Southern New England League

The Southern New England League of 1885 was a Non-Signatory 19th Century Leagues, which meant that it did not sign the National Agreement of 1883.

Cities Represented

• Bridgeport, CT: Bridgeport Giants
• Hartford, CT: Hartford Babies
• Meriden, CT: Meriden Maroons
• New Britain, CT: New Britain
• New Haven, CT: New Haven
• Springfield, MA: Springfield
• Waterbury, CT: Waterbury

Teams and Statistics

1885

1885 Southern New England League
President: Charles Soby

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Meriden Maroons	42	21	.667	-	Bill Thomas
Hartford Babies	40	25	.615	3	Charles Glazier(6/17) Jack Remsen
Springfield #	27	37	.422	15.5	George Rathbun(7/__) Henry McDonald/Charlie Hackett/M.W. Kennefick
Waterbury	26	41	.388	18	E.G. Kilduff/Jack (DA) Jones/Dan O'Neil
New Britain	23	41	.359	19.5	Edward King/William Siering
Bridgeport Giants $	33	25	.569	NA	Dan Shannon
New Haven %	0	1	.000	NA	H.A. Ely

$ Bridgeport left to join the Eastern League August 13 and was replaced by New Haven
% New Haven played one game August 15, and then disbanded
# Springfield disbanded August 22, causing the league to disband August 25
The league was re-formed as the Connecticut State League August 27.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
William Murphy	Meriden	BA	.349		John Flynn	Meriden	W	20
John Meister	Meriden	Runs	84		Frank Gilmore	Hartford	W	20
John Meister	Meriden	Hits	92		Frank Gilmore	Hartford	SO	220
Ed Mulligan	Springfield	HR	4		Stephen Lambert	Meriden	PCT	.842 16-3
Edward Toohey	Bridgeport	HR	4

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Third Edition