Buffalo Bisons (NL)

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Buffalo Bisons
Years 1879–1885
Based in Buffalo, New York
A program cover featuring the 1882 Buffalo Bisons
Major league affiliations
Ballpark
Colors

Gold, black
   

Managers
Major league titles
  • National League pennants: 0

The original Buffalo Bisons baseball club played in the National League between 1879 and 1885. The Bisons played their games at Riverside Park (1879–1883) and Olympic Park (1884–1885) in Buffalo, New York. The NL Bisons are included in the history of the minor-league team of the same name that still plays today; it is thus the only NL team from the 19th century that both still exists and no longer plays in Major League Baseball.

Year-by-year records[]

Season Manager Games W L T WP PL GB
1879 John Clapp   79 46 32 1 .590 3rd 10.0
1880 Sam Crane   85 24 58 3 .293 7th 42.0
1881 Jim O'Rourke   83 45 38 0 .542 3rd 10.5
1882 Jim O'Rourke   84 45 39 0 .536 3rd 10.0
1883 Jim O'Rourke   98 52 45 1 .536 5th 10.5
1884 Jim O'Rourke 115 64 47 4 .577 3rd 19.5
1885 Pud Galvin / Jack Chapman 113 38 74 1 .339 7th 49.0

Players of note[]

Brouthers, Galvin, O'Rourke, Radbourn, and White are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Highlights and memorable moments[]

  • 1877: A precursor to the Bisons played in the League Alliance,[1] finishing with a 79–28–3 record. The team subsequently joined the National League. [1]
  • 1880: Future Hall of Fame pitcher Charlie Radbourn debuted as a second baseman on May 5
  • 1880: Pud Galvin pitched a no-hitter against the Worcester Ruby Legs on Aug. 20
  • 1881: 2B Davy Force recorded 12 putouts, seven assists, two unassisted double plays, participated in a triple play, and made just one error in 20 chances in a 12-inning game against Worcester, on September 15.
  • 1882: Ireland-born Curry Foley became the first major league player ever to hit for the cycle (including a grand slam), on May 25, and Dan Brouthers led the National League with a .368 batting average
  • 1883: Brouthers won his second consecutive NL batting title with a .374 average and Galvin posted 46 wins
  • 1884: Brouthers hit triples in four consecutive games, set a season team-record with 14 home runs, and Galvin won 46 games for the second year in a row. Galvin threw another no-hitter, on August 4. The Bisons' 18–0 score remains the greatest margin of victory in a no-hitter in Major League history. Two years after Foley, Jim O'Rourke became the fourth player in MLB history to hit for the cycle, on June 16.
  • 1885: Brouthers hit .359, ending second in the NL batting race behind Roger Connor (.371)

National Baseball Hall of Fame members[]

Name[2] Position Inducted Tenure
Charles Radbourn P 1939 1880
Jim O'Rourke OF 1945 1881–1884
Dan Brouthers 1B 1945 1881–1885
Pud Galvin P 1965 1879–1885
Deacon White 3B/C 2013 1881–1885

See also[]

Riverside Park

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=d03063b1
  2. ^ "Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame." Buffalo Bisons. Retrieved on August 19, 2018.

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