The Herd Chronicles

Happy Birthday Dalton Pompey. He played in parts of five seasons with #Buffalo. Hit .270 with 18 stolen bases in 93 games for the 2016 #Bisons. #BlueJays

Baseball Hall of Famer Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn was born #OTD in 1854 in Rochester, NY. He made his big-league debut in RF for the 1880 #Bisons. Hit .143 in 6 games for #Buffalo. He went on to become one of the game’s greatest pitchers, winning 309 games, including 60 in 1884.

Happy Birthday Jay Bell. The two-time N.L. All-Star hit .260 with 17 HRs and 60 RBIs for the 1987 #Bisons, and .285 with 10 HRs and 54 RBIs for the Herd in 1989. Played in 18 major-league seasons and won the 2001 World Series playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks. #Buffalo

Floyd Giebell was born #OTD in 1909. After going 15-17 with a 3.73 ERA for the 1940 #Bisons, he was called up to Detroit, where he made two starts, including a 2-0 win over Bob Feller and Cleveland to clinch the American League pennant. #Buffalo

Earl Cook was born #OTD in 1908 in Stouffville, Ontario. He won 27 career games with #Buffalo. Went 15-12 with a 3.85 ERA for the 1940 #Bisons.

Doc Edwards was born #OTD in 1936. He played in five major-league seasons and went on to manage 33 seasons in professional baseball, including in #Cleveland (1987-89) and #Buffalo (1993-94). #Bisons

Chuck Kress was born #OTD in 1921. He hit .259 with 16 HRs and 76 RBIs for the 1955 #Bisons. Served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1943 to 1945. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday David Miller. He played in three seasons with the Herd. Hit .267 with 9 HRs and 54 RBIs for the 1998 #Bisons. #Buffalo

Bob Kline was born #OTD in 1909. He was a mainstay of the #Bisons rotation in the late 1930s, winning 54 career games with the Herd. His best season with #Buffalo was 1935, when he went 17-10.

Happy Birthday Fred Lewis. He was the #Bisons 2012 team MVP, when he hit .294 with 13 HRs, 45 RBIs and had 25 stolen bases. Played in 535 games in the big leagues. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Joe Ausanio. He had a 2.90 ERA and 15 saves for the 1992 #Bisons. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Steve Christmas. He hit .298 with 16 HRs and 56 RBIs for the 1985 #Bisons. Played in the big leagues with the Reds, White Sox and Cubs. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Bruce Tanner. He won 13 career games in two seasons in #Buffalo. Pitched in 10 major league games with the White Sox in 1985. Son of legendary manager Chuck Tanner. I spoke with him for Conversations with the Herd: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...

Steve Libby was born #OTD in 1853. In 1878, he hit hit the #Bisons only home run at their home park, Riverside Grounds, of the entire season. It was an inside-the-park home run. #Buffalo

Brant Alyea was born #OTD in 1940. He hit .253 with 31 HRs and 61 RBIs in 87 games for the 1968 #Bisons. Homered on the first pitch he ever saw in the majors while playing for the Washington Senators. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Tony Medrano, who spent two seasons in #Buffalo. He hit .290 with 7 HRs, 52 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases for the 2001 #Bisons.

Happy Birthday Kyle Drabek. He pitched in 36 career games for the #Bisons and went 7-7 with a 4.18 ERA in 99 innings pitched for the Herd in 2014. #Buffalo

Jack Rowe was born #OTD in 1856. He played with the N.L. #Bisons from 1879-85, hitting .289 during his time with the Herd. In 1881, he hit .333 and led the N.L. in triples with 11. Also part owner of the 1889 Bisons and part owner and player for the 1890 Players’ League Bisons.

Happy Birthday to #Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer Jolbert Cabrera. He played in parts of four seasons with the Herd. Hit .318 with 10 HRs, 45 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases for the 1998 #Bisons.

Happy Birthday to the greatest catcher to ever play the game—Johnny Bench. As a 19-year-old, he hit .259 with 23 HRs and 68 RBIs for the ‘67 #Bisons, then won N.L. Rookie of the Year the next season with the Reds. I spoke to him about his amazing career: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...

Happy Birthday Jason Cooper. He’s the #Bisons modern-era leader in games played (436) and is second in RBIs (226), runs scored (209), and doubles (85). #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Jason Cooper. He’s the #Bisons modern-era leader in games played (436) and is second in RBIs (226), runs scored (209), and doubles (85). #Buffalo

Ray Fitzgerald was born #OTD in 1904. He hit .328 with 17 HRs and 115 RBIs for the 1935 #Bisons. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Sammy Khalifa. He played two seasons in #Buffalo. Hit .276 in 87 games for the 1989 #Bisons. Played in 164 major-league games for the Pirates.

#OTD in 1878, #Buffalo, Syracuse, and Cleveland were admitted into the National League. Here’s a photo of the 1882 N.L. #Bisons, including Baseball Hall of Famers Pud Galvin, Dan Brouthers, Jim O’Rourke, and Deacon White.

Happy Birthday Billy Bryan. After playing in eight major-league seasons, he hit .264 with 14 HRs and 46 RBIs for the 1969 #Bisons. #Buffalo

Happy Birthday Rainer Núñez. He slashed .252/.323/.374 in 81 games for the 2025 #Bisons. I spoke with him for Conversations with the Herd: www.herdchronicles.com/single-post/...

George “Scoops” Carey was born #OTD in 1870. He led the 1901 #Bisons with a .316 batting average. Played in 299 major-league games. #Buffalo

Dick Ricketts was born #OTD in 1933. He won 38 career games for the Herd in the early 1960s. Also played in the NBA for the St. Louis Hawks and Rochester/Cincinnati Royals. #Bisons

Happy Birthday Tobi Stoner. He made 22 starts for the 2010 #Bisons. Pitched in five major-league games with the Mets. #Buffalo