# 1884 Buffalo Bisons season

The 1884 Buffalo Bisons finished the season with a 64–47 record, good for third place in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | .750 | — | 45‍–‍11 | 39‍–‍17 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | .658 | 10½ | 40‍–‍16 | 33‍–‍22 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | .577 | 19½ | 37‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍29 |
| New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 34‍–‍22 | 28‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 39‍–‍17 | 23‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | .348 | 45 | 19‍–‍37 | 20‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | .312 | 49 | 22‍–‍34 | 13‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | .250 | 56 | 18‍–‍38 | 10‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1884 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | CLV | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV |
| Boston | — | 9–6–2 | 10–6 | 14–2 | 12–4–1 | 8–8–1 | 13–3 | 7–9–1 |
| Buffalo | 6–9–2 | — | 10–6–1 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 5–11–1 | 11–5 | 6–10 |
| Chicago | 6–10 | 6–10–1 | — | 8–8 | 11–5 | 12–4 | 14–2 | 5–11 |
| Cleveland | 2–14 | 2–14 | 8–8 | — | 9–7 | 5–11 | 6–10–1 | 3–13 |
| Detroit | 4–12–1 | 4–12 | 5–11 | 7–9 | — | 2–14–1 | 5–11 | 1–15 |
| New York | 8–8–1 | 11–5–1 | 4–12 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | — | 11–5 | 3–13–1 |
| Philadelphia | 3–13 | 5–11 | 2–14 | 10–6–1 | 11–5 | 5–11 | — | 3–13 |
| Providence | 9–7–1 | 10–6 | 11–5 | 13–3 | 15–1 | 13–3–1 | 13–3 | — |

### 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 | 93 | 400 | 126 | .315 | 4 | 61 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 94 | 398 | 130 | .327 | 14 | 79 |
| 2B | Hardy Richardson | 102 | 439 | 132 | .301 | 6 | 60 |
| 3B | Deacon White | 110 | 452 | 147 | .325 | 5 | 74 |
| SS | Davy Force | 106 | 403 | 83 | .206 | 0 | 36 |
| OF | Dave Eggler | 63 | 241 | 47 | .195 | 0 | 20 |
| OF | Jim O'Rourke | 108 | 467 | 162 | .347 | 5 | 63 |
| OF | Jim Lillie | 114 | 471 | 105 | .223 | 3 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| George Myers | 78 | 325 | 59 | .182 | 2 | 32 |
| Chub Collins | 45 | 169 | 30 | .178 | 1 | 20 |
| Bones Ely | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Coughlin | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 | 72 | 636.1 | 46 | 22 | 1.99 | 369 |
| Billy Serad | 37 | 308.0 | 16 | 20 | 4.27 | 150 |
| Art Hagan | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.88 | 4 |
| Bones Ely | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 4 |

#### Other 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 |
| Jim Lillie | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 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 |
| Jim O'Rourke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.84 | 3 |
| Ed Coughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ∞ | 0 |