1885 St. Louis Maroons season
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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
Season standings
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
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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
Catchers
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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 |
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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
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
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 |
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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
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
- 1885 St. Louis Maroons team page at Baseball Reference
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