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.
1885 St. Louis Maroons | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis, Missouri |
Owner | Henry Lucas |
Managers | Fred Dunlap, Alex McKinnon |
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 87 | 25 | 0.777 | — | 42–14 | 45–11 |
New York Giants | 85 | 27 | 0.759 | 2 | 51–10 | 34–17 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 56 | 54 | 0.509 | 30 | 29–26 | 27–28 |
Providence Grays | 53 | 57 | 0.482 | 33 | 31–20 | 22–37 |
Boston Beaneaters | 46 | 66 | 0.411 | 41 | 24–34 | 22–32 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 67 | 0.380 | 44 | 29–23 | 12–44 |
Buffalo Bisons | 38 | 74 | 0.339 | 49 | 19–34 | 19–40 |
St. Louis Maroons | 36 | 72 | 0.333 | 49 | 23–33 | 13–39 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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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 edit
Roster edit
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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 edit