List of Buffalo Bisons managers

The Bisons' longest-running manager, Jim O'Rourke

The Buffalo Bisons were a Major League Baseball team that was based in Buffalo, New York. They played in the National League from 1879 through 1885.^[1] During their time as a Major League team, the Bisons employed five different managers.^[2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.^[3][4]

Table key

#	A running total of the number of Metropolitans' managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
G	Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W	Number of regular season wins in games managed
L	Number of regular season losses in games managed
WPct	Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA	Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW	Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL	Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC	League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS	World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager

Managers

#	Manager	Seasons	G	W	L	WPct	PA	PW	PL	LC	WS	Ref
1	Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp	1879	79	46	32	.590	—	—	—	—	—	[5]
2	Crane, SamSam Crane	1880	84	24	58	.293	—	—	—	—	—	[6]
3	O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	1881–1884	380	206	169	.549	—	—	—	—	—	[7]
4	Galvin, PudPud Galvin	1885	24	7	17	.292	—	—	—	—	—	[8]
5	Chapman, JackJack Chapman	1885	88	31	57	.352	—	—	—	—	—	[9]

References

1. "Buffalo Bisons Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
2. "Buffalo Bisons Managers". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
3. "Manager: Definition | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
4. Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-393-06681-4.
5. "John Clapp". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
6. "Sam Crane". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
7. "Jim O'Rourke". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
8. "Pud Galvin". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
9. "Jack Chapman". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 22, 2010.