1885 Buffalo Bisons
LeagueNational League
BallparkOlympic Park
CityBuffalo, New York
OwnerJosiah Jewett
ManagersPud Galvin, Jack Chapman

The 1885 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 38–74 record, good for seventh place in the National League. As things continued to implode on the field, the team ownership sold the whole franchise to the Detroit Wolverines. With all their players gone, the team finished out the season with local amateurs filling in.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 8725 0.777 — 42–14 45–11
New York Giants 8527 0.759 2 51–10 34–17
Philadelphia Quakers 5654 0.509 30 29–26 27–28
Providence Grays 5357 0.482 33 31–20 22–37
Boston Beaneaters 4666 0.411 41 24–34 22–32
Detroit Wolverines 4167 0.380 44 29–23 12–44
Buffalo Bisons 3874 0.339 49 19–34 19–40
St. Louis Maroons 3672 0.333 49 23–33 13–39

Record vs. opponents

1885 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN BUF CHI DTN NYG PHI PRV STM
Boston —10–62–147–93–137–99–78–8–1
Buffalo 6–10—0–1611–51–155–113–1312–4
Chicago 14–216–0—15–16–1011–511–514–2–1
Detroit 9–75–111–15—4–127–96–99–4
New York 13–315–110–612–4—11–512–412–4
Philadelphia 9–711–55–119–75–11—8–79–6–1
Providence 7–913–35–119–64–127–8—8–8
St. Louis 8–8–14–122–14–14–94–126–9–18–8—

Roster

1885 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CGeorge Myers8932667.206019
1BDan Brouthers98407146.359759
2BDavy Force7125357.225015
SSJack Rowe98421122.290251
3BDeacon White98404118.292057
OFBill Crowley9234483.241136
OFJim Lillie112430107.249230
OFHardy Richardson96426136.319644

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dan Stearns3010521.20009
Jim McCauley248415.17907
Ed Crane135114.27529
Scrappy Carroll13403.07501
Gil Hatfield11304.13300
Moxie Hengel7264.15400
Dave Eggler6242.08300
Joe Stabell7221.04500
Buttercup Dickerson5211.04800
Dennis Driscoll7193.15800
Dick Phelan4162.12513
Jim McDonald5140.00000
Charlie Ritter261.16700
Fred Wood141.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pud Galvin33284.013194.0993
Billy Serad30241.17214.1090
Pete Conway27210.010174.6794
Pete Wood24198.28154.4438
John Connor19.0014.000
J. Fisher19.0015.004

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hardy Richardson10002.251

References

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