1881_Buffalo_Bisons_season

1881 Buffalo Bisons season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1881 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 45–38 record, good for third place in the National League.

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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.

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v t e 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

1881 National League record v t e 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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jack Rowe	64	246	82	.333	1	43
1B	Deacon White	78	319	99	.310	0	53
2B	Davy Force	75	278	50	.180	0	15
3B	Jim O'Rourke	83	348	105	.302	0	30
SS	John Peters	54	229	49	.214	0	25
OF	Curry Foley	83	375	96	.256	1	25
OF	Hardy Richardson	83	344	100	.291	2	53
OF	Dan Brouthers	65	270	86	.319	8	45

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Sleeper Sullivan	35	121	23	.190	15
Blondie Purcell	30	113	33	.292	17
John Morrissey	12	47	10	.213	3
Pop Smith	3	11	0	.000	1
Ed Swartwood	1	3	1	.333	0
Jack Manning	1	1	0	.000	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pud Galvin	56	474.0	28	24	2.37	136
Jack Lynch	20	165.2	10	9	3.59	32

1881 Buffalo Bisons season