1885_Philadelphia_Athletics_season

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
1885 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American Association
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager	Harry Stovey
	← 1884 1886 →

1885 Philadelphia Athletics season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season

The 1885 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 55–57 record and finished in fourth place in the American Association.

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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
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

1885 American Association record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jocko Milligan	67	265	71	.268	2	39
1B	Harry Stovey	112	486	153	.315	13	75
2B	Cub Stricker	106	398	93	.234	1	41
SS	Sadie Houck	93	388	99	.255	0	54
3B	Fred Corey	94	384	94	.245	1	38
OF	John Coleman	96	398	119	.299	3	70
OF	Blondie Purcell	66	304	90	.296	0	22
OF	Henry Larkin	108	453	149	.329	8	88

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jack O'Brien	62	225	60	.267	2	30
George Strief	44	175	48	.274	0	27
Lon Knight	29	119	25	.210	0	14
Jim Powell	19	75	12	.160	0	5
Marshall Quinton	7	29	6	.207	0	4
Eddie Fusselback	5	19	6	.316	0	2
Frank Siffell	3	10	1	.100	0	0
Orator Shafer	2	9	2	.222	0	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Mathews	48	422.1	30	17	2.43	286
Tom Lovett	16	138.2	7	8	3.70	56
Ed Knouff	14	106.0	7	6	3.65	43
Ed Cushman	10	87.0	3	7	3.52	37
Bill Vinton	7	55.0	4	3	2.45	34
Billy Taylor	6	52.1	1	5	3.27	11
Bob Emslie	4	28.2	0	4	6.28	9
Bill Hughes	2	16.2	0	2	4.86	4
Jim Conway	2	12.1	0	1	7.30	0
Fred Corey	1	9.0	1	0	7.00	3
Phenomenal Smith	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	7

1885 Philadelphia Athletics season