1884 Buffalo Bisons

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1883 / 1885

64-47, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim O'Rourke (64-47)
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 626 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-50

Ballparks: Olympic Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

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1883 / 1885 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*	27	93	423	400	85	126	14	14	4	61			23	14	.315	.352	.450	.802	149	180		0
2	1B	Dan Brouthers*	26	94	431	398	82	130	22	15	14	79			33	20	.327	.378	.563	.941	190	224		0
3	2B	Hardy Richardson	29	102	461	439	85	132	27	9	6	60			22	41	.301	.334	.444	.778	141	195		0
4	SS	Davy Force	34	106	430	403	47	83	13	3	0	36			27	41	.206	.256	.253	.509	60	102		0
5	3B	Deacon White*	36	110	484	452	82	147	16	11	5	74			32	13	.325	.370	.442	.812	153	200		0
6	OF	Dave Eggler	35	63	247	241	25	47	3	1	0	20			6	54	.195	.215	.216	.430	35	52		0
7	OF	Jim O'Rourke	33	108	502	467	119	162	33	7	5	63			35	17	.347	.392	.480	.872	171	224		0
8	OF	Jim Lillie	22	114	476	471	68	105	12	5	3	53			5	71	.223	.231	.289	.520	61	136		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	UT	George Myers	23	78	338	325	34	59	9	2	2	32			13	33	.182	.213	.240	.453	41	78		0
10	2B	Chub Collins#	26	45	183	169	24	30	6	0	0	20			14	36	.178	.240	.213	.453	43	36		0
11	OF	Bones Ely	21	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
12	OF	Ed Coughlin?	22	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1			0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	57	1		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
13	P	Pud Galvin	27	72	276	274	34	49	6	1	0	24			2	80	.179	.185	.208	.393	22	57		0
14	P	Billy Serad	21	37	140	137	12	24	2	1	0	9			3	33	.175	.193	.204	.397	24	28		0
15	P	Art Hagan?	21	3	13	13	3	4	0	0	0	1			0	1	.308	.308	.308	.615	93	4		0
		Team Totals	28.8	115	4412	4197	700	1099	163	69	39	533			215	458	.262	.298	.361	.659	105	1517		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	2	2	1	2		1	1	4	8	2	2	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	27	46	22	.676	1.99	72	72	0	71	12	0	636.1	566	254	141	23	63		369		0	16	2554	155	0.988	8.0	0.3	0.9	5.2	5.86
2	SP	Billy Serad	21	16	20	.444	4.27	37	37	2	34	2	0	308.0	373	285	146	21	111		150		0	42	1440	73	1.571	10.9	0.6	3.2	4.4	1.35
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
3	RP	Jim O'Rourke	33	0	1	.000	2.84	4	0	2	0	0	1	12.2	7	5	4	0	1		3		0	0	41	113	0.632	5.0	0.0	0.7	2.1	3.00
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		Art Hagan	21	1	2	.333	5.88	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	53	38	17	1	4		4		0	0	142	54	2.192	18.3	0.3	1.4	1.4	1.00
5		Jim Lillie?	22	0	1	.000	6.23	2	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	22	24	9	0	5		4		0	1	73	52	2.077	15.2	0.0	3.5	2.8	0.80
6		Bones Ely	21	0	1	.000	14.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	17	15	8	1	5		4		0	1	39	24	4.400	30.6	1.8	9.0	7.2	0.80
7		Ed Coughlin?	22	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	4	3	0	0		0		0	2	5	6
		Team Totals	25.0	63	47	.573	2.95	115	114	6	108	14	1	1001.0	1041	625	328	46	189		534		0	62	4294	105	1.229	9.4	0.4	1.7	4.8	2.83
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		3				4	2	3	4	5	4	3	7	3		4
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
Dan Brouthers	26	94		1027	958	30	39	38	.962	10.51								1B-3B
Chub Collins	26	45		278	108	143	27	16	.903	5.58								2B-SS
Ed Coughlin	22	2		4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.50								OF-P
Dave Eggler	35	63		133	104	14	15	1	.887	1.87								OF
Bones Ely	21	2		2	0	1	1	0	.500	0.50								P-OF
Davy Force	34	106		477	113	315	49	21	.897	4.04								SS-2B
Pud Galvin	27	73		193	32	154	7	3	.964	2.55								P-OF
Art Hagan	21	3		5	0	3	2	0	.600	1.00								P
Jim Lillie	22	116		276	190	46	40	7	.855	2.03								P-OF
George Myers	23	83		459	320	61	78	5	.830	4.59	53							C-OF
Jim O'Rourke	33	119		403	350	23	30	12	.926	3.13	4							P-OF-1B-C-3B
Hardy Richardson	29	103		590	275	258	57	21	.903	5.17								2B-OF-3B-1B
Jack Rowe	27	101		525	414	75	36	4	.931	4.84	45							C-OF-SS
Billy Serad	21	40		75	4	57	14	1	.813	1.53								P-OF
Deacon White	36	111		399	130	203	66	13	.835	3.00	3							3B-C
Team Totals	28.7	115		4846	3001	1383	462	142	.905	4.13	105
Rank in 8 NL teams							6	3	3
	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 (v2.1): 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
Dan Brouthers*	26	94	431	44	0	0	2	0	46	3.9	13	59	5.3	.544	.526	5.3	0.1	57	$2,000	Unknown	*3/5
Chub Collins#	26	45	183	-12	0	0	3	1	-8	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.483	.495	-0.5	0.3	-6	$		4/6
Ed Coughlin?	22	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$		/O1
Dave Eggler	35	63	247	-20	0	0	-2	-3	-26	-2.6	8	-18	-1.8	.461	.485	-1.5	-0.6	-16	$		O
Bones Ely	21	1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.401	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$		/O1
Davy Force	34	106	430	-16	0	0	3	7	-6	-0.8	13	7	0.6	.494	.496	0.5	0.8	4	$		*6/4
Pud Galvin	27	72	276	-29	0	0	0	10	-19	-1.9	8	-10	-1.9	.475	.489	-1.8	-0.1	-10	$2,600		1/O
Art Hagan?	21	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.515	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$		/1
Jim Lillie	22	114	476	-22	0	0	8	-7	-21	-2.3	15	-6	-0.7	.482	.488	-1.2	-0.0	-14	$		*O/1
George Myers	23	78	338	-20	0	0	-12	1	-31	-3.1	10	-21	-2.0	.463	.482	-0.8	-1.1	-9	$		2O
Jim O'Rourke	33	108	502	43	0	0	-4	-4	35	2.9	15	50	4.5	.529	.520	5.1	-0.9	54	$3,000	Free Agency	*O32/15
Hardy Richardson	29	102	461	21	0	0	4	0	26	2.1	14	40	3.6	.523	.515	3.4	0.3	36	$2,000	Free Agency	4O/53
Jack Rowe*	27	93	423	26	0	0	8	3	37	3.2	13	50	4.5	.536	.521	3.9	0.9	42	$1,700		2O/6
Billy Serad	21	37	140	-14	0	0	0	5	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.9	.479	.495	-0.8	-0.1	-4	$		1/O
Deacon White*	36	110	484	32	0	0	2	4	38	3.2	15	53	4.8	.532	.522	4.8	0.4	51	$1,600		*5/2
Team Total	28.8	1027	4412	31	0	0	12	18	61	2.9	135	197	15.6	.505	.502	16.4	0.0	185	$12,900
	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 (v2.1): 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
Ed Coughlin?	22	0.0	1	0	4					104.0				1.0	0.0					$
Bones Ely	21	5.0	1	1	15	27.00	5.42	0.18	0.00	104.0	5.45	-12	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-12	.054	.497	$
Pud Galvin	27	636.1	72	72	254	3.59	5.42	0.10	0.00	104.0	5.53	153	16.0		-1.5	19.9	193	.722	.599	$2,600
Art Hagan	21	26.0	3	3	38	13.15	5.42	0.16	0.00	104.0	5.47	-22	-1.1		-0.1	-1.0	-20	.124	.493	$
Jim Lillie?	22	13.0	2	1	24	16.62	5.42	0.15	0.00	104.0	5.48	-16	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-15	.109	.495	$
Jim O'Rourke	33	12.2	4	0	5	3.55	5.42	0.09	0.00	104.0	5.54	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.576	.502	$3,000	Free Agency
Billy Serad	21	308.0	37	37	285	8.33	5.42	0.12	0.00	104.0	5.51	-89	-6.9		-0.7	-4.9	-69	.314	.458	$
Team Total	25.0	1001.0	120	114	625	5.62	5.42	0.11	0.00	104.0	5.52	18	7.1	1.0	-2.3	13.3	81	.555	.507	$5,600
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1883 / 1885 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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