1883 Buffalo Bisons season

1883 Buffalo Bisons
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Manager(s) 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

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Roster

1883 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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 Rowe, JackJack Rowe 87 374 104 .278 1 38
1B Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers 98 425 159 .374 3 97
2B Richardson, HardyHardy Richardson 92 399 124 .311 1 56
3B White, DeaconDeacon White 94 391 114 .292 0 47
SS Force, DavyDavy Force 96 378 82 .217 0 35
OF Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer 95 401 117 .292 0 41
OF O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke 94 436 143 .328 1 38
OF Lillie, JimJim Lillie 50 201 47 .234 1 29

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
Eggler, DaveDave Eggler 38 153 38 .248 0 13
Foley, CurryCurry Foley 23 111 30 .270 0 6
Kennedy, DocDoc Kennedy 5 19 6 .316 0 2
Darling, DellDell Darling 6 18 3 .167 0 1
Suck, TonyTony Suck 2 7 0 .000 0 0
Burke, JamesJames Burke 1 5 1 .200 0 1

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
Galvin, PudPud Galvin 76 656.1 46 29 2.72 279
Derby, GeorgeGeorge Derby 14 107.2 2 10 5.85 34
Cushman, EdEd Cushman 7 50.1 3 3 3.93 34
Hagan, ArtArt Hagan 2 15 0 2 3.60 7
Burke, JamesJames Burke 1 8 0 0 5.63 1

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
Lillie, JimJim Lillie 3 0 1 0 3.00 4
O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke 2 0 0 1 6.43 1
Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers 1 0 0 0 31.50 2
Foley, CurryCurry Foley 1 1 0 0 0.00 0

References