1885 Baltimore Orioles season

1885 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Oriole Park (since 1883) Silver Spring, Maryland (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Von der Horst
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie
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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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Joe Brown Bob Emslie Frank Foreman Hardie Henderson John Henry Bill Mountjoy George Wetzel Catchers Gene Derby Sandy Nava Phil Powers Bill Traffley Sam Trott		Infielders Jim Field Gid Gardner Harry Jacoby Charlie Levis Jimmy Macullar Tim Manning George Mappes Sandy McDermott Mike Muldoon Tom O'Brien Dan Stearns		Outfielders Oyster Burns Dennis Casey Jake Evans Ed Greer Joe Sommer John Tener Joe Visner Oscar Walker Tom York		Manager Billy Barnie

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
SS	Jimmy Macullar	100	320	61	.191	3	26
OF	Joe Sommer	110	471	118	.251	1	44

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
Tom O'Brien	8	33	7	.212	0	5
Phil Powers	9	34	4	.118	0	2
John Tener	1	4	0	.000	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	3	10	4.29	27
John Henry	9	71	2	7	4.31	31
Joe Brown	4	38	0	4	5.68	9
Frank Foreman	3	27	2	1	6.00	11
George Wetzel	2	17	0	2	8.47	6
Gid Gardner	1	9	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
• 1885 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com