1885 New York Metropolitans Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 44-64
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I West Diamond
Manager: Jim Gifford (44-64)
Location: New York, New York
1885 New York Metropolitans RosterTeam Record: 44-64
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I West Diamond
Manager: Jim Gifford (44-64)
Location: New York, New York
1885 New York Metropolitans Results
The New York Metropolitans of the American Association ended the 1885 season with a record of 44 wins and 64 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Metropolitans plated 526 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 688 runs. Dave Orr recorded 77 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time with a .342 average. Jack Lynch recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Ed Cushman recorded a 2.78 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Gifford 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lynch | 23 | 21 | .523 | 3.61 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 379.0 | 410 | 243 | 152 | 17 | 42 | 0 | 177 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1606 |
| Ed Cushman | 8 | 14 | .364 | 2.78 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 191.0 | 158 | 105 | 59 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 133 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 790 |
| Doug Crothers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.08 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 192 | 135 | 87 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 706 |
| Ed Bagley | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.93 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 131 | 102 | 63 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 527 |
| Buck Becannon | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 108 | 84 | 59 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 394 |
| Frank Hankinson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Dave Orr | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | |
| James Roseman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Totals | 44 | 64 | .407 | 4.15 | 114 | 108 | 5 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 937.0 | 1015 | 688 | 432 | 36 | 204 | 0 | 408 | 21 | 5 | 103 | 4092 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Orr | 107 | 455 | 444 | 76 | 152 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .342 | .358 | .543 | .901 | 241 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Brady | 108 | 465 | 434 | 60 | 128 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | .295 | .342 | .371 | .713 | 161 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Roseman | 101 | 445 | 410 | 72 | 114 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | .278 | .335 | .407 | .742 | 167 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candy Nelson | 107 | 484 | 420 | 98 | 107 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | .255 | .353 | .310 | .663 | 130 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hankinson | 94 | 375 | 362 | 43 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .224 | .251 | .285 | .535 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Kennedy | 96 | 365 | 349 | 35 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .203 | .238 | .266 | .505 | 93 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reipschlager | 72 | 278 | 268 | 29 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .243 | .270 | .291 | .561 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Forster | 57 | 231 | 213 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .221 | .281 | .272 | .554 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dasher Troy | 45 | 186 | 177 | 24 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .220 | .258 | .305 | .563 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Holbert | 56 | 210 | 202 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .173 | .205 | .188 | .393 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lynch | 44 | 164 | 153 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .196 | .250 | .242 | .492 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Becannon | 10 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .343 | .303 | .646 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cushman | 22 | 78 | 69 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .145 | .244 | .159 | .403 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Bagley | 15 | 53 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .173 | .189 | .250 | .439 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Crothers | 18 | 60 | 51 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .157 | .283 | .157 | .440 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Reilly | 10 | 42 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .175 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Broughton | 11 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .146 | .167 | .171 | .337 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Pierson | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 977 | 3983 | 3731 | 526 | 921 | 123 | 57 | 21 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 0 | .247 | .295 | .327 | .622 | 1221 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Orr | 1B | 107 | 0 | 925.0 | 1089 | 20 | 39 | 48 | .966 | 1.790 | 1.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Brady | 1B | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Forster | 2B | 52 | 0 | 432.0 | 127 | 143 | 29 | 21 | .903 | 5.625 | 5.192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dasher Troy | 2B | 42 | 0 | 370.0 | 124 | 103 | 35 | 17 | .866 | 5.522 | 5.405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Reilly | 2B | 8 | 0 | 81.0 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 3 | .848 | 6.222 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Pierson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .682 | 4.821 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Brady | 2B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 6.429 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | 3B | 94 | 0 | 804.0 | 106 | 212 | 33 | 9 | .906 | 3.560 | 3.383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holbert | 3B | 5 | 0 | 52.0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .630 | 2.942 | 3.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | 3B | 6 | 0 | 50.0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 3.600 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Reilly | 3B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.600 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jones | 3B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy Nelson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Brady | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | C | 59 | 0 | 489.0 | 262 | 117 | 52 | 6 | .879 | 6.975 | 6.424 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holbert | C | 39 | 0 | 349.0 | 227 | 80 | 34 | 3 | .900 | 7.917 | 7.872 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Broughton | C | 11 | 0 | 99.0 | 61 | 19 | 13 | 1 | .860 | 7.273 | 7.273 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Brady | OF | 105 | 0 | 898.0 | 178 | 10 | 26 | 3 | .879 | 1.884 | 1.790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Roseman | OF | 101 | 0 | 881.0 | 177 | 9 | 29 | 1 | .865 | 1.900 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Kennedy | OF | 96 | 0 | 832.0 | 154 | 15 | 32 | 1 | .841 | 1.828 | 1.760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holbert | OF | 13 | 0 | 102.0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.471 | 2.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Forster | OF | 5 | 0 | 40.0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 1.800 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | OF | 6 | 0 | 29.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.172 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dasher Troy | OF | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Bagley | OF | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Lynch | P | 44 | 0 | 379.0 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 1.069 | 1.023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Cushman | P | 22 | 0 | 191.0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .828 | 1.131 | 1.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Crothers | P | 18 | 0 | 154.0 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 1 | .833 | 2.045 | 1.944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Bagley | P | 15 | 0 | 115.0 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | .833 | 2.348 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Becannon | P | 10 | 0 | 85.0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.906 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Orr | P | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hankinson | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Roseman | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Candy Nelson | SS | 107 | 0 | 923.0 | 153 | 370 | 63 | 33 | .892 | 5.100 | 4.888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | SS | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 4.091 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dasher Troy | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 993 | 0 | 8427.0 | 2805 | 1304 | 453 | 156 | .901 | 4.388 | 4.138 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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