1885 Providence Grays season
1885 Providence Grays | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Messer Street Grounds |
City | Providence, Rhode Island |
Owner | C. T. Gardner |
Manager | Frank Bancroft |
After the team's success in
Boston Beaneaters
and folded the team.
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
|
L
|
Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 87 | 25 | 0.777 | — | 42–14 | 45–11 |
New York Giants | 85 | 27 | 0.759 | 2 | 51–10 | 34–17 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 56 | 54 | 0.509 | 30 | 29–26 | 27–28 |
Providence Grays | 53 | 57 | 0.482 | 33 | 31–20 | 22–37 |
Boston Beaneaters | 46 | 66 | 0.411 | 41 | 24–34 | 22–32 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 67 | 0.380 | 44 | 29–23 | 12–44 |
Buffalo Bisons | 38 | 74 | 0.339 | 49 | 19–34 | 19–40 |
St. Louis Maroons | 36 | 72 | 0.333 | 49 | 23–33 | 13–39 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV | STM | |||||||||
Boston | — | 10–6 | 2–14 | 7–9 | 3–13 | 7–9 | 9–7 | 8–8–1 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 6–10 | — | 0–16 | 11–5 | 1–15 | 5–11 | 3–13 | 12–4 | |||||||||
Chicago | 14–2 | 16–0 | — | 15–1 | 6–10 | 11–5 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | |||||||||
Detroit | 9–7 | 5–11 | 1–15 | — | 4–12 | 7–9 | 6–9 | 9–4 | |||||||||
New York | 13–3 | 15–1 | 10–6 | 12–4 | — | 11–5 | 12–4 | 12–4 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 9–7 | 11–5 | 5–11 | 9–7 | 5–11 | — | 8–7 | 9–6–1 | |||||||||
Providence | 7–9 | 13–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–12 | 7–8 | — | 8–8 | |||||||||
St. Louis | 8–8–1 | 4–12 | 2–14–1 | 4–9 | 4–12 | 6–9–1 | 8–8 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Barney Gilligan | 71 | 252 | 54 | .214 | 0 | 12 |
1B | Joe Start | 101 | 374 | 103 | .275 | 0 | 41 |
2B | Jack Farrell | 68 | 257 | 53 | .206 | 1 | 19 |
SS | Arthur Irwin | 59 | 218 | 39 | .179 | 0 | 14 |
3B | Jerry Denny | 83 | 318 | 71 | .223 | 3 | 24 |
OF | Paul Radford | 105 | 371 | 90 | .243 | 0 | 32 |
OF | Cliff Carroll | 104 | 426 | 99 | .232 | 1 | 40 |
OF | Paul Hines | 98 | 411 | 111 | .270 | 1 | 35 |
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 |
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Charley Bassett | 82 | 285 | 41 | .144 | 0 | 16 |
Con Daily | 60 | 223 | 58 | .260 | 0 | 19 |
Lon Knight | 25 | 81 | 13 | .160 | 0 | 8 |
Tim Manning | 10 | 35 | 2 | .057 | 0 | 0 |
Denny Lyons | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Wyman Andrus | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hines | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Crane | 1 | 2 | 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 |
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Charles Radbourn | 49 | 445.2 | 28 | 21 | 2.20 | 154 |
Dupee Shaw | 49 | 399.2 | 23 | 26 | 2.57 | 194 |
Jim McCormick | 4 | 37.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.43 | 8 |
Edgar Smith | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 |
Charlie Hallstrom | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 0 |
John Ward | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3 |
Sam Kimber | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 4 |
John Foley | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
Bill Stellberger | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 0 |
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 |
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Paul Radford | 3 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.85 | 3 |
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 |
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Ed Seward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Lon Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |