Bisons in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
The Buffalo Bisons are well represented in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Since 1937, a total of 22 former Bisons players, managers or coaches have been forever enshrined among baseball's elite.
The group in the Hall includes names like Pud Galvin, Ferguson Jenkins, Johnny Bench and Joe McCarthy. In fact, in eight of the nine decades from the 1880s to the 1960s, Bisons fans have been able to watch a future member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And with C.C. Sabathia's induction in 2025, over 6% of all the members of Cooperstown will have worn a Bisons uniform during their careers.
Below are the plaques for all 22 former Bisons in Cooperstown. Click on the pictures below to bring up a pop up window with an enlarged version of their Hall of Fame plaque.
Buffalo Bisons in the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Connie Mack
Inducted: 1937
Yrs with Bisons: 1890
Charles Radbourne
Inducted: 1939
Yrs with Bisons: 1880
Jimmy Collins
Inducted: 1945
Yrs with Bisons: 1893-94
Jim O'Rourke
Inducted: 1945
Yrs with Bisons: 1881-84
Dan Brouthers
Inducted: 1945
Yrs with Bisons: 1881-85
Joe Tinker
Inducted: 1946
Yrs with Bisons: 1930
Herb Pennock
Inducted: 1948
Yrs with Bisons: 1916
Bill Dickey
Inducted: 1954
Yrs with Bisons: 1928
Gabby Hartnett
Inducted: 1955
Yrs with Bisons: 1946
Ray Schalk
Inducted: 1955
Yrs with Bisons: 1932-37;50
Joe McCarthy
Inducted: 1957
Yrs with Bisons: 1914-15
John Ward
Inducted: 1964
Yrs with Bisons: 1877
Pud Galvin
Inducted: 1965
Yrs with Bisons: 1878-85;94
Lou Boudreau
Inducted: 1970
Yrs with Bisons: 1939
Bucky Harris
Inducted: 1975
Yrs with Bisons: 1918-19;44-45
Johnny Bench
Inducted: 1989
Yrs with Bisons: 1966-67
Fergie Jenkins
Inducted: 1991
Yrs with Bisons: 1962
Jim Bunning
Inducted: 1996
Yrs with Bisons: 1953;55
Frank Grant
**Inducted: 2006
Yrs with Bisons: 1886-88**