1889 Buffalo Bisons

1889 > Class No Classification > 1889 International League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Will White, Deacon White and Jack Rowe
Represented: Buffalo, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1888 / 1890

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	SLG	TB	SH
1	Wyman Andrus?	30	108	450	88	114	22	18	1	45	.253	.389	175	11
2	Bill Bishop	24	8	21	4	2	1	0	0	2	.095	.143	3	1	Stats for 2 teams
3	Will Calihan?	21	41	135	24	28	7	0	0	4	.207	.259	35	3	Stats for 2 teams
4	Will Chamberlain?	--	8	27	2	4	2	1	0	0	.148	.296	8	0
5	Arthur Clarkson?	--	5	15	4	3	1	0	0	0	.200	.267	4	0
6	Chub Collins#	31	103	399	93	110	8	3	0	81	.276	.311	124	18	Stats for 2 teams
7	Pat Dealy	27	71	258	33	44	8	2	1	20	.171	.229	59	16
8	Jack Fanning	26	15	54	7	9	1	0	1	3	.167	.241	13	1
9	Ed Flynn*	25	8	26	5	6	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	6	2
10	Charles Gibbs?	--	40	143	14	30	4	0	0	2	.210	.238	34	9	Stats for 2 teams
11	Frank Gilmore	25	7	26	3	2	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	2	0
12	Jocko Halligan*	20	9	36	5	7	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	7	2
13	Charlie Hamburg	22	109	413	74	116	16	6	3	40	.281	.370	153	28
14	King?	--	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	1	0
15	Mike Lehane	24	109	445	66	134	29	11	7	11	.301	.463	206	18
16	Joseph Lufberry?	--	62	275	27	49	3	3	0	4	.178	.211	58		Stats for 2 teams
17	John Rainey*	24	107	452	91	138	26	14	1	36	.305	.431	195	21
18	John Reidy*	23	71	267	31	62	10	4	0	7	.232	.300	80	15
19	Alfred Sheppard?	--	91	345	59	92	12	9	1	29	.267	.362	125	8
20	Arthur Stuart?	--	44	186	18	38	4	1	1	8	.204	.253	47	9	Stats for 2 teams
21	Edward Thayer?	--	52	181	27	44	10	4	2	10	.243	.376	68	2
22	Will White#	34	20	68	5	10	0	2	0	1	.147	.206	14	1
23	Jim Whitney*	31	29	95	12	20	4	0	0	1	.211	.253	24	8

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bill Bishop	24	3	3	.500	3.76	7	7	6	0	55.0	79	50	23	16	13	6	3	1.727	12.9	2.6	2.1	0.81	Stats for 2 teams
2	Will Calihan	21	20	19	.513	1.74	40	40	38	3	352.0	373	233	68	140	159	14	25	1.457	9.5	3.6	4.1	1.14	Stats for 2 teams
3	Will Chamberlain?	--	3	5	.375	3.49	8	8	7	0	67.0	88	55	26	25	17	3	5	1.687	11.8	3.4	2.3	0.68
4	Arthur Clarkson?	--	2	2	.500	3.92	5	4	4	0	39.0	47	36	17	23	18	0	4	1.795	10.8	5.3	4.2	0.78
5	Jack Fanning	26	7	8	.467	4.25	15	14	14	0	127.0	161	125	60	57	73	6	13	1.717	11.4	4.0	5.2	1.28
6	Charles Gibbs?	--	9	23	.281	3.78	32	32	30	1	274.0	371	252	115	64	63	4	13	1.588	12.2	2.1	2.1	0.98	Stats for 2 teams
7	Frank Gilmore?	25	1	4	.200	2.70	7	7	6	0	60.0	60	53	18	33	22	3	2	1.550	9.0	5.0	3.3	0.67
8	King?	--	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	1	0	8.0	9	10	2	3	6	2	1	1.500	10.1	3.4	6.8	2.00
9	Mike Lehane?	24	0	0		3.60	1	0	0	0	5.0	10	15	2	0	0	0	0	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0
10	Alfred Sheppard?	--	1	4	.200	3.97	10	5	4	0	59.0	77	59	26	29	30	2	3	1.797	11.7	4.4	4.6	1.03
11	Will White	34	7	13	.350	2.33	20	20	18	0	174.0	160	99	45	56	38	11	6	1.241	8.3	2.9	2.0	0.68
12	Jim Whitney	31	11	11	.500	2.92	25	24	20	1	197.0	244	128	64	30	78	4	4	1.391	11.1	1.4	3.6	2.60

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Pat Dealy	51							0.00
Edward Thayer	47							0.00
John Reidy	8							0.00
Jocko Halligan	5							0.00
John Rainey	1							0.00

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Lehane	109							0.00

2B

	G
Chub Collins	102	Stats for 2 teams
Wyman Andrus	38
Joseph Lufberry	28	Stats for 2 teams
John Reidy	7
John Rainey	2
Pat Dealy	1

3B

	G
John Reidy	57
John Rainey	40
Ed Flynn	8
Edward Thayer	4
Will Calihan	3	Stats for 2 teams
Pat Dealy	1

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Rainey	67							0.00
Wyman Andrus	1							0.00
Jocko Halligan	1							0.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charlie Hamburg	109							0.00

CF

	G
Alfred Sheppard	67
Arthur Stuart	43	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Whitney	6
Pat Dealy	4

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Wyman Andrus	71							0.00
Alfred Sheppard	19							0.00
Pat Dealy	14							0.00
Jocko Halligan	4							0.00
Edward Thayer	2							0.00
Frank Gilmore	1							0.00
Jim Whitney	1							0.00

P

	G
Will Calihan	40	Stats for 2 teams
Charles Gibbs	32	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Whitney	25
Will White	20
Jack Fanning	15
Alfred Sheppard	10
Will Chamberlain	8
Bill Bishop	7	Stats for 2 teams
Frank Gilmore	7
Arthur Clarkson	5
King	1
Mike Lehane	1

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Wyman Andrus	30			5' 6.0"	155	Oct 14, 1858	Orono, ON, CA
Bill Bishop	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	187	Dec 27, 1864	Adamsburg, PA, US
Will Calihan	21		R	5' 8.0"	150	May, 1868	Oswego, NY, US
Will Chamberlain	--					Unknown
Arthur Clarkson	--					Unknown
Chub Collins	31	S	R	5' 11.0"	165	Oct 12, 1857	Dundas, ON, CA
Pat Dealy	27	R	R	5' 8.0"	145	Nov 12, 1861	Underhill, VT, US
Jack Fanning	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	163	1863	South Orange, NJ, US
Ed Flynn	25	L		5' 9.0"	165	Jun 25, 1864	Chicago, IL, US
Charles Gibbs	--					Unknown
Frank Gilmore	25	R		5' 11.0"	164	Apr 27, 1864	Webster, MA, US
Jocko Halligan	20	L		5' 9.0"	166	Dec 8, 1868	Avon, NY, US
Charlie Hamburg	22	R		6' 0.0"	175	Nov 22, 1866	Louisville, KY, US
King	--					Unknown
Mike Lehane	24	R		6' 1.0"	180	Apr 15, 1865	New York, NY, US
Joseph Lufberry	--					Unknown
John Rainey	24	L	R	5' 10.0"	164	Jul 26, 1864	Birmingham, MI, US
John Reidy	23	L	L	5' 9.0"	155	1866	Buffalo, NY, US
Alfred Sheppard	--					Unknown
Arthur Stuart	--					Unknown
Edward Thayer	--					Unknown
Will White	34	S	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 11, 1854	Caton, NY, US
Jim Whitney	31	L	R	6' 2.0"	172	Nov 10, 1857	Conklin, NY, US

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