1885 St. Louis Browns season

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1885 St. Louis Browns 1885 American Association Championship
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1882)
Location
Sportsman's Park (Since 1882) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1885 Information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Charlie Comiskey
Local television
Local radio
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The St. Louis Browns 1885 season was the team's 4th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 4th season in the American Association. The Browns went 79-33 during the season and finished 1st in the American Association, winning their first AA pennant. In the World Series the Browns played the National League champion Chicago White Stockings. The series ended in dispute with each club winning 3 games with 1 tie.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 The Making of the First Championship 3 They Ran Away With Their First Ever Pennant 4 The Championship 5 Player stats 5.1 Batting 5.1.1 Other batters 5.2 Starting pitchers 5.2.1 Other pitchers 5.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 6 External links

[edit] Season standings

American Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Browns	79	33	--	.705
Cincinnati Red Stockings	63	49	16	.563
Pittsburg Alleghenys	56	55	22.5	.505
Philadelphia Athletics	55	57	24	.491
Brooklyn Grays	53	59	26	.473
Louisville Colonels	53	59	26	.473
New York Metropolitans	44	64	33	.407
Baltimore Orioles	41	68	36.5	.376

[edit] The Making of the First Championship

Comiskey finally was able to assemable and direct a team from start to finish the way he wanted. The result: a runaway championship.

The team was built on daring baserunning, clutch hitting, and the best pitching in the league. Dave Foutz was outstanding, as he won 33 of the 46 games he started and ranked fifth in ERA. But his counterpart, Bob Caruthers was even better with league-leading totals in wins (40), ERA (2.07) and a stellar .755 winning percantage.

[edit] They Ran Away With Their First Ever Pennant

The Browns took over first place to stay in the second week of May. but they made a joke of the race in July. On successive home stands, they had winning streaks of 17 and 10 games, combing for a major-league record 27-game winning streak at home that still stands as the best ever. They finished 16 laps ahead of second-place Cincinnati Reds and earned a berth in the World Series against National League champion Chicago White Stockings.

[edit] The Championship

Game 1 between the Browns and White Stockings was called for darkness tied 5-5 after eight innings. The Series turned with Game 2 in St. Louis. Chicago was leading 5-4 in the sixth inning when Comiskey pulled his team off the field in protest of the work of umpire Dave Sullivan. Sullivan later forfeited the game to Chicago.

After Foutz pitched St. Louis to a 13-4 victory, however, Anson reneged, and the baseball world called the series a draw.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] External links

• 1885 St. Louis Browns
• 1885 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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Preceded by New York Metropolitans 1884

American Association Championship Season 1885

Succeeded by St. Louis Browns 1886