1881 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 45-38
Finished 3rd in the NL
Ballpark: Riverside Park
Manager: Jim O'Rourke (45-38)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1881 Buffalo Bisons RosterTeam Record: 45-38
Finished 3rd in the NL
Ballpark: Riverside Park
Manager: Jim O'Rourke (45-38)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1881 Buffalo Bisons Results
The Buffalo Bisons of the National League ended the 1881 season with a record of 45 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Bisons scored 440 runs and conceded 447 runs. Hardy Richardson and Deacon White each drove in 53 runs. Jack Rowe topped all regular hitters by hitting .333. Pud Galvin recorded 28 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.37 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim O'Rourke coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pud Galvin | 28 | 24 | .538 | 2.37 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 474.0 | 546 | 250 | 125 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2037 |
| Jack Lynch | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.59 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 165.7 | 203 | 112 | 66 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 713 |
| Blondie Purcell | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.77 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 62 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 259 |
| Curry Foley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 70 | 48 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 213 |
| Totals | 45 | 38 | .542 | 2.84 | 95 | 83 | 11 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 742.3 | 881 | 447 | 234 | 9 | 89 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 3222 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Rourke | 83 | 375 | 348 | 71 | 105 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | .302 | .352 | .402 | .754 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardy Richardson | 83 | 356 | 344 | 62 | 100 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .291 | .315 | .413 | .727 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon White | 78 | 328 | 319 | 58 | 99 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .310 | .329 | .411 | .740 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curry Foley | 83 | 382 | 375 | 58 | 96 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .256 | .270 | .328 | .598 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Brouthers | 65 | 288 | 270 | 60 | 86 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | .319 | .361 | .541 | .902 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rowe | 64 | 247 | 246 | 30 | 82 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .333 | .336 | .480 | .816 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pud Galvin | 62 | 239 | 236 | 19 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | .212 | .222 | .297 | .518 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davy Force | 75 | 289 | 278 | 21 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .180 | .211 | .219 | .430 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Peters | 54 | 232 | 229 | 21 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .214 | .224 | .258 | .482 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blondie Purcell | 30 | 121 | 113 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .292 | .339 | .389 | .728 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sleeper Sullivan | 35 | 122 | 121 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .190 | .197 | .223 | .420 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lynch | 23 | 82 | 78 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .167 | .207 | .205 | .412 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Morrissey | 12 | 47 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .213 | .213 | .255 | .468 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Swartwood | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Smith | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Manning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 752 | 3127 | 3019 | 440 | 797 | 157 | 50 | 12 | 349 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 270 | .264 | .289 | .361 | .650 | 1090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Brouthers | 1B | 30 | 0 | 279.0 | 329 | 11 | 17 | 17 | .952 | 1.968 | 11.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curry Foley | 1B | 27 | 0 | 243.0 | 292 | 10 | 13 | 9 | .959 | 11.185 | 11.185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | 1B | 26 | 0 | 217.0 | 256 | 8 | 16 | 10 | .943 | 1.949 | 1.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Force | 2B | 51 | 0 | 463.0 | 168 | 218 | 26 | 19 | .937 | 7.503 | 7.569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | 2B | 25 | 0 | 218.0 | 63 | 88 | 36 | 13 | .807 | 6.234 | 6.040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | 2B | 5 | 0 | 32.0 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 6.750 | 4.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Smith | 2B | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .840 | 6.300 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 3B | 56 | 0 | 496.0 | 85 | 80 | 36 | 8 | .821 | 2.994 | 2.946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Morrissey | 3B | 12 | 0 | 95.0 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .865 | 3.032 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | 3B | 7 | 0 | 72.0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | 3B | 7 | 0 | 68.0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .759 | 2.912 | 3.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Force | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | C | 46 | 0 | 383.0 | 187 | 39 | 25 | 5 | .900 | 5.311 | 4.913 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleeper Sullivan | C | 31 | 0 | 252.0 | 108 | 31 | 24 | 1 | .853 | 4.964 | 4.484 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | C | 8 | 0 | 70.0 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .822 | 4.757 | 4.625 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | C | 4 | 0 | 37.0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 4.865 | 5.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | OF | 79 | 0 | 691.0 | 179 | 45 | 21 | 3 | .914 | 2.918 | 2.835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curry Foley | OF | 55 | 0 | 471.0 | 79 | 14 | 24 | 5 | .795 | 1.777 | 1.691 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Brouthers | OF | 35 | 0 | 326.0 | 56 | 7 | 16 | 1 | .797 | 1.739 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | OF | 25 | 0 | 204.0 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .706 | 1.588 | 1.440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | OF | 18 | 0 | 151.0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.907 | 1.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon White | OF | 17 | 0 | 149.0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .711 | 1.631 | 1.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pud Galvin | OF | 14 | 0 | 76.0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 2.013 | 1.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | OF | 5 | 0 | 64.0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 2.531 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleeper Sullivan | OF | 5 | 0 | 27.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 1.667 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Lynch | OF | 6 | 0 | 26.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.077 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Peters | OF | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 2.045 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Force | OF | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Swartwood | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Manning | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pud Galvin | P | 56 | 0 | 474.0 | 36 | 123 | 19 | 7 | .893 | 3.019 | 2.839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Lynch | P | 20 | 0 | 166.0 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 2.602 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | P | 9 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 2.613 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curry Foley | P | 10 | 0 | 41.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.976 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Peters | SS | 53 | 0 | 492.0 | 102 | 183 | 43 | 17 | .869 | 5.213 | 5.377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davy Force | SS | 21 | 0 | 182.0 | 25 | 78 | 6 | 6 | .945 | 5.093 | 4.905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rowe | SS | 7 | 0 | 45.0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 5.200 | 3.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | SS | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.909 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Richardson | SS | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pud Galvin | SS | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 787 | 0 | 6688.0 | 2227 | 1133 | 408 | 131 | .892 | 4.522 | 4.269 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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