# 1885 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1885 Chicago White Stockings season was the 14th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the tenth in the National League and the first at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings won the National League pennant for the first time since 1882, beating the New York Giants by two games. They went on to face the St. Louis Browns in the 1885 World Series. The series ended without a champion, with both teams winning three games with one tie.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 87 | 25 | .777 | — | 42‍–‍14 | 45‍–‍11 |
| New York Giants | 85 | 27 | .759 | 2 | 51‍–‍10 | 34‍–‍17 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 56 | 54 | .509 | 30 | 29‍–‍26 | 27‍–‍28 |
| Providence Grays | 53 | 57 | .482 | 33 | 31‍–‍20 | 22‍–‍37 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 46 | 66 | .411 | 41 | 24‍–‍34 | 22‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 67 | .380 | 44 | 29‍–‍23 | 12‍–‍44 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 38 | 74 | .339 | 49 | 19‍–‍34 | 19‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Maroons | 36 | 72 | .333 | 49 | 23‍–‍33 | 13‍–‍39 |

### Record vs. opponents

1885 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 |
| C | Silver Flint | 68 | 249 | 52 | .209 | 1 | 17 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 112 | 464 | 144 | .310 | 7 | 108 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 112 | 469 | 113 | .241 | 5 | 73 |
| SS | Tom Burns | 111 | 445 | 121 | .272 | 7 | 71 |
| 3B | Ned Williamson | 113 | 407 | 97 | .238 | 3 | 65 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 113 | 492 | 135 | .274 | 11 | 61 |
| OF | George Gore | 109 | 441 | 138 | .313 | 5 | 57 |
| OF | King Kelly | 107 | 438 | 126 | .288 | 9 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Sunday | 46 | 172 | 44 | .256 | 2 | 20 |
| Sy Sutcliffe | 11 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 3 | 13 | 6 | .462 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim McCauley | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Wash Williams | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Gastfield | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Krieg | 1 | 3 | 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 |
| John Clarkson | 70 | 623.0 | 53 | 16 | 1.85 | 308 |
| Jim McCormick | 24 | 215.0 | 20 | 4 | 2.43 | 88 |
| Ted Kennedy | 9 | 78.2 | 7 | 2 | 3.43 | 36 |
| Larry Corcoran | 7 | 59.1 | 5 | 2 | 3.64 | 10 |
| Wash Williams | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 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 |
| Fred Pfeffer | 5 | 31.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.56 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Ned Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3 |

## 1885 World Series

The White Stockings tied the St. Louis Browns in the World Series 3–3–1.
* Game 1 (October 14): Darkness ends game one after 8 innings‚ with the teams tied 5–5.
* Game 2 (October 15): With Chicago leading 5–4 in the sixth inning, Browns manager Charles Comiskey calls his team off the field to protest a ruling made by umpire Dave Sullivan. The game is forfeited to Chicago.
* Game 6 (October 23): The series moves from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati‚ setting a record for the series played in the most cities. (It was also played in New York and St. Louis.) Chicago takes a 3–2 series lead by beating the Browns 9–2.
* Game 7 (October 24): Behind pitcher Dave Foutz, St. Louis defeats Chicago 13–4 in the 7th and last game. The Browns claim the game 2 forfeit didn't count and therefore claim the championship. The two clubs split the $1000 prize.