1890 Buffalo Bisons season
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| Owner(s) | Connie Mack (minority) |
| Manager(s) | Jack Rowe, Jay Faatz |
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.
Regular season

Season standings
| Players' League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
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| 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 | — | |||||||||
Roster
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| Pitchers | Catchers
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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 | Mack, ConnieConnie Mack | 123 | 503 | 134 | .266 | 0 | 53 |
| 1B | White, DeaconDeacon White | 122 | 439 | 114 | .260 | 0 | 47 |
| 2B | Wise, SamSam Wise | 119 | 505 | 148 | .293 | 5 | 102 |
| 3B | Irwin, JohnJohn Irwin | 77 | 308 | 72 | .234 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Rowe, JackJack Rowe | 125 | 504 | 126 | .250 | 2 | 76 |
| OF | Hoy, DummyDummy Hoy | 122 | 493 | 147 | .298 | 1 | 53 |
| OF | Beecher, EdEd Beecher | 126 | 536 | 159 | .297 | 3 | 90 |
| OF | Halligan, JockoJocko 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 |
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| Clark, SpiderSpider Clark | 69 | 260 | 69 | .265 | 1 | 25 |
| Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell | 44 | 172 | 38 | .221 | 2 | 17 |
| Rainey, JohnJohn Rainey | 42 | 166 | 39 | .235 | 1 | 20 |
| Faatz, JayJay Faatz | 32 | 111 | 21 | .189 | 1 | 16 |
| Carney, JohnJohn Carney | 28 | 107 | 29 | .271 | 0 | 13 |
| Lewis, Lewis | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Gillespie, JimJim 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 |
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| Haddock, GeorgeGeorge Haddock | 35 | 290.2 | 9 | 26 | 5.76 | 123 |
| Cunningham, BertBert Cunningham | 25 | 211 | 9 | 15 | 5.84 | 78 |
| Keefe, GeorgeGeorge Keefe | 25 | 196 | 6 | 16 | 6.52 | 55 |
| Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell | 13 | 104.1 | 5 | 7 | 4.57 | 29 |
| Stafford, GeneralGeneral Stafford | 12 | 98 | 3 | 9 | 5.14 | 21 |
| Ferson, AlexAlex Ferson | 10 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 5.45 | 13 |
| Baldwin, LadyLady Baldwin | 7 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 | 13 |
| Buckley, JohnJohn Buckley | 4 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 7.68 | 4 |
| Duzen, BillBill Duzen | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 13.85 | 5 |
| Cotter, DanDan Cotter | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14.00 | 0 |
| Doe, FredFred Doe | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 2 |
| Lewis, 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 |
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| Krock, GusGus 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 |
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| White, DeaconDeacon White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Beecher, EdEd Beecher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
| Clark, SpiderSpider Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |