# 1885 Baltimore Orioles season
## 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 | Bill Traffley | 69 | 254 | 39 | .154 | 1 | 20 |
| 1B | Dan Stearns | 67 | 253 | 47 | .186 | 1 | 29 |
| 2B | Tim Manning | 43 | 157 | 32 | .204 | 0 | 16 |
| SS | Jimmy Macullar | 100 | 320 | 61 | .191 | 3 | 26 |
| 3B | Mike Muldoon | 102 | 410 | 103 | .251 | 2 | 52 |
| OF | Dennis Casey | 63 | 264 | 76 | .288 | 3 | 29 |
| OF | Joe Sommer | 110 | 471 | 118 | .251 | 1 | 44 |
| OF | Ed Greer | 56 | 211 | 42 | .199 | 0 | 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 |
| Oyster Burns | 78 | 321 | 74 | .231 | 5 | 37 |
| Gid Gardner | 44 | 170 | 37 | .218 | 0 | 17 |
| Jim Field | 38 | 144 | 30 | .208 | 0 | 10 |
| Sam Trott | 21 | 88 | 24 | .273 | 0 | 12 |
| Tom York | 22 | 87 | 23 | .264 | 0 | 12 |
| Jake Evans | 20 | 77 | 17 | .221 | 0 | 7 |
| Harry Jacoby | 11 | 43 | 6 | .140 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Powers | 9 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom O'Brien | 8 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 5 |
| Gene Derby | 10 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandy Nava | 8 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| George Mappes | 6 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Visner | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Oscar Walker | 4 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Levis | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tener | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandy McDermott | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Hardie Henderson | 61 | 539.1 | 25 | 35 | 3.19 | 263 |
| Bob Emslie | 13 | 107.0 | 3 | 10 | 4.29 | 27 |
| John Henry | 9 | 71.0 | 2 | 7 | 4.31 | 31 |
| Bill Mountjoy | 6 | 53.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.43 | 15 |
| Joe Brown | 4 | 38.0 | 0 | 4 | 5.68 | 9 |
| Frank Foreman | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 6.00 | 11 |
| George Wetzel | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.47 | 6 |
| Gid Gardner | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Oyster Burns | 15 | 105.2 | 7 | 4 | 3.58 | 30 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Joe Sommer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Jimmy Macullar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |