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Major League Baseball team season
1885 Buffalo Bisons
LeagueNational League
BallparkOlympic Park
CityBuffalo, New York
OwnerJosiah Jewett
ManagersPud Galvin, Jack Chapman
← 1884

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

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 87 25 .777 — 42‍–‍14 45‍–‍11
New York Giants 85 27 .759 2 51‍–‍10 34‍–‍17
Philadelphia Quakers 56 54 .509 30 29‍–‍26 27‍–‍28
Providence Grays 53 57 .482 33 31‍–‍20 22‍–‍37
Boston Beaneaters 46 66 .411 41 24‍–‍34 22‍–‍32
Detroit Wolverines 41 67 .380 44 29‍–‍23 12‍–‍44
Buffalo Bisons 38 74 .339 49 19‍–‍34 19‍–‍40
St. Louis Maroons 36 72 .333 49 23‍–‍33 13‍–‍39

Record vs. opponents

1885 National League record
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 —


Roster

1885 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 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

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
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

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 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

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
Hardy Richardson 1 0 0 0 2.25 1

References

1885 MLB season by team
National League
American Association
1885 World Series
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