1883 Buffalo Bisons season explained

Buffalo Bisons
Season:	1883
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Riverside Park
City:	Buffalo, New York
Manager:	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

Roster

1883 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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		87	374	104	.278	1	38
1B		98	425	159	.374	3	97
2B		92	399	124	.311	1	56
3B		94	391	114	.292	0	47
SS		96	378	82	.217	0	35
OF		95	401	117	.292	0	41
OF		94	436	143	.328	1	38
OF		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
	38	153	38	.248	0	13
	23	111	30	.270	0	6
	5	19	6	.316	0	2
	6	18	3	.167	0	1
	2	7	0	.000	0	0
	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
	76	656.1	46	29	2.72	279
	14	107.2	2	10	5.85	34
	7	50.1	3	3	3.93	34
	2	15.0	0	2	3.60	7
	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
	3	0	1	0	3.00	4
	2	0	0	1	6.43	1
	1	0	0	0	31.50	2
	1	1	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1883 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference