1885 Philadelphia Athletics season

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s) Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager(s) Harry 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 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
Pittsburg 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

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
1B Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 112 486 153 .315 13 75
OF Coleman, JohnJohn Coleman 96 398 119 .299 3 70
OF Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell 66 304 90 .296 0 22

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
Knight, LonLon Knight 29 119 25 .210 0 14
Shafer, OratorOrator 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
Cushman, EdEd Cushman 10 87 3 7 3.52 37
Emslie, BobBob Emslie 4 28.2 0 4 6.28 9
Conway, JimJim Conway 2 12.1 0 1 7.30 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
Coleman, JohnJohn 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
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell 1 0 1 0 6.00 3
Knight, LonLon Knight 1 0 0 0 1.80 1

References