1885 Brooklyn Grays season

The 1885 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in fifth place. The team added several players from the defunct Cleveland Blues team after team owner Charlie Byrne bought the Blues assets for $10,000 after the 1884 season.

1885 Brooklyn Grays
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1884)
Location
Washington Park (since 1883) Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charlie Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s)	Charlie Hackett, Charlie Byrne
< Previous season     Next season >

Offseason

• Prior to 1885 season: Ed Swartwood was purchased by the Grays from the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.[1]
• January 3, 1885: Doc Bushong was purchased by the Grays from the Cleveland Blues, and subsequently assigned to the St. Louis Browns.[2]
• January 3, 1885: John Harkins,[3] Pete Hotaling,[4] Bill Krieg,[5] Bill Phillips,[6] George Pinkney[7] and Germany Smith[8] were purchased by the Grays from the Cleveland Blues.
• January 15, 1885: Bill McClellan was purchased by the Grays from the Philadelphia Phillies.[9]

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
Pittsburgh 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
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	—

Roster

1885 Brooklyn Grays
Roster
Pitchers John Harkins Henry Porter Phenomenal Smith Catchers Frank Bell Jackie Hayes Mike Hines Bill Krieg Dave Oldfield Jimmy Peoples Charlie Robinson		Infielders Bill McClellan George McVey Bill Phillips George Pinkney Bill Schenck Germany Smith		Outfielders John Cassidy Pete Hotaling Jim McTamany Ed Swartwood Adonis Terry		Managers Charlie Byrne Charlie Hackett

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs Scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jackie Hayes	42	137	10	18	.131	0	10
1B	Bill Phillips	99	391	65	118	.302	3	63
2B	George Pinkney	110	447	77	124	.277	0	42
3B	Bill McClellan	112	464	85	124	.267	0	46
SS	Germany Smith	108	419	62	108	.258	4	62
OF	Ed Swartwood	99	399	80	106	.266	0	49
OF	Pete Hotaling	94	370	73	95	.257	1	34
OF	John Cassidy	54	221	36	47	.213	1	28

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs Scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Adonis Terry	71	264	23	45	.170	1	20
Jimmy Peoples	41	151	21	30	.199	1	15
Jim McTamany	35	131	21	36	.275	1	13
Bill Krieg	17	60	7	9	.150	1	5
Charlie Robinson	11	40	5	6	.150	0	4
Frank Bell	10	29	5	5	.172	0	2
Dave Oldfield	10	25	2	8	.320	0	2
George McVey	6	21	2	3	.143	0	1
Mike Hines	3	13	1	1	.077	0	1
Bill Schenck	1	4	0	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Henry Porter	54	54	481.7	33	21	2.78	107	197	53
John Harkins	34	34	293.0	14	20	3.75	56	141	33
Adonis Terry	25	23	209.0	6	17	4.26	42	96	23
Phenomenal Smith	1	1	8.0	0	1	12.38	6	2	1

Notes

1. Ed Swartwood page at Baseball Reference
2. Doc Bushong page at Baseball Reference
3. John Harkins page at Baseball Reference
4. Pete Hotaling page at Baseball Reference
5. Bill Krieg page at Baseball Reference
6. Bill Phillips page at Baseball Reference
7. George Pinkney page at Baseball Reference
8. Germany Smith page at Baseball Reference
9. Bill McClellan page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet