1880 Buffalo Bisons season

1880 Buffalo Bisons
Ballpark	Riverside Park
City	Buffalo, New York
Managers	Sam Crane

The 1880 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 24–58 record, good for seventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Right fielder Bill Crowley

First baseman Dude Esterbrook

Pitcher Pud Galvin

Third baseman Hardy Richardson

Catcher Jack Rowe

Right fielder Dan Stearns

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	.798	—	37‍–‍5	30‍–‍12
Providence Grays	52	32	.619	15	31‍–‍12	21‍–‍20
Cleveland Blues	47	37	.560	20	24‍–‍19	23‍–‍18
Troy Trojans	41	42	.494	25½	20‍–‍21	21‍–‍21
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	.482	26½	24‍–‍17	16‍–‍26
Boston Red Caps	40	44	.476	27	25‍–‍17	15‍–‍27
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	.293	42	13‍–‍28	11‍–‍30
Cincinnati Stars	21	59	.263	44	14‍–‍25	7‍–‍34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	9–3–1	3–9	7–5	5–7	5–7–1	7–5	4–8
Buffalo	3–9–1	—	1–11	5–5–2	3–9	2–10	1–11	9–3
Chicago	9–3	11–1	—	10–2–1	8–4	9–3–1	10–2	10–2
Cincinnati	5–7	5–5–2	2–10–1	—	3–9	2–10	1–10	3–8
Cleveland	7–5	9–3	4–8	9–3	—	3–9	9–3	6–6–1
Providence	7–5–1	10–2	3–9–1	10–2	9–3	—	7–5	6–6–1
Troy	5–7	11–1	2–10	10–1	3–9	5–7	—	5–7
Worcester	8–4	3–9	2–10	8–3	6–6–1	6–6–1	7–5	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jack Rowe	76	326	82	.252	1	36
1B	Dude Esterbrook	64	253	61	.241	0	35
2B	Davy Force	81	290	49	.169	0	17
3B	Hardy Richardson	83	343	89	.259	0	17
SS	Mike Moynahan	27	100	33	.330	0	14
OF	Bill Crowley	85	354	95	.268	0	20
OF	Joe Hornung	85	342	91	.266	1	42
OF	Dan Stearns	28	104	19	.183	0	13

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Oscar Walker	34	126	29	.230	1	15
Arlie Latham	22	79	10	.127	0	3
Denny Driscoll	18	65	10	.154	0	4
Denny Mack	17	59	12	.203	0	3
Chick Fulmer	11	44	7	.159	0	1
Sam Crane	10	31	4	.129	0	2
Old Hoss Radbourn	6	21	3	.143	0	1
Tom Kearns	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Jim Keenan	2	7	1	.143	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pud Galvin	58	458.2	20	35	2.71	128
Stump Weidman	17	113.2	0	9	3.40	25
Tom Poorman	11	85.0	1	8	4.13	13
Bill McGunnigle	5	37.0	2	3	3.41	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Denny Driscoll	6	41.2	1	3	3.89	17

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Hornung	1	0	0	0	6.00	0

References

• 1880 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference