1885 Brooklyn Grays
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagersCharlie Hackett, Charlie Byrne
← 1884
1886 →

The 1885 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in fifth place. The team added several players from the defunct Cleveland Blues team after team owner Charlie Byrne bought the Blues assets for $10,000 after the 1884 season.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 79 33 0.705 — 44–11 35–22
Cincinnati Red Stockings 63 49 0.562 16 35–21 28–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 56 55 0.505 22½ 37–19 19–36
Philadelphia Athletics 55 57 0.491 24 33–23 22–34
Brooklyn Grays 53 59 0.473 26 35–22 18–37
Louisville Colonels 53 59 0.473 26 37–19 16–40
New York Metropolitans 44 64 0.407 33 28–24 16–40
Baltimore Orioles 41 68 0.376 36½ 29–26 12–42

Record vs. opponents

1885 American Association record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BR CIN LOU NY PHI PIT STL
Baltimore — 7–9 6–10 7–9 7–6 6–10–1 6–10 2–14
Brooklyn 9–7 — 5–11 10–6 8–8 11–5 6–10 4–12
Cincinnati 10–6 11–5 — 8–8 10–6 9–7 9–7 6–10
Louisville 9–7 6–10 8–8 — 9–7 8–8 6–10 7–9
New York 6–7 8–8 6–10 7–9 — 5–11 8–7 4–12
Philadelphia 10–6–1 5–11 7–9 8–8 11–5 — 10–6 4–12
Pittsburgh 10–6 10–6 7–9 10–6 7–8 6–10 — 6–10
St. Louis 14–2 12–4 10–6 9–7 12–4 12–4 10–6 —


Roster

1885 Brooklyn Grays
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Managers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI
C Jackie Hayes 42 137 10 18 .131 0 10
1B Bill Phillips 99 391 65 118 .302 3 63
2B George Pinkney 110 447 77 124 .277 0 42
3B Bill McClellan 112 464 85 124 .267 0 46
SS Germany Smith 108 419 62 108 .258 4 62
OF Ed Swartwood 99 399 80 106 .266 0 49
OF Pete Hotaling 94 370 73 95 .257 1 34
OF John Cassidy 54 221 36 47 .213 1 28

Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI
Adonis Terry 71 264 23 45 .170 1 20
Jimmy Peoples 41 151 21 30 .199 1 15
Jim McTamany 35 131 21 36 .275 1 13
Bill Krieg 17 60 7 9 .150 1 5
Charlie Robinson 11 40 5 6 .150 0 4
Frank Bell 10 29 5 5 .172 0 2
Dave Oldfield 10 25 2 8 .320 0 2
George McVey 6 21 2 3 .143 0 1
Mike Hines 3 13 1 1 .077 0 1
Bill Schenck 1 4 0 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Henry Porter 54 54 481.7 33 21 2.78 107 197 53
John Harkins 34 34 293.0 14 20 3.75 56 141 33
Adonis Terry 25 23 209.0 6 17 4.26 42 96 23
Phenomenal Smith 1 1 8.0 0 1 12.38 6 2 1

Notes

  1. ^ Ed Swartwood page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Doc Bushong page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ John Harkins page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Pete Hotaling page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bill Krieg page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Bill Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ George Pinkney page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Germany Smith page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Bill McClellan page at Baseball Reference

References

External links


1885 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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