1885 Providence Grays season

1885 Providence Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1878)
Location
Messer Street Grounds (since 1878)
Providence, Rhode Island (since 1878)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. T. Gardner
Manager(s)	Frank Bancroft
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After the team's success in 1884, things went downhill fast for the 1885 Providence Grays. The team dropped in the standings, finishing 30 games back in fourth place and attendance fell drastically. After the season, the club's directors sold all the remaining players to the Boston Beaneaters and folded the team.

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	DET	NYG	PHI	PRV	STL
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	—

Roster

1885 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers John Foley Charlie Hallstrom Sam Kimber Jim McCormick Old Hoss Radbourn Ed Seward Dupee Shaw Edgar Smith Bill Stellberger John Ward		Catchers Con Daily Barney Gilligan Mike Hines Infielders Wiman Andrus Charley Bassett Jerry Denny Jack Farrell Arthur Irwin Denny Lyons Tim Manning Joe Start		Outfielders Cliff Carroll Ed Crane Paul Hines Lon Knight Paul Radford		Manager Frank Bancroft

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
OF	Radford, PaulPaul Radford	105	371	90	.243	0	32

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	25	81	13	.160	0	8

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
Hallstrom, CharlieCharlie Hallstrom	1	9	0	1	11.00	0
Kimber, SamSam Kimber	1	8	0	1	11.25	4
Foley, JohnJohn Foley	1	8	0	1	4.50	2

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
Radford, PaulPaul Radford	3	18.1	0	2	7.85	3

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
Knight, LonLon Knight	1	0	0	0	6.75	1

References

• 1885 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference