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Offseason

October 30, 1884: Rudy Kemmler was purchased by the Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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

Game log

1885 Game Log^[2]

April: 4–5 (Home: 1–1 ; Away: 3–4)

May: 15–7 (Home: 15–5 ; Away: 0–2)

June: 10–11 (Home: 4–4 ; Away: 6–7)

July: 14–6 (Home: 12–5 ; Away: 2–1)

April: 8–11 (Home: 4–2 ; Away: 4–9)

September: 5–14 (Home: 1–2 ; Away: 4–12)

October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss

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Roster

1885 Pittsburg Alleghenys roster^[3]

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Horace B. Phillips

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Player stats

Batters^[4]

Regular Season
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Brown, TomTom Brown	108	437	134	0.307	4	68
Carroll, FredFred Carroll	71	280	75	0.268	0	30
Eden, CharlieCharlie Eden	98	405	103	0.254	0	38
Field, JimJim Field	56	209	50	0.239	1	15
Galvin, PudPud Galvin	11	38	4	0.105	0	2
Hofford, JohnJohn Hofford	3	8	1	0.125	0	0
Kemmler, RudyRudy Kemmler	18	64	13	0.203	0	5
Kuehne, BillBill Kuehne	104	411	93	0.226	0	43
Mann, FredFred Mann	99	391	99	0.253	0	41
Meegan, PetePete Meegan	19	67	13	0.194	0	3
Miller, DoggieDoggie Miller	42	166	27	0.163	0	13
Morris, EdEd Morris	64	237	44	0.186	0	14
Mountain, FrankFrank Mountain	5	20	2	0.100	0	1
O'Day, HankHank O'Day	13	49	12	0.245	0	3
Phillips, MarrMarr Phillips	4	15	4	0.267	0	2
Richmond, JohnJohn Richmond	34	131	27	0.206	0	12
Ringo, FrankFrank Ringo	3	11	2	0.182	0	0
Scott, MiltMilt Scott	55	210	52	0.248	0	18
Smith, PopPop Smith	106	453	113	0.249	0	35
Whitney, ArtArt Whitney	90	373	87	0.233	0	28
Totals		3,975	955	0.240	5	371

Pitchers^[4]

Regular Season
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brown, TomTom Brown	2	6	0	0	3.00	2
Eden, CharlieCharlie Eden	4	15⅔	1	2	5.17	5
Galvin, PudPud Galvin	11	88⅓	3	7	3.67	27
Hofford, JohnJohn Hofford	3	25	0	3	3.60	21
Meegan, PetePete Meegan	18	146	7	8	3.39	58
Morris, EdEd Morris	63	581	39	24	2.35	298
Mountain, FrankFrank Mountain	5	46	1	4	4.30	7
O'Day, HankHank O'Day	12	103	5	7	3.67	36
Totals		1,011	55	56	2.92	454

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Notable transactions

June 25, 1885: Milt Scott was purchased by the Alleghenys from the Detroit Wolverines.^[5]

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References

^ Rudy Kemmler page at Baseball Reference
^ "1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.
^ "1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac.
^ ^a ^b "1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball Reference.
^ Milt Scott page at Baseball Reference

v t e 1885 MLB season by team

National League	Boston Buffalo Chicago Detroit New York Philadelphia Providence St. Louis

American Association	Baltimore Brooklyn Cincinnati Louisville New York Philadelphia Pittsburg St. Louis

1885 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Events: Assorted Pirates' Lore; Temple Cup; Pittsburgh Stars; 1960 Game 7; 1985 Drug Trials; Francisco Cabrera game

In media: In the Name of the Law; Angels in the Outfield; The Odd Couple; We Are Family; The Natural; The Winning Season; Chasing 3000

Contributors: Bob Prince; Bob Gessner; Vince Lascheid

Retired Numbers

1
4
8
9
11
20
21
33
40
42

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A: Bradenton Marauders; West Virginia Power; Jamestown Jammers
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Pirates; Dominican Summer Pirates 1; Dominican Summer Pirates 2

World Series
Championships (5)

League Pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division Titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none
Wild Card: none

Media

Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio Network

Seasons (132)

1880s-1890s	1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

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1885 Pittsburg Alleghenys
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1882)
Location
Recreation Park (Since 1884) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (Since 1882)
1885 Information
Owner(s)	Denny McKnight
Manager(s)	Horace B. Phillips
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