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.

1885 Buffalo Bisons
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Josiah Jewett
Manager(s)Pud Galvin, Jack Chapman
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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 Records

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI DET NYG PHI PRV STL
Boston 10–62–147–93–137–99–78–8–1
Buffalo 6–100–1611–51–155–113–1312–4
Chicago 14–216–015–16–1011–511–514–2–1
Detroit 9–75–111–154–127–96–99–4
New York 13–315–110–612–411–512–412–4
Philadelphia 9–711–55–119–75–118–79–6–1
Providence 7–913–35–119–64–127–88–8
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

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
2BHardy Richardson96426136.319644
SSJack Rowe98421122.290251
3BDeacon White98404118.292057
OFScrappy Carroll13403.07501
OFBill Crowley9234483.241136
OFJim Lillie112430107.249230

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
Davy Force7125357.225015
Jim McCauley248415.17907
Ed Crane135114.27529
Dennis Driscoll7193.15800
Jim McDonald5140.00000
Fred Wood141.25000

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 Galvin3328413194.0993
Billy Serad30241.17214.1090
Pete Conway2721010174.6794
Pete Wood24198.28154.4438
John Connor19014.000
J. Fisher19015.004

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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