# 1885 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1885 Boston Beaneaters season was the 15th season of the franchise. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a record of 46–66, 41 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

## 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 | Tom Gunning | 48 | 174 | 32 | .184 | 0 | 15 |
| 1B | John Morrill | 111 | 438 | 114 | .260 | 3 | 61 |
| 2B | Jack Burdock | 45 | 169 | 24 | .142 | 0 | 7 |
| SS | Sam Wise | 107 | 424 | 120 | .283 | 4 | 46 |
| 3B | Ezra Sutton | 110 | 457 | 143 | .313 | 4 | 47 |
| OF | Jim Manning | 84 | 306 | 63 | .206 | 2 | 27 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 40 | 148 | 27 | .182 | 0 | 11 |
| OF | Tom Poorman | 56 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 3 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Guerdon Whiteley | 33 | 135 | 25 | .185 | 1 | 7 |
| Pat Dealy | 35 | 130 | 29 | .223 | 1 | 9 |
| Walter Hackett | 35 | 125 | 23 | .184 | 0 | 9 |
| Mert Hackett | 34 | 115 | 21 | .183 | 0 | 4 |
| Dick Johnston | 26 | 111 | 26 | .234 | 1 | 23 |
| Joe Hornung | 25 | 109 | 22 | .202 | 1 | 7 |
| Billy Nash | 26 | 94 | 24 | .255 | 0 | 11 |
| Blondie Purcell | 21 | 87 | 19 | .218 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Hines | 14 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 4 |
| Pop Tate | 4 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Collver | 1 | 4 | 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 |
| Jim Whitney | 51 | 441.1 | 18 | 32 | 2.98 | 200 |
| Charlie Buffinton | 51 | 434.1 | 22 | 27 | 2.88 | 242 |
| Daisy Davis | 11 | 94.1 | 5 | 6 | 4.29 | 30 |
| Bill Stemmeyer | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 8 |