1880 Buffalo Bisons season

1880 Buffalo Bisons
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1879)
Location
Riverside Park (since 1879)
Buffalo, New York (since 1879)
Other information
Manager(s)	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

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	--	.798
Providence Grays	52	32	15	.619
Cleveland Blues	47	37	20	.560
Troy Trojans	41	42	25.5	.494
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	26.5	.482
Boston Red Caps	40	43	26.5	.482
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	42	.293
Cincinnati Reds	21	59	44	.263

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League Records Sources:
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

1880 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers Pud Galvin Bill McGunnigle Tom Poorman Stump Wiedman 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

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	76	326	82	.252	1	36
1B	Esterbrook, DudeDude Esterbrook	64	253	61	.241	0	35
2B	Force, DavyDavy Force	81	290	49	.169	0	17
3B	Richardson, HardyHardy Richardson	83	343	89	.259	0	17
SS	Moynahan, MikeMike Moynahan	27	100	33	.330	0	14
OF	Crowley, BillBill Crowley	85	354	95	.268	0	20
OF	Hornung, JoeJoe Hornung	85	342	91	.266	1	42
OF	Stearns, DanDan Stearns	28	104	19	.183	0	13

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
Walker, OscarOscar Walker	34	126	29	.230	1	15
Latham, ArlieArlie Latham	22	79	10	.127	0	3
Driscoll, DennyDenny Driscoll	18	65	10	.154	0	4
Mack, DennyDenny Mack	17	59	12	.203	0	3
Fulmer, ChickChick Fulmer	11	44	7	.159	0	1
Crane, SamSam Crane	10	31	4	.129	0	2
Radbourn, Old HossOld Hoss Radbourn	6	21	3	.143	0	1
Kearns, TomTom Kearns	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Keenan, JimJim Keenan	2	7	1	.143	0	0

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	58	458.2	20	35	2.71	128
Wiedman, StumpStump Wiedman	17	113.2	0	9	3.40	25
Poorman, TomTom Poorman	11	85	1	8	4.13	13
McGunnigle, BillBill McGunnigle	5	37	2	3	3.41	3

Other 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
Driscoll, DennyDenny Driscoll	6	41.2	1	3	3.89	17

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
Hornung, JoeJoe Hornung	1	0	0	0	6.00	0

References

• 1880 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference