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The Herd Chronicles
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Dedicated to preserving the history of Buffalo Bisons baseball. Follow tomorrow’s Blue Jays today. Written by Brian Frank. Member of SABR. #Bisons #BlueJays #Buffalo #MiLB
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Lynn Lovenguth, a mainstay in the #Bisons rotation in the early 1950s, was born #OTD in 1922 in Camden, NY. #Buffalo
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Happy Birthday Jason Alfaro. He hit .276 with 8 HRs and 48 RBIs in 74 games for the 2006 #Bisons. #Buffalo
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Happy Birthday Ryan Mulhern. He hit .278 with 23 HRs and 102 RBIs in 188 career games with the #Bisons. #Buffalo
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Roxey Roach was born #OTD in 1882. He played shortstop in #Buffalo for three seasons, two with the #Bisons and one with the Federal League’s BufFeds. Hit .277 for the Herd in 1913.
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Happy Birthday Stevie Berman. He played in 98 games for the Herd from 2022 to 2023. #Buffalo
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Jesús Montero was born #OTD in 1989. He was the #Bisons team MVP in 2016, when he led the Herd with a .317 batting average, while hitting 11 HRs and driving in 60 runs. #Buffalo
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Happy Birthday Roemon Fields. He played in three seasons with the Herd and won the #Bisons 2017 team MVP award when he hit .291 and stole 43 bases. #Buffalo
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Happy Birthday Jeff Datz. He managed #Buffalo in 1998 and 1999. Led the Herd to a Governors' Cup championship in ‘98. #Bisons
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Happy Birthday Raúl Valdés, who pitched in 32 career games with the Herd (19 starts). He was 5-5 with a 4.00 ERA in 81 IP for the 2014 #Bisons.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Happy Birthday Jonathan Van Every, who played in two seasons with #Buffalo. He hit .272 with 8 home runs and 23 RBI in 51 games for the 2007 #Bisons.
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Happy Birthday to former #Bisons hitting coach Richie Hebner. “The Gravedigger” had 1,694 hits in an 18-year major-league career. #Buffalo
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Happy Birthday Matt Tracy. He had a 2.40 ERA in 11 games (9 starts) for the 2018 #Bisons. #Buffalo
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Happy Birthday Yoshi Tsutsugo. He slashed .265/.381/.459 with 5 HRs and 18 RBIs in 29 games for the 2022 #Bisons. #Buffalo
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Happy Birthday Adam Miller. He pitched in 26 games for the Herd over three seasons. Went 5-4 in 19 games (11 starts) for the 2007 #Bisons.
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Bert Cunningham was born #OTD in 1865. He won nine games pitching for #Buffalo’s Players’ League team in 1890. Pitched in 342 major-league games.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Happy Birthday Jim Duffalo. He won 16 career games with the Herd. Went 12-11 with a 3.43 ERA for the 1966 #Bisons. Pitched in 141 major-league games with the Giants and Reds.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Happy Birthday Mark “Hard-Hittin’” Whiten. He hit .277 with 16 HRs and 58 RBIs in 146 career games with the Herd. Played in 939 major-league games. Hit four home runs in a game for the 1993 St. Louis Cardinals. #Bisons
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Archie Wilson was born #OTD in 1923. He won the International League MVP when he hit .316 with 28 HRs and 112 RBIs for the 1951 #Bisons. #Buffalo
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Ed Miller was born #OTD in 1888. He played in five seasons with #Buffalo. Hit .332 for the Herd in 1920. #Bisons
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Happy Birthday Al Martin. He hit .305 with 20 HRs, 59 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases for the 1992 #Bisons. Hit .276 with 132 HRs and 485 RBIs in 11 major-league seasons. #Buffalo
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Tom Winsett was born #OTD in 1909. He hit .351 with 18 HRs and 81 RBIs for the Herd in 1932. Played in the majors with the Red Sox, Cardinals, and Dodgers and was the first baseball player to be featured on the cover of Life Magazine. #Bisons
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Happy Birthday to #Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer Jason Jacome. He won 17 career games with the Herd and went 14-2 with a 3.26 ERA for the 1998 Governors’ Cup Champion #Bisons.
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Happy Birthday Ross Stripling. He pitched in #Buffalo for the 2020 and 2021 #BlueJays. He also made a rehab start for the 2022 #Bisons.
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Les Scarsella was born #OTD in 1913. He hit .289 with 10 HRs and 55 RBIs for the 1940 #Bisons. He was MVP of the P.C.L. in 1944 and 1946 with the Oakland Oaks. #Buffalo
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Happy Birthday Matt Miller. He pitched in 61 career games for the Herd. Had a 2.89 ERA in 38 relief appearances for the 2007 #Bisons.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM