1884 Buffalo Bisons season

The 1884 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 64–47 record, good for third place in the National League.

1884 Buffalo Bisons
League	National League
Ballpark	Olympic Park
City	Buffalo, New York
Manager	Jim O'Rourke

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Providence Grays	84	28	0.750	—	45–11	39–17
Boston Beaneaters	73	38	0.658	10½	40–16	33–22
Buffalo Bisons	64	47	0.577	19½	37–18	27–29
New York Gothams	62	50	0.554	22	34–22	28–28
Chicago White Stockings	62	50	0.554	22	39–17	23–33
Philadelphia Quakers	39	73	0.348	45	19–37	20–36
Cleveland Blues	35	77	0.312	49	22–34	13–43
Detroit Wolverines	28	84	0.250	56	18–38	10–46

Record vs. opponents

1884 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	BUF	CHI	CLV	DTN	NYG	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	9–6–2	10–6	14–2	12–4–1	8–8–1	13–3	7–9–1
Buffalo	6–9–2	—	10–6–1	14–2	12–4	5–11–1	11–5	6–10
Chicago	6–10	6–10–1	—	8–8	11–5	12–4	14–2	5–11
Cleveland	2–14	2–14	8–8	—	9–7	5–11	6–10–1	3–13
Detroit	4–12–1	4–12	5–11	7–9	—	2–14–1	5–11	1–15
New York	8–8–1	11–5–1	4–12	11–5	14–2–1	—	11–5	3–13–1
Philadelphia	3–13	5–11	2–14	10–6–1	11–5	5–11	—	3–13
Providence	9–7–1	10–6	11–5	13–3	15–1	13–3–1	13–3	—

Roster

1884 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers Pud Galvin Art Hagan Billy Serad Catchers George Myers Jack Rowe		Infielders Dan Brouthers Chub Collins Davy Force Hardy Richardson Deacon White		Outfielders Ed Coughlin Dave Eggler Bones Ely Jim Lillie Jim O'Rourke		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	93	400	126	.315	4	61
1B	Dan Brouthers	94	398	130	.327	14	79
2B	Hardy Richardson	102	439	132	.301	6	60
3B	Deacon White	110	452	147	.325	5	74
SS	Davy Force	106	403	83	.206	0	36
OF	Dave Eggler	63	241	47	.195	0	20
OF	Jim O'Rourke	108	467	162	.347	5	63
OF	Jim Lillie	114	471	105	.223	3	53

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
George Myers	78	325	59	.182	2	32
Chub Collins	45	169	30	.178	1	20
Bones Ely	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Ed Coughlin	1	4	1	.250	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	72	636.1	46	22	1.99	369
Billy Serad	37	308.0	16	20	4.27	150
Art Hagan	3	26.0	1	2	5.88	4
Bones Ely	1	5.0	0	1	14.40	4

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
Jim Lillie	2	13.0	0	1	6.23	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
Jim O'Rourke	4	0	1	1	2.84	3
Ed Coughlin	1	0	0	0	∞	0

References

• 1884 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference