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Starters: Positional / Pitching - Players: Batting / Pitching - Teams: Batting / Pitching
Leaders: Batting / Pitching - All-Stars: Batting / Pitching - Managers - Attendance/Parks
Hall of Fame Register - Opening Day Starters - Team Trade Histories
Uniform Numbers - Twitter Accounts
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Played As
- Buffalo Bisons (314-333 W-L, 1879 - 1885)
Franchise History
| Rk | Year | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | Ties | Finish | Playoffs | R | RA | BatAge | PitchAge | #Bat | #Pitch | Top Player | Managers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1885 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 112 | 38 | 74 | 0 | .339 | 7th of 8 | 495 | 761 | 27.5 | 22.1 | 28 | 7 | D.Brouthers (5.2) | Pud Galvin (7-17) and Jack Chapman (31-57) | |
| 2 | 1884 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 115 | 64 | 47 | 4 | .577 | 3rd of 8 | 700 | 626 | 28.8 | 24.9 | 15 | 7 | P.Galvin (18.4) | Jim O'Rourke (64-47) | |
| 3 | 1883 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 98 | 52 | 45 | 1 | .536 | 5th of 8 | 614 | 576 | 29.1 | 26.1 | 18 | 9 | P.Galvin (9.8) | Jim O'Rourke (52-45) | |
| 4 | 1882 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 84 | 45 | 39 | 0 | .536 | 3rd of 8 | 500 | 461 | 28.3 | 28.2 | 12 | 5 | D.Brouthers (5.9) | Jim O'Rourke (45-39) | |
| 5 | 1881 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 83 | 45 | 38 | 0 | .542 | 3rd of 8 | 440 | 447 | 27.1 | 24.3 | 16 | 4 | P.Galvin (7.6) | Jim O'Rourke (45-38) | |
| 6 | 1880 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 85 | 24 | 58 | 3 | .293 | 7th of 8 | 331 | 502 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 21 | 6 | P.Galvin (2.6) | Sam Crane (24-58) | |
| 7 | 1879 | Buffalo Bisons | NL | 79 | 46 | 32 | 1 | .590 | 3rd of 8 | 394 | 365 | 25.4 | 22.3 | 12 | 2 | P.Galvin (9.1) | John Clapp (46-32) |
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