1885 Buffalo Bisons season
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.
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Owners | Josiah Jewett |
Managers | Pud Galvin, Jack Chapman |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 87 | 25 | 0.777 | — | 42–14 | 45–11 |
New York Giants | 85 | 27 | 0.759 | 2 | 51–10 | 34–17 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 56 | 54 | 0.509 | 30 | 29–26 | 27–28 |
Providence Grays | 53 | 57 | 0.482 | 33 | 31–20 | 22–37 |
Boston Beaneaters | 46 | 66 | 0.411 | 41 | 24–34 | 22–32 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 67 | 0.380 | 44 | 29–23 | 12–44 |
Buffalo Bisons | 38 | 74 | 0.339 | 49 | 19–34 | 19–40 |
St. Louis Maroons | 36 | 72 | 0.333 | 49 | 23–33 | 13–39 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV | STM | |||||||||
Boston | — | 10–6 | 2–14 | 7–9 | 3–13 | 7–9 | 9–7 | 8–8–1 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 6–10 | — | 0–16 | 11–5 | 1–15 | 5–11 | 3–13 | 12–4 | |||||||||
Chicago | 14–2 | 16–0 | — | 15–1 | 6–10 | 11–5 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | |||||||||
Detroit | 9–7 | 5–11 | 1–15 | — | 4–12 | 7–9 | 6–9 | 9–4 | |||||||||
New York | 13–3 | 15–1 | 10–6 | 12–4 | — | 11–5 | 12–4 | 12–4 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 9–7 | 11–5 | 5–11 | 9–7 | 5–11 | — | 8–7 | 9–6–1 | |||||||||
Providence | 7–9 | 13–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–12 | 7–8 | — | 8–8 | |||||||||
St. Louis | 8–8–1 | 4–12 | 2–14–1 | 4–9 | 4–12 | 6–9–1 | 8–8 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Player stats
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 |
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C | George Myers | 89 | 326 | 67 | .206 | 0 | 19 |
1B | Dan Brouthers | 98 | 407 | 146 | .359 | 7 | 59 |
2B | Davy Force | 71 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 0 | 15 |
SS | Jack Rowe | 98 | 421 | 122 | .290 | 2 | 51 |
3B | Deacon White | 98 | 404 | 118 | .292 | 0 | 57 |
OF | Bill Crowley | 92 | 344 | 83 | .241 | 1 | 36 |
OF | Jim Lillie | 112 | 430 | 107 | .249 | 2 | 30 |
OF | Hardy Richardson | 96 | 426 | 136 | .319 | 6 | 44 |
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 |
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Dan Stearns | 30 | 105 | 21 | .200 | 0 | 9 |
Jim McCauley | 24 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
Ed Crane | 13 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 2 | 9 |
Scrappy Carroll | 13 | 40 | 3 | .075 | 0 | 1 |
Gil Hatfield | 11 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Moxie Hengel | 7 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Eggler | 6 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Stabell | 7 | 22 | 1 | .045 | 0 | 0 |
Buttercup Dickerson | 5 | 21 | 1 | .048 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Driscoll | 7 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Phelan | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 1 | 3 |
Jim McDonald | 5 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Ritter | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Wood | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Pud Galvin | 33 | 284.0 | 13 | 19 | 4.09 | 93 |
Billy Serad | 30 | 241.1 | 7 | 21 | 4.10 | 90 |
Pete Conway | 27 | 210.0 | 10 | 17 | 4.67 | 94 |
Pete Wood | 24 | 198.2 | 8 | 15 | 4.44 | 38 |
John Connor | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 |
J. Fisher | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 4 |
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 |
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Hardy Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |