1885 Louisville Colonels season

The 1885 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team (formerly the Louisville Eclipse) finished with a 53–59 record, sixth place in the American Association.

1885 Louisville Colonels
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Eclipse Park (since 1882) Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager(s)	Jim Hart
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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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1885 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Norm Baker John Connor Guy Hecker Al Mays Toad Ramsey		Catchers Amos Cross Joe Crotty Charlie Krehmeyer Miah Murray Dan Sullivan Infielders Billy Geer John Kerins Tom McLaughlin Joe Miller Phil Reccius		Outfielders Pete Browning Monk Cline Leech Maskrey Joe Strauss Jimmy Wolf		Manager Jim Hart

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
2B	Tom McLaughlin	112	411	87	.212	2	41
3B	Phil Reccius	102	402	97	.241	1	38
SS	Joe Miller	98	339	62	.183	0	24
OF	Jimmy Wolf	112	483	141	.292	1	52
OF	Leech Maskrey	109	423	97	.229	1	46
OF	Pete Browning	112	481	174	.362	9	73

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
Dan Sullivan	13	44	8	.182	0	4

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
Guy Hecker	53	480	30	23	2.17	209
Norm Baker	25	217	13	12	3.40	79
Al Mays	17	150	6	11	2.76	61
Toad Ramsey	9	79	3	6	1.94	83
John Connor	4	35	1	3	4.89	19

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
Phil Reccius	7	40	0	4	3.83	10

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
Jimmy Wolf	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

References

• 1885 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference