1885 Brooklyn Grays season explained

Brooklyn Grays
Season:	1885
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
President:	Charles Byrne
Managers:	Charlie Hackett, Charlie Byrne
Prev Season:	1884 Brooklyn Atlantics season

The 1885 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in fifth place. The team added several players from the defunct Cleveland Blues team after team owner Charlie Byrne bought the Blues assets for $10,000 after the 1884 season.

Offseason

• Prior to 1885 season: Ed Swartwood was purchased by the Grays from the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.^[1]
• January 3, 1885: Doc Bushong was purchased by the Grays from the Cleveland Blues, and subsequently assigned to the St. Louis Browns.^[2]
• January 3, 1885: John Harkins,^[3] Pete Hotaling,^[4] Bill Krieg,^[5] Bill Phillips,^[6] George Pinkney^[7] and Germany Smith^[8] were purchased by the Grays from the Cleveland Blues.
• January 15, 1885: Bill McClellan was purchased by the Grays from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[9]

Regular season

Roster

1885 Brooklyn Grays
Roster
PitchersCatchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Managers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		42	137	10	18	.131	0	10
1B		99	391	65	118	.302	3	63
2B		110	447	77	124	.277	0	42
3B		112	464	85	124	.267	0	46
SS		108	419	62	108	.258	4	62
OF		99	399	80	106	.266	0	49
OF		94	370	73	95	.257	1	34
OF		54	221	36	47	.213	1	28

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	71	264	23	45	.170	1	20
	41	151	21	30	.199	1	15
	35	131	21	36	.275	1	13
	17	60	7	9	.150	1	5
	11	40	5	6	.150	0	4
	10	29	5	5	.172	0	2
	10	25	2	8	.320	0	2
	6	21	2	3	.143	0	1
	3	13	1	1	.077	0	1
	1	4	0	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
	54	54	481.7	33	21	2.78	107	197	53
	34	34	293.0	14	20	3.75	56	141	33
	25	23	209.0	6	17	4.26	42	96	23
	1	1	8.0	0	1	12.38	6	2	1

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/swarted01.shtml Ed Swartwood page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bushodo01.shtml Doc Bushong page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harkijo01.shtml John Harkins page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hotalpe01.shtml Pete Hotaling page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kriegbi01.shtml Bill Krieg page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillbi01.shtml Bill Phillips page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pinknge01.shtml George Pinkney page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithge01.shtml Germany Smith page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclebi01.shtml Bill McClellan page at Baseball Reference