1885 Providence Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
OwnerC. T. Gardner
ManagerFrank Bancroft
← 1884

After the team's success in 1884, things went downhill for the 1885 Providence Grays. The team dropped in the standings, finishing 30 games back in fourth place and attendance fell drastically. After the season, the club's directors sold all the remaining players to the Boston Beaneaters and folded the team.

Regular season

Manager Frank Bancroft

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

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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 Providence Grays
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 Barney Gilligan 71 252 54 .214 0 12
1B Joe Start 101 374 103 .275 0 41
2B Jack Farrell 68 257 53 .206 1 19
SS Arthur Irwin 59 218 39 .179 0 14
3B Jerry Denny 83 318 71 .223 3 24
OF Paul Radford 105 371 90 .243 0 32
OF Cliff Carroll 104 426 99 .232 1 40
OF Paul Hines 98 411 111 .270 1 35

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
Charley Bassett 82 285 41 .144 0 16
Con Daily 60 223 58 .260 0 19
Lon Knight 25 81 13 .160 0 8
Tim Manning 10 35 2 .057 0 0
Denny Lyons 4 16 2 .125 0 1
Wyman Andrus 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Mike Hines 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Ed Crane 1 2 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
Charles Radbourn 49 445.2 28 21 2.20 154
Dupee Shaw 49 399.2 23 26 2.57 194
Jim McCormick 4 37.0 1 3 2.43 8
Edgar Smith 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 1
Charlie Hallstrom 1 9.0 0 1 11.00 0
John Ward 1 8.0 0 1 4.50 3
Sam Kimber 1 8.0 0 1 11.25 4
John Foley 1 8.0 0 1 4.50 2
Bill Stellberger 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 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
Paul Radford 3 18.1 0 2 7.85 3

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
Ed Seward 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Lon Knight 1 0 0 0 6.75 1

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