1885 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1885
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	Jefferson Street Grounds
City:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners:	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager:	Harry Stovey

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

Regular season

Roster

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		67	265	71	.268	2	39
1B		112	486	153	.315	13	75
2B		106	398	93	.234	1	41
SS		93	388	99	.255	0	54
3B		94	384	94	.245	1	38
OF		96	398	119	.299	3	70
OF		66	304	90	.296	0	22
OF		108	453	149	.329	8	88

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
	62	225	60	.267	2	30
	44	175	48	.274	0	27
	29	119	25	.210	0	14
	19	75	12	.160	0	5
	7	29	6	.207	0	4
	5	19	6	.316	0	2
	3	10	1	.100	0	0
	2	9	2	.222	0	1

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
	48	422.1	30	17	2.43	286
	16	138.2	7	8	3.70	56
	14	106.0	7	6	3.65	43
	10	87.0	3	7	3.52	37
	7	55.0	4	3	2.45	34
	6	52.1	1	5	3.27	11
	4	28.2	0	4	6.28	9
	2	16.2	0	2	4.86	4
	2	12.1	0	1	7.30	0
	1	9.0	1	0	7.00	3
	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	7

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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
	1	0	1	0	6.00	3
	1	0	0	0	1.80	1

References

• 1885 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference