# 1883 Buffalo Bisons season

The 1883 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 63 | 35 | .643 | — | 41‍–‍8 | 22‍–‍27 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 59 | 39 | .602 | 4 | 36‍–‍13 | 23‍–‍26 |
| Providence Grays | 58 | 40 | .592 | 5 | 34‍–‍15 | 24‍–‍25 |
| Cleveland Blues | 55 | 42 | .567 | 7½ | 31‍–‍18 | 24‍–‍24 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 49 | 45 | .521 | 12 | 36‍–‍13 | 13‍–‍32 |
| New York Gothams | 46 | 50 | .479 | 16 | 28‍–‍19 | 18‍–‍31 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 40 | 58 | .408 | 23 | 23‍–‍26 | 17‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 17 | 81 | .173 | 46 | 9‍–‍40 | 8‍–‍41 |

### Record vs. opponents

1883 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | NYG | PHI | PRV |
| Boston | — | 7–7 | 7–7 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 14–0 | 8–6 |
| Buffalo | 7–7 | — | 5–9 | 7–7 | 9–5–1 | 8–5 | 9–5 | 7–7 |
| Chicago | 7–7 | 9–5 | — | 6–8 | 9–5 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 7–7 |
| Cleveland | 4–10 | 7–7 | 8–6 | — | 9–5–1 | 7–6–2 | 12–2 | 8–6 |
| Detroit | 4–10 | 5–9–1 | 5–9 | 5–9–1 | — | 8–6 | 11–3–1 | 2–12 |
| New York | 7–7 | 5–8 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 6–8 | — | 12–2 | 5–9 |
| Philadelphia | 0–14 | 5–9 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 3–11–1 | 2–12 | — | 3–11 |
| Providence | 6–8 | 7–7 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 12–2 | 9–5 | 11–3 | — |

### 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 | Jack Rowe | 87 | 374 | 104 | .278 | 1 | 38 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 98 | 425 | 159 | .374 | 3 | 97 |
| 2B | Hardy Richardson | 92 | 399 | 124 | .311 | 1 | 56 |
| 3B | Deacon White | 94 | 391 | 114 | .292 | 0 | 47 |
| SS | Davy Force | 96 | 378 | 82 | .217 | 0 | 35 |
| OF | Orator Shafer | 95 | 401 | 117 | .292 | 0 | 41 |
| OF | Jim O'Rourke | 94 | 436 | 143 | .328 | 1 | 38 |
| OF | Jim Lillie | 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 in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Dave Eggler | 38 | 153 | 38 | .248 | 0 | 13 |
| Curry Foley | 23 | 111 | 30 | .270 | 0 | 6 |
| Doc Kennedy | 5 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2 |
| Dell Darling | 6 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Suck | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| James Burke | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 | 76 | 656.1 | 46 | 29 | 2.72 | 279 |
| George Derby | 14 | 107.2 | 2 | 10 | 5.85 | 34 |
| Ed Cushman | 7 | 50.1 | 3 | 3 | 3.93 | 34 |
| Art Hagan | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.60 | 7 |
| James Burke | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Lillie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
| Jim O'Rourke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 1 |
| Dan Brouthers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 2 |
| Curry Foley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |