1880 Buffalo Bisons season

Major League Baseball team season

1880 Buffalo Bisons

League| National League
Ballpark| Riverside Park
City| Buffalo, New York
Manager| Sam Crane

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

## Regular season

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Right fielder Bill Crowley First baseman Dude Esterbrook Pitcher Pud Galvin Third baseman Hardy Richardson Catcher Jack Rowe Right fielder Dan Stearns

### Season standings

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

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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

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1880 National League record

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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 | —

### Roster

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1880 Buffalo Bisons

Roster
Pitchers

* Pud Galvin
* Bill McGunnigle
* Tom Poorman
* Stump Weidman

Catchers

* Tom Kearns
* Jim Keenan
* Jack Rowe

|  | Infielders

* Sam Crane
* Dude Esterbrook
* Davy Force
* Chick Fulmer
* Arlie Latham
* Denny Mack
* Mike Moynahan
* Hardy Richardson
* Oscar Walker

|  | Outfielders

* Bill Crowley
* Denny Driscoll
* Joe Hornung
* Old Hoss Radbourn
* Dan Stearns

|  | Manager

* Sam Crane

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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 | 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

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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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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

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#### Starting pitchers

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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 | 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

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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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Denny Driscoll | 6 | 41.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.89 | 17

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Joe Hornung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0

## References

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* 1880 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference

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1880 MLB season by team

National League|

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

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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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