1879 Buffalo Bisons season

Major League Baseball team season

1879 Buffalo Bisons

League| National League
Ballpark| Riverside Park
City| Buffalo, New York
Manager| John Clapp

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The 1879 season was the debut year in the National League for the Buffalo Bisons, who had previously played an independent schedule. The Bisons wound up with a record of 46–32 and finished in third place.

## Regular season[edit]

Catcher John Clapp Right fielder Bill Crowley Second baseman Chick Fulmer Pitcher Pud Galvin Third baseman Hardy Richardson

### Season standings[edit]

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National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Providence Grays | 59 | 25  | 0.702  | —  | 34–8  | 25–17
Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30  | 0.643  | 5  | 29–13  | 25–17
Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32  | 0.590  | 10  | 23–16  | 23–16
Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33  | 0.582  | 10½  | 29–13  | 17–20
Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37  | 0.537  | 14  | 21–16  | 22–21
Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55  | 0.329  | 31  | 15–27  | 12–28
Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48  | 0.314  | 30  | 11–22  | 11–26
Troy Trojans | 19 | 56  | 0.253  | 35½  | 12–27  | 7–29

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1879 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | BUF  | CHI  | CIN  | CLE  | PRV  | SYR  | TRO
Boston | — | 9–3 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 11–1
Buffalo | 3–9 | — | 6–6–1 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 11–1
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 8–1 | 8–3–2
Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–7 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4–1 | 9–2
Cleveland | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–7 | 5–6
Providence | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 10–2 | 10–2
Syracuse | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–8–1 | 7–4 | 2–10 | — | 2–4
Troy | 1–11 | 1–11 | 3–8–2 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 2–10 | 4–2 | —

### Roster[edit]

1879 Buffalo Bisons

Roster
Pitchers

* Pud Galvin

Catchers

* John Clapp

|  | Infielders

* Davy Force
* Chick Fulmer
* Steve Libby
* Hardy Richardson
* Jack Rowe
* Oscar Walker

|  | Outfielders

* Bill Crowley
* Dave Eggler
* Joe Hornung
* Bill McGunnigle

|  | Manager

* John Clapp

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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C | John Clapp | 70 | 292 | 77 | .264 | 1 | 36
1B | Oscar Walker | 72 | 287 | 79 | .275 | 1 | 35
2B | Chick Fulmer | 76 | 306 | 82 | .268 | 0 | 28
3B | Hardy Richardson | 79 | 336 | 95 | .283 | 0 | 37
SS | Davy Force | 79 | 316 | 66 | .209 | 0 | 8
OF | Dave Eggler | 78 | 317 | 66 | .208 | 0 | 27
OF | Joe Hornung | 78 | 319 | 85 | .266 | 0 | 38
OF | Bill Crowley | 60 | 261 | 75 | .287 | 0 | 30

#### Other batters[edit]

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

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Bill McGunnigle | 47 | 171 | 30 | .175 | 0 | 5
Jack Rowe | 8 | 34 | 12 | .353 | 0 | 8
Steve Libby | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Pud Galvin | 66 | 593.0 | 37 | 27 | 2.28 | 136
Bill McGunnigle | 14 | 120.0 | 9 | 5 | 2.63 | 62

## References[edit]

* 1879 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference

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1879 MLB season by team

National League|

* Boston
* Buffalo
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Cleveland
* Providence
* Syracuse
* Troy

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Buffalo Bisons

Based in Buffalo, New York

Notable players|

* Dan Brouthers
* Davy Force
* Pud Galvin
* Jim O'Rourke
* Hardy Richardson
* Jack Rowe
* Deacon White

The franchise|

* Managers
* Players

Ballparks|

* Riverside Park
* Olympic Park

Seasons|

* 1879
* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885

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