1885 St. Louis Maroons season
Appearance
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis, Missouri |
Owner | Henry Lucas |
Managers | Fred Dunlap, Alex McKinnon |
The 1885 St. Louis Maroons season was the team's first season in the National League after winning the Union Association championship in 1884. This season was not nearly as successful, as the Maroons finished with a 36–72 record, worst in the eight-team league.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 87 | 25 | .777 | — | 42–14 | 45–11 |
New York Giants | 85 | 27 | .759 | 2 | 51–10 | 34–17 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 56 | 54 | .509 | 30 | 29–26 | 27–28 |
Providence Grays | 53 | 57 | .482 | 33 | 31–20 | 22–37 |
Boston Beaneaters | 46 | 66 | .411 | 41 | 24–34 | 22–32 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 67 | .380 | 44 | 29–23 | 12–44 |
Buffalo Bisons | 38 | 74 | .339 | 49 | 19–34 | 19–40 |
St. Louis Maroons | 36 | 72 | .333 | 49 | 23–33 | 13–39 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Fatty Briody | 62 | 215 | 42 | .195 | 1 | 17 |
1B | Alex McKinnon | 100 | 411 | 121 | .294 | 1 | 44 |
2B | Fred Dunlap | 106 | 423 | 114 | .270 | 2 | 25 |
3B | Ed Caskin | 71 | 262 | 47 | .179 | 0 | 12 |
SS | Jack Glasscock | 111 | 446 | 125 | .280 | 1 | 40 |
OF | Orator Shafer | 69 | 257 | 50 | .195 | 0 | 18 |
OF | Emmett Seery | 59 | 216 | 35 | .162 | 1 | 14 |
OF | Joe Quinn | 97 | 343 | 73 | .213 | 0 | 15 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Charlie Sweeney | 71 | 267 | 55 | .206 | 0 | 24 |
Fred Lewis | 45 | 181 | 53 | .293 | 1 | 27 |
George Baker | 38 | 131 | 16 | .122 | 0 | 5 |
Dave Rowe | 16 | 62 | 10 | .161 | 0 | 3 |
Dick Burns | 14 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
Sy Sutcliffe | 16 | 49 | 6 | .122 | 0 | 4 |
Rooney Sweeney | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Brennan | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Dolan | 3 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
John Fogarty | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Gleason | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Trick McSorley | 2 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Alvord | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Phelan | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Krehmeyer | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Henry Boyle | 42 | 366.2 | 16 | 24 | 2.75 | 133 |
Charlie Sweeney | 35 | 275.0 | 11 | 21 | 3.93 | 84 |
John Kirby | 14 | 129.1 | 5 | 8 | 3.55 | 46 |
Hugh Daily | 11 | 91.1 | 3 | 8 | 3.94 | 31 |
Egyptian Healy | 8 | 66.0 | 1 | 7 | 3.00 | 32 |
Billy Palmer | 4 | 34.0 | 0 | 4 | 3.44 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dick Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
References
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