1881 Buffalo Bisons season

1881 Buffalo Bisons
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Manager(s) Jim O'Rourke
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The 1881 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 45–38 record, good for third place in the National League.

A highlight from this season occurred on September 15. In a 12-inning game against Worcester, Buffalo second baseman Davy Force recorded 12 putouts, seven assists, two unassisted double plays, participated in a triple play, and made just one error in 20 chances.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 56 28 0.667 — 32–10 24–18
Providence Grays 47 37 0.560 9 23–20 24–17
Buffalo Bisons 45 38 0.542 10½ 25–16 20–22
Detroit Wolverines 41 43 0.488 15 23–19 18–24
Troy Trojans 39 45 0.464 17 24–18 15–27
Boston Red Caps 38 45 0.458 17½ 19–22 19–23
Cleveland Blues 36 48 0.429 20 20–22 16–26
Worcester Worcesters 32 50 0.390 23 19–22 13–28

Record vs. opponents

1881 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET PRV TRO WOR
Boston — 4–8 2–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 7–5 8–3
Buffalo 8–4 — 5–7 7–5 9–3 7–5 3–9 6–5
Chicago 10–2 7–5 — 6–6 7–5 9–3 8–4 9–3
Cleveland 4–8 5–7 6–6 — 5–7 3–9 6–6–1 7–5
Detroit 8–4 3–9 5–7 7–5 — 4–8 7–5 7–5
Providence 7–5 5–7 3–9 9–3 8–4 — 6–6 9–3
Troy 5–7 9–3 4–8 6–6–1 5–7 6–6 — 4–8
Worcester 3–8 5–6 3–9 5–7 5–7 3–9 8–4 —

Roster

1881 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

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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 64 246 82 .333 1 43
1B Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers 65 270 86 .319 8 45
2B Force, DavyDavy Force 75 278 50 .180 0 15
3B O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke 83 348 105 .302 0 30
SS Peters, JohnJohn Peters 54 229 49 .214 0 25
OF Richardson, HardyHardy Richardson 83 344 100 .291 2 53
OF Foley, CurryCurry Foley 83 375 96 .256 1 25
OF Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell 30 113 33 .292 0 17

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
White, DeaconDeacon White 78 319 99 .310 0 53
Sullivan, SleeperSleeper Sullivan 35 121 23 .190 0 15
Morrissey, JohnJohn Morrissey 12 47 10 .213 0 3
Smith, PopPop Smith 3 11 0 .000 0 1
Swartwood, EdEd Swartwood 1 3 1 .333 0 0
Manning, JackJack Manning 1 1 0 .000 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
Galvin, PudPud Galvin 56 474 28 24 2.37 136
Lynch, JackJack Lynch 20 165.2 10 9 3.59 32

Other 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
Foley, CurryCurry Foley 10 41 3 4 5.27 2
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell 9 61.2 4 1 2.77 15

References

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