Buffalo Bisons Top 50 Career Pitching Leaders

Team Name: Buffalo Bisons

Seasons: 7 (1879 to 1885)

Record: 314-333, .485 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 0

Pennants: 0

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Jim O'Rourke, 206-169, .549 W-L%

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Career Top 50 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. Pud Galvin 58.9

2. Bill McGunnigle 2.0

3. Hugh Daily 1.0

4. Jack Lynch 0.5

5. George Weidman 0.2

6. Jim O'Rourke 0.1

Hardy Richardson 0.1

Earned Run Average

1. Pud Galvin 2.63

2. Billy Serad 4.19

Wins

1. Pud Galvin 218

2. Billy Serad 23

3. Hugh Daily 15

4. Bill McGunnigle 11

5. Pete Conway 10

Jack Lynch 10

7. Pete Wood 8

8. Blondie Purcell 6

9. Curry Foley 4

10. Ed Cushman 3

11. George Derby 2

12. Denny Driscoll 1

Art Hagan 1

Tom Poorman 1

Win-Loss %

1. Pud Galvin .549

2. Billy Serad .359

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Pud Galvin 1.137

2. Billy Serad 1.571

Hits per 9 IP

1. Pud Galvin 9.470

2. Billy Serad 11.010

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. Pud Galvin 0.759

2. Billy Serad 3.129

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Billy Serad 3.932

2. Pud Galvin 3.306

Games Played

1. Pud Galvin 413

2. Billy Serad 67

3. Hugh Daily 29

4. Pete Conway 27

5. Pete Wood 24

6. Jack Lynch 20

7. Bill McGunnigle 19

8. George Weidman 17

9. Blondie Purcell 15

10. George Derby 14

11. Curry Foley 12

12. Tom Poorman 11

13. Ed Cushman 7

14. Denny Driscoll 6

Jim O'Rourke 6

16. Art Hagan 5

Jim Lillie 5

18. James Burke 2

19. Dan Brouthers 1

John Connor 1

Ed Coughlin 1

Bones Ely 1

John Fischer 1

Joe Hornung 1

Hardy Richardson 1

Saves

1. Jim O'Rourke 2

2. George Derby 1

Pud Galvin 1

Tom Poorman 1

Innings Pitched

1. Pud Galvin 3547.2

2. Billy Serad 549.1

3. Hugh Daily 255.2

4. Pete Conway 210.0

5. Pete Wood 198.2

6. Jack Lynch 165.2

7. Bill McGunnigle 157.0

8. George Weidman 113.2

9. George Derby 107.2

10. Blondie Purcell 92.2

11. Tom Poorman 85.0

12. Ed Cushman 50.1

13. Curry Foley 43.0

14. Denny Driscoll 41.2

15. Art Hagan 41.0

16. Jim Lillie 25.0

17. Jim O'Rourke 19.2

18. James Burke 12.0

19. John Connor 9.0

John Fischer 9.0

21. Bones Ely 5.0

22. Hardy Richardson 4.0

23. Joe Hornung 3.0

24. Dan Brouthers 2.0

Strikeouts

1. Pud Galvin 1303

2. Billy Serad 240

3. Hugh Daily 116

4. Pete Conway 94

5. Bill McGunnigle 65

6. Pete Wood 38

7. Ed Cushman 34

George Derby 34

9. Jack Lynch 32

10. George Weidman 25

11. Blondie Purcell 24

12. Denny Driscoll 17

13. Tom Poorman 13

14. Art Hagan 11

15. Jim Lillie 8

16. Bones Ely 4

John Fischer 4

Jim O'Rourke 4

19. Dan Brouthers 2

Curry Foley 2

21. James Burke 1

Hardy Richardson 1

Games Started

1. Pud Galvin 403

2. Billy Serad 66

3. Hugh Daily 29

4. Pete Conway 27

5. Pete Wood 22

6. Jack Lynch 19

7. Bill McGunnigle 18

8. George Derby 13

George Weidman 13

10. Tom Poorman 9

11. Blondie Purcell 8

12. Ed Cushman 7

13. Curry Foley 6

14. Art Hagan 5

15. Denny Driscoll 4

16. James Burke 2

17. John Connor 1

Bones Ely 1

John Fischer 1

Jim Lillie 1

Complete Games

1. Pud Galvin 381

2. Billy Serad 61

3. Hugh Daily 29

4. Pete Conway 26

5. Pete Wood 21

6. Jack Lynch 17

Bill McGunnigle 17

8. George Derby 12

9. Tom Poorman 9

George Weidman 9

11. Blondie Purcell 7

12. Ed Cushman 5

13. Denny Driscoll 4

Art Hagan 4

15. Curry Foley 2

16. John Connor 1

John Fischer 1

Shutouts

1. Pud Galvin 39

2. Bill McGunnigle 3

3. Billy Serad 2

4. Pete Conway 1

Home Runs

1. Pud Galvin 60

2. Billy Serad 26

3. Pete Conway 10

4. Pete Wood 8

5. Hugh Daily 7

6. George Derby 3

Tom Poorman 3

Blondie Purcell 3

9. Jack Lynch 2

10. Denny Driscoll 1

Bones Ely 1

Curry Foley 1

Art Hagan 1

George Weidman 1

Bases on Balls

1. Pud Galvin 299

2. Billy Serad 191

3. Hugh Daily 70

4. Pete Wood 66

5. Pete Conway 44

6. Jack Lynch 29

7. Bill McGunnigle 24

8. Tom Poorman 19

9. Ed Cushman 17

10. George Derby 15

11. Blondie Purcell 13

12. Art Hagan 10

13. Denny Driscoll 9

Curry Foley 9

George Weidman 9

16. Jim Lillie 7

17. Bones Ely 5

18. Dan Brouthers 3

James Burke 3

Hardy Richardson 3

21. John Connor 2

John Fischer 2

Jim O'Rourke 2

24. Joe Hornung 1

Hits

1. Pud Galvin 3733

2. Billy Serad 672

3. Pete Conway 256

4. Hugh Daily 246

5. Pete Wood 235

6. Jack Lynch 203

7. George Derby 173

8. Bill McGunnigle 156

9. George Weidman 141

10. Tom Poorman 117

11. Blondie Purcell 106

12. Curry Foley 72

13. Art Hagan 70

14. Ed Cushman 61

15. Denny Driscoll 48

16. Jim Lillie 38

17. James Burke 19

18. Bones Ely 17

Jim O'Rourke 17

20. John Connor 14

21. John Fischer 10

22. Dan Brouthers 9

23. Hardy Richardson 5

24. Ed Coughlin 3

25. Joe Hornung 2

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Pud Galvin 4.358

2. Billy Serad 1.257

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Pud Galvin 0.152

2. Billy Serad 0.426

Losses

1. Pud Galvin 179

2. Billy Serad 41

3. Pete Conway 17

4. Pete Wood 15

5. Hugh Daily 14

6. George Derby 10

7. Jack Lynch 9

George Weidman 9

9. Bill McGunnigle 8

Tom Poorman 8

11. Curry Foley 4

Art Hagan 4

13. Ed Cushman 3

Denny Driscoll 3

15. Jim Lillie 2

Blondie Purcell 2

17. James Burke 1

John Connor 1

Bones Ely 1

John Fischer 1

Jim O'Rourke 1

Earned Runs

1. Pud Galvin 1038

2. Billy Serad 256

3. Pete Conway 109

4. Pete Wood 98

5. Hugh Daily 85

6. George Derby 70

7. Jack Lynch 66

8. Bill McGunnigle 49

9. George Weidman 43

10. Tom Poorman 39

11. Blondie Purcell 36

12. Curry Foley 26

13. Art Hagan 23

14. Ed Cushman 22

15. Denny Driscoll 18

16. Jim Lillie 13

17. James Burke 10

18. Jim O'Rourke 9

19. Bones Ely 8

20. Dan Brouthers 7

21. John Fischer 5

22. John Connor 4

23. Ed Coughlin 3

24. Joe Hornung 2

25. Hardy Richardson 1

Wild Pitches

1. Pud Galvin 155

2. Billy Serad 80

3. Pete Conway 21

Pete Wood 21

5. Hugh Daily 11

6. Jack Lynch 10

7. George Weidman 9

8. Denny Driscoll 8

9. Tom Poorman 7

10. George Derby 5

11. Ed Cushman 4

Blondie Purcell 4

13. Art Hagan 3

Jim Lillie 3

Bill McGunnigle 3

16. Ed Coughlin 2

John Fischer 2

Hardy Richardson 2

19. John Connor 1

Bones Ely 1

Curry Foley 1

Joe Hornung 1

Jim O'Rourke 1

Batters Faced

1. Pud Galvin 14892

2. Billy Serad 2542

3. Hugh Daily 1120

4. Pete Conway 937

5. Pete Wood 906

6. Jack Lynch 713

7. Bill McGunnigle 658

8. George Derby 533

9. George Weidman 493

10. Tom Poorman 400

11. Blondie Purcell 393

12. Ed Cushman 231

13. Curry Foley 225

14. Art Hagan 211

15. Denny Driscoll 187

16. Jim Lillie 128

17. Jim O'Rourke 70

18. James Burke 63

19. John Fischer 41

20. John Connor 39

Bones Ely 39

22. Hardy Richardson 20

23. Dan Brouthers 17

24. Joe Hornung 13

25. Ed Coughlin 5

Games Finished

1. Pud Galvin 12

2. Blondie Purcell 6

3. Jim Lillie 5

4. Curry Foley 4

George Weidman 4

6. Jim O'Rourke 3

Billy Serad 3

8. Denny Driscoll 2

Tom Poorman 2

Pete Wood 2

11. Ed Cushman 1

George Derby 1

Joe Hornung 1

Jack Lynch 1

Bill McGunnigle 1

Hardy Richardson 1

Adjusted ERA+

1. Pud Galvin 109

2. Billy Serad 73

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Pud Galvin 2.65

2. Billy Serad 3.89

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Pud Galvin 112

2. Bill McGunnigle 1

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Pud Galvin 10.4

2. Bill McGunnigle 0.1

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