Buffalo Bisons

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This article is about the minor league baseball franchise, for other teams named Buffalo Bisons see Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation).

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The Buffalo Bisons (Pronounced 'BI-zons' by locals) are a minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York. The team, which plays in the International League, is the AAA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians major-league club. The Bisons play in Dunn Tire Park stadium, located in downtown Buffalo.

The Bisons most recent playoff season was in 2004, when the team came back from being 10 games out of first place in late June to winning their division by a convincing 9.5 games. Buffalo won its first-round playoff against Durham and advanced to the Governors' Cup Finals, in which they had home-field advantage over the Richmond Braves. The remnants of Hurricane Ivan caused major flooding problems in Richmond and the entire series was set to be played in Buffalo. The Bisons defeated the Braves in four games and won the Governors' Cup for the second time since 1998.

Note: The Buffalo Bisons was also the name of a team that played in the National League from 1879–1885 and 1890 (see Buffalo Bisons (1879-1885)), and another team also known as the Buffalo Buffed in 1914 and Buffalo Blues in 1915 in the Federal League. The Buffalo Bisons was also the name of a minor league hockey team which played in Buffalo from 1928 to 1970, including in the American Hockey League.

1 Season Records
- 1.1 International League Play
2 Titles
3 Alumni
4 Current Top Prospects
5 Current Roster
6 Appeared in at least one game with 2006 Bisions but no longer with team
7 External links

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Season Records

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International League Play

Season	Manager	Record	Win %	Finish
1998	Jeff Datz	81-62	.566	1st, East
1999	Jeff Datz	72-72	.500	4th, East
2000	Joel Skinner	86-59	.593	1st, North
2001	Eric Wedge	91-51	.641	1st, North
2002	Eric Wedge	84-54	.609	2nd, North
2003	Marty Brown	73-70	.510	3rd, North
2004	Marty Brown	83-61	.576	1st, North
2005	Marty Brown	82-62	.569	1st, North
2006	Torey Lovullo	0-1	.000	5th, North

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Titles

The Bisons have won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, 6 times, including the inaugural Cup, and played in the championship series 10 times.