1881 Buffalo Bisons season
1881 Buffalo Bisons | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Riverside Park |
City | Buffalo, New York |
Manager | Jim O'Rourke |
The 1881 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 45–38 record, good for third place in the National League.
A highlight from this season occurred on September 15. In a 12-inning game against Worcester, Buffalo second baseman Davy Force recorded 12 putouts, seven assists, two unassisted double plays, participated in a triple play, and made just one error in 20 chances.
Regular season
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Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 56 | 28 | .667 | — | 32–10 | 24–18 |
Providence Grays | 47 | 37 | .560 | 9 | 23–20 | 24–17 |
Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 38 | .542 | 10½ | 25–16 | 20–22 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 43 | .488 | 15 | 23–19 | 18–24 |
Troy Trojans | 39 | 45 | .464 | 17 | 24–18 | 15–27 |
Boston Red Caps | 38 | 45 | .458 | 17½ | 19–22 | 19–23 |
Cleveland Blues | 36 | 48 | .429 | 20 | 20–22 | 16–26 |
Worcester Worcesters | 32 | 50 | .390 | 23 | 19–22 | 13–28 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | PRV | TRO | WOR | |||||||||
Boston | — | 4–8 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–3 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–6–1 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Detroit | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Providence | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Troy | 5–7 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | |||||||||
Worcester | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–4 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
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 | 64 | 246 | 82 | .333 | 1 | 43 |
1B | Deacon White | 78 | 319 | 99 | .310 | 0 | 53 |
2B | Davy Force | 75 | 278 | 50 | .180 | 0 | 15 |
3B | Jim O'Rourke | 83 | 348 | 105 | .302 | 0 | 30 |
SS | John Peters | 54 | 229 | 49 | .214 | 0 | 25 |
OF | Curry Foley | 83 | 375 | 96 | .256 | 1 | 25 |
OF | Hardy Richardson | 83 | 344 | 100 | .291 | 2 | 53 |
OF | Dan Brouthers | 65 | 270 | 86 | .319 | 8 | 45 |
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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Sleeper Sullivan | 35 | 121 | 23 | .190 | 0 | 15 |
Blondie Purcell | 30 | 113 | 33 | .292 | 0 | 17 |
John Morrissey | 12 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 3 |
Pop Smith | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Swartwood | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Manning | 1 | 1 | 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 | 56 | 474.0 | 28 | 24 | 2.37 | 136 |
Jack Lynch | 20 | 165.2 | 10 | 9 | 3.59 | 32 |
Other 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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Curry Foley | 10 | 41.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.27 | 2 |
Blondie Purcell | 9 | 61.2 | 4 | 1 | 2.77 | 15 |