# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 87 | 25 | .777 | — | 42‍–‍14 | 45‍–‍11 |
| New York Giants | 85 | 27 | .759 | 2 | 51‍–‍10 | 34‍–‍17 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 56 | 54 | .509 | 30 | 29‍–‍26 | 27‍–‍28 |
| Providence Grays | 53 | 57 | .482 | 33 | 31‍–‍20 | 22‍–‍37 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 46 | 66 | .411 | 41 | 24‍–‍34 | 22‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 67 | .380 | 44 | 29‍–‍23 | 12‍–‍44 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 38 | 74 | .339 | 49 | 19‍–‍34 | 19‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Maroons | 36 | 72 | .333 | 49 | 23‍–‍33 | 13‍–‍39 |

### Record vs. opponents

1885 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV | STM |
| Boston | — | 10–6 | 2–14 | 7–9 | 3–13 | 7–9 | 9–7 | 8–8–1 |
| Buffalo | 6–10 | — | 0–16 | 11–5 | 1–15 | 5–11 | 3–13 | 12–4 |
| Chicago | 14–2 | 16–0 | — | 15–1 | 6–10 | 11–5 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 |
| Detroit | 9–7 | 5–11 | 1–15 | — | 4–12 | 7–9 | 6–9 | 9–4 |
| New York | 13–3 | 15–1 | 10–6 | 12–4 | — | 11–5 | 12–4 | 12–4 |
| Philadelphia | 9–7 | 11–5 | 5–11 | 9–7 | 5–11 | — | 8–7 | 9–6–1 |
| Providence | 7–9 | 13–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–12 | 7–8 | — | 8–8 |
| St. Louis | 8–8–1 | 4–12 | 2–14–1 | 4–9 | 4–12 | 6–9–1 | 8–8 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | George Myers | 89 | 326 | 67 | .206 | 0 | 19 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 98 | 407 | 146 | .359 | 7 | 59 |
| 2B | Davy Force | 71 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 0 | 15 |
| SS | Jack Rowe | 98 | 421 | 122 | .290 | 2 | 51 |
| 3B | Deacon White | 98 | 404 | 118 | .292 | 0 | 57 |
| OF | Bill Crowley | 92 | 344 | 83 | .241 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Jim Lillie | 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 |
| Jim McCauley | 24 | 84 | 15 | .179 | 0 | 7 |
| Ed Crane | 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 |
| Dennis Driscoll | 7 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Phelan | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 1 | 3 |
| Jim McDonald | 5 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Ritter | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Wood | 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 |
| Pud Galvin | 33 | 284.0 | 13 | 19 | 4.09 | 93 |
| Billy Serad | 30 | 241.1 | 7 | 21 | 4.10 | 90 |
| Pete Conway | 27 | 210.0 | 10 | 17 | 4.67 | 94 |
| Pete Wood | 24 | 198.2 | 8 | 15 | 4.44 | 38 |
| John Connor | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 |
| J. Fisher | 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 |
| Hardy Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |