1881 Buffalo Bisons

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1880 / 1882

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 - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1880 / 1882 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*	24	64	247	246	30	82	11	11	1	43			1	12	.333	.336	.480	.816	153	118		0
2	1B	Deacon White*	33	78	328	319	58	99	24	4	0	53			9	8	.310	.329	.411	.740	131	131		0
3	2B	Davy Force	31	75	289	278	21	50	9	1	0	15			11	29	.180	.211	.219	.430	35	61		0
4	SS	John Peters	31	54	232	229	21	49	8	1	0	25			3	12	.214	.224	.258	.482	51	59		0
5	3B	Jim O'Rourke	30	83	375	348	71	105	21	7	0	30			27	18	.302	.352	.402	.754	136	140		0
6	OF	Dan Brouthers*	23	65	288	270	60	86	18	9	8	45			18	22	.319	.361	.541	.902	179	146		0
7	OF	Curry Foley?	25	83	382	375	58	96	20	2	1	25			7	27	.256	.270	.328	.598	87	123		0
8	OF	Hardy Richardson	26	83	356	344	62	100	18	9	2	53			12	27	.291	.315	.413	.727	127	142		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	C	Sleeper Sullivan	22	35	122	121	13	23	4	0	0	15			1	21	.190	.197	.223	.420	32	27		0
10	OF	Blondie Purcell	27	30	121	113	15	33	7	2	0	17			8	8	.292	.339	.389	.728	128	44		0
11	3B	John Morrissey?	24	12	47	47	3	10	2	0	0	3			0	3	.213	.213	.255	.468	46	12		0
12	2B	Pop Smith	24	3	14	11	3	0	0	0	0	1			3	5	.000	.214	.000	.214	-27	0		0
13	OF	Ed Swartwood*	22	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0			1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	167	1		0
14	OF	Jack Manning	27	1	1	1	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
15	P	Pud Galvin	24	62	239	236	19	50	12	4	0	21			3	70	.212	.222	.297	.518	61	70		0
16	P	Jack Lynch	24	23	82	78	6	13	3	0	0	3			4	8	.167	.207	.205	.412	30	16		0
		Team Totals	27.1	83	3127	3019	440	797	157	50	12	349			108	270	.264	.289	.361	.650	103	1090		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	3	2	1	2	2		1	1	8	1	2	3	2	2		2				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	24	28	24	.538	2.37	56	53	3	48	5	0	474.0	546	250	125	4	46		136		0	31	2037	117	1.249	10.4	0.1	0.9	2.6	2.96
2	SP	Jack Lynch	24	10	9	.526	3.59	20	19	1	17	0	0	165.2	203	112	66	2	29		32		1	10	713	78	1.400	11.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.10
3	SP	Curry Foley*	25	3	4	.429	5.27	10	6	3	2	0	0	41.0	70	48	24	1	5		2		0	1	213	53	1.829	15.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	0.40
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	RP	Blondie Purcell	27	4	1	.800	2.77	9	5	4	5	0	0	61.2	62	37	19	2	9		15		0	2	259	101	1.151	9.0	0.3	1.3	2.2	1.67
		Team Totals	24.3	45	38	.542	2.84	83	83	11	72	5	0	742.1	881	447	234	9	89		185		1	44	3222	98	1.307	10.7	0.1	1.1	2.2	2.08
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		6				7	6	2	6	7	7	6	3	1		8
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
Dan Brouthers	23	65		436	385	18	33	18	.924	6.20							OF-1B
Curry Foley	25	92		442	372	32	38	14	.914	4.39							P-OF-1B
Davy Force	31	76		526	195	299	32	25	.939	6.50							2B-SS-OF-3B
Pud Galvin	24	71		200	52	126	22	7	.890	2.51							P-OF-SS
Jack Lynch	24	26		59	15	39	5	0	.915	2.08							P-OF
Jack Manning	27	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							OF
John Morrissey	24	12		37	10	22	5	0	.865	2.67							3B
Jim O'Rourke	30	86		292	148	97	47	8	.839	2.85	9						3B-OF-C-SS-1B
John Peters	31	54		337	105	185	47	17	.861	5.37							SS-OF
Blondie Purcell	27	34		71	34	20	17	0	.761	1.59							P-OF
Hardy Richardson	26	86		281	195	62	24	6	.915	2.99							OF-2B-SS-3B
Jack Rowe	24	65		328	219	73	36	7	.890	4.49	38						C-3B-SS-OF
Pop Smith	24	3		25	14	7	4	4	.840	7.00							2B
Sleeper Sullivan	22	36		171	111	33	27	1	.842	4.00	49						C-OF
Ed Swartwood	22	1		2	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00							OF
Deacon White	33	79		560	371	119	70	24	.875	6.20	10						1B-2B-OF-3B-C
Team Totals	27.0	83		3768	2227	1133	408	131	.892	4.27	106
Rank in 8 NL teams							1	8	8
	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
Dan Brouthers*	23	288	25	1	0	0	-6	-2	8	26	2.5	32	3.0	-0.5	$875	Unknown	O3
Curry Foley?	25	382	-6	1	0	0	-3	-4	11	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$		O31
Davy Force	31	289	-22	-1	0	0	11	2	9	-1	0.0	-12	-1.1	1.1	$		46/O5
Pud Galvin	24	239	-17	-1	0	0	-2	1	8	-11	-1.1	-9	-0.9	-0.2	$1,200		*1O/6
Jack Lynch	24	82	-7	0	0	0	-1	1	3	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		1/O
Jack Manning	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
John Morrissey?	24	47	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		5
Jim O'Rourke	30	375	18	1	0	0	-13	1	11	18	1.7	31	2.9	-1.2	$2,000	Free Agency	*5O/263
John Peters	31	232	-13	0	0	0	-6	3	7	-9	-0.8	-3	-0.3	-0.5	$		6/O
Blondie Purcell	27	121	4	0	0	0	-5	-2	4	1	0.1	6	0.6	-0.5	$		O/1
Hardy Richardson	26	356	10	1	0	0	7	-4	11	25	2.4	18	1.7	0.7	$1,250	Free Agency	*O/456
Jack Rowe*	24	247	15	0	0	0	3	3	8	29	2.8	26	2.5	0.3	$1,250		2/56O
Pop Smith	24	14	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		/4
Sleeper Sullivan	22	122	-11	0	0	0	-9	2	4	-14	-1.4	-5	-0.5	-0.9	$		2/O
Ed Swartwood*	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Deacon White*	33	328	14	1	0	0	-12	0	10	13	1.2	25	2.4	-1.2	$1,600		34O/52
Team Total	27.1	3127	5	3	0	0	-37	1	96	67	6.5	105	9.9	-3.4	$8,175
	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
Curry Foley*	25	41.0	6	48	26	-1	1.0	-22	-2.0	$
Pud Galvin	24	474.0	53	250	298	-17	1.0	48	6.1	$
Jack Lynch	24	165.2	19	112	104	-6	1.0	-8	-0.2	$
Blondie Purcell	27	61.2	5	37	39	-2	1.0	2	0.4	$
Team Total	24.3	742.1	83	447	467	-26	1.0	20	4.3	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1880 / 1882 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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