1879 Buffalo Bisons

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1880

46-32, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Clapp (46-32)
Scored 394 runs, Allowed 365 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-36

Ballparks: Riverside Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 113

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1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	John Clapp	27	70	303	292	47	77	12	5	1	36			11	11	.264	.290	.349	.640	106	102
2	1B	Oscar Walker*	25	72	295	287	35	79	15	6	1	35			8	38	.275	.295	.380	.675	116	109
3	2B	Chick Fulmer	28	76	311	306	30	82	11	5	0	28			5	34	.268	.280	.337	.616	98	103
4	SS	Davy Force	29	79	329	316	36	66	5	2	0	8			13	37	.209	.240	.237	.477	55	75
5	3B	Hardy Richardson	24	79	352	336	54	95	18	10	0	37			16	30	.283	.315	.396	.711	128	133
6	OF	Joe Hornung	22	78	321	319	46	85	18	7	0	38			2	27	.266	.271	.367	.638	104	117
7	OF	Bill Crowley	22	60	267	261	41	75	9	5	0	30			6	14	.287	.303	.360	.664	114	94
8	OF	Dave Eggler	30	78	328	317	41	66	5	7	0	27			11	41	.208	.235	.268	.503	62	85
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Bill McGunnigle	24	47	176	171	22	30	0	1	0	5			5	24	.175	.199	.187	.386	26	32
10	UT	Jack Rowe*	22	8	34	34	8	12	1	0	0	8			0	1	.353	.353	.382	.735	138	13
11	1B	Steve Libby?	25	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
12	P	Pud Galvin	22	67	266	265	34	66	11	6	0	27			1	56	.249	.252	.336	.588	88	89
		Team Totals	25.4	79	2984	2906	394	733	105	54	2	279			78	314	.252	.272	.328	.599	93	952
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	5	5	6	2	8				3	1	5	5	5	5		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.8	79	2718	2641	360	667	94	48	2	252			77	258	.253	.274	.327	.601	93	863
		Pitcher Totals	22.0	79	266	265	34	66	11	6	0	27			1	56	.249	.252	.336	.588	88	89
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Pud Galvin	22	37	27	.578	2.28	66	66	0	65	6	0	593.0	585	299	150	3	31		136		0	23	2436	116	1.039	8.9	0.0	0.5	2.1	4.39
2	SP	Bill McGunnigle	24	9	5	.643	2.63	14	13	1	13	2	0	120.0	113	66	35	0	16		62		0	2	496	101	1.075	8.5	0.0	1.2	4.7	3.88
		Team Totals	22.3	46	32	.590	2.34	79	79	1	78	8	0	713.0	698	365	185	3	47		198		0	25	2932	114	1.045	8.8	0.0	0.6	2.5	4.21
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		4				5	2	2	6	1	3	2	1	2		7
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
John Clapp	27	70		397	297	60	40	4	.899	5.10	56		0	0				C-OF
Bill Crowley	22	63		252	182	37	33	12	.869	3.48	7		0	0				OF-C-1B-2B
Dave Eggler	30	78		136	114	11	11	2	.919	1.60								OF
Davy Force	29	79		366	75	265	26	26	.929	4.30								SS-3B
Chick Fulmer	28	76		634	273	301	60	46	.905	7.55								2B
Pud Galvin	22	67		206	36	143	27	8	.869	2.67								P-SS
Joe Hornung	22	78		173	135	12	26	2	.850	1.88								OF-1B
Steve Libby	25	1		8	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.00								1B
Bill McGunnigle	24	48		108	64	35	9	2	.917	2.06								P-OF
Hardy Richardson	24	79		291	94	153	44	13	.849	3.13	3		0	0				3B-C
Jack Rowe	22	8		51	36	9	6	0	.882	5.63	8		0	0				C-OF
Oscar Walker	25	72		907	828	30	49	52	.946	11.92								1B
Team Totals	25.4	79		3529	2142	1056	331	167	.906	4.45	74		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							7	1	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
John Clapp	27	70	303	4	0	0	8	4	15	1.3	10	26	2.4	.521	.509	1.7	1.1	18			*2/O
Bill Crowley	22	60	267	5	0	0	2	-2	5	0.3	9	14	1.3	.507	.503	1.1	-0.0	12			O2/34
Dave Eggler	30	78	328	-14	0	0	-2	-4	-20	-2.1	11	-9	-0.9	.475	.488	-0.7	-0.6	-7			*O
Davy Force	29	79	329	-16	0	0	11	5	1	-0.1	11	12	1.1	.501	.500	0.1	1.5	1			*6/5
Chick Fulmer	28	76	311	-1	0	0	8	1	8	0.6	11	18	1.7	.510	.505	1.0	0.9	10			*4
Pud Galvin	22	67	266	-7	0	0	0	10	2	0.1	9	11	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	11			*1/6
Joe Hornung	22	78	321	1	0	0	0	-5	-4	-0.5	11	7	0.6	.495	.498	0.7	-0.5	7			*O/3
Steve Libby?	25	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.450	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0			/3
Bill McGunnigle	24	47	176	-14	0	0	5	-2	-11	-1.2	6	-5	-0.6	.476	.493	-1.0	0.2	-10			O1
Hardy Richardson	24	79	352	10	0	0	2	3	15	1.3	12	27	2.5	.518	.509	2.4	0.4	25		Free Agency	*5/2
Jack Rowe*	22	8	34	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.521	.501	0.3	0.0	3			/2O
Oscar Walker*	25	72	295	3	0	0	5	-0	8	0.7	10	18	1.7	.511	.505	1.3	0.5	13			*3
Team Total	25.4	715	2984	-29	0	0	39	9	20	0.5	101	121	10.3	.503	.501	7.0	3.5	82
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Pud Galvin	22	593.0	66	66	299	4.54	5.36	0.50	0.00	105.0	5.10	41	4.1		-0.5	9.0	100	.562	.525
Bill McGunnigle	24	120.0	14	13	66	4.95	5.36	0.46	0.00	105.0	5.14	4	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.524	.502
Team Total	22.3	713.0	80	79	365	4.61	5.36	0.49	0.00	105.0	5.11	45	4.5	1.0	-0.6	10.4	115	.556	.514
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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