1885 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 55-57
Finished 4th in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Harry Stovey (55-57)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1885 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 55-57
Finished 4th in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Harry Stovey (55-57)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1885 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association ended the 1885 season with a record of 55 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.
The Athletics led the league with 764 runs, powered by 30 home runs. Philadelphia allowed 691 runs, most in the circuit. Harry Stovey paced the squad with 13 home runs Henry Larkin drove in 88 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .329 average. Bobby Mathews notched 30 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.43 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Stovey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mathews | 30 | 17 | .638 | 2.43 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 422.3 | 394 | 229 | 114 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 286 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1766 |
| Ed Knouff | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.65 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 103 | 76 | 43 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 505 |
| Tom Lovett | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.70 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 138.7 | 130 | 96 | 57 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 594 |
| Bill Vinton | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.45 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 249 |
| Ed Cushman | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.52 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 101 | 77 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 396 |
| John Coleman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.43 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 | 82 | 46 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 229 |
| Fred Corey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 68 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 208 |
| Lon Knight | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Blondie Purcell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Jim Conway | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Bill Hughes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 79 |
| Bob Emslie | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 37 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 133 |
| Totals | 55 | 57 | .491 | 3.23 | 121 | 113 | 8 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 1003.3 | 1038 | 691 | 360 | 11 | 212 | 0 | 506 | 45 | 7 | 98 | 4331 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 112 | 529 | 486 | 130 | 153 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | .315 | .371 | .488 | .858 | 237 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Larkin | 108 | 485 | 453 | 114 | 149 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | .329 | .373 | .525 | .899 | 238 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Coleman | 96 | 426 | 398 | 71 | 119 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | .299 | .345 | .415 | .760 | 165 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadie Houck | 93 | 405 | 388 | 74 | 99 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .255 | .286 | .327 | .614 | 127 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Corey | 94 | 404 | 384 | 61 | 94 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .245 | .282 | .331 | .613 | 127 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cub Stricker | 106 | 426 | 398 | 71 | 93 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .234 | .284 | .279 | .563 | 111 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blondie Purcell | 66 | 323 | 304 | 71 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .296 | .337 | .378 | .716 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Milligan | 67 | 273 | 265 | 35 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .268 | .289 | .377 | .667 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 62 | 250 | 225 | 35 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .267 | .340 | .342 | .682 | 77 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Strief | 44 | 184 | 175 | 19 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .274 | .310 | .377 | .687 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mathews | 48 | 189 | 179 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .168 | .212 | .184 | .396 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Knight | 29 | 129 | 119 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .210 | .271 | .235 | .507 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Lovett | 16 | 61 | 58 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .224 | .262 | .259 | .521 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Powell | 19 | 78 | 75 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .160 | .192 | .240 | .432 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Knouff | 14 | 50 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .188 | .220 | .188 | .408 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cushman | 10 | 38 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .211 | .216 | .427 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Fusselback | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Quinton | 7 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .258 | .241 | .499 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 6 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Vinton | 7 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .154 | .241 | .231 | .472 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hughes | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .278 | .375 | .653 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orator Shafer | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .444 | .744 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Siffell | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Emslie | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Conway | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1025 | 4410 | 4142 | 764 | 1099 | 169 | 76 | 30 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 0 | .265 | .310 | .365 | .675 | 1510 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 82 | 0 | 739.0 | 877 | 28 | 31 | 47 | .967 | 11.022 | 11.037 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Powell | 1B | 19 | 0 | 158.0 | 178 | 3 | 5 | 6 | .973 | 1.310 | 9.526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 1B | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.737 | 9.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | 1B | 6 | 0 | 49.0 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .968 | 11.020 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | 2B | 106 | 0 | 942.0 | 284 | 304 | 81 | 41 | .879 | 5.618 | 5.547 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Strief | 2B | 7 | 0 | 62.0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | .900 | 5.226 | 5.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | 3B | 92 | 0 | 816.0 | 102 | 184 | 42 | 14 | .872 | 3.154 | 3.109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Strief | 3B | 19 | 0 | 167.0 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 0 | .828 | 2.856 | 2.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 3B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | C | 61 | 0 | 561.0 | 419 | 84 | 35 | 11 | .935 | 8.070 | 8.246 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | C | 43 | 0 | 316.0 | 193 | 58 | 27 | 3 | .903 | 7.149 | 5.837 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshall Quinton | C | 7 | 0 | 64.0 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .869 | 7.453 | 7.571 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Fusselback | C | 5 | 0 | 45.0 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 8.200 | 8.200 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Siffell | C | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.500 | 4.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | OF | 108 | 0 | 997.0 | 208 | 23 | 31 | 9 | .882 | 2.085 | 2.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | OF | 93 | 0 | 779.0 | 128 | 23 | 28 | 5 | .844 | 1.745 | 1.624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | OF | 66 | 0 | 554.0 | 78 | 13 | 15 | 1 | .858 | 1.478 | 1.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | OF | 29 | 0 | 269.0 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .921 | 1.941 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | OF | 30 | 0 | 256.0 | 50 | 8 | 13 | 2 | .817 | 2.039 | 1.933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Strief | OF | 8 | 0 | 73.0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.096 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | OF | 3 | 0 | 33.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 1.636 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hughes | OF | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orator Shafer | OF | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Lovett | OF | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Vinton | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Siffell | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Milligan | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Knouff | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Emslie | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Conway | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mathews | P | 48 | 0 | 422.0 | 7 | 67 | 10 | 1 | .881 | 1.578 | 1.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Lovett | P | 16 | 0 | 139.0 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 0 | .700 | 1.813 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | P | 14 | 0 | 106.0 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 2.208 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Cushman | P | 10 | 0 | 87.0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 1.345 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | P | 8 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.650 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Vinton | P | 7 | 0 | 55.0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 1.800 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | P | 6 | 0 | 52.0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | .865 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Emslie | P | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3.103 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hughes | P | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Conway | P | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | P | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | P | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phenomenal Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadie Houck | SS | 93 | 0 | 843.0 | 121 | 362 | 77 | 34 | .863 | 5.157 | 5.194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | SS | 9 | 0 | 78.0 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 2 | .822 | 4.269 | 4.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Strief | SS | 10 | 0 | 73.0 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 5 | .905 | 4.685 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | SS | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 4.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1042 | 0 | 9038.0 | 3008 | 1408 | 482 | 201 | .902 | 4.397 | 4.238 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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