1885 National League

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The 1885 season of the National League was the tenth 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	Chicago White Stockings	113	87	25	1	.770	-.-	834 (7.38)	470 (4.16)	0.264	0.320	0.385	2.23	0.903
2	New York Giants	112	85	27	0	.759	2.0	691 (6.17)	370 (3.30)	0.269	0.307	0.359	1.72	0.929
3	Philadelphia Quakers	111	56	54	1	.505	30.0	513 (4.62)	511 (4.60)	0.229	0.270	0.302	2.39	0.905
4	Providence Grays	110	53	57	0	.482	33.0	442 (4.02)	531 (4.83)	0.220	0.272	0.272	2.71	0.903
5	Boston Beaneaters	113	46	66	1	.407	41.0	528 (4.67)	589 (5.21)	0.232	0.267	0.312	3.03	0.903
6	Detroit Wolverines	108	41	67	0	.380	44.0	514 (4.76)	582 (5.39)	0.243	0.284	0.337	2.88	0.903
7	Buffalo Bisons	112	38	74	0	.339	49.0	495 (4.42)	761 (6.79)	0.251	0.284	0.333	4.29	0.901
8	St. Louis Maroons	111	36	72	3	.324	49.0	390 (3.51)	593 (5.34)	0.221	0.263	0.270	3.37	0.916

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Abner Dalrymple Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings Chicago White Stockings	113
At Bats	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	492
Runs Scored	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	124
Hits	Roger Connor	New York Giants	169
Doubles	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	35
Triples	Jim O'Rourke	New York Giants	16
Home Runs	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	11
Total Bases	Roger Connor	New York Giants	225
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	108
Walks	Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings	75
Strikeouts	Charlie Bastian	Philadelphia Quakers	82
Batting Average	Roger Connor	New York Giants	0.371
On-Base Percentage	Roger Connor	New York Giants	0.435
Slugging Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.543
On-Base plus Slugging	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.951
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	201

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	53
Losses	Jim Whitney	Boston Beaneaters	32
Win-Loss Percentage	Mickey Welch	New York Giants	0.800
Appearances	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	70
Games Started	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	70
Complete Games	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	68
Shutouts	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	10
Games Finished	Henry Boyle Charlie Ferguson Fred Pfeffer	St. Louis Maroons Philadelphia Quakers Chicago White Stockings	3
Saves	Fred Pfeffer Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings Chicago White Stockings	2
Innings Pitched	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	623.0
Batters Faced	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	2487
Hits Allowed	Jim Whitney	Boston Beaneaters	503
Home Runs Allowed	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Mickey Welch	New York Giants	131
Hit Batsmen	51 players tied		0
Strikeouts	John Clarkson	Chicago White Stockings	308
Wild Pitches	Ed Daily	Philadelphia Quakers	40
Balks	Charlie Ferguson	Philadelphia Quakers	3
Runs Allowed	Jim Whitney	Boston Beaneaters	286
Earned Runs Allowed	Jim Whitney	Boston Beaneaters	146
Earned Run Average	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	1.58
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Lady Baldwin	Detroit Wolverines	0.920

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Buck Becannon*
• Tommy Bond
• Harry Chipman*
• John Connell
• Terry Connell
• Wes Curry
• Charlie Cushman
• Charles Daniels
• Stewart Decker
• Bob Ferguson
• John Gaffney
• Tom Gunning*
• Tim Keefe*
• Kick Kelly*
• Harry McCaffery*
• Jim McCormick*
• Dave Sullivan
• Mickey Welch*
• Edward West*
• Harry Wright*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire