Buffalo Bisons (National League)

The original Buffalo Bisons baseball club played in the National League between and . The Bisons played their games at Riverside Park (1879–1883) and Olympic Park (1884–1885) in Buffalo, New York. In 1886, they moved into minor league baseball as members of the original International League.

The original IL Bisons would leave in 1971 to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as the Winnipeg Whips, before eventually landing in Scranton, Pennsylvania (after an additional five moves). The franchise currently plays in Moosic, Pennsylvania, as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. The current Buffalo Bisons, founded in 1979, include the history of the NL Bisons; it is thus the only NL team from the 19th century that both still exists and no longer plays in Major League Baseball.

Year-by-year records SeasonManagerGamesWLTWPPLGB1879 John Clapp 7946321.5903rd10.01880 Sam Crane 8524583.2937th42.01881 Jim O'Rourke 8345380.5423rd10.51882 Jim O'Rourke 8445390.5363rd10.01883 Jim O'Rourke 9852451.5365th10.51884 Jim O'Rourke 11564474.5773rd19.51885Pud Galvin / Jack Chapman 11338741.3397th49.0

Players of note Dan Brouthers Bill Crowley Davy Force Pud Galvin Charley Radbourn Jim O'Rourke Hardy Richardson Jack Rowe Deacon White

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

Highlights and memorable moments : A precursor to the Bisons played in the League Alliance, finishing with a 79–28–3 record. The team subsequently joined the National League. : Future Hall of Fame pitcher Charlie Radbourn debuted as a second baseman on May 5 : Pud Galvin pitched a no-hitter against the Worcester Worcesters on August 20 : 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. : 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 : Brouthers won his second consecutive NL batting title with a .374 average and Galvin posted 46 wins : 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. : Brouthers hit .359, ending second in the NL batting race behind Roger Connor (.371)

National Baseball Hall of Fame members Name"Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame." Buffalo Bisons. Retrieved on August 19, 2018.PositionInductedTenureCharles RadbournP19391880Jim O'RourkeOF19451881–1884Dan Brouthers1B19451881–1885Pud GalvinP19651879–1885Deacon White3B/C20131881–1885

Buffalo Bisons (National League)

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