1885 Philadelphia Athletics season

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
ManagerHarry Stovey
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The 1885 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 55–57 record and finished in fourth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 79 33 .705 — 44‍–‍11 35‍–‍22
Cincinnati Red Stockings 63 49 .562 16 35‍–‍21 28‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 56 55 .505 22½ 37‍–‍19 19‍–‍36
Philadelphia Athletics 55 57 .491 24 33‍–‍23 22‍–‍34
Brooklyn Grays 53 59 .473 26 35‍–‍22 18‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels 53 59 .473 26 37‍–‍19 16‍–‍40
New York Metropolitans 44 64 .407 33 28‍–‍24 16‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles 41 68 .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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Jocko Milligan 67 265 71 .268 2 39
1B Harry Stovey 112 486 153 .315 13 75
2B Cub Stricker 106 398 93 .234 1 41
SS Sadie Houck 93 388 99 .255 0 54
3B Fred Corey 94 384 94 .245 1 38
OF John Coleman 96 398 119 .299 3 70
OF Blondie Purcell 66 304 90 .296 0 22
OF Henry Larkin 108 453 149 .329 8 88

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
Jack O'Brien 62 225 60 .267 2 30
George Strief 44 175 48 .274 0 27
Lon Knight 29 119 25 .210 0 14
Jim Powell 19 75 12 .160 0 5
Marshall Quinton 7 29 6 .207 0 4
Eddie Fusselback 5 19 6 .316 0 2
Frank Siffell 3 10 1 .100 0 0
Orator Shafer 2 9 2 .222 0 1

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
Bobby Mathews 48 422.1 30 17 2.43 286
Tom Lovett 16 138.2 7 8 3.70 56
Ed Knouff 14 106.0 7 6 3.65 43
Ed Cushman 10 87.0 3 7 3.52 37
Bill Vinton 7 55.0 4 3 2.45 34
Billy Taylor 6 52.1 1 5 3.27 11
Bob Emslie 4 28.2 0 4 6.28 9
Bill Hughes 2 16.2 0 2 4.86 4
Jim Conway 2 12.1 0 1 7.30 0
Fred Corey 1 9.0 1 0 7.00 3
Phenomenal Smith 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 7

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
John Coleman 8 60.1 2 2 3.43 12

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
Blondie Purcell 1 0 1 0 6.00 3
Lon Knight 1 0 0 0 1.80 1

References


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