1885 Baltimore Orioles season

1885 Baltimore Orioles
League	American Association
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Silver Spring, Maryland
Owner	Harry Von der Horst
Manager	Billy Barnie
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	79	33	.705	—	44‍–‍11	35‍–‍22
Cincinnati Red Stockings	63	49	.562	16	35‍–‍21	28‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	56	55	.505	22½	37‍–‍19	19‍–‍36
Philadelphia Athletics	55	57	.491	24	33‍–‍23	22‍–‍34
Brooklyn Grays	53	59	.473	26	35‍–‍22	18‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels	53	59	.473	26	37‍–‍19	16‍–‍40
New York Metropolitans	44	64	.407	33	28‍–‍24	16‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles	41	68	.376	36½	29‍–‍26	12‍–‍42

Record vs. opponents

1885 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
Pittsburgh	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	—

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	Bill Traffley	69	254	39	.154	1	20
1B	Dan Stearns	67	253	47	.186	1	29
2B	Tim Manning	43	157	32	.204	0	16
SS	Jimmy Macullar	100	320	61	.191	3	26
3B	Mike Muldoon	102	410	103	.251	2	52
OF	Dennis Casey	63	264	76	.288	3	29
OF	Joe Sommer	110	471	118	.251	1	44
OF	Ed Greer	56	211	42	.199	0	21

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
Oyster Burns	78	321	74	.231	5	37
Gid Gardner	44	170	37	.218	0	17
Jim Field	38	144	30	.208	0	10
Sam Trott	21	88	24	.273	0	12
Tom York	22	87	23	.264	0	12
Jake Evans	20	77	17	.221	0	7
Harry Jacoby	11	43	6	.140	0	1
Phil Powers	9	34	4	.118	0	2
Tom O'Brien	8	33	7	.212	0	5
Gene Derby	10	31	4	.129	0	2
Sandy Nava	8	27	5	.185	0	4
George Mappes	6	19	4	.211	0	0
Joe Visner	4	13	3	.231	0	2
Oscar Walker	4	13	0	.000	0	1
Charlie Levis	1	4	1	.250	0	0
John Tener	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Sandy McDermott	1	0	0	----	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
Hardie Henderson	61	539.1	25	35	3.19	263
Bob Emslie	13	107.0	3	10	4.29	27
John Henry	9	71.0	2	7	4.31	31
Bill Mountjoy	6	53.0	2	4	5.43	15
Joe Brown	4	38.0	0	4	5.68	9
Frank Foreman	3	27.0	2	1	6.00	11
George Wetzel	2	17.0	0	2	8.47	6
Gid Gardner	1	9.0	0	1	10.00	3

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
Oyster Burns	15	105.2	7	4	3.58	30

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Sommer	2	0	0	1	9.00	0
Jimmy Macullar	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1885 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference
• 1885 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com