1885 New York Metropolitans season

The 1885 New York Metropolitans were hard hit as manager/co-owner Jim Mutrie moved over to manage the New York Giants and took several of the team's stars with him. The Metropolitans finished with a 44–64 record, seventh place in the American Association.

1885 New York Metropolitans
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Owner(s)John B. Day, Jim Mutrie
Manager(s)Jim Gifford
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Regular season

The Jones game

On April 30, 1885, the Metropolitans played the Philadelphia Athletics, at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan.[1] A man whose first name was not recorded played third base for the Metropolitans in his first game in the AA; an article in The New York Times stated that "A new man covered third base for the local team. He is an amateur, and gave his name as "Jones.""[2] Defensively, Jones recorded two putouts and four assists. When batting, Jones had one hit at four at bats, for a batting average of .250.[3][4] Multiple newspapers reported on Jones's performance in the game. Both The New York Times and Sporting Life remarked that Jones had played "a very good game".[1][2] The New York Times said that Jones was expected to join the Metropolitans; however, Jones never played for the team again.[2]

The game in which Jones played lasted one hour and thirty-five minutes, according to The New York Times.[2] Despite having no errors in the game, the Metropolitans still lost to the Athletics 2–1. The Athletics scored their two runs in the first inning, while the Metropolitans recorded their single run in the third inning. Both of the Athletics' runs were unearned, while the Metropolitans' run was earned.[1] After the game, Metropolitan shortstop Candy Nelson remarked, "that is what I call hard luck, and the hardest kind of hard luck at that."[2] The loss brought the Metropolitans' record to 3–6, and they continued as seventh ranked in the league. For the remainder of the season, the Metropolitans would remain as seventh or eighth place, finishing in seventh.[5]

Season standings
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 7933 0.705 — 44–11 35–22
Cincinnati Red Stockings 6349 0.562 16 35–21 28–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5655 0.505 22½ 37–19 19–36
Philadelphia Athletics 5557 0.491 24 33–23 22–34
Brooklyn Grays 5359 0.473 26 35–22 18–37
Louisville Colonels 5359 0.473 26 37–19 16–40
New York Metropolitans 4464 0.407 33 28–24 16–40
Baltimore Orioles 4168 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 —7–96–107–97–66–10–16–102–14
Brooklyn 9–7—5–1110–68–811–56–104–12
Cincinnati 10–611–5—8–810–69–79–76–10
Louisville 9–76–108–8—9–78–86–107–9
New York 6–78–86–107–9—5–118–74–12
Philadelphia 10–6–15–117–98–811–5—10–64–12
Pittsburgh 10–610–67–910–67–86–10—6–10
St. Louis 14–212–410–69–712–412–410–6—

Roster
1885 New York Metropolitans
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Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CCharlie Reipschlager7226865.243021
1BDave Orr107444152.342677
2BTom Forster5721347.221018
SSCandy Nelson107420107.255130
3BFrank Hankinson9436281.224244
OFChief Roseman101410114.278446
OFSteve Brady108434128.295358
OFEd Kennedy9634971.203221

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
Bill Holbert5620235.173013
Dasher Troy4517739.220212
Cal Broughton11416.14601
Joe Reilly10407.17503
Dick Pierson391.11100
Jones141.25000

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
Jack Lynch44379.023213.61177
Ed Cushman22191.08142.78133
Doug Crothers18154.07115.0840
Ed Bagley15115.0494.9344
Buck Becannon1085.0286.2513
Chief Roseman13.00127.000

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
Dave Orr30007.201
Frank Hankinson10004.500

References
  1. "Base Ball: The American Association" (PDF). Sporting Life. Vol. 5, no. 4. May 6, 1885. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2016 – via LA84 Foundation.
  2. "America's Great Game: Contests Yesterday on Various Baseball Fields" (PDF). The New York Times. May 1, 1885.
  3. "Jones". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  4. "Unknown Jones Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  5. "1885 New York Metropolitans Schedule". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2021.


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