1883 Buffalo Bisons season

1883 Buffalo Bisons

League| National League
Ballpark| Riverside Park
City| Buffalo, New York
Manager| Jim O'Rourke

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The 1883 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 52–45 record, good for fifth place in the National League. Star slugger Dan Brouthers won his second consecutive NL batting title with a .374 average and Pud Galvin posted 46 wins.

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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

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Boston Beaneaters | 63 | 35  | 0.643  | —  | 41–8  | 22–27
Chicago White Stockings | 59 | 39  | 0.602  | 4  | 36–13  | 23–26
Providence Grays | 58 | 40  | 0.592  | 5  | 34–15  | 24–25
Cleveland Blues | 55 | 42  | 0.567  | 7½  | 31–18  | 24–24
Buffalo Bisons | 49 | 45  | 0.521  | 12  | 36–13  | 13–32
New York Gothams | 46 | 50  | 0.479  | 16  | 28–19  | 18–31
Detroit Wolverines | 40 | 58  | 0.408  | 23  | 23–26  | 17–32
Philadelphia Quakers | 17 | 81  | 0.173  | 46  | 9–40  | 8–41

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1883 National League record

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

Team  | BOS  | BUF  | CHI  | CLE  | DET  | NYG  | PHI  | PRV
Boston | — | 7–7 | 7–7 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 14–0 | 8–6
Buffalo | 7–7 | — | 5–9 | 7–7 | 9–5–1 | 8–5 | 9–5 | 7–7
Chicago | 7–7 | 9–5 | — | 6–8 | 9–5 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 7–7
Cleveland | 4–10 | 7–7 | 8–6 | — | 9–5–1 | 7–6–2 | 12–2 | 8–6
Detroit | 4–10 | 5–9–1 | 5–9 | 5–9–1 | — | 8–6 | 11–3–1 | 2–12
New York | 7–7 | 5–8 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 6–8 | — | 12–2 | 5–9
Philadelphia | 0–14 | 5–9 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 3–11–1 | 2–12 | — | 3–11
Providence | 6–8 | 7–7 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 12–2 | 9–5 | 11–3 | —

### Roster[edit]

1883 Buffalo Bisons

Roster
Pitchers

* James Burke
* Ed Cushman
* George Derby
* Pud Galvin
* Art Hagan

|  | Catchers

* Dell Darling
* Jack Rowe

Infielders

* Dan Brouthers
* Davy Force
* Hardy Richardson
* Deacon White

|  | Outfielders

* Dave Eggler
* Curry Foley
* Doc Kennedy
* Jim Lillie
* Jim O'Rourke
* Orator Shafer
* Tony Suck

|  | Manager

* Jim O'Rourke

## 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 | Jack Rowe | 87 | 374 | 104 | .278 | 1 | 38
1B | Dan Brouthers | 98 | 425 | 159 | .374 | 3 | 97
2B | Hardy Richardson | 92 | 399 | 124 | .311 | 1 | 56
3B | Deacon White | 94 | 391 | 114 | .292 | 0 | 47
SS | Davy Force | 96 | 378 | 82 | .217 | 0 | 35
OF | Orator Shafer | 95 | 401 | 117 | .292 | 0 | 41
OF | Jim O'Rourke | 94 | 436 | 143 | .328 | 1 | 38
OF | Jim Lillie | 50 | 201 | 47 | .234 | 1 | 29

#### 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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Dave Eggler | 38 | 153 | 38 | .248 | 0 | 13
Curry Foley | 23 | 111 | 30 | .270 | 0 | 6
Doc Kennedy | 5 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2
Dell Darling | 6 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1
Tony Suck | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
James Burke | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1

### 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 | 76 | 656.1 | 46 | 29 | 2.72 | 279
George Derby | 14 | 107.2 | 2 | 10 | 5.85 | 34
Ed Cushman | 7 | 50.1 | 3 | 3 | 3.93 | 34
Art Hagan | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.60 | 7
James Burke | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 1

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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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Jim Lillie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 4
Jim O'Rourke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 1
Dan Brouthers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 2
Curry Foley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0

## References[edit]

* 1883 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference

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1883 MLB season by team

National League|

* Boston
* Buffalo
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Providence

American Association|

* Baltimore
* Cincinnati
* Columbus
* Louisville
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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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
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* 1882
* 1883
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* 1885

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