1885 Boston Beaneaters
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record46–66 (.411)
League place5th
OwnerArthur Soden
ManagerJohn Morrill
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The 1885 Boston Beaneaters season was the 15th season of the franchise. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a record of 46–66, 41 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 87 25 0.777 — 42–14 45–11
New York Giants 85 27 0.759 2 51–10 34–17
Philadelphia Quakers 56 54 0.509 30 29–26 27–28
Providence Grays 53 57 0.482 33 31–20 22–37
Boston Beaneaters 46 66 0.411 41 24–34 22–32
Detroit Wolverines 41 67 0.380 44 29–23 12–44
Buffalo Bisons 38 74 0.339 49 19–34 19–40
St. Louis Maroons 36 72 0.333 49 23–33 13–39

Record vs. opponents

1885 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BUF CHI DTN NYG PHI PRV STM
Boston — 10–6 2–14 7–9 3–13 7–9 9–7 8–8–1
Buffalo 6–10 — 0–16 11–5 1–15 5–11 3–13 12–4
Chicago 14–2 16–0 — 15–1 6–10 11–5 11–5 14–2–1
Detroit 9–7 5–11 1–15 — 4–12 7–9 6–9 9–4
New York 13–3 15–1 10–6 12–4 — 11–5 12–4 12–4
Philadelphia 9–7 11–5 5–11 9–7 5–11 — 8–7 9–6–1
Providence 7–9 13–3 5–11 9–6 4–12 7–8 — 8–8
St. Louis 8–8–1 4–12 2–14–1 4–9 4–12 6–9–1 8–8 —


Roster

1885 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Tom Gunning 48 174 32 .184 0 15
1B John Morrill 111 438 114 .260 3 61
2B Jack Burdock 45 169 24 .142 0 7
SS Sam Wise 107 424 120 .283 4 46
3B Ezra Sutton 110 457 143 .313 4 47
OF Jim Manning 84 306 63 .206 2 27
OF Tommy McCarthy 40 148 27 .182 0 11
OF Tom Poorman 56 227 54 .238 3 25

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Guerdon Whiteley 33 135 25 .185 1 7
Pat Dealy 35 130 29 .223 1 9
Walter Hackett 35 125 23 .184 0 9
Mert Hackett 34 115 21 .183 0 4
Dick Johnston 26 111 26 .234 1 23
Joe Hornung 25 109 22 .202 1 7
Billy Nash 26 94 24 .255 0 11
Blondie Purcell 21 87 19 .218 0 3
Mike Hines 14 56 13 .232 0 4
Pop Tate 4 13 2 .154 0 2
Bill Collver 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Whitney 51 441.1 18 32 2.98 200
Charlie Buffinton 51 434.1 22 27 2.88 242
Daisy Davis 11 94.1 5 6 4.29 30
Bill Stemmeyer 2 11.0 1 1 0.00 8

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