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Buffalo Bisons hosting Nashville Sounds for their final game at War Memorial Stadium, August 1987. The Cleveland Indians replaced the Pittsburgh Pirates as Major League Baseball affiliate of the Buffalo Bisons prior to the 1995 season. [12] The team won division titles in 1996 and 1997, and won the final American Association championship in 1997.
The Buffalo Bisons were a professional Triple-A minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York that was founded in 1886 and last played in the International League from 1912 to 1970. Over the course of their existence, the Bisons won the Junior World Series three times (1904, 1906 and 1961).
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under multiple names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s. The early NFL-era franchise was variously called the Buffalo All-Stars from 1915 to 1917, [1] Buffalo Niagaras in 1918, [2] the Buffalo Prospects in 1919, [3] Buffalo All-Americans from 1920 to 1923, Buffalo Bisons from 1924 to ...
The longest affiliation in team history was the 31-year relationship with the Triple-A International League's Syracuse Chiefs from 1978 to 2008. Their newest affiliate is the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, which became the Blue Jays' Triple-A club in 2013.
The Toronto Maple Leafs relocated to Louisville, Kentucky and were renamed the Louisville Colonels.The club remained affiliated with the Boston Red Sox.; The Buffalo Bisons ended their affiliation with the Cincinnati Reds and began an affiliation with the Washington Senators.
This new franchise assumed the history of prior Buffalo Bisons teams that had played in the city from 1877 to 1970. Rich Products heir Robert E. Rich Jr. purchased the Bisons for $100,000 in 1983, and upgraded the team to the Triple-A class American Association in 1985 after buying out the Wichita Aeros for $1 million.
The Baltimore Orioles become an affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Buffalo Bisons end their affiliation with the Cleveland Indians and become an affiliate for the Detroit Tigers. The Syracuse Chiefs become an affiliate for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Toronto Maple Leafs become an affiliate for the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Buffalo Bills were an American football team, based in Buffalo, New York, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons ; during the last three years they were renamed in honor of "Buffalo Bill" Cody .