1885 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 85-27
Finished 2nd in the NL
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I
Manager: Jim Mutrie (85-27)
Location: New York, New York

1885 New York Giants Roster
1885 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1885 season with a record of 85 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Giants led the league with just 370 runs allowed. New York scored 691 runs. Roger Connor drove in 65 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .371. Mickey Welch notched 44 wins for the team, while Tim Keefe as well added 15 or more victories as well Tim Keefe earned a 1.58 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jim Mutrie coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF
Mickey Welch	44	11	.800	1.66	56	55	1	55	7	1	492.0	372	170	91	4	131	258	1	39	1963
Tim Keefe	32	13	.711	1.58	46	46	0	45	7	0	400.0	300	154	70	6	102	227	0	35	1577
Danny Richardson	7	1	.875	2.40	9	8	1	7	1	0	75.0	58	30	20	0	18	21	0	1	301
Larry Corcoran	2	1	.667	2.88	3	3	0	2	0	0	25.0	24	12	8	1	11	10	0	2	109
Buck Ewing	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	12
Totals	85	27	.759	1.72	115	112	3	109	15	1	994.0	758	370	190	11	265	516	1	77	3962

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
Roger Connor	110	506	455	102	169	23	15	1	65	51	8	.371	.435	.495	.929	225
Jim O'Rourke	112	517	477	119	143	21	16	5	42	40	21	.300	.354	.442	.796	211
Patrick Gillespie	102	435	420	67	123	17	6	0	52	15	32	.293	.317	.362	.679	152
Mike Dorgan	89	358	347	60	113	17	8	0	46	11	24	.326	.346	.421	.767	146
Buck Ewing	81	355	342	81	104	15	12	6	63	13	17	.304	.330	.471	.800	161
John Ward	111	463	446	72	101	8	9	0	37	17	39	.226	.255	.285	.540	127
Dude Esterbrook	88	363	359	48	92	14	5	2	44	4	28	.256	.264	.340	.604	122
Joe Gerhardt	112	423	399	43	62	12	2	0	33	24	47	.155	.203	.195	.399	78
Pat Deasley	54	216	207	22	53	5	1	0	24	9	20	.256	.287	.290	.577	60
Danny Richardson	49	208	198	26	52	9	3	0	25	10	14	.263	.298	.338	.636	67
Mickey Welch	56	213	199	28	41	8	0	2	19	14	39	.206	.258	.276	.535	55
Tim Keefe	47	179	166	20	27	1	5	0	12	13	22	.163	.223	.229	.452	38
Larry Corcoran	3	14	14	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	.357	.357	.357	.714	5
Totals	1014	4250	4029	691	1085	150	82	16	464	221	312	.269	.307	.359	.666	1447

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Roger Connor	1B	110	986.0	1178	42	31	66	.975	11.136	11.091	0
Mike Dorgan	1B	1	9.0	11	0	0	2	1.000	11.000	11.000	0
Buck Ewing	1B	1	6.0	7	0	1	0	.875	1.500	7.000	0
Joe Gerhardt	2B	112	1000.0	314	352	65	59	.911	5.994	5.946	0
Dude Esterbrook	3B	84	762.0	111	159	35	14	.885	3.189	3.214	0
Danny Richardson	3B	21	164.0	15	43	3	1	.951	3.183	2.762	0
Buck Ewing	3B	8	75.0	11	13	4	1	.857	2.880	3.000	0
Buck Ewing	C	63	533.0	337	102	39	8	.918	7.413	6.968	40
Pat Deasley	C	54	436.0	281	80	25	4	.935	7.452	6.685	44
Jim O'Rourke	C	8	32.0	20	3	4	0	.852	6.469	2.875	7
Jim O'Rourke	OF	112	956.0	162	10	11	0	.940	1.619	1.536	0
Patrick Gillespie	OF	102	888.0	133	12	9	2	.942	1.470	1.422	0
Mike Dorgan	OF	88	779.0	142	11	16	4	.905	1.768	1.739	0
Danny Richardson	OF	22	203.0	35	3	2	0	.950	1.685	1.727	0
Buck Ewing	OF	14	127.0	21	3	1	0	.960	1.701	1.714	0
Dude Esterbrook	OF	4	39.0	5	2	1	0	.875	1.615	1.750	0
Pat Deasley	OF	2	10.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.000	0
Tim Keefe	OF	2	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Mickey Welch	P	56	492.0	16	70	14	0	.860	1.573	1.536	0
Tim Keefe	P	46	398.0	30	80	13	0	.894	2.487	2.391	0
Danny Richardson	P	9	75.0	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.680	1.556	0
Larry Corcoran	P	3	25.0	0	10	0	2	1.000	3.600	3.333	0
Buck Ewing	P	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
John Ward	SS	111	992.0	167	350	55	36	.904	4.691	4.658	0
Buck Ewing	SS	1	7.0	1	1	2	0	.500	2.571	2.000	0
Pat Deasley	SS	1	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0
Totals		1036	9000.0	3001	1359	331	199	.929	4.360	4.208	91

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