Johnson 29.0 3 6 6 10 0 3 1.000 4.97
Team Total 1523.0 166 184 315 485 16 86 .980 4.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.64
A.South 809.7 90 97 52 156 9 17 .959 2.31
I.Kovishkov 556.0 66 69 22 116 6 6 .958 2.23
W.Johnson 38.7 2 16 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.56
W.Lozado 31.0 2 11 1 5 1 0 .857 1.74
T.Calderon 14.0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Diamond 11.6 1 3 2 5 1 0 .875 5.43
J.Akins 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Rarick 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.4 162 203 81 291 17 23 .956 2.28
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.36
J.Fever 371.7 40 44 38 117 6 17 .963 3.75
J.Akins 352.7 38 63 62 110 4 24 .977 4.39
W.Lozado 296.0 36 38 37 76 5 9 .958 3.44
I.Kovishkov 268.0 30 36 22 79 8 9 .927 3.39
M.Diamond 70.8 8 8 7 21 2 3 .933 3.56
W.Johnson 40.0 2 12 9 17 0 1 1.000 5.85
W.Wright 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1401.1 154 202 175 421 25 63 .960 3.83
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.92
R.Leach 660.0 71 81 99 3 0 1 1.000 1.39
J.Grothe 453.3 51 63 92 3 1 0 .990 1.89
G.Frey 271.7 35 38 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
A.South 57.3 4 11 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
F.Boerner 12.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
M.Diamond 5.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.40
Team Total 1459.6 161 200 262 8 1 1 .996 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.52
F.Boerner 1311.3 146 146 355 7 3 2 .992 2.48
G.Frey 148.0 16 17 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.Grothe 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 164 389 8 3 2 .993 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
D.Winfield 1307.3 144 152 232 3 8 0 .967 1.62
J.Grothe 98.0 12 12 23 0 1 0 .958 2.11
G.Frey 23.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78
J.Akins 19.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
R.Leach 13.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Bass 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 173 264 3 9 0 .967 1.64
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 1.86
S.Nebraska 240.7 35 35 9 22 5 1 .861 1.16
M.Ryan 234.7 33 33 10 21 4 0 .886 1.19
P.Redfern 207.0 33 35 21 28 1 3 .980 2.13
W.Jones 144.3 26 28 10 25 1 2 .972 2.18
E.Beckmeyer 114.0 12 48 7 13 0 0 1.000 1.58
S.Cuvelier 112.7 0 98 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.20
M.McGraw 89.3 0 94 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.31
M.Powers 89.3 0 82 3 20 4 3 .852 2.32
R.Fontenot 71.3 13 29 7 13 1 1 .952 2.52
C.Pump 64.3 0 56 7 13 1 2 .952 2.80
L.Chavarria 48.0 9 9 7 5 0 1 1.000 2.25
S.Morton 26.3 4 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.03
R.Goodwyn 15.0 2 12 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.20
J.Farner 3.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Quinn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 167 568 89 185 17 14 .942 1.69
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Winfield .324
On-Base Pct Fever .416
Slugging Pct Winfield .699
OPS Winfield 1.086
XR Winfield 140.9
Games Winfield 155
At-Bats Winfield 581
Runs Winfield 140
Hits Winfield 188
Total Bases Winfield 406
Singles Leach 86
Doubles Leach 48
Triples Winfield 8
Homeruns Winfield 53
RBIs Winfield 144
Stolen Bases Fever 42
Caught Stealing Winfield 14
Walks Fever 104
Strikeouts Fever 138
ERA Nebraska 2.02
Wins Nebraska 24
Losses Jones, McGraw 10
Winning Pct Nebraska .857
Saves Powers 24
Games Pitched Cuvelier 98
Games Started Nebraska 35
Complete Games Nebraska, Ryan 3
Shutouts Nebraska 2
Innings Pitched Nebraska 240.7
Hits Allowed Ryan 200
Homeruns Allowed Jones 23
Strikeouts Nebraska 343
Walks Allowed Jones 61
Walks per 9IP Nebraska 1.3
Hits per 9IP Nebraska 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Nebraska 12.8
WHiP Nebraska 0.89
OAVG Nebraska .202
OOBP Nebraska .264
OSLG Nebraska .316
OOPS Nebraska .579
Team All-Stars
Frank Boerner
Johnny Fever
Steve Nebraska
Matt Ryan
Dave Winfield
Player Salaries
Steve Nebraska $ 20,000,000
Dave Winfield $ 16,300,000
Eric Beckmeyer $ 10,000,000
Wilford Rarick $ 4,320,000
Matt Ryan $ 4,000,000
William Wright $ 3,880,000
Marty McGraw $ 3,560,000
Johnny Fever $ 3,500,000
Pete Redfern $ 3,300,000
Steven Cuvelier $ 3,000,000
Jacob Grothe $ 2,750,000
Randy Bass $ 2,000,000
Christopher Pump $ 1,800,000
Doug Gwosdz $ 1,000,000
Roland Goodwyn $ 690,000
Tony Quinn $ 500,000
Tyree Calderon $ 500,000
Willie Mays Aikens $ 400,000
Rick Leach $ 400,000
Willie Lozado $ 400,000
Pablo Lazaro $ 350,000
Leo Chavarria $ 350,000
Ivan Kovishkov $ 300,000
Joseph Akins $ 300,000
Frank Boerner $ 300,000
Michael Diamond $ 300,000
Jimmy Farner $ 300,000
Gerry Frey $ 300,000
Washington Jones $ 300,000
Sam Morton $ 300,000
Marty Powers $ 300,000
Amos Moses South $ 300,000
Sterling Wong $ 300,000
William Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/12 Signed     Roland Goodwyn
2/16 Signed     Alberto Suarez
2/19 Signed     Willie Mays Aikens
3/2 Released James Rakowski    
7/31 Traded Ray Fontenot
Efren Sachs
Willie Lee, Jr.
Des Moines Geoff Aldridge
Sam Morton
Michael Diamond
7/31 Traded Garth Brooks Las Vegas Wilford Rarick
10/9 Released Carlos Soriano    
10/9 Released Eugene Romeo    
10/9 Released Roger Thomas    
10/9 Released Ricardo Rivera    
10/9 Released Marcellus Delahanty    
10/9 Released Ramon Duque    
10/9 Released Roberto Rael    
10/9 Released Derrick Bingham    
10/9 Released Lorenzo Shelton, Sr.    
10/9 Released Richard Strand    
10/9 Released Erubiel Cordero    
10/9 Released Matthew Allard    
10/9 Released Brandon List    
10/9 Released William Mullins    
10/9 Released Abel Alarcon    
10/9 Released Alfred Mendez    
10/9 Released Juan Sevilla    
10/9 Released Raymond Hunt    
10/9 Released Lee Schulman    
10/9 Released Jasper Burns    
10/9 Released William Mcjunkin    
10/9 Released Jim Wilson