1885_Buffalo_Bisons_season

1885 Buffalo Bisons
1885 Buffalo Bisons
League	National League
Ballpark	Olympic Park
City	Buffalo, New York
Owner	Josiah Jewett
Managers	Pud Galvin, Jack Chapman
	← 1884

1885 Buffalo Bisons season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1885 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 38–74 record, good for seventh place in the National League. As things continued to implode on the field, the team ownership sold the whole franchise to the Detroit Wolverines. With all their players gone, the team finished out the season with local amateurs filling in.

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	87	25	0.777	—	42–14	45–11
New York Giants	85	27	0.759	2	51–10	34–17
Philadelphia Quakers	56	54	0.509	30	29–26	27–28
Providence Grays	53	57	0.482	33	31–20	22–37
Boston Beaneaters	46	66	0.411	41	24–34	22–32
Detroit Wolverines	41	67	0.380	44	29–23	12–44
Buffalo Bisons	38	74	0.339	49	19–34	19–40
St. Louis Maroons	36	72	0.333	49	23–33	13–39

1885 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BSN	BUF	CHI	DTN	NYG	PHI	PRV	STM
Boston	—	10–6	2–14	7–9	3–13	7–9	9–7	8–8–1
Buffalo	6–10	—	0–16	11–5	1–15	5–11	3–13	12–4
Chicago	14–2	16–0	—	15–1	6–10	11–5	11–5	14–2–1
Detroit	9–7	5–11	1–15	—	4–12	7–9	6–9	9–4
New York	13–3	15–1	10–6	12–4	—	11–5	12–4	12–4
Philadelphia	9–7	11–5	5–11	9–7	5–11	—	8–7	9–6–1
Providence	7–9	13–3	5–11	9–6	4–12	7–8	—	8–8
St. Louis	8–8–1	4–12	2–14–1	4–9	4–12	6–9–1	8–8	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	George Myers	89	326	67	.206	0	19
1B	Dan Brouthers	98	407	146	.359	7	59
2B	Davy Force	71	253	57	.225	0	15
SS	Jack Rowe	98	421	122	.290	2	51
3B	Deacon White	98	404	118	.292	0	57
OF	Bill Crowley	92	344	83	.241	1	36
OF	Jim Lillie	112	430	107	.249	2	30
OF	Hardy Richardson	96	426	136	.319	6	44

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dan Stearns	30	105	21	.200	0	9
Jim McCauley	24	84	15	.179	0	7
Ed Crane	13	51	14	.275	2	9
Scrappy Carroll	13	40	3	.075	0	1
Gil Hatfield	11	30	4	.133	0	0
Moxie Hengel	7	26	4	.154	0	0
Dave Eggler	6	24	2	.083	0	0
Joe Stabell	7	22	1	.045	0	0
Buttercup Dickerson	5	21	1	.048	0	0
Dennis Driscoll	7	19	3	.158	0	0
Dick Phelan	4	16	2	.125	1	3
Jim McDonald	5	14	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Ritter	2	6	1	.167	0	0
Fred Wood	1	4	1	.250	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pud Galvin	33	284.0	13	19	4.09	93
Billy Serad	30	241.1	7	21	4.10	90
Pete Conway	27	210.0	10	17	4.67	94
Pete Wood	24	198.2	8	15	4.44	38
John Connor	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	0
J. Fisher	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	4

1885_Buffalo_Bisons_season

1885 Buffalo Bisons season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

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