Buffalo Bisons (NL)

This article is about the National League baseball franchise. For other teams named Buffalo Bisons, see Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation).

Buffalo Bisons
Years 1879-1885
Based in Buffalo, New York
A program cover featuring the 1882 Buffalo Bisons

Major league affiliations
National League
Ballpark
Olympic Park (1884-85) Riverside Park (1879-1883)
Colors
Gold, black
Managers
Pud Galvin & Jack Chapman (1885) Jim O'Rourke (1881-1884) Sam Crane (1880) John Clapp (1879)
Major league titles
National League pennants: 0

The original Buffalo Bisons baseball club played in the National League between 1879 and 1885. The Bisons played their games at Riverside Park (1879–83) and Olympic Park (1884-85) in Buffalo, New York. The NL Bisons are included in the history of the minor-league team of the same name that still plays today; it is thus the only extant NL team from the 19th century that both still exists and no longer plays in Major League Baseball.

Year-by-year records

Brouthers, Galvin, O'Rourke, Radbourn, and White are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1877: A precursor to the Bisons played an independent schedule, finishing with a 79-28-3 record. The team subsequently joined the National League.
1880: Future Hall of Fame pitcher Charlie Radbourn debuted as a second baseman on May 5
1880: Pud Galvin pitched a no-hitter against the Worcester Ruby Legs on Aug. 20
1881: 2B Davy Force recorded 12 putouts, seven assists, two unassisted double plays, participated in a triple play, and made just one error in 20 chances in a 12-inning game against Worcester, on September 15.
1882: Ireland-born Curry Foley became the first major league player ever to hit for the cycle (including a grand slam), on May 25, and Dan Brouthers led the National League with a .368 batting average
1883: Brouthers won his second consecutive NL batting title with a .374 average and Galvin posted 46 wins
1884: Brouthers hit triples in four consecutive games, set a season team-record with 14 home runs, and Galvin won 46 games for the second year in a row. Galvin threw another no-hitter, on August 4. The Bisons 18-0 score remains the greatest margin of victory in a no-hitter in Major League history. Two years after Foley, Jim O'Rourke became the fourth player in MLB history to hit for the cycle, on June 16.
1885: Brouthers hit .359, ending second in the NL batting race behind Roger Connor (.371)

Buffalo Bisons (NL)

Based in Buffalo, New York

Notable players	Dan Brouthers Davy Force Pud Galvin Jim O'Rourke Hardy Richardson Jack Rowe Deacon White

The franchise	Managers Players

Ballparks	Riverside Park Olympic Park

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885

Histories of teams in Major League Baseball

East	Baltimore Orioles • Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • Tampa Bay Rays • Toronto Blue Jays

Central	Chicago White Sox • Cleveland Indians • Detroit Tigers • Kansas City Royals • Minnesota Twins

West	Houston Astros • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • Oakland Athletics • Seattle Mariners • Texas Rangers

East	Atlanta Braves • Miami Marlins • New York Mets • Philadelphia Phillies • Washington Nationals

Central	Chicago Cubs • Cincinnati Reds • Milwaukee Brewers • Pittsburgh Pirates • St. Louis Cardinals I · II · III · IV

West	Arizona Diamondbacks • Colorado Rockies • Los Angeles Dodgers • San Diego Padres • San Francisco Giants

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