1885 Cincinnati Red Stockings | |
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League | American Association |
Ballpark | American Park |
City | Cincinnati |
Owner | George Herancourt[1] |
Manager | O. P. Caylor |
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 Stockings 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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Game log
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1885 Game Log: 63–49 (Home: 35–21; Away: 28–28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 5–4 (Home: 3–3; Away: 2–1)
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May: 14–8 (Home: 12–5; Away: 2–3)
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June: 10–11 (Home: 2–4; Away: 8–7)
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July: 12–9 (Home: 12–4; Away: 0–5)
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August: 12–8 (Home: 6–5; Away: 6–3)
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September/October: 10–9 (Home: 0–0; Away: 10–9)
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Notable transactions
- July 1, 1885: Jim Keenan jumped to the Red Stockings from the Detroit Wolverines.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 |
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C | Pop Snyder | 39 | 152 | 36 | .237 | 1 | 19 |
1B | John Reilly | 111 | 482 | 143 | .297 | 5 | 60 |
2B | Bid McPhee | 110 | 431 | 114 | .265 | 0 | 46 |
3B | Hick Carpenter | 112 | 473 | 131 | .277 | 2 | 61 |
SS | Frank Fennelly | 112 | 454 | 124 | .273 | 10 | 89 |
OF | Charley Jones | 112 | 487 | 157 | .322 | 5 | 35 |
OF | Pop Corkhill | 112 | 440 | 111 | .252 | 1 | 53 |
OF | Jim Clinton | 105 | 408 | 97 | .238 | 0 | 34 |
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 |
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Jim Keenan | 36 | 132 | 35 | .265 | 1 | 15 |
Kid Baldwin | 34 | 126 | 17 | .135 | 1 | 8 |
Phil Powers | 15 | 60 | 16 | .267 | 0 | 7 |
Jimmy Peoples | 7 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 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 |
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Will White | 34 | 293.1 | 18 | 15 | 3.53 | 80 |
Larry McKeon | 33 | 290.0 | 20 | 13 | 2.86 | 117 |
Bill Mountjoy | 17 | 153.2 | 10 | 7 | 3.16 | 50 |
Gus Shallix | 13 | 91.1 | 6 | 4 | 3.25 | 15 |
George Pechiney | 11 | 98.0 | 7 | 4 | 2.02 | 49 |
Jimmy Peoples | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.00 | 4 |
Bill McCaffrey | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 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 |
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Kid Baldwin | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
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 |
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Pop Corkhill | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.65 | 12 |
Jim Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Jim Keenan page at Baseball Reference