1890 Buffalo Bisons season

The 1890 Buffalo Bisons baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League, and an "outlaw" franchise that used the name of the existing minor league Buffalo Bisons without permission. They compiled a 36–96 record, which landed them in last place, 46½ games behind the pennant-winning Boston Reds and 20 games behind the seventh-place Cleveland Infants in the eight-team league. After the season, the league folded, as did the team.

1890 Buffalo Bisons
Major League affiliations
Players' League (since 1890)
Location
Olympic Park (since 1890) Buffalo, New York (since 1890)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack (minority)
Manager(s)	Jack Rowe, Jay Faatz

Regular season

Buffalo Bisons, 1890

Season standings

Players' League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	81	48	0.628	—	48–21	33–27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	76	56	0.576	6½	46–19	30–37
New York Giants	74	57	0.565	8	47–19	27–38
Chicago Pirates	75	62	0.547	10	46–23	29–39
Philadelphia Athletics	68	63	0.519	14	35–30	33–33
Pittsburgh Burghers	60	68	0.469	20½	37–28	23–40
Cleveland Infants	55	75	0.423	26½	31–30	24–45
Buffalo Bisons	36	96	0.273	46½	23–42	13–54

Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	BUF	CHI	CLE	NY	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	11–7	14–6–1	12–8	12–8	12–8	10–6	10–5
Brooklyn	7–11	—	12–6–1	10–9	12–8	7–10	14–6	14–6
Buffalo	6–14–1	6–12–1	—	5–15	7–9	3–17	4–16	5–13
Chicago	8–12	9–10	15–5	—	13–7	9–9–1	10–10	11–9
Cleveland	8–12	8–12	9–7	7–13	—	8–11	8–11–1	7–9
New York	8–12	10–7	17–3	9–9–1	11–8	—	5–12	14–6
Philadelphia	6–10	6–14	16–4	10–10	11–8–1	12–5	—	7–12
Pittsburgh	5–10	6–14	13–5	9–11	9–7	6–14	12–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1890 Buffalo Bisons
Roster
Pitchers Lady Baldwin John Buckley Dan Cotter Bert Cunningham Fred Doe Bill Duzen Alex Ferson George Haddock George Keefe Gus Krock General Stafford		Catchers Connie Mack Infielders Jack Carney Jay Faatz John Irwin Jack Rowe Deacon White Sam Wise		Outfielders Ed Beecher Spider Clark Jim Gillespie Jocko Halligan Dummy Hoy Lewis John Rainey Larry Twitchell		Manager Jay Faatz Jack Rowe

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	Connie Mack	123	503	134	.266	0	53
1B	Deacon White	122	439	114	.260	0	47
2B	Sam Wise	119	505	148	.293	5	102
3B	John Irwin	77	308	72	.234	0	34
SS	Jack Rowe	125	504	126	.250	2	76
OF	Dummy Hoy	122	493	147	.298	1	53
OF	Ed Beecher	126	536	159	.297	3	90
OF	Jocko Halligan	57	211	53	.251	3	33

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
Spider Clark	69	260	69	.265	1	25
Larry Twitchell	44	172	38	.221	2	17
John Rainey	42	166	39	.235	1	20
Jay Faatz	32	111	21	.189	1	16
John Carney	28	107	29	.271	0	13
Lewis	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Jim Gillespie	1	3	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
George Haddock	35	290.2	9	26	5.76	123
Bert Cunningham	25	211	9	15	5.84	78
George Keefe	25	196	6	16	6.52	55
Larry Twitchell	13	104.1	5	7	4.57	29
General Stafford	12	98	3	9	5.14	21
Alex Ferson	10	71	1	7	5.45	13
Lady Baldwin	7	62	2	5	4.50	13
John Buckley	4	34	1	3	7.68	4
Bill Duzen	2	13	0	2	13.85	5
Dan Cotter	1	9	0	1	14.00	0
Fred Doe	1	6	0	1	12.00	2
Lewis	1	3	0	1	60.00	1

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
Gus Krock	4	25	0	3	6.12	5

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
Deacon White	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Ed Beecher	1	0	0	0	12.00	0
Spider Clark	1	0	0	0	6.75	2

References

• 1890 Buffalo Bisons team page at Baseball Reference