19th-Century Majors
Buffalo Bisons
Active 1879–1890 · 91 players · 6 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Buffalo Bisons itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Buffalo Bisons itself. A season counts here only when Buffalo Bisons is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 28 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 35 of 91 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1881–1885 · 1B57.8HOF ’45
- 1879–1885 · 2B51.7
- 1879–1885 · P50.7HOF ’65
- 1879–1890 · SS43.9
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan BrouthersHOF | 1881–1885 | 57.8 |
| 2 | Hardy Richardson | 1879–1885 | 51.7 |
| 3 | Pud GalvinHOF±1 | 1879–1885 | 50.7 |
| 4 | Jack Rowe±4 | 1879–1890 | 43.9 |
| 5 | Deacon WhiteHOF±4 | 1881–1890 | 37.1 |
| 6 | Jim O'RourkeHOF | 1881–1884 | 30.7 |
| 7 | Davy Force | 1879–1885 | 14.4 |
| 8 | Jim Lillie | 1883–1885 | 14.2 |
| 9 | Bill Crowley±2 | 1879–1885 | 12.7 |
| 10 | Curry Foley | 1881–1883 | 11.3 |
| 11 | Joe Hornung | 1879–1880 | 11.1 |
| 12 | Oscar Walker | 1879–1880 | 7.4 |
| 13 | Blondie Purcell | 1881–1882 | 6.7 |
| 14 | Connie MackHOF | 1890 | 6.0 |
| 15 | George Myers | 1884–1885 | 5.6 |