1880 Buffalo Bisons

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1879 / 1881

24-58, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sam Crane (24-58)
Scored 331 runs, Allowed 502 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 26-56

Ballparks: Riverside Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 96

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1879 / 1881 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	Jack Rowe*	23	79	332	326	43	82	10	6	1	36			6	17	.252	.265	.328	.593	98	107		0
2	1B	Dude Esterbrook	23	64	253	253	20	61	12	1	0	35			0	15	.241	.241	.296	.538	79	75		0
3	2B	Davy Force	30	81	300	290	22	49	10	0	0	17			10	35	.169	.197	.203	.400	34	59		0
4	SS	Mike Moynahan*	24	27	106	100	12	33	5	1	0	14			6	9	.330	.368	.400	.768	157	40		0
5	3B	Hardy Richardson	25	83	357	343	48	89	18	8	0	17			14	37	.259	.289	.359	.647	116	123		0
6	OF	Bill Crowley	23	85	373	354	57	95	16	4	0	20			19	23	.268	.306	.336	.642	115	119		0
7	OF	Joe Hornung	23	85	350	342	47	91	8	11	1	42			8	29	.266	.283	.363	.645	115	124		0
8	OF	Dan Stearns*	18	28	107	104	8	19	6	1	0	13			3	23	.183	.206	.260	.465	55	27		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
9	1B	Oscar Walker*	26	34	132	126	12	29	4	2	1	15			6	18	.230	.265	.317	.583	94	40		0
10	UT	Arlie Latham	20	22	80	79	9	10	3	1	0	3			1	8	.127	.138	.190	.327	8	15		0
11	OF	Stump Wiedman	19	23	80	78	8	8	1	0	0	3			2	11	.103	.125	.115	.240	-19	9		0
12	OF	Tom Poorman*	22	19	70	70	5	11	1	0	0	1			0	13	.157	.157	.171	.329	10	12		0
13	OF	Denny Driscoll*	24	18	66	65	1	10	1	0	0	4			1	7	.154	.167	.169	.336	13	11		0
14	SS	Denny Mack	29	17	64	59	5	12	0	0	0	3			5	7	.203	.266	.203	.469	60	12		0
15	2B	Chick Fulmer	29	11	46	44	3	7	0	0	0	1			2	4	.159	.196	.159	.355	20	7		0
16	UT	Sam Crane	26	10	32	31	4	4	0	0	0	2			1	8	.129	.156	.129	.285	-3	4		0
17	UT	Old Hoss Radbourn	25	6	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	1			0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-4	3		0
18	C	Jim Keenan	22	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0			1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	36	1		0
19	C	Tom Kearns	19	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
20	P	Pud Galvin	23	66	246	241	25	51	9	2	0	12			5	57	.212	.228	.266	.493	65	64		0
21	P	Bill McGunnigle	25	7	22	22	0	4	0	0	0	1			0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	22	4		0
		Team Totals	24.0	85	3052	2962	331	669	104	37	3	240			90	327	.226	.249	.289	.538	80	856		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	7	7	7	5	8		1	1	4	1	7	7	7	7		7				1
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	23	20	35	.364	2.71	58	54	4	46	5	0	458.2	528	281	138	5	32		128			24	1969	90	1.221	10.4	0.1	0.6	2.5	4.00
2	SP	Stump Wiedman	19	0	9	.000	3.40	17	13	4	9	0	0	113.2	141	77	43	1	9		25			9	493	72	1.320	11.2	0.1	0.7	2.0	2.78
3	SP	Tom Poorman	22	1	8	.111	4.13	11	9	2	9	0	1	85.0	117	90	39	3	19		13			7	400	60	1.600	12.4	0.3	2.0	1.4	0.68
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
4		Denny Driscoll*	24	1	3	.250	3.89	6	4	2	4	0	0	41.2	48	33	18	1	9		17			8	187	64	1.368	10.4	0.2	1.9	3.7	1.89
5		Bill McGunnigle	25	2	3	.400	3.41	5	5	0	4	1	0	37.0	43	19	14	0	8		3			1	162	73	1.378	10.5	0.0	1.9	0.7	0.38
6		Joe Hornung	23	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	0	1		0			1	13	49	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	22.4	24	58	.293	3.09	85	85	13	72	6	1	739.0	879	502	254	10	78		186			50	3224	79	1.295	10.7	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.38
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		8				6	5	4	6	8	8	7	6	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%	PO	Pos. Summary
Sam Crane	26	11		67	31	27	9	5	.866	5.27							2B-OF
Bill Crowley	23	96		300	204	46	50	3	.833	2.60	31						OF-C
Denny Driscoll	24	20		32	18	10	4	2	.875	1.40							P-OF
Dude Esterbrook	23	70		576	494	37	45	21	.922	7.59	4						1B-OF-2B-SS-C
Davy Force	30	83		584	222	324	38	37	.935	6.58							2B-SS
Chick Fulmer	29	11		76	34	33	9	2	.882	6.09							2B
Pud Galvin	23	77		165	44	100	21	1	.873	1.87							P-OF
Joe Hornung	23	91		391	319	36	36	7	.908	3.90							P-OF-1B-2B
Tom Kearns	19	2		18	10	2	6	0	.667	6.00	5						C
Jim Keenan	22	2		19	11	7	1	0	.947	9.00	5						C
Arlie Latham	20	23		74	31	36	7	1	.905	2.91	1						SS-OF-C
Denny Mack	29	17		69	19	46	4	3	.942	3.82							SS-2B
Bill McGunnigle	25	8		11	5	4	2	0	.818	1.13							P-OF
Mike Moynahan	24	27		116	30	70	16	7	.862	3.70							SS
Tom Poorman	22	21		44	13	24	7	0	.841	1.76							P-OF
Old Hoss Radbourn	25	6		34	15	16	3	2	.912	5.17							2B-OF
Hardy Richardson	25	86		338	123	163	52	6	.846	3.33	14						3B-C
Jack Rowe	23	88		381	267	68	46	3	.879	3.81	61						C-OF-3B
Dan Stearns	18	34		83	39	24	20	3	.759	1.85	14						OF-C-3B-SS
Oscar Walker	26	35		304	267	10	27	17	.911	7.91							1B-OF
Stump Wiedman	19	30		46	21	20	5	0	.891	1.37							P-OF
Team Totals	23.9	85		3728	2217	1103	408	120	.891	3.96	135
Rank in 8 NL teams							2	2	7
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Sam Crane	26	32	-4	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$		4/O
Bill Crowley	23	373	4	0	0	0	-1	-3	11	11	1.1	12	1.2	-0.1	$		*O2
Denny Driscoll*	24	66	-6	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	-7	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$		O/1
Dude Esterbrook	23	253	-7	-1	0	0	-7	-1	8	-8	-0.8	-1	-0.1	-0.7	$		3O/426
Davy Force	30	300	-21	-1	0	0	3	3	10	-6	-0.7	-9	-0.9	0.2	$		46
Chick Fulmer	29	46	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		4
Pud Galvin	23	246	-14	0	0	0	-3	-1	8	-10	-1.0	-7	-0.7	-0.3	$		*1O
Joe Hornung	23	350	2	1	0	0	-3	-4	11	7	0.7	10	1.0	-0.3	$		*O3/41
Tom Kearns	19	7	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		/2
Jim Keenan	22	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/2
Arlie Latham	20	80	-8	0	0	0	0	0	3	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$		6O/2
Denny Mack	29	64	-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		6/4
Bill McGunnigle	25	22	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1O
Mike Moynahan*	24	106	5	-1	0	0	-3	2	3	6	0.6	9	0.9	-0.3	$		6
Tom Poorman*	22	70	-7	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	-8	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$		1O
Old Hoss Radbourn	25	21	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	Unknown	/4O
Hardy Richardson	25	357	2	0	0	0	-10	3	11	6	0.6	16	1.6	-1.0	$	Free Agency	*5/2
Jack Rowe*	23	332	-2	0	0	0	1	2	10	11	1.1	10	1.0	0.1	$		*2O/5
Dan Stearns*	18	107	-7	0	0	0	-7	-1	3	-12	-1.2	-5	-0.5	-0.7	$		O/256
Oscar Walker*	26	132	-2	-1	0	0	-4	-1	4	-4	-0.4	0	0.0	-0.4	$		3O
Stump Wiedman	19	80	-10	0	0	0	-1	-1	3	-9	-1.0	-8	-0.8	-0.2	$		1O
Team Total	24.0	3052	-87	-3	0	0	-43	-3	95	-41	-4.4	2	0.2	-4.6	$
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Denny Driscoll*	24	41.2	4	33	24	-2	1.0	-9	-0.6	$
Pud Galvin	23	458.2	54	281	267	-19	1.0	-14	1.6	$
Joe Hornung	23	3.0	0	2	2	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
Bill McGunnigle	25	37.0	5	19	22	-2	1.0	3	0.5	$
Tom Poorman	22	85.0	9	90	50	-3	1.0	-40	-3.3	$
Stump Wiedman	19	113.2	13	77	66	-5	1.0	-11	-0.3	$
Team Total	22.4	739.0	85	502	431	-31	1.0	-71	-2.1	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1879 / 1881 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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