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 — 36 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 27 of 91 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1879–1885 · P69.0HOF ’65
- 1881–1885 · 1B47.6HOF ’45
- 1879–1885 · 2B43.5
- 1879–1890 · SS31.8
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pud GalvinHOF±1 | 1879–1885 | 69.0 |
| 2 | Dan BrouthersHOF | 1881–1885 | 47.6 |
| 3 | Hardy Richardson | 1879–1885 | 43.5 |
| 4 | Jack Rowe±4 | 1879–1890 | 31.8 |
| 5 | Jim O'RourkeHOF | 1881–1884 | 26.5 |
| 6 | Deacon WhiteHOF±4 | 1881–1890 | 21.9 |
| 7 | Curry Foley | 1881–1883 | 7.3 |
| 8 | Bill Crowley±3 | 1879–1885 | 6.2 |
| 9 | Joe Hornung | 1879–1880 | 4.2 |
| 10 | Jim Lillie | 1883–1885 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Blondie Purcell±1 | 1881–1882 | 3.4 |
| 12 | Connie MackHOF | 1890 | 3.1 |
| 13 | Oscar Walker | 1879–1880 | 2.5 |
| 14 | George Shafer | 1883 | 2.2 |
| 15 | John Clapp | 1879 | 2.1 |