1885 Chicago White Stockings
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWest Side Park
CityChicago
OwnerAlbert Spalding
ManagerCap Anson
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The 1885 Chicago White Stockings season was the 14th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the tenth in the National League and the first at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings won the National League pennant for the first time since 1882, beating the New York Giants by two games. They went on to face the St. Louis Browns in the 1885 World Series. The series ended without a champion, with both teams winning three games with one tie.

Regular season

Members of the 1885 Chicago White Stockings

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 Chicago White Stockings
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 Silver Flint 68 249 52 .209 1 17
1B Cap Anson 112 464 144 .310 7 108
2B Fred Pfeffer 112 469 113 .241 5 73
SS Tom Burns 111 445 121 .272 7 71
3B Ned Williamson 113 407 97 .238 3 65
OF Abner Dalrymple 113 492 135 .274 11 61
OF George Gore 109 441 138 .313 5 57
OF King Kelly 107 438 126 .288 9 75

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
Billy Sunday 46 172 44 .256 2 20
Sy Sutcliffe 11 43 8 .186 0 4
Jimmy Ryan 3 13 6 .462 0 2
Jim McCauley 3 6 1 .167 0 0
Wash Williams 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Ed Gastfield 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Bill Krieg 1 3 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
John Clarkson 70 623.0 53 16 1.85 308
Jim McCormick 24 215.0 20 4 2.43 88
Ted Kennedy 9 78.2 7 2 3.43 36
Larry Corcoran 7 59.1 5 2 3.64 10
Wash Williams 1 2.0 0 0 13.50 0

Other 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
Fred Pfeffer 5 31.2 2 1 2.56 13

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ned Williamson 2 0 0 2 0.00 3

1885 World Series

Main article: 1885 World Series

The White Stockings tied the St. Louis Browns in the World Series 3–3–1.

Notes

  1. ^ 1885 Chronology at The Baseball Library Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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