1885 American Association

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The 1885 season of the American Association was the fourth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Browns	112	79	33	0	.705	-.-	677 (6.04)	461 (4.12)	0.246	0.288	0.321	2.44	0.920
2	Cincinnati Red Stockings	112	63	49	0	.563	16.0	642 (5.73)	575 (5.13)	0.258	0.285	0.342	3.26	0.911
3	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	111	56	55	0	.505	22.5	547 (4.93)	539 (4.86)	0.240	0.275	0.315	2.92	0.912
4	Philadelphia Athletics	113	55	57	1	.487	24.0	764 (6.76)	691 (6.12)	0.265	0.303	0.365	3.23	0.902
5	Brooklyn Grays	112	53	59	0	.473	26.0	624 (5.57)	650 (5.80)	0.245	0.288	0.319	3.46	0.910
6	Louisville Colonels	112	53	59	0	.473	26.0	564 (5.04)	598 (5.34)	0.248	0.276	0.336	2.68	0.905
7	New York Metropolitans	108	44	64	0	.407	33.0	526 (4.87)	688 (6.37)	0.247	0.288	0.327	4.15	0.901
8	Baltimore Orioles	110	41	68	1	.373	36.5	541 (4.92)	683 (6.21)	0.219	0.272	0.296	3.90	0.909

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	13 players tied		112
At Bats	Charley Jones	Cincinnati Red Stockings	487
Runs Scored	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	130
Hits	Pete Browning	Louisville Colonels	174
Doubles	Henry Larkin	Philadelphia Athletics	37
Triples	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	21
Home Runs	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	13
Total Bases	Pete Browning	Louisville Colonels	255
Runs Batted In	Frank Fennelly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	89
Walks	Candy Nelson	New York Metropolitans	61
Hit by Pitch	Bill Gleason	St. Louis Browns	15
Batting Average	Pete Browning	Louisville Colonels	0.362
On-Base Percentage	Pete Browning	Louisville Colonels	0.393
Slugging Percentage	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	0.543
On-Base plus Slugging	Pete Browning	Louisville Colonels	0.923
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	192

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	40
Losses	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	35
Win-Loss Percentage	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	0.755
Appearances	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	63
Games Started	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	63
Complete Games	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	63
Shutouts	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	7
Games Finished	Pop Corkhill	Cincinnati Red Stockings	7
Saves	Oyster Burns	Baltimore Orioles	3
Innings Pitched	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	581.0
Batters Faced	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	2321
Hits Allowed	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	539
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Lynch	New York Metropolitans	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	117
Hit Batsmen	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	27
Strikeouts	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	298
Wild Pitches	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	55
Balks	Shorty Wetzel	Baltimore Orioles	2
Runs Allowed	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	311
Earned Runs Allowed	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	191
Earned Run Average	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	2.07
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0.964

Postseason

In the World's Series, the American Association champion St. Louis Browns were defeated by the National League's Chicago White Stockings, 3 games to 3 with one tie.

Umpires

• Billy Carlin
• John Connell
• Terry Connell
• Morrie Critchley*
• Charles Daniels
• John Dyler
• Fell*
• Pud Galvin*
• Nat Hicks*
• John Irwin*
• Al Jennings*
• Kick Kelly
• William Laughlin*
• Billy McLean
• Billy Quinn
• Rice*
• Billy Riley
• John Sneed*
• William Tunison
• John Valentine
• Mike Walsh
• Edward West*