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1885 St. Louis Maroons
League National League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Owner Henry Lucas
Managers Fred Dunlap, Alex McKinnon
←  1884
1886 →

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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1885 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1885 St. Louis Maroons
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders 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 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

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
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

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
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dick Burns 1 0 0 0 9.00 2

References


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