1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings
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Owner(s) George Herancourt
Manager(s) O. P. Caylor
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The 1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American Association, 16 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

Regular season

During the off-season, the Red Stockings hired O. P. Caylor to become the manager of the team, the first time in club history that the club did not have a player-manager. Cincinnati also signed Tony Mullane to a contract. Mullane, who spent the 1884 season with the Toledo Blue Stockings, had a 36–26 record with a 2.52 ERA in 67 starts, striking out 325 batters. Mullane was suspended for the 1885 season for defying his contract, as the Blue Stockings and the St. Louis Maroons, another team he tried to sign with, folded after the 1884 season, and the St. Louis Browns attempted to reclaim Mullane, as he pitched there in 1883. Before the Browns could reclaim him, he signed with the Red Stockings.

Frank Fennelly, who the Red Stockings acquired late in the 1884 season from the Washington Nationals, had a breakout season, hitting .273 with ten home runs and a league high 89 RBI. Charley Jones led the team with a .322 average, and had five home runs and 35 RBI to go along with it, while John Reilly hit .297 with five homers and 60 RBI.

On the mound, nineteen-year-old Larry McKeon led the Red Stockings with 20 wins and a 2.86 ERA in 33 starts, while Will White had eighteen wins and a 3.53 ERA in 34 starts.

Season summary

Cincinnati began the season very well, putting up an impressive 16–8 record in their first 24 games to sit in second place in the league, two games behind the St. Louis Browns. The Red Stockings then began to slump, as they would win only six of their next sixteen games to slip into third place, seven games behind the Browns. On July 1, the Red Stockigns acquired Jim Keenan and Larry McKeon, who both jumped from the Detroit Wolverines to join Cincinnati. The Red Stockings improved with their new acquisitions in the lineup, as the team eventually moved back into second place, however, they were too far behind the Browns, and Cincinnati finished the season with a 63–49 record, good for second place, however, they were sixteen games out of first.

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 7933 0.705 — 44–11 35–22
Cincinnati Red Stockings 6349 0.562 16 35–21 28–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5655 0.505 22½ 37–19 19–36
Philadelphia Athletics 5557 0.491 24 33–23 22–34
Brooklyn Grays 5359 0.473 26 35–22 18–37
Louisville Colonels 5359 0.473 26 37–19 16–40
New York Metropolitans 4464 0.407 33 28–24 16–40
Baltimore Orioles 4168 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 —7–96–107–97–66–10–16–102–14
Brooklyn 9–7—5–1110–68–811–56–104–12
Cincinnati 10–611–5—8–810–69–79–76–10
Louisville 9–76–108–8—9–78–86–107–9
New York 6–78–86–107–9—5–118–74–12
Philadelphia 10–6–15–117–98–811–5—10–64–12
Pittsburgh 10–610–67–910–67–86–10—6–10
St. Louis 14–212–410–69–712–412–410–6—

Notable transactions

Roster

1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Roster
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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
CPop Snyder3915236.237119
1BJohn Reilly111482143.297560
2BBid McPhee110431114.265046
3BHick Carpenter112473131.277261
SSFrank Fennelly112454124.2731089
OFCharley Jones112487157.322535
OFPop Corkhill112440111.252153
OFJim Clinton10540897.238034

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
Jim Keenan3613235.265115
Kid Baldwin3412617.13518
Phil Powers156016.26707
Jimmy Peoples7224.18201

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
Will White34293.118153.5380
Larry McKeon3329020132.86117
Bill Mountjoy17153.21073.1650
Gus Shallix1391.1643.2515
George Pechiney1198742.0249
Jimmy Peoples2150212.004
Bill McCaffrey19106.002

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
Kid Baldwin24009.001

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
Pop Corkhill81413.6512
Jim Keenan10001.130

Notes

References

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