The Buffalo Bisons also had a year out from the league, and the Rochester Jeffersons, after missing two seasons of play, finally folded.
The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of the Staten Island Stapletons, Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons.
On 4 November 2010, it was announced that American billionaire Robert Rich, owner of the Buffalo Bisons and Jamestown Jammers baseball teams, had become the new shirt sponsor of the club with his Rich Products brand.
He also created the character of Buster Bison as the mascot for the AAA Buffalo Bisons baseball team.
After graduating from college, he joined the AAFC's Buffalo Bisons, where he played for a year.
On May 18, 2006, Graves was assigned to the Indians' Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons, in Buffalo.
Despite having a perfect record, he spent the majority of his time in the minors, where he made 24 appearances for the Buffalo Bisons (11 starts).
He was loaned to the American Hockey League Buffalo Bisons in 1968, and subsequently played the next three seasons for the Cleveland Barons of the AHL.
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The 1879 season was the debut year in the National League for the Buffalo Bisons, who had previously played an independent schedule.
William J. Taugher (April 17, 1906 – February 25, 1943) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played from 1925 until 1936, including stops with the St. Louis Eagles of the National Hockey League (NHL), and Buffalo Bisons, Cleveland Falcons and Rochester Cardinals of the International Hockey League (IHL).
He played 45 games for the National League Buffalo Bisons in 1884, on a talented team featuring the all-star infield known as the "Big Four": Dan Brouthers, Hardy Richardson, and Deacon White and later Jack Rowe.
Although Oldfield did not return to major league play again, he did play professionally in the International Association for several seasons, including the Oswego Starchboxes (1887), the Toronto Canucks (1887–1888), the Hamilton Hams (1889), the Montreal Shamrocks (1890), and the Buffalo Bisons (1890).
Wood Harlan "Doc" Bruder (February 5, 1901 – November 13, 1952) was a professional football player for the Buffalo Bisons in 1925 and the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1926.
Jesse Rodriguez (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983) was a professional football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League.
He started the 1941 season in the minor leagues at Buffalo, but was brought back up midseason and made a big impression, batting .345 with a .400 on-base percentage and a .509 slugging percentage.
A native of Dundas, Ontario, Wood made his major league debut on 15 July 1885 with the Buffalo Bisons, the team which also featured on its roster his brother, Fred Wood.
He would remain with the WHL for almost his entire career (barring a partial season in 1957 with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League), playing for the Spokane Comets, the Victoria Maple Leafs and for his final five seasons, the Phoenix Roadrunners.
After four seasons in the I-AHL, the team was acquired by Louis M. Jacobs, owner of Jacob's Concessions, and relocated to Buffalo, New York to play as the Buffalo Bisons.
He started his professional baseball career in 1888 with the International Association's Buffalo Bisons.
He played for the following Minor League teams during his career: St. Catharines Teepees, Cleveland Barons, Quebec Aces, Springfield Indians, Pittsburgh Hornets and Buffalo Bisons.
In late June 2013 while with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, Jeffress was diagnosed with juvenile epilepsy, which gave an explanation to the high anxiety and seizures that he had experienced through most of his adult life.
In 2011, Rosenhaus was inducted into the Buffalo Bisons Hall of Fame along with former Major League Baseball player and American League Manager of the Year (2003) Tony Peña.
Jack Rowe (1856–1911) American baseball player for the Buffalo Bisons
Sei played junior hockey for the Saskatoon Quakers in 1982–83, and then joined the Washington Eagles of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1984–85 season, followed by a year with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League.