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1885 Buffalo Bisons season

Field	Value
name	Buffalo Bisons
season	1885
league	National League
ballpark	Olympic Park
city	Buffalo, New York
record
league_place	7th
owner	Josiah Jewett
managers	Pud Galvin, Jack Chapman

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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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1885 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers

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		89	326	67	.206	0	19
1B		98	407	146	.359	7	59
2B		71	253	57	.225	0	15
SS		98	421	122	.290	2	51
3B		98	404	118	.292	0	57
OF		92	344	83	.241	1	36
OF		112	430	107	.249	2	30
OF	Hardy Richardson	96	426	136	.319	6	44

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
Dan Stearns	30	105	21	.200	0	9
	24	84	15	.179	0	7
	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
	7	19	3	.158	0	0
Dick Phelan	4	16	2	.125	1	3
	5	14	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Ritter	2	6	1	.167	0	0
	1	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	284.0	13	19	4.09	93
30	241.1	7	21	4.10	90
27	210.0	10	17	4.67	94
24	198.2	8	15	4.44	38
1	9.0	0	1	4.00	0
1	9.0	0	1	5.00	4

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
	1	0	0	0	2.25	1

References

1885 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference

Wikipedia Source

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