1885 Philadelphia Athletics season

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1883)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager(s)	Harry Stovey
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The 1885 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 55–57 record and finished in fourth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

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
Pittsburg 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

Record vs. opponents

1885 American Association Records 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
Pittsburg	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	—

Roster

1885 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Jim Conway Ed Cushman Bob Emslie Ed Knouff Tom Lovett Bobby Mathews Phenomenal Smith Billy Taylor Bill Vinton		Catchers Eddie Fusselback Jocko Milligan Jack O'Brien Marshall Quinton Frank Siffell Infielders Fred Corey Sadie Houck Martin Powell Harry Stovey Cub Stricker George Strief		Outfielders John Coleman Bill Hughes Lon Knight Henry Larkin Blondie Purcell Orator Shafer		Manager Harry Stovey

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
1B	Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	112	486	153	.315	13	75
OF	Coleman, JohnJohn Coleman	96	398	119	.299	3	70
OF	Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell	66	304	90	.296	0	22

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
Knight, LonLon Knight	29	119	25	.210	0	14
Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	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
Cushman, EdEd Cushman	10	87	3	7	3.52	37
Emslie, BobBob Emslie	4	28.2	0	4	6.28	9
Conway, JimJim Conway	2	12.1	0	1	7.30	0

Other 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
Coleman, JohnJohn Coleman	8	60.1	2	2	3.43	12

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
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell	1	0	1	0	6.00	3
Knight, LonLon Knight	1	0	0	0	1.80	1

References

• 1885 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference