1885 New York Metropolitans season

The 1885 New York Metropolitans were hard hit as manager/co-owner Jim Mutrie moved over to manage the New York Giants and took several of the team's stars with him. The Metropolitans finished with a 44–64 record, seventh place in the American Association.

1885 New York Metropolitans
League	American Association
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	John B. Day, Jim Mutrie
Manager	Jim Gifford

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
Pittsburgh 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

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	—

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	Charlie Reipschlager	72	268	65	.243	0	21
1B	Dave Orr	107	444	152	.342	6	77
2B	Tom Forster	57	213	47	.221	0	18
SS	Candy Nelson	107	420	107	.255	1	30
3B	Frank Hankinson	94	362	81	.224	2	44
OF	Chief Roseman	101	410	114	.278	4	46
OF	Steve Brady	108	434	128	.295	3	58
OF	Ed Kennedy	96	349	71	.203	2	21

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
Bill Holbert	56	202	35	.173	0	13
Dasher Troy	45	177	39	.220	2	12
Cal Broughton	11	41	6	.146	0	1
Joe Reilly	10	40	7	.175	0	3
Dick Pierson	3	9	1	.111	0	0
Jones	1	4	1	.250	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
Jack Lynch	44	379.0	23	21	3.61	177
Ed Cushman	22	191.0	8	14	2.78	133
Doug Crothers	18	154.0	7	11	5.08	40
Ed Bagley	15	115.0	4	9	4.93	44
Buck Becannon	10	85.0	2	8	6.25	13
Chief Roseman	1	3.0	0	1	27.00	0

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
Dave Orr	3	0	0	0	7.20	1
Frank Hankinson	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1885 New York Metropolitans team page at Baseball Reference