IL1 Buffalo Bisons

Former Bisons OF Carswell, Triplett Elected To IL Hall Of Fame

Published on January 26, 2010 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


The International League today announced that former Buffalo Bisons OF Frank Carswell and OF Coaker Triplett have been elected to the International League Hall of Fame. The two will become the 26th and 27th former Bisons to be inducted into the IL Hall of Fame during the 2010 season.

Both Carswell and Triplett have already been inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame. The two will enter the IL Hall of Fame in a class of seven former players/managers announced by the International League today.

Carswell played in five seasons with the Bisons, amassing a.323 career batting average with 125 doubles, five triples, 78 home runs and 342RBI in 501 games with the Herd. He won the IL batting championship with a.344 average in 1952. He also led the circuit with 30 homers that year, falling 12RBI shy of the IL's triple crown (101RBI). After playing just one game with Buffalo in 1946, he hit.300 and averaged 20 homers and 86RBI in four straight seasons form 1951-1954. Carswell is still among the Bisons top ten producers of home runs (6th), RBI (9th) and doubles (10th) in the team's 124-year history.

Carswell also managed in the IL for five seasons from 1963-1966 (Syracuse) and in 1970 (Toledo). He made the playoffs three years with Syracuse and finished his career with a record of 347-391 (.470). Carswell died on October 21, 1998 in Houston, TX at the age of 78.

Triplett spent the first six of his seven years in the International League with the Bisons (1946-1951). After playing with the Cubs, Cardinals and Phillies during World War II, he joined the Bisons and never hit below.300. He paced the club in average three times, including an IL-best.353 mark during the 1948 season. He also led the Bisons to the IL pennant in 1949 by hitting 22 home runs and 102RBI.

Overall, Triplett hit.324 with 102 doubles, 12 triples, 69 home runs and 363RBI in 623 career games with the Bisons. During his final season with the Herd (1951), he even took over managerial duties when skipper Specs Toporcer lost his eyesight. The Bisons finished 79-75 that year and earned a berth in the Governors' Cup playoffs. Coaker Triplett died on January 30, 1992 in Boone, NC at the age of 81.

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