1885 St. Louis Browns season

1885 St. Louis Browns
1885 American Association Championship
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1882) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	79–33 (.705)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Charlie Comiskey
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1885 St. Louis Browns season was the team's fourth season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the fourth season in the American Association. The Browns went 79–33 during the season, best in the American Association, and won their first AA pennant. In the World Series, the Browns played the National League champion Chicago White Stockings. The series ended in dispute with each club winning 3 games with 1 tie.

Contents

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  1 Regular season
  
  
  
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    1.1 Season summary
    
    
    
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      1.1.1 The making of the first championship
      
    
    
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      1.1.2 Running away from the pack
      
    
    
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      1.1.3 The championship
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.2 Season standings
    
  
  
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    1.3 Record vs. opponents
    
  
  
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    1.4 Roster
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Player stats
  
  
  
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    2.1 Batting
    
    
    
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      2.1.1 Starters by position
      
    
    
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      2.1.2 Other batters
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    2.2 Pitching
    
    
    
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      2.2.1 Starting pitchers
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 World Series
  


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  4 Notes
  


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  5 References
  

Regular season

Season summary

The making of the first championship

Manager Charlie Comiskey finally was able to assemble and direct a team from start to finish the way he wanted.^{[citation needed]} The result: a runaway championship.

The team was built on daring baserunning, clutch hitting, and the best pitching in the league. The team as a whole led the league in both earned run average and overall runs allowed by a healthy margin over second-best Louisville.^[1] Individually, Dave Foutz was outstanding, as he won 33 of the 46 games he started and ranked fifth in ERA. His teammate Bob Caruthers was even better, compiling league-leading totals in wins (40), ERA (2.07) and winning percentage (a stellar .755).^[2]

Running away from the pack

The Browns took over first place to stay in the second week of May, but they made a joke of the race in July. On successive home stands, they had winning streaks of 17 and 10 games, combining for a major-league record 27-game winning streak at home that still stands as the best ever.^[3] They finished 16 laps ahead of second-place Cincinnati Red Stockings and earned a berth in the World Series against National League champion Chicago White Stockings.

The championship

Game 1 between the Browns and White Stockings was called for darkness tied 5–5 after eight innings. The Series turned with Game 2 in St. Louis. Chicago was leading 5–4 in the sixth inning when Comiskey pulled his team off the field in protest of the work of umpire Dave Sullivan. Sullivan later forfeited the game to Chicago.

After Foutz pitched St. Louis to a 13–4 victory, however, Anson reneged, and the baseball world called the series a draw.

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e 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	—

Roster

1885 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Bob Caruthers Dave Foutz Jumbo McGinnis		Catchers Cal Broughton Doc Bushong Mike Drissel Dan Sullivan Infielders Sam Barkley Charlie Comiskey Bill Gleason Arlie Latham		Outfielders Hugh Nicol Tip O'Neill Yank Robinson Curt Welch		Manager Charles Comiskey

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	Doc Bushong	85	300	80	.267	0	21
1B	Charlie Comiskey	83	340	87	.256	2	44
2B	Sam Barkley	106	418	112	.268	3	53
SS	Bill Gleason	112	472	119	.252	3	53
3B	Arlie Latham	110	485	100	.206	1	35
OF	Curt Welch	112	432	117	.271	3	69
OF	Yank Robinson	78	287	75	.261	0	35
OF	Hugh Nicol	112	425	88	.207	0	45

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
Tip O'Neill	52	206	72	.350	3	38
Dan Sullivan	17	60	7	.117	0	3
Mike Drissel	6	20	1	.050	0	0
Cal Broughton	4	17	1	.059	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
Bob Caruthers	53	482.1	40	13	2.07	190
Dave Foutz	47	407.2	33	14	2.63	147
Jumbo McGinnis	13	112	6	6	3.38	41

World Series

Main article: 1885 World Series

• Game 1 (October 14): Darkness ends game one after 8 innings‚ with the teams tied 5–5.


• Game 2 (October 15): With Chicago leading 5–4 in the sixth inning, Browns manager Charles Comiskey calls his team off the field to protest a ruling made by umpire Dave Sullivan. The game is forfeited to Chicago.


• Game 6 (October 23): The series moves from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati‚ setting a record for the series played in the most cities. (It was also played in New York and St. Louis.) Chicago takes a 3–2 series lead by beating the Browns 9–2.


• Game 7 (October 24): Behind pitcher Dave Foutz, St. Louis defeats Chicago 13–4 in the 7th and last game. The Browns claim the game 2 forfeit didn't count and therefore claim the championship. The two clubs split the $1000 prize.^[3]
  

Notes

1. 
   ^ 1885 American Association Team Statistics and Standings
   


2. 
   ^ 1885 American Association Pitching Leaders
   


3. 
   ^ ^ab 1885 Chronology at The Baseball Library Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
   

References

• 1885 St. Louis Browns


• 1885 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e American Association champions
1882: Cincinnati Red Stockings 1883: Philadelphia Athletics 1884: New York Metropolitans 1885: St. Louis Browns 1886: St. Louis Browns 1887: St. Louis Browns 1888: St. Louis Browns 1889: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1890: Louisville Colonels 1891: Boston Reds

v t e 1885 MLB season by team
National League	Boston Buffalo Chicago Detroit New York Philadelphia Providence St. Louis
American Association	Baltimore Brooklyn Cincinnati Louisville New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1885 World Series

v t e St. Louis Browns 1885 American Association Champions
Sam Barkley Doc Bushong Bob Caruthers Charles Comiskey Bill Gleason Dave Foutz Arlie Latham Jumbo McGinnis Hugh Nicol Tip O'Neill Yank Robinson Curt Welch
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