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The following are the baseball events of the year 1885 throughout the world.  


Contents

  • 1 Champions
  • 2 Major League Baseball final standings
    • 2.1 National League final standings
    • 2.2 American Association final standings
  • 3 Events
  • 4 Births
  • 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

  • World Series Chicago White Stockings played St. Louis Browns. Both teams dispute series and claim championship.
  • National League: Chicago White Stockings
  • American Association: St. Louis Browns

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Chicago White Stockings 87 25 .777 --
New York Giants 85 27 .759 2
Philadelphia Phillies 56 54 .509 30
Providence Grays 53 57 .482 33
Boston Beaneaters 46 66 .411 41
Detroit Wolverines 41 67 .380 44
Buffalo Bisons 38 74 .339 49
St. Louis Maroons 36 72 .333 49

[edit] American Association final standings

American Association
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
St. Louis Browns 79 33 .705 --
Cincinnati Red Stockings 63 49 .563 16
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 56 55 .505 22.5
Philadelphia Athletics 55 57 .491 24
Louisville Colonels 53 59 .473 26
Brooklyn Grays 53 59 .473 26
New York Metropolitans 44 64 .407 33
Baltimore Orioles 41 68 .376 36.5

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • January 5 - Art Fletcher
  • February 3 - Slim Sallee
  • July 9 - Buck Herzog
  • September 3 - Ed Konetchy
  • September 12 - Fred Luderus
  • October 14 - Ivy Olson
  • December 4 - Shano Collins

[edit] Deaths

  • March 13 - Herman Dehlman, 32?, first baseman for Brooklyn and St. Louis teams in the National Association who led league in walks in 1875

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