# 1885 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

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: Rudy Kemmler was purchased by the Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 33 | .705 | — | 44‍–‍11 | 35‍–‍22 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 63 | 49 | .562 | 16 | 35‍–‍21 | 28‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 56 | 55 | .505 | 22½ | 37‍–‍19 | 19‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 57 | .491 | 24 | 33‍–‍23 | 22‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Grays | 53 | 59 | .473 | 26 | 35‍–‍22 | 18‍–‍37 |
| Louisville Colonels | 53 | 59 | .473 | 26 | 37‍–‍19 | 16‍–‍40 |
| New York Metropolitans | 44 | 64 | .407 | 33 | 28‍–‍24 | 16‍–‍40 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 41 | 68 | .376 | 36½ | 29‍–‍26 | 12‍–‍42 |

### Record vs. opponents

1885 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | CIN | LOU | NY | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 7–9 | 6–10 | 7–9 | 7–6 | 6–10–1 | 6–10 | 2–14 |
| Brooklyn | 9–7 | — | 5–11 | 10–6 | 8–8 | 11–5 | 6–10 | 4–12 |
| Cincinnati | 10–6 | 11–5 | — | 8–8 | 10–6 | 9–7 | 9–7 | 6–10 |
| Louisville | 9–7 | 6–10 | 8–8 | — | 9–7 | 8–8 | 6–10 | 7–9 |
| New York | 6–7 | 8–8 | 6–10 | 7–9 | — | 5–11 | 8–7 | 4–12 |
| Philadelphia | 10–6–1 | 5–11 | 7–9 | 8–8 | 11–5 | — | 10–6 | 4–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–6 | 10–6 | 7–9 | 10–6 | 7–8 | 6–10 | — | 6–10 |
| St. Louis | 14–2 | 12–4 | 10–6 | 9–7 | 12–4 | 12–4 | 10–6 | — |

### Game log

1885 Game Log :
April: 4–5 (Home: 1–1; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1Saturday, Apr 18@ St. Louis Browns7–01–0
2Sunday, Apr 19@ St. Louis Browns0–31–1
3Tuesday, Apr 21@ Louisville Colonels4–32–1
4Wednesday, Apr 22@ Louisville Colonels0–112–2
5Friday, Apr 24@ Cincinnati Red Stockings7–63–2
6Saturday, Apr 25@ Cincinnati Red Stockings2–83–3
7Sunday, Apr 26@ St. Louis Browns0–23–4
8Tuesday, Apr 28Louisville Colonels4–04–4
9Wednesday, Apr 29Louisville Colonels3–44–5 :
May: 15–7 (Home: 15–5; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
10Saturday, May 2St. Louis Browns3–25–5
11Sunday, May 3@ Cincinnati Red Stockings6–75–6
12Monday, May 4@ Cincinnati Red Stockings0–35–7
13Tuesday, May 5Cincinnati Red Stockings8–16–7
14Thursday, May 7New York Metropolitans1–36–8
15Friday, May 8New York Metropolitans13–37–8
16Saturday, May 9New York Metropolitans16–38–8
17Monday, May 11New York Metropolitans13–49–8
18Tuesday, May 12Brooklyn Grays8–410–8
19Wednesday, May 13Brooklyn Grays2–610–9
20Thursday, May 14Brooklyn Grays5–211–9
21Saturday, May 16Brooklyn Grays13–412–9
22Monday, May 18Philadelphia Athletics0–712–10
23Tuesday, May 19Philadelphia Athletics11–813–10
24Wednesday, May 20Philadelphia Athletics9–814–10
25Thursday, May 21Philadelphia Athletics8–315–10
26Saturday, May 23Baltimore Orioles5–016–10
27Monday, May 25Baltimore Orioles7–317–10
28Tuesday, May 26Baltimore Orioles2–118–10
29Wednesday, May 27Baltimore Orioles6–219–10
30Saturday, May 30New York Metropolitans6–819–11
31Saturday, May 30New York Metropolitans2–619–12 :
June: 10–11 (Home: 4–4; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
32Thursday, Jun 4@ Brooklyn Grays5–420–12
33Friday, Jun 5@ Brooklyn Grays3–221–12
34Saturday, Jun 6@ Brooklyn Grays2–1321–13
35Monday, Jun 8@ Brooklyn Grays2–022–13
36Tuesday, Jun 9@ New York Metropolitans2–1022–14
37Wednesday, Jun 10@ Baltimore Orioles5–1022–15
38Thursday, Jun 11@ Baltimore Orioles12–823–15
39Friday, Jun 12@ Baltimore Orioles3–224–15
40Saturday, Jun 13@ Baltimore Orioles10–1124–16
41Tuesday, Jun 16@ Philadelphia Athletics1–1424–17
42Wednesday, Jun 17@ Philadelphia Athletics9–725–17
43Thursday, Jun 18@ Philadelphia Athletics5–625–18
44Saturday, Jun 20@ Philadelphia Athletics3–1025–19
45Monday, Jun 22St. Louis Browns2–625–20
46Tuesday, Jun 23St. Louis Browns6–725–21
47Wednesday, Jun 24St. Louis Browns6–725–22
48Thursday, Jun 25St. Louis Browns6–126–22
49Friday, Jun 26Louisville Colonels7–527–22
50Saturday, Jun 27Louisville Colonels4–328–22
51Monday, Jun 29Louisville Colonels3–428–23
52Tuesday, Jun 30Cincinnati Red Stockings9–429–23 :
July: 14–6 (Home: 12–5; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
53Wednesday, Jul 1Cincinnati Red Stockings11–930–23
54Thursday, Jul 2Cincinnati Red Stockings6–431–23
55Saturday, Jul 4Philadelphia Athletics4–831–24
56Saturday, Jul 4Philadelphia Athletics6–1131–25
57Monday, Jul 6Philadelphia Athletics0–831–26
58Tuesday, Jul 7Philadelphia Athletics5–132–26
59Thursday, Jul 9New York Metropolitans17–033–26
60Friday, Jul 10New York Metropolitans5–733–27
61Saturday, Jul 11New York Metropolitans2–034–27
62Tuesday, Jul 14Baltimore Orioles2–534–28
63Wednesday, Jul 15Baltimore Orioles5–035–28
64Thursday, Jul 16Baltimore Orioles12–136–28
65Saturday, Jul 18Baltimore Orioles6–137–28
66Monday, Jul 20Brooklyn Grays4–338–28
67Tuesday, Jul 21Brooklyn Grays7–539–28
68Wednesday, Jul 22Brooklyn Grays5–340–28
69Thursday, Jul 23Brooklyn Grays6–541–28
70Saturday, Jul 25@ St. Louis Browns2–142–28
71Sunday, Jul 26@ St. Louis Browns1–842–29
72Friday, Jul 31@ Louisville Colonels8–243–29 :
April: 8–11 (Home: 4–2; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
73Saturday, Aug 1@ Louisville Colonels5–743–30
74Sunday, Aug 2@ Louisville Colonels1–443–31
75Tuesday, Aug 4@ Cincinnati Red Stockings1–443–32
76Friday, Aug 7@ Cincinnati Red Stockings2–343–33
77Saturday, Aug 8@ St. Louis Browns0–743–34
78Sunday, Aug 9@ St. Louis Browns6–344–34
79Tuesday, Aug 11@ St. Louis Browns1–344–35
80Thursday, Aug 13@ Louisville Colonels2–145–35
81Saturday, Aug 15@ Louisville Colonels7–246–35
82Sunday, Aug 16@ Louisville Colonels10–1146–36
83Tuesday, Aug 18St. Louis Browns1–346–37
84Wednesday, Aug 19St. Louis Browns4–646–38
85Thursday, Aug 20St. Louis Browns11–1047–38
86Saturday, Aug 22Louisville Colonels3–248–38
87Monday, Aug 24Louisville Colonels9–549–38
88Wednesday, Aug 26Louisville Colonels7–550–38
89Thursday, Aug 27@ Cincinnati Red Stockings8–251–38
90Friday, Aug 28@ Cincinnati Red Stockings6–1451–39
91Sunday, Aug 30@ Cincinnati Red Stockings0–1051–40 :
September: 5–14 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–12)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
92Wednesday, Sep 2Cincinnati Red Stockings9–652–40
93Thursday, Sep 3Cincinnati Red Stockings5–652–41
94Saturday, Sep 5Cincinnati Red Stockings2–652–42
95Tuesday, Sep 8@ New York Metropolitans4–253–42
96Wednesday, Sep 9@ New York Metropolitans2–353–43
97Friday, Sep 11@ Brooklyn Grays0–353–44
98Saturday, Sep 12@ Brooklyn Grays1–453–45
99Tuesday, Sep 15@ New York Metropolitans1–054–45
100Wednesday, Sep 16@ New York Metropolitans1–554–46
101Thursday, Sep 17@ Brooklyn Grays1–254–47
102Friday, Sep 18@ New York Metropolitans8–954–48
103Saturday, Sep 19@ Brooklyn Grays2–854–49
104Wednesday, Sep 23@ Baltimore Orioles11–355–49
105Thursday, Sep 24@ Baltimore Orioles2–455–50
106Friday, Sep 25@ Baltimore Orioles5–1055–51
107Saturday, Sep 26@ Baltimore Orioles4–555–52
108Monday, Sep 28@ Philadelphia Athletics4–655–53
109Tuesday, Sep 29@ Philadelphia Athletics6–356–53
110Wednesday, Sep 30@ Philadelphia Athletics2–556–54 :
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
111Thursday, Oct 1@ Philadelphia Athletics3–456–55 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss :

## Player stats
### Batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Tom Brown | 108 | 437 | 134 | 0.307 | 4 | 68 |
| Fred Carroll | 71 | 280 | 75 | 0.268 | 0 | 30 |
| Marr Phillips | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0.267 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Eden | 98 | 405 | 103 | 0.254 | 0 | 38 |
| Fred Mann | 99 | 391 | 99 | 0.253 | 0 | 41 |
| Pop Smith | 106 | 453 | 113 | 0.249 | 0 | 35 |
| Milt Scott | 55 | 210 | 52 | 0.248 | 0 | 18 |
| Hank O'Day | 13 | 49 | 12 | 0.245 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Field | 56 | 209 | 50 | 0.239 | 1 | 15 |
| Art Whitney | 90 | 373 | 87 | 0.233 | 0 | 28 |
| Bill Kuehne | 104 | 411 | 93 | 0.226 | 0 | 43 |
| John Richmond | 34 | 131 | 27 | 0.206 | 0 | 12 |
| Rudy Kemmler | 18 | 64 | 13 | 0.203 | 0 | 5 |
| Pete Meegan | 19 | 67 | 13 | 0.194 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Morris | 64 | 237 | 44 | 0.186 | 0 | 14 |
| Frank Ringo | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0.182 | 0 | 0 |
| Doggie Miller | 42 | 166 | 27 | 0.163 | 0 | 13 |
| John Hofford | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0.125 | 0 | 0 |
| Pud Galvin | 11 | 38 | 4 | 0.105 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Ed Morris | 63 | 581 | 39 | 24 | 2.35 | 298 |
| Tom Brown | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Pete Meegan | 18 | 146 | 7 | 8 | 3.39 | 58 |
| John Hofford | 3 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3.60 | 21 |
| Pud Galvin | 11 | 881⁄3 | 3 | 7 | 3.67 | 27 |
| Hank O'Day | 12 | 103 | 5 | 7 | 3.67 | 36 |
| Frank Mountain | 5 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 4.30 | 7 |
| 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.