1879 Buffalo Bisons season
Appearance
1879 Buffalo Bisons | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Riverside Park |
City | Buffalo, New York |
Manager | John Clapp |
The 1879 season was the debut year in the National League for the Buffalo Bisons, who had previously played an independent schedule. The Bisons wound up with a record of 46–32 and finished in third place.
Regular season
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Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Providence Grays | 59 | 25 | .702 | — | 34–8 | 25–17 |
Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30 | .643 | 5 | 29–13 | 25–17 |
Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32 | .590 | 10 | 23–16 | 23–16 |
Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33 | .582 | 10½ | 29–13 | 17–20 |
Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37 | .537 | 14 | 21–16 | 22–21 |
Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55 | .329 | 31 | 15–27 | 12–28 |
Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48 | .314 | 30 | 11–22 | 11–26 |
Troy Trojans | 19 | 56 | .253 | 35½ | 12–27 | 7–29 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | PRV | SYR | TRO | |||||||||
Boston | — | 9–3 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 3–9 | — | 6–6–1 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 8–1 | 8–3–2 | |||||||||
Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–7 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4–1 | 9–2 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–7 | 5–6 | |||||||||
Providence | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 10–2 | 10–2 | |||||||||
Syracuse | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–8–1 | 7–4 | 2–10 | — | 2–4 | |||||||||
Troy | 1–11 | 1–11 | 3–8–2 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 2–10 | 4–2 | — |
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 | John Clapp | 70 | 292 | 77 | .264 | 1 | 36 |
1B | Oscar Walker | 72 | 287 | 79 | .275 | 1 | 35 |
2B | Chick Fulmer | 76 | 306 | 82 | .268 | 0 | 28 |
3B | Hardy Richardson | 79 | 336 | 95 | .283 | 0 | 37 |
SS | Davy Force | 79 | 316 | 66 | .209 | 0 | 8 |
OF | Dave Eggler | 78 | 317 | 66 | .208 | 0 | 27 |
OF | Joe Hornung | 78 | 319 | 85 | .266 | 0 | 38 |
OF | Bill Crowley | 60 | 261 | 75 | .287 | 0 | 30 |
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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Bill McGunnigle | 47 | 171 | 30 | .175 | 0 | 5 |
Jack Rowe | 8 | 34 | 12 | .353 | 0 | 8 |
Steve Libby | 1 | 2 | 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 | 66 | 593.0 | 37 | 27 | 2.28 | 136 |
Bill McGunnigle | 14 | 120.0 | 9 | 5 | 2.63 | 62 |