# 1885 Providence Grays season

After the team's success in 1884, things went downhill for the 1885 Providence Grays. The team dropped in the standings, finishing 30 games back in fourth place and attendance fell drastically. After the season, the club's directors sold all the remaining players to the Boston Beaneaters and folded the team.

## 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 | Barney Gilligan | 71 | 252 | 54 | .214 | 0 | 12 |
| 1B | Joe Start | 101 | 374 | 103 | .275 | 0 | 41 |
| 2B | Jack Farrell | 68 | 257 | 53 | .206 | 1 | 19 |
| SS | Arthur Irwin | 59 | 218 | 39 | .179 | 0 | 14 |
| 3B | Jerry Denny | 83 | 318 | 71 | .223 | 3 | 24 |
| OF | Paul Radford | 105 | 371 | 90 | .243 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Cliff Carroll | 104 | 426 | 99 | .232 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Paul Hines | 98 | 411 | 111 | .270 | 1 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Charley Bassett | 82 | 285 | 41 | .144 | 0 | 16 |
| Con Daily | 60 | 223 | 58 | .260 | 0 | 19 |
| Lon Knight | 25 | 81 | 13 | .160 | 0 | 8 |
| Tim Manning | 10 | 35 | 2 | .057 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Lyons | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Wyman Andrus | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hines | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Crane | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Charles Radbourn | 49 | 445.2 | 28 | 21 | 2.20 | 154 |
| Dupee Shaw | 49 | 399.2 | 23 | 26 | 2.57 | 194 |
| Jim McCormick | 4 | 37.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.43 | 8 |
| Edgar Smith | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Charlie Hallstrom | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 0 |
| John Ward | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Sam Kimber | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 4 |
| John Foley | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Bill Stellberger | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 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 |
| Paul Radford | 3 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.85 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Seward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Lon Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |