1883 Buffalo Bisons season

1883 Buffalo Bisons
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1879)
Location
Riverside Park (since 1879)
Buffalo, New York (since 1879)
Other information
Manager(s)	Jim O'Rourke
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The 1883 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 52–45 record, good for fifth place in the National League. Star slugger Dan Brouthers won his second consecutive NL batting title with a .374 average and Pud Galvin posted 46 wins.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	63	35	0.643	—	41–8	22–27
Chicago White Stockings	59	39	0.602	4	36–13	23–26
Providence Grays	58	40	0.592	5	34–15	24–25
Cleveland Blues	55	42	0.567	7½	31–18	24–24
Buffalo Bisons	49	45	0.521	12	36–13	13–32
New York Gothams	46	50	0.479	16	28–19	18–31
Detroit Wolverines	40	58	0.408	23	23–26	17–32
Philadelphia Quakers	17	81	0.173	46	9–40	8–41

Record vs. opponents

1883 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	7–7	7–7	10–4	10–4	7–7	14–0	8–6
Buffalo	7–7	—	5–9	7–7	9–5–1	8–5	9–5	7–7
Chicago	7–7	9–5	—	6–8	9–5	9–5	12–2	7–7
Cleveland	4–10	7–7	8–6	—	9–5–1	7–6–2	12–2	8–6
Detroit	4–10	5–9–1	5–9	5–9–1	—	8–6	11–3–1	2–12
New York	7–7	5–8	5–9	6–7–2	6–8	—	12–2	5–9
Philadelphia	0–14	5–9	2–12	2–12	3–11–1	2–12	—	3–11
Providence	6–8	7–7	7–7	6–8	12–2	9–5	11–3	—

Roster

1883 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers James Burke Ed Cushman George Derby Pud Galvin Art Hagan		Catchers Dell Darling Jack Rowe Infielders Dan Brouthers Davy Force Hardy Richardson Deacon White		Outfielders Dave Eggler Curry Foley Doc Kennedy Jim Lillie Jim O'Rourke Orator Shafer Tony Suck		Manager Jim O'Rourke

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	87	374	104	.278	1	38
1B	Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers	98	425	159	.374	3	97
2B	Richardson, HardyHardy Richardson	92	399	124	.311	1	56
3B	White, DeaconDeacon White	94	391	114	.292	0	47
SS	Force, DavyDavy Force	96	378	82	.217	0	35
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	95	401	117	.292	0	41
OF	O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	94	436	143	.328	1	38
OF	Lillie, JimJim Lillie	50	201	47	.234	1	29

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
Eggler, DaveDave Eggler	38	153	38	.248	0	13
Foley, CurryCurry Foley	23	111	30	.270	0	6
Kennedy, DocDoc Kennedy	5	19	6	.316	0	2
Darling, DellDell Darling	6	18	3	.167	0	1
Suck, TonyTony Suck	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Burke, JamesJames Burke	1	5	1	.200	0	1

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	76	656.1	46	29	2.72	279
Derby, GeorgeGeorge Derby	14	107.2	2	10	5.85	34
Cushman, EdEd Cushman	7	50.1	3	3	3.93	34
Hagan, ArtArt Hagan	2	15	0	2	3.60	7
Burke, JamesJames Burke	1	8	0	0	5.63	1

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
Lillie, JimJim Lillie	3	0	1	0	3.00	4
O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	2	0	0	1	6.43	1
Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers	1	0	0	0	31.50	2
Foley, CurryCurry Foley	1	1	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1883 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference