1883 Buffalo Bisons season
Encyclopedia
The 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
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National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
. Star slugger Dan Brouthers
Dan Brouthers
Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from to , with a brief return in...
won his second consecutive NL batting
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
title with a .374 average and Pud Galvin
Pud Galvin
James Francis Galvin , nicknamed "Pud", "Gentle Jeems", and "The Little Steam Engine", was an American National Association and Major League Baseball pitcher. He was Major League Baseball's first 300-game winner...
posted 46 wins
Win (baseball)
In professional baseball, there are two types of decisions: a win and a loss . In each game, one pitcher on the winning team is awarded a win and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss in their respective statistics. These pitchers are collectively known as the pitchers of record. Only...
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Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted inPos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 inPlayer | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 | 2 | 3.60 | 7 | |
1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 1 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = StrikeoutsPlayer | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |