1883 Buffalo Bisons season

March 2026 November 2013 Buffalo Bisons 1883 National League Riverside Park Buffalo, New York 49 45 y 5th Jim O'Rourke 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 Buffalo Bisons Record vs. opponents BUF 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 Jack Rowe 87 374 104 .278 1 38 1B Dan Brouthers 98 425 159 .374 3 97 2B Hardy Richardson 92 399 124 .311 1 56 3B Deacon White 94 391 114 .292 0 47 SS Davy Force 96 378 82 .217 0 35 OF Orator Shafer 95 401 117 .292 0 41 OF Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke (baseball) 94 436 143 .328 1 38 OF Jim 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 Dave Eggler 38 153 38 .248 0 13 Curry Foley 23 111 30 .270 0 6 Doc Kennedy 5 19 6 .316 0 2 Dell Darling 6 18 3 .167 0 1 Tony Suck 2 7 0 .000 0 0 James Burke James Burke (baseball) 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 Pud Galvin 76 656.1 46 29 2.72 279 George Derby George Derby (baseball) 14 107.2 2 10 5.85 34 Ed Cushman 7 50.1 3 3 3.93 34 Art Hagan 2 15.0 0 2 3.60 7 James Burke James Burke (baseball) 1 8.0 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 Jim Lillie 3 0 1 0 3.00 4 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke (baseball) 2 0 0 1 6.43 1 Dan Brouthers 1 0 0 0 31.50 2 Curry Foley 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 References 1883 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference Category:Buffalo Bisons (NL) seasons Buffalo Bisons season Buffalo