1879 Buffalo Bisons season
The 1879 season was the debut year in the National League for the Buffalo Bisons, who had previously played an independent schedule. The Bisons wound up with a record of 46–32 and finished in third place.
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| Manager(s) | John Clapp |
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Regular season
Season standings
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Providence Grays | 59 | 25 | 0.702 | — | 34–8 | 25–17 |
| Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30 | 0.643 | 5 | 29–13 | 25–17 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32 | 0.590 | 10 | 23–16 | 23–16 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33 | 0.582 | 10½ | 29–13 | 17–20 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37 | 0.537 | 14 | 21–16 | 22–21 |
| Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55 | 0.329 | 31 | 15–27 | 12–28 |
| Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48 | 0.314 | 30 | 11–22 | 11–26 |
| Troy Trojans | 19 | 56 | 0.253 | 35½ | 12–27 | 7–29 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | PRV | SYR | TRO | |||||||||
| Boston | — | 9–3 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
| Buffalo | 3–9 | — | 6–6–1 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
| Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 8–1 | 8–3–2 | |||||||||
| Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–7 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4–1 | 9–2 | |||||||||
| Cleveland | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–7 | 5–6 | |||||||||
| Providence | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 10–2 | 10–2 | |||||||||
| Syracuse | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–8–1 | 7–4 | 2–10 | — | 2–4 | |||||||||
| Troy | 1–11 | 1–11 | 3–8–2 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 2–10 | 4–2 | — | |||||||||
Roster
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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 |
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| C | John Clapp | 70 | 292 | 77 | .264 | 1 | 36 |
| 1B | Oscar Walker | 72 | 287 | 79 | .275 | 1 | 35 |
| 2B | Chick Fulmer | 76 | 306 | 82 | .268 | 0 | 28 |
| 3B | Hardy Richardson | 79 | 336 | 95 | .283 | 0 | 37 |
| SS | Davy Force | 79 | 316 | 66 | .209 | 0 | 8 |
| OF | Dave Eggler | 78 | 317 | 66 | .208 | 0 | 27 |
| OF | Joe Hornung | 78 | 319 | 85 | .266 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | Bill Crowley | 60 | 261 | 75 | .287 | 0 | 30 |
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 |
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| Bill McGunnigle | 47 | 171 | 30 | .175 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Rowe | 8 | 34 | 12 | .353 | 0 | 8 |
| Steve Libby | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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| Pud Galvin | 66 | 593 | 37 | 27 | 2.28 | 136 |
| Bill McGunnigle | 14 | 120 | 9 | 5 | 2.63 | 62 |
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