1885 Providence Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
OwnerC. T. Gardner
ManagerFrank Bancroft

After the team's success in 1884, things went downhill for the 1885 Providence Grays. The team dropped in the standings, finishing 30 games back in fourth place and attendance fell drastically. After the season, the club's directors sold all the remaining players to the Boston Beaneaters and folded the team.

Regular season

Manager Frank Bancroft

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 8725 0.777 — 42–14 45–11
New York Giants 8527 0.759 2 51–10 34–17
Philadelphia Quakers 5654 0.509 30 29–26 27–28
Providence Grays 5357 0.482 33 31–20 22–37
Boston Beaneaters 4666 0.411 41 24–34 22–32
Detroit Wolverines 4167 0.380 44 29–23 12–44
Buffalo Bisons 3874 0.339 49 19–34 19–40
St. Louis Maroons 3672 0.333 49 23–33 13–39

Record vs. opponents

1885 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN BUF CHI DTN NYG PHI PRV STM
Boston —10–62–147–93–137–99–78–8–1
Buffalo 6–10—0–1611–51–155–113–1312–4
Chicago 14–216–0—15–16–1011–511–514–2–1
Detroit 9–75–111–15—4–127–96–99–4
New York 13–315–110–612–4—11–512–412–4
Philadelphia 9–711–55–119–75–11—8–79–6–1
Providence 7–913–35–119–64–127–8—8–8
St. Louis 8–8–14–122–14–14–94–126–9–18–8—

Roster

1885 Providence Grays
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
CBarney Gilligan7125254.214012
1BJoe Start101374103.275041
2BJack Farrell6825753.206119
SSArthur Irwin5921839.179014
3BJerry Denny8331871.223324
OFPaul Radford10537190.243032
OFCliff Carroll10442699.232140
OFPaul Hines98411111.270135

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
Charley Bassett8228541.144016
Con Daily6022358.260019
Lon Knight258113.16008
Tim Manning10352.05700
Denny Lyons4162.12501
Wyman Andrus140.00000
Mike Hines130.00000
Ed Crane120.00000

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
Charles Radbourn49445.228212.20154
Dupee Shaw49399.223262.57194
Jim McCormick437.0132.438
Edgar Smith19.0101.001
Charlie Hallstrom19.00111.000
John Ward18.0014.503
Sam Kimber18.00111.254
John Foley18.0014.502
Bill Stellberger18.0017.880

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
Paul Radford318.1027.853

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
Ed Seward10000.001
Lon Knight10006.751

References

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