# 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.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Charlie Reipschlager | 72 | 268 | 65 | .243 | 0 | 21 |
| 1B | Dave Orr | 107 | 444 | 152 | .342 | 6 | 77 |
| 2B | Tom Forster | 57 | 213 | 47 | .221 | 0 | 18 |
| SS | Candy Nelson | 107 | 420 | 107 | .255 | 1 | 30 |
| 3B | Frank Hankinson | 94 | 362 | 81 | .224 | 2 | 44 |
| OF | Chief Roseman | 101 | 410 | 114 | .278 | 4 | 46 |
| OF | Steve Brady | 108 | 434 | 128 | .295 | 3 | 58 |
| OF | Ed Kennedy | 96 | 349 | 71 | .203 | 2 | 21 |

#### 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 Holbert | 56 | 202 | 35 | .173 | 0 | 13 |
| Dasher Troy | 45 | 177 | 39 | .220 | 2 | 12 |
| Cal Broughton | 11 | 41 | 6 | .146 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Reilly | 10 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Pierson | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Jack Lynch | 44 | 379.0 | 23 | 21 | 3.61 | 177 |
| Ed Cushman | 22 | 191.0 | 8 | 14 | 2.78 | 133 |
| Doug Crothers | 18 | 154.0 | 7 | 11 | 5.08 | 40 |
| Ed Bagley | 15 | 115.0 | 4 | 9 | 4.93 | 44 |
| Buck Becannon | 10 | 85.0 | 2 | 8 | 6.25 | 13 |
| Chief Roseman | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 0 |

#### 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 Orr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 |
| Frank Hankinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |