1885 Buffalo Bisons season

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.

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		89	326	67	.206	0	19
1B		98	407	146	.359	7	59
2B		71	253	57	.225	0	15
SS		98	421	122	.290	2	51
3B		98	404	118	.292	0	57
OF		92	344	83	.241	1	36
OF		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
	24	84	15	.179	0	7
	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
	7	19	3	.158	0	0
Dick Phelan	4	16	2	.125	1	3
	5	14	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Ritter	2	6	1	.167	0	0
	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
	33	284.0	13	19	4.09	93
	30	241.1	7	21	4.10	90
	27	210.0	10	17	4.67	94
	24	198.2	8	15	4.44	38
	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	0
	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
	1	0	0	0	2.25	1

References

• 1885 Buffalo Bisons season at Baseball Reference