1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

March 2026 November 2013 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1885 American Association (19th century)American Association Recreation Park Allegheny, Pennsylvania 56 55 y 3rd Denny McKnight Horace Phillips The 1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the fourth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise. The Alleghenys finished third in the American Association with a record of 56–55. Offseason October 30, 1884: Ed Morris, Tom Brown, Fred Carroll, Jim Field, Rudy Kemmler, Bill Kuehne, Fred Mann, Frank Mountain, John Richmond and Pop Smith were purchased by the Alleghenys from the defunct Columbus Buckeyes.Rudy Kemmler page at Baseball Reference Regular season thumb|350px|1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Season standings Pittsburgh Alleghenys Record vs. opponents PIT Game log background:#F9F9F9; 1885 Game Log1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1885-schedule-scores.shtml Baseball-Reference y background:#F9F9F9; April: 4–5 (Home: 1–1; Away: 3–4) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || Saturday, Apr 18 || @ St. Louis Browns || 7–0 || 1–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || Sunday, Apr 19 || @ St. Louis Browns || 0–3 || 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || Tuesday, Apr 21 || @ Louisville Colonels || 4–3 || 2–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || Wednesday, Apr 22 || @ Louisville Colonels || 0–11 || 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || Friday, Apr 24 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 7–6 || 3–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || Saturday, Apr 25 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 2–8 || 3–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || Sunday, Apr 26 || @ St. Louis Browns || 0–2 || 3–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || Tuesday, Apr 28 || Louisville Colonels || 4–0 || 4–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || Wednesday, Apr 29 || Louisville Colonels || 3–4 || 4–5 |- y background:#F9F9F9; May: 15–7 (Home: 15–5; Away: 0–2) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || Saturday, May 2 || St. Louis Browns || 3–2 || 5–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || Sunday, May 3 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 6–7 || 5–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || Monday, May 4 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 0–3 || 5–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || Tuesday, May 5 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 8–1 || 6–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || Thursday, May 7 || New York Metropolitans || 1–3 || 6–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || Friday, May 8 || New York Metropolitans || 13–3 || 7–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || Saturday, May 9 || New York Metropolitans || 16–3 || 8–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || Monday, May 11 || New York Metropolitans || 13–4 || 9–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || Tuesday, May 12 || Brooklyn Grays || 8–4 || 10–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || Wednesday, May 13 || Brooklyn Grays || 2–6 || 10–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 || Thursday, May 14 || Brooklyn Grays || 5–2 || 11–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 || Saturday, May 16 || Brooklyn Grays || 13–4 || 12–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || Monday, May 18 || Philadelphia Athletics || 0–7 || 12–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || Tuesday, May 19 || Philadelphia Athletics || 11–8 || 13–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || Wednesday, May 20 || Philadelphia Athletics || 9–8 || 14–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || Thursday, May 21 || Philadelphia Athletics || 8–3 || 15–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 || Saturday, May 23 || Baltimore Orioles || 5–0 || 16–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || Monday, May 25 || Baltimore Orioles || 7–3 || 17–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || Tuesday, May 26 || Baltimore Orioles || 2–1 || 18–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || Wednesday, May 27 || Baltimore Orioles || 6–2 || 19–10 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 30 || Saturday, May 30 || New York Metropolitans || 6–8 || 19–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || Saturday, May 30 || New York Metropolitans || 2–6 || 19–12 |- y background:#F9F9F9; June: 10–11 (Home: 4–4; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || Thursday, Jun 4 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 5–4 || 20–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || Friday, Jun 5 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 3–2 || 21–12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || Saturday, Jun 6 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 2–13 || 21–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || Monday, Jun 8 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 2–0 || 22–13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || Tuesday, Jun 9 || @ New York Metropolitans || 2–10 || 22–14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 37 || Wednesday, Jun 10 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 5–10 || 22–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 || Thursday, Jun 11 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 12–8 || 23–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 || Friday, Jun 12 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 3–2 || 24–15 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || Saturday, Jun 13 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 10–11 || 24–16 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || Tuesday, Jun 16 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 1–14 || 24–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || Wednesday, Jun 17 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 9–7 || 25–17 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || Thursday, Jun 18 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 5–6 || 25–18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || Saturday, Jun 20 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 3–10 || 25–19 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || Monday, Jun 22 || St. Louis Browns || 2–6 || 25–20 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 46 || Tuesday, Jun 23 || St. Louis Browns || 6–7 || 25–21 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || Wednesday, Jun 24 || St. Louis Browns || 6–7 || 25–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 || Thursday, Jun 25 || St. Louis Browns || 6–1 || 26–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 49 || Friday, Jun 26 || Louisville Colonels || 7–5 || 27–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 || Saturday, Jun 27 || Louisville Colonels || 4–3 || 28–22 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 51 || Monday, Jun 29 || Louisville Colonels || 3–4 || 28–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || Tuesday, Jun 30 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 9–4 || 29–23 |- y background:#F9F9F9; July: 14–6 (Home: 12–5; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 || Wednesday, Jul 1 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 11–9 || 30–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 54 || Thursday, Jul 2 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 6–4 || 31–23 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 55 || Saturday, Jul 4 || Philadelphia Athletics || 4–8 || 31–24 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 || Saturday, Jul 4 || Philadelphia Athletics || 6–11 || 31–25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 || Monday, Jul 6 || Philadelphia Athletics || 0–8 || 31–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || Tuesday, Jul 7 || Philadelphia Athletics || 5–1 || 32–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 || Thursday, Jul 9 || New York Metropolitans || 17–0 || 33–26 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 60 || Friday, Jul 10 || New York Metropolitans || 5–7 || 33–27 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || Saturday, Jul 11 || New York Metropolitans || 2–0 || 34–27 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 62 || Tuesday, Jul 14 || Baltimore Orioles || 2–5 || 34–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 || Wednesday, Jul 15 || Baltimore Orioles || 5–0 || 35–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || Thursday, Jul 16 || Baltimore Orioles || 12–1 || 36–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 || Saturday, Jul 18 || Baltimore Orioles || 6–1 || 37–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 66 || Monday, Jul 20 || Brooklyn Grays || 4–3 || 38–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 67 || Tuesday, Jul 21 || Brooklyn Grays || 7–5 || 39–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || Wednesday, Jul 22 || Brooklyn Grays || 5–3 || 40–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || Thursday, Jul 23 || Brooklyn Grays || 6–5 || 41–28 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 70 || Saturday, Jul 25 || @ St. Louis Browns || 2–1 || 42–28 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 71 || Sunday, Jul 26 || @ St. Louis Browns || 1–8 || 42–29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 72 || Friday, Jul 31 || @ Louisville Colonels || 8–2 || 43–29 |- y background:#F9F9F9; April: 8–11 (Home: 4–2; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || Saturday, Aug 1 || @ Louisville Colonels || 5–7 || 43–30 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || Sunday, Aug 2 || @ Louisville Colonels || 1–4 || 43–31 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 75 || Tuesday, Aug 4 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 1–4 || 43–32 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 76 || Friday, Aug 7 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 2–3 || 43–33 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || Saturday, Aug 8 || @ St. Louis Browns || 0–7 || 43–34 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 78 || Sunday, Aug 9 || @ St. Louis Browns || 6–3 || 44–34 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || Tuesday, Aug 11 || @ St. Louis Browns || 1–3 || 44–35 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 80 || Thursday, Aug 13 || @ Louisville Colonels || 2–1 || 45–35 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 81 || Saturday, Aug 15 || @ Louisville Colonels || 7–2 || 46–35 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 82 || Sunday, Aug 16 || @ Louisville Colonels || 10–11 || 46–36 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 83 || Tuesday, Aug 18 || St. Louis Browns || 1–3 || 46–37 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 84 || Wednesday, Aug 19 || St. Louis Browns || 4–6 || 46–38 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 85 || Thursday, Aug 20 || St. Louis Browns || 11–10 || 47–38 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 86 || Saturday, Aug 22 || Louisville Colonels || 3–2 || 48–38 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 87 || Monday, Aug 24 || Louisville Colonels || 9–5 || 49–38 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 88 || Wednesday, Aug 26 || Louisville Colonels || 7–5 || 50–38 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 89 || Thursday, Aug 27 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 8–2 || 51–38 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 90 || Friday, Aug 28 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 6–14 || 51–39 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || Sunday, Aug 30 || @ Cincinnati Red Stockings || 0–10 || 51–40 |- y background:#F9F9F9; September: 5–14 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 92 || Wednesday, Sep 2 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 9–6 || 52–40 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 93 || Thursday, Sep 3 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 5–6 || 52–41 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || Saturday, Sep 5 || Cincinnati Red Stockings || 2–6 || 52–42 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 95 || Tuesday, Sep 8 || @ New York Metropolitans || 4–2 || 53–42 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 96 || Wednesday, Sep 9 || @ New York Metropolitans || 2–3 || 53–43 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 97 || Friday, Sep 11 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 0–3 || 53–44 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 98 || Saturday, Sep 12 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 1–4 || 53–45 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 99 || Tuesday, Sep 15 || @ New York Metropolitans || 1–0 || 54–45 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 100 || Wednesday, Sep 16 || @ New York Metropolitans || 1–5 || 54–46 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 101 || Thursday, Sep 17 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 1–2 || 54–47 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || Friday, Sep 18 || @ New York Metropolitans || 8–9 || 54–48 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || Saturday, Sep 19 || @ Brooklyn Grays || 2–8 || 54–49 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 104 || Wednesday, Sep 23 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 11–3 || 55–49 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || Thursday, Sep 24 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 2–4 || 55–50 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 106 || Friday, Sep 25 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 5–10 || 55–51 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 107 || Saturday, Sep 26 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 4–5 || 55–52 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 108 || Monday, Sep 28 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 4–6 || 55–53 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 109 || Tuesday, Sep 29 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 6–3 || 56–53 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 110 || Wednesday, Sep 30 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 2–5 || 56–54 |- y background:#F9F9F9; October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || Thursday, Oct 1 || @ Philadelphia Athletics || 3–4 || 56–55 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss Roster 1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys roster1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Roster by Baseball Almanac http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1885&t=PT1 Baseball Almanac Pitchers Pud Galvin John Hofford Pete Meegan Ed Morris Frank Mountain Hank O'DayCatchers Fred Carroll Rudy Kemmler Doggie Miller Frank Ringo Infielders Jim Field Bill Kuehne Marr Phillips John Richmond Milt Scott Pop Smith Art WhitneyOutfielders Tom Brown Charlie Eden Fred MannManager Horace Phillips Player stats Batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in + Regular SeasonMajor League Baseball Stats http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=1885&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1459735338488&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='desc'&sortColumn=avg&results=&perPage=50&timeframe=&last_x_days=&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates June 6, 2016 October 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012104237/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=1885&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1459735338488&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='desc'&sortColumn=avg&results=&perPage=50&timeframe=&last_x_days=&extended=0 dead Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Tom Brown Tom Brown (center fielder) 108 437 134 0.307 4 68 Fred Carroll Fred Carroll 71 280 75 0.268 0 30 Marr Phillips Marr Phillips 4 15 4 0.267 0 2 Charlie Eden Charlie Eden 98 405 103 0.254 0 38 Fred Mann Fred Mann (baseball) 99 391 99 0.253 0 41 Pop Smith Pop Smith 106 453 113 0.249 0 35 Milt Scott Milt Scott 55 210 52 0.248 0 18 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day 13 49 12 0.245 0 3 Jim Field Jim Field 56 209 50 0.239 1 15 Art Whitney Art Whitney 90 373 87 0.233 0 28 Bill Kuehne Bill Kuehne 104 411 93 0.226 0 43 John Richmond John Richmond (shortstop) 34 131 27 0.206 0 12 Rudy Kemmler Rudy Kemmler 18 64 13 0.203 0 5 Pete Meegan Pete Meegan 19 67 13 0.194 0 3 Ed Morris Ed Morris (1880s pitcher) 64 237 44 0.186 0 14 Frank Ringo Frank Ringo 3 11 2 0.182 0 0 Doggie Miller Doggie Miller 42 166 27 0.163 0 13 John Hofford John Hofford 3 8 1 0.125 0 0 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin 11 38 4 0.105 0 2 Frank Mountain Frank Mountain 5 20 2 0.100 0 1 Pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts + Regular SeasonMajor League Baseball Stats http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&game_type='R'&season=1885&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page=1&ts=1459736214766&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='asc'&sortColumn=era&results=&perPage=50&timeframe=&last_x_days=&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates June 6, 2016 October 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012104237/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=pit#playerType=ALL&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&game_type='R'&season=1885&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page=1&ts=1459736214766&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='asc'&sortColumn=era&results=&perPage=50&timeframe=&last_x_days=&extended=0 dead Player G Games IP Innings pitched W Wins L Loss ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Ed Morris Ed Morris (1880s pitcher) 63 581 39 24 2.35 298 Tom Brown Tom Brown (center fielder) 2 6 0 0 3.00 2 Pete Meegan Pete Meegan 18 146 7 8 3.39 58 John Hofford John Hofford 3 25 0 3 3.60 21 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin 11 881 3 3 7 3.67 27 Hank O'Day Hank O'Day 12 103 5 7 3.67 36 Frank Mountain Frank Mountain 5 46 1 4 4.30 7 Charlie Eden Charlie Eden 4 152 3 1 2 5.17 5 Notable transactions June 25, 1885: Milt Scott was purchased by the Alleghenys from the Detroit Wolverines.Milt Scott page at Baseball Reference References Category:Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Alleghenys season Pittsburg Pir