1885 New York Metropolitans
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJohn B. Day, Jim Mutrie
ManagerJim Gifford

The 1885 New York Metropolitans were hard hit as manager/co-owner Jim Mutrie moved over to manage the New York Giants and took several of the team's stars with him. The Metropolitans finished with a 44–64 record, seventh place in the American Association.

Regular season

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 record

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—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1885 New York Metropolitans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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
CCharlie Reipschlager7226865.243021
1BDave Orr107444152.342677
2BTom Forster5721347.221018
SSCandy Nelson107420107.255130
3BFrank Hankinson9436281.224244
OFChief Roseman101410114.278446
OFSteve Brady108434128.295358
OFEd Kennedy9634971.203221

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
Bill Holbert5620235.173013
Dasher Troy4517739.220212
Cal Broughton11416.14601
Joe Reilly10407.17503
Dick Pierson391.11100
Jones141.25000

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
Jack Lynch44379.023213.61177
Ed Cushman22191.08142.78133
Doug Crothers18154.07115.0840
Ed Bagley15115.0494.9344
Buck Becannon1085.0286.2513
Chief Roseman13.00127.000

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
Dave Orr30007.201
Frank Hankinson10004.500

References


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