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1885 Buffalo Bisons

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

38-74, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pud Galvin (7-17) and Jack Chapman (31-57)
Scored 495 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 35-77

Ballparks: Olympic Park I, Maple Avenue Driving Park & Wright Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 103

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1884 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	38-74, Final Rank:7, GB: 49.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	49.5	last on Wednesday, Oct 7, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	never
Most Games under .500	36	last on Saturday, Oct 10
Longest Winning Streak	8	Wednesday, Aug 12 to Friday, Aug 21
Longest Losing Streak	16	Wednesday, Sep 16 to Saturday, Oct 10
Most Runs Allowed	24	Wednesday, May 27
Most Runs Scored	17	Saturday, Aug 15
Times Shutout by Opponent	13
Times Opponent Shutout	4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	38	74	502	766	.339
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	19	34	266	365	.358
Road	19	40	236	401	.322
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	4	15	65	147	.211
June	8	14	108	138	.364
July	8	17	123	169	.320
August	13	7	125	100	.650
September	5	15	69	162	.250
October	0	6	12	50	.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	16	37	231	364	.302
Second Half	22	37	271	402	.373
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	10	7	92	89	.588
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	8	38	189	421	.174

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	6	10	83	118	.375
CHC	0	16	59	138	.000
DTN	11	5	82	90	.688
NYG	1	15	38	150	.063
PHI	5	11	73	99	.313
PRO	3	13	54	108	.188
SLM	12	4	113	63	.750

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	Friday, May 1	BUF	@	DTN	L	3	8		0-1	8	1.0							`-`
2	2	Saturday, May 2	BUF	@	DTN	L	4	10		0-2	8	2.0							`--`
3	3	Monday, May 4	BUF	@	DTN	L	4	10		0-3	8	3.0							`---`
4	4	Friday, May 8	BUF		CHC	L	4	13		0-4	8	3.5							`----`
5	5	Monday, May 11	BUF	@	PRO	L	4	9		0-5	8	4.5							`-----`
6	6	Tuesday, May 12	BUF	@	PRO	L	1	5		0-6	8	4.5							`------`
7	7	Wednesday, May 13	BUF	@	BSN	W	7	3		1-6	7	4.5							`+`
8	8	Friday, May 15	BUF	@	PRO	L	0	3		1-7	8	6.0							`-`
9	9	Saturday, May 16	BUF	@	PRO	L	0	3		1-8	8	7.0							`--`
10	10	Tuesday, May 19	BUF	@	BSN	L	8	11		1-9	8	8.5							`---`
11	11	Wednesday, May 20	BUF	@	BSN	W	6	3		2-9	8	8.0							`+`
12	12	Thursday, May 21	BUF	@	NYG	W	4	3		3-9	7	7.0							`++`
13	13	Friday, May 22	BUF	@	NYG	L	4	9		3-10	7	8.0							`-`
14	14	Saturday, May 23	BUF	@	PHI	W	6	2		4-10	7	8.0							`+`
15	15	Monday, May 25	BUF	@	PHI	L	6	7		4-11	7	9.0							`-`
16	16	Wednesday, May 27	BUF	@	NYG	L	0	24		4-12	7	10.0							`--`
17	17	Thursday, May 28	BUF	@	NYG	L	0	11		4-13	7	11.0							`---`
18	18	Friday, May 29	BUF	@	PHI	L	4	6		4-14	7	11.5							`----`
19	19	Saturday, May 30	BUF	@	PHI	L	0	7		4-15	7	12.0							`-----`
20	20	Monday, Jun 1	BUF		SLM	W	8	4		5-15	7	12.0							`+`
21	21	Tuesday, Jun 2	BUF		SLM	L	3	5		5-16	7	12.0							`-`
22	22	Wednesday, Jun 3	BUF		SLM	W	11	0		6-16	7	12.0							`+`
23	23	Thursday, Jun 4	BUF		SLM	L	4	8		6-17	7	12.5							`-`
24	24	Saturday, Jun 6	BUF		DTN	W	5	4		7-17	7	12.5							`+`
25	25	Monday, Jun 8	BUF		DTN	L	5	11		7-18	7	13.0							`-`
26	26	Tuesday, Jun 9	BUF		DTN	W	10	8		8-18	7	13.0							`+`
27	27	Wednesday, Jun 10	BUF		DTN	W	7	5		9-18	5	12.5							`++`
28	28	Friday, Jun 12	BUF	@	SLM	W	2	0		10-18	5	12.5							`+++`
29	29	Saturday, Jun 13	BUF	@	SLM	L	2	6		10-19	5	13.5							`-`
30	30	Tuesday, Jun 16	BUF	@	SLM	W	5	0		11-19	5	14.0							`+`
31	31	Wednesday, Jun 17	BUF	@	CHC	L	1	8		11-20	5	15.0							`-`
32	32	Thursday, Jun 18	BUF	@	CHC	L	4	7		11-21	5	16.0							`--`
33	33	Friday, Jun 19	BUF	@	CHC	L	8	9		11-22	6	17.0							`---`
34	34	Saturday, Jun 20	BUF	@	CHC	L	0	5		11-23	6	18.0							`----`
35	35	Tuesday, Jun 23	BUF		NYG	L	6	7		11-24	7	19.0							`-----`
36	36	Wednesday, Jun 24	BUF		NYG	L	0	4		11-25	7	20.0							`------`
37	37	Thursday, Jun 25	BUF		NYG	L	3	8		11-26	7	20.0							`-------`
38	38	Friday, Jun 26	BUF		NYG	L	5	7		11-27	7	20.0							`--------`
39	39	Saturday, Jun 27	BUF		PRO	W	5	4		12-27	7	20.0							`+`
40	40	Monday, Jun 29	BUF		PRO	L	5	12		12-28	7	21.0							`-`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 30	BUF		PRO	L	9	16		12-29	7	22.0							`--`
42	42	Wednesday, Jul 1	BUF		PRO	W	6	5		13-29	7	22.0							`+`
43	43	Friday, Jul 3	BUF		PHI	W	6	5		14-29	7	21.0							`++`
44	44	Saturday, Jul 4	BUF		PHI	L	5	10		14-30	7	22.0							`-`
45	45	Saturday, Jul 4	BUF		PHI	L	2	7		14-31	7	22.0							`--`
46	46	Monday, Jul 6	BUF		PHI	W	9	3		15-31	7	21.0							`+`
47	47	Wednesday, Jul 8	BUF		BSN	L	8	9		15-32	7	22.0							`-`
48	48	Thursday, Jul 9	BUF		BSN	L	2	6		15-33	7	23.0							`--`
49	49	Friday, Jul 10	BUF		BSN	L	6	13		15-34	7	23.0							`---`
50	50	Saturday, Jul 11	BUF		BSN	W	7	2		16-34	7	22.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Monday, Jul 13	BUF		CHC	L	4	6		16-35	8	23.0							`-`
52	52	Tuesday, Jul 14	BUF		CHC	L	1	9		16-36	8	24.0							`--`
53	53	Wednesday, Jul 15	BUF		CHC	L	2	4		16-37	8	25.0							`---`
54	54	Thursday, Jul 16	BUF		CHC	L	3	9		16-38	8	27.0							`----`
55	55	Thursday, Jul 16	BUF		CHC	L	9	13		16-39	8	27.0							`-----`
56	56	Saturday, Jul 18	BUF	@	PRO	L	4	5		16-40	8	28.0							`------`
57	57	Monday, Jul 20	BUF	@	PRO	W	5	3		17-40	8	28.0							`+`
58	58	Tuesday, Jul 21	BUF	@	BSN	W	6	3		18-40	8	27.5							`++`
59	59	Wednesday, Jul 22	BUF	@	BSN	L	7	12		18-41	8	27.5							`-`
60	60	Thursday, Jul 23	BUF	@	PRO	L	2	7		18-42	8	28.5							`--`
61	61	Saturday, Jul 25	BUF	@	BSN	W	8	7		19-42	8	28.5							`+`
62	62	Monday, Jul 27	BUF	@	BSN	W	9	6		20-42	8	28.5							`++`
63	63	Tuesday, Jul 28	BUF	@	PRO	L	4	11		20-43	8	29.5							`-`
64	64	Wednesday, Jul 29	BUF	@	BSN	L	0	1		20-44	8	30.5							`--`
65	65	Thursday, Jul 30	BUF	@	NYG	L	1	3		20-45	8	31.5							`---`
66	66	Friday, Jul 31	BUF	@	NYG	L	7	10		20-46	8	32.5							`----`
67	67	Saturday, Aug 1	BUF	@	PHI	L	5	6		20-47	8	32.5							`-----`
68	68	Tuesday, Aug 4	BUF	@	NYG	L	1	7		20-48	8	33.5							`------`
69	69	Thursday, Aug 6	BUF	@	PHI	L	5	9		20-49	8	34.0							`-------`
70	70	Saturday, Aug 8	BUF	@	PHI	L	5	7		20-50	8	35.0							`--------`
71	71	Monday, Aug 10	BUF	@	PHI	W	5	2		21-50	8	34.0							`+`
72	72	Tuesday, Aug 11	BUF		CHC	L	2	7		21-51	8	35.0							`-`
73	73	Wednesday, Aug 12	BUF		SLM	W	10	3		22-51	8	35.0							`+`
74	74	Thursday, Aug 13	BUF		SLM	W	14	3		23-51	8	35.0							`++`
75	75	Friday, Aug 14	BUF		SLM	W	6	0		24-51	8	35.0							`+++`
76	76	Saturday, Aug 15	BUF		SLM	W	17	6		25-51	7	35.0							`++++`
77	77	Tuesday, Aug 18	BUF	@	DTN	W	6	4		26-51	7	35.0							`+++++`
78	78	Wednesday, Aug 19	BUF	@	DTN	W	3	2		27-51	6	35.0							`++++++`
79	79	Thursday, Aug 20	BUF	@	DTN	W	6	4		28-51	6	35.0							`+++++++`
80	80	Friday, Aug 21	BUF	@	DTN	W	5	3		29-51	6	34.5							`++++++++`
81	81	Saturday, Aug 22	BUF	@	DTN	L	4	9		29-52	6	35.5							`-`
82	82	Tuesday, Aug 25	BUF	@	SLM	L	7	13		29-53	6	36.5							`--`
83	83	Wednesday, Aug 26	BUF	@	SLM	W	6	5		30-53	6	36.5							`+`
84	84	Thursday, Aug 27	BUF	@	SLM	W	5	1		31-53	6	35.5							`++`
85	85	Friday, Aug 28	BUF	@	SLM	W	7	4		32-53	6	35.0							`+++`
86	86	Saturday, Aug 29	BUF	@	SLM	W	6	5		33-53	5	34.5							`++++`
87	87	Tuesday, Sep 1	BUF	@	CHC	L	4	8		33-54	6	36.0							`-`
88	88	Wednesday, Sep 2	BUF	@	CHC	L	9	12		33-55	6	37.0							`--`
89	89	Thursday, Sep 3	BUF	@	CHC	L	4	10		33-56	6	38.0							`---`
90	90	Friday, Sep 4	BUF		CHC	L	4	12		33-57	6	39.0							`----`
91	91	Saturday, Sep 5	BUF	@	CHC	L	0	6		33-58	6	40.0							`-----`
92	92	Thursday, Sep 10	BUF		DTN	W	5	2		34-58	6	39.5							`+`
93	93	Friday, Sep 11	BUF		DTN	W	3	1		35-58	6	39.5							`++`
94	94	Saturday, Sep 12	BUF		DTN	W	6	4		36-58	6	38.5							`+++`
95	95	Saturday, Sep 12	BUF		DTN	W	6	5		37-58	6	38.5							`++++`
96	96	Tuesday, Sep 15	BUF		PHI	W	7	3		38-58	6	38.0							`+++++`
97	97	Wednesday, Sep 16	BUF		PHI	L	3	7		38-59	6	39.0							`-`
98	98	Thursday, Sep 17	BUF		PHI	L	3	6		38-60	6	40.0							`--`
99	99	Saturday, Sep 19	BUF		PHI	L	2	12		38-61	6	41.0							`---`
100	100	Monday, Sep 21	BUF		NYG	L	0	10		38-62	6	41.5							`----`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Sep 23	BUF	@	NYG	L	2	17		38-63	6	43.0							`-----`
102	102	Thursday, Sep 24	BUF	@	NYG	L	3	11		38-64	6	43.0							`------`
103	103	Friday, Sep 25	BUF	@	NYG	L	1	15		38-65	6	44.0							`-------`
104	104	Saturday, Sep 26	BUF	@	NYG	L	1	4		38-66	6	45.0							`--------`
105	105	Tuesday, Sep 29	BUF		BSN	L	3	12		38-67	6	46.0							`---------`
106	106	Wednesday, Sep 30	BUF		BSN	L	3	5		38-68	7	47.0							`----------`
107	107	Thursday, Oct 1	BUF		BSN	L	3	7		38-69	7	48.0							`-----------`
108	108	Saturday, Oct 3	BUF		BSN	L	0	18		38-70	7	48.0							`------------`
109	109	Wednesday, Oct 7	BUF		PRO	L	0	4		38-71	7	49.5							`-------------`
110	110	Wednesday, Oct 7	BUF		PRO	L	1	6		38-72	7	49.5							`--------------`
111	111	Friday, Oct 9	BUF		PRO	T	5	5		38-72	7	48.5							`--------------`
112	112	Saturday, Oct 10	BUF		PRO	L	0	3		38-73	7	49.0							`---------------`
113	113	Saturday, Oct 10	BUF		PRO	L	3	7		38-74	7	49.0							`----------------`
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.

1884 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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