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1881 Buffalo Bisons

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

45-38, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim O'Rourke (45-38)
Scored 440 runs, Allowed 447 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-42

Ballparks: Riverside Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1880 / 1882 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	45-38, Final Rank:3, GB: 10.5
Days in First	3	last on Wednesday, Jun 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	7	last on Jun 15, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	11	last on Saturday, Sep 24, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	11	last on Thursday, Sep 8
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	7	Monday, Aug 29 to Thursday, Sep 8
Longest Losing Streak	5	Friday, Jul 29 to Saturday, Aug 6
Most Runs Allowed	17	Tuesday, Sep 20
Most Runs Scored	16	Wednesday, Jun 29
Times Shutout by Opponent	6
Times Opponent Shutout	5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	45	38	440	448	.542
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	25	16	241	206	.610
Road	20	22	199	242	.476
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	11	8	82	72	.579
June	9	6	81	87	.600
July	8	7	105	97	.533
August	8	8	74	91	.500
September	9	9	98	101	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	25	17	218	209	.595
Second Half	20	21	222	239	.488
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	18	7	124	113	.720
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	12	12	162	169	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	8	4	49	43	.667
CHC	5	7	60	81	.417
CLV	7	5	62	62	.583
DTN	9	3	78	48	.750
PRO	7	5	74	65	.583
TRO	3	9	59	82	.250
WOR	6	5	58	67	.545

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Monday, May 2	BUF	@	DTN	W	6	5		1-0	2	0.5							`+`
2	2	Tuesday, May 3	BUF	@	DTN	L	2	4		1-1	3	1.5							`-`
3	3	Wednesday, May 4	BUF	@	DTN	W	4	3		2-1	2	1.0							`+`
4	4	Thursday, May 5	BUF		DTN	W	8	1		3-1	2	1.0							`++`
5	5	Friday, May 6	BUF		DTN	W	3	2		4-1	2	0.5							`+++`
6	6	Saturday, May 7	BUF		DTN	W	6	1		5-1	2	0.5							`++++`
7	7	Tuesday, May 10	BUF		BSN	L	0	4		5-2	2	1.5							`-`
8	8	Wednesday, May 11	BUF		BSN	W	1	0		6-2	2	1.5							`+`
9	9	Thursday, May 12	BUF		BSN	L	0	5		6-3	2	2.5							`-`
10	10	Saturday, May 14	BUF		PRO	W	8	4		7-3	2	1.5							`+`
11	11	Wednesday, May 18	BUF		PRO	L	5	6		7-4	3	2.0							`-`
12	12	Thursday, May 19	BUF		PRO	L	5	11		7-5	3	2.5							`--`
13	13	Friday, May 20	BUF		WOR	W	7	0		8-5	3	1.5							`+`
14	14	Saturday, May 21	BUF		WOR	L	6	9		8-6	4	2.5							`-`
15	15	Tuesday, May 24	BUF		WOR	W	3	2		9-6	3	1.5							`+`
16	16	Wednesday, May 25	BUF		TRO	W	8	2		10-6	3	1.0							`++`
17	17	Thursday, May 26	BUF		TRO	L	3	6		10-7	3	2.0							`-`
18	18	Saturday, May 28	BUF		TRO	L	4	5		10-8	3	2.0							`--`
19	19	Monday, May 30	BUF	@	PRO	W	3	2		11-8	3	2.0							`+`
20	20	Wednesday, Jun 1	BUF	@	PRO	L	5	7		11-9	3	2.0							`-`
21	21	Thursday, Jun 2	BUF	@	PRO	W	8	7		12-9	2	1.0							`+`
22	22	Saturday, Jun 4	BUF	@	BSN	W	6	3		13-9	2	1.0							`++`
23	23	Tuesday, Jun 7	BUF	@	BSN	W	3	2		14-9	2	1.0							`+++`
24	24	Thursday, Jun 9	BUF	@	BSN	W	1	0		15-9	1	Tied							`++++`
25	25	Monday, Jun 13	BUF	@	WOR	W	10	9		16-9	1	Tied							`+++++`
26	26	Wednesday, Jun 15	BUF	@	WOR	W	4	3		17-9	1	Tied							`++++++`
27	27	Thursday, Jun 16	BUF	@	WOR	L	4	15		17-10	2	1.0							`-`
28	28	Friday, Jun 17	BUF	@	TRO	L	0	2		17-11	2	1.0							`--`
29	29	Monday, Jun 20	BUF	@	TRO	L	2	6		17-12	2	2.0							`---`
30	30	Tuesday, Jun 21	BUF	@	TRO	L	7	8		17-13	2	3.0							`----`
31	31	Friday, Jun 24	BUF		WOR	W	4	2		18-13	2	3.0							`+`
32	32	Saturday, Jun 25	BUF		WOR	L	4	9		18-14	2	4.0							`-`
33	33	Wednesday, Jun 29	BUF		BSN	W	16	10		19-14	2	4.5							`+`
34	34	Thursday, Jun 30	BUF		BSN	W	7	4		20-14	2	4.5							`++`
35	35	Saturday, Jul 2	BUF		BSN	W	7	4		21-14	2	4.5							`+++`
36	36	Monday, Jul 4	BUF		TRO	L	3	8		21-15	2	5.0							`-`
37	37	Monday, Jul 4	BUF		TRO	L	0	12		21-16	2	5.0							`--`
38	38	Wednesday, Jul 6	BUF		TRO	W	12	5		22-16	2	5.0							`+`
39	39	Saturday, Jul 9	BUF		PRO	W	15	5		23-16	2	5.5							`++`
40	40	Tuesday, Jul 12	BUF		PRO	W	3	0		24-16	2	5.5							`+++`
41	41	Wednesday, Jul 13	BUF		PRO	L	5	7		24-17	2	6.5							`-`
42	42	Saturday, Jul 16	BUF		CHC	W	10	9		25-17	2	5.5							`+`
43	43	Tuesday, Jul 19	BUF		CHC	W	8	7		26-17	2	4.5							`++`
44	44	Wednesday, Jul 20	BUF		CHC	W	11	7		27-17	2	3.5							`+++`
45	45	Friday, Jul 22	BUF		CLV	L	4	6		27-18	2	3.5							`-`
46	46	Saturday, Jul 23	BUF		CLV	L	3	7		27-19	2	3.5							`--`
47	47	Thursday, Jul 28	BUF	@	DTN	W	15	4		28-19	2	3.0							`+`
48	48	Friday, Jul 29	BUF	@	DTN	L	3	9		28-20	2	3.0							`-`
49	49	Saturday, Jul 30	BUF	@	DTN	L	6	7		28-21	2	4.0							`--`
50	50	Tuesday, Aug 2	BUF	@	CHC	L	2	11		28-22	2	5.0							`---`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Thursday, Aug 4	BUF	@	CHC	L	0	4		28-23	2	6.0							`----`
52	52	Saturday, Aug 6	BUF	@	CHC	L	0	3		28-24	2	7.0							`-----`
53	53	Tuesday, Aug 9	BUF	@	CLV	W	5	4		29-24	2	7.0							`+`
54	54	Thursday, Aug 11	BUF	@	CLV	W	8	7		30-24	2	7.0							`++`
55	55	Saturday, Aug 13	BUF	@	CLV	W	8	6		31-24	2	6.0							`+++`
56	56	Tuesday, Aug 16	BUF	@	CHC	L	9	13		31-25	2	7.0							`-`
57	57	Wednesday, Aug 17	BUF	@	CHC	L	1	5		31-26	2	8.0							`--`
58	58	Thursday, Aug 18	BUF	@	CHC	W	7	6		32-26	2	7.0							`+`
59	59	Saturday, Aug 20	BUF	@	CLV	L	4	9		32-27	2	8.0							`-`
60	60	Tuesday, Aug 23	BUF	@	CLV	W	2	0		33-27	2	8.0							`+`
61	61	Thursday, Aug 25	BUF	@	CLV	L	3	5		33-28	2	8.0							`-`
62	62	Saturday, Aug 27	BUF		CLV	L	4	5		33-29	2	8.0							`--`
63	63	Monday, Aug 29	BUF		CLV	W	6	3		34-29	2	7.5							`+`
64	64	Tuesday, Aug 30	BUF		CLV	W	7	5		35-29	2	7.5							`++`
65	65	Wednesday, Aug 31	BUF		CLV	W	8	5		36-29	2	7.5							`+++`
66	66	Friday, Sep 2	BUF		DTN	W	14	6		37-29	2	6.5							`++++`
67	67	Saturday, Sep 3	BUF		DTN	W	5	3		38-29	2	6.5							`+++++`
68	68	Monday, Sep 5	BUF		DTN	W	6	3		39-29	2	6.5							`++++++`
69	69	Thursday, Sep 8	BUF		CHC	W	10	1		40-29	2	5.5							`+++++++`
70	70	Friday, Sep 9	BUF		CHC	L	1	4		40-30	2	6.5							`-`
71	71	Saturday, Sep 10	BUF		CHC	L	1	11		40-31	2	7.5							`--`
72	72	Tuesday, Sep 13	BUF	@	WOR	L	8	10		40-32	2	8.5							`---`
73	73	Wednesday, Sep 14	BUF	@	WOR	W	2	1		41-32	2	8.5							`+`
74	74	Thursday, Sep 15	BUF	@	WOR	L	6	7		41-33	2	9.0							`-`
75	75	Monday, Sep 19	BUF	@	TRO	L	5	7		41-34	3	9.5							`--`
76	76	Tuesday, Sep 20	BUF	@	TRO	L	5	17		41-35	3	10.0							`---`
77	77	Wednesday, Sep 21	BUF	@	TRO	W	10	4		42-35	3	9.0							`+`
78	78	Friday, Sep 23	BUF	@	BSN	L	3	4		42-36	3	10.5							`-`
79	79	Saturday, Sep 24	BUF	@	BSN	L	2	5		42-37	3	11.0							`--`
80	80	Tuesday, Sep 27	BUF	@	BSN	W	3	2		43-37	3	10.5							`+`
81	81	Wednesday, Sep 28	BUF	@	PRO	W	7	3		44-37	3	10.5							`++`
82	82	Thursday, Sep 29	BUF	@	PRO	W	9	3		45-37	3	9.5							`+++`
83	83	Friday, Sep 30	BUF	@	PRO	L	1	10		45-38	3	10.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1880 / 1882 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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