Buffalo, NY
From BR Bullpen
Buffalo is located in western New York state, on the shores of Lake Erie and the Niagara River, across which lies Canada; it is 75 miles southwest of Rochester, NY.
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[edit] Teams that have played here
- Buffalo Bisons, National League (1879-1885)
- Buffalo Bisons, International League (1886-1887, 1912-1970, 1998-present)
- Buffalo Bisons, International Association (1888-1890)
- Buffalo Bisons, Players League (1890)
- Buffalo Bisons, Eastern Association (1891)
- Buffalo Bisons, Eastern League (1892-1898, 1902-1911, 1979-1984)
- Buffalo Bisons, Western League (1899)
- Buffalo Bisons, American League (1900)
- Buffalo Pan Ams, Eastern League (1901)
- Buffalo Buffeds, Federal League (1914)
- Buffalo Blues, Federal League (1915)
- Buffalo Bisons, American Association (1985-1997)
[edit] Persons who were born here
- Rick Albert, minor league infielder
- Eddie Basinski, infielder
- Babe Birrer, pitcher
- Frank Bork, pitcher
- Joseph Brown, minor league infielder
- Danny Carnevale, minor league infielder
- Scrappy Carroll, outfielder
- Elton Chamberlain, pitcher
- Frank Cipriani, outfielder
- Chris Clapinski, infielder
- Jimmy Collins, infielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Glen Cook, pitcher
- Mickey Corcoran, infielder
- marty Cott, minor league catcher
- George Daly, pitcher
- Emerson Dickman, pitcher
- Pat Dobson, pitcher
- Frank Drews, infielder
- Bill Duzen, pitcher
- Al Fitzmorris, pitcher
- Joe Gallagher, outfielder
- Geoff Geary, pitcher
- Huck Geary, infielder
- John Gillespie, outfielder
- Gordon Gronkowski, minor league infielder
- Mark Guthrie, pitcher
- Pete Hamm, pitcher
- Babe Herman, outfielder
- Orel Hershiser, pitcher
- Dave Hollins, infielder
- Bill Hunter, outfielder
- George Hunter, outfielder/pitcher
- Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, owner
- Stan Jok, outfielder
- Mike Jurewicz, pitcher
- Herbert Kam, minor league outfielder
- Kevin Kobel, pitcher
- Frank Kreutzer, pitcher
- Jack Kubiszyn, infielder
- Dan Lewandowski, pitcher
- Fred Lewis, outfielder
- Walt Lynch, catcher
- Ed MacGamwell, infielder
- Roy Majtyka, coach
- Tom Makowski, pitcher
- Phil Mankowski, infielder
- David Manning, pitcher
- Sandy McDougal, pitcher
- Billy Milligan, pitcher
- George Mohart, pitcher
- Johnny Mokan, outfielder
- George Myers, catcher
- Hank Nasternak, minor league infielder
- Jim Negrych, minor league infielder
- Luke Owens, minor league infielder
- Danny Ozark, manager
- Ray Peters, pitcher
- Frankie Pytlak, catcher
- Lou Raymond, infielder
- Bob Rich, minor league executive
- Jim Riley, outfielder
- Buddy Rosar, catcher
- Chet Ross, outfielder
- Hack Schumann, pitcher
- Bill Schuster, infielder
- Monk Sherlock, infielder
- Vince Sherlock, infielder
- Sibby Sisti, infielder
- Chubby Snyder, catcher
- Warren Spahn, pitcher; Hall of Fame
- Ecky Stearns, infielder
- Derek Tarapacki, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- Joe Winkelsas, pitcher
- Matt Winters, outfielder
- Elmer Zacher, outfielder
[edit] Persons who died here
- Ollie Carnegie, minor league outfielder
- Danny Carnevale, minor league infielder
- Scrappy Carroll, outfielder
- Jimmy Collins, infielder; manager; Hall of Fame
- Mickey Corcoran, infielder
- Ernie Courtney, infielder
- Bill Cristall, pitcher
- George Daly, pitcher
- George Davis, pitcher
- Pat Dealy, catcher
- Herm Doscher, infielder; umpire
- Frank Drews, infielder
- Bill Duzen, pitcher
- Dave Eggler, outfielder
- John Gillespie, outfielder
- Jocko Halligan, outfielder
- Pete Hill, Negro Leagues infielder; Hall of Fame
- Bill Hunter, outfielder
- Home Run Johnson, Negro Leagues infielder
- Stan Jok, outfielder
- Tom Kearns, catcher
- Howie Krist, pitcher
- Chuck Lauer, outfielder
- Joe Martin, infielder
- Dick McCabe, pitcher
- Joe McCarthy, manager; Hall of Fame
- Sandy McDougal, pitcher
- Jim McGuire, infielder
- Stover McIlwain, pitcher
- Norm McNeil, catcher
- Billy Milligan, pitcher
- Johnny Mokan, outfielder
- George Myers, catcher
- Jim Neher, pitcher
- Eddie Phillips, catcher
- Frankie Pytlak, catcher
- Charlie Reynolds, pitcher
- Jim Riley, outfielder
- Chet Ross, outfielder
- Monk Sherlock, infielder
- Sibby Sisti, infielder
- Heinie Smith, infielder; manager
- Chubby Snyder, catcher
- Harry Taylor, infielder
- Ty Tyson, outfielder
- Joe Walsh, catcher
- Art Watson, catcher
- Cy Williams, scout
- Elmer Zacher, outfielder
